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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
History Section Er IS Year
At Delightful Party

History section of the Ten Thou
sand club had its closing meeting
of the year on schedule with a prac-
tically 100 per cent attendance
just as if there had been no earth
quake this weekend
The members and guests met at
the r. r. Snow home, 556 Brighton
avenue, for an all day session which
opened with a business session at
which Mrs. H. G. Jones, chairman,
presided.
1t was voted TO present Douglass
high school with a piece of statu-
airy, the section each year making
some gift of this type to the school
Mrs. Sem Bacon and Mrs. Alex
McRae were appointed TO the pro-
gram committee for the following
year after which Mrs. P. N. Van
Slyck, junior past president of the
Ten Thousand club, installed the
new officers: Mrs. Jones chairman;
Mrs. Herbert S. Harris, vice Chair
nina; Mrs. c. S. Conner, secretary
treasurer.
Mrs. Jones then presented her
officers for the past year: Mrs.
w A. SWerdfeger and Mrs. w. S.
Kong, with gifts of crystalware,
Mrs. Swerdfeger in turn, for the
section, giving Mrs. Jones a pres
ent in appreciation for her out
standing work.
Julia Bracket then presented a
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
FL Centric Schools Preparing
For Graduation Exercises

the graduates presenting the -
gram. 49,
Central high school win have RI
commencement program that svo1
ing at 8 o'clock in the n Ceul&1
stadium with Arthur Corey who Il
in charge Of public relations -
the California Teachers aasociG
ton, delivering the address. spesn1t
ing on Winding Your Own Buzz
ness"
Ministers OF the various city
churches will cooperate in deliver
ing the invocations and beneoies
tions, musical numbers win be 49,
tured, and various of the GRADUATES
will contribute numbers. M
Baccalaureates
Baccalaureate services for Centrql
high school and junior collo0o
students are scheduled for Thu
coming Sunday. May 26, at 3 o'clook
in the high school auditorium. N.
Thomas L. Massie Of the Stat,
Street Cchristian church win deliE1
the baccalaureate sermon. Y
Douglass graduates will have thur
baccalaureate service Sunday al1o
at 8 o'clock in the Douglas, aude-
forum. The Rev. Mr.. !. N. Witt
ten of the Second Baptist cl1uyut
will be in charge Of the Scripture
reading, the Rev. Mr.. A. e. Austin
of Johnson chapel, A. NJ. Z, vlN
pronounce the invocation and tn
sermon and the benediction wa
be delivered by DR.. r. w. Greene q
the Colored Methodist Episcopal
church. All the churches Of lAGt
Ell Centre are cooperating In III
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
SOCIAL CALENDAR
TUESDAY

TUESDAY
Community chest committee, 1880,
chamber of commerce
Drama Workshop, 8, golf club
Scout Troop 70, 1880, Scout hut
Scout Troop ", 1880, Eastside
Scout hut
I. v. Gem and Mineral society,
1880, court house
Central Labor council, 1880, La
Dor temple
Laconian club, 6:15, California no.
tel
Scout Troop 80, 1880, McCabe
Scout Troop SO, 1880, Seeley
Lip reading tournament. $50,
Harding school
WEDNESDAY
Interchurch prayer, 8, Veterans
Acacia heart party, 2, c. w. Dyer
home
Bartenders, culinary workers, 2,
Labor temple
Fellowship dinner, $3.50, Presbyter-
ian church
TOastmistress club, 6:15, Califor-
mia hotel
Scout Troop IS, 1880, Imperial
Veterans hall
1. v. Stamp and Coin club, 1870,
city hall
Eagles, 8, $50 Broadway
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
County Schools
Set Dates for
commencement

Commencement dates have been
announced by the following county
schools:
Alamo will graduate its students
on May %; Highline May 81; Pal
metto, EaStside and Sunset will
have a union commencement pro-
gram on May % in the Holtville
high school; Mt Signal has also
chosen May % for its graduation
exercises; Magnolia has chosen May
20 as its commencement date; Cal
ipatria selected May 80; Mulberry
May 81, while INLAND, due to a late
start and TO the CLOSING of school
during the rains, will not have its
graduation until June a.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Union Commencement for Schools in
Ell Cen+ro Hiqh School District

Ion, Edgar Edge, Ruby Lorraine
Offil Beverly Bernice Prowell, Sam
Morinaga, George Tsuchiyama,
Ytaka Sakai, Jimmie Tsuji.
Seeley
Mary Christina Triplett, Willem-
inc Hattie de Ruiter, June Pippin,
Betty Stears, Harriet Louise Fetty
Vera Lee Handles, L. c. Thomas,
James Edwin Stobaugh, Nicholas
Delgado, Richard Moon Hui, Vir-
gle E. Wilkerson.
WeStSide
Teruo FujizaWa, Marie HanSine
Grouleff, Emma Lois Hayes, J. D
Hayes, Jack Hayhurst, Teruko Ishi-
maru. Violet Mccain, Stephen Nc
Clard, Melvin Mullins, Iva Nell Odle
Wanda Lee Vaughn. Harry Voorting
Silsbee
Lena Ames, Herman Essence, Flor
ence Haflinger, Shire Nakamura
Eucalyptus
John Acevedo, Nena Forester,
Joe Morales, Felipe Morales, Isamu
Nichida, Robert Sigmon, Domingo
VaSquez, Euphemia Vasquez.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21

Commencement programs are &C.
cupying elementary. high school,
and junior college students and
their respective teachers to the ex-
clusion of nearly everything else
this week and next.
In Ell Centre, the schedule for
commencement programs is as fol-
lows:
Douglass high school and junior
college will graduate their students
Wednesday night of next week at
o'clock in the school auditorium
Washington elementary school will
have its commencement at 3 p. m,
Tuesday, May %, in the Broadway
theatre.
Central junior college will hold
its exercises Wednesday night, May
20 at 8 o'clock on the school
grounds with DR.. Walter R. Hepner.
president of San Diego State COL
lege delivering the address on What
is AmericaniSm?"
Wilson school will graduate a
large class at 4 p. m, Friday, May
81, in the United Artists theatre,
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Surprise Shower
For Couple

Wednesday evening Mrs. Ted Roe
entertained at her country home
on the San Diego highway with
surprise bridal shower in honor
OF Miss Marie Lewis and Mr.. Robert
Richter whose marriage is to take
place in June. Miss Lewis received
many beautiful and useful gifts.
Those attending were Margaret
Baxter. Glenn Shumard, Martha
Rogers, Louise Gruleff, Harry Os-
born. Roy Richter. June Collins,
Oran Hanck, June Hillard, Dorothy
Clark, Eva Shumard, Myrl Roder.
Marvin Radu, Marjorie Taylor, Mr..
and Mrs. Dennis. Mr.. and Mrs.
Richter, Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Rte
dy and family, Mr.. and Mrs. Hol-
land, Mrs. Graves, Havis Smith.
Lora Good, Essie Cloud. RAYMOND
Velliquette, Beth Kramer Mrs. Lois
Kramer, Virginia Taylor, Ann
Smith, Teddy Roe, Clara Mae
Graves, Mrs. Graves, June Roe.
Mrs. Ruby Carlton, Lillian Carlton,
Marie Lewis, Robert Richter and
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Roe
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21

Seventy seven eighth grace STU
dents from the schools comprizing
the Ell Centre high school district
will receive their diplomas from
E. L. Hiteman, county superintcnd-
ent of schools, at joint commence
ment program Friday night at 8
o'clock in the high school in Ell
Centre.
This program, which is open to
all friends and relatives and to
others interested will open with
the professional of the graduates,
music being supplied by the county
school orchestra.
Dr. w. A. McCleneghan of the
Methodist church will deliver the
invocation, chorus of the gradu-
ates will be heard in song after
which several numbers will be pre-
sented by the graduates verse choir.
Albert Zech, Central instructor.
will deliver the main address; the
verse choir will be heard in song of
friendship with Introductory COM
mentary by Mrs. Ruth Kepley, in
struction supervisor; Guy A. Weak
ley district superintendent, will well
come the graduates to the high
school, Mr.. Hiteman will present
the diplomas and Dr.. McCleneghan
will pronounce the benediction the
program concluding with the re-
ceSsional. Carmen Gibson, music
supervisor, has been instructing the
graduates in the music for the
program.
The girls have arranged to wear
frocks of pastel shades and the
boys will wear white.
Graduates of the various schools
are:
Acacia
Bonnie Jean Baum, Mildred Buch-
er, Cleophas Corrigan, Shirley Da-
vie, Eleanor Procsal. COllen Shep-
ard, Lloyd Bloemsma, John Carleton,
Richard Guerra, Elmer Halves,
Devern Johnson, Hugh Lttrell
Robert Stone, Floyd Walton.
Elm
Teddy Samuel Roe, Robert j
Rosenbaum. Augustine EavanS and
Yutaka Nakamura.
Heber
Fred Karlen. Melvin Boren, Larry
Beck, Anastacia Comes. Doris Mil
Ter Lorraine kaufman, Arthur Val
enzuela. ,
McCabe
Cora Uchiyama, Amelia Castillo
Mercedes Valenzuela, Wallace d
Christian, Jaunita RAIDER, Loretta
Price, Marie S. Ruiz, Johnnie Bra
vo, Mary Ellen Morgan, Harry Dill
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21

met in Ell Centre in November; six
afternoon bridge parties and three
evening whist parties were featur-
ed.
Along the lines of activities of a
civic nature, the club sponsored its
own welfare project, the day nur-
sery in cooperation with st. Pauls
church, and will also send six
youngsters to Hipass health camp.
The Ten Thousand club conducted
a series of public forums on city
and county governmental units.
On the housekeeping side, cur
tains and draperies for the stage
were cleaned and renovated, new
dishes, silver, cards and lawn
mower were purchased.
Possibly best of all, the club, had,
at the close of the year, the largest
paid up membership in its history,
1872 members.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
New Officers for
Calexico Unit

CALEXICO. May 2l.-NeW Off
GERS of the American Legion Auxil-
iary include Julia Mccullough
president: Letha Holtz. first vice
president; Grace Blaisdell SECOND
vice-president; Clara Adds, Sec
rotary; Marie Sayles, treasurer
Ann johnson. chaplain; Name Eos.
ter, musician; Mildred Ostrey, his.
torian.
Laura Shepherd, Rose Patterson
and Hazel Ritter were elected tt
the executive committee; county
council delegates include Billie
Brents, Alice Marie Rice, Julia Nc
Collough, with Melba Candland
Vera White, Bernice Rambo, alter.
mates.
Department convention delegate
include Mesdames Mccullough, Ric'
and Holtz with Mesdames White
Rambo and Dotson as alternates
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Ten Thousand Club Ends
Highly Successful Year

That the Ten Thousand club has
Just completed highly successful
year was evidenced in the report
made Thursday by Mrs. P. N. Van
Slyck, retiring president, at the club
banquet in the Barbara Worth no.
tel.
Contributions to the clubs build
ing fund were emphasized by Mrs.
Van Slyck as the highlightS of her
administration, the fund now stand
ing at approximately $7OO, $3.50 of
which was raised this year. OF this
sum the carnival at the j. w. Dono-
hue ranch, due to Mrs. Donohue' S
efficient work and that of her COM
mittee, Melted close to $500; Art7
and Crafts contributed SIS in its
spring bridge luncheon; Drama
Workshop, $75 profits from the
play, Another Language; other
Sums being set aside monthly from
the clubs income.
The club has two new sections,
Bridge and Drama Workshop the
latter giving the first play, for the
public, that the club has sponsored
in years.
Programs were varied and inter-
esting and were presented by out
side as we'll as local talent, and
the club had successful Hijinx
under the direction of Mrs. How
ard Clark.
On the social side, courtesy and
hospitality committees, headed by
Mrs. Warren Currier and Mrs. For
rest E. Kutz, gave party for new
members; the board entertained the
Dams Entire or evening section; the
club acted as tea hostesses when
the Southern District convention
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Complete Details
For Community
Vacation School

Plans are nearly complete now
for the community vacation church
school sponsored by the city minis
terial association and which will
open the week Immediately follow
ing the close of the city schools,
June 3, and which will continue for
two weeks, closing with an evening
program on June IA.
First, second and third grades
will be held at Harding school with
DR.. George w. Thomas as princi-
pal; Mrs. K. r. Hines, Mrs. Harold
Coffee, Miss Virginia Reed, Miss Fay
Roach and Mrs. Thomas will con-
stitute the basal faculty members
with others assisting as the need
develops.
Fourth, fifth. sixth, seventh and
eighth grades will have their SEES
sions at Wilson school with DR..
w. A. McCleneghan as principal the
first week and the Rev. Mr.. Harold
E. Doty, the second week. The Rev.
Mr.. R. C. Rogers will also assist.
Mrs. John Green, Mrs. A. J. Shall
Ter and Janet Smaller will be in
charge of the junior department,
the faculty for the intermediate
group not being complete as yet.
The school this year will follow
the unit plan with craft work, Bible
study, ETC., all conducted in the
departmental room. School sessions
will start daily at am.
East Ell Centre children will have
school similar in nature sponsor
ed by the churches of that district
with the Rev. Mr.. 1. N. Written
and the Rev MI A. C. Austin as
principals.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Ten Thousand Club
Has No DAMAGES

Ten Thousand club members will
be relieved to learn that their club
house suffered no damages in the
earthquake as far as can be ascer-
tanned at present.
Mrs. P. E, Ryerson, who has served
as house chairman, inspected the
building Monday morning and found
no trace of damage anywhere, add
ing, however: Il am no building ex-
pert but I could see no signs OF
any damage. No china or glassware
was broken and nothing was over
turned" The clubs new china is
intact and apparently the building
is in no way injured.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
University Club
|Honors Graduates

heavyweight girls who will be
graduated from Central and Braw-
ley junior college, IA from each
school, will be guests of Women's
University club at a breakfast Sat-
urday morning, 10 o'clock in the
Barbara Worth hotel.
This breakfast will be the eli
making event of the current year
Ell Centre members may make reser-
vations with Miss Ruth Yehling
telephone. IS.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Two Hos+esses
Give Party

Mrs. William Wallace and Mrs
CorWin Vencill entertained friends
Monday at a prettily appointed
bridge luncheon at the Vencill
home.
Lavender and white flowers dec
GRATED the house and table, covers
being laid for MesdameS John Ash
ley, Rudy Frowiss, Wesley Barrin-
ger, Colon Barrett, Walter Wake
field, William Mitchell of Ell Cen
tro; Mrs. judd Humphrey, Mrs
Duke Humphrey of Brawley; Mrs.
Joe Williams. Calipatria; Mrs. How
ard Vencill, Mrs. Alvin Immel of
Holtville.
Mrs. Barringer won the high
score prize, Mrs. Ashley, the Sec
ond, and Mrs Judd Humphrey the
low.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
News Hens About
Valley Residents

Charles R. Clough of San Diego
former manager for the Southern
California telephone company in
Ell Centre and now manager for
the La Mesa area. spent Monday
and Tuesday in the valley.
MIR. and Mrs. Harry w. Horton
nave returned from MERGED where
they attended the sessions of the
irrigation Districts association con-
vention.
Mrs. Roy E. Breedlove is visiting
her father, Fred Henking, and Mrs.
Henking of San Diego.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Rotary Ranch Party
This Thursday

Despite the earthquake, Ell Cen
tro Rotarians will go right ahead
with their plans for the annual
ladies night program Thursday of
this week at the j. w. Donohue
ranch.
Roy Breedlove, head of the COM
missary squad has announced din
ner for 7.30 and Bill Martin, pro-
gram chairman, a program unique
and different.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
.D.U.V. Conduc+s
Initiation

Daughters of Union Veterans of
the Civil War are not to be daunted
by any earthquake for Anna Maria
Ross tent, the valley unit, went
ahead Monday night with its BIZ
monthly business meeting and init
iation as if nothing extraordinary
had happened at all.
Mrs. Edna Byram of Los Angeles
was initiated into membership at
the meeting in the eVterans hall.
Ell Centre
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Church Dinner
On "Wednesday

Final fellowship dinner for Pres
byterian church members and their
families will take place Wednesday
night at $50 O'Clock in the church.
Mrs. w. C. Naples is in charge of
the dinner and a splendid program
is planned as we'll for the pleasure
of guests.
Reservations must be made by
Wednesday morning with the pas
tor, the Rev. DR.. George w. Thorn
as.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Club Ne cts with
Mrs. Rayburn

Mrs. George C. Adams was win
ner of the high score in the weekly
bridge game when the Monday
bridge club met at the home of
Mrs. Robert Rayburn, TAO Wensley
avenue.
Mrs. Rayburn served luscious
refreshments after the game to-
Mesdames George c. Adams, George
Fluter John Hearne, Mark Nc
Mahan, Raymond Reeder, Louis
Slice, Ted Schmidtmann. Mrs Reed
err will entertain the club next week.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Earthquake Causes
CHANCES in Plans

Earthquake uncertainty has caus-
ed considerable changing of plans
and the Zip reading tournament
scheduled first for Tuesday night of
this week at Harding school was
postponed Monday and on again
Tuesday when the schools were
found to be free from damage.
The tournament. was scheduled
for 6 80 in the eh0ol.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Daughter Born
To Vaughns

Mr.. and Mrs. Leo Vaughn have
announced the birth of a daughter
at the Ell Centre hospital, q little
girl weighing seven pounds, Az
ounces
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-21
Announcements
OF Ne e+inos

Jasper home department will
meet at 1:30 Friday at the home
OF Mrs. V. K. Rood when each
member will take part in the pro-
gram, contributing some suggestion
for summer work.
Oasis Shrine No. 20, w. S. of j.,
has cancelled its meetings for the
present until such time as the
Masonic temple shall be open
again for meetings. The building
is at present closed to all meetings
until the extent of the earthquake
damage can be determined.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-08
British Boost
 Foreign Trade 1t Is Revealed
By Preston Grover

WASHINGTON - In spite of British secrecy on trade statistics evidence has accumulated here that England is fighting so hard for her old markets that she is even cutting down on production of war goods so she can make things to sell abroad.
 A government economist charg ed with observing these things said England had pulled numer ous plants out of war production to fill orders for foreign goods.
 Even the rationing of British subjects and the restraints on purchase of essentials he said is in large part directed at preserving the output of export able goods. It has other purposes too. Britain doesn't want her sub jectS to spend their war wages foolishly. British industrial wag- eS are in large part begged to prices. If British wage earners begin buying too lavishly of lux ury and non-esSential goods pric- eS will rise. That will force up wages. In turn rising labor costs will force up prices-and so on. The old spiral leads to imitation.
 The British want none of that Moreover they want their wage earners to save their increased earnings. It will be nice to have them able to buy war bonds.
 Britain wants no silk-shirt craze to sweep the country as it did the United States in the war years. That sends gallons of gold out of the country for fashion able frivolities just when the country needs raw materials she can make into things to drop on Germany or sell to neutrals.
 What has made it possible to return part of the great English factory sytem to manufacture of export goods is the strange na ture of the war. There has been no enormous destruction such as
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-08
PAA READY TO START REGULAR RUN ON MAY 1

WASHINGTON - Dr. Ernest Gruening Governor of Alaska urged the Civil Aeronautics Au- thority to authorize the establish ment by the Pan American Air ways of a Seattle to Juneau air service.
 Governor Gruening made his plea at a GAIA hearing in which he traced the expansion of air service over the Paficic and At lanic. He said there was now on- ly one gap left and we want that closed"
 Alaska faces a crisis as the shipping companies have tried to get additional ships on the route north unsuccessfully. This air ser vice is indispensable to Alaska. We should have had 1t years ago"
 He said it would be worth all the costs to the government.
 The PAA has estimated the need of an air mail subsidy of $330,0O0 annually to furnish two round trips a week from May 15 to October l.
 Delegate Dimond joined the appeal for the new service and reiterated that it would be worth every cent it cost the govern ment.
 No provision was made in the budget for this year but mem bers of the House appropriations committee told Gruening a defic- iency appropriation would be made if the CAA issued a certifc ate to the PAlA for operation e the Seattle to Juneau link. Tae company is already operating 2 scheduled airline from Juneau , Fairbanks via Whitehorse.
 Gruening predicted the SUI mer service would find at lea, 90 passengers waiting 4yr each trip.
 Harold VI Bixby P A A vice president testified that tests had been conducted over the route and that the company had de- cided on Boeing BOYS as the best type of plane to use.
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The Nome nugget., 1940-03-08

might be expected by this time. No trains have been blown up. No columns of trucks have been destroyed.
 Britain expanded her plants in the expectation that there would be lots of shooting by now and much destruction. There hasn't been much so England is able to direct her attention to saving ov erSeas trade which she might have expected to surrender to the U s or Japan if the war had become really explosive
 Here is an indication of what is happening. Normally England imports $324,0 100000 of goods a month exports $157000,000. For two months after the war started in September both imports and exports here were cut almost in half. By November the conviction had grown in Britain that there was no need to cut off her GUS toners. She would keep her own old customers and in addition get those from which Germany had been cut off. That was especially true in South America.
 Promptly British trade climb ed back to normal and above. By December it was better than nor nal with imports at $387, 100000 and exports at $180,000,000. Re turns from shipping and insur- ance handsomely helped balance her trade.
 She is engaging in direct bar ter in many instances just as Ger many did. Without stinting her primary war production England is able to supply machine tools and railroad equipment in return for essential raw materials The raw materials she has sought since November are the kind which can be converted either in to essential war goods or into ex port goods. She is using mighty little shipping space to supply fancy goods for her wage earn CTS.
 England seems to figure that when the war ends she will have world markets already at hand to take up the slack caused by dis banding her armies. In time of war England is preparing for peace.
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-08
Weather Elsewhere: lee am Nome Time
WEATHER SYNOPSIS AND GENERAL

The 1:30 am map indicates con siderable stagnation in the pres sure field with low pressure areas centered off the coast between Seattle and Juneau and another over Southwest Boring Sea and Eastern Siberia region. There is a constant flowing aloft of warm moist air from the Pacific Ocean region with some mixing and cooling in the under layers caus ing the fogs and low cloudiness.
 Cloudy and foggy weather pre-
The Nome nugget., 1940-03-08

vails over the entire peninsula and along the extreme west coast while variable cloudiness over the Interior.
 Temperatures are well above normal.
 Conditions are favorable for continued cloudy weather accom- panied with variable fog areas occasional light precipitation and unimportant temperature chang es tonight and Saturday.