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Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Earthquake Causes
Pos+ponemento OF
Manv Events

Postponement of many events Is
announced Monday as valley resi-
dents catch their breaths to take
stock of the earthquake damage
and to make plans for the resump-
ton of normal living conditions.
Among the events which have
been postponed until further an
nouncement are the following:
Installation
The joint installation which val
ley American Legion Auxiliary units
of the valley had scheduled for
Monday, May 20, has been cancelled
for the present.
Lip Reading Meet
Valley lip reading classes had
scheduled a tournament to COM
pete for the valley championship
for Tuesday night in the Harding
school. This event is also post
poned.
AlamO-Verde
Alamo-Verde home departments
meeting scheduled for Wednesday
at the home of Mrs. Rex Ogier
has been postponed one week due
to the fact that Mrs. Ogier's home
was practically demolished The
center will meet May 20, the place
to be announced later
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Mountain House
Party Ends in
EICen+ro

What started out as a house party
in the Laguna mountains ended as
buffet dinner in FL Centre for
group of valley and San Diego
Shriners and their wives.
Mr.. and Mrs. p j. Hoffman and
Mr.. and Mrs. Jake Fields of San
Diego planned a week end house
party at the Shrine resort in the
Laguna mountains, DR.. and Mrs.
Norman E. Dupont, Mr.. and Mrs.
Warren Currier, Mr.. and Mrs. L..
j. Goree, Jr., DR.. and Mrs. R. C..
Clemens attending from the valley.
News of the earthquake reached
the party Sunday morning and the
Valleyites of course were anxious
to return home to see what dam
age had been DONE particularly the
Goree, Dupont and Clemens fam
lilies since their children were in
the valley. So. San Diegans and
Valleyltes alike, packed up and mo-
tored to the valley, bringing all
the food with them and having
their dinner at the Currier home
4ol Len Rey avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20

oil as lust one of those things
ana women began to 90 ahead in
their usual routine.
In Ell Centre a few meetings
were called off but the majority
planned to go ahead as they plan
ned originally. Members of Chap
Ter AV, P. E. O., left as scheduled
Monday morning for their outing at
the Vaughn N. Thompson home at
HlpaSS: PIT. A. delegates from ali
ever the county went to Los An
geles for their state convention and
III general, Ell Centre, as nearly as
possible went about its usual way
of living.
To many parents who were away
from home, the time which elapsed
between the news of the quake
and that in which they could learn
OF the safety of their children was
one of great anxiety.
I'VE never know now responsible
our children are until an emergency
occurs" said one mother and that
same statement could be duplicated
hundreds of times. Children show
ed remarkable presence of mind
many trying to get in touch with
their parents who were away from
home to tell them that every
thing was alright. In many homes
the children helped remove break
able obpects from dangerous spots
and in general behave with great
calm i'll the face of danger.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Chapter CIV
Final Session

Chapter CIV, PEG, concluded
a delightful and profitable year at
the meeting Saturday when Mrs.
r. c. Clemens and Mrs. John B
McNeece entertained the chapter
at luncheon at the Clemens home
652 Sandalwood Drive.
Pretty flowers decorated the
house and the luncheon table, COW
ers laid for Mesdames R. M. Arm
strong, Frank G. Beyschlag, A. J
Boles, M. R. Brents, J. E. Brock
r. G. Clemens, Scott B. Foulds
H. S. Cow, Guy L Hatch, John
Hearne, j. D. johnson. Fannie @
McCrory, John B. McNeece, Louise
Slice, C. E. Sones, Donald L. Young
Miss Georgiana Sones, members and
Mrs. Maude Burrows of Chapter
c, New York, guest.
Mrs. Cow was in charge of the
program for the day, giving an in
teresting report of the state con-
vention held recently in Fresno
and at which she represented her
chapter
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Home Movie Party
Saturday Night

Jimmy McNutt entertained a
group of friends at his home, 1886
Euclid avenue with games, motion
pictures and refreshments, the par
ty taking place Saturday night and
interrupted only momentarily by
the earthquake.
The boys were in the midst OF
the games when the first big shock
took place so Jimmy and his moth
er, Mrs. Chester McNutt, with the
rest of the party, moved to the
garden. The motion picture screen
was set up and the home motion
pictures shown, after which the re-
freshments were served to: Dor
Cooley, Doyle Blackwood, Richard
Hafner, Willard Curry, G. l.. Scott
Jackie Mason, Johnny Palenza, Mer-
vim Ransdell, John Barron, Melvin
Womack.
Jackie Mason won the prize for
the games with the BOBBY prize 60
ing to Don Cooley.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
State PIT. A.
Convention in
Los Anse|es

LOS ANGELES, May 20. UP)-
Three thousand delegates began as
sembling here today for the three
day convention of the California
Congress of Parents and Teachers
which opens tomorrow.
Business sessions will be held in
the First Methodist church with
Mrs. James K Lyle, state president,
and Mrs J. K. Pettengill, retiring
president of the national organlza-
ton, presiding.
Educational and legislative prob
lens which affect the welfare OF
children will be the chief concern
of the delegates.
Evening sessions of the convention
will be held in the Shrine auditor
ium to allow P.-T.A. members VINO
are not delegates to attend some OF
the outstanding programs arranged
Theme of the convention, which
opens with an address by DR.. waiter
q ,Xter, state superintendent OF
schools, will be: enriched living,
the purpose of democracy"
Preceding the opening of the con-
vention, the state board OF mana
gers will meet today to CONSIDER
resolutions to be presented to the
convention proper n Wednesday,
Earthquake or no earthquake
valley P.-T.A. members having re-
tanned their calmness and presence
of mind will attend the sessions
as thew planned originally.
Mrs. A. v. Vierhus OF Calexlco'
president of the goth PIT A. dis
trict which comprises Imperial VAL
lev left on schedule Sunday for
Los Angeles. Others who will at
tend are: Mrs. L. H. Dove, Calexl-
co; Mesdames George R. KIRK.
Chancellor Livingston, Cleo Brown
Ted Holmes of Ell Centre; Mrs.
Reynolds of Imperial, Mrs. Payne
of Brawley; Mrs. K. Savage and
Mrs. w. Dresser of Holtville; Mrs,
Roland Ostrander and Mrs. d. 5.
Saund WeStmOrland
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Methodist Choir Presented
In Splendid Concert

In order to alleviate any fears of
earthquake, the Methodist choir de-
cided to hold it's annual choir fes-
tival outdoors Sunday night instead
of in the building.
This decision proved thoroughly
popular for a huge audience gath
cred outdoors to enjoy the concert
and the perfect setting afforded by
the warm still moonlight night,
many declaring that the change was
a decided improvement.
Forty voices were heard in a beau
tiful program OF sacred music, with
Mrs. Jack Brem, harpist as assist
ing artists. Soloists, in addition to
Mrs. Brem, we're, Eugene Waterman,
violin; Miss Kathryn Hindkerks, Mr..
and Mrs. Eugene Moore, DR.. R. c..
Clemens, Joe Hallawell, Mrs. Eu-
gene Waterman, Miss Georgiana
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Housewives SufferHeavv
Losses in Earthquake

Treasured heirlooms in glass and
china, many of them antiques and
many imported SO that they can
never be replaced, form for I'm
perial Valley housewives, their
greatest losses in the earthquake
Saturday.
In BraWley and Imperial where
A the damage was heaviest whole
sets of china and glassware were
completely demolished, one resi-
dent carrying out the broken bits
of glass and china in huge pea
hampers, load after load.
Pictures flew from the walls with
the glass completely shattered, can
dies and lamps were overturned,
Jams and jellieS the fruits of many
hours of labor, fell to the floor in
one sticky conglomerate mass. Re-
frigeratorS and medicine chests flew
open and their contents became a
. scrambled mixture of drugs and
foods.
Furniture suffered less damage
although in a number of instances
where the building were RACED to
the ground, the furnishings also
were irremediably injured. In Braw-
ley the roof Slid off one house
and came to rest over the entrance,
but roof or no roof, the wedding
scheduled for that family on Sun
day morning took place.
In Holtville heavy washing ma
chine overturned and in many
homes bottles of water fell over,
a lamentable waste of the precious
fluid in view of the present short
age.
Potted plants and ferns fell to
the grounds and other minor losses
were suffered.
Chief reaction on the part of
most women was well it might
have been SO much worse" as they
thought of possible injuries to their
families.
BY Monday, with stock taken of
losses, the earthquake was written
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20

Sones, Mrs. Grayce Percy, Mrs. D.
w. Ketchen, Mrs. Homer Nelson, AL
fred Spizzey, singers.
The service was q union one OF
the Methodist, Presbyterian and
State Street Christian churches and
was also open to the public.
Pastors participating were: the
Rev. Mr.. Thomas L. Massie, pastor
of the Christian church who deliv-
cred the invocation: the Rev. DR..
George w. Thomas, pastor of the
Presbyterian church who offered
prayer. and the Rev. DR.. w. A. Nc
Cleneghan of the Methodist church,
who pronounced the benediction.
Both choir and SoloiStS sang ex-
ceptionaliy well and the concert was
certainly one of the musical high
lights of the year.
Mrs. Waterman is choir director
and Mrs. Warren Brock organist.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Auxiliary Juniors
Conduct Joint
Installation

Officers of the Ell Centre and I'M
perlal American Legion Auxiliary
juniors were installed jointly Sat
urday afternoon in an impressive
service conducted by Genevieve
Kenyon of Ell Centre in the Imperial
Veterans hall. Mrs. Pyeatt and Mrs
Wray, advisors for the two groups
assisted.
Officers installed for the Imper-
lal Juniors are: Dolores Donaldson
president; Lucille Norwood. first
Vice-president; Colleen Murphy
chaplain; Anna May Norwood, sec
retary-treasurer; Ruth Morris, SER
geant-at-arms: Alice Morrison, mar
shall.
Ell Centre officers are: Helen
'ount, president; Frances Farrar
first vice-president; Bonnie Belle
Barker, second vice-president; Janet
Thompson secretary treasurer; Ha-
eel Lehman, chaplain; Donna Bar
ker, sergeant t-arms; Bessie Yount
marshal; Marjorie Roberts, histor.
| ian.
Imperial supplied the program
which included a dance by Som.
Donaldson and group singing o
God Bless America.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Clubs
Society
SOCIAL CALENDAR
MONDAY

MoNDh1
Cactus gavel club, 6:15, CalifOr-
MIA hotel
tuberculosis association, 1880, HO-
tel de ANA
ID. U. ", 7:15, Veterans hall
Ell Centre lodge No. 384, F. and A.
M, 1880, Masonic temple
Scout troop 10, 1880, Scout hut
Scout troop 81, 1880, Heber
Building contractors, 1880, cham
Der of commerce
v. F. w. No. 2O41, 8, Brawley
Carpenters union, 1880, Labor
temple
Soroptomists, 6:45. Barbara Worth
TUESDAY
Eastside-S Sunset, 1890, Charles
Ferguson home
Calipatria, 1890, church
Lions club, Barbara Worth
Community chest committee, 1880,
chamber of commerce
Drama Workshop, 8, Barbara
Worth club
Oasis Shrine No. 20, w. S. of j., 8,
Masonic temple
Scout troop 70, 1880, Scout hut
Scout troop ~, 1880, Eastside
Scout hut
/. v. COmmandery No. 81, 1880,
Masonic temple
I. v. Gem and Mineral society,
1880, court house
Laconian club, 6:15, California
hotel
Scout troop 80, 1880, McCabe
Scout troop 80, 1880, Seeley
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF TRUSTEES SALE

NV UT ShLE
WHEREAS, default has been
made in the payment of the in
debtednesS secured by, and in the
performance of the covenants con-
tanned in that certain trust deed
dated February II, 1889, made,
executed and delivered by La
THROP INVESTMENT CORPORA
TON, a corporation, as trustor, to
CORPORATION OF AMERICA, a
California corporation, as trustee
for BANK OF AMERICA NATION
AL TRUST AND SAVINGS ASSO-
CITATION, a national banking asso-
citation, beneficiary, which trust
deed was recorded on April II, 1899,
in book SIG, page 458 of Official
Records of Imperial County, Cali
fornia; and
WHEREAS, on January 80, 1910,
Bank of America National Trust
and Savings Association, the owner
and holder of said deed and the
debt secured thereby, applied to
and directed said trustee in writing
to execute the trust by said trust
deed created and to make sale
pursuant thereto; and
WHEREAS, notice of such breach
of the obligations of the trustor
and of the beneficiary's election to
cause to be sold the property below
described to satisfy said obligations
has been recorded as is provided for
by law, and more than three months
have elapsed since such recordation
and the trustee deems it best to
sell the real property now remain
ing subject to the trust deed as a
whole, in order to fulfill the pur-
poses thereof.
NOW THEREFORE, NOTICE IS
HEREBY GIVEN, that on the 7th
day of June, 1910, at the hour of
II O'Clock in the forenoon, at the
North or Main door of the I'm
perial County Court House situated
in the City of Ell Centre, Imperial
County, California, CORPORATION
OF AMERICA as trustee, under
and pursuant to the terms of said
trust deed will sell at public auction
to the highest bidder for cash
PAYABLE AT TIME OF SALE IN
GOLD COIN OR LAWFUL MONEY
OF THE UNITED STATES all the
interest conveyed by said trust deed
in and to the following described
real property situated in the County
OF Imperial, State of California, and
1oY 1u fol
lows, to-wit:
Lots Three 90 and Four (4)
in Block Twenty-eight (28) of the
ToWnsite of Calipatria, in the City
of Calipatria, County of Imperial,
State of California, as per Map
thereof Number 1856, filed in the
office of the County Recorder of
Imperial County.
Lot Five 60 and the West Six
inches of Lot Four "a in Block
Sixty-six (66) of the Townsite of
Calexico, in the City of Calexico,
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, according to Amended
Map thereof No. Oil on file in the
office of the County Recorder of
San Diego County, California,
copy of said Map being on file
in the office of the County Re.
ocrder of said Imperial County.
Lot Twenty-three (23) in Block
Seventy-eight (78) of the Town
site of Brawley, in the City of
Brawley, County of Imperial,
State of California. as per Map
thereof No. o. >liIe0 In TIE office
of the Gov 80 70 san
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Popular Couple
Weds in Yuma

Announcement of the marriAoo
of Louise Chormicle to LeWh
Groves was made public Monday.
the wedding having taken place
Sunday night in Yuma, Ari9ona.
The pretty bride was gowned IN
steel blue with tan accessories, md
her only attendant, Mrs. Melvin
Fowler, wore navy with white -.
cessories. Melvin Fowler attendod
the bridegroom as best man.
Both young people are graduates
of Central and have many frienaD
who will be interested in the rewD
of their marriage. Mrs. Groves y
employed at the agricultural con.
servation office and Mr.. Groves,
by Roy H. Womack.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

Diego County.
Lots Forty-one (4D and Forty
two (42) in Block Eighteen C18)
of the Townsite of Ell Centre, in
the City of Ell Centre, County Of
Imperial, State of California, &C
cording to Map No. 953 on file in
the office of the County Recorder
of San Diego County, a copy OF
said Map being on file in the Of
flee of the County Recorder Of
said Imperial County.
Dated at Los Angeles, California,
May 3, 1910.
CORPORATION OF AMERICA
as Trustee
BY A. G. MAURER,
Vice-President
BY A. T. SMITH,
Assistant Secretary.
CORPORATE SEAL)
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Church Barbecue
Great Success

Three hundred valley residents
attended the barbecue dinner at
the Barbara Worth golf club spon-
sored by the women of st. Mary's
Catholic church.
Tables were arranged out on the
lawn and the tempting menu was
served in buffet style.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Ethel Danenbero
Has Operation

Ethel Danenberg is in the FL
Centre hospital recuperating from
an operation performed Thursday,
an appendectomy.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
Announcements
Of Ne etinQs

Senior All club girls will meet
Tuesday night at 1870 o'clock at
Wilson school
Methodist Missionary society will
meet Tuesday at 2 p. m. with Mrs.
M. j. DoWd, $50 Wensley avenue.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20

Mrs. Twain Rawlings, the form
err Margaret Bristow of Ell Centre,
accompanied by her husband and
her baby daughter, Andie Ann, left
Sunday for her home in San Fran
cisco. For the past month Mrs.
Rawlings and her daughter have
been visiting her parents, the E. w.
K. Lindseys of Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1940-05-20
News Items About
Valley Residents

Mrs. D. B. Roberts is confined
to her home with an attack of in
fluenZa.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
estive Weekend
For Bridge Dedication
Rhode Island Span Over Narragansett Bay Channel
to Be Opened With Great Ceremony August 3

to celebrate this occasion. Many
dances are being held in Jamestown
on the evening of the End of Au-
gust. One of the larger parties is
to be held at the socially smart
Beavertail Golf and Country Club
The Bayview Hotel will be the
scene of another, and other dances
are to be held at several other
places on the island.
On the Bird, observing the dedi-
cation, a parade of the military,
marshalled by General James G.
Butterick, United States Marine
Corps, retired, will march through
jamestown to the bridge. Included
in the line of march will be such
famous units as the Newport Artil-
lery, the Kentish Guards and the
Bristol Guards, all of which have
histories dating back to the Revo-
lutionary War. Other units in the
parade include a detail from the
Naval Training Station at Newport,
one from the Army's post at Fort
Adams and unit of the Marine
Corps.
That same evening, a monster
clambake and chowder party will
be held in Jamestown, at which
both residents and guests will be
able to get their fill of one of New
England's most famous gustatory
specialties.
On the afternoon of the 4th, de-
stroyers and submarines of the
Navy, cutters of the Coast Guard
and large number of yachts now
in New England waters will COM
bine to form a marine parade
which Is to start in the east pass
age of Narragansett Bay and pro-
coed around Conanicut Island, pass
ing under the new span. Follow
ing this, a series of races among
the yachts present will be held, I'M
der the direction of Commander L.
j. Slingluff, United States Navy, re-
tired, and an officer of the Conani-
cut Yacht Club.
Throughout the entire celebra-
ton, there will be rounds of pri-
vate parties, as well as band con-
certs and block party every even
ing, on the Jamestown waterfront
The climax of the three-day dedi-
cation events will be the huge dis
play of fireworks on the eastern
side of the island, across the bay
from Newport, with the piece de
resistance a scene in fireworks
showing the ferry Governor Carr
sailing under its newest partner
the jamestown Bridge.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
NO FREE PARKING
FAVORED BY BOARD
Meters May Be Installed
Here Shortly-Legal
Opinion Submitted

Corporation Counsel J. Gregory
Lynch is expected to rule at meet
ing Of the police board Wednesday
that parking meters may be legally
installed If presidents Of other cit
les are followed.
Meanwhile members of the board
are said to be agreed that the meters
will be Of the type providing r.
minute parking for one cent; "a
minute parking for two cents; and
an hours parking for five cents.
Types of meter allowing for free
parking have been eliminated.
Members of the board said that
the choice of the meter has now
narrowed down to three types. Two
of the meters have component parts
made in Waterbury, and the choice
Of the type to be installed win take
this factor into consideration.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
SERVICE CEARED
TO SUPPLY LABOR
Federal, State Agencies
to Meet Demands - No
Skilled Labor Shortage

Major Leonard ]. Maloney of the
Social Security Boards Bureau of
Employment Security declared in
broadcast over WNBC of the United
states Government Reports" weekly
series presenting the Federal Govt.
agencies that the Federal-State
Employment Service is geared to
meet most of the demands for labor
which are likely to arise as q re-
suit of our industrial expansion for
national defense.
The Employment Service knows
the areas and industries where men
with certain skills are likely to be
required, he declared, and from its
registered job-seekers it can select,
with as little delay as possible,
thousands of competent workers.
When asked if there is a shortage
of skilled labor at the present,
Major Maloney replied that to the
best of the Bureaus knowledge
there was no general shortage, but
pointed out that there may be
scarcity of certain kind of skilled
workers in specific local areas.
Taking the country as a whole,
however" he said, there are enough
workers on hand right now to enable
most factories to step up their pro-
duction. At least one-fourth of the
five million men and women, who
are registered with the public en-
ployment offices throughout the
country, are skilled workers"
Major Maloney declared that
business and industry "are solidly
behind the Federal-State Employ
ment Service" as evidenced by the
fact that the United States Chamb-
er of Commerce recently recon-
mended that all of its members
make full use of the facilities Of
fered by the Service.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25
FARMS TO BE FINANCED

Farmers and stock raisers are TO
be equipped at cost In Colombia II
bill presented to Congress by the
Minister Of National Economy Is
passed. 1t provides for the creation
at Bogota OF q National Agricultural
Supply Warehouse which would sell
to farmers and livestock raisers
without profit agricultural machin-
cry. tools, seeds. fertilizer, insecti-
cides. draft animals, drugs and other
things needed. It would start with
revolving fund OF $4,000. appro-
priated out OF general treasury reve-
nues. Sales by the warehouse would
be made on the basis Of IS per cent
cash, the remainder IN monthly
payments. AL items imported un-
der this plan would be exempt from
customs duties and other taxes nnd
would be transported free on tine
government railways and boata.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

lard Straight, Mayor John Purroy
Mitchell Of New York; Judge
Henry Curran, lately deputy mayor
of New York; Col. George U. Har-
vey, Queens Borough president;
Crawford Blagden, Harvard tackle;
Frank Crowninshield of Vanity
Fair; Dudley Field Malone, Col.
julius Ochs Adler, Police Inspector
Michael Wall, Richard Harding
Davis, Travis Whitney, and many
others well known over the country,
including Bernhard H. Sander, New
York lawyer, who is in charge of
arrangements for the reunion.
These men served in the World
War, and some Of them died
there.
The survivors have bought their
old camp site and presented it to
the government. On that very
spot they will hold their August
reunion, which promises to be the
biggest gathering of volunteer
citizen reserves ever held in this
country.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-07-25

maintaining a 1900 mile supply
line and long inventories at the
mercy Of the rubber cartel, the in
dustry is beginning to view q steady,
domestic source for rubber as new
imperative.
At Crossroads
There is boiling spate Of evil
dence that synthetic rubber is at a
tremendous crossroads. If no en-
Urgency develops, synthetic rubber
will probably follow the careful de-
velopment pattern exhibited thus
far by du Points rleoprene-much
accelerated, however. If an en-
ergency does crack the sky, the syn
thetics are ready to go.
'None of the synthetic rubbers
are true synthetics," Fortune WI
explain. "They are entirely new
materials, but most of the synthe-
tic rubbers resist age, sunlight, heat
and oil much better than any nat
ural rubber compound.