Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-28
Anne Davis
Notebook

4 NNOOON
just Il glimpse of the various
gardens about town gives one a
good idea as to who came home
early and who has Just returned
from vacation, green lawns and
thriving bushes tcstifying that the
owner has been in residence for
several weeks while the rest of us,
struggling with fertilizers and
paintings, are hoping that our yards
Will look as well.
No matter what careful arrange
mcntS are made for care of the
garden during vacation time. the
yards seem to need their owners
supervision to look their best.
Gardeners will look forward to
hearing Mrs. Robert f. Ross, gar
] den chairman for the California
Federation of WomenS clubs who
will be in the valley next Friday
fer the board meeting of the county
federation of Women'S clubs Mis-.
Ross Is garden enthusiast and
gives, say those who have heard
her, a delightful talk both on the
practical side of gardening and on
sCmC OF the most famous gardens
OF the world
Another distinguished visitor who
Is an equally delightful speaker.
, but in more serious vein. is Mrs.
EVA Craven Wheeler, whose capa-
bllltlcs have kept her president of
the California Women's Christian
Temperance Union Tor many years.
Ilny, white haired with snappy
brown eyes, Mrs. Wheeler has
great deal of personal magnetism
/ and a sincere belief in the Justice
OF her Cause-two factors which
make her power.
engagements and weddings arc in
each days news and one of them of
special interest is that at which
GeOrgiana Sones will become the
bride of George A. Washburn, Oct.
10. Pretty blonde "Gigi' should
make lovely bride. incidentally,
one of her bridesmaids is a former
FL Centran, known to many as
Ethel Pearl Cross, but who has
followed the vogue for choosing her
own name and is now known among
, her friends as Deone.
It's always interesting to hear
news of former residents and many
will remember Doris Robinson.
daughter OF Mrs. AniS Robinson
and sister of Regene Robinson.
Doris has been in New York City
but is now enjoying a vacation trip.
! with a little business as the excuse.
in Nassau, the capitol of the Ba-
hamaS. Doris is connected with a
firm which schedules entertainers
for good will trips to South America
and has been signing up talent in
Nassau as we'll as enjoying all the
fun Of that famous resort.
With the vogue for the old-faSh-
loncd square dances sweeping the
, country and with magazines de-
voting much space to pictures of
j these dances. it's high time the
Rural Recreation Councils series of
old time dances got some attention.
For years, long before the present
popular revival, this farm bureau
group has sponsored an annual
dance series at which the old time
laNorlteS are featured On the first
and third Friday of the month.
many earnest dancers can be seen
going through the intricate steps
of these Old-fashioncd dances. the
schottiSche, the Varsouvienne and
many others. Dances are held in
the Imperial Veterans hall with an
old time orchestra playing the
popular tunes Of another age. and
with young and old alike trying
their skill in these picturesque
dances.
A warning to all adults who at
tempt to help high school students
with their leSSOnS-yOur confidence
will receive a blow for you'll find
your hopalessly antiquated I'VE
tried to assist with algebra, only to
find out that even if we did hit on
the right answer our methods were
old fashioned" oh but definitely.
1t seems that the good old symbol,
we know have been Simplified and
the problems don't look right to
us, and our methods don't look
right to the student. Only in Span
ish have we been able to redeem
ourSclgcs-so far the first two
weeks OF beginning Spanish have