Imperial Valley press., 1941-05-25
Clubs
Society
Anne Davis
Notebook

Aside from the alWays-d delightful
hospitality accorded their guests,
the Rotary clubs annual spring par
ty is of special enjoyment because
it is also a reunion, many former
residents returning for this affair.
From San Diego this year came
1t. and Mrs. Devon Ellsworth cit.
Ellsworth is the former vicar of St
Pauls in Ell Centre, and is now
| chaplain at Fort RoSecrans), and
from Boulevard those old friends,
Mr.. and Mrs. Don A. Ruby. Greet
ings were sent from John Stewart
Ross, first president, and from an
other president, Dick Hayden.
1t was particularly nice to see
Mrs. l.. c. House and Mrs. w. w.
McEuen well enough to be present
for the party, and perhaps in Mrs
Houses case, the new grandchild
may have had something to do
with her radiant appearance.
This grandchild, alter consider
able debate, has finally been named
Gilbert Lewis by his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. George Barclay Willough-
by.
Sentence diagraming was always
a struggle in my school days but
for Wilson school students, for once
1t was no problem at all. Miss Helen
Barsumian sent out invitations to
her home room class this week, the
invitations being in the form of
a sentence diagram, subject, pre-
dicate and modifiers, and the guests
analyzed that sentence with amaz-
ing facility, not one failing to turn
up for the party.
Marllea Hanson must need a Sec
retary these days to keep up with
her speaking engagements for every
organizations from service clubs
TO student groups has put in bid
for her fascinating account of her
trip to Washington D. C. this spring,
as the guest of the E.A.R.
Another student who had a fine
trip and who is also in great de-
mand for his splendid talk is DON
aid Zavala who represented Cali
fornia in the senate of the National
Forensic League Congress at Lex
ington, Ky.
Donald's account of his 17-day
trip, as recounted to Alton Marsh
for the Post-Press, includes his COM
ments as follows: Texas is an open
hearted, friendly state where I had
the best food on the trip-Arkansas
is beautiful with its tall white pine
forests, but Kentucky outdid all the
rest in its hospitality and beauty.
Donald was the guest of Lexing-
tons mayor where he was accorded
delightful hospitality typical of the
true South.
AT the convention, he was defeat
ed Tor the office of Democratic
speaker but won two much more
coveted honorS, that OF being voted
the second best speaker at the en-
tire convention, and the chairman
snip OF the ways anG means COM
mittee.
Aside from their sessions. the
students had relaxation in the form
Oh ballS, banquetS, and the famous
Kentucky derby, and Alton points
out that Donald was luckier at So
clal affairs than at the Derby for
he had the pleasure of escortinp
pretty little blonde with a real
southern drawl to the parties, but
at the derby, in his one small bet
rejected Whirlaway and placed his
money on a horse who came in last
of ALL
Donald took the southern route
TO Kentucky and returned by the
northern route thus getting a COM
prehensive glimpse OF a good bit
OF territory which caused him to
observe, Democracy must be all
right If it can hold together "a ma
ton as huge as these United States"