Imperial Valley press., 1941-09-22

tax Il tWo months trip, going to
Hawaii
M and Mrs. Richard Evans ale
nov hvIng in Santa Cruz where M.
Eyaas is teaching.
News Items About
Valley Residents
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Allen spent
the weekend in the valley visiting
then respective parents, Mr.. and
Mrs Harry Hoppin and Mrs Sarah
Allen They were accompanied to
the valley by Jean Young and John
Trophy of Los Angeles.
House guests at the w. j. Strick-
land ranch this weekend were MI
and Mrs. Lionel ogden and Nat Ro-
gan. Jr, all of Los Angeles who came
for the dove shooting, all getting
their limits.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smoot OF
Holtvllle and Mrs. Percie Thacker
OF FL Centro are in Salt Lake City,
Utah. visiting their daughter and
son, 1t. Robert E. Thacker and
Mrs. Thacker. 1t. Thacker is with
the army air corps and stationed
iii Salt Lake. Mrs Thacker is the
former Betty 10 Smoot. 1t. Thacker,
just prior to leaving for the man.
euVers at BarkSdale, La, where he
was in charge of a BIZ bomber,
was promoted to a first lieutenancy.
Mr.. and Mrs Charles Bramkamp
enjoyed a weekend visit from Mrs.
Bramkamps brother Merrill Doug
las of San Diego, basket ball coach
for San Diego high school. Mr..
Douglas with several friends, mo-
tored to the valley for the opening
OF the dove season, and had high
Is successful trip.
Kay Richmond, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Frank Richmond, with friend,
Bud Howard, spent the weekend in
the valley, coming from Santa Mon
lea for the opening of the dove
season.
Mrs. Winifred MacIvor was oper-
ated upon for appendicitis Monday
morning in the Ell Centro hospital
as was Mary Lou Hunter, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. John Hunter. Both
were said to be doing nicely.
Bob Allen, son of Mr.. and Mrs
S. Emmitt Allen, suffered serious
injuries in an automobile accident
a week ago Sunday but was report
ed to be better Monday morning
Driving home to Balboa early Sun
day morning Bob ran into a cal
parked without lights and broke his
jaw bone in a number of places, and
also fractured his chest bone.
DR.. and Mrs. Warren F.. Fox OF
Riverside, until just recently OF
! Imperial Valley, made a weekend
trip to the county. While they miss
their valley friends they are finding
Riverside a pleasant place in which
to live. Their son, Bob, has a teach
ing aSsiStanceShip at the University
] of Texas. Austin, and is working or
his masters degree His wife has
a fellowship at the university anc
is completing her course.
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] Imperial arrived in the valley Sat
urday after a vacation trip to the
East coast and up to Quebec. Can
ada. The DolSons left the end OF
June. went to Detroit, Mich, BY
train where they purchased a cal
and then went on motor trip, see
ing much of the United States anC
Canada, either enroute or on ttheil
return trip home. Mr.. DolSon, who
is a we'll known valley farmer, was
particularly interested in seeing the
various farming sections in the
country and came home DECLARING
that Imperial Valley has the finest
farming lands in the nation, with
the only possible rivals certain fer
CIIt SGCllOllS VI oUldIlC
and southern Illinois.
Others who are delighted to be
home again are the w. j. Carletons
who spent the summer in New Eng
land, Mrs. Carleton teaching in a
summer school, After all the coun-
try they traverSed, Imperial Valley
looks better to them than any other
section.
Mrs. Dimmie P. Gavin and Mrs. M
M. Denham. mother and grand
mother respectively of Neal H. Cav
IN, are home again, Mr.. Gavin hay
ing brought them back to the val
ley this weekend. Mrs. Denham is
improving after the accident she
suffered some months ago.
Miss Peggy Kelly of San Diego
and formerly of Ell Centro, was
thc weekend guest of Mr.. and Mrs