Imperial Valley press., 1941-04-27
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ANNE DAVIS
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Garden are real pleasure these
1lrst warm days. not only for their
refreshing green trees and shrubs
and the beauty CT their gay flowers,
but because they afford a cool out.
door living room which families
and friends may enjoy.
One of the pleasanteSt of these
gardens, which the entire family
uses, is the Meredith Wills garden
IN BraWley: for three small boys
there is a wadise pool and a place
reserved for their own play known
rs the compound" and for the
older members of the family and
their guests, a brick terrace with
comfortable lounging chairs, potted
plants, walled by floWering trees
overlooks the rest OF the garden
where flowers and shrubs make al
inviting refuge in warm days.
Swimming pools are a boon also
Frederick j. Trude of Brawley has
just completed a lovely one which
she is surrounding with flowers
and shrubs, making it as pretty
as it promises to be delightful.
Mrs. James F.. Gardenhire had a
real thrill recently as the guest OF
friends at a party at March Field
she met two OF the movie fans IA
voriteS actors and their wives, Mr.
and Mrs. Carey Cooper, Tyrone
Power and his wife Annabella.
Another person who is having
real thrill also, but q very diff
ferent kind, is Horace Simms, son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Minor O. SimmS who
is travelling in South America and
who recently made hard, but well
worthwhile journey into the Inca
country in the southern part OF
Peru. Going by truck, and pushing
the truck as much as it pulled
them, Horace and his companions,
made a laborious trip of days over
practically nOn-eXiStent roads, into
the Inca region. BY the time they
reached their destination, even the
hard black bread of the natives,
which is eaten by dunking il ir-
to what they term coffee, tasted
like a Thanksgiving dinner to the
hungry, tired travellers. Horace has
obtained fascinating pictures OF the
Inca ruins, of native life and GUS
toms with which to illustrate ira
vel talks and those Of the Ten
Thousand club who heard him on
his Russian experiences some years
ago are hoping to be able to hear
him describe this little known
country to the south of us.
Marilea Hanson, who represented
California on the OAR. good citi-
zenship pilgrimage to Washington
d. c. can't have had an idle mo-
ment for in addition to visiting the
D. A. R. national convention, TAX
ing the trips for the delegates, be-
ing entertained at the White House,
she managed to find time for in
tervieWs, and good half hour ones
too. with such we'll known people
as Secretary Of the Navy Frank
Knox, Joe Martin, Senator Charles
McNary, Senator Robert Taft, Sen
ator Bridges and her favorite COM
T Iy how
she managed, her parents are still!
waiting to find out, but she Squeez-
ed in a trip TO New York City
and in now in New Orleans, re-
turning home the middle OF next
week.
New presidents of women's CLUBS
will take office in May and the
outgoing ones are holding their
final meetings of the year. among
them being Mrs. George King OF
Brawley, county president who will
preside at her last official session
on May 9, a reception and party at
the Hotel de ANA, Calexico, honor
ing the new county officers, and,
in particular, Mrs, r. L. Glasby OF
Calexico, president-elect of the
Southern District, California FEEDER
alton of Women's clubs.
1t is approximately Is years since
Imperial Valley has had the honor
of having the district presidency,
in fact, Mrs. Glasby is only the
second to come from the valley,
the first having been Mrs. Ken
meth Oliver of Brawley who held
that office some Is years ago. The
Southern District comprises the five
southern counties of the state and
the presidency is not only an honor,
but a great responsibility.
Mrs. King, on going out of Of
flee will achieve a record for the
county presidency, for she will leave
behind her a treasury with bal
ance of $l00, instead of the usual
small balance of a few dollars ana
odd cents which the county presi-
dent inherijs as she goes into Of
flee. The last Hijinx sponsored by
the county, enriched this treasury
to the extent of nearly $50.