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Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04

Pre- aching Mission
Gains Momentum
At Each Session

Gaining momentum with each
meeting, this years preaching mis-
sion in Imperial Valley, the third
annual mission, has met with such
a response that members of the
sponsoring organization, the county
ministerial association, feel 1t is
urgent to continue this type of CO.
operative effort in some type of
meetings after this week.
Meetings in Brawley and Holtville
have met with enthusiastic response
as have those in Ell Centre and
CaleXico. In the former two COM
munitieS the school assemblies have
been outstanding, many of the
"oung people conferring with the
various messengers in regard to the
problems brought up, considerable
interest bei;-s shown in the work
of the Christian colleges. Training
enabling them to meet problems in
terpreting them from the Christian
standpoint, seemed to be of i'm
portance to this group.
Hol.ville was scheduled to have
a youth banquet wednesday night
preceding the uniCl service, with
DR.. II. O. Nash as the speaker and
Ell Centre, one Thursday night,
6 80 O'clock in the Method'St eocial
hall with the Rev. Mr.. T. Franklyn
Hutton. field executive for the Los
Angeles Presbytery, and faculty
member of Occidental college as
the speaker.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Music Teachers
To Begin Study
Next Monday

Beginning their new professional
study program, decided upon at
the last meeting, Imperial Valley
Music Teachers association will
take up Monday night the subject
of ear training and sight reading,
with Wendell Waverman in charge,
assisted by group of teachers who
will present various phases and as
rectS of the subject.
This meeting will take place at
8 D. m. at the home of Zona North,
Tenth and Brighton, with Tilla Nc
Campbell of CaleXico president, pre-
siding.
Mr.. Waterman will be assisted by
George Burt who will talk on the
methods used in the high school
and junior college; by Dorothy
Armstrong who will discuss the
standpoint CT the grammar school
teacher; by Ruth Teeple Reid, from
the viewpoint of the piano teacher
by Mrs. Eugene Waterman, voice
teacher and by Mr.. Waterman, as
a violin teacher.
Questions and discussions will
follow. Mrs. North will be hostess
for the evening
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
En+ertains for
House Guest

Mrs. James w. BeShears enter
tanned with four tables of bridge
Tuesday night, the party honoring
her house guest, Mrs. Clifton H.
Field of San Diego, formerly of Ell
Centre.
Miss Marjorie Spear wen the
high score prize and Mrs. Stevens
H. Harris, the second, the other
guests including: Mesdames M. J.
LaBrucherie, Robert Fussell, Rich
ard Moore, Eugene Moore, Max
Sones, George S. Washburn, Jr.,
Merwin Mccoy, Dee Percival, Rob-
ert Carter, Jack Pulliam, Charles
Free, Miss Martha Davis, Miss Mar
jorie Ablutz and the guest of honor
Mrs. Field plans to remain in the
valley until Friday.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Circle Enjoys
Book Reviews

Latin America formed the basis
for the World Friendship Circles
program Tuesday, members and
guests meeting in the Presbyterian
church that morning to enjoy ex-
Cellent reviews by Mrs. A. B. Han
son of two leading books on the
subject.
Mrs. Hanson commented on John
Gunther's Inside Latin America
and Latin America" tShirz', CIV
ing a succinct analysis of each in
her usual capable fashion, bring
ing out the highlights in both.
The reviews were particularly
pertinent since the group is study
ing South America this year, using
as a text, w Stanley Rycrofts
"On This Foundation.
Mrs. James Nesbitt, chairman,
conducted a business meeting and
Mrs. j. d. Townsend gave a help
full devotional service on the SUBJ
ject of prayer.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
BY ERSKINE JOHNSON

Behind the scenes: Changing
world affairs have made the Amer
ican girl the queen of beauty.
Varga, internationally famous ar
tist, talking. THE war has round
ed off the corners of Americas dia-
mond in the rough That is what
the American girl was a few years
ago Today she's the perfect gem.
The American girl has come into
her own, says the artist, now that
American women no longer depend
on the continent for guidance in
dress, cosmetics and fashionable
chit-chat.
Continues Varga: She has al
ways had beauty but she didn't
know how to make the most of it.
The foreign charmer resorted to
dress, smartness and sophistica-
ton. The savior faire cf the lack
of true beauty. She used tricks to
cover up deficiencies.
The artist is in Hollywood do
ing a series of drawings for a COM
posite Varga girl, Cjing as models
the showgirls in MGM's "DuBarry
Was Lady
LEON ERROL is celebrating his
40th year in show business. But
he hasn't yet realized his great pro-
fessional ambition-to play the life
of Sir Harry Lauder on the screen.
He's even put writer's to work on
a screen play on his own payroll.
Several studios are interested in
tho idea.
1t tcck a lot of talking but
Adolphe Menjou finally saved his
reputation as the screens best
dressed actor The impeccable
M2njou hit the ceiling over one
of the advertising still photographs
with Rita HayWorth for You Were
Never Lower" Seems his tie was
outside, instead of inside his vest.
And Menjou was fit to be tied. The
studio liked the picture and was
hesitant about killing it. Menjou
finally won out.
In the script: Ruth Donnelly to
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
CALENDAR
Wednesday

Spruce e-WcstmOrland, 6:3O, West
mOrland school
st. Mary's Altar Soc, 8, parish hall
Union service, 7:45, Presbyterian
church
Night school classes, 7-8, high school
Butchers union, 1880, Labor temple
City council, 1880, city hall
Eacles, 8, $50 Broadway
State guard, 1880, stadium
Thursday
War Man Power Com, 10, court
house
Women's Union, 10, First Baptist
church
Rose Mesquite, 1890, AIS North II.
Imperial
Rotary club, IL. Barbara Worth
Bridge plrty, 1880, 10000 club
Seminar, 2:30, Nazarene church
Union service, 7:45, Presbyterian
church
Youth banquet, 6:30, Methodist
social hall
U. S. w. v. and Auxiliary, I, Vet
Grams hall
Troop II, 1880, Scout hut
Gypsum workers, 1880, Labor temple
Night school classes, 10, high
school
Women's chorus, Harding school.
Motor, corps, 1880, high school.
20-3O club, 1880, California hotel.
Building trades, 1880, Labor tenn
pie.
B.P.O.E. No. 1925, 8, Elks club.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
News Items About
Valley Residents

Mrs. Warren Currier has returned
from an extended trip to New Eng
land and New York City, returning
by way cf Reno, Nevada, where she
visited sister, and Santa Barbara
where she saw her son vino is a
student in the Catalina Island school
for boys Mrs. Currier had delight
full time, being entertained extern
sively by friends and relatives III
Connecticut, her former home. In
New York, theatres, art galleries
museums end the famous shops
proved most interesting.
MS. Charles Free had good news
this week-a telephone call from
her husband who has been station
ed at Colorado Springs, informing
her that ho has received MS serg
cant's rating and is leaving for Ft,
BenninG, Georgia, to enter ficer's
training school.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Junior Clubs
First Dance
On SATURDAY.

Junior Ten Thousand club men,
)ers will have their first dance of
he current club year Saturday
light, when the Service Swing"
will take place in the club house
.eginning at 9 o'clock
Final plans for the affair were
made at a meeting of the social
onmittee held Tuesday night, this
ercup arranging gala evening.
Colorful decoration in keeping with
he theme will make pretty set
ting.
Guests e. members will be welcome
1t this affair.
Members of the social committee
ire: Mrs. Marlin Lovelady, Mrs.
Aubra Freeman. Miss Ann Dessert,
Mss Treola Mills, Miss D5ris Glib
;On.
Tickets for the dance may be OBJ
aimed from them and from the
,oLoWing: Mrs. James w. Beshears,
Mrs. Ben Blakeley, Mrs. Bernice
Conzett, Josephine Eady, Mrs. R.
FusSell.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Imperial Valley Press

Established April 20, l90l Pub
lishcd every afternoon except sat
urday and Sunday Saturday after
noon issue now succeeded by the
Sunday Post-Press. established 1886
by the Imperial Valley Publishing
company, 625 State Street. FL Centro,
California.
Paul jenkins, publisher; A. c. John
ston, vice ce-prcsident and general man.
ager; E. A. Fitzhugh, secretary and
managing editor.
West-Holiday Co, Inc, National Nd
vertising Representatives..
Member California Newspaper Publish
crs Association.
Entered at FL Centro. Call. post
office as second class matter.
Subscription rates in California, oc
per copy.
In conjunction with the Post-Press
Sundays, per month 75c paid IN ad-
vance; 3 months, So 10; months
S4.OO; one year $3.50; outside Cali
fornia 81 per month.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Reservations Due
For Club Par+y

Reservations for the Zen Thou
sand clubs first bridge p~ ~rty
Thursday of this week, should be
made at once with Mrs. NJ. man
E. Dupont. telephone 1886, SO that
the committee may know how many
to expect.
The party is to be salad lunch
con served at 1890 noon in the
club house, by Mrs. Robert w. Ware
and her committee, with the bridge
play afterwards. Prizes will be
given the winners and the affair is
open to every woman in the COM
munity.
These parties are held once
month. Scores are kept and tourn-
ament prizes awarded at the end
of the year.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Girl Reserves TO
Aid Red Cross

What Girls Can DO TO Help
the Red Cross" was the topic CT
talk given for the Girl Reserves
by Mrs. j. B. McNeece at the
melting Tuesday evening in the
Methodist social hall.
AS a result of her talk the group
decided to make scrapbooks for
wounded soldiers at the next meet
ing, discussing also plans for a
gksting party and for a Girl Re-
serve church Sunday when all
members would attend church.
Lila June Snow, president, pre-
sided at the meeting, the singing
of Girl Reserve songs being the
opening event on the program.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
MRS. Roosevelt
AtCambrid9e

CAMBRIDGE, Nov q. tUP) =
Students and residents of this
university town gave Mrs. Eleanor
Roosevelt an enthusiastic welcome
today when she arrived with Lady
Reading to visit Queens college.
The streets we're lined with cheer
ing people, many of whom waved
American flags.
Mrs. Roosevelt later visited SER
vice club operated by the Womens
Volunteer Service and met and
chatted with Americans, Canadian
and British troops.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
County Scene of
New Movie Action

Once again Imperial county will
be the locale of molten picture
Of mapor Importance, this time a
Paramount picture starring From
chot Tone.
Shooting will begin Thursday
near the highway in the sandhills
in The eastern part of the county
and continue Until Saturday night
if all goes as scheduled About 10
days later shooting will begin on
tho north shore of Salton Sea,
whore other scenes in the picture
viii be taken. The company is
building city there.
II was understood the scenes are
laid in the Lihyan desert and deal
with the present war.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Wins Tournament
A+GoIf Club

Mrs. Forrest Manley won The flag
tournament introduced at this
weeks ladies day, Tuesday. At the
Barbara Worth golf club. b. Jack
McLaren, club pro.
MIS-. William Burke, Jr.. Holt
ville's Women'S AUX arv president,
and Mrs. H. w. Jensen of FL Cen
tro were hostesses Tor the buffet
luncheon served at noon.
Monday night the Auxiliary will
have its monthly dinner meeting,
730 o'clock in the club house. with
Mrs. Arthur F.. Spring and Mrs
Wolford Drye as hostesseS.
Reservations must be in b. Sat-
urday noon and must be made with
Mrs. Fred Smith, telephone 1853.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04

A wedding that will take place in
November and which will prove of
interest to many, is that which will
unite Geraldine Johns, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Ingle of I'M
perlal, and Chester w. Young, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Young of
Ell Centre.
The date of the wedding has not
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Harding P.-T.A.
Pos+pones Meet

Since Harding school will be used
by the gas rationing boards this
month, the Parent-Teacher meet
ing, scheduled for Friday, Nov.
l3. has been postponed indefin-
itely.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Ariz. Plane Crash
Kills Two FIiers

PHOENIX, Nov. 4.-U.pa
officer and an air cadet from
]ia'nS Field were killed early
morning when their AT1e.
enoine training plane craSlsSss
Palo Verde, Ariz., about Vl'N
west of Phoenix. II'.t
Their identics and. nextSI.',
are: III
Second Lieutenant WillkEg
Bills. son of Mr.. and Mrs. Rd Y
Bills, Jr., of Hubbard, Texal
Air Cadet Wendell M. Ba,
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl RI
of 803 Normal Read, De Kalb
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
Choir Sets Date
For Musicale

Sunday, November is, is the date
for the fall musicale to be gjver
by the Methodist church choir Thi'
organization has for several year
given these musicales at intervals
during the season and they meet
always with popular favor.
Imperial Valley press., 1942-11-04
HOLLYWOOD

William Demarest, playing the
atrieal agent in Johnny Dough-
boy"-"When you die it'll be from
chronic pneumonia. You've carried
your heart near your lungs too
lone =
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showing signs of neuritis which, he said, might
keep him out of the game by the time he was
30. He recalled that when he was elected to
Parliament in 1891, golf was practically UNI
known in England and the Usher at the
Houses of Parliament refused to let him take
his golf sticks into the Members Room of
the House of Commons because they were
dangerous weapons"
To celebrate his Doth birthday Lord
Dunedin gave film show and cocktail party
at his home in Chelsea He had 400 guests
and himself worked the protector for two
and-a-half hours.
Yet in spite of his love of films he had only
been to a regular movie once-just to give it
trial and see how professional films COM
pared with his.
One of Dunedins greatest disappointments
that no matter how much he practced
he was unable to shine either as musician
or as an artist.
However, he often said he found a certain
amount of consolation in the fact that he could
sit for anything up to ten hours at stretch
listening to what he called good bright
music" and that in the field Of art he was
what famous Royal Academician described
as "the portrait painters ideal sitter, because
he talks all the time and is perfectly natural"
Owing to war conditions, Lord Dunedin
decided to celebrate his 91st birthday by using
up the last few bottles of sherry in his cellar
(all the other rare wines having been given to
a Red Cross sale) at party consisting en-
tirely of his legal friends
Here again, the invitation was unusual.
One morning he appeared suddenly on the
bench of the Appeal Court and interrupted an
important to invite their Lorships to
attend his sherry party.
When the noble Lords of Appeal cross
examined him during the party as to the rea-
sons for his longevity. he replied simply: 81
am afraid 1 cannot give you any hard and
fast rules to guide you to a long life. But
would warn you against monotony Of existence,
and suggest that you adopt my policy Of doing
everything at least once, including even get
ting into trouble with the police"
Only on one occasion, still in consonance
with his lifelong motto of trying everything
once, did Lord Dunedin write to the editor of
a paper. He did that in 1910 after a we'll
known London columnist had written very
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and went on trying everything once This
desire to keep abreast of progress remained
with him until he died.
At 80 he was President of the Amateur
Cinematograph Institute, and always took his
movie camera with him on his travels. He
had taken up photography when he was 81
and so defied all conventions that il is not
surprising that 1t got him into serious trouble
on several occasions.
Fired with unquenchahle enthusiasm, he
would dive into the most secret or inaccessible
places in order to get good pictures. While
travelling in Turkey in'1936 he forgot to notice
that il was forbidden to take cameras ashore
SO when he started photographing an UNI
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kept in custody until official telephone COM
municaton with London had definitely estab-
lished his identity-and his harmessness
In London, five years later. his camera got
him into even worse trouble and might easily
have landed him in jail.
He was walking around London filming
bombed houses when suddenly he was con-
fronted by burly policeman who seized his
camera and took him off to the nearest police
station He admitted having taken several
feet of film, but added: II applied to the
military authorities for photographers per-
nit but they refused without giving me any
reason"
When he appeared before the Magistrate
to answer a charge against the Defense Regu-
latons, this former Lord of Appeal put for
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nounced, Lord Dunedin did
something which probably
would never have been
countenanced had he been
on the bench instead Of in
the box, for he Immediately
addressed the Court and
actually Offered to take
along his protector and give
a film show to prove that
nothing in his possession
could in any way help the
Germans.
This being refused, he re-
marked ruefully: IT ought
to have known there would
be some action against me
II I took a photograph
without a permit. I naturally
shall not do 1t again. This is
one Of the occasions when l
am quite satisfied to try a
thing once, and once only"
Lord Dunedin was actual
ly in Germany on a holiday
when war was declared in
1889. He managed to get
his wife back to Berlin by
air and by making wise use
Of her tact and fluent Ger
man, he was able to form a
small party and escape
across the French line.
Here again, he knew that
he was taking a great risk
by staying in Berlin during
days in August, but as he
- l.. asrT1. - -......- 1T
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ANA ~ Wv ~ AAae'
opport unity to try
something once that I
have never tried be-
fore"
Incidentally, it is in
teresting to note that
In order to make the
most of that particular
h oliday in Germany
(which he filmed), he
spent eighteen months
intensive study in learn
ing German as a pre-
urinary to taking the
trip, thus bringing the
total Of languages in
which he was converse
tionally fluent up to
thirteen. When he died
he was learning Span
ish, too, as a prelimi-
nary to a tour of Spain
when the war was over.
He retired from the
Court of Appeal at the
age Of 81, although it
was generally admitted
in legal circles that
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ward the following defense: Il wanted to add
photographs Of war damage to my collection,
and fail to see how have jeopardized the
security of my country, because only my
personal friends and ever see the pictures.
know took a risk. but have been taking
risks all my life and probably this is just
another-of the occasions when my wicked
little innerself said Let's try this thing once
I'm any case, you would think that the
people who administer the law could trust
man like me who has spent so many years Of
his life s,;s:77:: te law However, have
taken the risk and have been caught, so I
suppose I must face the music"
He was fined $50 together with $26 costs.
r..
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usually interesting
&c e n e of Turkish
troops, h e w a S
promptly arr ested
and taken to prison.
He was kept
there for m any
hours, and although
the film inside the
C a m era revealed
that he had not ac-
tually taken any
pictures on that par
ticular roll, he was
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other day in England a man
who had made a hfe's hobby
Of doing exactly that.
He vas wealthy old Lord
Dunedin. %. known as the
Peter Pan Of the Peerage,
who nevertheless found time
to become a famous lawyer
and judge,
No matter how new fan
Glcd" or seemingly NONSENSE
cal the. idea, DunedLn was sure
to be among the first TO try il
out, in spite OF the fact that
on many occasions his enthu-
siasm landed him either in
danger or in trouble.
When the bicycle was in
vented. for example, he liter
ally leaped onto one Of the
first, believing that such a
new form OF locomotion was
bound TO become universal.
And when the House of
Commons declared the bicy-
Gle is an invention OF the devil
and should be vigorously sup
pressed" he decided to dem
onstrate its value.
Without giving away any
details OF his proposed scheme,
Andrew Graham Murray, as
he then was, made careful
preparations for what was in
those days an unprecedented
trip.
Sending his valet ahead
with changes Of clothes to be
deposited at various hotels be-
tween the North of Scotland
and London, he made the trip
himself on his "penny-farth-
ing" bicycle--that quaint ear
ly contraption which had an
enormous wheel in front and a
tiny one behind.
Travelling about twenty
miles day and even that
was a bone-rattling experience
on iron wheels with no rubber
tires-he covered the 500 miles
in three weeks. and trium-
phantH rode into the court
yard of Westminster amid the
mingled cheers and groans of
his fellow NJ. P.'s.
From then on Parliament
assisted rather than restricted
the use of bicycles.
He manifested the same
enthusiasm when motor cars
were invented, and was the
first British Peer either to
own one or to drive one. Here
again, he defied the fears of
the lawmakers by refusing to
obey the rule that man with
a flag should walk in front of
the motor car; although after
two somewhat nasty accidents
he realized that he was not
such a docile means OF
the bicycle.
Still he refused to employ
he invented the first
fitted TO a car, a large wicker
scooped up any unfor
TRAN, who failed to jump out Of
ficiently quickly.
While all this was going on,
severely criticized, not only b
scoffed at progress, but also
The former openly
follower of the devil" while the
oemoaned that he was running
IF England"
But he only laughed at all S
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there was no man in England as alert physi-
cally and mentally
His main recreation at that age was golf,
and his main worry was that his wrists were
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accusingly Of legal
luminaries who draw
big pensions for long
periods after they re-
tire" In replying,
Dunedin challenged the
editor to explain why
his ma m e had been
given special mention
as the Oldest recipient
of a pension.
II think it would
be fair to state" re-
torted Dunedin, that
I did not take my pen
sion after fifteen years
service as I was en-
titled to, but worked
on for thirteen years
longer than I need
have done, thus saving
the National Exchequer
f47,750, which is surely
a make-weight to my
impertinence in living
to be 90"
While Lord Dune
din's guiding principle
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was to try everything once, If he liked IL after
the first trial he usually had another try.
That probably explains why he married for
the second time at the age OF 73
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those last fateful days in August, but as he
said TO one of his friends, This seems another
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PETER p q n" Of the
British Peerage Who
Courfed TroubI e,
Danger an d Embor-
rossmenf-ond Lived
to Be ~ PURSUING
the Worlds Sfrong-
est Hobby

LONDON November g.
A A OST Of us have had, at one time or
M another, sneaking desire to try
" everything once.
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Although few possess either the time.
opportunity or wherewithal to make their