Imperial Valley press., 1942-12-08
ON THE FRONT
IN THE VALLEY
FOR OFFICERS WIVES


ter has instituted q new service
upon suggestion of one of the wivea
of officers stationed i'll Imperial
Valley.
Since there are Il number of wives
| of officers who have moved recent
ly to the valley and since they are
strangers in the community, they
would like TO have an opportunity
! to meet one another but find This
rather difficult since no one knows
where the other one lives.
Accordingly the Red Cross has
/ offered to serve as Il registration
center where the various wives may
list their names and addresses il
they wish. They may call at head
quarters, 100 North Fifth ST., OF
telephone 2z4, and the staff assist
ant on duty will register them or
give them information relative To
addresses Of others who have regis
/ tered.
NEED CHAIRS
A recreation hall but without 4
single chair, SO that the men have
to sit on the floor, is located ut
the Navy center at Sandy Beach.
The Red Cross camp and hospital
service committee has consequently
agreed to attempt getting chairs for
the use of the men until the furni-
/ turc does arrive and has made Il
plea for any chairs which are uSa-
i BILE at all. These will be taken to
! the Sandy Beach hall until the
allotted chairs arrive, after which
they will be taken to Camp Ell Cen
tro to help furnish the recreation
hall there.
] Ansone having chairs to give is
asked to call Red Cross headquar-
ters, telephone 224, CT to take them
to the headquarters, whichever ar
rangement best suits the donor.
A piano and radio have been
given but TO date they constitute
the sole furnishings of the Sandy
Beach Recreation hall.
SMART UNIFORMS
At the Red Cross annual meet
ing Monday night in the high
school the various uniforms in evil
dence added decidedly to the color
Of the Scene-Staff assistants in
yellow uniforms and the most be-
coming headdreSSeS-Red Cross mo-
tor corps members in their Oxford
grey cCatdreSses and overseas caps
Mrs. H. R. Anderson in her blue
grey uniform as head of volunteer
services for the chapter. Mrs. Allen
p. Nuffer as instructor for surgical
blessings has one of the incest uni
forms, white gown with navy
shoulder tabs and cuffs. These with
TIE navy and white headdresses
are becoming, trim and smart.
VOTES OF THANKS
Red Cross directors at their an
nual meeting Monday night in the
high school auditorium, voted Of
ticially to express their apprecia-
ton to those members of the Red
Cross canteen aid corps who served
the delicious dinner which preceded
the meetin9-a vote of thanks which
everyone present would surely echo.
The canteen corps, feeling that
previous menus worked out for use
in emergenc: group feeding were
impractical, dre to present short
ages, decided they needed practice
in group feeding and in planning
other menus. Consequently they
agreed to gain this practice, serving
demonstration meal for the Red
Cross meeting. And it was not only
a Well-balanced meal in every de-
tail but one appetizing, we'll season.
ed, and inexpensive, showing what
the corps could do in the way OF
feeding cVacuceS or valley residents
rendered homeless by some disaster
III meal was ready on the dot,
anyone who arrived five minutes
after the scheduled hour of 7 pm,
accustomed to the usual delay in
met gatherings, found long lines
forming in the school cafeteria us
in less than Is minutes, some $50
people were served with dispatch
While all bills have not been turn
ed in, TIE cost per person will prob
ably run about rs cents, the extra
charge being made to cover the
cost of help fov cleaning and wash =
ing dishes, and incidental items
which the Red Cross felt in busy
tines like thlse should not be asked
OF the canteen corps except III
cases of real emergency.
FINE MUSIC
Red Cross directors also expressed
tnoir gratitude to the girls of Will
son school and to eleir teacher,
Laura Redden M, FIrland, who pro-
lided the music for the annual
meeting. The girls in their red,
white and blue outfits looked most
attractive as they filed onto the
stage in Information, and they pre-
scnted a program of delightful mu-
sic, including the Red Cross song,
Angels Of Mercy, We Did 1t Re
fore and We Can DO 1t Again, and
the White Cliffs of Dover" The
Girls sing remarkably well, their
VOICES blsnding nicely and the in
tiicntal soloists sang most credit
ably.
AS Junior Red Cross members,
the Senior Red Cross may we'll be