Imperial Valley press., 1942-04-12
Anne Davis
Notebook

Although we are all only too glad
TO do all we can for the men in the
armed forces, we are also human,
and word of appreciation now and
again helps lot in bolstering up
our energies.
SO perhaps to the many members
of the Red Cross Camp and Hospi-
tai service committee, and to the
Junior Red Cross the following
letter from Col. L. J. Steward, COM
manding officer at Camp Seeley,
will be encouraging.
"On behalf of all the men and
officers of the 18th F. A. Bn. 1
wish to attempt to express our
appreciation for the Easter decora-
tions for our mess halls. These dec
orationS were beautiful and if you
could have heard the astonished
remarks of pleasure that I heard
when the men first saw them you
would have felt well paid for your
efforts
Such acts as yours go long
way to keep up morale when many
of us are thinking of absent loved
ones. You are truly doing your part
in the national scheme of war eff
fort"
There is another group that de-
serves credit-those few women in
the canteen unit who Wednesday
night dOnned aprons, their most
comfortable shoes and their rubber
gloves and gave the canteen clean
ing such as it has never had before.
Everything is spick and span today
as result, and the women who gave
their time so generously were those,
for the greater part, who are en-
ployed during the day.
Weddings are still on the calendar
Ada BeSse Beynon and Charles
j. j. Hostetter have set May 3 as
the date for their marriage, the
Navy permitting.
Another wedding Saturday in
Yuma, Arizona, which will interest
many is that of Helen Siegel daugh-
ter of Mrs. Sam H. Donabedian and
Dudley Smith of Fresno. After their
marriage the couple were to return
to Ell Centro for a family wedding
dinner. The bride is a graduate of
Central and is known to many for
her lovely soprano voice, having
been much in demand as a singer
for various organizations. Mr..
Smith is a staff sergeant and is
stationed at IngleWood.
Clothes, war or no war, interest
all of us and some of the prettiest
outfits have been seen lately at
various meetings, among them being
the Pro-American meeting We'd
neSday. Mrs. Warren Currier, a gra-
cious presiding officer, was smart
in wool suit in a plaid featuring
soft shades of pink with brown for
contrast with which she wears a
turban banded in pink and a dusty
pink blouse. Mrs. R. d. McPherrin
has a particularly attractive blue
and white print dress with the
three quarter length sleeves banded
in brilliant red. Mrs. Roy E.
Breedlove's new ensemble is just
like spring itself, a floWered print
with small figures in violet, rose ami
yellow with which she wears a vio-
let jacket and a big violet straw
hat trimmed in flowers which re-
peat the colors of the frock. Full
of urban chic is Mrs. w. j. Glenn
ents black and white print frock
with a slim black wool coat and
a big black straw hat, and equally
smart is Mrs. Stevens H. Harris
print frock with pastel colored coat
and a most becoming equa blue hat.
Emily Kaford, president of tNe FL
Centre canteen unit who spoke
on the work accomplished there,
looked particularly smart in her
soft blue frock with brown accents
and brown and blue turban. The
vogue for suits is eXemplified in
Mrs. j. w. ASher's beige suit with
frilly white blouse for accent and
Mrs. John F.. Andrews gray tailor
ed suit.