Imperial Valley press., 1942-03-22
Anne Davis
Notebook

Have YOU any old pnOIOgidpilo VI
the pioneer days in Imperial valley?
Those who have them and who
are willing to give them to the FL
Centre library are assured that
they will be more than appreciated
and will be placed in the library's
collection.
JASPER Trayers started the ball
rolling by giving the library his
collection and ii has created so
much interest on the part OF the
library visitors that Agnes Ferris
Rigelow, librarian is eager TO secure
additional photographs SO that the
library may keep permanently these
pictures of the valleys first days.
Our chief interest centerS these
days on war work for all of US are
anxious to do all that we can in
this line. and with the influx Of new
armed forces, there is plenty we
can do
The El Centro canteen opened
nlost informally Friday afternoon
and met with instant success par
ticularly as far as the homemade
cookies were concerned which were
doWned with guSto.
AS yet much remains to be done
IN organizing the canteen and In
Improving the headquarters but at
least the men have a place they
can call their own in El Centre
Bouquets are due the Women's
Motor for their
aid all day Friday and Saturday
the motor corps collected furniture,
cookies, donations, and took the
gifts to the canteen Fifty hours of
service is required before the women
are able to secure their service pins
and at the rate they are going
they will soon be wearing those pins.
They already lave their uniforms,
smart tailored coat dresses in Ok
ford grey with becoming oversees
caps in which they look both at
tractive and efficient.
The canteen and nutrition class
ps are putting in their time effici-
emily also so that they may have
Sheir necessary certificates to act
n the case of disaster. Mrs. Nor
man E Dupont, general chairman
for the Ell Centro Red Cross chap
ter canteen service, is busy buying
huge pitchers which are intended
tc hold quarts of steaming coffee
Tor soldiers as she has received ord
els to be ready to serve troops trains
with coffee and sandwiches on few
hours notice.
Squads of women will organized
so that when the call comes, they
can be ready to meet the train with
j, substantial food and drink for hun
, cry men.
| Several of the canteen aid classes
: also tried out their skill this week,
!, actually preparing meal which
they might serve to fire wardens, to
troops being rushed through the
valley, to refugees, etc, seeing how
good a meal they could prepare in
short time, and how inexpensively
they could do this. The women
) timed themselves. kept their bud
:, gets. and followed out all the re-
Quirements fer a Well-balanced
menu and then served the dinner to
, ,, the other members of their classes.
, doing the whole job efficiently and
ST the same time serving delicious
rieal
Dances for the enlisted men are
, popular affairs. Camp Seeley dedi-
: eating its new receation hall which
represents wholehearted cooperation
| on the part of many civilians, with
= Il dance Friday night
l Then Thousand club is planning
, TO have one dance a month in its
? club house for service men. the I'm
perial Valley section of the National
2 Council of Jewish Women. the c.
t 70, and many other organizations
l have already entertained the men
S and with the organization of the
e Defense Recreation Council bet
C .er coordinated program of recrea-
ton is in prospect for the men.
: And don't forget that wednesday
is cookies for the rockies" day
We will soon have a large corps
Of graduates in first aid classes, o.
home nursing groups ready to serve
the nurses are completing their or
ganiZation, schools are organized
the Junior Red Cross is conducting
vigorous salvage campaign. some
: Of us are air raid observers some oil
2 Us knit. and others perform multi
/ tudc of other activities. but all OF
J lis have one goal in mind. doing
what we can to aid the progress of
z he war effort.