Imperial Valley press., 1943-12-26
Christmas Celebrations in Imperial Valley
Follow Customary Traditions Of Nation

| sion. In addition during the holl-
day, Mr.. and Mrs. Smith were
joined by Mr.. and Mrs. r. N. Brad
shaw, Mr.. and Mrs. LON Thomp-
son, Mr. and Mrs. w. H. Dewitt,
Miss Lucille Cannon and B. R.
Purdy for an informal open house.
Mrs. E. l.. Allen, former Ell Cen
tran now living in San Diego is
with her daughter and son-in-la law,
Mr.. and Mrs P. M. Mercer, and will
remain until after New Years. Com
ing for Christmas, to nearly COM
plete the family circle, are the
MERGERS daughter and -in-law,
Mr.. and Mrs. j. M. Mally. The
missing member of the family is
P. M. Mercer, jr., from whom they
have had a Christmas cable, sent
from somewhere in the South Paci-
fic. p M. Mercer, Jr, is in the U.
S. Merchant Marine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Console have
their daughter, Ortha, who is
student at UCLA, home for Christ
mas and expected their son, Mil
ton, aviation cadet stationed at
Ontaria, home also, the young
people bringing friends with them
for the holidays. Mr.. and Mrs. P.
l.. Moore and Miss Janet Hope
Moore were to dine with them
ChrittmaS day.
While Mr.. and Mrs M. J. DoWd
can not have all their children with
them this year, they are happy to
have Mr.. and Mrs. William Kearns
of San Diego with them for the
holidays, and also Mr.. Dowds par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. M. C. Dowd.
Clark Jacobs is home from Los
Alamos to be with his wife and son,
Clark, Jr., and with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. D. Jacobs.
DR.. and Mrs. Forrest F.. KutZ are
having the family breakfast Christ
mas morning, the John Kepleys
joining them, and the Christmas
dinner for the four will be at the
Kepley home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Don A. Ruby came
down from Boulevard to attend Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Hulse's open house
and to have Christmas dinner with
Mr.. and Mrs. Roy E. Breedlove.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. E. Whitacre are
having their family with them for
the Christmas dinner this year: Mr..
and Mrs Dee Percival with Beverly
and Sandra; Mr.. and Mrs. Robert
Wylie with Walter j. and Whit, and
Mr.. and Mrs. w. l. Schofield and
their little daughter, Rande.
To have ones boy in the service
home for Christmas makes the day
a red-letter one and so it is for
Mr.. and Mrs. Warren Currier, whose
son, Warren, III, is home from
Austin, Texas, where he is taking
his Viz training at the University
of Texas. Coming by plane, War
ren, was put off twice for pas
sengers with higher priorities but
he finally arrived in time for the
Jobs Daughters dance Thursday
night. Sharing Christmas dinner
with the Curriera will be the men,
bers of the Harry w. Horton family
and Capt. Kenneth Herchel, USMC,
who like Mr.. Currier, claims Dart
mouth as his alma mater.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. E. Burns have
been invited to dine Christmas with
the Rutledge Shawns.
For the members of the Jones
family, Ben Jones of Calipatria, and
Mrs. Duke johnson Of Ell Centro,
this Christmas is also a merry one
since their brother, Weldon Jones,
and Mrs. Jones are here from
Dallas, Texas. The family dinner
is to be held at the Duke johnson
home, the Ben Jones family and the
Walton JohnsonS being with the
Duke johnson family.
For Mr.. and Mrs. o. j. Bradshaw,
Chritmas is going to be happier
than they first anticipated, due to
the serious accident suffered by Mr..
Bradshaw at their home in La Jolla.
He responded so we'll to the various
blood transfusions given him, after
an operation to stop an internal
hemorrhage which he suffered in
fall. that the physicians at Scripps
Memorial hospital assured Mrs.
Bradshaw he might go home, by
ambulance, on Christmas. The
Bradshaws were for many years
residents of the community, leav-
ing a few months ago, and their
friends will be delighted with this
encouraging news.