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Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
HoIiviIIe Area
Woman Dies

Mrs. Lola B. Mercereau, 48, wife
cf Robert d. Mercereau Of the Holt
Vile area, died Thursday at Para
disc Valley sanitorium after a brief
illness.
She had been in the hospital nine
days. :
Funeral services viii be at fht
Methodirt church in Holtvillek Al
2:3O D. m. Sunday Burial will be il
Evergreen cemetery with the Field
mortuary in charge.
Mrs. Mercereau was born in TeXa
and had lived in Imperial Vale,
since, 1913. The family home is tw'
miles northeast Of Holtville.
In addition to her husband she
survived by two daughters, Marci
G. and Frances G.; and her parent'
Mr.. and Mrs. Quincy c. Bynum 9
Red Bluff. /
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Officers Named
For County
Agriculture Unit

Officers fol- l945 of the Imperial
County Agricultural association
were elected Thurcday afternoon at
a meeting of delegates from the
membership, in the office CT the
Department of Agriculture in Ell
Centro.
Officers named are:
l.. C. Hawk, chairman; S. f. Rob-
inson, vice-chairman; Dan Scott
regular member; Harold B. Brown
first alternate; A. A. Drescher, Sec
ond alternate; Rudolph Miller, Sec
retary, and Mrs. Mildred Poindexter
treasurer They will take office
January 1.
Delegates to the meeting were
Hawk. Robinson, d. F. HaWes. john
Dubois, E. A. Sallee, II. A. Hastain
Drescher and Brown. Two cthel
delegates, Lou Boyle and Henry
Schaffner, were not present.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Six-yeor Hermit
May merge

maid said today. He doesn't even
know what I lock like and I've been
going into his room three times a
day for nearly six years
NEVER OPENS PAPERS
Setz gets his mail every three or
four weeks. The daily papers are
delivered,A 4 but the maid said she
takes them out of his room every
morning and they aren't even un-
folded" The exile expressed great
interest in progress of the war in
Japan when the reporter visited him.
Helmuth, the son of Gustave Setz
who came to Missouri from Ger
many in 1865, settled in Los Angeles
after finishing his studies. Later lie
became interested in Colorado silver
mine properties and directed the
quest for silver lodes. After IL years
of married life, he became separated
from his wife a decade ago.
Asked if he contemplated leaving
his room sometime in the near fu-
ture he replied, thoughtfully:
mo. I haven't given that much
thought. There still is much to be
done. My studies, you know. But
someday, Imay return to the world"
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

ST. LOUIS, Dec. Is. CUP)-Hel-
muth C. Setz, '53-year-old st. Louis
millionaire, who for six years has
net crossed the threshold of his
room in the ritzy Chase hotel, eX-
planned his self-imprisonment
Thursday as a desire to live apart
from the world land think and
study and read"
A reporter who interviewed the
gray, prematurely aged recluSe in
the seclucion of his room high above
the traffic on st. Louis west side,
last night became the first stranger
to speak to Setz since he gathered
his books and papers and registered
at the hotel on May l6, 1899.
ITS really difficult to give con-
else reason for my withdrawal from
society,"" said the son of pioneer
st. Louis lead mine chemist who
holds a degree in chemistry from
the University of California.
THE reason" he added, "is not
for any fear Of the world or dislike
fer people,
BROTHER SPEAKS
p. His brother, Carl F.. Setz, with
whom he shared the $2,800,000 es-
tate of their late father, explained
that Helmuth led a normal, active
life while operating his mining COM
rpanies in Colorado before his seclu-
sion here.
IF that is the type of life my
brother wishes, and we know he is
happy and we'll in it, then that is
what we want him to de- Carl Setz
said.
Il Since he settled in an easy chair
nearly six years ago to lose himself
from a world preparing for war,
Helmuth Setz has received none but
his brother, who comes up once in
awhile
Setz never has answered his tcle-
phone and knock at his door
draws no response. His meals are
brought to him three times a day by
the same maid, with whom he never
has talked.
HE never even looks up when l
let myself in with house key" the
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
NEED OF CALIFORNIA FOR
AIRPORTS EMPHASIZED
CLOS Angeles Times)

Nearly every speaker at the Statewide
aviation conference, which started here
Tuesday, emphasized the need of the
State for more and better airports. In
the first five years after the war, at
least 10000 aircraft are expected to be
based in this State and provision must
be made for them.
AS one speaker remarked, to call Los
Angeles the Detroit of aviation is accur-
ate enough as far as manufacture is con-
cerned. But other regions top Southern
California in the matter of airports. The
Los Angeles Airport, which it is propos
ed to expand and improve at a cost of
S20,000000. is good beginning, but
there is also a great need for secondary
airports and fields for private planes.
Some of the military airfields un-
d0ubtedly will become available for civil
ian use after the war but they will not
supply the need. Just about every COM
munity will need landing field of some
sort Instead of increasing the number
of its airports. Los Angeles county has
actually decreased them, from "a in 1880
to about 25 now. Similar conditions OBJ
tain in other parts of the state and the
tendency must be reversed if California
is to get the amount of air business to
which the states natural advantages
entitle it.
only for California filters but to care for
tourist travel, which would be highly
profitable if properly developed.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
You can handle
this swifchman's S
lob with S. P.!

If you're able bodied a bit of a
herman who likes to keep things
moving E. if you like excitement and
locomotives and trains and would
like keeping the war trains rolling
and if you'd like working with
real men and with a locomotive to
push cars around for yOu-then,
bro her, here is your job! Switch
man with SIP. vital job and a
well-paying job. We train you for
it within a few days-make you
full-fledged HI. operating man.
Make no mistake, this is a, sound,
solid job with big company. Plenty
of work ahead. R.R. pass privileges.
Liberal age limits. Fine pension plan.
Medical services. A job you'll go for.
Other. good jobs open also, Apply to
local S.P. Agent, on S.P. Employment
Office, Room Sis. Pacific Electric
Building, 9th & Main Los Angeles.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
NOT RETIRED, OF COURSE

Detroit NeWs)
There is occasion at times to note and
applaud matter-of-fact action by con-
gress, unanimously voted. Gen. George
c. Marshall. Army chief of staff, still in
vigorous health, is at the very crest of
his splendid service in the Army's top
command, which began before the war.
To allow his removal merely because
he will be 64 years old December 81
would be an unthinkable thing against
which, we may be sure, the entire nation
would rise as one man in protest. Con-
gress agrees absolutely and, well nigh
automatically, pays General Marshall
deserved tribute by excepting him from
the normal requirement that Army offic-
ers be retired after passing their sixty
fourth birthday.
Similarly, despite talk at the time of
possible entrance of politics, there was
never a chance that Gen. Douglas Mac
Arthur would be taken from his South
west Pacific command when he became
"a last January. Going on to 65, Mac
Arthur, back in the Philippines and bear
ing the rigors of our battle command
there. stands out in the American pic
ture like lighthouse.
1t ought to be and it seems a settled
matter that, as applied to men in both
the military and civil public services the
question of age is one to be considered
case by case.
am frankly disturbed to note that
after year Of complete stability, the
cost of living has risen slightly but per
ceptibly during the past six months. This
must stop.-Economic Sterilization Dir
ector Fred NJ. Vinson.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
QUALITIES FOR POST

SACRAMENTO. Dec. IS. fUP)tN
Governor Earl Warren has an
nounced that the state bar had
approved legal qualifications bf
Toland C.. McGettigan, former SG-
noma county district attorney whoih
the governor previously announced
he was appointing to the appeals
board of the state. employment sta
bilizaticn commission. The governor
said that formal commission Of
appointment for McGettigan was
being filed. --------
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA,
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.

No. 21364
SU M NJ ONS
Harry w. Horton and George. R.
Kirk. Attorneys for Plaintiff.
IMPERIAL IRRIGATION DIS
TRICT, Plaintiff.
sf VS.. "a -, t...@
UNIVERSITY OF REDLANDS,
Corporation, ct al, Defendants.
The People Of the State of Cali
fornia send Greetings to UNIVER-
SITY OF REDLANDS, a Corpora
ton, H. R. BAUcOM and ALICE
BALLOON, his wife, as joint ten
ants, EMMA D. PRICE, SECURITY
FIRST NATIONAL BANK OF
LOS ANGELES. National Banking
Association, JOHN DOE, JANE
DOE. RICHARD ROE, JOHN DOE
COMPANY, a Corporation, RICH
ARD ROE COMPANY, a Co-Part-
rership, j. DOE, as Executor of the
Estate Of R. ROE, Deceased. and
j. DOE. as Administrator of the
Estate of R. ROE, Deceased, De-
PENDANTS.
YOU ARE HEREBY DIRECTED
TO APPEAR and answer the Com
piaint in an action entitled as
above, brought against you in the
Superior Court of the County OF
Imperial, State of California, with
in ten days after the service on
you of this summons-if served
within this county; or within thirty
days if served elsewhere.
And you are hereby notified that
unless you appear and answer as
above required, the sale plaintiff
will take Judgment for any money
Or damages demanded in the COM
plant, as arising upon contract. or
plaintiff will apply to the Court
sor any other relief demanded in
he Complaint.
Given under my hanC and the
seal of the Superior Court of
the County of Imperial, State
CT California, this goth day of
April, 1914. r q q
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
tSEAD
BY NJ A. Christian.
Deputy Clerk.
(No. 1000 D15-22-29; J5-12.
1926; F2-9-16
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

Increase in the enrolment of new
student nurses in the u. S. cadet
nurse corps this fan approximated
10000. Dr. Thomas Parran, surgeon
general of the United States Public
Health Service, announced During
the corps first year, 65,521 new stu
dent nurses we're admitted.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
PAROLE DELAYED

+ SACRAMENTO, Dec. Is. CUP)-
Governor Earl Warren declared that
John T. S. Clark, Sanger, Califor-
mia, church deacon who was con-
victed of attempted murder and
arson in an attempt to kill his wife,
would not be released from San
quentin on scheduled parole until
further consideration of the case
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
ARTHUR SUED

HOLLYWOOD, Dec. 10. tUP) =
Franz Werfel, author OF the acad-
emy-award winning Song OF Ber-
nadette," was sued Friday for SIS
600 by theatrical agents Richard A.
Monter and Edward M. Gray, who
charged they never got their COM
mission for selling movie rights to
Werfel's "Jacobowsky and the COL
opel."
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

EDITORS NOTE: The fOiioUtng edit
OriaIss are presented as interesting Opin-
ions UOiced by editors elseUhere. They
do not necessarily reflect the opinion of
this paper.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
Editorials and Comment

ing" the inclusion of that project in the
bill.
The letter was tossed aside and the
billion dollar measure is on its way to
the White House with the st. Lawrence
project missing,
Whether the 10th congress will follow
this lead is another question.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
NUBBINS
BY
BURRIS JENKINS

Well, it's all right TO have n gold
en-haired secretary. and even one
with a heart OF gold who raises the
salaries of everybody in your office
who seems to need it. and who helps
all the unfortunates through hospi-
tails and other difficulties so that
she earns the name in the news
papers of the girl Robin Hood with
a heart of gold; but such a person
is a pretty expensive luxury to
maintain in any office and at last
accounts MIR. Oscar III. GrOpper
seemed ready to get along without
her. OF course the courts now have
her i'm charge but the case looks so
utterly different from almost any
other case of larceny that ever came
our way that il is very doubtful
whether she will ever be adequately
punished or even punished at all.
She stripped MIR. Gropper Of all
his cash without digging any of IL
up for herself but all of il for sqmc7
body else. Nevertheless the plain
fact is she stole il for the good of
those she thought needed it. Anyway
il is quite likely that extenuating
circumstances in plenty will proba-
bly, be found. ''"'
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF
TIE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF
IMPERIAL.
Notice of Time and Place Appoint
ed for Proving Will and Hearing
Application for Letters Testa-
mentary.
Sec. 1927 Pro. Code
In the Matter Of the Estate OF
FRANK G.. BEYSCHLAG, DeceaS-
ed.
Notice is hereby given that Q
petition for probate of the Will OF
Frank G.. Beyschlag, deceased, and
for the issuance to Edith B. Bey-
schlag of letters testamentary, has
been filed in this Court, and that
Friday the 5th day of January,
! l945, at 2 o'clock pm. of sale day
at the Courthouse Dept. 2 of said
Court, in the City of Ell Centre.
County of Imperial, State of Cali
fornia, has been set for the hear
ing of said petition, when and
where any person interested may
appear and contest the same, and
show cause, if any they have, why
said petition should not be granted
Dated: Dec. II. 1914.
w. j. McCLELLAND,
County Clerk.
BY Maxine Console,
Deputy Clerk.
mo. 98) CD12-22 Incl
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

Knew a Young man, tall, strong
and handsome, who was fireman on
one of these big trans-cOntinental
trains. Very proud he was OF ms
great machine. Soon he would be
engineer. Used to stand beside that
huge, painting enEine, just before
she took off i'm the morning, waiting
for her to start, he'd bring his glri
down to the station to wave good
bye as he ran up to the great mogui
and sprang up the steps to his cab.
One morning he waited a little too
Irnp. the engine gathered more
specd than he had figured on, ne
missed his foothold and was drawn
under the wheels and lost leg.
He never became engineer but
with his fine mechanical hands and
his mechanical brain Billy Isle
turned his attention to making arti-
ficiaI limbs. unit, he learned to
make some of the hest ever produced
anywhere, had his own factory, be-
came known throughout the country
and what about his girl? Shes the
mother Of his three or four grown
children. Time Of The First World
War, the British Government sent
for him. brought him over to Eng
land and he put in his time through
out that war saving the efficiency
and the hope of thousands of British
boys. Doubtless he would be there
acain today except that he is pretty
well on in years and is serving ouI
own boys at home.
Needless TO add that perhaps the
main source of his international
success lies in his ready understand
ing and utmost willingness to help
all who come his way.
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
OF STOCKHOLDERS OF EDGAR
BROS. COMPANY.

Notice is hereby given that pur-
suant to the provisions of the by
laws. the regular annual meeting OF
the stockholders of the above named
company will be held at the office
Of the company in Ell Centre. State
of California, on Tuesday, the 18th
Gay of January, l945, at the hour OF
S o'clock pm. of said day.
At said meeting five directors Will
be elected to serve for the ensuing
year and until their successors are
duly elected
The. annual business statements
Ct the office will be received and
acted upon and such other business
as may properly come before the
stockholders meeting will be trans
actec.
Dated at Ell Centre, this 10th day
CT December, 1914.
EDGAR BROS. COMPANY.
BY A. E. La Fontaine, Sec'y.
mo. 99l D15-22-29; J5-12)
Imperial Valley press., 1944-12-15

Coming west on "A biz trans
continental train the first bit of
weather that we met of all other
places was i'm Arizona. First II was
light snow, then needles of slect.
then rain. and such rain as falls in
few parts OF this continent at any
time. One couldn't step off the train
TO get a breath of air without rubber
boots. and some motor cars were
stalled before they got to the curb
al the station. When il does rain in
Arizona, il sure rains.
Then in a few days, Arizona, bOr-
ing for oil, strikes water. lmmedi-
ateIy il must have been the impress
sion of anyone who saw that rain
that the drillers must have struck
what was left of that shower; but
no, the press dispatches were eX-
plicit. What they struck was arte-
sian water: and if they had struck
a gusher of oil there could have
been no such excitement as that
caused by that gusher OF water.
Hard for an outside traveller to be-
Iieve that Arizona could ever have
needed water sufficiently to take
her name from the "arid zone Ari-
zona brought forward little girl
week or so ago to take the prize as
Drum Majorette, who had just got
out of bed to do so. She had had an
attack of polio, that dread infantile
malady, and yet, so set was her
heart on winning this contest for
which she had long prepared, that
not even the worst foe in the world
could keep her out of the running
or the strutting. There she was.
They said that she had very thin
little braces On her legs. but they
were not visible to anybody, not
even to the camera. Such courage
as that appears once in while on
earth and passes on. So long as Ar1-
zona gets her little share OF that
courage, il doesn't make so much
about oil, water or
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
ALL SAINTS EPISCOPAL
 (OakviIle)

Rev. Robert Riemenschneider will preside Sunday for the service at II o'clock. As this is Every Mem Der Canvass Sunday, there will be 6. service of Holy Communion. Church School will meet at 9:3O o'clock.
 The flowers on the altar will be given by Mrs. Fred Daniels in memory of her father, William Windebank.
 The Young Peoples Fellowship of All Saints will meet Monday eve- ming at the Parish Hall fro m7:30 p. m. to goo p. m.
 The Women's Auxiliary of All Saints will meet Monday evening at the Parish Hall from 7:30 p. m. to 300 p. m.
 The Women's Auxiliary of All Saints will meet on Wednesday aft ernoon at one o'clock at the Parish Hall.
 Mir. Riemenschneider will be at the Rectory of All Saints on Tues day and Thursday afternoons from 200 until 800 o'clock.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
FIRST CONGREGATIONAL

Rev. and Mrs. B. Kenneth An- thony wifi Ne SgssAs &S 0n at home of members of the First Congrega- tional parish on Thursday evening, Nov. 30, from 7:30 to 10:30 at the parsonage, Hewlett street. The conl- mitte of arrangements includes Mrs. George T. Evans, Mrs. Joseph L.. Hetzel, Mrs. Edwin c. Bradley, Jr., Mrs. Ralph s. Bloodgood.
 The First church choir under the direction of G. Loring Burwell will sing Thanksgiving cantata by J. H.. Maunder at the service of the church next Sunday morning, Nov. 26, at II o'clock. These musical services, with the choir preaching the sermon" in anthem and song have become much appreciated tradition-the pastor, Rev. B. Ken meth Anthony, will have scripture and commentary.
 "The psalmistS were right" says MT. Anthony, when they described one vital element of worship as making a joyful noise unto the Lord! Many people express their religion best through music, so from time to time we turn to the ministry of music for our enlightenment"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Every Member Drive
 Lauded By Sinclair
All Souls Pastor Urges Parishioners to Keep Cons
 munity's Religious Life Vigorous

26.. If you prefer to make your pay mentS other than on a weekly basis by envelope, please indicate on your card. Our budget calls for a mini mum of $500 to carry on the vari- ous activities of our church. Before filling out your card, please ask yourself, can increase my contribu- ton for 1945. Every con1municant should give something.
 We believe that All Souls Church is making a very worthwhile con- tribution to this community. Besides the regular services, the work done by the Woman's Auxiliary and the Friendly Circle there are, each week, three weekday religious education classes, one Boy Scout troop, one Girl Scout troop and one Brownie Pack. To carry on this tmporttnt work we need your help.
 We must also ask you not to for get the General Church Work. This year All Souls is asked to contribute $721. That is more than we have given for many years but the de- mandS and needs are much greater, so don't forget the red side of the envelope. Few have any conception of the great and important work the church has done and is doing. That work is very, very strong evidence that the better world all of us want can be attained only through the Christian religion. If you don't be- lieve it then look at the evidence. Even today it can be easily seen that the work done by our mission aries throughout the world has been a great help to us in these troublous days. Forty year ago Dr. John R. Mott said, "If in the next few years we can send 10000 missionaries to Japan we may well win that land for Jesus" Dr. E. Stanley Jones says, Since we would not wash away our selfishness in the blood of Christ, Gods Son, we are now hav- ing to do so in the blood of our own sons." It is well within the realm of probability that if we had sent more missionaries we would not have had to send soldiers. The same is true of the future.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25

Rev. Thomas L.. Sinclair, pastor of All Souls church, stated today that in the serious days ahead it is extremely important that through the church the religious life of the community be kept strong and vigorous.
 His statement came on behalf of the United Every Member Canvass now underway.
 In full it follows:
 This is one thing that we at home can do for those who have given their lives and those who are fight ing to provide safety for our coun- try. Members and friends of All Souls can help by their regular at- tendance at our services and fnan- cial assistance.
 Your committee charged with the duty of conducting the Annual Cam vass for subscriptions to meet the budget of All Souls Church for 1945, the Appointment for the Mis- sionary Work of the Diocese and for the General Church, is incloSing a pledged card which you are urged to fill out and return promptly to the parish treasurer, Merwin F. Whiteley, 595 Cooke street Those who do not return their cards will be called upon Sunday, November
The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-25
Liberty
 Document Released
Federal Council of Churches Issues Publication in Bee
 half of Broad Educational. Campaign

New York, Nov. 25-As a first step in broad educational cam paign undertaken by national church agencies to promote and protect the exercise of human rights, the Joint Committee on Religious Liberty of the Federal Council of Churches and the Foreign Missions Conference has just released document on "Relig- ious Liberty: Meaning and Signific- ance for Our Day." it was announc- ed today by Dr. O. Frederick Nolde, Dean of the Graduate School of the Lu h eran Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, and Executive Secre- tary of the Joint Committee.
 Be ause of the deep concern of Christian peoples with all human rights" pr. Noble asserted, they feel a particular responsibility to promote freedom of religion which is affected by and in turn affects all other freedoms
 Stressing the relation of all hu- man freedoms to world order, the 15-page pamphlet sets forth some of the problems of religious liberty which are now crucial in our domes- tic and international life and de- scribes some of the steps already taken by Christian leaders in this country and abroad to approach a solution of these problems. Copies of the pamphlet are being circulat-