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The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
PRESBYTERIAN

First. Third and Orange streets.
Rev. William Grove, Jr., D. D.,
minister. Church school 10 am.
Church Ills am. Young People
z pm. Church 8 pm.
St. Andrews Covenant, Fifteenth
and Market streets. Rev. Freder-
lex w. Lewis, D. D., temporary
minister. Church school 9:5 am.
Worship II am, Is minute in
strumental music at 1875 am.
Sermon, He Lives Within My
Heart" Easter Cantata 5 pm.
Pioneers pm.
Cape Fear, Shipyard Boulevard
at Vance street. The Rev. Phillip
M. Cory, minister. Sunday school
Gas a. M Worship II a. m. Cele-
bration of Holy Communion. Wor
ship 7:a0 pm. Easter Cantata by
the choir. Youth Meetings $50
pm.
Colonial Village Chapel, No. 174
Colonial Village Circle, Sunday
School 9:45 am. Non denomina-
tional and under auspices Of Winter
Park Presbyterian church.
Pearsal Memorial, East Will
mington, Chaplain Frank M.
Thompson. acting pastor. Sunday
school 10 am. Worship II am.
Young Peoples League Gas pm.
Community CHI pei, Sunday
school 1o:45 am. Evening worship
every second and fourth Sunday
8 pm.
Winter Park, Alfred X. Dudley,
pastor Worship II am. and 7:3o
pm. Sunday School 10 am. Chill
dren's Group 4 pm. Young Peo-
pies League 6 pm.
Smith Creek Church School (o1
the First Presbyterian Church,
30p. m. L edbyK w. T aylor.
80 pm. Led by K. W. Taylor.
Oak Grove Chapel (of the First
Presbyterian Churc h Carolina
Beach road. Church school pm
Delgado, Rev. c. c. Myers, pas
tor. Sunday school 9:45 am. Wor-
ship 7:3O There will be special Eas-
ter music.
Mcclure M e orial, Sunday
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
K. M. Sheppard Named
Head OF MacRae Firm

Following the annual nset,,
yesterday of stockholders Of Hug s
MacRae and Co., Inc, R. M. Shsn e.
pard was elected president and
treasurer. Sheppard has been =,
soclated with the MacRae jn,sr
ests for the past IS years.
Other officers elected bv N.
directors were Hugh MacPas
chairman of the board Of djrec.
tors; Hugh M. Morton, secretary.
and Mrs. E. G. Allen, assistant
secretary.
Directors elected were HUH
MacRae, Mrs. Agnes MacRse
Morton and R. M. Sheppard.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
ADVENT CHRISTIAN

First Church, 5O4 South Sixth
T Fourth Street, Corner South
Fourth and Church streets. Rev.
H. J. Wilson, pastor. 7 am. Sun
rise service. Oakdale cemetery. 10
am. Sunday school. II am. Wor-
ship. pm. Youths Easter story
on the screen. pm. Easter Can
tata.
Blakes Chapel. Hampstead. Rev.
P. T. Batson, pastor. II am. Wor-
ship. 3 pm. Sunday school. pm.
Easter service. $3.50 Loyal Work
ers Society. 8 pm. Worship.
Middle Sound, Rev. G. 7. Shep.
ard, assistant pastor. 10 am. Sum-
day school. II am. Worship 6 p
m. Loyal Workers Society. 7:30 p
m. Worship.
Piney Grove, Rev. George Saun.
ders, pastor. 10 am. Sunday
school. IL am. Worship 7:30 pm
Worship.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
CHRISTIAN AND MISSIONARY
ALLIANCE

Wilmington Gospel Tabernacle,
Corner Sixth and Orange streets.
Rev. w. G. Hurni, pastor. Bible
school 10 am. Worship II am.
Topic: did Jesus Rise?" Young
Peoples Fellowship 3 pm. Evan
gelistic service 8 pm. Topic:
1.-THE Cry For Mercy"
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
THE LITTLE CHAPEL ON THE
BOARDWALK

Wrightsville Beach, Conducted
by the First Presbyterian church,
Wilmington. Sunrise Easter serv-
ice on the beach am. Church
school 1o am. Church 11:15 a.n.
Sermon by Capt. Victor S. Bur-
rows. Young People z pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
WESLEYAN METHODIST

18th and Castle streets. Rev. S.
r. Bayse. pastor. Sunday school
9::45 a. m. Preaching L a. nj. and
7:45 pm. WYPS GAS pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
HOLINESS

Church OF God, Fourth and Mar
steller streets, Rev. V. D. Combs,
pastor. Radio service 7:30 am.
Sunday school 10 am. Worship II
am. and 7:45 pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
COMMUNITY CHURCH

Carolina Beach. James B. Nc
Quere, pastor. Sunday school 10
am. Worship II am. Worship 7:30
pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
CT DRAFTED HIMSELF

SMOKY HILL ARMY AIR
FIELD, Salina, Kan, March 80
W,P)- Sgt. Joseph Schard can't
blame anyone but himself for be.
ing in the Army. Before entering
the service, Sgt. Schard was a
director of a local draft board in
Philadelphia. When his number
came up he drafted himself.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
DISCIPLES OF CHRIST

First Christian, South Third and
Ann streets. James Lawson, min
lister. Sunday school 9:5 am.
Worship II am. Service 8 pm
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

Castle Heights, 18th and Castle
streets. Mrs. W. T. DeVane, Jr.,
leader, Sunday school z pm. Wor-
ship pm.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE

18th and Chestnut streets. Sun
day school 10 a. m. Service II a.
m.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
LAKE FOREST
SUDAY SCHOOL

The Lake Forest Sunday school
will be held at 9:45 I'm. in the
community building.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
CONGREGATIONAL
lColoredl

Gregory, vent h and Nun
streets. Rev. M. Williams pastor.
Sunday school 10 am. Worship
HIS am.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
LUTHERAN

St. Paul's, Sixth and Market
pastor. Mathis Z am. Holy Com
munion. Sermon, 1.-The Angel
streets. The Rev. Walter B. Freed
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
BAPTIST

BAPTIST
First, Fifth and Market streets.
Sankey L. Blanton. minister. Sun.
day school. .9:45 am. Worship
II am. and 6 pm. 6:45 pm. Bap.
fist training Union.
Calvary, Fourth and Brunswick
streets. Rev. E. L. Bradley, for
mer pastor, preaching. Sunday
school Gas am. Services II am.
and 8 pm. BTU $50 pm.
Temple, Seventeenth and Market
streets. w. J. Stephenson, pastor.
Sunday school, 9:45 am. Worship,
II am, DR.. T. D. Price, guest
minister. Training Union, 6:45 pm.
Worship, 8 pm. DR.. T. D. Price,
guest minister.
Southside, 100 South Fifth street.
]. o. Walton, pastor, Sunday
school 9:45 am. Worship II am.
and 8 pm. Training Union e:45
pm.
Eighth Street, Sunday school 10
am. Worship II am. Worship
pm. Rev. J. Homer Butler, filling
pulpit.
Sunset Park, G. Ca,l Lewis, pas
tor. Central Boulevard and Jeffer-
son street. Sunday school, 9:45 a.
NJ Worship IL am. Training Un.
ic,, 6:45 pm. Wo ship pm.
/ Winter Park, Rev. T. H. King,
pastor. Sunday school 10 am. BTU
Z pm. Worship 8 pm.
Seagate, j. E. Allard, pastor.
Sunday school 10 am. Worship II
am. Easter message. B. T. U.
Sunday $50 pm. Worship 7:30 p.
m. Play entitled Christ is Risen
by the Juniors.
Masonboro, Sunday school 10: 80
am J. R. Hollis. superintendent.
Wor ship 1880 Rev. T. H. King,
pastor.
Leland, Woodrow W. Robbins,
pastor. 1890 am. Sunday school.
Worship II 80 am. pm. training
union. Worship pm.
WlnnaboW, Lebanon. Woodrow
w. Robbins, pastor. 1920 Sunday
school, followed by Easter pro-
gram and egg hunt for boys and
girls. 8 Training Union. Worship
every fourth Sunday, morning and
evening.
Ash, Soldier Bay. Woodrow w.
Robbins, pastor. Sunday school
1890 am. Special Easter program.
8 pm. Training Union. Worship
every second Sunday, morning and
evening.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31
CATHOLIC

st. Mary's, Corner Fifth ane
Ann streets. Monsignor c. E. Muir
ply, pastor; Rev. E. A. Rigney
and Rev. j. H. Tevlin, assistants
Confessions Saturday 4 to s; to
9 pm. Masses on Sunday at T.
9, 1920 and IL o'clock. Sunday
school Immediately following the
nine o'clock Mass. Sunday after
noon devotions at $50.
Wrightsville B C h, St. The
rese's 2O9 So. L u m n a; Rev
Thomas E. Curran. pastor. Mass
on Sunday at II am. Confessions
before Mass.
Carolina B C h, Immaculate
Conception. St. Joseph's street;
Rev. Thomas E. Curran, pastor.
Mass on Sunday at 9 am. Con-
LESSONS before Mass.
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31

Message" Sunday school 9:5 a.
m. Service II am. Holy Commun-
ion.
Army and Navy Commission,
missouri Synod The Rev. w. A..
Kimberley, Contact Pastor 1719
Carolina avenue, Contact Station
Easter service Sunday evening 1880
pm. Easter Theme: Now is Christ
Risen!
The Wilmington morning star., 1945-03-31

school 10 am. Worship 8 am. Pas
tor Rev. c. c. Myers.
Topsall, Sunday school 1920 am
Worship IL am. Pastor Rev. c. c.
Myers. There will be commun'
ion service at this time.
METHODIST
Grace. Corner Grace and Fourth
Church school 9:45 am. Worship
II am. Christening service 4 pm
Evening Easter music program al
8 o'clock.
Trinity, Market at 18th street
F. ed W. Paschall, pastor. Sunday
school GAS am. Worship II am
Youth Fellowship Z pm. Worship
8 p m.
Fifth Avenue, Fifth between Nun
and Church streets. Chancie D.
Barclift, pastor. 9:5 am. Church
school. sermonbypast or.
3d. m. Easter music program. The
annual union Easter service will
be held at the Confederate Monu-
ment in Oakdale cemetery at Z
o'clock Easter morning.
Epworth-Fifth and Bladen. c.
N. Phillips, pastor. Sunday school
1920; worship and sermon Ills
a. M; service p. m. Infant
baptism, reception of members
and communion at both services.
Wesley Memorial. Kermit R..
Wheeler, minister. Worship 10 a.
m. Church school IL am. Youth
Fellowship 7:15 pm. Worship 8
pm.
Bethany, Church school 2::30 p.
m. Worship $3.50 pm.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
/. 1884 Tax Returns
Filed in Valley

James Marable, director of the Ell
Centre office Of the u. S. Internal
Revenue bureau, Tuesd day an
nounced that tabulation of income
tax returns to his office from Janu-
ary through the January Is dead
/ line revealed that there were 1884
returns filed in this period.
On the fifteenth, which was the
deadline for the filing CT certain tax
e estimates, and the paying of INSTALL
ments, over 500 returns were filed.
Residents of Imperial county will
be afforded an opportunity to file
their 1914 federal income tax re-
turns at a number of temporary Of
fices, Marable said. Temporary
revenue offices will be open in the
Calexico city hall, February 26, 81
and %, and in the Brawley post Of
flee, March to March 10, inclusive,
he added.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
ENVOY Is CRITICAL

WASHINGTON, Jan. II. CUP)-
Representative Mike Mansfield, Cd,
Montana, reporting on his confiden-
tial mission to China for President
Roosevelt, asserted today that both
the Chinese Communist and Kuo-
mintang factions were more con-
cerned with preserving their own
status than in carrying on the war
against Japan.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
STATE INCOME TAX
DEPUTY IN Ell CENTRIC

A deputy from the office of the
state income tax collector will be in
the El Centre Chamber of Com
merce offices during the weeks
March to II and April G to l6, 1t
was announced here Wednesday.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTED Space for large trailer
facilities and space for the horses
in Imperial. p. o. Box lat, I'M
perial. 1-22
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

SPACE TO PARK trailer house
with all facilities. Write Box SOS,
PoSt-PreSS. 1-18
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
Lost. Found, Sirayed


LOST-Saturday mite near Calexico,
one brown horse mule. Has rope
on neck. Will pay for keep. Noti-
fly Box 812, Calexico. lib
LOST-No. ration book belonging
to Hayes Hayter, 1205 Washing
ton St, Topeka, Kansas. Lost in
A g. P Gro, FL Centro. Return to
Ration Board in Calexico. 1-18
LOST-No. ration book and val
liable papers belonging to James
Goynes, 372 Orange. Return to
Ration Board. lib
LOST: Handbag containing 2 ration
books No. belonging to Cornelius
B. Collins and Edith M. Collins.
Also gas coupons A and c license
19W599. Reward. Phone l402 even
ings. 1-19
Others want what you have.
Swap your unused articles for 9TH
ers' cash by using Post-Press Want
ads.
2-Personsls, Special Notices
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANT ROOM for couple. Must have
by Jan. goth. Phone Mayan Hotel,
RObt. Watson. 1-19
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTED Fountain help, expert
ence not necessary. Hours are IL
noon to 9 pm. Apply Ell Centre
Drug. l-l9
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
I7-Counfrx Properly Lease

H|Country Property Lease
FOR SALE OR LEASE-40 acres of
alfalfa, IL mile north Meloland.
Inquire at 315 Main days after
5 pm. 881' Commercial. Phone
424-R. 2-13
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTED TO RENT-Apartment or
house for marine officer and wife.
No children or pets. $25 reward.
Phone 766. l-l8
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

MUST HAVE at once. Room or Apt.
for woman and year-old child.
Husband returning from overseas.
Contact box 556, CO PoSt-Press.
1-18
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

TWO MEN will take part time work
evenings. Call 1900, Ext. AT be-
tween to 10 PM. Ask for E. r.
Truitt. lib
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
l2-Wanted to Rent

FURNISHED house or apartment
needed by Jan. 20. No children or
pets. PoSt-PreSS Box $50. lib
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTED-Pantry man and kitchen
help. Apply-Chef, Barbara Worth
Hotel. lib
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTEDIcompetent Stenograph-
er. Phone 1856. lib
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
WANTED
Experienced
Receptionist, bookkeeper for
professional office. Must be
permanent resident.
Write for interview to
P. o. BOX 48O
Ell Centre, Calf.

WANTEDIcompetent Stenograph-
er. Phone 1876. lib
WAITRESS WANTED-Neat ap-
pearance; experienced. See Mrs.
Lorna Barrette, Dining Room
Barbara Worth Hotel. 1-24
WANTEDLOffice girl. Must be an
experienced typist. Union work.
ing conditions. Contact Box No.
500, CO Post-PreSs. 1-20
WANTED-Pantry man and kitchen
help. Apply-Chef, Barbara Worth
Hotel. 1-18
WANTED-Fountain help, expert
ence not necessary. Hours are IL
noon to pm. Apply Ell Centre
Drug. 1-l9
8-Situations Wanted
-.~N~.~~~~~~~~~~~S~~ ~~-~-~~~-~~~~~-~--~-~~~
WILL KEEP children between ages
of 2-5. 1923 No. 3rd, Phone 2264-J.
1-18
TWO MEN will take part time work
evenings. Call 1900, Ext. 447 be-
tween to 10 PM. Ask for E. r.
Truitt. lib
MAN WANTS steady job on farm
with board and room or bachelors
quarters. Contact P. Jubb, Box
598 c/o Post-PreSS. 1-23
HOUSEKEEPER wanted. Good sal
ary. Phone 1881. 1-19
l2-Wanted to Rent
-~~~-~Do->~~~~-~~-~~~~ ~~~o-~~>~~cc~~o~-~-~~
FURNISHED house or apartment
needed by Jan. 20. No children or
pets. PoSt-PreSS Box $50. Lib
WANT,ED-House, apartment or
court with housekeeping accom-
modations by Federal State In
spector. Phone 685. 1-19
MUST HAVE at once. Room or Apt.
for woman and year-old child.
Husband returning from overseas.
Contact box 556, CO PoSt-Press.
1-18
WANTED TO RENT-Apartment or
house for marine officer and wife.
No children or pets. $25 reward.
Phone 766. lib
SPACE TO PARK trailer house
with all facilities. Write Box SOS,
PoSt-PreSS. l-18
WANT ROOM for couple. Must have
by Jan. Goth. Phone Mayan Hotel,
Robt. Watson. lie
WANTED for large trailer
facilities and space for the horses
in Imperial. P. o. Box lat, I'M
perial. 1-22
l7-Country Property Lease
FOR SALE OR LEASE-40 acres of
alfalfa, IL mile north Meloland.
Inquire at 315 Main days after
pm. 881 Commercial. Phone
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTED-House, apartment or
court with housekeeping accom-
modations by Federal State In
Spector. Phone 685. 1-l9
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

27-farm Implements
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

MAN WANTS steady job on farm
with board and room or bachelors
quarters. Contact P. Jubb, Box
500 c/O PoSt-PreSS. 1-23
HOUSEKEEPER wanted. Good sal
z.,x DL1,,z fnpc
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WANTEDAOffice girl. Must be an
experienced typist. Union work.
ing conditions. Contact Box No.
$50, CO Post-Press. l-20
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

27-Ferm Implements
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17
8-Situations Wanted

WILL KEEP children between ages
of 2-5. 1923 No. 3rd, Phone 2264-J.
LA
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

2--Personsls. Special Notices
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

Products
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

WAITRESS WANTED-Neat ap-
pearance; experienced. See Mrs.
Lorna Barrette, Dining Room
Barbara Worth Hotel. 1-24
Imperial Valley press., 1945-01-17

g 3zA-AutomofIve Services
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
Patton Threatens
To Split Nazis
Continued From Page u

Continued From Page II
ports brought back by Allied fliers
that the Germans were abandoning
all CT Holland and northwestern
&c. many and falling back for last
stand behind the Elbe river, which
loops back within 43 miles of Berlin.
SOUNDS WARNINGS
Headquarters spokesm n eau
toned, however, that there has as
yet been no definite evidence of a
Nazi evacuation en- that scale, be-
yond the aerial reconnaissance re-
ports of a large German transport
movement eastward from Holland
and tie Bremen area.
The combined British and Ameri-
can forces at Minden were only So
miles south of Bremen and 81 miles
southwest CT Hamburg, Germany's
two largest ports. They were in po-
sition to drive across the Weser and
northWard against the seaports or
cast fer Hanover and Berlin.
Cher Biiti;h forces to the west
were advancing rapidly northward
en- both sides of the Ems river
within 81 miles CT tie Ems estuary
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
BrawIey Readies
For Naming of
Queens Attendant

A grand-prancing parade and con-
test to determine who will represent
Brawley on the retinue of the queen
of the Imperial Valley Roundup
Lois Wigg Reimer. will be staged
in Brawley Saturday afternoon
April IA.
At a meeting of the Brawley
Roundup committee Wednesday al
/ ternoon plans were laid to put this
I city in the saddle boosting the rodeo
both in the contest for Miss Braw-
ley for the queens court and in
proclaiming that everyone in the
city don western apparel starting
April "A.
The city-wide donning of rodeo
habits will be carried on under the
auspices Of the Brawley Elks club
the committee announced.
The recently chosen queen of the
roundup will lead the parade which
will consist of the best horseflesh
of this ranchland north end of the
valley. The parade will form at the
high school athletic field and con-
tinue through downtown streets, re-
turning to the field where the Miss
BraWley contestants will appear at
the climaxing event.
The committee issued an invita-
ton to all young ladies interested
to register for the event with the
chamber at once.
A call also was issued to all cow
boys of the north end to start
grooming their horses and join in
making the parade one of the best
EcrSewomen also were invited to
join the parade and be on hand at
two o'clock when the parade will
form.
Efforts also were under way to
invite the members of the Sheriff's
Posse from the north end, the high
school cadets and drum and bugle
corps. the Boy Scouts and the Camp
Fire girls.
Queen Lois is to be the guest OF
honor at the Cavalcade Ball at CAL
exico in the De ANA hotel Saturday
night. She will wear a new west
ern costume and will be presented
at 10 p. m, according to o. L. Bane,
E. Centro, chairman of the execu-
tive committee Of the roundup.
Guests also will wear western cos
tunes.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
Frost Damages
CantaIoupes

Tuesday nights frost caused con-
siderable damage to cantaloupes in
practically every section of Imperial
Valley, County Agricultural Com
missioner B. A. Harrigan said
Thursday after his inspection crews
completed a survey of the valley.
Grapes, tomatoes, and banana
squash &lso were damaged by the
frost in some areas in the valley.
Estimate of the damage, Harrigan
said. cannot be made at this time
as the damage may not all be ap-
parent so soon.
The frost will delay cantaloupe
harvest somewhat but is not believ-
ed to have destroyed the plants.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
VERDE SCHOOL SETS UP
MATER PURIFYING PLANT

Verde is the first rural school in
Imperial county to establish a wa
ter publication plant TO provide
the pupils and teachers with safe
drinking water, it was announced
Thursday by Russell Brooks, depu-
ty health officer of Imperial county.
This week M o. Beardsley. en-
gineer of the plant manufacturing
company, installed a new hypo-
ehlorinator which will chlorinate
all water used on the school prem
ises.
plants of this type" Brooks said,
help eliminate water bourne dis
cases such as diptheria and typhoid
fever to which persons are exposed
through use of non-chlorinated
water"
Members of the school board who
ordered installation of the plant
are K. K. Sharp, Mrs. L. C. Hawk,
and Walter Steiner. Mrs Myrabel
Paul is school principal.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
Officers Assigned
For Guard BiyOuaC

Two commissioned officers and q
master sergeant who have been as
signed to the California State guard
have arrived in El Centre to in
struct the State Guard units when
will bivouc at the Imperial county
fairgrounds Saturday and Sunday
They are Major Eggen, G. G. .,
Captain Langdon, u. S. Army ana
Master Sergeant Markworth, CSC.
Major Egge will have charge OF
instructions relative to chemical
warfare and domestic disturbances;
Captain Langdon. grenadeS and the
use of smoke; Sergeant MarkWorth'
the bayonet and also assisting III
the instruction of interior guard and
the presenting of problems in the
interior guard
Mess officer at the fairgrounds
during the tWo-day bivouc will be
Captain H. K. McClimans, who has
completed arrangements and taken
delivery of rationS necessary for the
number of men to be fed.
In case relatives or friends Of the
guardsmen are worried in connec-
ton with the food to be served,
here are the menus:
Saturday evening: Brunswick stew
with bread and coffee.
Sunday morning: Bacon, eggs, hot
cakes and coffee.
Sunday noon: Roast beef, mash
ed potatoes, green peas, salad, butter
and bread, coffee and dessert. The
bivouc will open at p. m. Sat
urday and will end at p. m. Sun
day.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
MISSISSIPPI FLOODS

NEW ORLEANS, April 5. CUP)-
Half a dozen rampaging rivers
threatened Thursday to bring to
Louisiana the worst floods in the
states history.
All available manpower had been
marshalled to reinforce levees and
to sandbag banks of the swollen
streams which already had made
more than 10000 homeless.
Several hundred thousand acres of
farmland were under water, scores
of the states highways were closed,
and many cities virtually were $50
lated.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
Ell CENTRAN Is AWARDED
COVETED FELLOWSHIP

Mrs. Dorothy Gregg Fox, grad
1ate of the High school and Junior
college in FL Centre, recently was
awarded Tie All-University Fellow
ship for ls45-1946 at Columbia Uni
yersity.
TO win the award she had to COM
pete with students from all over the
world. This award is the highest
award distributed by the university
Mrs. Fox is a graduate student al
Columbia and is taking her doctors
degree in political science. Her
husband, Robert Fox, son of DR.. and
Mrs. Warren Fox, former El Ceh-
trans, is an ensign in the navy.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
HAY GROWERS OF COUNTY
WAIT OPA OFFICIALS

Hay growers and shippers of I'M
perial Valley will meet in the court
house in Ell Centro at 7:30 pm
Monday to hear Office Of Price Ad-
ministration officials explain new
grades and price ceilings on alfalfa
and grain hay,
John V. Cobell, OPA price spe-
cialist; w L. 9lnkley of the United
States department of agriculture
and E. w. Yeager, supervising in
spector of the state department OF
agriculture's bureau of field crops,
will be in the group delegated to
explain and discuss the regulations.
The visitors also will answer ques-
tions in connection with the regu-
lations.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
FORMER Ell CENTRAN SENDS
DONATION TO RED CROSS

Ell Centre Thursday expressed in
terest in a letter received from Mrs.
Julia Bracket, former El Centran
now living in Hollywood.
In her letter she included a Red
Cross contribution, explaining that
since her heart still treasures men,
ories of Ell Centre she wanted her
Red Cross contribution to he credit
cd to the city.
Mrs. Bracket has four grandSons
in the service, three serving on the
front and one in the general staff
office in Washington, D. C, after a
tour of duty in Africa and Sicily.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-04-05
RAMBLING REPORTER

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in the world without US having a
war of our own.
For the sake Of decency lets bury
all the hatchets, forget politics or
whatever is causing the trouble, and
go ahead with the park and men,
orial ike the good citizens we hope
We all are
After all, ladies and gentlemen.
the park and the memorial belong
TO the people Of Imperial county and
should not be blemished by personal
squabbles.
So, what do you say, let's go ahead
with the park and memorial plans
So our servicsmen will know We
appreciate what they are doing for
Us.