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Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Society
Clubs
Joy Lit+IefieId
Wed Recently
To Sat. Lewis

Friends of Mrs. Robert L. Lewis.
Jr.. the former JOY LlUulefield, have
received word that she and Sergeant
Lewis are now making their home
near FIT. Knox, Kentucky, where
Sergeant Lewis is stationed with
the army armored forces.
The couples wedding took place
late in March in Weatherford. Tex
as, with members of her family
attending. Mr.. and Mrs. Littlefield
formerly made their home in I'M
perial, but moved to Brownwood,
Texas, last July. They were well
known in both Imperial and FL
Centro.
While living in the valley, the
bride was employed in the county
auditors office of the court house.
Sgt. Lewis was stationed near Indio
for desert training several years
ego and made many friends here
then. He took part in the campaigns
in Africa, returning to this country
vixen the fighting ended there
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Invisible Glasses
Banish Complex
BY ALICIA HART
NEA staff Writer

If eyeglasses cramp your style by
making you feel self conscious, ask
your eye physician what about in
visible contact lenses, which SO many
actresses. singers, dancers and girls
just like you have hit upon as the
solution to this problem.
Confessing to specs complex" is
sparkling jeanette Heller. a New
York girl who says she needed to
wear glasses to correct near-sight-
edness, but considered them a
handicap to her appearance until
she became a convert to contact
lenses.
Now that she wears keen-sight
visual aids which don't advertise
their purpose-plaStic lenses in
serted under lids and safely worn
with a saline solution to protect
eyes-Jeanette says she no longer
feels self conscious and has a COM
plete new confidence in the way she
looks.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Churches
Schools
Nazarene Church
Hears Reports
Of Years Work

Reports of various departments
of the Church of the Nazarene we're
heard at the annual meeting held
Wednesday night in the church
Rev. R. c. Rogers gave his report
of the years activities and was
given a vote Of approval. He was
followed by Mrs George L. Martin,
giving the treasurer's report, and
Mrs. Rogers. telling of the activi-
ties Of the Woman's Foreign Mis-
sionary Society.
The spiritual work and financial
standing of the young peoples So
ciety was tcld by Miss Jeanette
Schumm, president.
Mrs. Roy H. Womack, Sunday
school superintendent revealed the
schools growth in ker report. Mrs.
Womack was reelected superin-
tendent for next year.
The following were elected to the
board CT trustees; G. w. Weeks.
Rev. j. A. Jones, George L. Martin,
Lovejoy Irwin and w. A. Smith.
Stewards are MeSdames Vinson
Brown, Loyejoy Irwin, Doyle Smith,
Harry Forbey, and E. H. Kirby. The
Sunday school board includes Mrs.
{. l.. Strain, Mrs. A. D. Mahaffey,
Mrs. G. L. Allender, G. w. Weeks
and F. w Hedrick
Delegates tc the district assembly
in Pasadena May 29-June L are
Mrs. Harry r. Fcrbey and Miss
Donna Roberts with Mrs. Vinson
Brown and Mrs. Lovejoy Irwin as
altern&teS.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Baptist Choir
Elects Officers
At Supper Party

New officers were el cted by the
Baptist choir at the business meet
ing and party held Wednesday
night following the weekly rehearsal
and prayer meeting.
Robert Wood was named president
and will be assisted by the follow
ing other officers: Robert Sparks,
vice president; Doris Crider, secre-
tary-treaSurer; Sgt. and Mrs. Don
LeMasterc, social chairman; Mrs.
Herbert House Librarian. Mrs.
Larry F5etham is the director and
Mrs Ross Paddock the pianist.
The meeting was held at the
home of DR.. and Mrs. Ross Paddock
and a buffet supper was served at
the close of the evening by the
hostess.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
RATION POINTS

MEATS, FATS, Etc.-Book 4. Red
Stamps Us, rs and Az through Do
good through June 2. Stamps E2
through J2, good through June 80.
Stamps K2 through P2, good through
July 81. Stamps o. through W, good
through August 81.
Save every drop of waste fat. For
victory in 1945 an added 100000, 900
pounds is needed. Each pound is
worth 2 red points.
PROCESSED FOODS-Book 4.
Blue Stamps H2 through Mo, good
through June 2. Stamps NJ through
So, good through June 30. Stamps
To through X2. good through July
81. Stamps W, 70 and Al through
C1. good May through Aug. 81.
SUGAR-Book 4, Stamp 35, good
for five pounds through June 2.
Stamp No 36 valid May l.
SHOES-Book 3. Airplane Stamps
l. 2 and 3. Termination date no,
set.
GASOLINE-l5-A Coupons good
for four gallons each through June
81. Be-, C-6, B-1 and CT coupons
good for five gallons.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Increased Air
Attacks Seen
By Jap Writer
ny UNITED PRESS

Rear Admiral Hishatara Mashina-
da, described by Tokyo radio as
a veteran naval tactician," said in
a newspaper article Thursday that
the Americans and British win at
least double the present number Of
aircraft in the Pacific to 60C0."
Writing in the newspaper Asahi,
The admiral added 4 calculate the
full brunt of the transferred air
force will be operating against Jap
an within three months time if and
when the Anglo-Americans can set
up sufficient bases to maintain the
personnel and supplies to maintain
these planes and to keep them oper-
ative."
He said the Americans were ex-
pected to turn most of the level
land area of Okinawa island into
multiple. continuous air strips,
bases and depots.'
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Sawyer Family
Marks Events

Mr.. and Mrs. G. L. Sawyer cele-
brated their 38th wedding anniver-
sary and Mr.. Sawyer's birthday at
a family dinner party in MexicaE
Wednesday night.
Those present were their daugh-
ter, Mrs. Charles Free, Mrs. A. j.
Free and daughter Janice and
Technical Sergeant Melvin Free.
On returning home they found
cause fer even more celebration as
Mrs. Charles Free received a cable
from her husband. Lieutenant Free,
saying he is safe in England after
having been a prisoner of the Ger
mans since last December.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Young Widows
Criticized If
Take Loss Well
By RUTH MILLETT

She received word a few months
ago that her husband had been
killed in action.
She took the news with her chin
up, determined to &C about the busi-
ness of living as normally as she
could.
Now they are saying" that she
took the news Of Eer husbands
death too we'll. That, after all, she
seems so little changed. so she
couldn't have loved him very much.
Why do people praise the cour-
age of nen in battle and then turn
around and condemn the young
widows who are trying to face life
with the same kind of courage?
Why do people want to see these
young widows CT servicemen make
a show of their broken hearts?
Why expect a girl who has. per-
haps, known only few months OF
married life, followed by a year or
two of separation, to sit back and
mourn her husbands death for
years?
After all, these women are young.
And if some of them can adjust
easily to the tragedy of being wild
owed, that is a great blessing. A
girl of twenty or twenty-five has
her life before her.
No che would be benefited by
her going to pieces and cracking
up emotionally. She would just
become problem of her own fam
lily and friends.
So the person VINO says war
widow is taking it toe well' is
lacking in both sympathy and un-
derstanding. The young widow
who waited faithfully for her huS-
bands return while there was hope
of his coming back to her some day
has done all that she can do.
When she knows he isn't coming
back, then she must get about the
business of living her own life to
make it as worthwhile as possible.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17

by the glee club are sDeep River"
Franz Lehar's Gold ard Silver
Waltz, and The Lords Prayer" by
Malotte. The orchestral program
will include the overture to Franz
Shubert's "Rosamunde''. ''Manhat-
tan Serenade" (Louis Alter and
other selections.
GLEE CLUB LISTED
Appearing in the glee club will be
Donna Barker, Betty 10 Brinnon,
Doris Cooper. Betty Coulter. Rose
mary Davis, Barbara Deem, Patsy
Edwards, Peggy Edwards, Evelyn
Guidotti, Joan Halvorson, Terry
Harmon, Dorothy Hatch, Renee
HendrickSon, Berry Lou Hynes, Will
MA jerks, Jean Key, Wilma Lakey.
Betty LeFevre, Margaret Long. Con-
ME Maggie. Larry Maple:
Patricia McEuen, Martha McNutt.
Ann Mitchell. Evelyn Owens, Doris
Pipes, Betty Price. Mary RAIDER.
Carmen Ram, Maxine Rust, Shirley
Sessions. Fern Shumard, Natalie
Silva, Bernice Spaniel, Ila Mae
Weeks, 10 Ann Westmoreland, Ann
Williams, Mary Williams Alta Lee
Winright, Helen Womack.
ORCHESTRA PERSONNEL
Members of the orchestra are:
Daryl Avrit, Bill Barnes, Tom
Berkshire, Patricia Blair, Billy Bob
bit. Frank Brame, Betty 10 Brin-
non, Joe Brinnon. Don Christian,
Juanita Coates, Allen Denton,
Charles Doffing, Margo Ellis, Bobby
Feaster, Phil Haas, Dorothy Hatch,
Marvin Haun, Geraldine Hays, Re-
nee Hend2ickson, Richard Henry,
Darold Horton, Virginia Humfield.
John Jenkins:
Wilma Lakey. Gertrude Lueck,
Phyllis Lytle, Janet Lytle, Harold
Maddox, Carol Martin, Helen May
nard, Robert Miller. 10y Mullins,
Charles Munson, Jim Munson, Frank
Mccoy, Charles Nails, Mickey Ordo-
nez, Donald Pipes, Orvon Rosen-
baum, Peter Shenas, Lorraine Sims,
Lorraine Stafford, John Petree,
Geraldine Rice, Charles Walton,
David Weakley, Helen Womack.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Acacia Group
Scans Recipes
Of Summer Meals

Recipes for cold lunches and sal-
ads were given by Miss Florence
Glenn at the meeting of the Acacia
home department Wednesday at the
home of Mrs. Gertie Sweden.
The group decided to prepare the
new recipes fer luncheon at the
next meeting, June at the home
Of Mrs. Grace Walton Officers
will also be installed at this time.
Helen Beeson won the door prize.
These present were Carolyn Nc
Connell, Grace Walton. Mary Bing-
geli, Helen Beeson, Irene Norris,
Jessie Littrell, Xylthia Sutherland,
Ruby Lehman, Dorothy Cowan,
Miss Glenn and Gertie Sweden,
hostess; and Theresa Machado.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Allen Gresham
Marks Birthday

Allen Gresham celebrated his
fourteenth birthday recently at
dinner party given at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Olin
Gresham. After dinner games were
played and the group attended the
movies.
Those present were Tommy Bey-
non. Stanley Drye, Jimmy Garrett,
Olin Gresham, Jr., and the guest
of honor, Allen.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Recital Planned
By Mccoy Pupils

Fourteen pupils of Frank Mccoy,
student piano teacher will be heard
in recital at p. m. Sunday in
the Douglass high school auditor
illm.
Those to be head in solos, duets
and two piano NUMBERS are Bertha
Morens. Jontille Burleigh, Calvin
Cook, Lupe Gomez, Manuel Winner,
June Lee Faultner: Caroline VAL
enzuela, Beverly Langdon. Wilma j.
Johnson, Leester Miller, Bertha Mae
Walls, LaVaughan Langdon, Tiilie
Sambrans and Lethia A. GoSs.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17

by George Burt Soloist for the glee
CLUB will be Ann Mitchell, singing
the "Staccato Polka" by Mulder.
The instrumental highlight of the
evening will be George Gershwin's
Rhapsody in Blue" played on the
two grand pianos by Helen Womack
and Helen Maynard.
Soloist for the orchestra is Wilma
Lakey, who will play as a violin
solo Albert Spaulding's Castles in
Spain. This will be followed by
the cornet trio OF Donald Pipes, Joe
Brinnon and Marvin Haun, playing
"Trumpeters Three" by Clair john
son.
Among the selections to be heard
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
Council Arranses
Old-Time Dance

An old-time dance will be spon-
SCred by the Rural Recreation
Council Friday night in the Vet
Grams hall, El Centre, with doors
opening at $50 P. m. and dancing
starting at 8. This year the council
plans tc continue the dances into
the GUNNER.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
CALENDAR
THURSDAY

Methodist supper, $3.50, social hall
Baptist Central Brotherhood din.
ner, I, Baptist church.
Night School, 10, high school.
Gypsum workers, 1880, Labor tenn
pie.
Royal Arch Masons, 1880, Masonic
Temple
CAP G. CAPC, 1880, high school.
Building trades, 8. Labor temple.
Central Labor council, 8, Labor
temple.
BP.O.E., 8, Elks Club.
FRIDAY
Kiwanis, IL, Barbara Worth hotel.
Painters, 1880, Labor temple.
Jasper Community Center, 8,
Jasper school.
Rural Recreation dance, $3.50, Vet
Grams hall, Ell Centre.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
CITY BILLS PAID

El Centre city bills totalling
s2O32. 80, were ordered to be paid by
the city council at the Wednesday
night meeting. The largest item was
the bill of j. l.. McElveny. S605, for
work on basins at the city water
plant. Another bill was for S405 for
Irrigation District water used.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17

Man O. War, sire OF two Ken
lucky Derby winners, never ran tho
famed Derby himself. Two of his
sons, Clyde Van Dusen and War Ad-
miral. we're Derby winners in 1929
and 1897 respectively.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
VETERANS COUNCIL
TO HEAR JACK KENNEY

Jack Kenney, ''TEe Blind Bird
Man of Death Valley" was sched-
uled as the speaker for the Vet
erans Council meeting Thursday
night in the Junior college audi
torium
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
TO EXTEND WATER MAIN

TO EXTEND WATER MAIN
Acting upon the petition of Rob-
ert L. Dalke, the El Centre city
council has ordered water meters to
be installed and water main extend
ed in block 3, McCullom tract. Dalke
has deposited S325 with the council
20 cover costs.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17

More air-eypress matter meas
ured by ton-miles was handled by
the Railway Express over domestic
airlines in prewar days than in
Europe, Central or South America
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
DISTRICT CREDIT UNION
To HOLD BARBECUE

A barbecue will be held at 7 p. m.
Saturday night at the Ira Aten
ranch for members and families
of the Irrigation District Federal
Credit Union.
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17
tsaa. ssssss OF Interest to Women ssss. es,s
By HoveyK Kinder
Specially Numbers to Feature
High School Spring Concert

selections
groups spring
school auditorium
Imperial Valley press., 1945-05-17

SCHOOL SETS VOTING TIME
Polls at Acacia school will be open
from 3 pm. to pm. Friday for
the annual election of school trus-
tees, board members announced
Thursday.
One member of the board of trus-
tees is to be elected from the Acacia
district.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-22
Views Of The Press

such, for instance, as the cover of w. Diererich's Bicycle Glide" or that from Coaching to Pelham, issude in. 1878 and sung by Kelly & Leons Minstrels. &
 The original words of the old est trolley song in the Ebrary's rich collection were written by Mark Twain and set to music in 1878 as Punch! Brothers, Punchl" Our generation may recall Molly on a Trolley by Golly With You" of 1921 vintage. The first steamship song on the list is Life on the Ocean Wave" now 107 years old, but "An- chors Aweigh" of 1907 still leads in popularity. Further research may produce songs about rowboatS earlier than 1912; Paddle Your Own Canoe" is dated about 1873. Railroad songs exceed in number all others; the bulletin, listing nearly ninety, cites Casey Jones" as most famous. But the automobile and all models of flying inspired much lyrical celebration = Lindbergh's flight was the theme of perhaps a dozen songs. Most of the early mos tor car songs were unabashed love lyrics. A variation of 1922, My Ten Ton Baby and Me- the truck drivers song, may indicate 9 trend ir our time toward worship of the machine, f@
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-22
A Thought for Today
Coal And Brass

Approximately onethird of the countrys coal miners have gone to That is considerable numerical loss But the loss in strength is greater for that included most of the younger and stronger Coal min rg hard work particularly hard for the older men who doing Illnesses and consequent absences from work frequent And the situation isn't helped by the fact that the miner must be fed from the same number o fa tion points allotted an office worker. The result of all tkis is that the coal situation is growing steadily worse severe shortage looms that have dire effects curta production slow transportation and affect the health of millions of citizens Further Interior Secretary Ickes Gin his role of Solid Fuels AdmStrator told the Mead War Investigating Committee 1t can stir chaotic European affairs into violence Devastated Europe
 must 6000000 tons of American bituminous coal 1T
 life sustained through next winter Mr. Ickes told the committee The alternative, he said is not only SICK ness and death, but riot and bloodshed.
 But those 5000 900 tons will not be forthcoming unless the Army urlough 30000 coal miners now in service the Secretary warned He added that Americans would be in for their codeSt winter of the And Deputy Solid Fuels Administrator C. Potter forecast fourday week in all war industries if miners and more coal production are not forthcoming The account which these two oft cals gave of their dealings with the Army repeats what is by now familiar and unpleasant story Mr. lckes said the Army drowned upon" his request for miners Mr. Potter said Army suggested that he shut down the anthracite mines and put the workers in the bltumnouS fields Certainly the country valy interested in giving the Army first call everything needs to win the war But there too many indications of dctatora brass hat attitude within the service which demands that the Army everything it asks for without question: and that unnecessary inconvenience and damaging hardship are as good as hair shirt humbling the civilian soul
 Incredible SeenS these Army brass hats seem to overlook the obvious fact that coal and steel shortages mean airplane and gun and ammunition shortages that transportation snarls and epidemic illness among war workers and riots Europe will eventually mean casualties at the front, and longer the Mead Committee current findings true this Stffnecked stand by the Army is both hampering military civilian co-ordlnatlon in the war program and delaying reconyerson plans In that case quick change of attitude is imperative And it will probably be up to the president to enforce that change
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-22
London On VI Day By Biu Csmninghan

flags Throngs that came from nowhere packed the sidewalks to cheer them. es
 At 8 a. m Picadlly Circus was packed from sidewalk to sidewalk and the crowd was cheering as soldiers tossed pretty girls high in the air and caught them in blankets. But down in front of the great iron gates of Buckingham Palace another sort oi crowd was beginning to form It was older and more serious and, although its numbers were small at first, already was chanting. we Want the King
 By the first gray light of q cold and drizzling dawn this number had grown to multiplied thousanos with big troop of Boobies trying to bold 1t in order Patiently they waited the long hours through for the previously announced formal drive of tner monarch from Buckingham Palace to the House oi Lords for the formal state opening of Parliament. Such pagentry had been foregone during the war, Today it was to be reestabshed That in itself would have been enough to make 1t historical occasion but now 1t likewise would be the first public appear ance of the King since complete victory on all fronts And when 1t came 1t was truly impressive
 First Coldstream Guardsmen with fixed bayonets
 marched out to line the royal route rich array or Allied flags was hauled to the tops of the Whitehall denly part of the Kings bodyguatd of Life Guards marched into sight around Parliament Square. Tnen finally the royal state coach drawn py iom wn,.s H horses clattered through the palace gates iooWed py - I.'' pse and ser serious looking King George was dressed in the hue uniform Of an admiral Of the. a n ssrd h h the opsn css @ss sat M Queen. She was pink and smiling and Jewels sisfensa
 rs s' psopIs chssrsd themselves hoarse a along the line and even greater crowds cheered the fetfn Journey. The royal couple returned immediately to buekinsham Palace after the brief formal cctenones md Parliament adjourned until o'clock in order that the House ef Lords mlsht so to Westminster Ahhey for fofnoi thanksgiving service, the -Cou- nlons Co Nf MnFsnfets if tF
 Near fhe itfle hotel where the Army hos hq,ieed
 me tho air Was fnnt by two terrific explosions neft ihsvre IirnFoIks and not oid German bombs that hstr auldnnIV Aeo|6ed 10 ceehfaie. kondQn'f ceIe- hfalicn rns r|6NtrIninH tul 't Ntf req Hhen q cezl1 nnf HlIH e'I 1|t lzo tri a@y iH IcI4 Efz'' s7a f1N1on. Tines NE " cute 4 Ht|H'< &NA sHA
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-22

existence has entered the field That is the ailines On the run to Hawaii alone, it is estimated that 50 per cent of the passenger traffic will want to go by air. s..s Si.34s GM
 But here's the way they rationalize the problem: w A certain group of persons crossing either the Pacific or Atlantic will want to fly. These will be mostly businessmen or government officials others with pressing business Bulk of the passengers, how ever, will be tourists They won't be in hurry and will still want the leisurely boat trip with its tradi tional merrymaking
 To handle this traffic U. S. lines now figure the best bet is to medium size liner, very comforta ble and safe The ones under construction about the size of the America smaller than the Queen Mary or Normandie Ships of the Normandie size are too expensive to operate at profit and their use must New U s. ships will be able to make 30 knots and make the run to Europe in little over five days The Queen Mary and Queen Elizabeth have been
The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-08-22
Trans-O Oceanic Travel
By Peter Edso,,
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averaging little more than four days bringing US. troops back But American officials think that if person is in hurry he'll fly, and if he isn't the extra day or so won't make any difference ana the savings in money will be big.
 What the new U. S. liners lack in size and speed. designers have tried to make up in comfort and con- venience Space studies which have been used so efficiently in hotel and home design have been ap- piled to ship construction StateroonS will be about the same size but arrangement of the furniture and facilities will make them seem larger than even those of the Queen Mary Each ship will have swimming pool and the usual facilities for sports and games
 Plans are under way to promote.the sale of family tickets with special rates, as soon as worio-Wioe tourist travel gets the green light There are too many variable factors which aren't known now to give an estimate on how much ship travel will cost But 1t IS believed 1t will be expensive than prewar and probably less. Getting the cost down will be one of the things which will permit successful competition with the airlines.
 In addition to the regular trade, the lines plan to make special appeal to persons who perhaps can't afford the plush passenger ships They are go- ing to encourage persons to on cargo ships. Cargo ships can be made very comfortable for passengers And carrying passengers in addition to the freight just so much gravy. They think that the new inter- national feeling will result in great urge on the part of the average person to more of the world When the veteran who has seen half the world tells his friends at home about 1t they will want to see it, too Also the line officials think. thousands of veterans will want to revisit some of the places where they were stationed and enjoy them in peace.
 It is estimated 1t will take about six months be- fore the lines get completely free of government and Navy will want to hang onto their ships too long and keep them from getting the sea lanes in time to grab off the trade. The foreign lines are al- ready hot after this.