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Newspaper
Arcadia Journal
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 22, 1917
Page
1
Nine Arcadia ladies spent a day at Mrs. L. Emerson's home to make garments for the needy through the Cooperative Arcadians. They bought waists and other undergarments with a club treasury donation of five dollars, while members contributed clothing worth five dollars. A follow up meeting planned to finish waists and fill baskets with food for Christmas distribution.
Questionnaires were mailed Saturday by the district exemption board to men of the draft. The burden to secure and return them within seven days rests on the registrants. Failure to return the forms within a week can lead to punishment up to one year in jail and may delay induction into military service.
City Marshal Treen holds twelve dozen bottles of Fastside beer seized after a Mexican man intended a party. The plan is to keep the beer about 30 days then pour it out, though the bottles may be saved for sale. The stock is locked in the city hall vault awaiting disposal.
Central California districts around Porterville Exeter Lindsay Globe Woodlake and Success report 471 acres with about 90 trees per acre yielding 40 480 packed boxes and roughly a half box per tree. C O Banks returned from the north noting the crop may run 20 to 25 percent. Banks Bros has shipped 166 cars so far this season, mainly from northern districts.
The Board of Trade will meet Thursday night instead of Monday due to Christmas Tuesday. A Pasadena Tournament of Roses committee urged Arcadia to enter a float, likely not to be done though some motor care with Arcadia pennants may appear in private machine class. Mrs Anita Baldwin may be asked to enter a float for Red Star and Arcadia jointly, to be discussed Thursday.
The Co operative Arcadians unanimously accepted Mrs. Frank Falconer Mrs. W Newhall Mrs F P Chandler and Mrs Multer for membership and reinstated Mrs M P French The club plans a service flag for Arcadia city and a clothing drive for the poor with four five families needing aid A $5 treasury withdrawal funds material for garments and an all day sewing event are planned for December 28 at Mrs Grady's home Mr Stanley Goode returns from San Francisco awaiting orders from aviation headquarters for further exams in Los Angeles
Crowds gathered in Arcadia's hills last week to collect holly for Christmas decorating. Motor cars carried away loads as red berries and green foliage brightened the winter landscape.
City trustees call for bids to extend the water supply into Grand View. Project cost around 5000 dollars, with a booster pumping plant at Reservoir No 1 and riveted steel mains. January 6 dedicatory services for a new church precede a week of evening events and the cantata The Prince of Peace by the choral society.
Secrecy surrounds the Christmas tree celebration at the church next Sunday night. Each Sunday school class will contribute a program number, unknown until presented. Services start at 7 o clock with candy nuts and presents for children and all are invited.
Mr and Mrs Milton Hamilton spent Sunday with his sister Mrs EB DeLonge. They motored to San Gabriel Canyon in the afternoon.
A lyrical, prayerful reflection argues for returning brave children to Earth with kindness. It laments loss and asks Heaven to lift curses, restore joy, and keep ancient hopes alive as a nation or community pledges love and the duty to honor the departed.
The article describes medieval measures to control boys in church life. Salem in 1076 ordered boys to sit on three stairs in the meeting house with William Lord overseeing pulpit stairs. Stratford assigned a watchman to curb disorderly youths using discretional blows. Durham punished misbehaving boys publicly after services. The piece notes the shift to a dedicated boys pew after removal of pulpit stairs seating.
The state offers 811 810 acres of vacant school land in 48 counties for lease by individuals or corporations. Los Angeles County accounts for 1488 acres. Interested parties can obtain a pamphlet from Surveyor General W. S. Kingsbury in Sacramento with leasing law, tract list, and lease form. Filing fee is 5.00 and annual rent per acre set by the State Board of Control. pamphlets are free.
In Riverside the famous 1875 introduced “Daddy” orange tree faces a deadly disease. Leading experts from UC California, USDA, and local citrus men confer on diagnosis and treatment to save the lineage. One tree stands behind iron fencing on Magnolia Avenue while another rests in Greenwood Mission court and recovers.
City trustees at Wednesday night meeting pooled funds and joined the Red Cross. D. W. Sims led by placing a silver dollar on the table, followed by A. L. Parker and others. The board previously voted 60 to the local branch and planned waiving 10 monthly during the war.
Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Parker and Mrs. Hulda Parker will be guests of Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Philp for a Christmas dinner at their Los Angeles home. Twenty guests invited as a compliment to the Parker party. Mrs. Philp is an aunt of Mrs. A. L. Parker.
A club received a letter from J R Kirkland of the 4th Ambulance, Camp Mills Hempstead N Y. He expresses gratitude for the Christmas boxes and hopes to depart soon for service abroad, noting he won’t return until the war ends.
Chas W Stewart plans a war certificate thrift campaign in Arcadia to involve school children and the entire city. He will seek Board of Trade aid and asks merchants to allocate ad space in the Journal to support the effort and boost sales of war thrift stamps.
The city will give $50 to the National Defenders Yuletide committee of Los Angeles to supply Christmas boxes to soldiers from Arcadia and other districts. City trustees approved the appropriation after letters and telegrams to Miss Ethel Grimes and C. D. Harris.
City Marshal Treen secured council approval to appoint Frank Louth as a special deputy in Arcadia. The two bicyclist officers will pursue the suspected poisoner, a Mexican national, whom Treen believes is guiding crews involved in the crime.
Following President Wilson's advice the Parker ranch heifer produced twin calves this week. The cows, named Mother and babies, are reported to be doing nicely and contribute to increasing the food supply.
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