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Newspaper
Arcadia News
Location
Arcadia, California, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1938
Page
4
Western states mobilize to send thousands of school children to the 1939 Golden Gate International Exposition. Students will view educational displays in the Hall of Science and other exhibit palaces.
Mr. and Mrs. James I. Bailiff of 1313 Rodeo Road Santa Anita Oaks hosted a Saturday night dinner-dance with a southern fried chicken canopy and lights. Guests included Monrovia residents Paul and Marjorie Garber Vollmer Sturgeon Solomon Bowers Dinsmore Carlton and Murray Vosburg along with Cord Maddock Corby Ackerman Wright and Wilbur Garber from Pittsburgh.
Don C Slater and his wife travel aboard the Elks Special bound for the convention in Atlantic City They plan a month long vacation visiting Eastern seaboard cities Mr Slater works at the Arcadia post office and the couple will attend the event together.
Local crochet exhibitors at the 17th annual Los Angeles county fair in Pomona compete September 16 to October 2 for the championship of America. National Crochet Bureau sponsors. 1,200 in cash prizes and a free New York trip. Final judging by five noted needlework women in New York City.
Arcadians attended courtesy night at Hollenbeck chapter of O E S in Los Angeles honoring Beatrice Schumaker and Judge Dudley Valentine. The banquet area became the Frozen North with Eskimo hostesses and snowball treats. Grand officer Mrs. May Glover attended along with Mrs. Mary B. Wheeler Mrs. E Westerhouse and Mrs. Katherine Fischer.
A thousand at Tia Juana watched a Fourth of July bull fight with American guests including Mrs. Virginia Driggins and Arthur Gallagher and Mr. and Mrs. Shirley Judd of Chicago. The Americans left the arena early while Mexican spectators stayed to the bloody finish. The party stayed at the El Cortez in San Diego during the holiday. Four Arcadians departed for a Presbyterian Bible Conference at Occidental College running through July 13. The four girls staying on campus are Lora Jean Hunt Thelma Sprague Margaret Hearn and June Ward.
Mr and Mrs Don Strawn announce the birth of a baby son at Huntington Memorial Hospital on Thursday evening June 28 at 8 15 pm. The infant weighed 8 pounds 15 ounces and both mother and baby are reported doing splendidly.
Mrs. John Granville entertained nineteen guests at an outdoor dinner and lawn party on the Fourth of July at her Oakwood drive home. Guests included R. M. Dickinson and daughters, Mrs. Dorothy Lindell, Miss Gertrude Dickinson of Arcadia, Dr. Leonard Fairbanks of Los Angeles, and others from Pasadena Arcadia Norwood Redlands Saginaw Chicago and more.
Eugene Harpole and his two sons Myron and George left Friday night from 1456 Arcadia Avenue for a dawn departure to San Diego for a deep sea fishing trip with Internal Revenue Service personnel. They returned Saturday night with a fine catch including large yellowtail that proved difficult to land.
The author reflects on a cool Fourth of July in Hyde Park with fewer traffic deaths so far this year due to a new state rule keeping vehicles in the right lane unless passing. He discusses fairs in San Francisco and New York, adult education enrollment, and the value of literacy for immigrant families, noting the Works Progress Administration program and Harry Hopkins.
Mr and Mrs R L Miller of Norman Avenue drove to Padua Hills for buffet supper Sunday evening with the L C Millers and Betty Williamson of San Gabriel.
Dr and Mrs B F Corbin 821 Arcadia avenue today bade farewell to guests Mr and Mrs Charles F Corbin Mrs S J Jennings and grandson Jack who left by motor for Columbus Ohio The Corbins hosted guests over the holidays and joined a trip to San Francisco and Yosemite valley which they called unusually beautiful this season.
Mr and Mrs Ernest W Leeper of 1127 South Sixth avenue depart July 18 aboard the Cornell yacht Hasta Luego for a cruise around the Channel Islands Santa Catalina and nearby islands with a possible short stay at Santa Barbara.
Mrs. E. B. Green wife of the Chil dren's Riding Club instructor and manager on Rancho Santa Anita is in Good Samaritan Hospital Los Angeles after a serious operation. She is recovering and expected to return to her Pasadena home around the 13th.
The Upper Room class of Arcadia Community Church announces a potluck supper at Santa Anita Park picnic grounds on Friday July 8 at 6 30 pm. President Wil Hatch will preside and watermelon dessert will be served. Members should bring a salad a hot dish and their own service. Hostess committee includes Mrs L B Goodwin Mrs Nan Clark and Mrs Arthur Maxwell.
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