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NAPA JOURNAL: SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 1931. PAGE THREE SOCIETY EDITOR Mrs. Marjorie Elston WOMEN READERS! SODA CANYON 4-H CLUB PI ANS SPLENDID COMMUNITY PROJECT BIRTHDAY DANCE HONORING MISS J.MOLLO LAST NIGHT Study Club In Fine Meet Yesterday BOUNCING BOY AND FATHER Three-story falls mean about as much to Rulon Johnson age 12. and his father as Avater on a ducks back. The youngster, shown above in his mothers arms, fell from a third story fire escape in Salt lake City recently, landing unhurt on the frozen ground 5S feet beloAV.

His father (inset), Avho glanced through a AvindoAV just in time to see the boy topple oft' the landing, ran to the fire escape and leaped after him. He struck the ground a feev seconds alter his young son and leaped to his feet immediately, unhurt, to find Rulon Jr. running spryly around. Children Entertained At High School The teachers' dining room was the scene of a happy and entertaining party Tuesday afternoon, when sixteen small children were guests of the child care and advanced cooking classes. The color scheme was cleverly carried out with the Aalentine motif of red and white predominating.

The cenierpice was a large valentine in which were concealed valentines fm- each tiny guesi. Those who were present at this affair were: George t'hieriei, Margaret Cochrane, Donald Crawford. A'aierie Denny, Lavernc Conners, Jimmy Gray, Larry llemmerling, Mary Ann Hein, Caroline Jessiman, David Kickoffer, Mary Ellen Leonard, Miller, Peggy Ann Patrick, Barbara Ann Strong, Keith A'an De A'eere, Priscilla AVilliants and Beverley AAyatl. The success of this three-course dinner was due to the efforts of Miss Scott and Miss Olsen. Robin, Lucy Massonda, Marion Gillies, Virginia Mackezi, Evangeline Cochrane, Ella Martinelli, Patricia McGlyn, Elinor Rose, Margarite Viriv, Floyd Jordan, Lilo Lombert, Eudor Mendoniea, Lyndia Hunki, Meryle Harris, Francis Lafon, Gerry Tepner, Helen Collins, Hazel Lierman, Gladys Ozborn and Zella Shively.

AVilson Dempsey, Tom Benson, Tom Prescott. Art Justis, George Lancia, Clinton Caldwell, Holland Duran, Cecil Mannering, AVilbur Bray, Ernest Isby, George Bruno, Duke Rider, Angelo Piscro, Neil Jessiman, Meryle Harris, Gordon Lafon, Frank Loeitelli, AVoodrow Cassady, Edwin Oshner, Alphonso Greco, Kenneth Squiers, Les Cars caden, Mario Conti, Les Liend' bald and Leonard Fratinas. Mr. and Mrs. Payne acted as chaperons for the young people and the party broke up at a late hour, after an evening of.

unusual fun and merriment. ing projects. The older girls, who have been in club work for three or four years, are now working on pajamas. Miss Jordan reported on the progress of the community project, which is to be a small fishpond and rock garden to be constructed under the water tower on the school grounds. It was decided that next meeting will be do voted to work on the project.

After the meeting, ihe members of the Soda canyon school board sig- nified their intention of co-operat- mg in tile community project. Tht-c arc: Messrs. Frank Herd, E. AV. p.emlcy, Amos A.

Tockey. Tin a- gentlemen helped to lay out rough plans for the proposed pool and garden. Mrs. Bentley explained the darning of stockings and shewed examples out of the first phase kits. Later, games wore played and a successful meeting brought to a close.

The Mt. George Farm Center hall was the scene of a delightful dance last evening given by the Slisses Madeline Finnigan and Katherine Payne, in honor of the birthday of Miss Jennie Mollo. The hall was lit by the glow of innumerable blue lanterns, and masses of green bows, and showrers of confetti transformed the scene into one of carnival-like gaiety. Gay caps and streamers added to the festivities. Music for dancing was furnished by the Sonoma Mission Inn orchestra, and delicious refreshments were served at a late hour.

A large number of members of the high school set and out-of-town guests were present at this affair, among whom were: The Misses Pita Decker, Ruth Decker, Melba Golds, Marie Chie-rici, Kay Powell, Dot Evans, Claudio Neoli, Jerry Grigsby, Elta Vaughn, Gertrude Moser, Florence MISS COOMBS SENIOR HOME ROOM LEADS OTHER ADVISORIES Yesterday afternoon, at the home of Mrs. L. A. Maynard on Jefferson street, the regular meeting of the Napa Study club took place, with a goodly attendance of members. The Study of 19th Century France was continued yesterday.

This is proving more and more interesting, and is one of the finest studies the club bus enjoyed. Those who took part in the program, included: Mrs. Geo. Linton, who read a full ajid complete paper on Uambetta; Miss Jennie Hyde, who spoke on the Third Republic in a splendid manner; Tasteur, the man to whom the world owes so much, was taken by Miss Lena Jackson, while De Mupassant was handled by Miss Janet MacClay. St.

Helena Pair United In Marriage In the presence of twenty relatives, Miss Beatrice Grogoire and Lucas Flaus, a popular St. Helena couple, were united in marriage Saturday morning at 11:30 at the home of the bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. Gregoire, in St.

Helena. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Irving E. Baxter. Attending the couple, were Mrs.

Paul Born, of Napa, and Airs. Leslie York, of St. Helena. The bride was attired in a light blue ensemble and carried pink carnations. Her sister, Mrs.

Bohn, wore dark blue ensemble. The Gregoire home was beautifully decorated, carrying out the idea of St. A'alentines day. An interesting sidelight on the wedding was the fact that it was performed on the day of the 30th aniversary of the marriage of Mr. and Mrs.

August llaus, parents of the bridegroom. A delicious wedding breakfast followed the ceremony, after which an informal reception was held and many friends of the couple wished the mi happy married life. The bride is a lady who has a friends in the Alberta, Canada, Helena with her Mrs. E. Gregoire She finished her education In St.

attended the hij charming young large number of county. Born In she came to St. parents, Mr. and seven years ago. grammar school Helena and later school.

Mr. llaus is one of St. Helenas younger businessmen, who through his straightforward dealings and pleasant manner is very successful. He is the son of Mr. and -Airs.

August Haus, formerly of lope valley, who have been residents here fur a number of years. Educated in St. Helena, lie engaged in business with Hobart Signorelli several years ago and since the withdrawal of the hit-tpr front the partnership in 1928, ho has conducted it alone. The couple have established their home on Brown street, St. Helena.

Daffodil Tea To Be Given by Church Ladies Soda Canyon 4-H club met in regular session yesterday afternoon in the schoolhouse, with 100 per cent attendance of both members and leaders. Mrs. E. AV. Bentley and Miss Alice Jordan are the leaders of this group.

President Richard Krenke in the chair and the minutes of the previous session were read by Brunu Somazzi, the secretary. In order to begin preparations for lie May center meeting, at which the 4-11 club will put on the program, the president appointed a committee to work up a short play. Those on the committee arc as follows: Marie Tabor and Hilda ytyger. Tom Bentley and Richard Krenke were selected to choose games for the next meeting. of the girls are through with the first part of the first phase of the work and will start on the second part of the first phase, which will consist of cloth Native Daughters Of.

St. Helent Honor Brides Mi's, llarrj Rahn and Mrs. Alexander Brovelli, newlyweds, were guests of honor at a delightful party given by La Junta Parlor No. 203, N.D.G.AV., following its regular meeting on Tuesday- evening. Mrs.

Roy and Mrs. Gertrude Rowe rendered two pretty-vocal numbers, being accompanied on the piano by Miss Agatha Turner. Mrs. C. AVarren Van Camp delighted those present with a recitation, given in her usual charming manner.

Appropriate games were played, prizes being awarded to Mrs. C. AVarren Van Camp, Mrs. O. C.

Thompson and Miss Inez Refreshments were then enjoyed in the banquet room. AViiile seated at the tables, the two brides were presented with pretty gifts from La Junta parlor members. The, presentation to Mrs. Brovelli was in the form of a miscellaneous shower and she received many beautiful and attractive articles for her new home. Mrs.

Rahn and Mrs. Brovelli thanked the members for their good wishes as expressed in the Miss V. Beck, Sanford Gardner To Wed Sunday A marriage license was issued yesterday by County Clerk James A. Daly to Sanford M. Gardner, 23, and Miss A'era, Beck, 21, both of Napa.

According to an announcement made earlier in the week, the pair will be wedded on Sunday-morning by Rev. V. S. AYoodhull at the M. E.

parsonage. A popular ami well known couple in this community, they will have the good wishes of the entire community in their venture into matrimony. I I miss Barbara Blanchard Teacher of Piano Specializing In Classes for Beginners Napa, Calif. Phone 744 i HONEYMOONING AT MIAMI Roper Wolfe Kahn and his actress bride of ttvo Aveeks, the former Hannah Williams, are repeating that cheerful little earful on their honeymoon at Miami Beach, Fla. The young orchestra maestro, composer and flier declined to state Iioav long he and his young bride Avould spend in the hand of sunshine.

Business and Professional Women to Meet The Business and Professional AVomcns club arc not meeting on Monday, their regular meeting date, but have postponed their meet until Thursday, February 26th. Tlte affair will take the form of a social meeting and will be held at the home of the president, Mrs. Minnie B. Compton. Further plans for this meeting- will le announced later.

Home from Stanford Robert Boggs and F.urr Northrop, both students at Stanford university, arrived in Napa last evening to spend the weekend and holiday with their parents and friends here. 41 Efoafa gfrX' Ar.I-3- Your Health Demands a Safe, Non-Habit-Forming Laxative So safe are Rexall Orderlies that they may be given, according to directions, to mere infants. Yet they are so effective that the most robust man will find that they do their work as thor-r oughly as any Laxative he has ever tried. Since Orderlies have 150 no other effect for on the system than drawing $1.00 "ater out of the system into the bowels, they do not form a habit. They may be discontinued after the first relief is obtained.

Sold only at Rexall Drug Stores, LEVINSONS PHARMACY Phone 257 VV44 The Store 4hv JZZ for your boys and girls by providing them with plenty of pure, delicious, healthful But You Cant Beat Our Milk! The honor roll and grade points for the home rooms at Napa high school are as follows: SENIORS Mr. llemmerling Average per sludent, 1. Mary Boardy Henrik Blum Edith Domcnifoni Franklin Dunlap Ruth lluntsinger Roselle Clarke Alillerund Luhman Miss Coombs Average 1.97 Tevis Thompson Ruth Ruwson Dorothy Hansford Dorothy Johnson Clarice Stoll Jl'NlOltS Miss AVishcrd Average 1.25 Etclyn forma l) Carl Carbone Helen Courragues Melvin Arighi Air. Gray Average 3.03. Geraldine Lucy Frances Gaffney M.

Niccolls Esther Hillman New Books At High School Library Two interesting new books on aviation have been added to the school library. They are: Little America, by Commander Richard E. Byrd, and The AVorld in the Air," by Miller. The library staff is being kept busy preparing the 295 new textbooks which have been received for the new semester's work. These books cover a wide variety of subjects, ranging from dramatics to geography.

Napa Transportation and Navigation Co. PIER 19 SAX FRANCISCO FREIGHT Phone Davenport 5483 Napa Foot of Brown St. Phone 176 Sailings 5 p. m. Daily (Except Sat.

and Sun.) THE NEWEST Enna Jett ick Shoes are Here! uwwww swots to WOMEH 6 AAAAA to EE -Stew i 3 Your Size in Stock TUNE IN ENNA JETHCK MELODIES every Sun4ty vmrS over WJ and 35 Awodated I Stations Minnetonkah Council in Busy Meeting Minnetonkah Council, Degree of Pocahontas, held a busy and interesting meeting Thursday evening. Miss Emma Fiore presiding. Plans were made for a rummage sale to be held in the near future and all those who have articles to contribute should see Mrs. Inga Gridlcy, who will have charge. It was voted that a series of card parties should be conducted during the spring, at the different homes of the members.

As yet, definite plana have not been made, but progress in this line will start almost immediately. The parties will not be public, but for members and invited friends only. A delegation of members went to Sun Rafael last night to visit Gcnnesee Council there, the occasion being the official visit of the Great Pocahontas. The San Rafael members sponsored a brilliant affair, the Napa delegates leaving by motor yesterday evening as invited guests. An invitation was received from Suisun Council in Fairfield asking the members to visit there in the near future, and plans were made for this trip.

Following the meeting, the members enjoyed a get-together at which time games and dancing were the main diversions. High School Students Receive Honor Cards Honor cards were presented in assembly- Friday at the high school to 1 lie folowing Honor Society- members: Franklin Dunlap, Ruth lluntsinger, Clarice Stoll, Arighi, Geraldine Lucy, Ellon Kehmct, Margaret Secgmillcr and Harriet Remington. These nev members of the C. S. F.

received the honorary award also: Roselle Clarke, Dorothy Stevens, Harriet Aldrich, Dorothy Curtis, Rose Dellamadalena, Elaine Gracchi, Ruth Hunt, Christina Hording and Marion McDowell. Carl Carbone received all honor card for his last quarter's grades, although he does not belong to the C. S. F. Machines Hit at Intersection of Third and Soscol Automobiles driven by Mike Schuler, 81 2 i street, Sacramento and Mike, Kneeltt, 319 River street, Napa, were involved in an accident at the intersection of Third street and Soscol avenue about 10 oclock last night.

Both chines were considerably- damaged according to Officer E. Glos, who investigated the accident. LAI HING CO. General Merchandise Shuck M. Chan, Prop.

840 First St. Napa J. W. GLOVERS EXPRESS Local and Long Distance Hauling Of Every Description Furniture and Piano Moving A Specialty 1103 MAIN STREET Office Phone 471 Residence Main St. and Lincoln Ave.

Residence Phone 833 Miss Lynch Average .943. A'eril Smith SOPHOMORES Mr. Norman Average .19 Evelyn Fussel Dorothy Curtis Rose Dellamadelena Miss McMahon Average Harriet Aldrich Miss Olson Average .15. Amy J. Parker Thelma Norris Marion McDowell David McMurdo I FRESHMEN Mr.

A'outz Average .16 Lydia Archer AVilliam Butler Ada Corman Miss Kiine Minus .833. Lydia Archer BAND Air. Patrick Average 1.95. Dorman Jones Claire Ross Kennit Jeffrey Mary Jewell Dorothy Maxwell Girls League In Little Sister Tea Tuesday The Big and Little Sister Tea which is sponsored twice yearly by the Girls League of the high school was held in the study hall after school on February 17th. Miss Hawkins, dean of girls, welcomed the new freshman girls to Napa high school and urged them to enter Into the various school activities.

During the program Margaret Martin sang two songs and Henrietta Fimby played a selection on the piano. Dancing was the main diversion of the afternoon. Refreshments were served in the cafeteria at the close of the program. Esperanto Students Soon To Correspond Esperanto students at the high school will soon correspond with students in various parts of the world in order to get different viewpoints. It is unusual for a class in Esperanto to be able to correspond so soon, these students having had only one semester of the language.

Students are writing to cities in Argentine, Austria, Brazil, Bulgaria, Poland, Germany, Spain, Italy, Holland, Czeco Slovakia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Japan, South America, Mexico and Holland, Esperanto is taught by Senor llemmerling. POST VERDICT (By United Press) SANTA ANA, Feb. 20. Although Mrs. Guy Bates Fost was found guilty 10 months after her own death of murdering Mrs.

Doris Murray Palmer, attempts will be made to vindicate her spirit, A. Moresby AVhitc, attorney and friend of the former Dresden China Doll declared today as he prepared to apepal the unusual verdict to the supreme court. Mrs. Post was found guilty in superior court yesterday of killing Mrs. Palmer last April in their Laguna Beach home.

White pleaded that the crime be considered no greater than manslaughter. The unprecedented case was brought about when heirs of Mrs. Palmer fought her will which left $1,500 to Mrs. Post. They contend the bequeFt was illegal because a murderer could not benefit by the estate of a victim.

Our New Partner an A-l Chef Give us a trial. You will be surprised. Valley Cafe Hot Biscuits and Corn Bread Between 5.8 Free coffee after the first cup. RAINBOW GIRLS VISIT FROM MEETING Napa Assembly No. 7.

Order of; the Rainbow for Girls, were visited last night by Mrs. B. Byre of Petaluma, deputy for the grand assembly. AVorthy- Advisor Roselle Clarke presided over the meeting, and i Mother Advisor Mrs. H.

J. Baade1 was in her accustomed place. Mrs. Byre visited the Napa chapter for the purpose of conducting a school of instruction for, the newly installed officers. All the ritual work was gone through for the benefit of the Mmm RECEIVE DEPUTY AT HELD LAST NITE who aided and advised on point- of conduct which were nut exactly clear to the girls.

However, the diligent practice which the order has been doing fin- the past two weeks had its i fleet ami there was little to be niiieisci in the work. The visitor expressed herself as surprised at the splendid manner in which the new officers hove taken hold of the litiid and highly commended the manner in which they conducted i i i i i 1 es. their respective fields Me.xii tin border to from the the Oregon The date has been set for the annual Daffodil Tea to be given by the Ladies Aid of the Presbyterian church, and announcement of the various committees to work the affair was made yesterday. The tea will take place on AVednesday, March 4. from 2 to 5 p.

and the church parlors of the Presbyterian church will represent a true daffodil amidst the masses of those beautiful flowers and other spring flowers. A delightful program will be given, and tea will be served, to which everyone is cordially invited. The following committees received appointment yesterday to work on the event: PROGRAM Mesdames Joseph Daniel D. A. Maxwell Charles Tr'ower DAFFODIDS Mesdames Myron Hobson AVilliam Smythc Harry Bunce Marshal Talley Charles Brandt Herbert Sawyer Howard Roper Misses Edith Imrie Tina McLellan Emily Bickford Lena Jackson SERVING Mesdames Roy Nathan James Gillies A.

L. Banks AV. T. Smith TABLES Mesdames E. H.

MacMillan Fred Jaekle AA'. B. AVilliams Fred Jordan Helen Aldersley Hoernle R. E. Dalrymple C.

C. Money E. E. Crawford K. M.

Porter C. D. Clark Ed. Manassc Guy Butler Geo. Thompson Cecil Gardner Louise Michelson Misses Janet Mac-lay Jennie Lord RECEPTION Mesdames R.

M. Kyser M. J. Smiley Josiah Daniel D. S.

Kyser Egbert Smith C. G. Ault ilisa Nellie Fond Build Healthy Bodies Hue 9 o'clock in tho morning and it is expected that by 4 oclock in the afternoon every community in the slate will have been visited and the membership cards delivered to B. AV. Gearhart, state commander, and James K.

Fisk, state adjutant, at Mills Field. 1 i The drive and the routing of the planes are being handled under the. directions of Tex Frolich, chair- man of the Legions Aeronautics Committee, and Warren II. Ather-I ton, chairman of the membership committee. During the flights constant touch will be kept with all fields and planes by airplane to I insure the keeping of the schedule.

I The first of tho ptanes carrying the cards will arrive at Mills Field at 3 p. where appropriate cere-' monies will bo held to commemorate the event. Ambrosia Pasteurized Milk as part of every meal every day phone 30 Ambrosia Creamery Co. FAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2'b Tile roar of airplane propellers will be heard throughout California on AYashington's Birthday when the American Legion will conduct a membership drive to top its quota of 60,000 members for 1931.

Sixteen airplanes, nine on feed-fr routes and seven on main sir lanes will comprise a flying squadron which will contact the 407 Posts of tho organization in this state and deliver the membership cards to Mills Field in this city. Tho planes will take-off from 751 Soscol Avenue Cream, You Can Whip Our.

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