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Wednesday, May 25, 1932 LA GRANDE EVENING OBSERVER, LA GRANDX ORE. Page Three SOCIETYNOTES Miss Bess nuke. Society Editor Telephone Main UOO Until 9:30 a. m. Party Compliments. Mrs, Finlay, . . .. Who Will Leave Soon For Visit With Her Parents in; Keokuk, Iowa Mrs. Harold Finlay, .who is leaving soon for an extended visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Krlchel, In Keokuk, Iowa, was complimented at a party for which Mr. and Mrs. Chester L. Thompson entertained last night at their home on N avenue. The rooms were decorated with a profusion of purple and white lilacs. Guests were invited to form five tables for bridge, and the prizes for high score were awarded to Mrs. H. V. Leffel arid Nolan Skiff. Mr. Pin lay received consolation.. . - The guest of honor was presented with a gift; 'Refreshments were serv ed by the hostess. Mrs. Finlay will be accompanied to Keokuk by her son, Allan, and daughter, Kathryn. i i y Swastika Club - Is Entertained The Swastika club enjoyed the final party of its winter season Mon day evening whan the members were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. George J. Tiss. Flowers decor ated the rooms and furnished a de lightful background for the piayers who spent the evening at bridge, Home Department . In All-Day Meet Sixteen members of the Presbyter ian Home department were enter tained' yesterday at an ail-day meet ing at the home of Mrs. Mamie Lewis. The day was spent quilting and tying quilts; and a potluck luncheon was served at noon. Plans for the next regular meet ing of the department are Indefinite. However, If the weather permits, a picnic probably will be enjoyed at the next meeting on June D. The quilts on which the member! worked yesterCTy will be used in re lief work next, winter. County Council To Install Officers lng lor seventy years. The: American people will never repeal the eighteen th amendment until Its enforcement has had a fair trial, and it has never had a fair trial. "' "It Is true that the prohibition law Is not fully enforced. No Jaw Is en forced up to the point that It Is never broken. All criminal law. all penal statutes are violated. To say the laws of our country can not be enforced Is cowardly and un-American.1 If our government can not .en force Its laws, then It is no longer a government. . "The llouor fraternity cry: "Pro hibition Is the cause of crime In the United States, abolish prohibition and eliminate crime. Gatusi Camp Fire Elects-Officers Miss Jane Williams was elected president of the Oatual Camp" Fire group yesterday afternoon at a meet ing held at the home of the guardian, Mrs. Raymond O. Williams. Miss Kathleen Williamson la vice, prcsl dent: Miss Betty Jane Orlce, tary: Miss Verna Lee Hanford, song G. E. Convention To Begin Here Friday, May 27 The annual convention of the Grande Ronde Christian ?' Endeavor secre-Union opens at La Grande Friday, May 37, and continues through sat- lpnrtpr. Misa Adelftido Zweifel. scribe, t urday closing with the evening ses- Plans were made for a picnic which ommuy. ncv. uu "'"v Ol .rviiuiuiuu, la w uc uio vinci speaker Friday 'evening at .7:30 -at the Christian church. Mgr.- Cornell son has been a missionary to the Cay use and Umatilla Indians In Oregon for the post 33 years. With him on the Friday's program will appear sev eral Indian boys and girls to assist him in presenting his story of his work among them,. , Saturday morning, the field secre tary for Christian Endeavor,;--Rev. Ross Gulley, will arrive and conduct several conferences, as well as be one of xhe chief speakers. Several state officers of -the Oregon Christian En deavor are scheduled to arrive some time Saturday, among whom are state president, Edgar Hoover; state sec retary, Viola Ogdeii, arid ex-state will be held at Cove tomorrow after noon. - , Mrs. Reynolds To i : ' Entertain Club . Officers of the Union County Coun cil of Pnrnnt. Tdnrhpr nssnrfntlnns will be nominated and Installed Saturday to hls or her duty.- We have afternoon nt 2 o'clock, when the made moral cowardice respectable and council meets at the Prultdale school, nave capitulated to tne lawless. Mrs. Nellie Reynolds will be hostess Wftn,.n( nv, finrtrf ' to the Westway club of the Women's the land with bW to reduce m" would be as Illogical as throwing gasoline Into a blazing building to extinguish the fliunes. Crime is a business In the United States. It Is organized upon the same plan as big business, to secure efficiency. The most i perilous -lawlessness In this country now is in high circles,;' , "Crime flourishes in cur country, not because of prohibition, but be cause our criminal courts have failed and they have failed because the cltl- Mrs. Lewis Wetzel will act as install ing officer.; " A program being arranged will in clude numbers bv dub Us of Frultdale Mr. arid Mrs. Harold Finlay and (school, of which John B. Bennett is Mr. and Mrs. Chester L. Thompson were guests of the club for th eve ning, and Mr. Finlay and Mrs. Thompson received the prlze3 - for high score among the guests. Hugh Leonp.nt and Mrs. Charles Graham were h.gh scorers for the club. Mrs. Tiss served a luncheon at a Into hour, s ' ' ' .- Delightful Party At The Ray Home Ut a delightful e principal, council. and by members of the Prohibition' Theme - Of W. a T. U. Meet delightful evening bridge p&rty, Miss Constance Ray and Ml3s Mildred Smith entertained last night at the home of the former. Twelve were invited including Miss Maxinc Phillips, of Bnker, who is the house guest of Miss Smith and Miss Bess Duke. ' I . Prizes were awarded to Miss Eva i Rlggs, for ' the club members, ana j Miss Duke, for the guests. j Refreshments were served at a late hour by the hostess, i Piano Students '' Appear in Recital ' Sixteen who are studying piano un der the direction of Mrs. Clifford Sloklancl were presented In a piano i'ecltal last night at the La Grande hotel ballroom. A large group of parents and friends of the musicians attended the event. ' Those appearing In the recital were Lillian Hill house, Barbara Counsel!, Jean Jnsper, Margaret Helen Hale, Leola Miller, Ruth McClure, Eloise Stein, Grace Johnson, Edna Jasper, Eileen Winn, Donald Jasper, Margaret Zurbrlck, Nadlne Zweifcl, Alma Schroeder, Nela Smith and Annie Moore. v i -. There la -little or no thought of God. Every consideration is given to the body: alone.-Money and pleasure 1008 Fourth' street Fridy evening at 7:30. All members are asked to at tend since Important business will be discussed and a social hour will be enjoyed, Mrs, Reynolds states. Altar Circle Of V i Church in Meeting Eastern Oregon School of Music j Program Pleases One of the most classical and pleasing student programs ever .given in La Grande, was presented to a most appreciative audience last eve nlng, in the ' Sacajawea . ballroom; when the advanced piano aiid vocal students of the Eastern Oregon School of Music were presented In their an nual spring recital of solo and en semble; numbers. ri ' Six grand pianos, against a back ground of many baskets of beauti ful flowers, made a rrioet artistic-setting for such a program. . J The solo numbers', : both -vocal an4 Instrumental, were of widely varied types and all so well done It would be difficult to pick' the outstanding 6nes. ' The ensemble numbers moved along with 'such smoothness and pro fessional' precision -one almost forgot the performers were only students, with but few years study and "very little experience In publto perform ance. The Schubert' Symphony, while written for symphdny orchestra. Is very well adapted to the piano or4 chestra and the .rendition of;' this B.' Hubbard, the Vglacler "priest," "on a flight over the smoking cone.'wnloh lasted an hour and resulted In. top spotting of several burled villages. , , -: -Returning to the Harris . cannery headquarters of his party on Unlmak Island, the Santa Clara university geology professor found Porbandt had landed. .. ';: : The . pilot, took . off with Father Hubbard and' Kenneth Chlsholra, one of' his assistants, and afC6r circling the Intervening mountains, flew around Shlshaldln. the Villages' 'are nowr being? Mca'r vaied by members of the expedition.' ' ; iDorbandt " landed; lit : ft' lagoon' oh Bering sea, where some of the'partyy equipment was stored, lashed Father Hubbard's sled to the pontoons, hust led the 11 slcH dogs !n the plane's cabin and; In two trips had the "gla cier priest" and his party back to the cannery1: A full week would have been necessary to eirect tne same trans pbrtatlbn'by TSoaf . i Delta Remy and Aiitolite StarUr,. (lenentoc and-, Ignition Repairing.. ,, ,,'; f,i vCeuulne., Factory, Parts BUROBSS BATTERY 4 ELECTRIC! -Phone -MalB-t 1S0T Jelf.-AW;' i Decoration Day Thursday Friday Saturday Mrs. G. A. Barron and Mrs. Henry Hill were appointed members of the altar committee for the coming month at St. Peter's Episcopal church, yesterday afternoon -Aat a meeting of the Altar circle at the home of Mrs. C. C. Bull. The next meeting of the circle will nresldent. James Henderson. .Each' of these will occupy a prominent place, number was very pleasing! ; This la In Saturday's and Sunday's program, cuusiuereu win uufii luim.ui Delegates from -the entire union, Baker, Union and Wallowa counties, Prohibition was the theme of the program enjoyed-by the Woman's Christian Temperance Union - yester- doy afternoon at the home of Mrs. T. E. Plerson, .1205 N avenue. Mrs. Howard Smith led the devotional ser vice; Mrs, E. L. Woods spoke on "Why Wet Millionaires Fight Prohibition Mrs. Smith also read an Interest ing article, on "Resubmission," aftar which Mra. Plerson presented the fol lowing article, taken from, a Callfor nla paper, in which H. J. Ogilvle, of Fresno, Cal., states his belief that prohibition Is not to blame for crime: "America faces a possible catastro phe. A. civilization Is striving des perately to save Itself, Strong men are in perplexity and fear before an unseen but stern -Justice. The penal tics of moral laware terrific and tne modern 'cleverness of men can not evade them. Those penalties are clos ing In on the .wrongs of men with no uncertain' exactness. In the faoe of a serious economic depression and Industrial breakdown, the wet ele ment wants to flood the country with booze. To do so would be abject fol ly and the- outcome national suicide, "Prohibition did not come thief In -the night, are the idols of the time. The world be held on June 28. has apparently gone mad," pleasure mad, money mad; sex mad, and is moving farther from the lessons . of morality that were the strength of the founders of our nation. God only knows what the end of all this madness will be. . v , "To abolish prohibition means the ultimate return of the saloon, with all its damning Influences, to again drive virtue to the haunts of shame and pave the pathway to hell. Some moderniBts say "there is no hell," but they won't be dead on minute un til they realize there is.'' The program was interspersed with appropriate musical selections. I A short business session was held and plans were made for a social meeting at Riverside park early next! month. Mrs. a, W. Masten prestdea at the meeting in the absence of the president,. Mrs. Alpha Victor. I v-..- Swimming Party; : ,,. , Picnic Postponed ' Because of the Inclement weather, the picnic and swimming party plan ned by the Order of Rainbow for Girls has been postponed Indefinitely, It was announced thlB mornlnir by Mra. Florence Bacon, mother advlso?, from -the entire union, " " ? .-,' """' " " ObUUCllUt MJ W' W DVUUJ Vina will be present. Election of officers for the ensuing year-and their in stallation by the state president and his assistants will occupy ; quite 'a prominence on the program. This will be followed by a banquet Sat urday evening. The public Is cordially Invited-to attend any .and all of the meetings, all of which will be held at the Christian church. DfcLZELL'S LEAD 27 VOTES TODAY (Continued from Page One) Pythian. Sisters Club Entertained An Informal afternoon of sewing and visiting was. enjoyed yesterday when the Pythian Sisters Social club met nt the home of Mrs. Winnie Oli ver. Mrs. Oliver was asslstr y Mrs. Lvda Onenl. Mrs. M. Purkhlser was a guest. v. After refreshments were served by the hostesses, it was announced that Mrs. Wesley MoDonald will be tho a next lostcss,..asslsted .by. Mra. Walter It-had.;beon -com-. Jonca; on June 14. . . v.. POET'S CORNER IN MUMOHV M Confidence Is the foundation of business. Tho establishment of con fidence takes "time and it can only be done by fair dealing; Such was the foundation of our true and beloved friend and brother, Frank E. Schooler. The lives you have touched were mado brighter, Life's trials made easier too. Ajar are the gates of that haven of - rest ;: For us all since you have passed thru. While our hearts are torn and blced- v ing O'er the splendor death has won, Blessed memories - shall we ever cherish As we meekly submit "Thy Will ' .done.'.'. r.. .. ,.,', v.. ' A Friend, official returns from' Friday's pri mary' election were received at the state department . here today from Benton and Polk counties. Partial returns were received from Jackson county. The work of canvassing the vote is now In progress in. the state depart ment under the direction of; Dave O'Hura, in charge of the legal divi sion. He sold it would probably re quire two weeks to complete the task; ' Special interest is being manifested in tho official canvass as it effects the contests or both the Republican and Democratic nomination for rep resentative in congress from the first congressional district; These con tests are clo.',e, and the results will not bo determined ' definitely until the official check is completed. type of composition.' J , The MkuzkowskL -waltz, sung by , the Vocal quartet and assisted by the violins. Is a beautiful number and was very well givenii: ? '.'The beginners ipiaha ensemble, ot five little girls, Which was presented Monduy night, appeared again on this program' by( request," i . 'y i ; I-. Th& students presented last eve ning' were, all pupils of MrflV WilllarA H. Parkinson and were as 1 follows. Pianists: Loretta Btltt, iGedrgeanna Lock wood, Mildred 'Stoddard, - Clara Norris. ' Bethel Trill- St.' Mmi Vocal Ists: Mesdames1 Christina Lester, Man ley Arant, Bethel St. John, Mter villa Moore; violinists assisting, Jennie Nlelson, Edna Turner,- Anita Herman and Ernest Brlggs, former students of the violin department .of the school. ,101; uitowN UNm:it KNiri: HOLLYWOOD, Cal., May 26 '(pj Joe E. Brown, film comedian, under went two operations today, one for appendix Ms and. another lor a minor leg Infection. Physicians said his -recovery was expected. Airplane Spots Buried Villages ; t On Unitnak Island FALSB PASS,' AlaskaV May 25 () supplementing the arduous '21-hour climb of Shlshaldln volcano, on Unl mak'.'island', ". a, wepk ago,,' Pilot Prank Dorbandt has taken Father Bernard Ask Someone .Who's Seen It! I DRESS lu ll, I v U I ltwS f-2 $3;95 Just Received Snuut iNew Sport " L -WASHABUE... DRES in newest styles and color combinationsiv i These dresses have never been shown in our store be fore. ' -. " V - They. Are Regular $5.951SeUeEs "Special For : THURSDAY FRIDAY' tsi i -A .... SATURDAY win I? 'in i'tv, til- $3.95 DOEAVI'S'!' SMART' iSHOP am-- . SOCIAL CALENDAR Wednesday, May 25 ,: 6:45 Rotary Ladles' night, at the La Grande hotel. 8:00 Order of the Eastern Star, at the Masonic hall. '-''; . Thursday, May 20 . Women's day at the La Grande country club. 1:00 Thursday club, with Mrs. J. C. Gulling. - 1:30 Country Women's club, with Mrs. Mabel McAllister. 2:00 Francis Brown auxiliary to the Daughters of the Union Coun ty Pioneers, with Mrs. J; E. Foley, 1906 Fourth. ' 2:00 Ladles Aid of the Luther an church, with Mrs. Charles Han sen, 2512 North Second street. 8:00 Bridge club, with Mrs. Jack Hlatt. " 1 " Friday, May 27 1 :00 Luncheon and bridge, with Mra. A. M. Moore. 7:30 Westway club, with Mrs. J. E. Reynolds, 8:00 Bridge club, with Mrs. Charles Graham. ' Saturday, May 28 '" tj 2:00 Union County Council of P. T. A.,,, at Fruitdale school. J - :" Monday, May 30 12:00 Dinner for all veterans, , by the women's patriotic organ ization, at the knights of Pythias ' hall. m you factory mornin: SAE PRq FOR OVER Guaranteed pure r? and efficient. at s) - USE leit than of high priced brands. - ' - - 2 5 ? I -vs. T- W:- )W r. ' " ur tWmm - ' I'! '.,'-- went- ri&nt td i . 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