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Covina Argus from Covina, California • Page 5

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Covina Argusi
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Covina, California
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SEETEMBEB THE CO YIN A -A TJ LOCALS Mr. and Mrs. F. Worley of Orange avenue entertained over Sunday their relative, Mr. Frank Berlen of Salida, Colorado.

Mr. and Mrs. W. Tucker and Mr. and Mrs.

Joe Puninull attended a birthday party Wednesday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Howard Varcoe, Azusa, celebrating the third natal day of little Velora Doreen Varcoe. Mrs. J.

E. Laycook and children of East Badillo street have returned home after spending two months in Long Beach with the former's mother, Mrs. D. O. Dawson.

Mr. and Mrs. George Leonardy of Orange street entertained as their For ail kinds of notary work, large assortment of blanks on hand, see Win. B. 'Thome, notary public, old National Bank Building, Covina, Phone 107-83.

tf A. F. Smith returned to the home of his daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. L.

S. McClain, on Workman avenue, where he makes his home, from Minneapolis, where he has been visiting with relatives for the past month. Mrs. C. D.

Weaver of Twin Falls, Idaho, is visiting with her sister and family, Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Laycook, on East Badillo street, for the next two months.

The Business, and Professional Wo- Mrs. W. C. Richards and daughter, Mrs. Irven Eiling of Los Angeles, were guests Sunday of Mr.

and Mrs. Elmer Thomason, Dr. and Mrs. J. D.

Reed and sons, Jim and Calvin, and Miss Elizabeth Hallert spent last week at Coronado. Mr. James Nevell and daughters, Misses Celo and Ella, were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. W.

Potter. Miss Blake, principal, and" Miss Campbell, vice-principal of the Marlborough school for girls in Los Angeles, were" guests Sunday of Mrs. Wallace Reed. Cooked food sale, Christian church, Sept. 5th, at Quality Meat Market, tfT 1 1 UtJ.l«J Vj.HQ, C4.I1V1 A J.

dinner guests on Wednesday Mr. men club hold it monthlv so HAva TJirt fl ttrt lift nf I Mrs. Richard Wallace of Chicago, Mr-iArthur Smith of Streeter, Illinois, and Mr. and Mrs. E.

Ward Hurst of Los Angeles. Miss Jeane McClain, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. L. S.

MeClain of Workman avenue, returned to Los Angeles this week to take up her studies as a senior at the University of Southern California, southern branch. Mr. and Mrs. F. V.

Maxwell and children, Mr. and Mrs. Matt Delano and daughter, Virgie, Mr. and Mrs. R.

B. Barnes and daughter, Viola, Mr. and. Mrs. John Haynes of Ontario, and Mr.

and Mrs. Matthew Barnes spent Sunday at Santa Monica. Mr. James and Mr. Whitton, who make their home with Mr.

and Mrs. J. C. Pearson, left this week on a fishing trip -in the mountain streams north of Mr. and Mrs.

E. W. Bosworth and family returned Saturday from their cottage at Balboa, where they have been spending the summer. Mr. Bosworth left Tuesday for a month Indiana and Denver to visit relatives.

A number of the members of the local Methodist church are in attendance at the Methodist conference which is in session week in Los Angeles. Haircutting parlor now open at 371 E. College St. Free haircutting for. needy children on Thursdays from 3 to 6.

Straight bobs and boys' haircuts, 35c. 9-18p cial meeting next Monday evening at the home of Mrs. E. L. Shirley at 252 Orange street.

A special invitation is extended the new teachers of the district and any business woman interested in the club activities. 10 a.m. -o 4 p.m. Itp ay morning from a visit in the They were away two and one- Mr, and Mrs. D.

J. Pitzer returned Sunda; east. half months, during which time they visited relatives and friends in Oklahoma, Texas and Kansas. Mrs. Charles E.

Paige entertained the members of the board of directors of the Covina Woman's club at luncheon on Monday. Dancing Saturday night, Tuesday and Thursday nights. Johnson's orchestra. 50c per couple cover charge. Stone Lantern Cafe, Covina.

It Mrs. H. A. Miller and guest, Mrs. H.

A. Sloeum of Kansas City, were guests at luncheon in the home of friends in Los Angeles Thursday. Mrs. W. W.

Fairbanks Bride and daughter, Miss Adelaide, of Washington, D. who are guests at the Ambassador hotel in Los Angeles, spent Monday in the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. H.

Boal and family on Cottage Drive. Sherman Gail is enjoying a two weeks' vacation from his duties in Los Angeles, and is spending it with his family at home. Gertrude Osmeyer left last week for Catalina island, where she has accepted a position. She will be away indefinitely. SOMETHING NEW FOLKS, 1 I 4 surf-Sat your service again after a two months' vacation.

It has been my pleasure to serve most of you across the counters of the Chaffee Co. for the past six years, and am pleased to announce that I will open a fully equipped Grocery and Vegetable Market, Saturday, Sept. 19, (this week) at 142 North Citrus in the building ing with the Quality Meat Market. It will be OUR and mine. We are in business for your bepefit and if our service, quality and prices do not meet your approval TELL US and we will make it right.

I have you on my memory list and will look for you. BERTHA M. CLARK. Proprietor and Mgr. Free Souvenirs Saturday CLARK'S CASH GROCERY 142 No.

Citrus Tel. 191-72 Covina dbcatrc Two shows every sho starts 7 p. Saturday matinee 2:15 p. m. second 8:45 Phone 110-91 FBIDAY and SATURDAY, Sept.

18-19 HOOT GIBSON in his snappiest, happiest, zippiest western comedy, "TAMING THE WEST" Our Gang in "ASK GRANDMA" SPORTLIGHT SUNDAY and MONDAY, Sept. 20-21 A NEW STAB IN THE CINEMA PETER THE GREAT The greatest dog hero, in a tender love story "WILD JUSTICE" Hack Bennett's "Sneezing Beesers" News TUESDAY and WEDNESDAY, Sept. 22 and 23 Percy Marmont and Alma Rubens in a ruceed story of the great Canadian forests "A WOMAN'S FAITH" Spat Family in "A Wild Papa" Felix Cartoon THURSDAY ONLY, Sept. 24 Herbert Rawlinson, Dorothy Devore in "THE TOMBOY" FOUR ACTS of VAUDEVILLE 9 o'clock Mr. and Mrs.

C. N. Mosely of Los Angeles were guests from Saturday until Tuesday of Mr. and Mrs. W.

J. Nash. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Hall of Puente were dinner guests Saturday evening of Mr.

and Mrs. Geo. Haynes, Jr. Mrs. Charles Griffiths and Mrs.

Frank Ohaver have been spending the week in San Gabriel canyon, occupying the cabin belonging to Mrs. Griffiths' brother. Mr. and Mrs. William Griswold were guests of friends in Los Angeles to dinner and to hear Mme.

Schumann-Heink on Thursday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Kounz and Mr. and Mrs.

W. T. Haynes will spend the week-end at Idyllwild. Mrs. Alice Burpee of Rowland ave 1 nue spent the latter part of last week with friends in Los Angeles.

Mr. and Mrs. Charles Bonsey of Los Angeles were guests Saturday and Sunday of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hassheider.

Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Kling of Glendale were guests Sunday of Mr.

and Mrs. George Meek. Mr. and Mrs. H.

T. Headley as guests of Mrs. Marie Harshman and Mr. J. Lisy took an auto trip Tuesday to Long Beach and Huntington Beach.

Edward and Fred Gloege started to U. S. C. this week, the former for his first year, the latter to finish this year. Mrs.

Charles Hassheider entertained Thursday at luncheon in celebration of the seventy-sixth birthday of her mother, Mrs. Meta Brunjes. The afternoon was spent informally wibh needlework. Covers were laid for Mrs. John Brunjes of Glendora, I Mrs.

Brunjes of Azusa, Mrs. William Hoogendyk, Mrs. E. F. Gloege, Mrs.

Carrie Nigg, Mrs. J. N. Hurst, Miss Maude Hurst and Mrs. Charles Bonsey of Los Angeles, aside from the guest ot honor and the hostess.

Mrs. C. E. Varney of Lark Ellen boulevard spent last week in Los Angeles as the guest of her sigter, Mrs. E.

E. Harriman. Miss Elizabeth Deeter of Navilla Place entertained on Saturday afternoon with a card, party and miscellaneous shower complimenting Miss Virgie Pratt, whose marriage will occur the latter part of this week. Guests who enjoyed the afternoon were the Misses Pratt, Helen Woods, Anna Daniels, Mary Stewart, Mildred Alexander, Arline Hotchkiss, Anne Gerhard, Ethel Pratt, and Mmes. Floyd Pratt and Leo Brashier.

High honor for the after- no.on was won by Mrs. Brashier and low honor was won by Miss Daniels. Mrs. L. GJ Daniels is spending a short time with her daughter, Miss Margaret, who is teaching in the Fawnskin school this year.

Mr. David McMillan left this week for San Juan Capistrano, where he has accepted a position as manual training teacher in 'the high' school there. Mrs. McMillen will remain with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.

W. M. Bainbridge, until the middle of October, when she will join Mr. McMillen at Capistrano. Mr.

and Mrs. J. M. Whitsel of Navilla Place spent Sunday with friends at Long Beach. Dancing Saturday night, Tuesday and Thursday nights.

Johnson's orchestra. 50c per couple cover charge. Stone Lantern Cafe, Covina. It Mr. C.

M. Turner is the new manager in the meat department at the Chaffee grocery store. Mr. Turner has been in the meat department for several months and has many friends in Covina. Miss Ann Gerhard entertained last Friday evening with a miscellaneous Many National Paths in the United States There are 19 national parks.

They are: Hot Springs, located In middle Arkansas and containing 40 springs; Yellowstone, In northwestern Wyoming; Sequoia, middle California; General Grant, ceatral California, created to preservfe the General Grant tree, 36 feet In diameter Mount Rainier, Washington, with 28 glaciers, Crater Lake, southwestern Oregon, extinct volcano. Wind Cave, South Dakota, with miles of galleries; Platt, southern Oklahoma, containing sulphur springs; Sully Hill, North Dakota, a game preserve; Mesa Verde, southwestern Colorado, with prehistoric cliff dwellings; Glacier, northwestern Montana, with 60 small glaciers; Rocky Mountain, middle Colorado, with peaks 11,000 to 14,255 feet high; Hawaii, Including the volcano Mauna Loa; Lassen Volcano, northern California. Mount McKInley, Alaska, highest mountain In North America; Grand Canyon, northern Arizona; Lafayette, Deqert island, Maine, with a group of granite mountains; Zion. southwestern Utah, with canyon 2,000 feet deep. In addition to these there are several dozed smaller reservations, with caves, natural bridges, battlefields and similar of natural or historic Interest.

These are known as national monuments. Scientific Basis for Chances of Greatness The older the parents when the child Is born, says an authority on heredity, the surer It's chances for greatness. The first and last born are more likely to attain eminence. The more children a mother has the longer she the longer she lives, the longer the children live. Children of professional lawyers, physicians and the have a better chance for fame than those born t'o wealth or those whose parents lacked educational advantages.

The offspring of fathers under thirty-one are more likely to become soldiers; artists come from fathers between thirty-one and forty; between forty-one and fifty there Is more of a tendency toward statesmen over fifty-one come the philosophers like Confucius, Bacon and Franklin. Ninety per cent of the Investigated criminal cases show them t'o be the offspring of younger parents. If your father is more than sixty, and you are the youngest child In a large should become famous. A Doctor's Life The doctor sent a bill for 510 to the terrible-tempered Mr. Bangs.

The bill rend: "Two "You're a robber," said Mr. "Five dollars a visit! Isn't worth rewrite the 'said the doctor and Bangs They couldn't put anything like that over on him. Then the doctor wrote: "To getting out of bed at 2 a. answering telephone, disturbing wife, dressing, going to garage, cranking tin Llz- two-mile drive in the cold, saving baby's life, return to garage, waking wife, undressing, getting back Into He said to Bangs: "I won't make any charge for the second visit, and you need not pay for toe first unless you feel I have earned the money." Mr. Bangs paid Globe.

-With DRUGSTORE CARA NOME FACE POWDER The master odor of Cara Nome is blended into this wonderful, soft complexion powder. More and more each day women are discovering the secret of youthful, fresh appearance. The answer is Cara Nome Face Powder. 'It is preferred by the most particular women. Covina Pharmacy 73ie DrutL Man RALPH Ev FEOST Covina California GET Ready for Uncie Sam Gives Bargain Nobody likes to gef a letter on which there la postage due.

One of the R. F. D. carriers tells a fanny yarn about a woman, a foreigner, who received a letter from the old country marked 20 cents due. He offered If to her, asking for the 20 cents.

She refused It, shaking her head. He stayed a moment, not knowing exactly what to do. Finally, he noticed that he had made a mistake and that the postage charge should have been 15 cents. So he called to the woman, trying to explain. As soon as she heard 15 cents she smiled, showing all her teeth.

She cheerfully gave him the money. She thought she had got the best of a Edward Snyder In the American Magazine. Poor Advertisement Good advertising should look not m'erely to the present but t'o the future. It must have been a short- Times shower for her niece, Miss Virgie sighted house painter that Inserted rriage to Mr. Carter tne following announcement In his Pratt, whose marriage Livingston i.i to occur this (Friday) evening.

There were twelve guests present, all intimate friends of the honoree. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Bean of Alameda have been visiting with Mrs. Beau's parents, Mr.

and Mrs. W. C. Woodworth of West San Bernardino road. Miss Alma Smith, cashier of the Southern Counties Gas company, has returned from a very enjoyable trip to the High Sierras friends from Hollywood.

Ealph Nye is assisting at the Palace of Sweets before school hours in the mornings. Mrs. J. S. Morris of Pasadena and Mrs.

G. B. Armstrong of Delano are houseguests this week in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Traweek on Center street.

home newspaper: "To the public: The reason why I have hitherto been able to do painting so ranch cheaper than anybody else Is because I am a bachelor and do not need to make profit for the maintenance of a wife and children. 'Tls now my duty to Inform the public that this advantage will shortly be withdrawn; as I am about to be married. Yon will therefore do well t'o send In your orders at once for the old Youth's Companion. Anthony Chapman returned from San Diego this week, where he spent the summer mouths, to the home of Mr. aud Mrs.

B. W. Dancer on Service street, and will enter Covina high school for his sophomore year. Mrs. Louis of El Paso, Texas, is a houseguest for a short time in the home of Mr.

and Mrs. C. E. Paige on Ben Lomond avenue. J.

C. and George Pearson left this week for Santa Maria to remain for several days. Making Him Useful The plumber worked and the helper stood looking on. He was learning the business. This was his first day.

"I say." he Inquired, "do yon charge for my time?" "Certainly," came the reply. "But I haven't done anything." The plumber, to fill In the hour, had been looking long st the finished job with a lighted caudle. Handing the two Inches of It that were still unburned to the helper, he said, witherlngly: "Here, If you must be so conscientious, blow that out!" Grouting Convict (just ain't It cold? Fancy turning a chap outer doors in this Transcript. ATTENTION! Prospective Home Owners Our NEW Plan Albums are available at our oflfice for your inspection. Hundreds of HAND-COLORED designs, most of them actual photographs, showing the latest home architecture.

Our album of English houses, so popular now, has just been is nothing anywhere to compare with these beautiful homes. Most designs shown in three elevations, and with complete floor plan, drawn by high class architects. Our plan service is the best that it is possible to obtain, and is ALL NEW. i We want you to avail yourselves of it. Complete, detailed blue prints and specifications are furnished free to our customers.

you have a clear lot, we can help you finance a home. Viney-Milliken Lumber Company 554 No. Citrus Ave. Phone 281-11 Branches: Baldwin Park, Burbank and Lankershim I Crawler Tractor Sweeping Price Reduction on Model Cletrac Crawler Tractor Effective immediately the price of the world famous Model Cletrac is $1265.00 DELIVERED This is the lowest price the Cletrac has ever 8 sold for in its ten years of satisfactory service. Agriculture and industrial work.

More kinds of work more days a year. Now is the time to buy good real estate. Buy ahead of general prosperity and sell in good times. Look these over. They will make you money: 75-ft.

lot on San Bernardino road; fine building site; $1600. Lot 50x175, paved street. All street work paid in full. Only $850. See us for LOTS.

5 acres young Valencias; House, barn, city water, Azusa irrigating water, gas. 1 block of car line on San Bernardino road. bargain at $8,500. Small payment down will handle. Buy this for a home and future profits.

$5000 to loan, 7 per ct. Deeds, leases, contracts drawn. Blanks on hand at all times. Notary Public in office. If you want to If you want to If you want reliable see WORTH EVERETT COMPANY 201 N.

Citrus Avenue Phone 147-11 INSURE WITH US GEO. G. NOBLE Distributor Phone 212-06 Covina Announcement We are very pleased to that have taken the agency for the PREED-EISEMANN Eadio in Covina and vicinity. After many tests and a thorough inspection of many different radios we are convinced, beyond a dowbt, that the PREED-EISEMANN meets the public demands in tone quality, selectivity and distant reception and embodies many new features that are not to be found in any other radio. The Freed-Eisemann was the outstanding feature of the Radio Show.

There is a reason; come see and hear it and you will know why. FREED-EISEMANN'S are built in beautiful table models as well as the more elaborate consoles, priced at $75 and up (less accessories). Your inspection solicited COVINA MUSIC CO. G. P.

MEEK 205 No. Citrus Covina, Cal. 4.

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Pages Available:
27,155
Years Available:
1901-1958