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Contest, Track Asd Dance Included On Program AscQUsceuic-ct of the tabor day program and vhiskerico contest to be held ca -1 Junior College was at stu- dcct assembly cr Friday aiorniag. The purpose oj day will be to bfatnify ihe campus by a general program. li ita day is-a be- an tnr.i:al eveat. The mora- IEJJ be in working on the essspus. A luncheon wii! bt served by the hcaie economics department, under ihe direction of Kathryn KJngr.

Track Planned Plans have b-tn for a track meet on ihe college oval In the afternoon. A dance will be heM In Ihe eveninp in the college gyni- OR COLLEGE Just A Line On Them DAY TO -MODESTO SEWS-HERAIB-JtiBCH 15-M, Man Insists, So Deputy Sheriff i Makes A -TAGC TKTBXae Dolled up in her best bib and tucker was Miss Rose Lish, aged years and 6 months, when this picture was taken in 1900. Later she moved from her home town, Coal City, Tee "arresi" cf Joa-iuis Oliveira, 10, Modesto rancher. took place; here Friday a fcttows: -Here I Mid Kntto.jj it the ceuety )Kl Story Of Passion Play To Be Told At Church Here he cf Peasioo in i M. Wilkinson.

B. oi To- City Asd Fresno Siagled As B) i Heal Estate Head First Annual Event Will Bel Sponsored Oa March 24 By Elks lodge ie now IS now tually all the vailable residential property occupied and iheir fieftly 'increase in population net bail-Jinx operations." T11 jlumr Alter Trip Illinois, and cemcEtoloner his just returned from a month's trip in which he studied real estate con- TM, be in charge of the Boots'and to Sju Kagjjers Society and the rally committee. The whisktrino content will be conducted as an added attraction on the program. Distribution of pledges for thi- 1930 Buccaneers was begun. Annual Announced Announcements concerning thv bcok -were made by John Fenstermacher.

editor: Samuel Duff, fac- i ulty adviser; Herbert G. Florcken and Emu Carlson, business man-1 VVILLIAM DAVIS, Street merchant, is only 30 from the opera. The! years old, yet he can speak Chinese, French, Spanish, of Ceres. Vagabonds, which Kiven by the college In the Theater on March 27 and 23, will be presented In an assembly next Tuesday. I Hindu, Italian, English and Japanese.

He is used ire- '(tltloai ife dechres th-i trend of dtvelop- went into Central and Northern California is very noticeable he predicted thnt lhi prosperity Ijas boomed the southern pnrt of the stile past will extend a. large propor- ilon of Its benefits In the next ten into the reaches north ol the Sierra Madre, "The reaction from Street collapse." said Harrison. "Is bf inning to be felt by property owners of the state. In Southern California there has net been fa courts as an interpreter. Future Farmers America In Charge Of Affair; Date Announced i are made for Preparations are the sixth annual parent-pupil ban- qiK to be held by the Modesto HJgU School agricultural pupils in the Hotel Modesto Thursday evening.

March 27, at 7:30 o'clock. The purpose of the banquet is to create more of an understanding between the parents and boys of the agricultural department. Members of the Modesto Chapter, Future Fanners of America, are in charge of the banquet. Committees include: Program, Fred RobiHarrt and Roy De Seelhorst; decorations. Hubert Fres- ncl! and Charles Spenlier; tickets.

Carl Frazer; menu, Walter Bahteq, Gael Kauffman and Lloyd Clark, and serving. Chester Wilson. Pastor To Resume Duties On Sunday Rev. J. H.

McCaUum, who has recovered from an appendicitis operation, wilt resume his duties as pastor of ihe First Christian Church on Sunday morning. His subject will be, Beginning In Me. Mrs. Adrian Taylor will sing a solo and Mrs. J- P.

Snare. Mrs. Ira Roach and the choir will sing, Hark. Hark, My Soul. Mrs.

Ruby Denny, the choir director, has arranged a special musical program for the evening service which will include solos sjid women's quartets. Rev. Mr, McCaUum will preach on tbe Uon And The Lamb. Mrs, Amelia Watson Passes Away Here Mrs. Amelia Watson, 67, a na- five of Buffalo.

N. died here on Fridav. She waa a member of the German Luthern Church. Besides her husband, John Watson, she leaves two eons, Clarence and Fred Watson, and a Mrs. Louise ail of Modesto.

She leaves three sisters, Mrs. Walter Watson ol Modesto. Mrs. August Schulti and Mrs, R. W.

Watson of Minnesota. Funeral services will be held in the Snvern Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon at 2 o'clock. W. O. Grunow will officiate.

Interment be in the ModeMo Cemetery. Harris Leaves To Attend Convention Melville Harris left Saturday to attend the annual convention of the California Retail Ciothiers' convention at San Diegc. Harris is one of the directors of the as- sccaition, and is to appear on the at the ccnveijHoa. 'A. L.

Rutherford On Caravan To Mexico A. Bulherford of Modesto left on Saturday with the San Francisco Downtown Club's good wii caravan to Mexico. Buthtrforc formerly was Stanislaus Comity agricultural commissioner. Modestan's Father Dies At Sacramento Edwin Blodeett- retired farmer a resident of Citms Htihts for more than tea years, died day at a Sacrairento bcspital after a prolonged illness. Blodcett, who had llrefi In tills state for shrty-four years, leaves a widow, Jin.

Marjjaret Allen Blod aaii children, including Samse! B. Elodgett of Mcde TO MEET MOXDAT Neighbors of Woodcraft win ca Mcndav Bisrht at Basla HsH at 8 o'clock- Ptos will be for a class --ill be held on April 7 at Danla CARD OF THANKS vrtsh to thank our many friends for their kind words sympathy ar.d beautiful floral of ferine! in cur late bereavement In tie- loss of our mother Mary Catherine Simms. MRS. BESSIE NEWBERF. STANTON G.

SIMMS. THOMAS A. SIMMS. MRS. ANNIE RUNE.

ME3 NORA WOODWOKTH. MRS. ARUE TEWELL. MRS. MAP.T JEN7.TNG3.

DAVID F. SHIMS. YNN EITHER, clerk of Superior Judge L. W. Fulkerth's court, is an accomplished musician.

He wore his first long trousers in this city's first Modesto Boys' Band. JOE M. KELLY started his business career as an errand boy at the age of 13. JAMES C. NICHOLS ol Turlock can read a newspaper story and enjoy the "story behind the story." Reason: He was a San Francisco newspaperman before becoming a lawyer.

New Trial Sought In Damage Action A-motion for a sew trial, made by Alma Mae Clevenger, who -was 2.v,-ard«l nothing by a superior court jury here last week in her 515,000 damage suit against Walter Piumb and Mr. and Mrs. R. F. Plumb, his parents, -was filed in the superior court here on Friday.

Insufficiency of the evidence to support the verdict, which -was deemed contrary to law. is among the groimdr which a new trial 5 Miss Clevenger injured when 'Jumb's automobile, in -which she vas a passenger with other young oiks, ripped through a fence and truck a tree on Uie River Road ast October- Orin Hewitt, also injured in the Jllfle and who was award- nothing by the jury, has filed a lotion for a new trial. He sought 15.003 damages. lirl Scout Drive Opens In Modesto A campaign to raise $SOQ to uake improvements at the Scout Summer camp at Pine Crest vas started here on Saturday by he Modesto branch of that organi- iticn. The campaign is sponsored by Irs.

J. H. Bactrnan. Mrs. H.

H. Carter and Mrs. C. H. Griswold.

Many improvements, including the installation oJ a septic tank, planned at the camp. Estate In Excess Of $10,000 Charles Joseph Filippini, who a lew -weeks aco, left an estate consisting of real and personal property valued in excess ol it set forth in a petitior 'or the probate of his will, filec Saturday ia the superior court Ch'astie Filipplni, -wife of the deceased, who -was a. Grows Landing rancher, is named executrix of the estate, according to the petition. Improvement Club To Sponsor Party Members of the Dry Creek Improvement Club will sponsor a pubic whist party and deuce in the i a evening, March 28. Several Tjrizes have been obtained.

Murphy's Orchestra will furnish music. Refreshments will be served. Resident Of Ceres Dies In Modesto Rev. Elbert Chute, 83, a resident of Ceres for thirteen years, died In Modesto hospital on Friday. Rev.

Mr. Chute, a native of Strathroy. Canada, had been a missionary in Southern India for thirty-five rears. Rev. Mr.

Chute leaves three daughters, Mrs. Elberta C. Tupper of Ceres, Mrs. Ethel E. Wilson of Oregon, and Mrs.

Effie E. Stowe of Alabama, and two sons, Elmer I. Chute of Pittsburgh, and. Eral C. Chute, Detroit, Mich.

Funeral services will be held Tuesday afternoon in the Shannon Funeral Chapel. Rev. C. A. Collett will officiate and interment will be in the Ceres Cemetery.

much activity, but iu the vicinity of Modesto, Fresno and ban Frsn- ciico property which has been on the market, in many Instances for five years. Is now moving rapidly ant! a large part of It already has been sold. In San Francisco I found that men who a year ago were buying stocks and were satisfied with nothlns less than 12 or 14 per cent profit are now buying Income even when the re! turn 15 as low as 4 per cent. I Farm And Activity agricultural land and this is especially noticeable in the vicinity of Modesto and Fresno. With both residential and agricultural prop- ertv movlr.g.

these two cities are.in a particularly fortunate position. The real estate department is making inspections of 128 large farm-land subdivision projects in California, and Barnson said the largest and most Important of these are one of 55,000 acres and another of 9000 acres in the Sacra- memo Valley. Sales campaigns the East to be conducted by these concerns this Summer will bring Vaughn Wcitmoie Patterton Meeting; Others Talk More than 200 persons attended the annual dinner of the Patlen-on Farm Bureau Center held Friday evening to celebrate the winning of the cup for the largest membership in the Stanislaus. County Cow Testlnc Association. Vauehn WhIUnoro, cnalrroan of the county board of supervisors, was the p'rlncipal speaker.

A tslk on 4-H club work in Stanislaus was given by Hemy Sylvester, assistant county farm adviser. H. Roberts presented the center with tho cup awarded the unit for Uie increased membership. A demonstration of frtrla 1-H club work was given. Mrs.

Hana Torrlson, club leader, told of the activities of the Kirls in the Patterson district. H. Nelson told ot tho boys' Danison Arrested As Peace Disturber Ora W. Danison was arrested nt ailda FfWty by Deputy Sheriff e. E.

Lockrldge and booked In the ounty jail on a charge of dlsturb- the peace. Intoxicated, broke a howcase In Brown's Sen-ice Sta- ion nt Salida, ihe officer nald. elude stunu and songs from the luncheon clubs- A prize will be given the club with the best A buffet luncheon will be served. The affair will start at P. i said.

Burglar Takes $1.92 In Raid On Newspaper rpHE world's most oplJRilstie A burjclar Is being hunted by lice at OrrviU-. He had broken into a newspaper office, apparently to make a rich "haul." police said. Instead, he got from the cash register of the Oroville and several linotype Elugs. Editor Dan Bcebe. formerly ct Modesto, offered a prize for the best solution to the question nf what a burglar was going to do with the slugs, Dr.

Gould To Study At Rochester Clinic Sir5i bfc by I him Sunday eve- at i jjemters Of Glee Ohib Ckostn i To Sing At Performaaie" Dr. One of the feMurw ol A'jnt Lucia, home ccmedy to presented aeit TtEWdsy Friday In the Modesto. Winter Garten unler tbe of the Modesto liaprove- ment Club, is a business of live i a a stopped at the who acted ihe par? ol the hd caet Actiras. vho part of tcd Join ZwincS! a the difflcull pan of Judeh. and hii daughter.

Ottile. who represented the Virgin Msry. Thus be was to attain J.M.WlUdnson hand Information the lending actors and their parU. (n the great theeter seatlag dunnKi the presentation. Dr.

Wilkinson's seventy-five hand-pslcted slides were made from official negatives taken at rehearsals. Dr. Wilkonson wan a' preacher for thirty yean in both -he urated States and Canada. He has traveled widely in Europe America and has given his lecture in scores cities from the Atlantic to the Pacific, more than sixty times in California alone. chorus.

Alnon? tbe bttsinew roes who wUl pan chorus are: R. 1L Ward. Jules Loib. McVay, Dr. A.

J. PorUr. Joe Pritster, O. A. Sullivan.

Qtmff StodiUrd. J. R. Turner, WUUam SUva, Irving Ostfeld, C. C.

RaiasuMen. D. E. Well- min, Jim i Frank Beckett. William Fateer, J.

Kelly. Scott Dian S. Morris. O. Ground.

E. Clark. Kay Ploin- mer. George Kelly. Mirlon Moore- hesd.

C. S. Browne and nftt. Members of le ciu'o to vine durine the ehow are: Jilck Hazard. Ray Bradbury.

Dr. J. W. Morgan, n. s.

Sraith, Harry Wlndus, Hush HlRh, Morrla Heine. i Prickett. O. M. Prlckett.

Ed Jter- rloit. Louis Gardner. W. R. Wallace.

Elmer Kirkh. G. S. Scovel. Paul Sullens.

Harry Hslford, Jack Wieland, Cli' Carlei', Rosa Me- Dermoti. L. SJ. Morris, Eollin Histi and DavW Gray. Turlot-k, was causwl by the carelessness of Surbcck in the operation of his automobile, according to Uie complaint.

KETUP.KS HOME VA1JLBY HOME. March and M. L. ConUIn have re-, turned from Un-day vWt ia Southern California. On their return home they visited their daughter, Mrs.

J. D. Farrla, of Mideta. Paroche Club Plans Play Day Activity Plans for participation In a play day program to he held at the Cot of the Pacific in Stockton was made at a meeting of the Paroche Club at the Modesto Junior College on Friday. Sacramento and College of the Pacific women also will compete in the event.

A' committee was appointed help in the labor day program -which will be held on April -1. The purpose of the day Is to clean up and beautify the campus. Members of the committee are Fay Casslty, Roberta Jones, Erwina Finney and Ida -Adams. Two dollars was voted to the fund being sponsored by the Associated Women Students for the planting of trees near the frym- naalum and tennis courts. Frederick Knorr bra charge the work.

Rites Conducted For Manuel Macedo Funeral rites for Manuel W. Macedo, 17, of Keyes. who -was killed in an automobile accident near ModeL-to Tuesdav evenlnff trere held in St Stanislaus Church Saturday morning. Interment in St Stanislaus Cemetery. Arrangements In charge of tbe Shannon Funeral Chapel.

Macedo was killed when the automobile In which he -was riding with Frank JIatoza of Turiock and Joe Lewis of Kughson struck a telephone pole on the River Road. IS SOID VAI.LEY HOME, March and Mm. Cramer have sold their ranch here and are living at Bsca Ion. many settlers to California Modesto Woman Called By Death Mrs. Rosamond Etter Campbell.

56 a native of Nova Scotia, dlwl hero on Friday. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Mrs Campbell leaves two daughters, Mrs. C. J. Fox of Modesto and Mrs.

Elinor Smith of Klammath Falls. and Wo sons, Charles Campbell of Redwood City and Benjamin E. Campbell of Modesto She also leaves a brother, Walter Yard of Oakland, and a sister Mrs Delia Robinson of Berkeley Funeral services will be Sad Tuezdav mornlns at 10:30 o'clock the Sovem Funeral Homo with Rev M. P. McClure ofriclatlng.

In- srment will 'bo in the Citizens' Cemetery. Gilman Funeral To Be Held Monday The funeral of Richard E. Gil man, 72, -who died here on March 9 will be held Jtonday morning a 10 o'clock from the Shannon. Fa Chapel. Interment will be in Jie Odd Fellows Cemetery.

Gilman, a real estate dealer and resident of Modesto for tbirty-iiyo veara. leaves a stater, Mrs. J. Porter. Helena, ItpnUna- Laguria Sentenced On Burglary Count After pleading guilty to a cbarg of second degree burglary, Anton Ijc.nina was sentenced to San Quen tin Penitentiary by Superior Judge J.

C. Needham. He will be take to the penitentiary Monday. Latrnna pleaded guilty to enter ing the Modesto Retlaning Shop the night of February 9 and stealing machine supplies. FINGEB INJOBED A finger on the hand of Jac Powell of Modesto was almost sev when he fell and cut It on tin can he was carrying, Frlda Tho accident occurred a Seventh and Streets.

He was taken to a Modesto hospital 10 treatment by tic police. CITY NEWS IN BRIEF Dr. N. B. Gould of Modesto has left for Rochester, where he will spend two or three weeks of study at the Mayo Clinic.

Dr. Gould expects to return here arly hi April. damages Sought As Result Of Accident Damages totaling for In- urles received in an automobile ccident last August are Bought by McKerren. Merced mechanic, ro'm Erail Surbeck, in a fcult filed the superior court here on Sat- rday. The crash, which occurred near To Talk At Torlock--Attorney W.

Hawkins of Modesto has been announced as the speaker at a forum luncheon of iho Turlock Chamber of Commerce Vf. Coburn Cook has arranged the program. Battlo Creek Baths--Colon Irrl- 'atlon, scientific reducing. Mrs. SIrbeck, N.

Ph. 2007. 814 14tt St. Xjesves estate consisting ot Stanislaus County grax- insf land, the value not given, was lell by Paul Wagner, who died on March 12, it is set forth in a petition for the probate of his wil; filed in the superior court ht.TC.an Saturday. Gossard Foundation Garments arc Perfect to the last Derail.

Easy to adjust, exceptionally light in weight yet giving Perfect support. Sec the Window Display at 3jen- non's Corset Shop. 800 Teeth St. (adv tt See "Blectrolux Air Purifier Cleaner Cleaner 1 first Dealers, Hinds and Hogan, Phone 1436-W. adv 101 Sentence Suspended--Louis Ml ner was given a-ten-day suspended Jail sentence by Judge B.

C. Haw kins on Saturday after pleading guilty to a cbsrKe of- vagrancy. Mirier was begftinfr. The sentenci was withheld provided he leave the county. Silk New sweaters, $2.93.

Skirts, $3.95. Wash frocks, 51.95. Hardin's. (adv Churls Corsets-Gertrude Fprnmq rep. For appointment ph.

2390(adv Machines Collido Automobile driven by Andy J. Schuh of Oak dale and Roy C. Moon of Modesti collided at Seventh and Streets here Friday night. No one was injured. Another shipment of Spring mil llnery and a complete pew line sports wear.

WRIGHT and PING (adv For The Convenience of our customers the California Nurseri Company -win be open otr Sunday until further notice from 1 P. to 5 P. M. (aav SCIENTIFIC EYE STRAIN No Lense but the best is good HEADACHE usually comes from i treated stomach or OSBORNE OPTICAL CO: 1005 TC i CALIFS OUR GREAT ANNIVERSARY CONTINUES MONDAY ER that 17th, is ST. PATEIOK'S DAY See Us for Favors of All Kinds L.

M. MORRIS CO. 922 EYE'STEKET PHONE 203 Stores of Friendly Relations TPHERE IS sentiment in business. We like to feel that every one of our customers is a friend--that personal courtesy as well as business expediency bids us give conscientious service. You can rely on these stores.

Next to Modesto Bank--Phone 700 A A Next to Modesto Theater--Phone-13 Beaty Building--Phone 800.

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