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SANTA CRUZ EVENING NEWS, SANTA CRUZ, CALIFORNIA PAGE FIVE Tuesday, September 16, 1941 Starts Vacation Dorothy Yeomans, assistant vital statistician and secretary in the county health department, today began a two-week vacation. She will spend a part of the time at her home in Ben Lomond. Mrs. Clara Mitchell Takes Improvement Club Office Mrs. Clara Mitchell was appointed vice president of the Garfield Park Improvement club at its regular meeting Monday night in the Garfield Park branch library.

Berkley Nash Goes To Chicago Berkley Nash, head of the Mission Garage, Nash dealers, left by plane for Chicago where he will view the new 1942 Nash cars and attend a national convention of Nash dealers, distributors and factory officials. From there he will motor to Springfield, Ohio, where he will spend a week visiting friends and relatives. His son, Billy Nash, will accompany him on the return trip. Billy has been in the east all summer "You Can Buy It In Santa Crnz" She succeeds I. A.

Martin, whoy Civil Service Applications Due Saturday Applications for civil service positions must be made by this Saturday if applicants want to try examinations September 24, the civil service commission reminded today. Jobs for which examinations will be held; Police officer, juvenile officer in police department, custodian at library, under engineering aide, skilled laborer and call fireman. There are two firemen's jobs, and one in each class. 11 TESTS The new examinations will make a 40 (Count 'em) 40 Autumn Produce Start Flood Work A crew of men from the city engineering department start-; CANNING TOMATOES Fancy Ripe or green 49 ONIONS 1A, 3 LBS IvC GRAPES All Fancy Lb OC SQUASH-AU kinds Lb JC MELONS 1 ed removing debris from the i mouth of San Lorenzo river resigned that office when he moved from the district to Glen Canyon. His former duties as club reporter were assigned to Mrs.

Gertrude Hun toon. A water drainage survey in the district Is pending, particularly in the area at Almar street off Mission, Lawrence Stickles of the city street department told members. VISITOR The club had as special guest Mrs. Geraldine Work, city librarian, who asked for an opportunity to become better acquainted with the community and to have its library needs made known to her. A brief discussion was concerned with the new recreation park at Errett circle, particularly with reference to watering the grounds, but no definite action was taken.

GAMES On the entertainment program Frances Becknell sang "A Glorious Day" and "I Hear a Brown Bird Singing" and her accompa Chiselers Await Execution Date Destruction of 40 confiscated slot machines is being held up until legal notices which must be posted at the point of seizure can be obtained, Sheriff J. R. Devitt said today. He will confer with District Attorney Benjamin Knight as to the form of the notices, required by a new law. The notices must be posted 30 days, within which period owners of the machines have opportunity to apply to superior court if they do not wish them destroyed.

The sheriff is empowered to destroy the "one-armed bandits" declared in violation of the law, money to go into the county general fund. total of 11 tests held this month. Reason the tests are being rushed is that all temporary appointments expire on September 30. Notices, containing detailed information on the examinations, have been posted on bulletin boards at civic auditorium, city hall, the li yesterday morning, marking the official start of the flood control program authorized by voters in the May 6 municipal election. Seal Sales Business At T.B.

Session While the principal business to be transacted will be election of officers for the coming year, the annual meeting of the Santa Cruz County Tuberculosis and Health association will find the executive board completing tentative plans for the 1941 Christmas seal sale by which the group obtains funds for yearly Investment In community health. The conclave will be held Thursday night in Hotel Resetar, Watsonville, with dinner starting at 6:30. Attending it will be several prominent public health authorities including Dr. Harold G. Trimble of Oakland, president of the California Tuberculosis association, and William F.

Higby, its executive secretary. Dr. Trimble will deliver the principal address to be broadcast over Radio Station. KHUB, Watsonville, for a half hour commencing at 9 o'clock. LIGHTHOUSE Mrs.

B. B. Wilder of Ben Lomond, seal sale chairman for the association, said seal sale plans would be presented to the organization along with reports concerning the expenditure of $4,000 raised last Christmas by sale of seals. "The 1941 seal will feature a lighthouse, symbolic of the work of tuberculosis associations throughout the country," Mrs. Wilder -stated.

"Lighthouses the world over are maintained to guide vessels into port and to warn them of other dangers. They are a bright hope for seamen who follow their beams with every confidence they will lead to safety and home. The purpose of tuberculosis associations, national, state and local, is to use the best scientific knowledge of our time to guide people to health and to warn them of dangers along the route." brary, the California state employment office and the highway patrol. I Klondike, Rattlesnake, Spanish, Christmas, Persian, Honey-Dew, Rumbles, Cantaloupes, Casabas. WATERMELONS ON ICE Klamath Spuds ....100 lbs.

$1.35 Spuds, Gems 100 lbs. $1.25 Onions 50 lb. sk 95c and $1.25 LESLIE PRODUCE WATER ST. NEAR OCEAN ST. HUMANITARIAN MEET Entertainment featuring bingo games with Mrs.

Johnnie Brigham as chairman, is planned for the future meetings of the Humanitarian Protectorate of California, it was announced Saturday after the last meeting held at Rcdmen hall with Acting President Johnnie Brigham presiding. OCTOBER 10 Miss Barbara O'Neill of San Francisco, winner of the first annual Santa Cruz Redhead Revue held Sunday before last, will go to Hollywood the week-end of Oct. 10, it was announced Monday by Fred R. Howe of the Seaside company. Nancy Nesbit wears crown DetoKen- In short this is Gabrila Carmen Victoria Vivolas Moreno Shauer, known to South American film fans as Rosita Moreno, here to make movies the North American way.

Jng her reign as queen of the Los Angeles, County Fair. nist, Mrs. Kay Rickey Young, contributed two piano solos, Brahm's "Waltz" and Geoffrey's Dizzy Fingers." Two readings Still Wait Word On Access Road were given by Mrs. Roy Proctor. The members enjoyed a game of unscrambling Santa Cruz streets and fortune telling.

Mrs. Katherine Lovelock, presi dent, was in charge of the business session and Mrs. Gertrude Huntoon and Mrs. Emily Foster arranged the entertainment. Guests introduced by Mrs.

Alfred Smith included Mr. and Mrs. Outlook for continuance of the Camp McQuaide military access road today was unchanged from the situation at the end of the week. Richard G. Stevenson, county WPA director, reported his office still waiting a report from the San Francisco district headquarters on a wire sent last week to Washington explaining urgency of the road construction.

State Administrator William R. Lawson favors going ahead with the project, recently ordered halted as soon as Unit 1 is completed, Stevenson said. Charles Ready of Ventura. Next meeting will be October 6. Marks Back From Buick Meet In S.

F. A. J. Marks, local Buick dealer, returned today from San Francisco, where he attended a 1942 Buick program meeting and heard discussed the motor car company's plans for the coming season. The San Francisco meeting was one of 27 conducted simultaneously throughout the United States when the Buick program was presented by a telephone hook-up to some 15,000 dealers, salesmen and service managers.

While there will be a substantial curtailment of motor car production this year as compared with the 1941 season, Mr. Marks reported that he will have a limited number of Buick cars available for delivery, at least for the next two or three months. He stated that the new cars are greatly improved, particularly in appearance and styling. The new models will be publicly announc DROPPED After settlement of the case out of court, suit of Howard Nichols against Conrad Evers for injury damages has been dropped from superior court calendar. It was slated for jury trial today.

The suit was outgrowth of an automobile collision near Mt. Hermon Feb. 9. Nichols and Richard of Oakland represented the plaintiff and Hoge, Pelton and Gunther of San Francisco were attorneys for Evers. 30 DAYS Jose a Garcia, 50, Watsonville cook, is serving a 30-day term in the county jail for vagrancy.

He was brought to the jail Saturday after sentencing by Police Judge Miller Chandler. Mrs. Mabel D. Byrne, 67, S. C.

Leader, Succumbs ed and displayed in his showroom early in October, he said. AND Repeat: Fair, Mild Predicted The weatherman rubber stamped his latest weather report, picking up his yesterday's forecast of fair and mild with early morning cloudiness as adequate for tonight and Wednesday in Santa Cruz and vicinity. The outlook: Santa Cruz and San Francisco Bay region Fair and mild tonight and Wednesday, but early morning cloudiness; moderate westerly wind. Northern California Fair tonight and Wednesday, except for increasing cloudiness in extreme north portion with light showers likely Wednesday; seasonal temperatures; moderate westerly winds. Station High Low Chicago 87 72 Eureka 62 53 Fresno 84 53 Los Angeles 77 55 New York 84 62 Reno 80 33 Sacramento 82 52 San Diego 75 57 San Francisco 65 57 Santa Cruz 78 47 Seattle 66 47 STORIES IN STAMPS Santa Cruz Stores are Ready WITH tia i Outstanding American Fashions for Americans by children of her own family for the sacred ceremonial.

AFTERNOON CLUB She was one of the early members of the Saturday Afternoon Club, now the Santa Cruz Woman's club. From the beginning she was a member of the Friday Shakespeare club, also of the Santa Cruz Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and of the Decorative Art Society. She had served a number of times on the Santa Cruz Council of the Young Women's Christian Association and was interested in all the work for young people. In this city she was married to Walter C. Byrne.

The wedding was at the family home on Church street Her husband preceded her in death about a year. He was prominent in the business life of the community and was connected with the Byrne Bros, store in the Drennan block. Surviving her arc children, Barbara, of the high school faculty at San Diego, Gilbert and John, Santa Cruz; Mrs. George Shreve, Redwood City; Mis. Paul Kerr, Daley City; and a sister, Mrs.

R. B. H. Collier, of Berkeley. Parachute Troops Tried To Capture Greek King Funeral services for Mrs.

Mabel Drcnnan Byrne, 67, one of Santa Cruz' most esteemed women, who died at 11 o'clock Monday night at a local hospital, will be held at 10 a. m. Thursday from Wessendorf's mortuary. Private interment will follow in the I. O.

O. F. cemetery. She had been ill since Sept. 5, when she suffered a stroke.

Prominent in the church, educational, civic and social life in her native Santa Cruz, Mrs. Byrne will be mourned by the entire community in whose betterment she maintained an active leadership. Mrs. Byrne was born in the pioneer Drennan home on Church street, which recently was razed for the Wessendorf mortuary parking lot. She was the daughter of the late Samuel and Louisa Drennan.

The mother was one of the early teachers in the public schools and was a leader in the church, club and civic life. Her father was a prominent citizen and for years a leading realtor and insurance agent. Mrs. Byrne attended the schools of the city, was graduated from the San Jose State Normal school, now known as San Jdse state college, and then was recognized as a teacher of unusual ability in the Mission Hill school. LEADER A woman with a keen mind and intellect she was a leader in all that stood for the best progress of the city.

She figured in civic and social life, but above all her church life was always first; As a girl she united with the Congregational church. She was as an infant baptized in this church and the baptismal robe worn by her was worn LXILED throughout the world today are five European mon-archs whose countries fell victim to Nazi aggression. After the German armies overran Greece in April, 1941, King George II of Greece, and his gov ernment moved to Crete. When Nazi parachutists dropped on this island a month later, they made' a concerted attempt to capture the Some of the parachutists landed no more than 800 yards from King George. Only by means of a desperate escape through the hills did he manage to get to the seacoast and board a British destroyer to Cairo, Egypt.

King George was born July 7, 1890, at the royal villa of Tatoi. He studied in England, received his training with the Prussian Guards, took part in the two Balkan Wars in 1912 and 1913. He became king in 1922, was exiled in the revolution of 1924 which set up a Greek republic, although he never formally relinquished his throne. He was restored to the throne Nov. 3, 1935, after the Greek people voted overwhelmingly for his recall in a plebiscite.

The Greek government honored King George II philatclically in the 1937 stamp above. "Ill newt goes quick and Farm Schedule A full schedule of farm group meetings is set for this week, County Farm Advisor Henry Washburn announced Monday. At the meeting Monday night at Mountain farm center Washburn spoke on marketing and showed a sound movie, "The City," obtained from the New York museum. Tonight at Highland farm center meeting at Highland hall Assistant County Farm Advisor E. C.

Lydon will talk on sheep production in the United States and the possibility of the sheep-raising industry in this area. "The City" also will be shown at the Highland meeting. Thursday night the county 4-H club council will meet at Mountain school to select the All-Star 4-H club members for the year, name those who will receive the two bank scholarships, make plans for Achievement Day to be held Oct. 4 at Big Trees, plan participation in the county fair in October, and complete plans for the regional leaders' meeting at Brookdale Oct. 25 and 26.

Friday night the Valencia farm center will meet with Lydon speaking on the sheep industry. INTERLOCUTORY DECREE Wilfred Fourncss won an interlocutory decree of divorce in superior court from Madeline Fourncss on grounds of extreme cruelty, and was ordered by Judge James L. Alteridgc to pay $70 a month alimony to Mrs. Fourncss. Attorneys were Francis R.

Hall for plaintiff and John L. McCarthy for the defendant. SEPTEMBER 17 San Francisco presidio formally dedicated. 1776. Santa Cruz merchants herald the coming of Fall with a most brilliant showing of new fashions.

Because your calendar is crammed with things to do; people to visit and entertain; committee meetings and patriotic interests, they've assembled every fashion to answer the question in your mind when each new occasion arises, "what shall I wear?" There are clothes from the sketch pads of America's own capable designers. There are clothes from the workrooms of America's greatest makers. Every fashion "spotlighted" for Fall is awaiting your selection in your favorite local store. wins 18-Yacht "America-cup. 193a NOTICE to BUICK OWNERS 1 Hitler condemned Poland "forever," 1939.

20 Russ-Nazls agro on Poland partition, 1939. 21 F. D. aslcs embargo repeal, 1933. 22 Settlers established Lo eantiville (Cincinnati! 1784 23 Spanish expedition reached Utah Lake.

1776. 7,000 homes and more within the area that constitutes Greater Northern Santa Cruz County receives cither the Sentinel or News daily. Milk Mixtures for Stomach Ulcers COURTESY: WILL FILED The will of Henry Eten, who died Sept. 9, was filed in superior court by Attorneys Rittcnhouse and Rit BIBBINS Automotive Service Uvihouse. It.

disposes of an estate The Greer Motor Company, local Hudson distributor for Santa Cruz county, announces the return of Mr. George Thome, to their staff of skilled mechanics. Mr. Thome, as well as being an authority on Hudson motors is an expert Buick specialist, having just left an Oakland Buick agency, Mr. Thorne will be glad to greet his old friends and customers and help them with their motor troubles at the Hudson garage which is located at 44 Cooper street.

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