Thank you Billie and Jean for transcribing the following. I've been waiting for this information to show up. Eldred and James were my mother-in-law and father-in law. ANNOUNCEMENT OF BETROTHAL IS MADE AT DINNER PARTY Announcement of the engagement of Miss Eldred Helen Bates of Oroville to James Haldane Davis of Cedarville was made at a holiday dinner party Thursday in the home of Miss Bates? brother-in-law and sister, Mr. and Mrs. Lauren R. Groves on Miller Way in Oroville. Those present were Dr. and Mrs. Howell C. Jones, Miss Beverly Jones of San Francisco; Mr. and Mrs. James C. Knight, Oakland; Mr. and Mrs. Ulysses S. Bates, Miss Eldred Bates, Miss Emma Lux, Oroville; Mr. and Mrs. R. E. McCulley and James Davis of Cedarville. Liz JAY Davis North Bend, WA