Desert Messenger

October 20, 2021 www.DesertMessenger.com 15 Sons of the Desert in Quartzsite! 205 E. Main Street, Quartzsite 928-927-4163 Serving Breakfast & Lunch Serving Breakfast & Lunch Opening Monday, Sept. 20th! Open 7:00am - 1:45pm The Main Street The Main Street "WHERE COFFEE IS FREE WITH EVERY MEAL" MOUNTAIN QUAIL CAFE 928-927-8890 & Gift Shop 500 N. Moon Mt. Ave., Quartzsite (corner of Moon Mt. & Quail Trail) B-10, Main St. Moon Mountain X Quail Trail Quail Trail N Hwy. 95, N. Central We're Open Every Day! We're Open Every Day! Monday through Friday 7am-2pm Saturday and Sunday 7am-7pm Quartzsite Elementary School District Students of the Month September 2021 Kindergarten – Stella Collier 1st Grade – Akiel Vasquez 2nd Grade – Elliana Fultz 3rd Grade – Dakota Beynon 4th Grade – Jayden Torres 5th Grade – Uriah Trevino 6th Grade – Aidynn Ponce 7th Grade – Mariela Andrews 8th Grade – Julian Rivas QES STUDENTS OF THE MONTH Asian Fusion ~ Downtown Parker LOCATE US! WEST 14TH STREET (1317 S Suite C Joshua Mall) 1317 S Suite C Joshua Mall) 1317 S Suite C Joshua Mall Fresh Soups Vegan Choices Curries deescurry.com Mon-Fri 10am-7pm • Sat. Sat. Sat 10am-2pm The Sons of the Desert is pitching its newest tent, appropriately, in Quartzsite, Ariz.! The In- ternational Laurel & Hardy Society - known as the Sons of the Desert, after the comedy duo's 1933 fi lm - has established a local chapter (tent) in Quartzsite. The Quartzsite Night Owls, will hold their fi rst meeting from 3-4:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 29, at First Baptist Church Fellowship Hall, 30 Church St., Quartzsite, AZ., off of West Cowell St. just east of the Quartzsite Senior Center. Meetings will be held on the last Friday of each month. Three short fi lms will be shown at the Oct. 29 meeting. "Unaccustomed As We Are," fi lmed in 1929, was the duo's fi rst talking fi lm. "Berth Marks," also fi lmed in 1929, was their second "all-talking' comedy. "Night Owls," the new tent's namesake, was fi lmed in 1930. Light refreshments will be served and mem- bership information for the club will be avail- able. Quartzsite Night Owls is a registered of- fi cial tent. Everyone of any age is welcome to come enjoy the fi lms of Laurel & Hardy. Sons of the Desert is devoted to keeping the lives and works of Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy before the public, and to have a good time while doing it. The group takes its name from a lodge that the comedians belong to in the 1933 fi lm "Sons of the Desert." In keeping with the tongue- in-cheek "desert" theme, each local chapter of the society is called a "tent," and is named af- ter a Laurel & Hardy fi lm. Worldwide, there are well over 100 active tents, whose members meet regularly to enjoy Laurel & Hardy movies in an informal atmosphere. "It is important, I think, to realize that Sons of the Desert is not a fan club," explained John McCabe, the team's biographer, who founded the Sons in 1965. "The word 'fan' derives from 'fanatic' and I hope we are none of us that. I con- sider us 'buffs,' people having a connoisseur-like affection for Laurel & Hardy, and being discrimi- nating in that affection, with fun as our goal and operative guide." For more information on the Sons of the Des- ert Night Owls tent, contact Carl Baker at (928) 550-3438 or email travelfulltime@yahoo.com.

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