Arizona Silver Belt (Newspaper) - May 24, 1962, Miami, Arizona Vol. 2 Entered at post office us second-class ter under Act of Congress March 3, 1879, May 24, 1962 a Copy 16 Pages lAJko wilt m Monday is election day in A dozen candidates are seeking voter proval at the poll for seven available seats an the town Fifteen men entered the primary an number in recent Miami Interest in the April primary ran at an and it is a credit to Miamians that nearly 90 per cent of registered voters cast ballots at the a town record and one seldom topped by any Over 1000 voters were the largest number to register for a primary election in over 40 years something of which Miamians can well be One candidate was eliminated in the Since that two others have withdrawn leaving the present 12- man Of these 12, half are bents seeking The seventh incumbent did not enter the As the Silver Belt stated prior to the this newspaper makes no We sponsor nor con- demn no The choice is clearly up to Miami's If you are fied with the way the town has been run in the past by the six then they deserve your If you are then it is your ty to carefully review qualifications and backgrounds of the other six ing election and vote But most important of we urge each individual voter to base his or her We have been Union is trying to take over the town and you ought to expose If is making such an at- it is well Of the 12 candidates remaining on the only one is a member of the local i V ami Of the one belongs to the teamsters union Jimmy Hoffa is trying to take over the and another belongs to the boilermakers Five are in business for one is employed by the another by the still an- other by a local mining company and the twelfth works for a local lumber Mexicans are trying to take over the we've been Whether or not this is we don't know nor have we made any effort to find we're not at all con- such a circumstance would be categorically There are large numbers of very individuals in Miami of Spanish or Mexican decent who would make fine There are also some we wouldn't want to serve as dog there are large numbers of Caucasians who could and would serve their town well if they were on the And there are other Caucasians we would prefer wouldn't even pick up our We also know many Miamians will read the above two paragraphs and im- mediately condemn the Silver Belt as being anti- Caucasian or We are none of for these no bearing whatsoever upon the tions of a given individual for a given Every should Two candidates one to seek state seat Two candidates for Miami Town Council resigned from the running Friday and will not appear on the ballot in Monday's general Edward F. Erb resigned for what he said were Home re- years 1951-54, and said he be- he can do more for Miami in that capacity than as a ber of the Town Between Erb and Home polled 670 votes in the primary election April 16. Erb polled 313 Home 35f. Many of these votes will now undoubtedly be divided Charles A signed in order to run for state representative from District No. tne remaining 1. He has served previously as state for four WORLDWIDE DISCUSSION IN MIAMI Terry Glenna Wilson Principal N. C. Senator Barry Goldwater Gold water tells Miami love is key to peace Senator Barry who led the pledge of in. Miami Friday and to the and David a challenge for all mankind in a wholly completely san It was the first in- tory U. S. Senator had appeared at Miami High who rendered the Following the National an- them and the brief Senator Goldwater arose and addressed himself to the student the im- for the seven individuals he or she feels will best serve the interest of Facts should be carefully Rumors should be And if your choice is. wrong? you'll have another opportunity in two years to make a change if you desire it. MHS awards program II set for Saturday honors top scholars The big moment for Miami's best students arrived this ing with the an- Honor Award Assembly Program at Miami High Principal N. C. said the amounts and provisions of the various awards and remain essentially the same as .in previous The recipients of the of are The assembly was called to order by Willis ent body at a.m. After the pledge of led by Tanya student body and the led by Robert president of the senior Mr. Chansley introduced Principal N. C. The actual presentations be- gan with the announcement of the Foreign Language given by the Spanish National Honor Society of Miami High School and presented by Miss Gloria Winner of the award was Arlene FOUR-YEAR gold honor pins for senior honor students were presented .by Llona B. Recipients were itza Frank Diana and Lois Quill and Scroll Awards were presented to itza Diana Cecil Terry Elaine Edgar Linda Karen Ray and Shirley Miss Miss Cor- Miss Lantin worked as on the The other recipients worked on the Mr. Weather Thursday Friday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Hi Lo 70 49 68 43 86 50 69 42 81 91 G. B. Warren Jeschor served as photographer for both The awards were presented by Mrs. Myrtle Mary Martin was awarded the Good Citizenship ters of the American Miss Janet Thomson made the The Miami Musical Arts Club presented by Mrs. lian went to Ronnie DIANA Lois Robert and David Sims shared in the awards for Scholarship and Leadership presented by the Miami Elks Odie Shipp made the Following these E. E. MHS ulty scholarship was The first annual MHS Pep Club Scholarship Award was presented to Virginia Miss Janet Thomson made the The Miami Business and Women's Club pre- sented its Nursing Scholarship to Mary The award was made by Mrs. John Manuel Medina was awarded the Foundation Paul manager of the Sears Store in made the The First Miami High School Student Council Scholarship was awarded by H. H. Wilhite to John Jr. THE SAM Armstrong Scholarship went to ginia Mrs. Naomi zell made the The Nursing Scholarship of the Gila County Tuberculosis Association was awarded to Mary The award was presented by Mrs. Frances The Michael A. Branham Scholarship was awarded to Saturday is the day for pies in observance of ial the American Legion Auxiliary announced this Street be handled by the younger Miami girls all day Poppy Day honors more than American dead and most a million American ed in both World Wars and the Korean The poppies are made by dis- abled veterans .In hospitals and workshops in 40 the poppies are dis- by Auxiliary in the stales where the hospitals are the an event three years of sonal and ambitious He remarked it was appropriate the appearance come during Arizona's fiftieth and referred to the Senator the most publicized Arizonan in the never forget May 18, SENATOR GOLDWATER de- livered his address in Miami Memorial He stood at one underneath a At the other seated on was the Miami High School The student body lined one side and on other were adults parents and members of the Displaying excellent the assembly arose when the Senator entered the and arose again at the conclusion of his In addition to Mr. ed with Senator Goldwater were Willis student body who served every and he said the master of Tanya while are not to student body be compared to the great HIS CHALLENGE was ed are you ing to do with your He drew attention almost ately to the importance of tory as a for world and to in communications and trans- ho wryly gested were fine but ly have not made us much The he is not with things but with what man is going to do with those Using nuclear energy as an ex- he asked whether some one would panic and push the red or whether such energy would be used for the good of in cancer re- and so is the source of all the trouble we have in this he great question what is man going to He said the challenge is the same as when mankind first and solution to world peace rests not with things but with he noted man has always lived in a new lenge to in his ing it were not for the coin of human he wouldn't need government or THE SENATOR hate the worst word man ever took Continued on Page 4 New rates given to Claypool area and Lower Miami Lower Miami were handed another water rate increase this week by the zona Corporation It was the second increase in just a little over a New rates 10 called for for the first 4000 gallons or less per 85 cents per gallon for the next 6000 and 65 cents per 1000 gallons for everything over The newest increase calls for a minimum service rate of for the first 8000 gallons or and 75 cents per 1000 gallons for everything over the first 8000. For there is an optional which is somewhat Un- der this the first 2000 gallons or less will cost and each 1000 gallons over 2000 will cost These of are on a NONE OF THE 15 received a majority in the and with tion of Erb and Home and tht omission of Louis who received 274 votes in Monday's ballot is reduced fo 12 Only seven cil seats are These seats will be decideS Monday as 1247 registered ers go to the polls between a.m. and 7 p.m. The potential vote is higher than it was for the when 1056 ers were Of actually cast 89.6 of the tial In order of votes are Monday's remaining James L. 469; Frank 459; Mayor L. Ralph H. 445; David 410. Barragan ing his third bid to secure Council OTHERS are John E. 392; Salvadore B. 391; Clifford 373; A. J. 359i Robert 336; Otto Santa and James W. 315. it rate for apartments is the same as the minimum op- Faith is to believe what we except there is a do not and the reward of 1000-gallon minimum of for each additional The new rates will show up names committee this faith we Augustine June Routine meeting marks pre-election session The meeting Monday of Mi- ami Town Council was routine and largely without It lasted just 17 The full Council was plus the town the town the chiefs of tlie police and fire and the superintendent of But called for one of the lightest ness sessions in recent and order was run through in record 1 One man had been scheduled for a but his ance was cancelled or poned because of. Reports were heard from the various departments streets and dent of Streets Charlie lips explained to Council why Miami's new banner was taken down Saturday THE recently chased by the Miami Chamber of was hung day in time to welcome the Arizona Knights of whose convention Mi- ami over the For awhile is fluttered proudly in spanning Live Oak St. When one of the anchor cables Phillips said he had no alternative but to take it The loose cable could have become dangerous to both pedestrians and lips He added that it is extremely difficult to anchor Continued on Page 4 Mrs. Sadie of and Barry DeRose and Letch of named to head the for Congress in Gila George F. Jr. is a Democratic candidate Con- gress in new Third Congressional He is a native of Gila DeRose will serve overall campaign chairman for the Dis- which es eight counties within District Mrs. Wright and will serve as MRS. WRIGHT is and and is past president of the Arizona ation of Democratic interested in civic business and former State Highway a personal friend i1 am particularly Senner said for calibre of people who generously agreed to guide campaign which is vital to That are ing to participate in my behalf accrues no particular credit to but rather their sincere interest in public affairs and an intense desire to mote the progress of District our state and our nat Commencement set for 148 MHS seniors Weekend visitors to Miami was iu Miami received distinguished guests from all over Arizona David The award was ing the three-day convention of the Knights of Columbus as presented by Marvin Photographed at the banquet Sunday lc sta presene y arvn top batting average of to Dr. W. E. of state jsei Con Page 7 nard of state John J. of guest of honor Governor Paul His Most Reverend Francis J. Bishop of the cese of who was principal speaker of the men C. of Vidal D. of nix state and Nick P. of The National Honor Society will receive 22 new four of whom are also on the four-year Honor as Miami High School graduates 148 iors in the 47th annual com- exercises Waits For No the commencement will be carried throughout the ex- beginning at 8 p.m. It will form the topic for the Baccalaureate Rev. Paul M. pastor of Our Lady of the Blessed ment and it will form the topic in various for the four commencement Tanya Danitza An- Lois and Diana Will be- gin with a prelude by the Mi- ami High School to by von followed by the and by which will also be ed as the for both Baccalaureate and The Invocation will be given by Rev. Donald W. pastor of Claypool Methodist and the Scripture taken from Romans 14 will be rendered by Bishop Kent R. Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Baccalaureate by Father witt The Miami High School rus will Sun Page 2)
