Casa Grande Dispatch (Newspaper) - November 4, 1954, Casa Grande, Arizona STATE OF ARIZ BEPT OF LIB 4 STAf B HOUSE ROOK 309 PHOENIX the DISPATCH This Papers Printed 20 PAGES SECTIONS FINAL COUNTYS LEADING NEWSPAPER feather Reports Thursday Friday Precip Max Min 0 83 38 0 85 Saturday A 8S 41 Sunday 0 87 48 Monday 0 82 49 Tuesday 0 75 Wednesday 0 75 39 VOLUME 43 CASA GRANDE ARIZONA THURSDAY NOVEMBER 4 1954 IGe Per Copy NUMBER 44 Win County and State Elections Chamber Asks Estimates On Proposed Routes For Building Maricopa Road Will Publish Costs For Different Routes Plans to secure cost estimates the construction of proposed Road were formulated Tuesday afternoon at the regular meeting of the Chamber of Com merce Board Directors held in be Valley Bank Community Room Meeting for the first time since the election of seven new mem bers the Board voted to recom mend to the County Board of Su that a road between Casa Grande and Mari via the route deemed most the Supervisors and er that estimates of It the completion of such a road by proposed routes secured from the Board of Su for publication Kugg appeared before the aew directors to report OR the meeting of the Supervis ors in regard to the Maricopa Boad of the annual Chamber Commerce Banquet were dis cussed the banquet will be held at St Hall November M with all and their guests invited to attend Tickets are available from Dan Good Will Soltau presented a brief report on the progress ot the In Development Committee pointed the Industrial Committee for coming year Treasurer Ban Goodman gave short talk oa financial DR J H B ALLAHD his series of sue lectures Thursday at the First Which he Has conducted this past week His final lecture In Daily begins i In 1fce lecture tonight Dr Bal lard will tell how to live with ourselves Everyone is invited Ballards lectures which been instructive as well as have come through Jones terian all oi the The lectures lud large appreciative STOP PROGRESS ON MARICOPA ROAD FOLLOWING PROTEST The Final County Supervisors stopped work on the Maricopa Casa Grande road following a hearing in Florence last week at which opposition was expressed to the construction of the road on the route north of the railroad Present at the hearing were several people opposing to the above route and others favoring it The Board of Supervisors is advertising this week a hearing on the Grande road to be held at the Court House on December 21 The ad appears elsewhere in this issue Spencer Draws 2430 Years For Babys Abduction Faces Sfill More Charges Oi Sodomy Bob Spencer the confessed kid naper and sexual assaulter of 9monthold Daniel Ernest Ste vens in Stanfield six weeks ago given a 24 to 30 year prison sentence Monday on three counts Pleading to all three charges the 23yearold filling station attendant was sentenced on charges of Sodomy and child dealing Judge W C Truman ruled that be 17 to 20 pears for the sodomy charge and 1 to 10 years for The sentences were ordered to run consecutively Spencer has also admitted to an implication in the Bobbie Hql liday assault in said County Attorney T J Mahoney additional charges were fil ed against him The abduction a close parallel of the Stephens case outraged Stanfield resi to post over reward lor the attackers capture When fest arrested Spencer was charged with kidnaping un der a law commonly referred to as Little Lindberg providing for the death penalty or life imprisonment in certain cases The law applies only to kidnap ing for robbery extortion or ran som however and had to be dis missed as not pertaining to the Continued on Pace 4 City Council To Discuss Library Bond Issue Library Board To Present Estimates Of Costs At Next Council Meeting Following a discussion wit the Library Board on the pro posed Library for Casa Grande Monday night the City Counci instructed the City Manager M to report at the nex meeting the amount that the City would be able to place in a bond issue for the purchase o property for a Library and build ing and equipping a Library Hie representatives of the Li brary Board headed by Mrs Gladys Burkett agreed to fur nish estimates of the cost of pro perry they desire and costs of a building and equipment for a Li brary Mayor Chet Jones stated thai he is getting calls all the time from citizens streets be paved in front of their pro perty to cut down the dust anc recommended that procedure be started as soon as possible on a paving program Manager Pederson that before they could get esti mates of costs that it would lie necessary to determine the widths on the various streets The agreed to go with him over town and determine the in the various areas that need paving Following a discussion on the need in the future for a sewage disposal plant the City Manager was instructed to get proposed plans and estimates on the cos of a sewage disposal plant It was reported that Florence and Coolidge already have a age disposal plant and that Eloy is putting one in Elected Governor Of Arizona NOV 15 IS DEADLINE FOR MAILING OVERSEAS PARCELS All overseas parcels must be mailed by November 15th in order to reach their destination by Christmas Postmaster Boss day Air parcels am limited to 2 pounds and 30 inches over all Parcel post it limited to 50 pounds Anyone sending parcels to A P O or Fleet P O sta tions should check with the Post Office to see if they have to have custom declara tions Other parcels containing tobacco and coffee should be checked also for require ments for custom declara tions Jaycees Put Up On Hwy 87 a new Welcome To Casa Grande sign on Highway 87 8ulkiifaGi fete week as their part of the Operation City Beautification is being by ihe Industrial Development Committee of the Cham contest between ihe four service clubs Jaycees Lions Rotary and November 15th rt which time it will be judged which club did the most to designated area Each service club is to clean up the right of way of the and put ttp er new welcome sign on one of the four highways leading into committee included Jay Wilson club president Ed Car Paul 004 Tom Bowles Cooperating with the Jaycees in the construction ihe Cotton Products Company Public Service Mountain States Don Lockwood Agency Casa Grande Cotton Oil cw Sign Service Seen above with the new sign are left to Paul Modlin Bab Gold Dick Anderson Jay Dani C el Q manager ERNEST w MCFARLAND Attendance Reaches New High At C G Elementary Schools Average Doily Attendance Reaches 1828 Over 100 Above A Year Ago The average daily attendance at the Casa Grande Elementary Schools is running over 100 Above the attendance at this time a year ago John Bendixen dent announced this week The average daily attendance at the end of the second month was 1828 which is 106 above the high of 1722 that the schools reached during the same period sst year This is equivalent to Half Million Paid To Countys Cotton Pickets Picking Reaches Midway Point Should Finish Near Dec 1 Cotton picking in Final County las reached the half way point ior the week ending October 28 954 there was bales of cotton ginned in the county bringing the seasons total to 96 bales which is 49 of the estimated yield according to W J Soltau Final County Manager of the Arizona State Employment The increased use of machines las produced aback log of cotton at most of the gins in the county j Last week there was 532 ma chines in operation and they pick ed bales of cotton If the present rate of produc ion can be maintained mately 90 of the crop win be harvested by December 1 In defoliation this month will bring additional machines nto action and increase hand induction Because of the rapid comple ion of the cotton harvest and the hortage of farm housing plans re being worked out to ge additional people from mov ng into this area For it is be any people coming into the area late this month or early December will find very little work and it will be four months before there is any vol ume of work fof these people There was a slight reduction ia payments to hand pickers this past week as compared to a week ago with being paid out Of this total was paid out in the Casa Grande area 00 in the area and in the Eloy area three additional full classrooms The attendance usually reaches the peak by the end of the fourth month tit school Mr Bendixen states and is expected to increase more during the next six weeks Attendance at the Elementary Schools has more than doubled during the past ten years The enrollment was only 700 at the end of the second month ten years ago The increase in enroll ment since 1948 has been over 60 per cent The work is progressing on the new elementary classroom build ing and cafeteria Some of the classrooms are expected to be ready for use hi about three weeks and the be completed about ihe of the year The cafeteria will seat 400 children The cafeteria at the South School seats approximate ly The Elementary School is feed ing an average of over pu daily with children eating different shifts The highest number fed in one day this year at the cafeteria is 1067 Hold Open House At All Elementary Schools Tuesday Observe National Education Week Open House will be held at the Jasa Grande Elementary Schools Tuesday evening in observance of National Education Week accord ing to Richard Hughes president of the Casa Grande Classroom Teachers Association Open house is being held in all classrooms of North East South and Central Schools from 7 until 9 pan at each school for the par ents to visit their childrens class zooms and their teachers will be there to meet them General committee includes Mrs Loren Curtis Mrs Gladys Burkett and Robert Snurpus There is a representative from each school serving as chairman for that buildings plans All parents are urged to visit the classrooms and meet the teachers of their children McFarland McFaddin OBrien Udall Davis Pickerel Fin 79 Per Cent Oi Casa Grande Voters Turn Out Ai Polls Seventynine per cent of the registered voters in the three Casa Grande precincts turned out at the polls Tuesday and split their vote to give majorities to some Republicans and some Democrats Although Ernest W McFarland D of Florence won the Gover nors race the vote in Casa Gran de was close with McFarland re 990 votes while Pyle 1066 The County gave McFarland 5862 votes and Pyle 3833 David C Davis of Coolidge won election to the County Board of Supervisors from this district with 2231 votes while Walter Smith of Coolidge received 1920 In Casa Grande Davis received 817 votes while Smith polled 1138 Casa Grande followed the county and state in giving Ste wart Udall a majority vote for Representative in Congress from District 2 Udall received 931 votes in Casa Grande while Zipf received 665 Robert Morrison of Tuc son carried the state in the race for Attorney General against Ross F Jones Casa Gran de voters gave Jones a small lead with 1000 as against 927 for Mor rison m the race for State Superin tendent of Public Instruction Casa Grande went with the coun ty and state hi voting for Har king giving him 1222 votes While Allderdice polled only 606 here Casa Grande joined the county in giving Mary C OBrien County School Superintendent a majority of over 63t tor Juanita Golson J E elected Justice of tine Peace for the Casa Grande precinct with vote of 1398 whue E O Mason re 582 George Pickerel was elect ed Constable for this precinct with 1372 votes against 542 for Morgan The Amendment to the Consti carried in Casa Grande with 674 YES and 457 NO In the contest for Corporation Commissioner Casa Grande join ed the state in giving the Demo cratic candidates John H Berry and Mit a majority William E Stanford can for Tax Commissioner also carried Casa Grande as he did the state In the County Supervisor races for the other districts Jay Bate man was re elected with 2252 votes over 821 Joe Spray of Su was reelected without op position Mrs E Blodwen Thode was reelected without opposi tion for State Representative from this district Elected from the other two districts of the county for State Representative were Harry Bag of Coolidge and Smith of Superior As is usually the case Sophie M Smith for elec tion as County Recorder polled the highest Vote in Casa Grande and also in the county receiving votes in Casa Grande and 7839 in the county Mrs E Blod wen Thode receiving 1592 votes was the second highest inCasa Grande Other county candidates being elected without opposition were W C Truman Judge of the Superior Court T J Marks Clerk of the Superior Court Laurence R White Sheriff Alice M Diffin County Treasurer Timothy J Mahoney County Attorney Charles S Goff Casa Grande arid Ben Arnold Coolidge State Senators Wyly Parsons County As The total registration in the three Casa Grande precincts was 2669 and of these 2111 voters turned out at the polls which was the highest percentage is many years WATER STORAGE At Dam Water Storage at Dam at T ajo Tuesday is acre feet Jim Benedict Announces Purchase Of Smith and Knight Feeding Co Takes Over Operation As Benedict Feeding Company Monday Jim Benedict formerly of Phoenix announced the purchase of the Smith and Knight Feeding Co this week to be known as Benedict Feeding Co in the ture Mr Benedict made the purch ase from Harry Knight and Mor ris Smith who have operated the business here for the past several years t In taking over the feeding op Monday Benedict said that he win continue to offer similar services as the old com pany including growing and fat ening feeding Benedict has been mana ger for the John Jacobs Feed Co near Phoenix for the last seven years He brings his wife Lois and two children Jimmy 9 and Betty 11 to Casa Grande William Polete also of Phoe nix will assist Benedict the new business The Benedict Feeding Co is lo 16 miles west of Casa Gran de on the Gila Bead Highway PAW OPENS NEW ART AND SIGN SERVICE IN CASA GRANDE Cotton Market Report Closing quotations on cotton during the week according to figures furnished by the Casa Grande Cotton Oil Mill follow Thursday 3477 Friday 3472 Monday 3437 3473 Tuesday Wednesday 3440 3479 Paul Modlin is sera in of his new office on 113 N cho St above shortly after having opened Modlin Sign hi Casa Grande Mr Modlin plans to handle all of lettering and commercial art work as well as being sales and representative for work by Electrical Inc Modlin has bean employed by the Bentson Contracting Com pany Ihe and before that had been in the sign tainting trade for some time fie graduated from Cummings chool of Art in Dos Moines Iowa During the past two years he done considerable sign and art work in his around Grande
