Soldier Life at Camp Funston
A Benson boy Carlos Castaneda writes home about life at Camp Funston. He describes Thanksgiving dining with turkey dressing and dessert, quarantine of Battery C for measles, and rumors of transfer as new stables labeled 340 F. A. N. A. are built. He notes weather mild and shows photos of the 340th Field Artillery Band to be viewed at the Virginia Hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benson
Carlos Castaneda
Linda Vista
California
Kansas
Camp
340Th Field Artillery Band
Carlos
Virginia Hotel
No Red Cross Dance Delayed to New Year
The Christmas Red Cross benefit dance at the Auditorium planned by ladies of the society has been abandoned then delayed until early in the new year due to music difficulties and members' duties.
High School Notes on Lathe Purchase and Friday Night Meeting
A turning lathe arrived for the Manual Training department. Mr. Frederick Hopkins spoke on the relation of an oak tree to a squash and a railroad train to a bouquet to the Lyceum Course audience. Boys excelled in knitting at Friday night High School gathering hosted by the Cochise Society.
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Frederick Hopkins
Lyceum
Cochise Society
Death of Tombstone bank cashier after over a month of suffering
Thomas R. Brandt cashier of the Tombstone National Bank died in El Paso Texas following a gunfire incident on November 2 when he was shot while trying to halt a bank robbery. Frederick Koch confessed to the crime and received a sentence of twenty five years to life in the Arizona state penitentiary. Brandt's body was returned to Tombstone for burial accompanied by his widow and two sons including Thomas Brandt Jr a U S Navy seaman.
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Fl Paso
Tex
Thomas R. Brandt
Tombstone National Bank
Brandt
Frederick Koch
Arizona State Penitentiary
Bisbee
Tombstone
Thomas Brandt, Jr
United States Navy
Honolulu
YMCA War Fund Contributors St. David Continued
Cash contributions listed for the St. David section continue the YMCA War Fund drive, detailing donors and amounts in a community notice. The item records supporters while noting the ongoing fundraising effort within the parish.
20 it 25 10 29 Continued on 4th Page
The fragment shows a continuation note referencing page 4 and a range of numbers. It lacks clear people, places, or events to form a full news item. The readable bits provide no distinct incident, outcome, or organizational details suitable for a card.
Gas and Oil Struck Near Bowie in Arizona and New Mexico Drill
Arizona and New Mexico Oil Development Company reports gas at 255 feet and a light grade of oil at Bowie eight miles north, with drilling to 600 feet halted for casing. President James A. Phillips oversees work while the site tests whether the Bowie flat contains paying oil and gas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona and New Mexico Oil Development Company
Bowie
Mart Q. Harding
Lordsburg
Hardin
James A. Phillips
Bowie Flat
Christmas Boxes for the Benson Boys
A Red Cross committee in Benson gathers to assemble Christmas boxes for service members at camps including Funston and Kearny. Boxes contain home baked cake candy dates nuts and a book, with packaging led by Mrs. Robertson and the Domestic Science class.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
A. W. Bard
Camp Funston
Kansas
Camp Kearney
Linda Vista
California
H. Q. Robertson
Robertson
Benson Union High School
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Cochise County State Bank
Benson Lumber & Commercial
Thos. R. Brandt
The
Y. M.C. A. War Fund
ST. David
Grace McRae
Richard Martin
Velma Christensen
Elberta Tilton
Edna Pederson
John Busby
Bertha Miller
Harold Wright
Harold Harris
Pearl Scranton
Ora McRae
Mildred Martin
Seth Plumb
Ronald Dyches
Leland Busby
Gladys Holder
Bertha Merrill
Harwood Miller
Hazel Post
Walter Riggs
Byron Merrill
Neil Goodman
Julius Merrell
Dosa Tilton
Wilma Busby
Nora Pederson
Beatrice Wright
Thomas Riggs
Elvis Murray
Grant Goodman
Seymour Lofgreen
Stella Parker
Ralph Goodima Filien Kelley
Amy Busby
Wanda Busby
Lucile Goodman
Lena Pederson
Alphonzo Pederson
Lola Post Rose Busby
Sentelia Nelson
Goodman
Maurice Lee
Ida Dyches
Minnie Clifford
Dyches
Heber Goodman
L E Matteson
Alfred
Martha Riggs
Byron Merrill Mack Miller
Warren Miller
R Richworth
Lord Lesson
Nather Nelson
Carl Goodman
C Crews
Alvin Goodman
Merrill
Chamberlain
Benson Boys
Ladies of the Red Cross
A. F. Adams
Ben H. Clark
John Ewell
Ernest Gray
Elbert Houston
Cecil Jones
W. B. Kleinz
Manny Martinez
Orrick Robinson
Dunklin Robinson
M. H. Scott
C. E. Shepherd
Summers
Jas. W. Skinner
Archie Theroux
Thos. E. Thorp
N. Levison
HK. Gohtz
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