Blaze Destroys Vacant Payson Home In Arson Claim
Fire Chief says a vacant Payson residence at 205 S Tonto suffered over 9000 dollars in damage after an April 8 blaze started with flammable liquid placed under a kitchen water heater. Ray Miller of Mesa owns the house. Investigators referred evidence to the Payson Marshal for possible First Degree Arson charges.
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Payson
Payson Fire Department
Chuck Jacobs
Jacobs
S. Tonto
Ray Miller
Mesa
Fire destroys vehicles and gear near Roosevelt Lake
May 15 incident on a back road off Highway 188 near Roosevelt Lake involved LaMorris Herrin of Phoenix. A battery sparked a fire when it touched a gas can while Herrin pulled a boat, totally destroying the pickup camper and boat along with all gear.
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LaMorris Herrin
Phoenix
Roosevelt Lake
Herrin
Two Women Cited After Payson Accidents Last Week
Town Marshal Forey Hinder liter cited Laura Brown 19 of Payson on May 12 for failure to yield after a collision at E Forest and Easy Street. A second citation went to Bronwyn Walker 20 for loss of control on May 15 at Frontier Street and Beeline Highway injuring a tourist elk and damaging the Payson Country Store. Walker was treated and released from Payson Hospital.
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Forey Hinderliter
Laura Brown
Payson
E. Forest
Easy Street
Payson North
Miss Brown
John Hardy
Hardy
Bronwyn Walker
Payson Country Store
Frontier Street
Beeline Highway
Miss Walker
Payson Fire Dept Receives $8300 Air Compressor
The Payson Fire Department took delivery of a new eight thousand three hundred dollar air compressor from Thunderbird Sales of Phoenix last week. It will be used to fill breathing bottles used in poisonous atmospheres, replacing a system that only permitted partial fillings.
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Payson Fire Department
Thunderbird Sales
Phoenix
Youth injured after falling from moving vehicle near Payson
A Tempe boy Gary D. Gregory seven fell from a truck on Arizona 87 near Slate Creek 19 miles south of Payson and was struck by a towing trailer. DPS said he was flown by helicopter to Barrow Neurological Institute and remained in serious condition.
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Tempe
Payson
Arizona 87
Slate Creek
Department of Public Safety
Gary D. Gregory
Dale W. Gieske
Fountain Hills
Barrow
Neurological Institute
DPS
DWI charges against two DPS officers booked in Payson jail
Two men were booked on driving while intoxicated charges after arrests on May 16. Robert Wayne Huddleston, 33, of Payson, was detained east of Payson on Highway 260, and William Leo Byrnie, 50, of Phoenix, arrested on Highway 87. Both posted $120 bond.
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Department of Public Safety
Payson
Robert Wayne Huddleston
William Leo Byrnie
Phoenix
Legion potluck and Goslin family obituaries note
Legion Post No. 69 hosted a May 14 potluck at the Payson Woman's Club for 20 members and guests. Cmdr. Thora Plummer was out of town for a family emergency. Clarence Bramson presided. Bramson reported a rummage sale net about $100 and new members Bill Holt and Charles Little were welcomed. Election of officers will be held June 11 at the Payson Woman's Club. Funeral services were held for Russell C. Loehr, 62, of Payson who died at Payson Hospital. he is survived by his wife Clela, two sons Dale and Raymond, four daughters, two brothers, two sisters, and eight grandchildren. Burial followed at Payson Pioneer Cemetery.
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Rim Legion Post No. 69
Payson Woman’s Club
Cmdr
Thora Plummer
Clarence Bramson
Roy Brunner
Dr. Huffman
Bramson
Bill Holt
Charles Little
Flagstaff
Betty Zenker
van Vieck, Tex
Payson Pioneer Cemetery
Payson Funeral Home
Obituary: Mrs. Lovada Hicks 98
Mrs. Lovada Hicks died in Kansas City Missouri on May 12 at age 98. She was the mother of Mrs. Harold Wallander of Payson and a private funeral will be held.
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Lovada Hicks
Harold Wallander
Payson
Kansas City
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Legion
Russell C. Loehr
Payson Hospital
Mr. Loehr
Fowler
Lowery Glass
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