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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1951
Page
14
A Penn Gas Company bottling plant in Gary ignited with blazing butane gas reaching over 200 feet high, causing about 100000 dollars in damage. Firemen faced danger as a 100-foot radio tower collapsed while protecting nearby storage tanks containing 50000 cubic feet of gas.
Oliver B. Misz, 64, of 75 East Hoover Avenue, died Saturday at Good Samaritan Hospital from a heart attack. Born in Girard, Iowa, he worked 16 years with the United States Bureau of Reclamation and moved to Phoenix in 1944 from Northern California as a field engineer on the Colorado River Project. Survivors include his wife Dorothy of Phoenix, two sisters and a brother. Funeral services will be arranged at A. L. Moore and Sons Mortuary.
W F Asbury, president of Crystal Ice and Cold Storage, announced the purchase of the Arizona Frozen Foods plant at 2100 Christy Road. Crystal will add 135000 cubic feet of storage, build a quick freeze tunnel, and expand bulk storage while Arizona Frozen Foods continues to operate under lease. The new facility should be ready by late August, with about $80000 paid for the storage assets on a 4.27 acre tract.
Funeral services for Athol G. Flanagan 45 died Thursday in Good Samaritan Hospital were held yesterday at Mercer Mortuary. Burial followed at Greenwood Memorial Park. Flanagan manager of A D McClain Realty at 851 East Camelback Road resided 9611 Buena Vista Road. Born Russell Springs Kentucky he came to Phoenix from Detroit two years ago. Survivors include wife Ima of Phoenix his mother Emma Flanagan of Russell Springs and sisters Clarice Williams Edith Coffey and Ruth Jean Wilson.
Miss Bertha Bolinger fifty of 4917 East Virginia Avenue died Friday in Good Samaritan Hospital after a two year illness. Funeral services set for 3 30 p m Tuesday at A L Moore and Sons Mortuary with burial at Greenwood Memorial Park. She was born in Loy Arkansas and lived in Casa Grande and Phoenix. Survived by her parents three sisters and an uncle.
Rene Larriva named general chairman for a June Day of Nations Festival at Encanto Park. Friendly House leads a collaboration with Italo American, Irish, Hungarian, and Polish groups hosting about 15 national dances and customs. Robert Hardiway is program coordinator and Clyde Timberlake chairs the Coordination Committee. Mrs. Eikner and others lead park use, ushers, and the finance committee.
The second of three 45,000 kilowatt generators at Davis Dam began operation today, delivering power via a new line to irrigation pumps in the drought stricken Casa Grande area. The Arizona Power Authority reached full scale operation with 32,000 kilowatts, supplying Electrical Districts 1 2 and 5 in Coolidge Casa Grande Eloy Arizona Edison at Maricopa and Eloy North Gila Valley Irrigation District near Yuma and the Salt River Valley Water Users Association. The final generator is due to start next Saturday.
A 13-year-old Phoenix boy, Lyn Lowry, was critically injured after tumbling 75 feet down a mountain slope near Sahuaro Lake on the Apache Trail east of Mesa during an all day outing with his parents and Marjorie Jones. He was rushed to Mesa Southside District Hospital and then to Good Samaritan Hospital for observation with suspected ruptured spleen and possible broken leg. Marjorie Jones, 16, was stranded briefly on the mountainside.
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