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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Aug 21, 1951
Page
10
Chandler Town Sees County's Lowest Composite Tax
Chandler residents were told the town’s composite tax rate is the lowest in Maricopa County at 6.93 dollars. The breakdown includes school 4.29, Chandler 0.92, state 0.95, and county 0.77 dollars. The Chandler Town Council awarded Retzlaff Ford Co. a contract for a standard four door police car at 1,735 dollars. Knights of Columbus to meet at St Mary’s Church hall at 8 p.m. Velda Brown of Chandler wins BIU ad feature at Brigham Young University.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chandler
Maricopa County
Its
Retzlaff Ford Co
Knights of Columbus
St. Mary’s Church
Velda Brown
Ralph Brown
Brigham Young University
Keith Orme
Improvement Era
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Tax Rate Increase in Santa Cruz County for 1951-52
Santa Cruz County will set a $1.89 tax rate per $100 assessed value for the 1951-52 fiscal year, the board of supervisors announced. The rate rises from $1.86 in 1950 and $1.16 in 1949, with the overall Nogales tax bill totaling $8.90.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Board of Supervisors
Dysart School Building Burns In High Wind
A fire last night destroyed the main Dysart Grammar School building near Peoria, caused by an electric short circuit amid a 30 mph wind. Loss about 50000 dollars. 700 students attend with 20 teachers. Existing barrack buildings will stay in use as reconstruction proceeds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dysart
Peoria
Nat Dysart
Allen Northen
Luke Air Force Base
Litchfield Naval Air Facility
Apache Area Defense Plans Well Along
Apache County Civil Defense is ready for emergencies as A C Naegle, the county coordinator, urges residents to maintain a 60 day food supply for potential mass migration via Highway 66 designated as a military route. Sheriff John T Crosby leads police and communications while Ray Dahm handles traffic. County health chairman is Dr Newton E McBride with welfare and personnel chairs named as James Shreeve and Mrs Margaret W Lee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naegle
Apache County
John T. Crosby
Ray Dahm
Newton E. McBride
James Shreeve
Margaret W. Lee
Principal Of Tempe School Transferred To Milwaukee
Sister Mary Saint Lucille, longtime principal of Our Lady of Mount Carmel School in Tempe, moves to Gusu School in Milwaukee. Sister Mary Bertilla becomes Tempe principal with seventh and eighth grades. Sister Mary Leoline teaches fifth and sixth. others fill third through sixth grades as enrollment tops 200 until the new building opens. A 12,000 permit was issued for a University Terrace home at 303 Solana Dr. A 1951 football team meeting is set for Thursday with open practice Friday. Tempe Junior Woman’s Club meets for potluck, bridge, and canasta.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tempe
Mary Saint Lucille
Our Lady of Mount Carmel
Gusu School
Milwaukee
Wis
Mary Bertilla
Mary Leoline
St. Francis School
Phoenix
Mary Gratian
Mary Ann Elise
Mary Valeria
Dan Rosen
John R. Ellingson
University Terrace
Solana Dr
Bill Boyle
T. J. Hughes
Woes Pile Up For Mesan Gazette's Mesa Bureau
Archie Washington, 43, of Mesan, faced a morning mishap on Lehi road near Lehi School when he failed to stop at a crossroad, hit a post by a bridge, and plunged into an irrigation canal. He escaped and alerted authorities. highway patrolman L. E. Mulleneaux cited him for reckless driving after the recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa
Archie Washington
Mesan
Lehi
Washington
L. E. Mulleneaux
Unidentified Train Victim Buried in Sunset Cemetery
In Willcox, an unidentified youth about 17, buried in Sunset Cemetery, marked only by a metal plate reading unknown other than Rex Allen. The train death occurred last Wednesday near the Southern Pacific line. Deputy Sheriff Cecil Byrd says efforts to identify him failed and the investigation continues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willcox
Rex Allen
Southern Pacific
Sunset Cemetery
John Stiger
Cecil Byrd
Celebration IIs Postponed on Gila Reservation
Mesa, Aug 21 There will be no celebration of the 86th anniversary of the mustering in of Companies B and C of the First Infantry Arizona Volunteers on the Gila Indian Reservation this year due to illness among families. A postponed anniversary would have marked its 12th year. Frank T. Pomeroy announced a April 11 barbecue and festival instead to honor the signing of an enduring peace treaty between the Pima Papago and Maricopa tribes and the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa Bureau
Mesa
First Infantry
Arizona Volunteers
Gila
Frank T. Pomeroy
United States
Fire Chief in Mesa Named State Civil Defense Adviser
E W McCarty the Mesa fire chief for three years was named fire services head of the Arizona Civil Defense Agency. State civil defense director George B Owen said McCarty will serve on a 10 member advisory staff coordinating fire chiefs and firefighters statewide for civil defense policy and administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa
E. W. McCarty
Arizona Civil Defense Agency
George B. Owen
Civil Defense
McCarty
Owen
Tractor Fall Fatal To Boy
Nile B. Davis aged 9 died after falling from a tractor and being run over while visiting his uncle Albert Huber in Meridian Idaho. Funeral services are set for 10 a.m. Thursday at Meldrum Mortuary Chapel with burial in Mesa Cemetery. He was the son of Bishop and Mrs. Wendel A. Davis of Mesa and is survived by four brothers, two sisters, and four grandparents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mesa Bureau
Mesa
Nile B. Davis
Albert Huber
Meridian
Ida
Meldrum Mortuary
Mesa Cemetery
Nile
Bishop
Wendel A. Davis
Fourth Ave
Morgan
Robin
Kamen
Alma
Shelley
Doreen
Alma Davis
Edith Burt
Cardston
Canada
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