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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1950
Page
15
At Wheaton College Illinois a 38 hour marathon revival concluded with about 1500 students and 110 faculty hearing testimonies in Pierce Memorial Chapel led by president W Raymond Edman. More than 900 attended the public close as testimonies continued in a smaller room.
Graveside services for Mrs. Jennie Harmon Lewis, 80, who died in Verdugo City, California, will be held at 2 p m tomorrow at Double Butte Cemetery. The Rev John V Speering will officiate. A Huntington West Virginia native and long-time Arizona resident, she leaves a daughter Miss Sadie Lewis of Colorado and nieces Mrs Leona Reckenbach of Phoenix and Mrs Pansy Trout in California.
Students at Arizona State College Tempe vote on a queen for the 1950 National Intercollegiate Rodeo to be held February 18 and 19 at Thunderbird Field II. Candidates Beverly Colean Ernestine McDonald Frances Young Esther Ricca Billie Stroope Neil Winkler Alison Hunter. Six-man rodeo teams entered by ten Western colleges.
The Rotary Club voted to give 1,000 pesos to the widow and four children of Alberto Rodriguez, a jail guard killed Tuesday night by another guard “just for the fun of it.” Mayor Gonzalo Guerrero Alamada said municipal employees were also raising funds for the family.
Tempe City Council voted down a parking meter plan after reviewing a Chamber poll showing 335 against meters and 160 in favor. The decision followed concerns about the parking situation and other local factors. The meeting also covered church events and community activities in Tempe, including a Dana Conference at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church and a sweetheart dance fund-raiser planned by the Junior Chamber of Commerce.
Funeral services for Ralph E. Pickens will be held at 2 30 p m tomorrow at Meldrum Mortuary Chapel in Mesa. Pickens, a resident since 1919, died Wednesday night after a long illness. Born April 16 1863 in Van Buren Ohio, he was a retired farmer. Survivors include four daughters and five sons plus a brother, two sisters, 29 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren. Burial will be in Mesa Cemetery with Rev W Paul Hill officiating.
In Mexico City on February 10 AP reports that Pacifico de Mexico rail workers may strike February 19 after the Rail Workers Union asked for contract revisions and the company refused talks. Talks were to begin today under the Department of Labor, affecting the West Coast states Sonora and Sinaloa.
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