Safford Couple Mark 50 Years of Marriage
Safford June 30 Mr and Mrs John Wesley Parker observed their 50th wedding anniversary with an open house at their home The couple married January 26 1900 in the Solomonsville Courthouse Parker a cement contractor in the Gila Valley helped build the courthouse and sidewalks in Safford He is a Spanish American War veteran and Rough Rider under Theodore Roosevelt He served with Buck ONeils First U S Volunteer Troop C and is among the few still alive They are the parents of 16 children 11 living 38 grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren
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Safford
John Wesley Parker
Georgie Ann Butler
Parker
Solomonsville
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Gila Valley
Theodore Roosevelt
Bucky O’neil
U. S
Gila Monsters Defeat Arizona Wildkittens For Second Time
Jan 30 Thatcher report: L B Christensen led scoring with 21 points for Gila College Monsters as Frank Hughes and Leo Gardner aided in a 60-56 win over the University of Arizona Wildkittens. Wayne Huish led Kittens with two points after a 29-27 halftime. This marked Gila’s second victory in three meetings with Arizona.
Tempe College to Broaden Driver Education Plans
Tempe College examines expanding driver education to include adults and teenagers not in school. Dr. Roy C. Rice of Arizona State College Tempe leads a 30-instructor meeting. The move follows a recommendation by the Governor's Highway Safety Conference. A new committee will organize further meetings, with 65 high schools gaining new testing equipment from General Petroleum.
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Phoenix Gazette
Tempe
Roy C. Rice
Arizona State College
Rice
National Safety Council
Phoenix
William Ball
Kingman
Ed Herzberg
West Phoenix High School
W. H. Lane
Miami
Andrew Case
Arizona State Highway Department
General Petroleum Corporation
VEW Camp Date Changed for State Encampment
The Veterans of Foreign Wars state encampment dates, set for June 1 to 3, were moved to June 7 to 9 at Mesa after a request by Globe commander Barry De Rose. He cited the Lions convention in Globe the first week of June and overlapping membership.
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S. de Rose
Globe
Pair Waive Extradition in Eloy Slaying Case
Lawton Oklahoma a man and a woman Riley Garrett and Mrs Wynema Cox were arrested on federal charges of unlawful flight to avoid prosecution for a murder tied to Eloy Arizona. They waived extradition to face murder charges in Pinal County Arizona. The victim N F Jenkins was found with a fractured skull and slashed throat near a desert camp outside Florence. Sheriff Lynn Earley said Jenkins picked up the suspects at a cotton camp near Eloy claiming they were hungry and broke. The three left in a car to gather wood on the desert.
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Okla
Eloy
Ariz
D. A. Brice
Oklahoma
FBI Bureau
Riley Garrett
Wynema Cox
Brice
Pinal County
N. F. Jenkins
Florence
Lynn Earley
Jenkins
Garrett
Mrs. Cox
Cottton
Earley
Mary M. Simmons Rites Conducted
Funeral services for Mary M. Simmons 55 a Coolidge resident for ten years who died Saturday at Florence Hospital were held today at Cole and Maud Mortuary Survivors include ten sons Lester Don Jason Georgie Jack Samuel A Julius Henry Darius Spencer four daughters two of Coolidge residents and others in Glendale Denver and abroad plus four brothers and one sister living out of state
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Phoenix Gazette
Coolidge
Mary M. Simmons
Florence
Cole and Maud
Otto Gaither
Charles Figgins
Sam Patterson
Glendale
Annie Abrahamson
Denver
Colo
Lester
Don
Jason
Georgie
Jack
Hayward
Calif
Samuel A
West Memphis
Ark
Julius
Fullerton
Henry
U. S. Army
China
Darius
New Jersey
Spencer
Florida
Uniform Time Asked For All Arizona Points
The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway asked the Interstate Commerce Commission to place the entire state of Arizona on Mountain Standard Time. It argued the 10 mile segment from the state line to Needles California should also follow Mountain Time to avoid hazards and inconveniences from changing clocks en route.
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Washington
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railway
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Seligman
Ariz
The
Santa Fe
Arizona Public Service Commission
Mohave County
California-Arizona State Line
Needles
Calif
Mason Attends Western Leaders' Conference in Chandler
Richard O. Mason Phoenix agency manager for the Prudential Insurance Company of America was among 16 representatives from 16 Western states and Hawaii selected for a four day leaders conference at the San Marcos Hotel Chandler The event opens with the vice president's trophy presentation to the outstanding Western agency manager of 1949 Harry J Volk vice president Western operations and Donald O Cramer regional manager both from Los Angeles direct the sessions
Buckeye Vets Initiate Nine at Maricopa Loyal Vote
Buckeye Jan 30 Nine candidates were initiated and inducted into Maricopa Vuiture No 35 of the 40 and 8 American Legion honor and fun society. Inductees included Walter Hardison Harold Willoughby William B Warrington Dwight Vandenburg Emil Nude Howard Meredith Bill Wray Frady Joe B Smothers John Hetter Chandler. A March of Dimes drive raised 109.50 from motorists along U S Highway 80 during a two hour period. Ted Roberts presided as chef de gare.
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Phoenix Gazette
Buckeye
American Legion Honor and
Ted Roberts
Chef de Gare
Death Found Accidental
A coroner's jury concluded Gordon B. Adcock aged 44 of Benson died from a fractured skull after a fall in his quarters at the Benson ice plant. Initial reports suggested possible assault when he was found injured a week earlier.
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Bisbee
Gordon B. Adcock
Benson
Adcock
Benson Ice Plant
Agriculture Classes Set For Thursday In Tempe
Agriculture classes begin at Arizona State College Tempe as the first Salt River Valley agricultural school opens with a four year program. The Board of Regents provides 33643 for the first semester. The curriculum offers 30 semester hours in crop and livestock production. A limited spring start precedes full operation next fall at the 80 acre Duhame dairy farm north of Tempe. Graduates earn a Bachelor of Science in crop or livestock production.
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Salt River Valley
Arizona State College
University of Arizona
Mesa
Board of Regents of the
University and States Colleges
Duhame
Here
Tombstone Restoration Week Opens With Dance Jamboree
Tombstone marks Restoration Week with a square-dance jamboree and a dinner attended by Governor Dan E. Garvey and civic officials. The program aims to revive Tombstone’s 1880 flavor led by D Estell Iszard. An old-time melodrama and silent movies are planned through the week.
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Dan E. Garvey
D’estell Iszard
Hollywood
Globe Boy Scout Drive Sets Policy Meeting
Barry De Rose Gila County chairman for the Boy Scout fund raising campaign to be held Feb 6 12 calls a policy meeting of campaign chairmen in the Gila County courthouse tonight Attendees include Louis Reyes Globe chairman Charles Nichols Miami chairman and John Seater Jr Gila County publicity chairman The Three Council covering Graham Greenlee and Gila counties has a tentative 1950 budget of 10000.
Mexico plans large land development near El Paso
Mexico studies plans to place 20 000 to 30 000 farm families on Palomas hacienda near El Paso. Agrarian Department surveys Palomas land for small scale cultivation. The government seized and expropriated the land in 1923 and paid for it but never took over. some land is leased to U S cattlemen.
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Mexico City
Mexico
Palomas
el Paso
Texas
Agrarian Department
U.S
Tempe approves 215000 school bond for new primary plant
Tempe voters approved a 215000 bond issue for School District No. 3 with eight dissenters. The 206 property taxpayers voting favored financing a 20 room primary school on East Tyler Street to replace the old Eighth Street School, slated to serve about 600 pupils in grades one to three.
Term Starts Wednesday at Arizona State College Flagstaff
Registration opened today for the Spring semester at Arizona State College at Flagstaff and classes will begin Wednesday. A Phi Eta Sigma freshman honor society chapter was installed with services in the president Dr Lacey A Eastburns office officiated by Dr M L Wardell grand historian of the national fraternity and head of the history department at the University of Oklahoma. Officers named Rod Taylor Tucson president Robert Fitzmaurice Prescott vice president Russell Ready Ontario Calif secretary Coran Cluff Mesa treasurer and Myron Sutton Flagstaff senior adviser.
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Phoenix Gazette
Rod Taylor
Tucson
Robert Fitzmaurice
Prescott
Russell Ready
Ontario
Calif
Coran Cluff
Mesa
Myron Sutton
Flagstaff
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