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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jan 30, 1950
Page
16
A man writes of abandoning a widow wife who sacrificed for him and kept his debts, then falls for a younger woman. Dorothy Dix advises that the wife likely regrets the failed union, urges honest confession, and predicts she would seek a Reno divorce, noting Dix cannot reply personally.
Police investigated burglaries at a liquor store on 1415 West Indian School Road and at the Farmer's Market on 1823 East Jackson Street. The liquor store theft included about $75, a bottle of whisky, and entry through a rear window. At the market, thieves took twenty one-pound cans of coffee, fourteen cartons of cigarettes, a case of canned milk, and $20 in silver. The U S Bureau of Reclamation noted 3600 miles of power lines in operation in 1949 and 3000 miles under construction.
A 15 member protest committee will carry objections of about 400 property owners in the Northeast Phoenix Fire Protection Improvement District to the City Council. Hearing on the 1400 assessments, averaging around 120 dollars for a 60 foot lot, is set for February 7.
Private funeral services will honor Hazel W. Keafer 64 at A L Moore and Sons Memory Chapel Thursday. Cremation at Greenwood Memorial Park. Survivors include brother Lynford Weaver Phoenix and sister Georgia Ridgeway El Cajon.
The Farm Bureau auto insurance program will headline three unit meetings this week. Kyrene and Roosevelt locals meet Wednesday at 7:30 p.m. at Kyrene School and Neighborhood House respectively, with guests H. J. King and potluck dinners. Roosevelt plans a no-dinner meeting with health films, while Tolleson follows with a 7:30 p.m. gathering at Cashion School cafeteria to view health and sound-color films.
The Central Arizona Cattle Feeders Association re elected all officers for 1950 at the annual meeting at Hotel Adams. Cecil H. Miller chairs, Maurice Smith is vice chair, Ottis Irene Sims secretary. Directors include Clemans, Lakin, McElhaney, Wetzler, and Marley. Dr Burgess from University of Arizona predicts a gradual decline in livestock prices for 1950.
B and B Lodge sponsors a window display contest to publicize Scout activities during Boy Scout Week February 6 to 12. Open to Roosevelt Council packs troops and posts. Displays made by the scouts with no props, winners chosen per district from photographs submitted to Scout Headquarters by February 14. Each window to show unit number sponsor district and a B n a i B r i t h sign.
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