Flagstaff Girl Wins Statewide Essay Prize in Arizona Contest
Anne Butchart of Flagstaff High School won the $100 top prize in the Greater Arizona essay contest for Land of the Blue-Green Water. Nancy Hunt and Ruthie Jordan took second and third prizes. honorable mentions went to Jean Thompson, John Beavers, and Fred Hawks. Judges included state officials and university leaders.
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Anne Butchart
Flagstaff High School
Greater Arizona
Land of the Blue-Green Water
Nancy Hunt
Tombstone High School
Ruthie Jordan
Cottonwood High
Jean Thompson
St. Joseph’s Academy
Tucson
John Beavers
Globe
Fred Hawks
Safford
Phoenix Gazette Page Eight Headlines From June 8 1951
The June 8 1951 Phoenix Gazette page eight presents local notices and brief items from that Friday. Notable names, places, and events appear in compact notices reflecting mid-century Phoenix community life.
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the Phoenix Gazette
Two Students Win Memorial Constitutional Paper Awards
Winners of the inaugural Thomas J. Sr. memorial award at Phoenix College and Arizona State College at Tempe were named. Jerry McCormick, an honor graduate from Phoenix College, received $50 for a paper on the Arizona constitution's historical background and will study law at the University of Washington. Frank Lahar of Connecticut won the Tempe award for a paper on juvenile delinquency based on his own survey. The awards were established by Mrs. Croaff in memory of Judge Croaff of Maricopa County Superior Court.
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Jerry McCormick
W. Pierson
Phoenix College
McCormick
University of Washington
Tempe College
Frank Lahar
Connecticut
Glendale Union High School Board seeks real property tax levy
Glendale Union High School Board of Education asks Maricopa County supervisors to levy a tax on real property to retire a 295000 bond issue voted by district electors last December. Charles Junker filed suit to block sale of bonds and appealed to the Arizona Supreme Court. The supervisors refer the matter to the county attorney for opinion. A judgment in favor of the district was ordered in April, and officials expect bonds to be sold by January 1, 1952 for a high school at Sunny slope.
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Glendale Union High School Board of Educations
Charles Junker
Glendale
Arizona Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Dudley W. Windes
Maricopa County
Formosa Children Lead TB Rate Among Nations
Formosa shows the highest tuberculosis rate for 6-year-olds among countries with available figures, a United Nations official said. Henry T. Sampson of Mount Vernon, New York, representing UNICEF, stated that 30 to 40 percent are infected.
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Taipeh
Formosa
United Nations
Henry T. Sampson
Mount Vernon
N. Y
United Nation
International Children’s Emergency Fund
Judges Called To Activate Youth Board
SPRINGERVILLE June 8 AP Activation of the Arizona Youth Authority to handle juvenile problems and possible transfer of the Boys Industrial School from Fort Grant will be discussed by the Superior Court Judges Association of Arizona. The association designated judges would advise on juvenile issues and run a rehabilitation program. One judge from each county would serve. in Pima and Maricopa, the designated juvenile judge sits. A survey urged moving the Fort Grant school to near population centers. Gov. Howard Pyle appointed a new governing board after abolishing the old one. Some judges praise Fort Grant improvements under the new superintendent while others argue the plant needs funding and trained staff. Globe Judge C C Faires favors staying put.
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Springerville
Arizona Youth Authority
Boys Industrial School
Fort Grant
Superior Court Judges’ Association of Arizona
J. Smith Gibbons
Apache County
Superior Court
Pima
Maricopa
Graham County
Howard Pyle
J. Mercer Johnson
Judges’ Association
Chandler
C. C. Faires
Globe
Scholarship Won By Girl Mary Ann O Connell
Mary Ann O Connell daughter of Mr and Mrs Neil O Connell of 43 W Cambridge won a four year scholarship to Mount St Mary's Girls College in Los Angeles. The award followed a competitive exam in Los Angeles. She graduates from St Mary's Girls High School in May as valedictorian and plans to study biochemistry. She is a junior counselor at Girls State in Tucson and attended as St Mary's delegate last year. She received the St Agnes Award for top scholastic average and the Christian Doctrine award for top religion grades. She led her freshman class and joined the Glee Club Dramatic Club and Girls Athletic Association.
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Mary Ann O’connell
Neil O’connell
W. Cambridge
Mount St. Mary’s Girls’ College
Los Angeles
St. Mary’s Girls’ High School
Mary Ann
Girls State
Tucson
St. Mary’s
St. Agnes
Glee Club
Dramatic Club
Girls’ Athletic Association
Williams To Host Fourth Of July Fireworks Show
Williams plans its annual Fourth of July fireworks display. The Williams Volunteer Fire Department, with civic clubs merchants and the city council, sponsors the event revived last year in this Northern Arizona city.
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Williams
Arizona
Williams Volunteer Fire Department
Merchants
Arizona Graduates Win Degrees From Out of State Colleges
Arizona residents earned degrees from Notre Dame San Francisco Northwestern University and the California Institute of Technology. Names include Arthur Theodore Jones Miami and William Joseph Stelpflug Oracle with civil and mechanical engineering degrees. Sallie Seargeant Phoenix earned a master of social work at Washington University in St Louis. James G. Hickey San Francisco graduate.
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Arthur Theodore Jones
Miami
William Joseph Stelpflug
Oracle
Frank Cullen Brophy Jr
N. Central
Wilbur David Grundy
Encanto
Edward Valentine O’malley
W. Glendale
John Edmund Lindberg
Tucson
James G. Hickey
J. G. Hickey
11Th St
University of San Francisco
Sallie Seargeant
L. H. Seargeant
Phoenix
George C. Marshall
Arizona
Northwestern University
Evanston, Ill
George Edwin Shelley
Mesa
Amil Joseph Ajamie
15Th Ave
Morris Dean Fraizer
Seventh Ave
John Lewis Senter
E. Carol
Charles P. Thomas
E. Weldon
James Pryor
Bear Loose In Chicago Hunted By Large Police Force
In Chicago on June 8 a 200-pound bear escaped from a carnival and roamed Cantigny Woods Forest Preserve. Seventy five policemen and rangers armed with heavy weapons scoured Bedford Park and surrounding areas, reporting the bear dangerous as it wandered the woods and locals feared its return. Despite covering every inch of the mile square area, hunters had not spotted the animal.
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Chicago
Bedford Park
Mile Square
Cantigny Woods
Mile Square Woods
Arizona PTA Ends Three Day Session
Delegates of Arizona's Parent-Teacher Association councils wound up the final state session at Arizona State College after a three day meeting for discussions and lectures. Dr Ralph Eckert led the talks on basic needs and emotional growth of children and adults. The event closed with a panel on these subjects and a demonstration of panel use in PTA meetings.
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Arizona
Parent- Teacher Association
Arizona State College
Ralph Eckert
PTA Congress
PTA
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Flagstaff
Greater Arizona, Inc
M. L. Brooks
Cleon T. Knapp
Board of Regents
University and State Colleges
H. Earl Rogge
State Highway Commission
Levi S. Udall
E. J. Warner
Miss Butchart
Supai
Colorado
Prince
Thomas J. Sr
Tempe
Mrs
Chest
Greg
Satsuma
Vanity
Guinea
Red Flame
Lee Eee
E. Washington
Westinghouse and
Philco
Mothepsiete
Ideon
England
Redes
Washington
Cor
Jefferson
Youth Board
Gateway
Kiddie Korner
Oxfords
Gateway Department Store
The
Universe of Notre Dame
South Bend, Nd
Bear Loose
Babs
Kix
ST. Joseph
Abium
Moscow
Ste. Pierre Smirnoff Fis. Inc
Hartford, Conn
Woodsman's Heels
Sears, Roebuck and CO
Pacific Work Shoes
Woodsman
Goodyear
Sears ‘Wearmasters
Sears
Gabson
Adams
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