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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 08, 1951
Page
2
A Phoenix couple was jailed on child neglect charges after leaving two children in a parked truck for over four hours while they spent time in a tavern. A neighbor found a 2 year old girl wandering near the street, nearly hit by a car, and deputies later placed the children in a county home.
Coolidge May 8 Jean Harrold installed as worthy adviser of Coolidge Assembly of Rainbow for Girls. Elaine Kent exits as adviser with Bonnye McFarland and others assisting. list of new officers and readers includes Dorothy Fulton Kay Stokes Jean Storie Margaret Higginbotham Beverly Zook Ina Reed Joyce McFarland Nancy Gammage Earlene Hicks Lenora Slater Betty Foreman Edith Wang Jerry Tardy Carolyn Monk Nancy Winters Darlene Cole Janell Macrum Sharon Cleveland Bettsy Minarick with choir director and organist noted.
Nancy McKale, 12, a Sunny side School Patrol member, was struck by a car and left in poor condition. Driver Robert Q. Bushnell, 70, claims he fell asleep at the wheel. citation pending as investigators assess injuries and cause.
Handicap residents in the Safford area will be interviewed tomorrow at 11 am at the Graham County Department of Public Welfare for possible entrance in vocational training. Merrill W. Holdship of Phoenix will conduct the interview. Safford Pilot Club to sponsor a valley square dance at 8 pm May 19 in Firth Park with invitation to all valley clubs. New officers of Safford Ward Primary Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints announced Florenia Allen president Annie Mortensen first counselor Della C. Smith second counselor Delva Stewart secretary.
Mrs Gertrude F W Richards 77 mother of Rev Waldo S Richards of En canto Community Church died yesterday at her Sharon Massachusetts home. She had spent three winters in Phoenix and returned May 1 with her son who learned of her death on returning. Funeral services are set for tomorrow at the First Congregational Church in Sharon. The Rev Mr Richards will not attend but will miss his pulpit Sunday.
Gov. Thomas E. Dewey and General Douglas MacArthur met for about two hours in the general's New York hotel suite. A Dewey spokesman called the visit a courtesy call and said only that the world situation was discussed, with no further details available.
Singapore May 8 AP reports British Army said 287 killed and 421 wounded in Malayan jungle warfare against Communist guerrillas since June 1948.
In Tucson a man is nominated to head the Arizona department of the United Spanish American War Veterans and a Globe woman is expected to lead its auxiliary. Peter P. Olson named department commander with Fred Bartlett Prescott senior vice commander and Charles Head Phoenix and F S McCall Tucson as junior vice commanders. Mrs Lillian Cook Globe nominated president of the auxiliary, succeeding Mrs Katherine Martin Tucson, also nominated are Mrs Lottie Jamison Prescott senior vice president and Mrs Eileen Pauly Douglas junior vice president. Thirty eight veterans registered for the annual state encampment last night.
Mary Astor, a leading actress with John Barrymore in Beau Brummel, and later Don Juan, starred in Jen nie Gerhardt, Dodsworth, Cass Timberlane, Little Women and Any Number Can Play. Her marriages included Kenneth Hawks, Dr Franklin Thorpe with custody battles over Marilyn, and Manuel Del Camp. The lavender diary from the custody fight drew public attention to her romances.
President Truman warned of a real possibility of atomic war with Russia, saying it would likely worsen under MacArthur's Korea policies. He rejected bombing Manchuria and other measures, arguing collective security is the best defense and that going alone could threaten alliances and escalate global conflict.
James Samuel Frank, 63, a Mesa resident for 12 years, died yesterday at his home after a lengthy illness. Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Thursday at M. L. Gibbons Mortuary, Rev. Floyd McClung officiating. Interment at East Resthaven Park Cemetery, Phoenix. He was born Oct 15, 1887 in Lee County Missouri and worked as a crate maker. Survivors include wife Hettie of Mesa, five sons Weldon Tolleson J D of Mesa Elmo of El Centro Calif Kenneth and Franklin of Mesa, three daughters Drucilla Peterson Imperial Calif Geneva Mills and Gail Frank of Mesa, 15 grandchildren and two brothers and two sisters.
Hollywood, May 8. The Bureau of Internal Revenue failed to sell Veronica Lake and Andre De Toth’s 24 acre Hollywood estate at auction. Only a preliminary bid of 65,000 was offered and halted when no bidders rose. The property seized April 6 for 42,265 in taxes is to be handled by a bankruptcy court referee.
Registration is underway at Thatcher Elementary for children entering the First Grade in the fall. Each child must be 6 years old on or before December 31, 1951. A private tuition kindergarten will be offered next school year with registration also in progress. Mr. and Mrs. Asa Packer of Thatcher celebrate their golden wedding anniversary May 15 with a party at 8 p.m. in Eastern Arizona Junior College gym. They were married in Pinedale Arizona, have nine children, 36 grandchildren, and six great grandchildren. Mr. Packer is a Cannonville Utah native and former wagon master for the Fort Apache government.
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