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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Oct 11, 1949
Page
18
Gazette News Bureau Tempe Oct 11 Tempe Ward Latter-day Saints Church hosts a home coming on the church lawn with a 6:30 p m chicken dinner, square and specialty dances, a tiny tots beauty contest, and a king queen crowning by Bishop Ferrel Dana. Proceeds fund the chapel.
Miss Jerry Wood sixteen a Mesa High School junior died from a self-administered cyanide dose police say post mortem confirms. She left no note and its accidental nature remains unclear. Funeral services were held at Meldrum Mortuary chapel with burial at Mesa Cemetery. Survivors include her mother three sisters and a brother.
W H Jensen of Pocatello Ida was elected president of the Interstate Association of Public Land Counties at the convention's close. He succeeds J Regan of Weaverville Calif who was ill and unable to attend. Officers named include W C Andrews Nephi Utah as vice president F L Phipps The Dalles Ore as executive secretary and Forrest E Cooper Lakeview Ore as counsel. William A Brown Montana urged states to require consent before federal land acquisitions and to consider prohibiting federal land grabs. The three day meeting closed with a banquet led by toastmaster W P Reilly Prescott.
The Mesa Future Farmers of America dairy judging team was named best in the nation at the National Dairy Congress in Waterloo Iowa. Talmage Huber Dale Nichols Andrew Williams and Grant Haymore won a gold team medal with Huber and Nichols earning individual gold emblems Williams earned honorable mention and Nichols and Haymore bronze emblems for dairy product judging. The group also received an honorable mention in poultry judging and is now in Kansas City Missouri for the 22nd national FFA convention.
Olympia, the capital of Washington, was first settled in 1847 by two seafarers, Edmund Sylvester and Levi Lathrop Smith. The narration highlights the pair as the town’s initial founders and marks the year of establishment.
Harvey Johnson rises from secretary treasurer to president of the Mesa chapter Farm Bureau at last night’s officer election. Talmadge Barney named vice president and Lyle Trimble re elected secretary treasurer. Plan to boost membership to 300.
WILLCOX Oct. 11 A semi truck went out of control when the driver removed his hands from the wheel to adjust sunglasses. John G. Gravens 21 of Abilene driver and G W Yates 21 of Abilene passenger were admitted to Valley Hospital with multiple injuries after the overturn a mile east of Bowie yesterday.
Funity Church of Buckeye will hold its monthly family dinner Wednesday evening October 12 at Buckeye Woman's Club. Friends of the church are invited as Buckeye locals note the event in Buckeye, October 11.
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