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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1949
Page
8
The Home Service Department of the Maricopa County Chapter American Red Cross asks for help locating World War II veterans William Greenway Marshall and William F. Smith to deliver important messages.
Record enrollment growth anticipated for the 1949 50 school year at Arizona State College Tempe and the University of Arizona Tucson. Tempe expects 4000 plus registrations with wide international representation. Tucson forecasts total year enrollment around 6300. New buildings and facilities funding totalling over 2.7 million dollars support campus expansion.
Mrs Josephine A Quinn a Phoenix resident of five years and former Brooklyn native died this morning in a local hospital. She lived at 3508 West Fillmore Street. Funeral services will be at 9 a m Saturday at St Matthew's Church with interment in St Francis Cemetery. The Rosary is set for 8 p m tomorrow at Whitney Funeral Home.
State Examiner A L Means vows to stay in office unless a gubernatorial appointee is confirmed by the Arizona Senate. Governor Dan E Garvey says he will name a successor within weeks via a recess appointment to be later confirmed. Means, a holdover since January, cites law requiring Senate confirmation and notes the next Senate session opens January 1951.
Funeral services for George Lester Elliott, 55, of 5241 East Polk Street, will be held at 11 a m tomorrow from the chapel of the Arizona Funeral Home. Born in Rio Vista California, he came to Arizona about ten years ago and was a World War I veteran. He is survived by his wife Mary and two stepdaughters Irene Derditch of Phoenix and Anna Marie Stauber of Wisconsin. The Rev John Trezise of the South Phoenix Baptist Church will officiate. Interment will be in Greenwood Memorial Park.
Mary Williams 41 of Tucson and Lila Mae Currie 31 a California transient forfeited $1,500 bonds after failing to appear in Maricopa County Superior Court for trial on grand theft. Judge Bent L. Jennings ordered the trial to proceed and issued bench warrants. They are accused of taking a $150 suit from Porters on April 13.
Beverly Burnette, 2?4-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. M. F. Burnette of 123 North Alma School Road Mesa, was treated for shock at Southside District Hospital after falling into an irrigation ditch and narrowly escaping drowning while playing near her home. She was swept under a wooden bridge by the current for about five minutes before being pulled out as her mother and a neighbor watched. Chemistry, as a science, originated in Egypt.
Ex officio coroner Al J Flood says no inquest will be held into the death of 44 year old Mrs Hetty Evelyn Jurus whose body was found hanging at her home. Jurus came from Detroit Michigan last November for health reasons and had been despondent. She resided at 29 West Palm Lane.
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