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Newspaper
Phoenix Gazette
Location
Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 19, 1951
Page
2
Payson will need another teacher at Payson Elementary School as enrollment rises. Superintendent William E. Yates announced a weekly school paper funded by district residents, with his own column to be distributed statewide. A new ball park is under construction and athletic equipment is being added. Last week residents attended a pot-luck in the school auditorium where Yates spoke.
Four men from an anti-epidemic unit were detained for 20 hours by Communist authorities at Kaesong after inadvertently entering the neutral area with a half ton truck. They were released to an Allied liaison group after a joint hour and 55 minute discussion. Nine other Allied violations at Kaesong were noted by Ridgway as of Monday.
Nettie Maud Ketner eight year old daughter of Mr and Mrs Henry Ketner of Chandler died yesterday in a Phoenix hospital after leukemia. Despite frequent blood transfusions twenty eight pints of blood were donated by Chandler residents at a rally in the American Legion Hall. Funeral services are arranged at Hausner Funeral Home.
Charles Willard McCoy 51 Eloy cafe owner died in Florence Monday. Funeral services set for 2 p.m. tomorrow at Cole Maud chapel with Rev. Terry Smith of Church of God Eloy officiating. Burial in Valley Memorial Park. McCoy born in Oklahoma in 1900 lived in this area six years. Survived by wife Rowena Eloy. parents Tom and Mrs McCoy Oklahoma. five sisters in Oklahoma. two daughters Mrs Ted Harmon Tempe and Pana Joy McCoy Eloy. a brother Earl McCoy Eloy.
AFL leaders gathered evidence to urge a United Nations inquiry into alleged Soviet kidnappings in West Germany Austria and other free areas. Irving Brown said material shows people snatched from homes or businesses and spirited behind the Iron Curtain. Fuller details will be given to delegates at the AFL convention as leaders and officials speak this week.
A 12-year-old girl helped two juvenile burglars elude sheriffs deputies after a late night escape. The brothers, 11 and 13, fled from a county detention home less than a day after their Sunday burglary at Hall's Service Station on West McDowell. They were found concealed on a roof before fleeing again. Deputies named the area near 34th Avenue and Cypress in the report. The girl said the fugitives fled in a direction she indicated after misdirection. The youths had a brace and bit, saw, chisels, and other tools for the safe theft.
Ray Walker, manager of the Central Arizona Light and Power Company branch in Wickenburg, will become supervisor of electrical construction for Calapco in Phoenix early next month. He has served as Kiwanis Club secretary, Round-Up Club board member, Boy Scout leader, and chaired the Wickenburg Country Club membership committee.
Funeral services for Jerry Glenn Carter ten, son of Mr. and Mrs. Chester L. Carter, will be held today at 5 p m at Cole and Maud Mortuary chapel with Rev. E M Ward officiating. He died Monday of rheumatic fever born March 9 1941 Survivors include the parents four sisters Jane Anna Carter Mrs John C Lewis and Mrs Dale Blakeman Stanfield and brothers Gene studying at Colorado A and M Fort Collins Tony and Eugene of Coolidge.
In Tucson, Arizona, Sanders Home Builders Inc and Home Development Co received rate hikes approved by the Arizona Corporation Commission. Home Water Co.'s request was taken under advisement as utility investigators will examine if returns are fair.
A Yuma polio patient, Ruth Conrad, will be flown to Tucson by a C-47 from Davis Monthan Air Force Base to receive orthopedic treatment. Davis Monthan provided the plane after a lack of suitable commercial flights, and Tucson Warehouse and Transfer Co. will donate an iron lung. A nurse will accompany and operate the lung during the flight.
Harmony Rebekah Lodge No 22 will hold a meeting at 8 p m tonight as announced by Mrs Guy Burrell chairwoman Parents and teachers of Gila County attend the annual PTA fall school of instruction at Claypool Methodist Church Ways and Means committee of Miami Woman's Club to meet at Mrs E R Kielgass home this afternoon
Florence Sept 19 AP Murder charges were to be filed against Horace Bobby Ates 39 held for the shooting of Leroy Perry 18 to 20 at a cotton camp near 11 Mile Corner dusk last night Witnesses saw Ates shoot Perry after he refused to share a cabin and help with cooking Perry had just arrived at Robertson's camp east of 11 Mile Corner Coolidge area Ates had been drinking and threatened several people the assistant Pinal County attorney said
Coolidge, Sept. 19 Mrs. Lovrce Ashcroft, 34, died in childbirth yesterday at Pinal General Hospital in Florence. She had lived in Coolidge 20 years. Survived by husband William Ashcroft ranch worker and six children Leroy, Viola, William, Curtis, Margaret, and John. Funeral services for mother and child pending.
In Bisbee Arizona Charles Bruce McLain faces a Cochise County Superior Court trial for alleged criminal assault of an 11 year old girl at a Rucker School party last May. Prosecution witnesses testified while the jury selection consumed most of yesterday. The defense is led by Herring Richey and Tomlinson with county attorney Wes Polley presenting the case.
Alliance leaders voiced unity on a required unanimous vote leaving Denmark’s Foreign Minister Ole Bjorn Kraft as the lone holdout. Copenhagen dispatches reported Denmark’s government planned to accept Greek Turkish membership, awaiting formal instructions before this afternoon’s council decision. Denmark had opposed extending the pact to the eastern Mediterranean but shifted stance amid a strong allied majority.
A humorous, promotional style piece imagines buying seat covers, car protection gear, and even a second car to shield the vehicle from wear and husband or bride mishaps. The monologue riffs on luxury items, safety boxes for jewelry, and the idea of using a gleaming auto as a status symbol for a daughter’s wedding.
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