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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Dec 21, 1963
Page
2
Alfred Sheinwold discusses a bridge hand from a team match to argue that good bidding matters twice as much as good play. The first declarer in six spades misled by a spade ace, while the second, a poorer bidder, reached seven spades and suffered a larger loss. The moral: a good bidder accrues larger penalties or rewards depending on contract outcomes.
Coronado High students share views on enjoyable evenings from dining and dancing to quiet gatherings with friends. Betty Furlong cites pleasant company. Ronuald prefers a prom night. Molly Fletcher values home gatherings with friends. Gail Stuckey imagines skiing and snow play in Flagstaff.
Arcadia residents share hopes for holiday stockings with varied wishes from simple treats to personal gifts. Janet Clatterbuck anticipates traditional stocking rituals, while Gretchen Frank recalls a fifteen year routine. Kathy Krebs hopes for a guitar to sing folk songs with her sister.
DeRosa Becchetti Development Corp employees toured Maytag Zoo and held their annual Christmas party there to aid the zoo financially. Eighty-five Arizona Zoological Society memberships at ten dollars each were sold, granting one year of admission for members and their families. Don Becchetti urged local industries to support Phoenix Zoo, with details from zoo manager Jack Tinker.
Scottsdale High’s newly formed Sociedad Hispana Cultural held its December meeting and Christmas party in the campus auditorium. Patrick Henry presided over elections naming Rob Wilson as Vice President Mary Lou Davis as Secretary and Kathy Moore as Treasurer. Paula Nelson spoke on los posadas and Spanish Christmas customs. Entertainment featured Martha Hale Jesse Bernal Los Rayas and performances of La Espanol Las Sevillanas La Baba Calient A Son La Borrachita. The club, with 109 members, aims to broaden cultural exposure through native speakers dancers musicians and artists.
A wildlife book titled The Zoo Story and Coloring Book goes on sale at Maytag Zoo this week. Earl Bimson of the Arizona Zoological Society notes the book appeals to all ages and honors founder Dr. Robert E. Maytag with features photographs and drawings of birds mammals and reptiles.
Harold H. Tedder Jr a constructionman USN son of Mr and Mrs H H Tedder Sr of Scottsdale Arizona serves with a mobile construction battalion based at Port Hueneme California. The battalion is on a seven month tour of duty on Okinawa conducting beach landing exercises and infantry training ready to assist the Pacific Marine force during amphibious landings if needed.
A 12 count indictment charges William S. Merrell Co. with concealing damaging animal test results for Mer-29 before FDA approval. The drug, used for heart patients, was on the market 22 months and linked to lawsuits over cataracts and other harms. Directors and three Merrell scientists named in the case.
Tavan school won 3200 dollars worth of audio visual gear in a nationwide Minn ingota Mining contest. The award, announced last week, honors schools submitting top papers on AV use. Tonalea Arizona reached finals among six state entries led by Ray Williams and Earl Bayless.
Mrs. Ethel Mark donated one kidney to her 26 year old daughter Mrs. Louis Sweet on December 13 at St. Luke's Hospital in Kansas City. The recipient remains in intensive care with a month or more before rejection risks are assessed while the donor has left the hospital and visited her daughter. Mrs. Sweet, a mother of three, has long suffered from chronic kidney disease and is married to a Bendix Corp. employee.
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