Scottsdale plans 200 unit senior citizens apartment project
Ground will be broken by February 1 at the old Brownmoor school site on Indian School rd in Scottsdale for a 200 unit senior citizen apartment motel. The $2,800,000 project will include 16 efficiency units 22 two bedroom and 162 one bedroom units with 270 parking spaces seven elevators a pool and pitch and putt course. Designed by Charles Polacek the construction is by E L Farmers of Scottsdale financed by Apple White Mortgage and Investment Co Phoenix. The venture includes several named partners and is processed under FHA Section 481 with Kenneth Flickinger directing Arizona FHA operations. An on site leasing office will serve moderate rentals.
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Brownmoor
Indian School Rd
Gist ‘St
Scottsdale
Thom Hickey
Scottsdale Investment Hracker
Aan Vv
Venewesy Wawsewas
Hickey
Charles Polacek
E. L. Farmer’ S Construction Company
Apple White Mortgage and Investment Co
Phoenix
Paul von ‘Gontard
Wy‘oming Cattleman
Adolph von: Gontard
St. Louis
Zel Kuehn
Dallas
Pex
Ed. Truxal
FHA
Kenneth G. Flickinger
Arizona
Phoenix tax and sewage woes drive Scottsdale water plan
A Scottsdale letter criticizes Phoenix for overdevelopment and poor services. It highlights South Phoenix sewage overload, the 24th street storm-sewer cut, and a high Phoenix property tax rate. The author argues Scottsdale should build its own water system to avoid Phoenix-style excess.
Eleven elected to Valley Community Hospital board
At the first annual meeting Monday evening in the Valley Ho Hotel, eleven members were elected to the Valley Community Hospital board: George Botsford Roland Feltman Kemper Goodwin Lute Wasbotten John Pritelaff A Vick Swartson Chet A Smith Larence Carr B J Denison Mrs Joseph Clifford and John R McLaughlin. Dr Rex Peterson was named chairman of the doctors Liaison committee to coordinate with the hospital board and medical staff and to oversee regional coverage facilities.
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Valley Community Hospital
Hospital Corporation
Valley Ho
George Botsford
Roland Feltman
Kemper Goodwin
Lute Wasbotten
John Pritelaff
A. Vick Swartson
Chet A. Smith
Larence Carr
B. J. Denison
Joseph Clifford
John R. McLaughlin
Rex Peterson
Peterson
Williams Issues Warning On Liberty At Scottsdale Luncheon
Former Phoenix Mayor Jack Williams told Scotts dale Chamber of Commerce at Hotel Valley Ho that society must balance private desires with public need. He warned against communism and warned that compromise undermines freedom as authority versus individual responsibility defines the liberty struggle.
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Phoenix
Jack Williams
Scottsdale
Western Parada del Sol events tease a wild Saturday
The 1961 pre-Parada season features a 1 p.m. hold up along First Street and Scottsdale Road with Mavericks posted on rooftops and behind barricades to capture the outlaw band. A square dance, pie eating contest, western band, and kangaroo court follow, leading to the Parada del Sol festivities February 3 to 5 including a world championship rodeo and all horse parade February 4 starting at Stetson Drive.
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Jaycee Marshal's Mavericks
Western Savings Office
First St
Scottsdale Rd
Scottsdale
Jaycee Rodeo Arena
Hinton St
Jaycee
Main St
Applicants Sought For Town Marshal Position
Town Marshal job applications are due by Friday February 10. Applicants need at least ten years police experience with five in admin or supervisory roles. Graduation from the National Police Academy is desirable. Applications will be reviewed by the town manager and council, then finalists will face oral interviews with the manager and representatives from the State Highway Patrol the FBI and the Maricopa County Sheriff's Office.
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Robert McNutt
National Police Academy
McNutt
State Highway Petrol
FBI
Maricopa County
Bank of Scottsdale taps Sillers for presidency
Thomas J. Sillers, named president of the new Bank of Scottsdale, awaits FDIC approval to open on Scottsdale Road near the Kachina Theater. The state bank superintendent already cleared the independent, home owned bank. Sillers brings Whitefish Montana leadership, rising from messenger to bank president in 1950 after a World War I start as a teller.
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Scottsdale
Thomas J. Sillers
Federal Deposit Insurance Corp
Bank of Scottsdale
Scottsdale Road
Sillers
First National Bank of
Peb Town voter registration deadline for Feb 21 primary
Voters must register to vote in the Peb Town primary by the listed deadline. Registration available at Town Clerk office 133 East Main St Scottsdale Justice Office East First St or any county registration or justice office.
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East Main St
Scottsdale Justice
East First St
Scottsdale Student Body President Wins Naval Academy Appointment
Dick Burdette of Scottsdale High earned a congressional appointment from Arizona's John J. Rhodes to the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis Maryland. He joins four Arizona selections among 750 incoming freshmen. Burdette, son of Mr and Mrs Richard Burdette 6228 Calle Rosa, is accepted pending a rigorous physical. He holds multiple leadership roles including Senate president for the 1961 Model Legislature and district church and youth group positions.
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Scottsdale High
Dick Burdette
Arizona
John J. Rhodes
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Maryland
Burdette
United States
Senate
Squires Hi-V
Lettermen’s
Mu- Alpha-Theta
Boy's State
National Conference of Christians and Jews
Richard Burdette
Calle Rosa
Town Council Calls Bids for Hayden Outfall and North Canal Sewer
Bids for major sewer projects were requested by the Town Council on Tuesday night. Bid openings are set for February 9 for the Hayden outfall segment with a pump station, and January 24 for a line northward across Arizona Canal at Indian School Road and Monte Vista. A preliminary plan report for the new southeast sewer plant and Hayden road outfall was presented by Robert L. Reins of Omaha, vice president of Henningse n Durham and Richardson Co.
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Hayden
Arizona Canal
Indian School Rd
Monte Vista
Hayden Road
Robert L. Reins
Omaha
Henningsen, Durham and Richardson Co
FBI Arrests Notorious Gunman in Scottsdale Sting
In downtown Scottsdale FBI agents nabbed Merle Lyle Gall and two companions after surrounding their parked car. Gall, 37, once on the Ten Most Wanted list, faced arrest on burglary and related charges while carrying false IDs. Helpley, Roll charged with harboring Gall.
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FBI
Scottsdale
Arizona FBI
E. L. Boyle
Gali
William Albert Helpley
Midland City
Globe
Dean Jay Roll
Claypool
Jaycees
Boyle
Phoe
Gall
Great Falls
Mont
Helpley
Roll
Annexation maps for Scottsdale north and east area planned
Town council heard plans for maps and ordinances to annex a 2.5 square mile area north and east of Scottsdale. Hallcraft Homes will start a 2200 home development there immediately. Town Manager McNutt reported strong annexation progress in the Invergordon Monte Vista strip with over half of private property valuation signed.
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Scottsdale
Aoe
Hallcraft Homes
Invergordon- Monte Vista
Robert McNutt
First Scottsdale Boy's Clubs Medallion winner named
Mark Cockrill of 607 East Third Street was honored as the first Scottsdale recipient of the national Boys Clubs of America Medallion award for service at a directors dinner held Tuesday night at Paradise Valley Country Club.
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Scottsdale
Boys’ Clubs of America
Paradise Valley Country Club
Mark Cockrill
East Third St
Two Are Honored By Boys' Club
The Boys' Club of America awarded its first national medallion to Mark Cockrill director and fundraiser for the Scottsdale club. The golden Man and Boy award for 1961 went to Chet Smith who joined the board in 1957. New officers and directors were elected and appointed for 1961 at Paradise Valley Country Club.
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Boys’ Club
Chet Smith
Cockrill
Lyle Hiner
Bob McCampbell
Robert E. Corby
Joe Wong
David McLelland
Marlin Bixler
Bert Carlson
Paul Messinger
Dave Reede
Gene Scott
James Stanzel
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Garden Ng
Gist St
Detora
Enbim
24Th Street
Scottedale
Hos
Ing
Stetson Dr
Main
Marshall
St. and
Brown Are
Naval Academy
Merle Lyle Gall
Brown
nix-Scottsdale Area
Collins Armstrong III
Boys’ Club of America
Raymond E. Bogden
Arizona Public Service Co
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