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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 01, 1948
Page
5
The piece notes the Colorado River dispute as a political matter with Central Arizona seeking water while California gains from the river. It urges continued political pressure regardless of party and highlights tensions among Republicans and Democrats over regional water claims and Earl Warren.
The column recalls temperatures reaching 110 to 114 degrees in the Valley and suggests a hot Fourth of July ahead. An old-timer recalls June resembling 1911 with hot winds and a forecasted possibility of wet weather later in the summer.
Tonight at 6 00 p m Legion Junior baseball at the High School diamond. Friday July 2 8 00 p m Summer program softball at the High School. Saturday July 3 8 30 p m Scottsdale Squares adult square dancing at the High School. Monday July 5 Independence Day legal holiday Kiwanis club meeting at 7 30 p m.
Jack Bauer yard foreman for the Finch Limber company sustained a brain concussion and possible broken back with minor cuts after a Luscomb monoplane crash near Scottsdale Saturday evening. Pilot Jack Sipes suffered only minor injuries and was released from Papago Park Veterans Hospital. The crash occurred about 7 PM during a pleasure flight from Tempe Airport, after the engine quit at about 900 feet and the aircraft struck power lines while attempting a forced landing.
A special election is set for Wednesday July 7 at Scottsdale High School from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. to approve a 75000 bond issue for Scottsdale grammar school additions. The plan calls for four new classrooms a teachers room and expanded rest rooms funded by the bond.
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce hosts the Hi Neighbor Day family picnic on Saturday at the high school grounds. The event invites all Scottsdale families, promises food and entertainment with frijoles and chili provided, and asks attendees to bring their own utensils.
The Rev. Leslie J. Ross, pastor of the First Methodist Church in Scottsdale, was reappointed Monday by the Southern California Arizona Methodist Church Conference in Long Beach. Ross and his family are expected to return to Scottsdale tomorrow. After the conference they will drive to Northern California to visit relatives.
Arizona highway officials urged motorists to take it easy during the Fourth of July weekend. State Patrol head A G Walker and traffic engineer A Glen Smoot predicted about 100000 holiday travelers and warned that accidents could produce a record toll, urging drivers to be alive on the fifth.
The Rev and Mrs Verner A Vanderhoof celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary with a Scottsdale Baptist church party on June 30. Pioneers in Arizona, they met in Tempe in 1898 and taught in state schools before Vanderhoof’s missionary work. They have six children, 16 grandchildren, and two great grandchildren. A vow renewal was conducted by Rev Marvin Anderson and Rev Gerald Moyer.
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