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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
5
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce invites residents to the first anniversary Hi-Neighbor Day summer gala on Saturday July 10 with group games races and activities for all ages. Musical numbers and family friendly entertainment are planned.
Festivities start at 6 pm on the high school field with neighbors exchanging greetings. The event offers a casual gathering to meet, renew acquaintances, and make new friends, featuring dancing and a family picnic highlight during a lull.
Voters in the Scottsdale School district approved a $75,000 bond to add four classrooms a teachers room and extra rest rooms at the grammar school to handle rising enrollment next fall. In a daytime vote of 38 ballots, 33 were in favor, 3 against, 2 invalid. The bond funds brick stucco construction for the west wing per Wilburn Dick superintendent.
Tonite schedule shows 6:00 p m American Legion Jr Baseball and 8:00 p m Recreational Program Softball on the High School diamond. Friday July 9 offers 7:30 p m Children s Square Dance at tennis courts. Saturday July 10 6 p m Hi Neighbor picnic at the athletic field. Monday July 12 7:30 p m Kiwanis meeting at the High School. Tuesday July 13 8:00 p m Recreational Pro WED July 14 7:00 p m Methodist Youth Ice Cream Social at the Methodist church.
Warren Austin represents Scottsdale at the Western Conference of the American Farm Bureau in Boise Idaho from July 6 to 9 alongside eleven western states. Arizona participants listed include Dr R J Hight A J Fram E E Mitchell Sam Maxey Wendell Weller and numerous couples from Phoenix Tempe Mesa Buckeye Tolleson Chandler and Tempe. A motorcycle trip to Roosevelt Lake occurred Saturday afternoon July 3 by Donald and Delbert Martin Bobby Moore and Jack Pipla.
Scottsdale prepares for Saba's Department Store grand opening on Wednesday July 14 at 9 a m The new Western styled building at Brown and Main features knotty pine fittings and showcases The stock will cover family needs from hats to shoes with work and dress clothes Saba's is led by owner David Saba his daughter Louise and sons Roger Norman manage the store and staff with hours 9 to 5 30 weekdays 9 to 10 p m Saturdays
Summer Recreational director Herman Schweikart pushes to revive the dying league by forming one or two all star teams and inviting outside squads. A July 13 game features Methodist men versus Phoenix YMCA league. local Aztecas face Methodist men tonight. another game pairs two Phoenix girls teams at 8.
Scottsdale post office reports a 22 percent rise in receipts for April through June 1948, totaling 5736.23 dollars versus 4618.57 dollars in the same period 1947. Postmaster A H Adams says business has grown about 30 percent for quarters ending December and March, with a lull in summer trade lowering the latest percentage gain.
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