Scottsdale High Freshman dies after baseball injury
Harold Massey fifteen year old Scottsdale High freshman died Tuesday after a head injury suffered in an intra squad baseball game Monday. He had been scheduled to pitch for the junior varsity and had previously played football and basketball. Massey, born May 27 1935 in Wetumka Oklahoma, had lived in Scottsdale 12 years and is survived by his parents Coy and Massey and three brothers. Burial will be at Memory Lawn Cemetery Phoenix.
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Ahlarold Massey
Coy Massey
Bai ‘Tipe Clinic
Scottsdale High School
Athic Field
Scottsdale Mine C
Powell Greenster
Leslie J. Ra
Needles
Galif
Memory Lawn Cemetery
Phoenix
Scottsdale High
Massey
Beaver
Tempe
Wetumka
Okla
Leonard
Leslie
Hugh
Scottsdale Kiddie Parade Highlights Horsemanship and Costumes
Scottsdale grammar school pupils will display horsemanship and Western outfits in a parade through Scottsdale streets Saturday afternoon March 24. The Scottsdale High School band led by Gene Hanson and the Pima Indian band will provide music. Entries are sponsored by local merchants and prizes for best dressed, best dressed boy, team, and funniest are donated by merchants. Judges include Mrs Herberger, James Boyd, Cliff Carpenter, Dick Griffith, and Alvin Brown. The event is part of a series by a committee of the Business and Professional Women’s Club of Scottsdale with Kiwanis, Chamber of Commerce and local merchants.
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Grammar School
Scottsdale
Ders
Scottsidale
Casa Blanca
Robert Herberger
James Boyd
Cliff Carpenter
Dick Griffith
Alvin Brown
Tottsdale
Kiwanis Club
Chamber of Commerce
The
Merchants of
Sottsdale
Beaver-Litchfield Hill Postponed By Death In Beaver Squad
The Scottsdale High Beavers vs Litchfield Owls game at Litchfield Park diamond is postponed after the death of Beaver team member Harold Massey. A prior Tuesday game between Scottsdale Jayvees and St. Marys reserves was also postponed. new dates will be announced.
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Scottsdale High School Beavers
Litchfield Owls
Litchfield Park
Harold Massey
Beaver
Scottsdale Jayvees
St. Mary's Reserves
Gene Tobey Wins Scottsdale Grammar School Spelling Bee
Thirteen year old Gene Tobey an eighth grade pupil at Scottsdale Grammar School won the annual spelling bee held March 15 Outstanding spellers from fifth through eighth grades competed Tobey will represent Scottsdale in the county bee at Monroe School Phoenix April 7 1951 George Shipley took second and will be altern ate to Tobey in the county contest Other participants included Donna Cain Judy Long Vera Medina Ann Robbins Margarite Medina Raeburn Lewis and Edna Medina Judges were Mrs Louis Shyn Anthony Johnson and Raymond Planeta Planeta oversaw the contest and Johnson supplied the words
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Gene Tobey
Scottsdale Grammar School
Tobey
Scottsdale
Monroe School
Phoenix
George Shipley
Tobeys
Donna Cain
Judy Long
Vera Medina
Ann Robbins
Margarite
Medina
Raeburn Lewis
Edna Medina
Louis “Shyn
Anthony Johnson
Raymond Planeta
Johnson
Planeta
Organize Civil Defense Program Begins in Scottsdale
Preliminary plans for a Scottsdale Civil Defense program were outlined at a Tuesday night meeting led by Robert Gregory the new community warden. A representative committee chaired by Gregory includes Dr Samuel Hale Mort Kimsey Walter Walt and others with roles in health utilities fire law enforcement welfare and public information. The group will reconvene Tuesday night March 27 at 7 30 in the Matlock and Fant Realty office.
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Robert W. Gregory
Scottsdale
Justice of the Peace
Scottsdale Road
Gregory
Samuel Hale
Mort Kimsey
Walter Walt
W. W. Dick
Kenneth Caswell
Philip van Dyke
Grace Crews
Jim Boyd
Malcolm White
Hubert Fant
Robert Fox
E. O. Brown
Matlock and Fant Realty
District Governor Scheduled to Visit Scottsdale Kiwanis
Kiwanis International district governor James Kastner from El Paso Texas will visit the Scottsdale Kiwanis Club Monday night March 26 at 7 30 in Wesley Hall at the Methodist church. Mort Kimsey club president says this first district governor visit honors the club and the change of venue to accommodate a larger crowd.
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James Kastner
el Paso
Tex
Kiwanis International
Scottsdale Kiwanis Club
Wesley
Wesley Hall
Hogart Cafe
Mort Kimsey
Scottsdale
Wreck In Peeples Valley Injures Doc Degkea
Doc Degkea, 65, former Indian officer and mail carrier at Ft. Mc Dowell, was seriously injured Sunday when his car collided head on with a northbound truck driven by Linzie Harden, 35, of Maricopa on Highway 89 in Peeples Valley. Harden was killed. Rickey Harden, injured, rode with his father. Dogka taken to Wickenburg General Hospital with head injury and shock.
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Doc Dogka
Ft. McDowell
Linzie Harden
Maricopa
Peeples Valley
Hardin
Rickey
Dogka
Wickenburg General Hospital
Sunrise Easter Service at Papago Park Amphitheatre
Papago Park Amphitheatre hosts the annual Union Easter Sunrise service at 6 30 Sunday morning with Rev Frank Toothaker of the Arizona District Methodist churches delivering the message and Governor Howard Pyle giving the sermon at the Grand Canyon. The service will be broadcast nationwide on radio KTAR.
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Papago Park
Union
Frank Toothaker
Arizona
Methodist Church Holds Two Easter Morning Services
To accommodate the maximum number of worshippers two identical services will be held at the Methodist church on Easter morning. The first service starts at 8 30 a m and the second at 11 a m Church school will be held at the regular time 9 45 a m.
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Methodist Church
Easter Services at Baptist Church Schedule
The Baptists will hold Easter worship at 11:00 a.m. Sunday with Rev. Sanford Cleveland delivering the Easter message "The Glory of Easter Time." Rev. Harvey Rakow will speak at 7:45 p.m. A special baptismal service is planned for 8:30 p.m. Sunday evening.
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The
Baptists
Sanford Cleveland
Harvey Rakow
Easter Holy Week Schedule at Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Rev James Mulvihill announces Holy Week services at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church Begins with High Mass at 8 00 am Holy Thursday March 22 and ends with Benediction on Easter Sunday The full service list continues on page four
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church
James Mulvihill
Scottsdale Masonic Ladies Night Banquet Planned
Scottsdale Lodge LL. D. F. and A. M. to host first annual ladies night banquet in Wesley Hall Methodist church Thursday March 22. Dinner at 7 00 PM with guests including Nelson T. Roach grand master of Arizona Masons Frank T. Robertson grand lecturer and performers Gil Travels Barry Woods Frankie Starr and KTYL Mesa singer H. W. Dixon MC. Reservations through C. Wilson lodge master.
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Scottsdale Masonic Lodge
Scottsdale Lodge LL. D
Wesley Hall
Methodist Church
Nelson T. Roach
Masons of Arizona
Frank T. Robertson
Gil Travels
Barry Woods
Poor Leaf Clover
Frankie Starr
Ktyl Mesa
H. W. Dixon
Scottsdale Lodge
C. Wilson
Arizonan Pvt Virgil Hilliard Killed in Korea
Pvt. Virgil C. Hilliard of Scottsdale Arizona has been killed in action in Korea after previously being reported missing. He is the 82nd Arizona serviceman to die in nine months of fighting.
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Pvt
Virgil Hilliard
Korea
Virgil C. Hilliard
Lee H. Hilliard
Scottsdale
Hilliard
Roy C. Oakes Dies In Auto Crash
Roy C. Oakes of Scottsdale was killed in a jeep collision with a coupe driven by Park T. Gilbert near Casa Grande Thursday. Oakes, a Texas native long in Arizona, worked on a ranch near Casa Grande. Survivors include his mother and sister in Astormont Texas and brother T. A. Oakes of Phoenix. Body sent to Texas for burial.
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Roy C. Oakes
Scottsdale
Casa Grande
Park T. Gilbert
Oakes
Texas
Arizona
Astormont
T. A. Oakes
Phoenix
Dinner Saturday To Benefit Band
The Scottsdale Band Parents organize a ham dinner to raise funds for new high school band uniforms. The event is Saturday March 24 from 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at the grammar school cafeteria. Cecil Raleigh reports no stand in line and meals served at tables. W. W. Dick handles tickets priced 1.25 for adults and 0.65 for children. A group meeting is set for Thursday March 22 at 7:00 p.m. in the high school auditorium.
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Scottsdale Band Parents Organization
Cecil Raleigh
Band Parents Association
W. W. Dick
Raleigh
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Arold Massey
Beaver-Litchfield Hill
Rer
Doc Degkea
Hobart Smith
Headon
Methodist
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