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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1951
Page
1
A group at a train station in Arizona recalls placing a penny on the tracks for luck. The engine 1298 stops near box cars, but the penny vanishes as the engineer signals a halt. A husband asks for a small move to recover it, then exits the cab with a light to inspect the rails.
A tale recalls an engineer in Arizona who retrieved a penny stamped 1298 after moving a locomotive a few feet. The piece shifts to wedding notices in Los Angeles and Tucson with local social updates, showers, parties, and travel snippets amid a community column.
Sixty four mothers and daughters attended the Baptist church banquet on Monday evening. The Baptist Men's Brotherhood served the turkey dinner. Mrs. Maxine Fox acted as toast mistress. Daughters introduced the mothers. Mrs. Miriam Cleveland spoke for the mothers. Music featured Mrs. M Dauwalder Margie Just Charlene Lewis Shirley Lewis Norma Willmoth Jean Shipp Margaret Stewart Betty Keyes and Jane Cleveland.
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