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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1959
Page
1
A satirical Scottsdale column riffs on headlines and pictures including a miscaptioned photo of a man labeled Jack L. McDonald. It jokes about editors and printers, lists humorous school absence notes from 1900 to 1960, and ends urging Scottsdale merchants to join the Chamber of Commerce during September.
The Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce dates to 1946 and helped guide Scottsdale’s growth from a sleepy crossroads to a thriving town. The mayor and council proclaim September as Chamber month, urging new and existing members to recruit friends and continue community development.
The first of six candidate classes for the Sodality of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Scottsdale was held Monday evening September 14 in the Parish social hall on Brown Ave. Rev. Eugene Maguire gave the inaugural instruction titled Sodality Way of Life. Mrs Paul Seifert its vice prefect led organizing efforts and Mrs James Bakewell aided with refreshments after the class.
Malcolm White announced preliminary plans for an amateur night at Tee Bar Tee theatre with monthly hopes. Vern Butler says Scottsdale Boys Club will host a public dance September 24 at the new clubhouse on School Avenue and East Main Street with music by Pete Chaves and his Rumberos.
A juvenile’s footprints at the missing Casa Grande man’s home led police to a Thunderbird stolen from Johnson Jacoby Ford Co. Officers found a broken rear door and footprints. the missing boy and another juvenile were arrested while the Thunderbird was recovered in Nogales.
The World Book encyclopedia traces football origins to Danish skulls. After the Danes occupied England, workers dug up skulls and youths kicked them, leading to a cow bladder game. 12th century rioting teams and town depopulation followed before settling on bounded fields.
A light column recounts Dorothy Dahl’s thrilled reaction to Ten Commandments in Scottsdale and a dinner mishap with buttermilk gravy. It also notes Bob Potter’s double cigarette mishap in a business meeting and a Las Vegas pool wardrobe incident. The piece closes with a teasing line about a wife’s red face.
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