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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1957
Page
2
Mrs. Robert Hendrix models one of the Lloyd Kiva Originals to be shown at a Scottsdale Junior Woman's Club benefit. The fashion event will be held Saturday September 28 at 1 p.m. at the Scottsdale Community Center.
Scottsdale resident W Glassford a former All American football player and local insurance man is named to Equitable Life’s Millionaires Club for outstanding producers. The meeting in Ojai Valley California ends September 7. He is a member of Equitable’s Dan O’Rae Agency.
The Rev. Lossie L. Speer arrived with his family in Scottsdale in August to assume the pastorate at Scottsdale Road Baptist Church. He comes from Garden Grove California where he pastored Bethel Baptist for three years and has seven years of pastoral experience. The Speer family includes Rev. Speer Mrs Speer Jeffrey Lynn Deborah and John Thomas. They reside in Phoenix while awaiting a new parsonage in Scottsdale where the church is purchasing a Hallcraft home for permanent use. Speer is a graduate of Tennessee Temple Schools with a Graduate of Theology degree and founded Bethel Baptist Church in Garden Grove.
The Scottsdale Methodist Church will start a new Sunday schedule next Sunday Sept. 22 with services at 9 a.m. and 11 a.m. All church school classes meet at 10 a.m. Residents near Scottsdale are invited to attend.
A healthful tip advises not to wring glass fiber or acetate taffeta fabrics after washing. Curtains and fluffy pet ticoats should be washed without scrubbing and hung to drip dry for best care.
Arizona State Fair hosts the fourth Baton Twirling Jamboree directed by Duke Miller of Phoenix. The event runs November 2 to 11 with a Saturday November 9 jamboree featuring a morning baton clinic and afternoon competition on the Avenue of Flags. Entries close October 31 at the State Fair office.
The Scottsdale Tavan Elementary School P T A will host a family style basket supper at the school on Tuesday September 24 at 6 30 p m Family night offers parents a chance to meet teachers and Principal Ray M Williams.
Chrysler Division reports August final 10 days saw 5 810 units for all products up 63.6 percent from the prior period and 55.8 percent from 1956. Chrysler cars 4 648 units up 69.8 percent from the prior 10 days and 31.8 percent year over year. Imperial 1 162 units up 42.8 percent. Division year to date deliveries reach 102 827, up 16.7 percent through August.
Fifty-two youths from Valley Presbyterian Church attended a Westminster Fellowship Planning Conference at Friendly Pines Camp in Prescott Arizona last weekend. The event was directed by Rev Herbert P Landes with adult advisors to both senior and junior high groups. Officers were elected for both groups and plans were made for fall and winter programs and socials.
Housing Administrator Albert M. Cole promotes the Voluntary Home Mortgage Credit Program to help small communities and minority buyers obtain FHA or private financing amid a tight money market. The program offers 5 percent FHA loan options and lower down payments, with Region 16 (Arizona California Nevada) reporting 996 loans totaling 10.5 million placed through private lenders, and national figures at 29 741 loans totaling 275.4 million.
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