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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1956
Page
5
Scottsdale Sins face Washington High on the Westside grid in a clash coached by Cherlo Schmidt. Beavers push to rebound after a 25 12 loss to Tempe as Washington strengthens with Glendale players and braces for a tough defensive test.
Bop and Verna Zimmerman are the proud parents of a daughter born the 19th. The baby was named Margaret Ruth and weighed 5 lbs 4 ozs. Mrs Ray Peterson remained Monday after a month in California. Lonnie Brown, 12, son of Mr and Mrs Shirley Brown, is reported to be home and doing nicely after an appendectomy. The mixed Adult class of the First Baptist Church held a party Saturday at the Jackson home. supper was followed by a nursery shower.
Saturday afternoon registrations open from 1 to 5 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School for the Don Doyle Dramatic Workshop. Programs include child and teen classes, stage makeup, acting, voice, and movement with plays by children. fall term runs Oct 1 to Feb 2 at 35 dollars. Also notes antelope season opening in Arizona with a trip to Chino Valley, and a Scottsdale Tempe football game followed by a sock hop sponsored by the teachers association to fund a scholarship.
A special meeting held at Mrs. Gene Carr’s home on September 20 laid final plans for a style show honoring Mesa and Tempe Jaycee wives. The event occurs October 4 at 8 00 p.m. at the Community Center with fashions from Pima Plaza Department Store and styling by Magic Mirror.
Dick Gilbert president of KPOK announces Johnny Thompson signed to host the Johnny Thompson Show on the Scottsdale station. Thompson brings 16 years of broadcasting experience including KRCT Houston KEPQ El Paso and KELP Paso. He served overseas in World War I on Army Hour and AFN and later married the first British War Bride to renounce citizenship and become American. Jenny Joy John Jr Buddy Janet are mentioned.
The Ingleside P-TA opened the school year with its first meeting on Tuesday September 25. President Bill Blatt presided and plans call for monthly meetings on the fourth Tuesday. Eighth grade students will serve as baby sitters during meetings.
A list of upcoming events from Friday September 28 through Tuesday October 2 at Scottsdale venues. Fashion show at the Community Center, library hours, Scottsdale Players performance, Rotary and Jobs Daughters activities, Kiwanis at Bunkhouse, Optimists and Soroptimists gatherings, and school board election plus PTA and Lions events scheduled at various local sites.
Scottsdale B and PW members observed National Businesswomen's Week with three events. Mary Jane Haskin, winner of the Businesswoman of the Year contest, was introduced at the first breakfast at the Community Center. Missy Haskin received a certificate from the John Robert Powers School of Improvement. The group held a Fall Roundup on Sept. 24 and a banquet at the Outpost on Sept. 26 with Carolee Gray as program chair.
The Scottsdale Woman's Club holds its first general meeting Tuesday October 2 at 7 30 p m in the Scottsdale Community Center. The program centers on Our American Heritage with national level speakers and several recently naturalized area citizens as guests. Prospective members and friends are invited.
The Arizondé-Michigan club will meet Monday October 1 at 7 30 p m in the Osborn School cafeteria Phoenix. Members urged to attend visitors welcome refreshments will be served
Scottsdale voters will choose one member for a five year term on the Board of Trustees. Incumbent Lester Mowry faces Barbara Markiewicz. Voting 6:00 a.m. October 2 at Scottsdale High School auditorium or West Scottsdale School 4610 SE Osborn. Eligible voters must be AZ residents for one year and Scottsdale district residents six months.
Scottsdale Community Chest aims to raise 32 550 with a kickoff October 12 led by Mort Kimsey. A new headquarters opens at 32 East First Street. 477 new subdivisions increase volunteer need as district boundaries with Phoenix are clarified. Parents receive notices via schools Kachina Ingleside and West Scottsdale Phoenix firms urged to contribute.
Phoenix and Scottsdale attorney Charles N. Ronan was reelected to the Board of Governors of the National Scupter Boolean Corps convention held at the Sheraton Park Hotel in Washington D C on September 9 1956. Ronan helped found the national group and has served on its governing body since. He is also president of the Arizona Counter Intelligence Association and lives with his wife and seven children at 411 Chambers Court Scottsdale.
More than 500 youngsters from Scottsdale joined about five thousand participants in the Scottsdale Kiwanis Kids Day event on Saturday. Earl Jackson the Kids Day chairman called the project a complete success as Kiwanis members provided exhibits, entertainment and ice cream. Scottsdale school buses ferried students to and from the field while Superintendent John L Ashe praised the trip as among the best for his students witnessed helicopter and jet maneuvers.
A wave of bulk political mail aimed at suppressing votes for H. W. Dixon circulated the eve of the primary. Dixon, now Republican Chairman of District 24, calls the action fraud and says an investigation is underway. Registration drives at Republican HQ continue with Deputy Registrars named across East Scottsdale and nearby districts.
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