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Newspaper
Scottsdale Progress
Location
Scottsdale, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1949
Page
9
The fall re organization of Cub Scout Pack 101 will occur Friday night September 30 at Scottsdale Methodist church. Eleven year old Cubs will graduate to Boy Scouting and summer awards will be given. New boys and parents should attend as dens are assigned and the program readies. Two color films Cubbing in the Home and Cubbing in the Den will be shown for parents.
ASC alumni secretary Jim Creasman announced a Golden Jubilee reunion for the Class of 1899 on November 5. Sixteen of 32 alumni contacted will attend with events on Old Main steps and in the assembly hall, a parade, a banquet hosted by Ben Hicks, an alumni barbeque, and a football game Sun Devils versus New Mexico A M Aggies.
Scottsdale High School's bi weekly Beaver earned an All American rating for the second semester, the National Scholastic Press Association awarding the honor to papers from schools under 300 enrollment. Editors Gloria Beasley and Jane Mayo led the mimeographed division entry.
Four new proclamations were issued by Governor Dan E. Garvey designating Religious Education Week from Sunday to October 2, National Employ the Physically Handicapped Week beginning October 2 for seven days, Parent-Teachers Membership Enrollment Month for October, and Community Chest-U. S. O. Month in Arizona observed in October. John Colter, fleeing Indians in 1807, discovered what is snow in Yellowstone National Park.
Ladies of Paradise Village and Garden Acres held an afternoon party at El Ranchito to inaugurate fall activities. Mrs Lina Ann Hoyer welcomed neighbors, urged better acquaintance and mutual help. Refreshments were served by Mrs Hoyer and Mrs Elizabeth W Cook. Attendees included Mrs Anna Diggles, Mrs Arlene Nordic, Mrs Grace Buck, Mrs Angeline Adams, Mrs Graziella Gaudio, and Mrs Cook.
Lee Ashworth of Tempe reeled in a 17 pound blue catfish at Canyon Lake on Saturday afternoon while fishing with Lawrence L. Kelley. The catch came on grasshopper bait using a 12 pound test line and a No 8 Eagle Claw hook.
Valley National Bank President Walter R. Bimson announced the appointment of two vice presidents, Victor H. Pulis and Robert D. Walker, both from the trust headquarters in Phoenix. Pulis is 55 and has led the trust department seven years, while Walker, 51, has been with the bank since 1944. Three other promotions were also announced.
Grace and Charles Minter announce the grand opening of Minter's Leather Shop next Thursday in Tempe. The shop will be in the Laird Apartment building opposite Hotel Cast Loma with chief leatherworker Minter, a seasoned craftsman who repairs and refinishes leather goods. Minter served five years with the Army in India during World War II and is a native of Scottsdale.
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