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Newspaper
Tucson Citizen
Location
Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Sep 10, 1923
Page
3
Fragmented OCR list shows Monday events including a director meeting and ITUESCAT training party. Mentions Santa Rita venue Debekahs luncheon at Safford auditorium and a Veterans club. Several contact numbers appear with unclear attributions and dates.
A home gathering at Mrs. Gerhart Parrish with Mrs. Gaulke and Miss Evelyn present. The event highlighted millinery studies and a home demonstration program with a full attendance. A concluding hour followed the serving of refreshments.
Early arrivals line up for the Tea Room at Tyndall Avenue operated by Mr and Gray near the university. The establishment plans a main dining room with small tables and several side rooms for card parties and tea gatherings. Local Tucsonans and university affiliates anticipate steady patronage as the tea room prepares to serve guests from all parts.
Queen Ysabel Nevares, at 15, dominates plans for the Mexican Independence festival with gown design and royal retinue. Her ladies in waiting include Marie Shepard, Mary Montano, Anna Winter, Virginia Wood, Alice Garcia, and Natasia Sequiarecs, all to be dressed in light pink. Crown bearers to be named.
Tucson and university figures arrive or return for the new term. Paulus appointed athletic director at Tucson High. Miss Violet File arrives. Condron travels to California and Obi returns from the east. Meters back from vacation. Brooks resumes university studies. Arthur Beym and Sigmas noted. White returns from Globe trip. Dr Brown and family back from Long Beach. Marvin Clark arrives from Douglas. Alice Ritchey returns. Harold Bowen back to campus with Patten. Gnegovich returns to Arizona University. Woodward Dillon returns from St Louis art work.
The Motor Supply company relocates from North Sixth to 138-142 South Sixth avenue into a rebuilt 160 foot frontage building. Manager N. Stevenson says the stock is greatly enlarged and the new showroom is among the city’s largest auto parts salesrooms.
Mrs Clarence Forbes leaves for the coast visiting Los Angeles Oakland and San Francisco Mr Forbes to join later and remain in California for dental study Mrs Forbes soloist at First Baptist Mrs S W Seaney retired from Michigan Mrs Wray Meyers leaves Tucson for Los Angeles to become Wilmington school principal Miss Elsie Bensing dean at the Arizona School for the Deaf and Blind Mrs Jack Greenwood visits with two babies at Glenwood hotel Miss Ruth Rolliss plans permanent Tucson stay Miss Charlotte Peckham returns to New York for music studies Dr Brown Arizona University agriculture head returns from the midwest Mr and Mrs Miller home from extended California motor trip George Chung Fule and Lucy V Rale depart for Los Angeles honeymoon abroad continuing in Los Angeles
Miss Margaret Payne, a Tucson visitor, heads to Benson to teach this winter. She is a graduate of the University of Arizona.
Mrs Gerald Jones and her son Monteith came home Saturday after spending the summer in the East visiting Atlantic City and Rhode Island. In Tucson, the local W C T U plans its first fall meeting Wednesday at 2 30 p m led by Mrs J T Rasmussen. Mr and Mrs T Ka Litt closed their cabin Ancrum Brae in Soldier Camp and returned to Tucson for winter. Miss Marguerite Copeman of New York arrived recently and will stay a few days before moving to Yavapai County to teach. Miss Elisabeth Lockwood hosted a pleasant informal dinner last evening with friends including Miss Jesse Fider and Miss Poretty Fuller.
Funds for the Japanese relief reported by James Lawton, Tucson Red Cross chair, stood at 31 209 with a goal of 4 000 for the quota. Morning receipts include 359 locally and 52 from Pearce 161 from Wilcox and 74 57 from the Baptist church. A concert by Vernon Stiles tomorrow night aims to raise 2 500 toward the 4 000 target with other city organizations expected to contribute further.
Southern Pacific educational party of ticket agents from eastern cities will visit Tucson for a brief stay. Members include W. B. Johnson Baltimore WW W Hale Detroit H H Gray Kansas City G H Smith Atlanta R B Starnes Birmingham FR K Smith Cleveland W E McCall Philadelphia T J Jennings Memphis Howard F Walman Boston. D T Milner Bowie bank president witnesses Jarratt Smith case before Superior court. Dr W A Baker Pima County supervisors president and Harry Batterton clerk return from California after family visit.
At the Business and Professional Women's club meeting at the Palmer plans for the season were outlined. Two new members Mrs Guy Dodge and Mr W Lackner were welcomed. a September 2 meeting was proposed before the September 27 dinner at Santa Rita hotel with speakers Tran Anna Cooper and Mrs Dickerman and musical entertainment. Regular weekly luncheons with out of town and local speakers to follow.
A large group of Kappa Kappa Gamma members return to Tucson to move into their new 16 room sorority house at Park Avenue and East Fifth Street. Miss Sybil Chambers notes the building will be fully furnished and ready for occupancy on school opening. The two story colonial home was gifted by Miss Carabel Murphy and marks a milestone for the university. Members include Miss Chambers Miss Katherine Dunn Miss Sarah Champion Miss Florine Pinson and Miss Hattie Lou Stone among others.
Rabbi J. Soben arrived from Los Angeles to take part in Rosh Hashana ceremonies in Tucson. Two services are planned at Alianza Hall and the Jewish Synagogue this evening. Rabbi J. Leben will stay for Yom Kippur rites ten days later. He invites all Jewish families to attend.
The first Tar eon music recital of the season features Verner Buttles of St Louis and the Metropoliter and Chicago opera company. Proceeds go to devastated Japan via the Red Cross, with Tucson chapter quota support. Tickets are 1.90 at local Red Cross booths, no reserved seats, program includes arias and Italian and German pieces.
Catalina Council officials tout a banner season with 22 troops and growing, as Scout Executive Ogle drives progress amid financial challenges. Regional Scout Exec. EB J. Curtiss praises Ogle’s leadership and anticipates expansion in Cochise with 14 troops, while planning Inspections across Arizona Nevada Utah and California. Curtiss departs to Bisbee and Douglas to appoint Frank Willett as Scout executive.
Mexico will cooperate with Tucson in holding its industrial exposition scheduled for late November. Rebeil, official representative of the Tucson Rotary Club, announced this after attending Hermosillo governor Atejo Beys inauguration. He spoke of plans for a west coast Mexican states exposition with each state providing a building on both sides of the line.
The fate of Captain Holland and crew members who stayed with the Pacific Mail liner Cuba after striking a reef off San Miguel Island is unknown with no word from the wreck or list of names.
Station KFI Los Angeles lists Wesner Orchestra and Jean DeChauvenet soloists. LA Times airs 7:45 8:30 pm Children program with Uncle John. 9 00 11 00 pm A Trip to Catalina with Raymond Harmon and Earl Fraser. WDAF Kansas City features 5 00 6 00 pm Educational program and 10 45 12 00 pm Nighthawk Frolic with Coon Sanders Orchestra at Hotel Mulebach.
Mre itv area Levban Brewer national vice president of the WCTU and a prominent temperance worker currently in Columbus Ohio attends a three day national executive meeting before the opening of the national WCTU convention. Mrs Viewer preached at Ohio Avenue Evangelical Church yesterday on the topic “Gas Bombs Punctured.” She plans to remain a short time after the convention and likely won’t return to Tucson until later this month.
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