UA Releases Liberal Arts Roll Of Honor
The dean’s list for the College of Liberal Arts second semester 1947-48 includes 93 of 1 545 students. Eight Tucsonans had straight 1 000 averages. numerous juniors seniors and sophomores earned honors with many names listed from Tucson and other cities. To qualify students must carry at least 15 units and maintain a 1 500 average or better.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
College of Liberal Arts
Richard A. Harvill
Crosse Point
Mich
Virginia Caples
Reno
Nev
Kathleen McNabb
Phoenix
Ezra Regan
Long Island
Joan Sibbitt
Chandler
Paul Rees
Tucson
Albert Dickinson
Joan Doughty
Harold Lively
Jack Waugh
Harold Soren
Florence
Charles White
Mary Lou Briscoe
Betty Udell
Arthur Lovekin, Jr
Susan Madrid
Clifton
Robert Pettit
William Maltigan
Carl Wellman
Manchester
N. Y
Ira Cohen
Marion Moore
Walter Ballard
Virginia Grose
Earl Abernathy
Keith Dixon
Monrovia
Calif
Douglas Fulton
Earnest Heinmann
Harriet Darley
Kenilworth
Ill
Harry Gin
Harold Lauver, Jr
Birmingham
Carvel Wolfe
Yuma
Harold Royalty
Melvin Hatch
Holbrook
Janice Bradley
Herbert Lee Geist
Brooklyn
Patricia Kent Parker
Scarsdale
Wilden Fickett
Charles Morris
Merser Island
Wash
Edith Simon
Forest Hills
Richard Smith
Pelham
Dives Over Rail Causes Skull Fracture at Local Subway
Sgt. Claiburn Stinett, 56, of the 65th Bomb Squadron, fell 12 to 15 feet from a subway railing at Broadway east end and struck his head. He was in critical condition at the Davis Monthan air force base hospital after diving over the barrier while with two fellow airmen in the early hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Davis- Monthan Air Force Base Hospital
Claiburn Stinett
Broadway
Stinett
65Th
City’s 324000 Loan To Cost 983500 In 50 Years
City auditor reports 324000 borrowed in 1900 and 1920 for street and water works. Principal and interest total 983500 over 50 years, aided by debt service fund. Serial bonds now common. tax rate projected to rise from 4.85 to about 12.30 per 100 assessed value in 1948. Population and property values climb, per capita worth falls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloyd Wixson
Wixson
Tucson
County Schools Debt Tops Two Million Eight Hundred Thousand
County schools totaled 2,837,000 in bonded indebtedness at the close of the last fiscal year. Elementary debt stood at 1,616,000 and high school bonds at 1,221,000. Building funds reached 803,973 for elementary and 1,149,882 for high schools. Elementary receipts were 2,728,655 with expenditures of 2,733,514 leaving a 253,307 year end balance, while the high school fund ended at 122,003 after 1,123,060 in expenditures and 1,155,764 in receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis E. Young
State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Young
Rainfall Light To Heavy Over Tucson Region
A rare electrical storm drenched Tucson on Monday night with rainfall up to 1.05 inches in Linwood Farms and 1.03 inches at East Blackridge Drive. The storm produced 26 mph winds at Davis Monthan and hail on the airport runways while transformers burned in isolated spots and some phone services were interrupted across town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Morrow
Davis-Monthan
Linwood Farms
W. H. Ludwig
East Blackridge Drive
Wild Horse Ranch
Silver Bell Road
Howard Miller
Morrow
Ludwig
N. M. Lovell
Tucson Gas, Electric Light & Power Company
Lovell
Gayle Smith
Mountain States Telephone & Telegraph Company
Catalina Foothills
Card of Thanks for Mrs. Lelia V. Mann
We thank friends for kindness and sympathy and for floral offerings during our bereavement caused by the illness and death of Mrs. Lelia V. Mann. G. C. Mann H. P. Mann and Wife T. A. Gregory E. H. Petty and daughter Dorothy express gratitude.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
All Service Gronleoliens
Arizona Mortuary
Arthur L. Flinn
Kathryn B. Flinn
Lelia V. Mann
G. C. Mann
H. P. Mann
T. A. Gregory
E. H. Petty
Dorothy
City Sets Levy Estimates For Schools And Irrigation
County comptroller Fred O. Goodell released estimated levies for city and various school districts subject to equalization. City levy listed at 6.01 with general county tax at 1.2158. Flowing Wells Irrigation district set at 5.94.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Board of Equalization
Fred O. Goodell
Goodell
Arivaca
Greaterville
Rincon
Marana
Flowing Wells
Amphitheater
Sunnyside
Tanque Verde
Ajo
Flowing Wells Irrigation District
Student Chapter Charter to be Presented at UA Dinner
The University of Arizona student chapter of the American Pharmaceutical Association will receive its charter. Sylvester H. Dretzka, president, will present it at a 7 p m dinner Thursday in the Rendez Vous room of the Santa Rita hotel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Pharmaceutical Association
University of Arizona
Sylvester H. Dretzka
Santa Rita Hotel
Cock'n Bull Ginger Beer in Arizona Ad Claim
An Arizona ad promotes Cock'n Bull Ginger Beer as superior to California and English versions. It highlights a distinctive bottle, claims the product for gin mixers, and touts a Moscow Mule served in copper mugs with Velvet Kick branding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
Arizona
California
England
Moscow
Tolson Escapes Lightning on Mountain Picnic
Tolson, Tucson high school vice principal, and his wife and daughter were in the White Mountains when a storm struck. He sheltered in place as a pine tree was struck near him, buckling his legs, while his wife and daughter watched from the trailer window.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andy Tolson
Tucson High School
White Mountains
Tolson
Narrow Escape After Lightning Strikes Well-Scorched Pine
Tolson was hit by lightning while nearby a pine tree bore the full force of the strike. Ground observers feared a fatal injury but Tolson sustained only a three day headache as the well-scarred pine absorbed the impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tolson
Railway extension planned to Wadi Halfa in Upper Egypt
Egypt surveys a railway extension from Upper Egypt toward Wadi Halfa across the border in Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. The project envisions linking Nile regions with the frontier settlement, aiming to improve transport and trade routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Egypt
Upper
Wadi Halfa
Sudan
Also Mentioned on This Page
Liberal Arts
Philip Cranston
Paul Koenig
Winslow
Kathleen Wood
Kane Kipe
Winston Gin
Manuel Paplan
David Faris
Phyllis Silverman
John Ingham
Robert Stubbs
Celino
Stephen Cooke
Cortaro
James Savage
Roy Keller
Judith Heinmann
George Wheelock
Safford
Marjorie Foerster
Mary Elizabeth Schneiter
Sugar Creek
C. Frank Mauldin
Casa Grande
Anna Louise Summers
Damaris Camarena
Douglas
Lorena de Sanctis
Kenneth Dyer
Henry Garretson
Wayne Peay
Gale Holladay
Chauncey Dobson
Elliot Poston
Linden Park
E. Fifth Street
Corner Swan
Garvey
Jo Givernor
Robinhood
Dukit
Syracuse
Doc Braddock
Homer Lininger Travel Service
Southwest Agency, Inc
E. Broadway
Geerie
Cali
Les C. Allman
ATG
Barton Mfg. CO
ST. Louis 15
Tal Baton Sre
Teres
Sarion Baily Citizen
Gale
GLENN
Luglan Corva Quarries
16Th St
Pop’s Poultry
Fifth St
E. Congress
Scott
Jacome's
Dan River
ETON
Sma
Med
Artemis
Shoe Department
Haiti
Palm Beach
Kate Greenaway
van Heusen
Speer
Bemberg
Pacific
Fairfax
GI Flight Niall Ie
We. Caa
Gilpin Ntishi
Charter Service
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