Birthday Mass Marks Mission San Jose Founding
A 25th anniversary celebration for San Jose mission in Tucson includes a 10 a.m. high mass with former missionaries of San Jose and a post service bazaar. The church at 1900 South Sixth Avenue began as an open air service and a rented school. Enrollment has grown from 55 to 136 students including Papagos Yaquis Pueblos and Mexicans, with 68 Papagos and 23 Yaqui students.
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San Jose
Tucson
South Sixth Avenue
Father Bonaventure
O.F.M
Father Bartholomew
Desert
John Joseph
Father Nicholas
Padre Graces
Sons of St. Francis
Mexico
San Xavier
Henry Granton
Padre Fernando Ortiz
Government
Santa Cruz
Francis Redman
Nicholas
Redman
Father Stephen
Daniel J. Gercke
Alan
Apprenticeship Vote Planned By Contractors In Tucson
Electrical contractors in Tucson plan to name three members to a six person apprenticeship committee replacing the old three member setup. The push stems from union control concerns and a desire to address program problems cited by contractors and officials.
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Tucson
National Electric Contractors Association
la Jolla Club
Sam Allen
William Hickman
William A. West
Electricians Union
Harper C. Stewart
Bureau of Apprenticeship
U. S. Department of Labor
Jerome M. Kelleher
Arizona
Contractors’ Association
Assessors To Study Equalization Survey
The Arizona tax commission will push a state wide property value equalization survey as the main agenda at the county assessors meeting in Phoenix on December 13. Chair Joe Hunt said the panel seeks about $100,000 in special funds from the legislature to finance the project with minimum values for property classes. Brady Collins of Yuma county serves as president of the county assessors organization, which will also meet separately to elect new officers.
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Phoenix
U.P
State Tax Commission
Arizona County
Joe Hunt
Commission
Arizona
County Assessors’ Organization of Arizona
Tax Commission
Brady Collins
Yuma
Iron Lung Girl Will Come West
Boston’s “Iron lung girl” Celia Survosky 38 who has suffered infantile paralysis since 1933 will fly west to California near her family. She will be accompanied by nurse Mary Ankudowicz and the U S air force evacuation plane carries an emergency portable iron lung.
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Boston
City Hospital
West Coast
Celia Survosky
U. S. Air Force
California
Tujunga
Louis
Red Dennis
Massachusetts
Mary Ankudowicz
Miss Survosky
Westover Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Survosky
Fairfield
Calif
Long Beach
Alta Vista Hospital
Pasadena
Suffolk County
National Foundation of Infantile Paralysis
Order Of Lenin Awarded To Soviet Envoy To Korea
Moscow December 3 reports the president of the supreme Soviet awarding the Order of Lenin to Col. Gen. T. F. Shukov Soviet ambassador to the so called people s republic in northern Korea. He previously commanded occupation troops there. Three other Russians also received the prize the Soviet Union s highest honor.
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Moscow
Supreme Soviet
Order of Lenin
T. F. Shukov
People's Republic
Korea
Soviet Union
Honor Society Nominations Announced at Tucson High
Tucson high school chapter of the National Honor Society will initiate 31 new members on December 9. Chapter sponsor Miss Laura O Gale announced the selections based on scholarship service leadership and character. Existing junior members total 35. New members include Beverly Adams Jack Becker Lucille Brewer Ed Burns Cathryn Crane Patricia Edler Seymour Feuerstein Jean Gassett George Gibbs Sydell Glazer Lillian Hanna Anna Hesselberg Jo Ann Hobbs Peggy Hobbs Mallisou Houck Marjorie Kelly Bernard Laezman Patricia Leftfield Bud Marques Judith Miller Alice Nation David Nelson Ronald Nelson Walter Oppenheim David Perkins Janice Pickles Lathrop Roberts Charlotte Tharp Adrian Vade Verde Ellen Weirich Pat Wildman.
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Tucson
National Honor Society
Laura O. Gale
Miss Gale
Beverly Adams
Jack Becker
Lucille Brewer
Ed Burns
Cathryn Crane
Patricia Edler
Seymour Feuerstein
Jean Gas
Peeler Tops National Squirrel Skinning Contest
J A Jake Peeler of Salem Illinois won the national championship by skinning 20 squirrels in 20 minutes finishing 58 seconds ahead of the runner up. This marks his third consecutive victory in the event.
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Salem, Ill
Three Phoenix Men Held On Narcotic Counts
Phoenix authorities held Freddie M. Lamma Juan Antonio Romero and Dave M. Pogue after arrest on narcotics charges. A tobacco can with about 300 dollars worth of opium was found in Lamma's jacket. Romero claimed plans to sell opium. Lama said it was marijuana and that Romero offered him money to guard the can. Officer Earl Smith said Pogue supplied the can and was arrested soon after.
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Phoenix
Freddie M. Lamma
Juan Antonio Romero
Dave M. Pogue
Earl Smith
Arizona
Lama
Romero
Tucson
Smith
Pogue
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Stone
Tucson, Arizona
Champ
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Uoile
Smilin
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KVOA
Gordon’s
Gordon
E. Pennington
E. Congress
Scott
Chatham
Artemis
Santa
Sunshine Climate Club
East Congress Street Department Stores Inc
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