Linsey-Woolsey Dresses Marked Life Of Late Sheriff Lyerly
At 95 years old in Tucson Jay Hall recalls George W. Lyerly born 1869 who wore linsey-woolsey dresses as a child in Illinois. He later served as sheriff of Union County and pursued bank robbers from Grand Tower into Jackson County with a nightlong chase and a gun battle in a cornfield. He moved to Tucson in 1930 and grew a thriving urban garden with spinach mustards greens and tomatoes tended by himself with help from neighbors.
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Jay Hall
George W. Lyerly
N. Alvernon Way
Tilden
Rutherford B. Hayes
Lyerly
Tucson
Union County
Ill
First National Bank
Grand Tower
Jackson County
Mrs Folsom Plans No Staff Changes as New Superintendent
Prescott reports Mrs. Sarah Folsom will not remove staff when she becomes state superintendent of public instruction next month. She has asked incumbent W. W. Dick for a full list of employees, salaries, and duties and intends to maintain holdover staff. She will work through the department with Dick before year’s start.
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Prescott
Sarah Folsom
State
Folsom
W. W. Dick
Yavapai County
Phoenix
Douglas
at_Ft. Whipple Veterans Hospistal
Tucson Sons of the American Revolution Charter Dinner officers named
Dr William Brooks Steen is charter president of the Tucson chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution. Other charter officers to be installed at the charter dinner at the Coat of Arms Restaurant at 630 p.m. Saturday include James E Serven vice president William W Pearson secretary treasurer French V Anderson registrar Sidney B Brinckerhoff historian Albert R Buehman chaplain and James A Eyster genealogist Rear Adm Morton C Mumma fret of Tucson will discuss Acts of Courage in Support of Independence Guests will include Horace R McDowell of Albuquerque national vice president general and other national state and local officers of the SAR and DAR Reservations are closed.
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William Brooks Steen
Tucson
Sons of the ‘American Revolution
Coat of Arms
James E. Serven
William W. Pearson
French V. Anderson
Sidney B. Brinckerhoff
Albert R. Buehman
James A. Eyster
Morton C. Mumma
Horace R. “McDowell
Albuquerque
N. M
Sons of the American Revolution
Daughters of the American Revolution
School Christmas pageant sparks public school debate
A Houston school trust member and her architect husband urged removal of a Christmas pageant from public schools arguing religion has no place in schooling. The principal refused to cancel the event set for Monday and Tuesday, stressing it will proceed as scheduled. The couple advocate total church state separation as fundamental to American philosophy.
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Houston
UPI
Houston School Trust
Howard Barnstone
Barnstone
R. E. Doty
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William B. Steen
Fioroni Imports and Gallery Decorative Arts
Campbell Ave
Note By
Ralph Dohme
Catalina
Cataling
France
Virgin
England
Geo Ee
Bartons
Catalina Drugs
N. Campbell
B & B Hardware
Blakely
M. T. Andersons
W. Tuckey Lane
Anderson
M. T. Anderson
N. 7Th St
Gary
Lyle
Deanna
Mra
Elmer F. Disch
Apache Junction
Kenneth Scott
George Zuniga
Donald W. Sappington
Fort Huachuca
Mark
Erin
Onstadis
6Th Avenue
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