Trainmaster William G. Currier Dies at 59
William George Currier, 59, longtime Southern Pacific trainmaster, died Monday at his home in Tucson after a heart ailment. Born December 1, 1888, he joined the railroad in 1925, serving as yardman, foreman, and yardmaster before becoming trainmaster. He applied for retirement last November. Survived by wife Iva Grace and daughter Ione Ethel, with two sons in railroad roles: William F. Currier in Truckee California and Ralph Currier in Tucson.
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William George Currier
Southern Pacific
North Stone
Currier
Mr. Currier
Tucson
William F. Currier
Sacramento
Truckee
Calif
Ralph
Iva Grace Currier
Ione Ethel Currier
Phoenix
Sonic Wall Pierced Report Stirs Flight News
Aviation Week notes Bell XS-1 pierced sonic barrier several times at Muroc California. Capt. Charles Yeager and NASA pilots Yaeger Lilly Foover credited. Air Force signs? secrecy order lifts as new release planned. Yeager’s heroics in WW II and family details noted.
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Washington
Aviation Week
Murooc
Calif
Marvin Miles
Los Angeles Times
A. Grille
Muroc
Defense Forrestal
Charles Yaeger
Yaeger
Howard Lilly
Herbert Foover
National Association of Aeronautics
Robert H. Wood
Air Force
Wood
Yeager
Hal Yeager
Hamlin
W. Va
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Germany
Glennis Dickhouse
Orville
Hamn
Hendrickson Youth Dies At Residence
Paul Hendrickson 16 died suddenly at his home on Dec 21. A Roskruge junior high student, he was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Les Hendrickson of 2316 East Sixth Street and brother to David. Services set for 11 a.m. Tuesday at the Presbyterian church with Rev. L H Koening officiating. Pallbearers named Sam Lindamood Frank Over Fremont Anderson Willam English James Walker and Fred Gelderman. The family formerly lived in Madison Wisconsin and he belonged to Taxis at Sam Hughes.
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Paul Hendrickson
Les Hendrickson
East Sixth Street
Roskruge
Presbyterian Church
L. H. Koening
Sam Lindamood
Frank Over
Fremont Anderson
Willam English
James Walker
Fred Gelderman
David
Madison, Wis
Taxis
Sam Hughes
Former Tucsonian Walter Dahms Dies in Wisconsin
Walter G. Dahms, 39, a former Tucson resident, died Saturday in Monroe Wisconsin. He previously served as assistant manager of the social security board here until 1944 and later managed in Las Vegas New Mexico. He returned to Tucson in 1946 and lived at the Double Branch. Survivors include his mother Mrs Amelia Dahms and a brother Harold, both of Monroe. The funeral is scheduled in Monroe Tuesday.
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Jean Keene
East Allen Road
Monroe
Wis
Walter G. Dahms
Tucson
Dahms
Social Security Board
Las Vegas
New
Double Branch
Amelia Dahms
Harold
DeConcini Seeks Continuation in Rincon Village Case
Attorney General Evo DeConcini moves to substitute for ex official John L. Sullivan in the Rincon Village disincorporation case. He argues a substantial need to maintain and continue the state’s position, following a prior suspension bid by defense counsel Gerald Jones. The case, tried last month before Judge Henry C. Kelly, remains under advisement.
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Evo de Concini
Sidney P. Osborn
John L. Sullivan
Rincon Village
de Concini
Pima County
Sullivan
Gerald Jones
Jones
Henry C. Kelly
Yuma County
KVOA to Air Tucson Boys Choir Programs This Week
KVOA announced three broadcasts of the Tucson Boys' Choir this week at 10 45 am Wednesday 6 15 pm and 7 30 pm Thursday. The choir, touring California, has appeared on national hookups and will perform at the Hollywood Bowl on Christmas night for Los Angeles newsboys, a program not to be broadcast.
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Tucson
KVOA
California
Hollywood Bowl
Los Angeles
South Tucson Lions Sponsor Christmas Party for Kids
The South Tucson Lions club hosts a Christmas party for children in the 3000 block of South Sixth Avenue on the south side of Tucson. Orson Secrist says Santa Claus will present gifts, singers directed by Phyllis Sanders perform, and a general Christmas festival will be held.
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South
Rainbow Girls Initiation and Christmas Gatherings
City briefs list events across Monday to Wednesday including Rainbow Girls initiation at the Masonic temple red room and Epes Randolph lodge third degree ceremony, Y's Men club Christmas party with buffet and gifts, Professor George Lyman telepathy demonstration for the Legion luncheon, YMCA staff Christmas party, Jewish War Veterans charter meeting, and a midnight mass at Santa Rita Church in the Desert, Vail Arizona.
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Rainbow Girls
Masonic Temple
Epes Randolph Lodge No
Y’s
YMCA
George Lyman
Legion
Santa Rita Hotel
Ansloi Israel
Santa Rita In the Desert
Vail
Ariz
Death claims Mrs. Winnifred Atkinson at 81
Mrs. Winnifred Atkinson, 81, of 2820 East Sixth Street, died Monday in a local hospital. Funeral arrangements will be announced by Parker Mortuary. She was the former Winifred Whitford, married to Fred Washington Atkinson in Waltham, Massachusetts, in 1890. Her husband died in 1941 after a career at Polytechnical Institute of Brooklyn. Surviving nieces include Mrs. Ruth W. Sanderson of Tucson and relatives in the East and California.
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Winnifred Atkinson
East Sixth Street
Parker Mortuary
Institute
Atkinson
Tucson
Ruth W. Sanderson
California
Abandoned 1937 Chevrolet Baffles Sheriff’s Deputy
Deputy Walter E. Pauls found a 1937 Chevrolet abandoned on its side near North First avenue and East Jacinto street. The car bore Gila county plates, lacked identification, and contained quality clothing and aircraft tools. no owner or missing driver could be identified from hospital or sheriff’s records.
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Walter E. Pauls
North First Avenue
East Jacinto Street
Pauls
North First
Gila County
Carless
Father of Mrs. Liles Dies in Kentucky Home
James B. Howard 95 died Saturday at the home of a son in Vanceburg Kentucky. Services will be held there Wednesday. He is survived by two grandchildren Ted F. Liles Tucson and Forrest D. Liles Jr San Francisco.
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F. D. Liles
East
Mabel
Vanceburg
James B. Howard
Howard
Bruce
Ted F. Liles
Tucson
Forrest D. Liles, Jr
San Francisco
Deputy Sheriff Receives Ear Injury in Bar Fight
Julian, a deputy sheriff, sustained a pencil-sized ear wound after J. H. Jackson attacked him during a confrontation with a Davis-Monthan airman outside the Chanticleer night club on South Sixth Avenue. Jackson was booked on simple battery and pled guilty, facing $300 fine or 60 days.
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Julian
J. H.jackson
East Mission Street
Leonard McCulloch
Jackson
Davis-Monthan
Chanticleer
South Sixth Avenue
Justice Court
Rosary To Be Recited For Tucson Resident
A requiem high mass and burial are set for Jose Orozco 87 at San Agustin cathedral and Holy Hope cemetery after his death Sunday. Rosary will be at Tucson Mortuary Monday night. He came to Tucson a decade ago and is survived by three sons Jacinto Pedro and Jose Jr. and three daughters Lupe Munoz Luisa Tagle.
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Holy Hope Cemetery
San Agustin Cathedral
Jose Orozco
South Convent Street
Tucson Mortuary
Orozco
Jacinto
Tucson
Pedro
Jose
Mountain View
Calif
Lupe Munoz
Phoenix
Luisa Tagle
el Paso
Saurer Services Set For Home In Midwest
The body of Lewis Bryan Saurer, 50, who died Sunday morning in a local trailer court, has been sent by the Reilly funeral home to Orville Ohio for burial. Mr. Saurer came here six days ago. He was a native of Massillon Ohio.
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Lewis Bryan Saurer
Reilly Funeral Home
Orville
Saurer
Massillion, O
White House Prepares For Holidays
The White House decorates for Christmas as the Truman family gathers. Relatives from Independence and Denver join plans for morning gift opening in the west hall. A simple menu limits wheat with chestnut stuffed turkey and classical holiday dishes.
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Truman
George P. Wallace
Frank G. Wallace
Independence
West Hall
James Helm
White House
Margaret
Judge Speakman Admitted For Heart Ailment At St Marys
Judge Howard C. Speakman of the U S district court was admitted to St Marys hospital over the weekend for treatment of a heart ailment. His condition is described as favorable and he will remain in the hospital for several days after presiding over court sessions for four days last week before becoming ill Saturday.
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Howard C. Speakman
U. S. District Court
St. Mary’s Hospital
Frank Eisenmann dies at 77 after hospital stay
Frank Joseph Eisenmann 77 a four sister five survivors including wife Katie H Eisenmann of Tucson died Monday in a local hospital He lived at 1310 East Miles Barton Wis native and former Muscatine Ind sheet metal plant manager Services in Bring's chapel at 730 pm Tuesday burial at South Lawn Memorial Park
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Frank Joseph Eisenmann
Tucson
East Miles
Barton
Wis
Eisenmann
Muscatine
Katie
H. Eisenmann
Phillip
Milwaukee
Rose Rodel
Neenah
Katie Westfield
Tillie Hellman
Chicago
Annie Kenowsky
Hyde Park
Bring’s
Scout Field Day Set For Tuesday At Camp Ft. Lowell
The Catalina council of Boy Scouts holds its first field day in years on Tuesday December 30 at Camp Ft. Lowell. A council wide meeting will showcase craft skills with ribbons awarded, and the event aims to maintain a steady supply of combustibles and support seven new tank ships in Portugal.
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Catalina Council of Boy Scouts
Camp Ft. Lowell
BAERS
Portugal
Surune Bally Citteee 2 Monday Evening
Dec 22 1947 event titled Surune Bally Citteee 2 scheduled for Monday evening with details partially readable in the column. The item appears as a brief community notices entry from the period.
Community Y Recreation Camp Schedule Included
A detailed schedule lists events starting at 2 p.m. with a campfire ceremony at 6 30 p m. Activities include signaling string burning knot tying hangi craft water boiling and fire building. Judges have not been announced yet.
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Wisconsin
DeConcini
Rincon
South Tucson Lions
Death
Mrs. Atkinson
Saurer Services
Midwest
Pennsylvania Avenue
Mary Truman
D. J, Wallace
Denver
Marion
Judge
Frank Eisenmann
Chico
Scott
Parry the Réhe
ROHS
Sixth Ave
Alfred A. Cohn
Photography
SEARS
Goebel
Stone
Congres
Hartony
Nesey Malo
Handel
Liverpool Philharmonic
KCNA
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