Garden Club Holds First Regular Meeting
Mrs Minnie I Birdsall president of the Amphi theater Garden club hosted the inaugural meeting at her home. The club joined the Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs and adopted a constitution and bylaws. Members chose rock verbena and California poppy as flowers with purple and gold as colors and selected Trees by Joyce Kilmer as their poem.
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Minnie I. Birdsall
Amphitheater Garden Club
Arizona Federation of Garden Clubs
Joyce Kilmer
Birdsall
Bernice Groth
Nellie Stone
Mitlene Andrews
Florence Griffith
Helen Richardson
Lela Hon
Doris Lea Woodcock
Helen Wetmore
Gerald E. Howe
Mmes
Thomas H. Adams
Laveta Bergan
Minnie Billings
Elva Blackerby
Masile Blixt
Mattie Donaho
Florence Doty
Eloise Fenner
Myrtle Gray
Lucille Hussman
Aleta Kimball
Muriel Majesky
Pauline Meek
Martha Schuh
A. V. Sinclair
Lora Tibbs
Ruth Winstead
Russell A. Wood
Minnie L. Birdsall
Mitleneniger
Janet Leigh and Mrs Sinatra Visit Tucson
Janet Leigh and Frank Sinatra visit Tucson staying at the Morse residence on Calle Primrosa for a few days. Leigh, famed for Red Danube Holiday Affair and Jet Pilot, is in town mainly for rest and is not commenting.
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Pueblo
Frank Sinatra
Boyd Morse
Calle Primrosa
Sinatra
Tucson
Miss Leigh
the Morse
Chemist Hurt In Automobile Crash Near Benson
Hugh Klassen chemist at the Apache Powder plant is reported to have undetermined injuries after a late night auto crash on highway 80 four miles southeast of Benson. He lost control on a curve, the car went over a bank and flipped about 40 feet, rest at Benson hospital. Nacho Reyes aided the injured man.
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Benson
Hugh Klassen
Apache Powder Plant
S~heriff
Clarence Post
Klassen
Highway 80
Benson Hospital
Nacho Reyes
Glendale and Tolleson Post Large Population Increases
Census figures released by Maricopa County show Glendale at 8,147 residents, up from 4,855 in 1940, and Tolleson at 3,225, up from 1,731. Goodyear reports 1,254 people, and Avondale, incorporated in 1947, has 2,522, up from 2,260. rok town note indicates incorporation.
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Phoenix
U.P
Maricopa
J. D. Lavers
Glendale
Tolleson
Goodyear
Avondale
Plan for Sheriff’s Air Squadron Formed in Pima County
The Pima County sheriff announces a volunteer air squadron to aid in desert and mountain search efforts. Thirty members set badge designs and uniforms at a VFW hall meeting. all serve unpaid. Six sheriff staff pilots will assist. commander is David Kim with Richard Muthart as adjutant. Next meeting is July 11 in the justice court room.
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a _ sheriff's aero squadron
VFW Hall
Sheriff's Staff
Paul Wilkerson
Julian Kipnis
Charles Shipley
Barney Armstrong
Floyd Brumbaugh
Edward Ahrens
David Kim
Mission Flying School
Richard Muthart
Sheriff's Department
Pima County Sheriff's Aero Squadron
Justice Court Room
Indian Dancers Plan Ritual Showing at Hopi Reservation
Hopi Indians at Shongopovi plan a velvet shirt or rain dance on Saturday and Sunday. The religious ceremony is for tribe members, but visitors are welcome, tribal leaders said.
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Shongopovi
New Mexico Float Wins Chicago Parade Contest
A New Mexico float was named winner of the parade of states at the 30th annual U S Junior Chamber meeting in Chicago. It topped 39 entries in a Michigan Avenue parade and also took first place in the industrial category. The St Joseph Benton Harbor float was second, with Illinois honored with an honorable mention.
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Chicago
New Mexico
U.S
Phoenix Plans New TV Films From Century Productions
Century Television Productions, Inc. announces a series of television films to be shot in Phoenix. The first project will be titled Wild Bill Elliott, with filming beginning Tuesday, says Edward C. Simmel, vice-president of the company.
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Phoenix
Century Television Productions, Inc
Wild Bill Elliott
Edward C. Simmel
Spud Surplus Finds Police Holding Bag
A 100 pound burlap sack of small new potatoes was found in the 400 block of North Main and taken to police headquarters. Officers debated what to do with the surplus as they considered options such as coloring or sending them to Greece or Russia.
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Tucson
North Main
Greece
Russia
City Briefs Dance Clubs Set Weekend Events
Fr iday plans include Blanton and Ferne Nevitt as Iris Mull v aney leads square dancing after supper. 8 30 p m Over 30 club patio party at Tucson Press club with Garnet Berkson and Doc Grinnell. Roping club of Tecson hosts dinner and square dance at 4827 E Lee St with jackpot roping contest at 8 p m Sunday no admission charged.
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Tecson
E. Lee St
Slack Heads TLT For Year
The Tucson little theater named Ben Slack as president for the next year and Marguerite Morrow McClain as play director at its first summer meeting. Other officers include Richard Morse and Russell Stambaugh as vice presidents, Peggy O Neal as secretary, and Samuel Goddard as treasurer. Board members are George K. Diamos Robert Flickinger John D. Graff Schuyler Linger Dorothy Musser Charles P. Roberts Morris Slavin. Four professional staff members were announced led by Kathleen Burnett McCann as managing director Al Hamilton as technical director and Martha Graff as secretary.
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Tucson Little Theater
Ben Slack
KVOA
Marguerite Morrow McClain
University of Arizona
Richard Morse
Tucson
Russell Stambaugh
Sunshine Climate Club Fund
Peggy O'Neal
Samuel Goddard
George K. Diamos
Robert Flickinger
John D. Graff
Schuyler Lininger
Dorothy Musser
Charles P. Roberts
Morris Slavin
Kathleen Burnett McCann
al Hamilton
Martha Graff
No One Injured In Phoenix Gun Battle
A Phoenix gun battle near Seventh Avenue and Tonto Street left two men firing nine shots while bystanders screamed. Malcolm Cameron, 34, and his wife were leaving the Elks lodge when a stranger fired from a hedge. Cameron fired back, with one assailant fleeing in a truck. Police continued the search.
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Phoenix
Malcolm Cameron
Elks Lodge
Cameron
Seventh Avenue
Tonto Street
Northern Arizona Towns Show Growth
Phoenix dispatch reports 1940 to 1950 population growth in northern Arizona towns. Buckeye rises from 1 305 to 1 926 and Gilbert grows to 4 500 with Buckeye and Gilbert among several towns showing increases. Figures released by census bureau show overall gains since 1940.
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Arizona
Phoenix
Glen J. D. LaVere
Buckeye
Gilbert
Bert
Unclear fragment notes city population change
The readable fragment records a city figure 8147 for today and references a decade earlier figure, but no complete comparison or context is provided to determine the story, date, or officials involved.
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Tucson Poultry Processors, Inc
Phoenix Television
Spud Surplus
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Star-Citizen
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