Landmark Tucson home sells for thirty thousand dollars
The historic Casa Grande adobe on North Seventh Avenue, built by L. Martin Waer in 1880, sold for $30,000. The two lots stretch 132 feet with frontage on Seventh Avenue and sit in current downtown business district. The buyer is Thelma Van Horne, daughter of Esteven Ochoa, with Stephen T. Ochoa as broker.
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L. Martin Waer
North Seventh Avenue
Tucson
Anna Sullinger
Pima County Recorder
Thelma van Horne
She
Esteven Ochoa
Stephen T. Ochoa
Casa Grande
Seventh Avenue
Fruit Filched is an Odd Night of Theft on City Streets
A string of night thefts in June 1920 targets a fruit truck at 2144 East Ninth Street, a Baum & Adams service station at 296 North Stone Avenue, and a garage at 211 East Second Street. Stolen items include watermelons peaches and tomatoes six auto batteries and a 4 foot locker with 75 to 80 dollars in clothing. No footprints found at the final scene.
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Sam Tobias
East Ninth Street
Arthur Collier
Baum & Adamson
North Stone Avenue
East Second Street
Elva Irion
Former Tucsonian May Quinn Dies in Illinois
Obituary notes May Quinn a Tucson resident from 1920 to 1944 who died at her Bloomington Illinois home. Services are set at the Christian church in Shirley Michigan on Monday. She was active in the First Christian church here and is survived by three sons Ray Harry Forrest of Bloomington and three daughters Mrs. Frank Moberly Mrs. Anthony Gates and Mrs. Alice Hale of Tucson.
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May Quinn
Tucson
Bloomington
Ill
Christian Church
Shirley
Quinn
First Christian Church
Ray
Harry
Forrest
Frank Moberly
Anthony Gates
Burbank
Alice Hale
Sepulveda Services Are Held In Florence
Funeral services for Rosendo C. Sepulveda aged 39 who died June 12 at the final general hospital Florence were held there June 15. Survivors include wife Margaret five daughters Adeline Helen Nellie Hilda Rosemary five sons Rosendo Jr Oscar Frank Armando all of Florence two sisters Emma Sepulveda and Mrs Rosa S Sainz and two brothers Trini C and Luis C Sepulveda.
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Rosendo C. Sepulveda
General Hospital
Florence
Margaret Sepulveda
Adeline
Helen
Nellie
Hilda
Rosemary
Rosendo, Jr
Oscar
Frank
Armando
Emma Sepulveda
Rosa S. Sainz
Trini C
Luis C. Sepulveda
Ronaldo Soto to be buried Monday in Santa Cruz church
Requiem mass for Ronaldo Soto who died Wednesday in San Francisco is set for 9 a.m. Monday at Santa Cruz church. Attendees include Richard Pacheco Armando Aros Mike Montijo Robert Soto Rudolph Soto and Fernando Urquides. Honorary pallbearers listed include Filiberto Felix Charles Brady Gus Varela and others.
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Ronaldo Soto
San Francisco
Santa Cruz Church
Holy Hope
Richard Pacheco
Armando Aros
Mike Montijo
Robert
Rudolph Soto
Fernando Urquides
Filiberto Felix
Charles Brady
Gus Varela
Jose Miranda
Carlos Urquides
Edward Urquides
Bernardo Cajero
Tony Arias
Braulio Elias
Antonio Aros
Gabriel Sinhoui
Albert Elias
Presciliano Audelo
Tucson DeMolays Run City for a Day Urges Parks Aid
Local DeMolay chapter takes over city duties in a governance simulate and pushes for more parks and better equipped playgrounds. A letter by Mrs. Mary K. Roe asks reallocating funds from a statue to a memorial pool or park, while several city policies and annexation topics are debated.
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Tucson
Itsalso
Gene Dawson
Mary K. Roe
City Hall Day May Be Pared
City Hall hours may shift to start at 9 a.m. from 8 a.m. if the council approves at Monday's special meeting called by Mayor E. T. Happy Houston. A zoning commission letter urges an immediate decision on the proposed by pass truck route. The Junior Chamber of Commerce recommends $350 for the July 4 celebration, likely to pass.
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E. T
Houston
City Planning and Zoning Commission
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Barboa Infant Dies At Tucson Hospital
Four month old Daniel Barboa died Friday afternoon in a local hospital. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs James Barboa of 915 South Eighth Street. Services are set for 1 p m Sunday at Santa Cruz church with burial in Holy Hope cemetery. The body will lie in state Saturday evening at the Tucson Mortuary.
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Daniel Barboa
James Barboa
South Eighth Street
Santa Cruz Church
Holy Hope Cemetery
Tucson
Edith Cole 22 Dies In Local Hospital
Mrs Edith Cole 22 dies in a local hospital Friday Funeral plans to be announced by Williams mortuary She lived at 108 West Kentucky Street moved from West Virginia three years ago She is survived by her husband Jess Cole
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Edith Cole
Williams Mortuary
Levee Near Subway Planned To Brace Tucson Flood Risk
City officials announce a flash flood study shows water from the East Broadway area may flood the subway and downtown. A two foot barrier at the west entrance and a seven mile dike from Davis Monthan field to the Santa Cruz river are proposed with Army engineers backing the plan and federal funding anticipated.
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East Broadway
Phil J. Martin, Jr
Tucson
Downstown
Martin
Davis-Monthan Field
Santa Cruz
Army Engineers
Grandfather S T Adams Welcomes Fourth Grandchild
Dr S T Adams city councilman became a grandfather for the fourth time on Saturday June 21 1947. A daughter Mrs Maston Jacks in Tucson medical center gave birth to Maston Thompson Jacks weighing five and a half pounds. The parents are former Daily Citizen editors and Jacks now conducts research for Sunset magazine in San Francisco.
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S. T. Adams
Maston Jacks
Tucson Medical ‘Center
Maston
Thompson Jacks
The
Daily Citizen
Jacks
Sunset Magazine
San Francisco
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