The copper era. (Clifton, Graham County, Ariz.) 1899-1911, 1909-12-30
MORENCI ITEMS

Mr.. Dunn was over from Coronado
Friday last.
Scott Brubaker spent Sunday with
Clifton friends.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. B. S. Hill last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Herne are re-
joiciug over the arrival of boy.
Mrs. II. N. Moor's mother is spend
ing Xmas and New Years with her.
Messrs. Finley, Forsyth and Mon
roe visited friends in Clifton Sunday.
Len Scott gave a stag dinner to a
number of his friends Xmas evening.
Miss Love, who is teaching school
at York, Ariz., is spending her Xmas
vacation in camp.
Mrs. Tom Donahue entertained
Tuesday evening in honor of Miss
Purdam, of Stafford.
Mrs. Greene and daughters, Miss
Greene and Mrs. Bailey spent Xmas
with friends in Clifton.
Joseph A. Lee led the bowlers last
week with 2l9, Bert Parsons PIT, Hal
Stanger 206, Sam Heinricks 2O6.
Mrs. Gay, Mr.. and Mrs. Hastings
and Mr.. Dunn were over from Coro-
nado Friday evening for the dance.
Mrs. E. F. Whittlesey, who is con-
fined to her home by severe attack
of pneumonia, is slightly improved.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cummings, Misses
Pudan and Messrs. Chryster and
Hayes were guests of Clifton friends
Sunday.
L. j. Owens is wearing a smile over
the fact that he has son in the
family. who arrived the early part of
last week.
DR.. Burtch, Dean and Earl Mason,
G. B. Terrill and Miss Maud Terrill
were among the Clifton guests at the
dance Friday evening.
Messrs. Van Gorder, Owens, Carson
and LaIly all remembered the store
employees at Xmas time with a slight
token of good will and best wishes.
The D. G. Co. gave their usual treat
to the children of the camp Xmas
night at the club. Mr.. Krichbaum
addressed the Americans and Mr..
Hirch the Mexicans.
F. o. Wynne left Monday for Los
Angeles after spending a week with
friends in camp. Mr.. Wynne said
he may be in Clifton before the sum-
mer of 1910 passes away.
Miss Purdam, one of Morenci's
former school teachers and who is
now teaching at Stafford, arrived
Friday last to spend a week with
Mesdames Tom Donahue and ]. K.
Williams.
The Sunday School entertainment
held Friday evening was greatly en-
joyed by large crowd. The children
showed the efforts put forth by their
teachers toward making their part of
the program entertaining. The
members of the school were given a
candy treat at the close of the ex-
ercises.
Last Thursday being the last meet
ing of the year for the Masonic lodge
the following officers were elected for
the ensuing year: Allan Krichbaum,
master; Mr.. Coleman, Sr. warden; w.
j. Donahue, Jr. warden: II. S. Van
Gorder, treasurer; L. J. Owen, recre-
tary. Arrangements are being made
for installation January 18th, after
which d banquet and dance will be
held.
The Copper Mess treated number
of the bachelor friends to a good old
fashioned Xmas dinner last Thurs
day. The room was very artisticrlly
and appropriately decora ted for the
occasion and each one lucky enough
to receive an invitation to dinner
not only received one of the best
meals, but received present in good
old fashioned style right off the tree.
1t was about the most enjoyable
Xmas gathering in camp.
Considerable trouble was expert
enced Saturday morning about 1
o'clock in extinguishing a fire that
engine house. At first the night
shift thought that they could handle
it without outside assistance, but it
soon became evident that owing to
the great quantity of oil on the
ground, considerable trouble would
be experienced in getting it out so
they summoned help No serious
damage was done. Several of the
iremen were overcome by the smoke
and had to be assisted to fresh air.
The turkey shoot on Christmas day,
conducted under the auspices of the
Clifton gun club, was a most success
full shoot on the part of the shooters.
The turkeys were so large that it
was just like shooting at the side of
a house. The club lost money on the
event and had it not been for the
pistol shooting the loss would have
been considerable. There is one
thing certain-those who attended
got more than their moneys worth.
Musical Comedy Takes Clifton by Storm.
The Reed and Arbuckle Musical
Company opened for a weeks !
ENLARGEMENT at the Clifton Theatre |