The copper era and Morenci leader., 1918-05-03


 Morenci Woman's Club on Wednes- day May Sth in the Morenci Club rooms. All members are urged to be present.
 Miss M. Beverly Dutton gave an auto picnic party on her 9th birthday Sunday afternoon, April 2Sth The autos of w. A. Moore, J. J. Rascoe, and w. w. Dutton conveyed the children to the grove. The young sters had a great time wading in the river and enjoying the picnic grounds and did full justice to a sumptuous lunch served there be- fore their departure home. The in vited guests were Edna Feeney, Yer. one Ferguson, Gladine Blackwell, Newt Mann, Esther Randall, Ruth Nonnamhker, Fanny Williams, Eve l lyn Donahue, Dorothy Hill, Mabelle, Frank and Earnest Moore, and Bev- erly Dutton.
 A recent change in the management of the Morenci Southern Railway took place on last Wednesday, May 1st, when M. H. Mclean, manager of the Phelps Dodge Corporation, Morenci Branch, was relieved of this work and R. P. Kyle, of Douglas, took over the position of manager. MT. Kyle was formerly trainmaster of the E. P. & s. W. The entire com munity extend hearty welcome to MT. Kyle and family. 1 Miss Mary Mildred Smith enter tained large number of friends with piano recital given by her many pupils at Morenci Chapel on Thurs day evening. The program was delight to every one of the audience each player doing remarkably well and receiving much applause.
 A meeting of the executive commit tee of Morenci Branch of the Ameri- can Red Cross with the members of the Ways and Means committee was held in M. H. McLean's office on Tuesday afternoon. The subject of the second campaign for Red Cross war fund was brought up for consid- eration. J. M. Lally, county chair man of this second campaign, appoint ed John Riddle chairman of the Morenci branch and it was decided to place the work of raising the quota for Morenci ouro the ways and inearA committee. This 1rive will com mence May 20th and end May 2Tth, and is simply do1atiop to the Red Cross similar to the one called for Ia t year and. is in ID way connected Vi n ihhership i1 ti.o Red Cross There was some confusion on this point last year. The subject of pur- chasing bandage cutter was brought up and before the meeting closed the cost of the cutter was donated.
 Sixteen young men went from Mo- renci to Fl Paso last week to take the examination for the naval re- serve and regular service in the navy. They made an excellent show ing before the examining board, in fact so well that the physician felt l he ought to tell them about it with the following remark: Arizona fur nishes the best recruits of any state I have ever examined" The follow ing were accepted for the naval re- serve subject to immediate call:
 Hugh c. Jackson, electrician, ard class
 Kyle D. Johnston, electrician, 3rd class.
 Cleveland Crombie, seaman, 2nd class.
 Lincoln H. Reaves, seaman, 2nd class. E. R. Stone, seaman, second class. John Warrington, fireman, second class.
 E. R. Cobble, fireman, second class. Claude c. Ullery, fireman, second class.
 Earl P. Russell, landsman for cleo | trician radio.
 John Stewart, landsman for cleo trician, radio.
 E. M. Howard, engineman, second class.
 | Ross Martin was accepted as hos pital apprentice in regular service and left Morenci Wednesday morning for San Francisco for duty. The four men who failed to pass had minor | defects and were much disappointed.