Douglas daily dispatch., 1926-12-26
Wilcox News

Wilcox News
The community Christmas tree held
at Wilcox Friday night was big sue
cess and was attended by nearly every.
one in town. Santa Claus was present
and had present for every child. The
Christmas bags for the tree, containing
candy, nuts and other things, were
prepared by the girls of the domestic
science department
Miss Ruth Briscoe, Miss Elizabeth
Moore and MISS Lolamae Cole have
returned from the Arizona State Teach
ers' college at Flagstaff to spend the
holidays with home folks at Wilcox.
Miss Irene Bennett, principal of the
Jerome school, has arrived to spend
the Christmas holidays with her
mother. Mrs. ]. C. Bennett, of Wilcox.
Miss Bennett was formerly principal
of the Wilcox grammar school for
eight years.
Don Roberts, who is attending mil
itary academy in California, has re-
turned home to spend Christmas with
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. c. M. Rob-
erts.
Clyde De Roe is visiting his mother,
Mrs. Sam Adcock, for several weeks.
Mrs. J. A. Jones is reported quite i'll.
Her daughter, Louise, who is in train
ing at st. Joseph's hospital at Phoenix,
has been called home to care for her.
Miss Carmen Troutman, who is at
tending st. Mary's academy at Silver
City, N. M, is spending the Christmas
holidays with her mother, MrsJ Ivy
Gardner.
Herbert Mills has bought a new
Chrysler car.
Miss Dorothy Keith and oliver Will
son, who are attending the University
of Arizona, are here for the holidays.
Mrs. Mia Warren, accompanied by
Ray Price, Harry Lund and Wyatt
Clayton. drove out to the ranch Sun
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Leslie Clayton of Press
colt stopped over at Wilcox to visit
B. B. Clayton and family while en-
route home from Big Lake, Texas.
Misses Betty Pepper and Maybelle
Lundquest who are attending Tempe
Teachers college, arrived home Thurs
day to spend the Christmas holidays
winter. Snow fell Wednesday night,
melting almost as fast as it fell.
M. B. Sloner of McNeal made brief
stop in Wilcox Monday while on his
way to San Simon to visit his daughter.
Mrs. Lillian Reed.
Tom and Henry Warren and Tom
Price arrived from Douglas Thursday
to spend Christmas with their families
in Wilcox.
Mrs. Margaret Martin of Tempe
Teachers college is spending Christ
mas in Wilcox as the guest of her
aunt, Mrs J. C. Bennett.
The Wilcox basket ball town team
played the Stafford team at Wilcox
Thursday afternoon.
Mrs Miles Choate of Light is spend
ing Christmas in Wilcox with her
sister, Mrs. ]. T. Price.
Miss Irene Crawford, Vera McPeters
and Jerome Umphreys spent Tuesday
in Dos Cabezas as the guest of Mike
Sims.
Mrs. Thomas Allaire of Klondyke is
spending the Christmas holidays in
Wilcox as the guest of her daughter,
Mrs. Mia Warren.
Miss Nellie Moore, Miss Dora Fritz
and Harold Coke, who are attending
the Tempe normal school, arrived at
Wilcox Friday to spend Christmas
with home folks.
Mrs. Maggie Riggs and son, William,
of Pasadena Calf, passed through
Wilcox Tuesday en- route to Dos Ca
bezas to spend the Christmas holidays
with her sister, Mrs. Susie Liebenthal
MISS Clemle Hollis is NOME Ior d
few days from Jerome, where she is
teaching school.
Charles De Baud of Chicago arrived
in Wilcox last Thursday to spend
Christmas with his mother, Mrs. Sam
Adcock.
Miss Irene Wear has returned from
Tempe Normal school for the holidays
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