The Coconino sun., 1926-02-19

Lebsch, Mrs. c. d. Jeffries and Mr..
and Mrs. Jack Butler
r. J. Hook left Sunday afternoon
for Nogales where he will spend a
week with his wife and daughter.
A moderately heavy snowfall Fri
day night, Saturday and Sunday was
the cause of much pleased comment
about Williams and vicinity.
The city fathers have now succeeded
in having nearly all of the frozen
pipes about town thawed out, so that
most of the population have water
Little Ruth Kimball is suffering
from another attack Of the flu.
V. L. Craig is the possessor, of a
new radio, the gift Christmas of a
brother and sister in California.
Lenten services will be held in st.
Joseph's church upon the Wednesday
evenings after, and the Fridays be-
fore, the Sundays of the regular serv-
ices. Services were held the evening
of Ash Wednesday, the 17th, with a
large congregation in attendance.
Messrs. M. e. and Jerry Duffy re-
turned last week from a ten day com
bined business and pleasure trip
through the southern part Of the
state and southern California. Dar-
ing the fifteen hundred miles covered
by the travellers, Mike says he was
most impressed bY. the Gillespie dam,
west of Buckeye, and the Coachella
valley, on the other side of the Sal
ton sea. The entire trip was made
without change of tires.
Mrs. Rebecca Goucher left last
week for Kansas City, Mo-, where she
plans to make her home. =
Mrs. Jennie Lee Barnes will leave
the first of next week for an extend
ed visit with relatives in California.
The annual st. Patrick's day dance
will be held as usual at the |. O. O..
F. hall. This dance, which is spon-
sored by the Knights of Columbus, is
always one of the largest and most
pleasant social events of the year.
Mrs. ]. j. Scanlon was a luncheon
guest of the Jack Buffers Tuesday,
the 10Th.
Little Bobby Seabridge is quite i'll
with bronchitis.
Mrs. Geo. McDougall is a sufferer
with lagrippe.
The first dance sponsored by the
American Legion was held Tuesday
evening, February 18th, at the Sui
tana. Appropriate patriotic decora-
tions added to the gayety Of the af-
fair. A large crowd was in attend
ance and everybody had good time.
"The New Co-Ed," a sparkling COM
edy under the direction of P. r.
Campbell, will be given at the Sui
tana Friday evening, March 18th. The
play is exceedingly clever in its lines
and is supported by an able cast,
many Of whom have already won re-
nown in previous amateur theatricals.
The proceeds Of the play will go into
the school nurses fund to help bring
an eye, ear, nose and throat specialist
to Williams for the benefit of the
school children.
The Book club will meet at 7:30 p.
M, Tuesday, February 23rd, at the
home of Mrs. Fred Merkle Mrs Z.
r. Byers will review "The Professors s
House." a recent novel written by
Villa Gather.
w. c. Rittenhouse returned from
Phoenix Tuesday, the 10Th.
The board Of supervisors recently
appointed r. d. Mitchell as truant
officer, to fill the office made vacant
by the death of George Barnes.
According to a recent law govern
ing school censuses the teachers of
the local school were out IN force Sat
urday taking the names of all chill
dreh of so-called school age, that IS,
between the ages of four and a half
and twenty-one.
Adjusters representing the insur-
ance company were in Williams this
week, and after appraising the dam
age done by the recent fire, a force
of six men was at once set to work
refinishing and redecorating the
building.
At a recent meeting of the school
board it was decided not to rent addl-
tional space for the school work at
present, but to try to get along with
what room is available until the new
building is completed, when the con-
gestion will be materially relieved.
On account of an epidemic of pink
eye, no visitors were allowed at the
first grade Valentine day program.
Mrs. v. L. Craig, art teacher, suf-
fered relapse last week of the grip,
and could not teach Friday. Mrs.
Craig is back at her post again at
this writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. A. Whiting Sr. of
New York city are stopping at the
Fray Marcos enroute to California.
While here they visited their former
friends, Mr and Mrs. Harold Greene.
w. A. Whiting Jr. is we'll known in
this vicinity having visited here on
several occasions.
R. A. Nickerson returned Wednes-
day from a trip to Phoenix.
Mrs. Fred Platten was visitor IN
Williams Tuesday and Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Greene and
children were dinner guests Of Mr..
and Mrs. w. A. Whiting at the Fray
Marcos Wednesday evening.