Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-01-04
APPOIN TEES IN
COUNTY NAMED
BY OFFICIALS

County Supervisor John B. Hart Of
Douglas returned late Monday night
from the meeting of the board in
Tombstone, which appointed officials
for the county for the coming year and
affirmed the appointment of depart
ment heads. Hart stated that the ap-
pointments of the. Department heads
We're affirmed as reaG or. or. Il. w.
Adamson was reappointed medical
chief of the county hospital. George
Newman was reappointed resident SUI
perintendent and Mrs George Newman
was appointed head nurse.
DR.. r. 3. Durfee of Bisbee was reap
pointed county health officer and ybac-
teriologist, with ]. w. Scott also of
Bisbee, as sanitary inspector and as
sistant to DR. Durfee. Tom Maher of
Tombstone was appointed janitor of
the county court house.
Appointments in the sheriff's office
are understood to be incomplete, but
the following list has been confirmed
by the board OF supervisors: j. c..
Collier, Warren, motorcycle officer, re-
appointed, having served under Sher-
iff Mcdonald; w. A. Tyler, undersher
iff; Miss Lillian Holland of Tombstone,
stenographer to the sheriff's office;
Fred Bennett, deputy sheriff for the
Tombstone district; Jack Ryan, brother
of William Ryan, takes his place as
deputy for Bisbee; j. i. Sisk will be in
charge of the clerical work in the
Bisbee district; Walter Sheppard will
be the Lowell deputy; Ike Dedman of
Pearce; Jim NIarrs of Tombstone and
D. r. Stetson of Warren will be Jail
ers. o. A. Ash and Earl Reed are the
deputies for Douglas, and Fred Moore
will be ranger deputy.
James Powell, former deputy as
SCISSOR for the Bisbee district, succeeded
his chief, George Henshaw, who became
sheriff, as assessor. NJ c. Hankins,
who retired as county treasurer, has
been named as Powell's chief deputy
Dan Kitthell is deputy for Bisbee and
James A. Howell is deputy for Doug
has The three members of the office
force are Mrs Nellie Dalgleish, Mrs.
Ollie Holland ana Mrs. Linda Bradshaw.
Mrs Bradshaw and Mrs. Dalgleish
served in The previous administration
of the assessors office.
" G. Thompson, young attorney
connected with the legal firm of
Knapp, Boyle and Pickett, in Douglas.
has been selected as chief deputy of
the county attorneys office. County
Attorney Gentry announced yesterday
that /. Fl. Cornelius of Tombstone will
serve as special tax attorney during
the Gentry administration. Gentry and
his two assistants are all graduates
of the University of Arizona, receiving
their diplomas two years apart
Thompson, the first to graduate, re-
ceived his law degree in 1922, after
making a brilliant scholastic record
during his four years in college. Gentry
was graduated in 1924 and Cornelius
was graduated IN 1926, completing a
six year course in law.
4 William NJ. Cox, the new county
treasurer retained every member OF
She STAFF of assis ants which served
under NJ c.. Hankins. They are j. X.
Denny, chief deputy for the past four
years; Ernest Cavanaugh, bookkeeper.
in the treasurer's office, for many
years; Mrs. Lemons, tax collector; Mrs.
Reed, clerk and Milton MCPHERSON,
stenographer.
Ed James clerk of the superior court
who was re-elected, and Judge Albert
NJ. Sames, who was reelected to the
superior judgeship OF Cochise county,,
could not be reached yesterday re-
garding, the appointments OF their as
sistants, but it is understood that nol
change will be made in the personnel
of their office force and that John Igo,
veteran bailiff, who has been familiar,
figure in the superior court for many
years will be reappointed.