The Coconino sun., 1927-05-06
WILLIAMS DOINCS
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Announcement was made this week
of the purchase by Mrs. John G.
Greenway, widow of the late General
Greenway, of Ajo and Arizona in
general, of the d. D. Smith ranch and
cattle outfit. Papers are also ready
to be signed for the turnover of two
of the Jim Stevens ranches and his
entire cattle outfit to Mrs. Greenway,
and all preliminaries of this deal have
been settled Mr.. and Mrs. Jim
Stevens are retaining their improved
ranch and their beautiful ranch home.
1t is rumored that among Mrs. Green
ways plans is the erection of a
twenty-five thousand dollar summer
home on the ranch property directly
adjoining the improved Stevens ranch.
X. w. Kramer, of Silver City, will be
the manager in charge of the new
Greenway estate here. The property
acquired lies about five miles west of
Williams, and south of the National
Old Trails highway.
The White garage, an old estab-
lished business of Williams founded in
1917 by Messrs. Earle Poison and
Charley Button, changed hands last
week, when it was purchased by
Messrs. Alfred Skeels and E. j. Rich
ardson, and Mrs. Sid Terry, all of
Williams. Mr.. Skeels is well known
stocknan and rancher of this vicinity,
having come here from Colorado
several years ago. He is the owner of
the Elephant Park ranch, two miles
west of Williams. The Skeels' Will
occupy the Charley Button house in
Williams for the present. Mr.. Rich
ardson was formerly the chief me-
chanic at the R. j. Hook motor COM
pany and is also well and favorably
known. The new company formally
took charge May /. They have the
best wishes of their many friends.
A number of changes are being
made in the Babbitt Bros. store here.
Ernest Aronstein resigned as manager
this week, his resignation to take eff
feet on the 18th. He has accepted a
position as assistant manager of the
drygoods department of the Phelps
Dodge Mercantile company at Bisbee.
Carl Zahl, formerly with the Saginaw
Lumber company here, takes the place
of H. w. Washington, whose resig-
nation took effect the 1st. Mr.. Wash
ington has gone to Colorado, where he
intends to locate. Mr.. O'Shusey has
resigned as head of the mems furnish
ings and drygoods, and has taken a
position with the Riverside Tailoring
company of Indianapolis He will
have the general agency of this COM
pany for Arizona, Colorado, New
Mexico, Wyoming, and Nevada. Mrs.
O'Shuskey is making her home with
the Ted Braukmans for the present.
Mr.. Larson, of Berger, Texas, began
his duties as head of the mems
furnishings and drygoods on Monday.
Miss Margaret Duffield and Louis
Zadra have also resigned, Mr.. Zadra's
place being filled by Mr.. Vance
Horne, of Ashfork, who was formerly
with the Northern Arizona CONNER
cial company at that place. Mr..
Aronstein's successor has not been
named as yet.
A permit was this week issued by
the local forest service office to the
National Park Syndicate, covering
the lease of about seven hundred acres
of forest land thirteen miles south OF
the Grand Canyon national park, on
the Maine-Grand Canyon highway,
giving the syndicate the right to
build and maintain a landing field
thereon. This company is backed by
a host of eastern capitalists whose
plan is to establish park to park air.
line from coast to coast. Their planes
are being built to carry ten pas
sengers. The syndicate has paid the
charges on the lease for the period
ending December 81 of this year,
these permits being issued only from
wear to year. J. Parker Van Zandt,
the syndicate manager, in communl-
cation with the local forest service
officials, states that preliminary work
on the field will be begun IN few
weeks. 1~-~s
A number of teachers, patrons,
parents, and friends of contestants
motored up to Flagstaff last Saturday
To attend the annual music contest
sponsored by the Northern Arizona
State Teachers college. Williams
entered q number of its students, with
the following net result: Charlotte
Stevenson, first in intermediate violin
class: boys quartette, second; high
school orchestra, second. In the ad-
yanced piano contest, much talent was
shown by the seven girls competing,
but second place was taken by MISS
Doris Duffield Miss Duffield won
first place last year Winslow won
the contest on the total number OF
poir>s. Much enthusiasm and interest
was displayed by the large crowd at
tending from here.
Last week being American Forest
Week. George Kimball had the chair
at Rotary, and after the president
and governors proclamations setting
aside the week, had been read, gave
the BOYS most excellent talk on
other kindred subject matter Kim
knows his forest, and covered the
subject well. Mrs. Lindblom pre-
sided at the piano. District Governor
Lloyd Henning was delegated to carry
the proxy of the local club at Ostend
DR.. Jeffries was chairman of the boys
week program held the 18th, at which
some sixteen boys were guests.
The three one-act plays that were
to have been given tonight by mem.
bers of the Dramatic club. have beer
indefinitely postponed. This was tx
make it possible for many of ths
members to attend University Woel
doings at Tucson.
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