The Coconino sun., 1927-04-01
WILLIAMS DOINCS
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A large number of Williams folk
visited the Webber aviation field
Saturday to view the giant 10-passen-
ger Continental Motor company Fox
ker airplane which landed here at
3:25 in the afternoon. The plane was
piloted by Lieut.. G.. r. Pond, and car
ried six passengers, among them be-
ing R. w. Judson, president of the
Continental Motor company, and w,
r. Angel, vice-president of the same
company, and his son. The plane LETT
way leisurely across the continent
stopping at Kansas City, Muskogee
Oklahoma City, Amarillo and Santa
Fe. They left early Sunday morning
planning to fly to Grand Canyon, uI
and down the gorge for two or three
hundred miles, and on to Los Angeles,
stopping at Redlands Sunday night
Some difficulty was experienced in
getting sufficient runway on the field
to start, as the airship is well over SO
feet in length. The north fence of the
field was removed for some distance
to allow more space. Nearly 800 gal
Ions of special airplane gasoline was
furnished here, the pilot stating that
it required 40 gallons to run the ma
chine one hour. Three 225-h.p. motors
furnished the motive equipment.
Mr.. and Mrs. v. L. Craig barely es.
caped serious injury Sunday evening
when, as they were walking up Sheri-
dan avenue on their way to church
services, q 12-year-old lad on bicycle
coming down the hill at a swift rate,
ran into them and knocked them both
off the street. Mr.. Craig was knocked
unconscious and suffered a badly
wrenched shoulder and bruised head
and face. Mrs. Craig escaped with
minor injuries. Both are improving
rapidly.
The st. Johns mission choir, assist
ed by the Community choir, both IN
vestme1ts, viii give a sacred cantata,
ssStory of Calvary" at 7:30 at the
parish house next Sunday evening.
Nearly SO voices are practicing for
this, which promises to be treat to
music lovers. The singers will be ac-
companied by Mrs. r. q. Stevenson at
the piano, Mrs. r. G.. Gotfhold at the
organ and Mrs. b. e. Harmon with
violin. ! To defray part Of the ex-
pense Of the vestments, q silver Of
fering will be taken at the services.
Nearly 200 children, parents and
friends assembled at Community
church Monday evening at the church
dinner served by the losing side in the
recent Sunday school membership con-
test. Mrs. T. E. Cureton, supefintend-
ent Of the Sunday school, was toast
mistress and interspersed her intro
ductions with charming stories and
witticisms. The Mesdames J. J. Gil
son, James Busey, r. G. Gotthold, Carl
Kinds, James Hudson, Harry Dial and
Mrs. Webb were chairmen of the varl-
GUS dinner committees. The Misses
Lois Campbell and Hannah brennan
led the pep songs, nearly all Of which
were original compositions, or par
odics, written by Mrs. Cureson. At
the end of each course, clever original
verses Of thanks to the respective
committees were sung by the assem-
bIed children, these verses also being
the brain children of Mrs. Cureton.
Vocal solos were rendered by Prof. r.
G. Gotthold and Stanton Carr, and
vocal duets by Rev. and Mrs. Harsh
man ard James Busey and L. S. Phil
lips, while Accompaniment were
played by Mrs. Gotthold, Miss Fern
Rigg and Mrs. G.. H. McLeese. The
McLeese orchestra played throughout
the evening
A very enjoyable meeting of the
Book club was held Monday evening
at the home Of Mrs. e. E. Byers. Mrs.
X. w. Williams gave q mastery re-
view of 'The Showboat," by Edna
Ferber, and delighted her hearers
with descriptions of the country IN
which the plot was laid. Following
the review, refreshments we're served
by the hostess.
A meeting Of the trustees of St.
Joseph's church was held Sunday aft
ernoon at the pastors residence. J.
J. Scanlon was elected member Of
the board.
Williams Chamber Of Commerce is
enjoying well attended meetings this
year. At the last meeting, much i'm
terest was displayed and important
business taken up. The chamber er-
dersed unanimously the memorial Of
the Arizona state senate concerning
roads across Indian reservations. It
was decided that the chamber was not
able to contribute toward
the Clifton Hannigan Meadows picnic
in june. The Fourth Of July ceiebra
ton was discussed at length, the date
and details being left to a committee
headed BY E. S. Williams and whose
other members are w. g. Rittehhouse,
3. B. Bowden, Geo. Kimball and Dick
Hoffman.
'sBoys In Fairyland,' = the operetta
staged last Friday evening at the
high school auditorium, under the di-
rection Of Miss Bernice Swanberg,
music teacher of the Williams schools
was u decided success, the large audi
torium being filled to overflowing.
Over so grade school pupils took part,
the between acts numbers being espe-
cially good. The toy orchestra Yves
recalled and had to repeat its per-
formance. The little folks dancing