The Coolidge examiner., 1934-10-12
Southwestern Briefs

W. Persons of Bisbee. president OF
the club.
According to the Arizona state sales
tax department. $72.2s6.72 has been
collected on August sales. This ex
ceeds by S3.7soes the amount col
lected on July sales.
Roma Hanna. former secretary &c
two governors in New Mexico. has
been named acting NRA compliance
director for New Mexico. succeeding
J. j. Dempsey, who resigned.
Page. n. NJ. in the zuni mountains
southeast of Gallup. N NJ. heads an
unofficial record for the first frost
OF the 1884 fall season. A frost was
reported there on September 3.
Flagstaff. Ariz.. voters at a special
school district election October &c
will decide whether bonds shall be is.
sued for a S50.046 public works loan
for construction OF a new school build.
ing.
Total registration at the University
OF Arizona is expected to pass the 200
mark before the close of enrolment
for the current semester. it was an
nounced by the office OF c. z. Lesher
registrar.
Women's organizations OF Arizona
including the State Federation OF
Women's Clubs, have started a move
ment TO demand new health laws OF
the legislature when IL conyenes in
regular session next January.
The application by the Tempe. Ariz
State Teachers College for a public
works loan and grant of $4,000 for
building program, has received ap
proval of the public works administra,
tion. It was learned recently.
With the total amount of loans in
this county under the HOLC reaching
s174.961 on September 10. the federal
agency has just fairly gotten started
according to Judge Sidney Sapp in a
recent talk before the Holbrook. Ariz.
Rotary Club.
An application for s745.s62 for re
lief in Arizona during October has
been filed with the federal emergency
relief administration by Gov. B. Il
Moeur The amount Is more than
800 900 In excess OF the allotment
for September.
The project manager OF FERA. Col
fax county. New Mexico, has received
instructions from M. II. Hunter. state
supervisor OF work division FERA. &c
cut all projects to three days week
in Colfax county with exception oi
Miners Hospital project.
New Mexico has placed its com
posite exhibit at the Tri-State Fair in
Texas. Each year the Sunshine States
exhibit attracts great crowds. For thC
1884 exposition the exhibit has back
ground OF blankets. reproductions oi
the old known native weave patterns
A report prepared by Robert Fech
ner. director OF emergency conserya
ton work. says s.421 men enrolled
from Arizona are now engaged in con
servation work in Arizona forest areas
or this number. 5.4s5 are Indians anc
the others are enrollees in the civilian
conservation corps.
Dr. Edward Eyring. head OF the for
eign language department at New Mex
leo Normal University, has been in
vited 10 speak at the meeting of thu
State Teachers Association, which
will be held in Santa Fe November
l and 2, before the teachers Of mod
ern language department.
James v. Lloyd. assistant superin
tendent of the Grand Canon Nationa
Park service. announced that the Duke
OF Saxenburg Gotha. head of the Ger
nan Red Cross, recently spent th'
night with a party Of eight at th'
canon and left by automobile the mex
day for Zion National Park.
Due TO overcrowded conditions Il
the New Mexico Normal training
school, two additional teachers have
been provided Otto Dunbar, grad
uate OF Normal University, has beer
employed to teach physical education
English. health promotion, and vii
assist in coaching. Miss Nell Doherty
/ OF the Iowa State Teachers College
will instruct fourth grade students.
Despite a year that brought droutl
and added to that a grasshoppe
plague, residents of the Page. n. NJ
district acclaim their first Zuni noun
| tain fair an outstanding success
| Prizes contributed by merchants o
| Gallup, who cooperated with Page res
idents in putting on the fair. brough
outstanding displays of farm crops
| garden stuff, livestock and pets.
Late entries at New Mexico Norma
University are gradually bringing tn
/ total enrolment up TO that of las
year, according TO DR.. H. G. Gossard
president. AS an additional servic
! 10 teachers of the community and pei
sons who are occupied through tn
/ day the Normal is offering late after
/ noon and night classes which vii
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