Nogales international., 1937-05-22
T. BIRD TO BE CITY CLERK
AND OLIVER WHITE CHIEF
OF POLICE AFTER JUNE lST
E. Titcomb To Hold Posts Of Superintendent Of
Streets And City Engineer; MOnahan Gets
City Attorney Appointment

Tracy Bird, eldest son of Mrs.
Gala N. Bird and the late pioneer
newspaper publisher, Col. Allen r.
Bird, is to be city clerk and treasur-
er and police judge, and Oliver
son of DR.. and Mrs. Ben S.
White, is to be chief of police.
This was decided at meeting
Wednesday night of Mayor-Elect c.
9. Cheshire and Aldermen-Elect Ben
Jones, M. I. Merritt, Thomas L
Hall, E. L. Juillerat, and Charles T
Frazier. held at the Cheshire home
on north Grand avenue,
The new city officials take office
on Tuesday June Ist, Cheshire te
succeed Andrew Bettwy as mayor
and the above mentioned aldermen.
elect and Louis Hudgin to succeed
G. D. Rankin, j. G.. Tovrea, Harold
C. Wayte, Blain Roark, A. w. Lohr
and Louis Hudgin.
Other Appointees
Other appointees decided up
on by Mayor-Elect Cheshire and
the aldermen-elect are as fol-
lows:
City engineer, street superin-
tendent, and Sealer of weights
and measures, E. Titcomb.
CITY physician: d.. E. c.
Houle.
City attorney: S. ID. MOnahar.
CAPTAIN of the fire depart
nnent: Clyde Baldwin.
Other firemen: William Lowe
and AL Camerlin. A fourth is
vet to be named and will be
either Roy Gardner, Ralph
Wcodhouse, E. Soto or Jesus
Leon.
City librarian: Miss Eleanor
Davis.
Four Policemen
The police force will consist OF
four policemen in addition to Chief
If Police White who will appoint
the four within the next few days.
All department heads will name the
employees to serve under them.
The office of milk inspector will
be combined with the man second
IN charge of the police department
Recommended
The appointments to the fire de-
oartment were recommended by
Louis Escalada, chief of the volun-
,eer fire department, and that OF
,ity physician by the Santa Cruz
County Medical Association, OF
which DR.. J. S. Gonzalez is pres'-
lent and DR.. Charles S. Smith.
secretary:
Big Saving
By consolidating various Of
fices the Cheshire admin'stra-
ton will save the city thousands
of dollars annually.
f.. Titcomb, who has been re-
named city engineer. will a'F"
hold the Jobs now held by ~.
Higsinbotham. street superln-
tendent: and Mark Wanless,
sealer of weights and measu 'es.
Consolidation of these three Of
fices means a saving of about
S27O0 year,
Fewer policemen, and using the
iremen as desk men at the police
tation, will bring about a saving
# around $4,000 year, and con-
olidation of the office OF police
udge with that of city clerk and
reasurer, will also make big saw
ng.
Mr.. Cheshire and aldermen at
heir meeting decided to pay good
alaries and to employ competent
elp.
Who They Are
Tracy Bird former county re-
order of Santa Cruz County
nd former newspaperman. He is
brother of Attorney Duane Bird.
Oliver White is at the present
me chief criminal deputy at the
ffice of Sheriff Harold ]. Brown
nd brother of Former Policemen
ZEN White and Mrs. Thomas L.
[all.
8. D. Monal1an is appointment NO
ales attorney.
E. Titcon1o is pioneer, former
cad of Roy & Titcomb, Inc, and
man who has done lot for No
aleS.
Dr.. E. C. Houle is one of the city's
aiding physicians.
Clyde Baldwin, Al Camerlin and
VILLAIN Lowe are former members