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The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
Legion Hall Destroy
ed By Fire j..

About 1 a. m. Sunday morning a
fire broke out n the American
Legion Hall and gained such head
way that it was impossible to do
anything to stop it. All the regalia
belonging to the Legion and Auxi-
liary went up in smoke as well as
a lot of new equipment for serving
dinners and entertainment From
the crowd that had gathered it
looked as though the whole town
had turned out and that some of
the spectators didn't take any too
much time in getting into their
clothes. 1t was a lucky thing that
there wasn't a high wind blowing
for without any fire protection
whatsoever there would have been
no way of saving the homes that
are located near the hall. The
blaze was so intense that it only
took a few minutes to consume
the whole building.
The city is without fire equip
ment and action will be taken soon
to determine whether County
maintained fire department should
be installed. An election will be
held for that purpose soon. The
building was insured.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
John Kjormoe
Passed Away
Last Fridav

John Kjormoe passed away last
Friday after an illness for some
time. He was born in Gilman, Iowa
in 1902 and has been a resident
of Coolidge for the past five years.
He is survived by his wife Mary
Viola. two sons Jimmy and
Chauncey and one daughter Mrs.
Vernon Rawls. Funeral services
were held at the Cole and Maud
Chapel, Sunday afternoon at p
m. Rev. ]. T. Redmon, and Rev
Glenn Smiley officiating. Two solos
we're sung by Mrs. A. ]. Dunav
Interment was made in the Casa
Grande cemetery.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
Elementary School
Opens September IL

September 18th will be the open
ing date for the Coolidge Elemen-
tary School according to an an
nouncement made by Mr. Wesley
d. Kirby, superintendent. The
faculty for the 1939-194O term is
as follows:
A. w. Spangehl, Principal of
new building and 4th or 5th grade.
Jay B. Hinton. Eighth grade.
M. E. Merrill, Seventh and eighth
grades.
Christine Hicks, Seventh grade.
Patricia Tweed, Sixth grade.
Helen Fulkerson, Fifth grade.
A. K. Osborn, Fourth grade.
Helen Edwards, Third grade.
Naomi Elmore, Second grade.
Christine Mcdaniel, Second grade
Frances Spain, First grade.
Eva Harris, First grade.
Dorothy McComb, Kindergarten
Dorothy Nichols, Americaniza-
ton.
Myrtle Yohn, Nurse.
Mrs. Mildred Kleinman, Librar-
ian and secretary.
Mrs. Clara Wellborn, Cafeteria
cook.
w. c. Pew, Janitor.
F. G. Condry, Janitor.
MIR. Hinton will drive the Signal
Peak School bus and Mr.. Merrill
will drive the Ford bus.
The vacancy in the colored
school will be filled in the near
future. All children who will be
six years of age by November 1st
will be eligible for the first grade
and those who will be five years
by November 1st are eligible for
kindergarten.
School will be in session the full
day September 18th and the cafe
terra will be open for the services
of the children. The annual clinic
will be held after school opens in
the fall.
Mr.. Kirby has been in Coolidge
most of the summer. except for
a short trip to San Francisco, work
ing like a Trojan in order to have
everything in first class shape. New
walks have been built, the grounds
beautified, and the building re-
novated.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
Coolidge Loses to
Phoenix Team

Last Friday night the Arizona
Sash and Door team of Phoe nix
beat the Coolidge Boosters By a
score of six to one Both teams
have each won a game the Boosters
defeating them in their first battle
sometime ago. Davey Davis was
on the mound for the local team
and Don Cross pitched for the Ari-
zona Sash. Davis got five strike
outs while Cross famed seven.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
ATTENTION BOY SCOUTS

Troop %, Boy Scouts of America
will hold its fall meeting Tuesday,
September u, at s p. m. under
direction of Mr.. Osborn. All boys
who are interested are urged to be
there so that they can get organiz-
ed and underway without delay.
Mr.. A. K. OSBORN.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
Sociology Course
Takes Students
South for 6 Weeks

An experiment in teacher train
Ing has come to a successful con-
cluslon as the group of students
who spent six weeks on a sociolo-
gical field course in southern condi-
t1ons, returned this week from
Greenville County in South Caro-
lima to Teachers College, Columbia
University.
Nothing that we can teach about
social conditions when we are shut
In by the walls of a college, can
be as much value to the student
as what he actually learns when
he goes out and takes an active
part in the life of a particular
community says DR.. Wilbur G.
Hallenbeck, Professor of Educa-
tion at Teachers College, who V ith
Professor Gordon Blackwell of
Furman University in Greenville,
directed the course. MANY Ameri-
can college students have pre-
viously taken trips to Europe to
study conditions there at first
hand, and the technique of field
trips in this country is often
utilized for short excursions. This
is the first time, however, that an
entire group, studying American
conditions has transferred it's
activities to the actual scene, for
an extended tir1e."
Greenville County was selected
as representative of the South be.
cause it presents a miniature pic
ture of nearly all conditions to be
found there, ranging from south
ern mountain townships on the
north to cotton plantations on the
south, Is miles away. Between the
two extremfties lie one-family cot
ton farms, typical small towns and
the urban industrial center of
Greenville.
Mr.. Wilfred Brunner, a Serior
from Columbia University, who
accompanied the group of teachers,
reported that he had found the
experience not only enlighter ing
but inspirational. when I went to
Greenville, my main field of inter-
est was psychology, but I've come
back, convinced that it is more
important to solve group problems
before you investigate the personal
ones. And think that every men,
Der of the class left Greenville with
a new resolve to make themselves
more aware of social and economic
conditions wit in their own COM
munities. In their own home towns
most people fall into set patterns
and don't take the trouble to look
around, but down in Greenville, we
lived in other peoples homes; we
went into mills, and watched
iaborers at work; we talked to them
and we talked to the owners and
superintendents We looked at
houses-new fine ones, and old bad
ones.
"Of course, no one could expect
to spend six weeks in any one Sec
ton and come away with more than
an elementary notion of the con-
ditions or attitudes of the people.
But what we did bring away with
us, was a new sense of values. We
had been forced to look at every
aspect of someone else's communl-
ties and everyone of us came back
determined to take new interest
in our own"
The study Of Greenville county
was based on the work Of The
Greenville County Council. T'he
course was given with their CO.
operation as well as the ass slst-
ance of The Open Road, an educa-
tional organization devoted to In
ter-regional and international un-
Gerstanding.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
Police Training
School Planned
For Arizona
BY Walter ]. Thalheimer, Presi-
dent, Arizona Municipal League

The Arizona Municipal League,
in cooperation with the University
of Arizona, will sponsor a two
weeks training course for Arizona
reace officers. The date for this
traiI ing course has been tentative
" set for OCTOBER 18TH to 3Oth.
The course is receiving enthusi-
astic and widespread support of
manv organizations. The Arizona
State Board for Vocational Educa-
tion is cooperating by furnishing
instructors, as will the Interna-
tlonGl Association of Chiefs Of
Police, the Federal Bureau of In
vestigation and the National Safety
Council.
Arrangements have just been
com mDleted with DIR. Alfred Atkin-
son, President of the University
of Arizona, by which the University
will cooperate in furnishing build
ing space and equipment necessary
for he course.
No fee is required for enrolment
in the police school. The only ex-
pense will be the board and lodg-
ing of the men attending.
Most of the courses being offer
ed this year will be handled in a
single day in order to provide
com plete training in certain sub
ject matters in less than the full
two weeks period. Officers are
urged to enroll forthe entire time
of t course. In those instances
where men are unable to remain
duri ag the full two weeks it IS
poss BILE for them to attend on
those days when courses are being
given which are of the greatest
interest to them.
Three alternate courses will be
offel ed each day. This will pro-
vide a maximum selection for the
officer, according to his interests.
The school is being conducted
tv the University of Arizona and
the Municipal League under the
direction of Don ]. Hays, Chief of
Police, Tucson, Arizona. Cooperat-
ing will be the various law-enforce-
mert agencies of the State, includ-
ing the Arizona Highway Patrol,
the Arizona Peace Officers AS
sociation. the various County
sheriffs and police departments of
all the cities.
Beth Saturdays are devoted to
field work. A feature of the field
work will be it's thoroughly
pra tical nature. Actual raids will
be made. actual investigations will
be conducted, actual engineering
studies will be carried on. In addl-
ton. simulated conditions will be
presented the students as problems
! on which they will be required to
work.
A hit-and-run accident will be
simulated and the students will be
required to carry on an invest1ga-
ton Just as though the accident had
actually occurred. Physical evid-
ence will be left at the scene
! which will enable the student to
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
High School Opens
September 18th

September II has been set as
the opening date of the 1939-1940
school year at Coolidge Union
High School. Registration will
take place on Friday and Saturday
of the preceding week in the high
school auditorium. Freshmen and
SophOmores are asked to register
on Friday. September 8, and Juniors
and Seniors on Saturday, Septem-
Der 9.
A program of building renova-
tien and up keep of grounds has
been carried on this summer un-
der the supervision of custodians,
Marcus Vest and Carl Slater.
Floors have been refinished, class
room and corridor walls painted,
desks refinished, and such other
repair and maintenance work has
geen done as has been found neces-
sary in order to have the school
plant in excellent condition for
the opening of school.
Teachers new to the high school
faculty this year are Arnold Kelm.
Music and Social Science; Norman
Libkind. Mathematics and Physical
Science: and Clarence Skousen,
Coach.
Arnold Kelm graduated from the
State Teachers College, at st.
Cloud. Minnesota, and attended the
University of Minnesota. He OBJ
tanned his Master of Arts degree
AT the University of Arizona this
summer and has had three years
experience teaching in the Mime
sofa High Schools. Clarence
Skousen is a graduate of the
Brigham Young University at
Provo, Utah, and received his
Masters degree in Arts and Edu-
cation from the University OF
Southern California. He has had
Q years experience at Thatcher
where he has coached several
successful football teams. Herman
Iibkind. a graduate of Newark
College of Education, Newark, n.
: lust finished his work for his
Masters degree or Arts and Edu-
cation at the State Teachers
college.
Teachers returning to the facul-
tv are Miss Eugene Brandon,
English and Journalism; Mrs. Viola
Loucks. Home Economics; Miss
Ruth Miller, Commercial; Miss
Eleanor Stone. Spanish and
English: and Robert Springfield,
Agriculture.
Miss Marie Chimits has been
employed as secretary in the
principals office for the coming
school year. Miss Chimits gradual
ed from Coolidge Union High
School in the class of 1888, ana
has lust completed a year of busl-
ness training at the Arizona Cot
lege of Commerce in Tucson.
The high school principal, Nunley
Fl. Stone. is a graduate of Rens-
selaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy,
New York. with the degree,
Electrical Engineer. He has had
two years of Undergraduate work
in Education at Arizona State
Teachers College. Flagstaff, has
done graduate work in Education
at the University of Missouri, and
in the spring of 1887 was granted
the Master of Arts degree in Edu-
cation at the University of Arizona.
Before coming to Coolidge. Mr.
Stone was associated with the
public schools of Superior, Arizona
for seven years, six of which as
principal of Roosevelt School. In
addition to his work in the field
of Education. Mr.. Stone has had
extensive administration and ex-
ecutive experience in the public
utility field.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24

should judge that they are Miss
Ouri, Ida Ho, Mary Land, Callie
Fornia, Allie Bama, Louisa Anna,
Della Ware, and Minnie Sota."-
Royal Highlander.
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
THE SISTER STATES

A curious inquirer asked: What
are the sister States?" and the
country editor answered:
1--WE are not quite sure, but we
The Coolidge examiner., 1939-08-24
CHURCH OF CHRIST

Woman's Club building o'clock
each Sunday afternoon. Everybody
cordially invited.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-07
Stringing Along with
The String Bean

Whether We like it or not. the
string bean is bound TO be with
us often these days. They are
plentiful and at their best now. and
furnish the green vegetable require
ment most satisfactorily. When
properly cooked and seasoned, the
string beans are very delicious.
However, they must be carefully Sc
lected. making certain that they
are fresh and tender. and all strings
must be removed before cooking.
The Kentucky Wonder is really a
boon to the cook. It has practical
ly no strings and is SO big and
tender that they are quickly pre-
pared. Unlike most vegetables. the
string beans seem to expand on
cooking, so that we have more when
they are cooked than when we
started.
Much can be done to improve
the flavor Of string beans. They
may also be combined most sue
cessfully with other vegetables. Ba-
con fat, added when the beans are
nearly done, gives a delicious fla
vor. A touch Of garlic also gives
them ar. improved flavor.
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Time Savers

To clean windows effectve,v =,
a lew drops OF kerosene and ! sn asu
amount Of borax to hot water ''u
To cover scratches ON wo,,,,
furniture. rub the place with sas.s
iodine on a bit OF cotton. Tbsr " .'
over 1t with furniture polish r, ~
will make the scratch hardly ~
ticeable. '"'
To remove white spots from ma.
hogany, rub a thick coating OF vss.
line on them. Leave 1t on over nirbt
or longer. Remove vaseline. WHIT
spots should disappear.
TO remove fingemarks from fur.
niture. rub lightly with a cloth Aim
ped in kerosene. Then rub with ,
cloth wrung out OF hot water Fin.
ish with furniture polish.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-07
British Guiana Mines Yield Gold and Diamonds

British Guiana has q total area
larger than England. Scotland and
Wales together. Yet the population
is little more than SOC. 900. or about
two people to a square mile. except
in the cities. Georgetown. the capt.
tai, accounts for one-fifth Of the en-
tire colony's inhabitants.
Sugar, raised in a narrow coast
al strip diked against the sea by
Seventeenth century Dutch settlers.
is the chief product of British Gui-
ana. But the inland reach. penetrat-
ing 500 miles into the South Amer
ican continent, has mineral and for
est wealth practically untapped be-
cause of the difficulty of transpor-
tation.
More than 1000. 900 ounces of gold
and 1000. GOO ,caras Of diamonds
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have been brought out of British
Guiana's jungle hinterland. Ex-
ports of bauxite ore for aluminium
now rival the value of sugar ex-
ports. But almost nothing has been
done with reported deposits of man
ganese ore. oil and mica. because
the rivers-the only lines of COM
munication into the mountains of
the interior-are interrupted by q
sudden wall-like edge Of the interior
plateau, over which plunge some of
the highest and most spectacular
waterfalls in the world, which man
has as yet had occasion to see.
There are only 70 miles OF rail-
roads in region larger than Kan
sas. The whole colony's complex
river system offers mere $50 miles
of navigable waterway.
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''AdUenture IN a Pickle Factory"
LII LLO, EVERYBODY:

III ELLO, EVERYBODY:
Well SIR here's yarn that's going to sound sour
note in adventure saga When read it thought of that
old song Down by the Vinegar Woiks, and I'd be willing
to bet that place right next door the where John
Mains of Long Island had his LIES big adventure You
the John works for of those outfits that catch
Juvenile cucumbers before they chance grow soak
them vinegar and send them into the world to decorate
ham and cheese sandwiches John has job in pickle
factory.
The factory is in East Northport-Johns home town
and I'm willing admit turned pretty good
pickles there But they keep making pickles until pickles
stop having warts they'll turn out tougher than
the pickle John got in just from trying to keep the acEn
cry going and the pickles moving out in steady uniner
rupted acidulous stream.
John machnst at that East Norhport pickle foundry,
and January 49, 1885, that he Old Lady Ad
venture The machinery in the factory by big 5oot
shaft below the ceiling
furnish various machines
belts had broken
John ordered that and he
to work 1T it. The machinery, while
again how It worked Well. wasn't working
from slipping is So .
ladder ime to
Ladder Slides Out From Under Him When He Reaches Top
wheels Besides
belt lot easier the turning for John reached
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-07
Italian String Beans

An interesting variation is the
Italian way Of serving them.
Make a sauce of the following in
gradients:
tbsp. olive oil
I tbsp. butter
! Glove garlic
j cup fresh ripe tomatoes (put
through a strainer.)
Cook until rather thick, remove
garlic. Add beans which have been
cooked in sailed water until ten
der. and cook with sauce for IS
minutes. .a". "
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Former Premier Her.

New York City-Declaring that
labor is the most important prob.
lem facing the world today-oue
that would persist in war or peace
Earl Baldwin, former Premier Of
Great Britain las Stanley Baldwin
delivered two addresses during the
week under the auspices II colum.
bia University, visited the Worlds
Fair and sailed for home after
stay Of only six days. He stated that
war depended entirely on one man
Hitler.
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Asparagus Style

Beans served Asparagus Style are
nice for a buffet supper.
Prepare young beans by remov-
ing string and tips and boil whole
in salted water. Prepare a thin
white sauce to which added the
yolks Of 2 eggs, I tbsp. lemon Juice
anr paprika. Keep this warm in q
double boiler until ready to serve.
Place beans evenly lengthwise in
a serving dish and pour sauce over.
Garnish with parsley and piinento
strips.
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He dssed -bewndered-gasping- suddenly
his clothes started to
ladder sliding
Instinctvely body
right against the whng shaft The ladder went tumbing
follow while
shaft clothing
began twisting It around and
In the shaft had all the slack in those dud
until thought his would break His chest dattened
until couldn't breathe He hammered pounded
shaft and still frightened the clothing around his There
couldn't
going dangling
He suddenly his clothes started
to
Again began turning taking every
stitch clothing his back didn't until reached
twisting tightly that John thought take his
hand of.
breahehe could even have called for help But by that time
John was too far gone to out He hung dangling from the
know what happening to him. but not conscious enough
anything about it,
thought Of his wife child. say
they
any more. Tha thought reused me- John says And then
must have let out don't but
the matter" ..- -
After Last Scream, John Loses Consciousness
a
last thought consciousness
off and then back and picked the fallen
and carried him la :"
brother rounded couple other fellows
he again happened he just
couldn't John had managed live through his
thing quite
thought 1t says.
again. When
uckiest earth. STILL
They're making factory Northport
But will be many long day before they produce another one like
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buttered bread cr,,mh,
about ! hour at $50 de0ress ~ BAKE
another sauce which me-.
used is a Cheese Sauco Ina, may Be
white sauce. =" thin
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With Mushrooms

another faVorite recipe which :.
also good for canned str,nn ,on Is
is String Beans with Mushroossa a'
Cook j Id. string beans, ws
they are nearly done, brown |, . ,asa
chopped onion and a small . susp
OF garlic in 2 tbsp. melted n, p'ece
Add a can OF sliced musbr 1--WE
from which juice has been Srasas
Brown slightly. Add beans . ac.
mushroom liquor. Let simmer. . nv
before serving add " c. cream 'u
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Gilbert
sound be transmitted through talking
which he has invented the size headet
both
through the
vibrates the
without ueng Them invention based
teeth. tongue lips.
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-07
Fair Breaks Record

New York City-The Worlds
Fair. which had to struggle along
with midsummer admissions Of less
than 100000. due largely to intense
heat in this city, crashed through
with a record OF $4,000, on the
first really cool Sunday for many
weeks. A reduction OF the week
end admission fee to SO cents also
stimulated business.
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Casserole String Beans

Place 1 lib. Of shredded unlocked
string beans in buttered cssser-
ole. Cover with following sauce:
C. tomato soup
C. water
Worcestershire sauce
Salt and paprika
Pour over beans. Cover top with
The Kennewick courier-reporter. [volume] (Kennewick, Wash.) 1939-1949, 1939-09-07

Miraculously escaping death when
her car plunged $50 feet from .
viaduct, Mrs. Edna Burdick Of New
York suffered only few scratches
In the almost unbelievable accident.
The broken line indicates the de-
scent Of the automobile, which was
left . crumpled wreck. Bottom:
Mrs. Burdick treated ut hospital.
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OF 1884 automobiles sold In South
Africa in a recent month. BIB
were American.
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entire crossing. George
Ea holds the torch
the bite ~ American. 4
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Hong Kong imported 36,loo,6pa
pounds OF old American newspapers
in 1898.
La gaceta., 1939-06-06
"El Romance del Palm0r''

"EJ Romance del PalmGr
La lluvia no pudo impedir
que ell teatro Casino Sc llenara
anoche y que ell pGblico aplau-
diera, con innegable sinceridad,
la excelente production Guiana
sci Romance del Palmar''.
Els la cinta un nuevo esfuerZc
de la cinematografia cubana y
un gran paso de avance por Ia
senda del exito.
Anoche Sc hacian comparable
mes y 81 Romance del Palmar'
era puesto, en- arte y merito,
por encima de muchas peliculas
mejicanas, argentinas y espaho-
las que Sc han exhibido en- Tam
pa.
La direction de Ramon Pe6n
habilisima obtrvo efectos que
solo Sc encuentran en- las bue-
mas peliculas hechas en- Holly
wood.
Hoy martes y maiana mier-
coles volvera a exhibirse. No
pierda la OCCASION de yer esta Gin
ia de positive valor ~artfstico.