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The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Surprise Party

Last Saturday night surprise
party was given honoring LIE Roy
Houk at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Albert Houk in North Coo
l:dge. Games of all kinds enter
tanned the guests present. First
prize was awarded to Velma
Shafer for drawing high number
end second to Lucy Gross for
drawing low number. Refresh
ments were served at the close OF
the evening by Mrs. Grace Dixon.
Guests present were as follows:
Hubert Clark, Roy Club, Cleato
Clark, Maxine Smith, Marvelle
Barnes, Ruby Wolaver, VIENNA
Shafer, Mildred Tate, Estol Gil
key, Edison Johnston, Hobar Gill
Key, Grace Nixon, Lucy Cross
Flora Tate, Lena Houk and Waiter
Ellis.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
The Low Down
From Hickory Grove

I just been reading some funny
kind of news. lit is news about
the Govt. buying 100 thousand tons
of coal down in Tennessee to use
for making electric power Dy
steam.
Brother they have got me. been
harboring the idea all the time
that everything Uncle Sambo was
doing on the rivers, it was just 10
help navigation, and make httle
electricity as a side issue, to use
up the surplus water. This coal
buying makes me look kinda
simple l CUES I got company.
And talking about feeling small
or simple, it is like the bride VINO
asked the butcher for some mnce
meat. And cut it, she says, from
a nice young and tender mince.
But being a simple and mex
perienced bride and making faux
pas, it is not so bad, but being an
old spawn and voting for years
and still being simple-you don
feel so proud.
Yours with the low down
10 SIERRA
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
A Great American
Anniversary

This week all Amerca is cele-
brating the 30th anniversary of
the establishment of the Boy Scout
Movement in America. The move
ment has its enthusiastic support
ers everywhere. Indeed in its
three decades nearly 100000
Americans haye been Scouts, Cubs
and leaders. Today there are over
$780, 900 boys and men actively
enrolled.
Now as never before, American
adults are giving their time, ener-
gies and financial support to time
tested boys and girls organizations
that help mold their children In
to types of citizens that will guar
antee the continued existence of
the United States along the pat
tern set by the nations founders
who gave America its democratic
form of government and its precl-
Gus heritage, the Constitution and
its Bill of Rights.
Supplementing existing organiza-
tions such as the home, church
and school, the Boy Scouts OF
America engages boys leisure-time
energies in outdoor life and ac-
tivities of cultural and practical
values which lead boys to become
dependable men.
Every President of the United
States since William Howard Taft
has been an enthusiastic supporter
of Scouting and every American
who knows anything about Scout
ing's beneficial program acknow-
lodges it as worthy of continued
confidence and trust.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Farm Bureau
Meeting

The Pinal County Farm Bureau
held their annual meeting Wedes-
day night, January 31st at Casa
Grande Sub Station southwest OF
Coolidge, at which time the Off
GERS for the coming year were
elected. 1t was decided to make a
final membership drive this COM
ing week. and if you are not &
member. committee will call on
you next week to invite you with
the words Come on neighbor
lets team together" Mr.. Coach
myer of Casa Grande was elected
president, Tom Carton, vice-presi-
dent and Fred Wuertz of Coolidge
secretary and treasurer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
State Sheriffs
To Hold Parley

Sheriffs from AriZona's IA coun-
ties will meet for the second an
nual convention during the mid
winter rodeo to start February Is,
Lon Jordan, sheriff, announced
yesterday.
The four-day meeting will in
clude rodeo activities in which
five sheriffs or more may compete.
Methods by which the officers OF
various counties may be of greater
assistance to each other will be
discussed, as well as legislation
which might be enacted at the
next session of the state legisla-
ture.
Other matters of interest to Of
ficers also will be discussed.-Ex.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Livestock Winter in
Mohave County

A total of 14.874 head of live
stock have been shipped into Mo-
have district since October last
to feed through the winter, these
consisted of sheep, cattle and
horses. The shipments were made
from California, Texas and Wyom-
ing in addition to other places
in Arizona.
The splendid condition of the
ranges will allow the feeding of
&c or 80 thousand more. It's a
splendid business in winter for
the cattlemen who get 40 to SO
cents per month for each cow
pastured.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
P. T. A. Meeting
February 9th

The Parent-Teachers association
will meet in Coolidge Grammar
School auditorium on Tuesday
February 9Th at 2:30 p. m. with
Mrs. NJ. M. Ware acting chair
man of the Founders Day Pro-
gram. The guest speaker, Mr..
Christy will talk on Future Home
Makers" A special program will
be given by Miss Edwards third
grade, Miss Tweed's glee club and
Mrs. Springfield's classes. The
fifth grade room mothers will
serve refreshments with Mrs. w.
C. Pew as chairman.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
COOLIDGE PUBLIC SCHOOLS

ORiidll LOt IVIV
Coolidge Examiner
Coolidge, Arizona
Gentlemen:
The Board of Trustees of Coo
lidge School District No. 21 made
application to Works Project Ad
ministration on November 20, 1889
for supplementary project, in addi-
ton to the school building that is
now under construction and which
is approximately so per cent COM
plete, for the construction of a
septic tank, cess pool, laying feet
and 4 feet side walks, laying con-
crete irrigation pipes, grade and
level the new school grounds, and
erect a cyclone fence around the
entire new school grounds, and
such incidental work as is neces-
sary to make the school grounds in
first class condition.
The project also provides for the
elimination of the open ditch in
front of the old school building,
and the construction of a 6 feet
side walk running from the north
west corner of the school grounds
approximately $50 feet east. This
side walk will have an Is inch tile
drain with alfalfa irrigation out
lets completely hidden u n d
ground to take care of the irrlga-
ton. In addition to the side walk
in front of the building a 4 feet
side walk will be constructed
around the entire building includ-
ing the auditorium.
After the new school grounds are
leveled for irrigation. two batteries
of drinking fountains will be in
stalled with this project, one at
each end of the building together
with a complete system of under
ground irrigation which will elimi-
nate open bitches. The school
plans to sod the entire new play
ground with Bermuda grass in the
same manner that they h e
placed sod on the old grounds.
The supplementary project is set
up for sum of $9455. OF this
amount the government has ap-
proved an allotment to the School
District of 5000.
The following telegram was re
ceived from the Honorable John X.
Murdoch, representative in Con-
gress, Washington, D. c., January
25 1910: Superintendent Wesley
d. Kirby, Coolidge, Arizona. w. r.
A. project improve grounds Coo
lidge Grammar School release to-
day. Allotment $4,000. John K.
Murdock."
This project will be continued
upon the completion of the old
project and will not cause any de-
Law in working out the complete
School program as worked out by
the School Board and the Superin-
tendent.
Very truly yours,
WESLEY D. KIRBY.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Death Valley Scotty's
Mystery

An amazing grubstake mystery
and revelation that a treasure in
gold has been buried more than
80 years is all that state and fed
eral Investigators got out of eff
forts to collect income tax from
Death Valley Scotty.
The famous desert character pre-
pared for government archives the
first signed statement he has ever
made about his gold.
Thus is revealed another strange
tale of the West that Scotty, for
nearly 40 years, on the basis of
this hidden treasure, obtained from
his banker" all the money and
supplies that he has needed or
desired for all of his marvelously
adventurous life in the wild West
at its widest.
From time to time Scotty has in
dicated he was about "to go into
the rocks for his plant"
"If, and when, he does,' says his
"banker-partner" A. M. Johnson,
"a new chapter in the wild gold
rushes and bonanza fortunes of the
West will be written by one OF
the greatest stampedes this coun-
try has ever seen.'
Scotty now is laying low with a
second leg injured in recent
months. Earlier this week noun
tain lion. jumping from tree
where Scotty had a quarter OF
beef hanging near his shack, over
turned a table and injured one OF
the mystery prospector's feet. The
other foot Is lame from a mule
stamping on it.
No complete account Of the acci-
dents, hazards and adventures or
Scotty's life in the mountain
ranges has been written. Some OF
the high lights have been told.
Years ago he was shot through
the leg by one of the would-De
discoverers of his "secret mine,
placed on a horse by friendly
mountain bandits and ridden near
ly 100 miles to the nearest settle
ment, without possibility OF dis
mounting because his stiffened
wounded leg was held in a hori-
zontal position by an improvlseo
sling to prevent bleeding.
Soon thereafter occurred the at
tack on Scotty and his partner by
desert characters, widely publish
ed as the battle of Wingate pass.
Stung many times by rattlesnakes
far from medical assistance, loss
of a fingertip caught in a saddle
chain. broken bones, crushed rect
and broken ribs from mule accl-
dents in the wild mountain coun-
try-Scotty's accidents have been
many.
That the long forced rides and
hike after accidents would have
been impossible of survival by
less hardy, courageous and re-
sourceful man is shown by the
long list of Death Valley tragedies
Only last summer, the most recent
one, a man perished in trying to
make 20 miles to Saratoga Springs
when his automobile broke down,
his tracks showing that he crawled
the final two miles on hands and
knees before dying.-Arizona Re
public.
-O-
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Surprise
Observation-Disclosures

Mrs. C. w. Lewis was given a
surprise handkerchief shower last
Friday afternoon at her home in w.
Coolidge. Hostesses were Mes
danes Dempster, Hicks and Spring
field, who presented Mrs. Lewis
with a special gift. The Lewis
family are leaving Coolidge for
Holbrook where Mr.. Lewis will be
employed as manager for the Fox
worth-G Lumber Co. at that
place. Refreshments were served
during the afternoon.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Citrus Fruits Suffer
From Extreme Cold

Heavy losses in citrus groves IN
the Southern states are reported
from zero temperatures. Smudge
pots averted damage in part OF
the citrus belt, but many trees
we're damaged. The southeastern
states were the heavier losers
Vegetable crops were also partly
damaged. The western states
seemed to escape much damage
to crops, the weather being not
too extremely cold.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Presidents Birthday
Ball Saturday 3rd

The 5Sth birthday of President
Roosevelt will be celebrated as
usual by thousands dancing in his
honor, the proceeds of the balls
given, will go partly for the care
of crippled children as well as to
infantile paralysis victims. Help
the cause by buying ticket to the
Presidents Ball Saturday, Feb. 3.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01

Mr. ID. ). Davis, District Gov
ernor of the Lions Club, and Mrs.
Davis entertained with a recep-
ton in their Coolidge home in
honor of Mr.. Melvin Jones,
Flossmoor, ILL.,, founder of Lions
International and secretary of the
organization, who made short stay
in Coolidge Tuesday morning. The
Coolidge Lions and their ladies
were invited to meet the founder.
Mr.. Jones is a native son or
Arizona, being born at Fort
Thomas where his father was en-
gagged as scout in the govern
ment service. He is well versed
in Indian lore and had many thrill
ing experiences during the Apache
raids in Arizona. When still a
young man Mr.. Jones left for
Chicago to study law and has
since been a resident of either
that city or Flossmoor, Ill.
1t was through Mr.. Jones ef-
forts in interesting Independent
clubs in various parts of the coun-
try to form an International AS
sociation of Lions Clubs that the
Lions International was formed at
a convention held in Dallas, Texas
il October, 1917. Mr.. Jones has
been it's secretary ever since. The
club from the very beginning has
had decided appeal to the Am
erican public as its activities as
service club covers a broad field.
Mr.. Jones arrived in Phoenix
Monday morning. Delegates from
the various clubs thruout the
state were there to greet the In
ternational secretary. He was fet-
ed with a luncheon at noon In the
Hotel Adams followed by an in-
formal discussion and a dinner at
the Elk's Club in the evening. Mr..
Jones made short speech after
the dinner which was followed
with an entertainment program
and dance. Numerous Lions and
their lanies from different sec
tions of the state were in attend
ance.
The Lions and Lionesses OF
Coolidge gathered in front of MI.
and Mrs. Davis home to welcome
the founder as he arrived to
honor the Coolidge Lions. After
moving pictures were made of the
group they were invited inside
where a lovely table came into
view bedecked in the center Win
one of Mrs. C. G. Hamilton's most
delicious birthday cakes, beautl-
fully decorated in honor OF Mr..
Jones' birthday, surrounded by
twenty-one candles representing
District No. 81. There was also all
the real coffee one could drink
served with one of those lucious
coffee cakes for which Mrs. DAVIS
is so renowned.
Arizona's District Governor, MT.
Davis introduced Mr.. Jones VINO
made a short talk in which he
spoke of the progress the Lions
have made. They have taken In
the last year on a average of one
club day. There are 36O0 CLUBS
with a membership of 10000. he
CONGRATULATED the Coolidge Lions
Club of which Mr.. H. r. Moag IS
president, for it's interest and
enthusiasm and also Mr.. Davis as
District Governor for his untirlng
efforts and devotion in the pro-
motion of the welfare Of the Lions
Continued on page Three)
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
Lions Club Meet

Last Wednesday at the Lions
Club dinner a musical program
was enjoyed, and Fred Slater
CAPTAIN of membership team, re-
ported the following were admitted
to membership in January: Harry
Culbert, ]. A. Kline, Herman
Libkind, ]. R. Snider, A. B. Adams
M. M. Cooper, A. K. Osborn, ana
C. K. Kennedy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01
PROCLAMATION

WHEREAS, world conditions imperatively
point to the urgent need for increased National
Defense; and
WHEREAS, the Congress of the United
States has before it measures to provide for
better Defense of Continental United States and
our Insular Possessions; and
WHEREAS, the Reserve Officers Associa
ton of the United States is sponsoring National
Defense Week to acquant our citizens with the
nations problems of Defense and
WHEREAS, National Defense Week has
the endorsement of the Adjutant General of
the General in Command of the Eight Corps
Area of the United States Army, of the Presi-
dent of the United States the Secretary of War
and of the Navy and military and civilian
leaders in every state and American possesses
sion; and
WHEREAS, National Defense Week is be-
ing observed throughout the United States from
Lncolns Birthday to Washngton's Birthday;
NOW, THEREFORE, I, R. T. JONES, Gov
ernor of the State of Arizona, do hereby pro-
claim and set aside the period from February
18th to February 22nd, inclusive, as Ma
TIONAL DEFENSE WEEK in Arizona, and l
do hereby strongly recommend and urge the
churches, schools, civic bodies and citizens of
the State of Arizona to cooperate with the Ari-
zona Department of the Reserve Officers AS
sociation of the United States in holding ap-
propriate programs which will aid in bringing
about adequate and safe defense for our
Nation and further, commander in chief of
the National Guard of Arizona, I urge the of
ficers and of the National Guard to CO.
operate in every possible way in observance of
National Defense Week.
-<sazso> IN WITNESS WHEREOF, l h We
MW7A hereunto set my hand and caused the
N@H 81 Great Seal of the State of Arizona to
be affixed.
Done at Phoenix, the Capitol. this 29th day of
January, 1910
Attest: r. T. JONES,
Governor
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01

Mrs. Clara B. McKinnis who mas
been ill in Florence hospital for
sometime Is able to be up and
around again.
The Coolidge examiner., 1940-02-01

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The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
ROOSEVELT BEGINS
TOUR OF DEFENSES|
Projects In Norfolk Area To
Be Visited Today And
Tomorrow

WASHINGTON, July 27- Up -
President Roosevelt and a group
of congressional and defense Off
Gals left aboard the yacht Potomac
late today for a week end cruise
and inspection of defense facilities
in the Norfolk, Va, rea
In the party were Secretaries
Knox and Hopkins, Chairman Vim
son D-Ga.) of the house naval
committee, Chairman Sheppard
D-Tex.) of the senate military
committee, Brigadier General Ed
win M. Watson, one Of the Presi-
dents secretaries, and Captain
Daniel j. Callaghan, naval aide.
After cruising down the Potomac
and Chesapeake Bay, the group
plans to inspect on Monday the
Norfolk navy yard, the fleet train
ing station, Notifications at Old
Point Comfort, experimental and
other work at Langley field and
activities at the Newport News
Shipbuilding and Drydock COM
pany, which the President said he
believed Vas operating at a level
even higher than in World war
days due to naval and other ship
building orders.
MI. Roosevelt intended to return
to Washington on Tuesday.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
TWO DARK HORSES
TIE FOR MEDALlST
Tim Fouls And Willie Goggin
Have 1876 For SO Holes
At St. Paul

ST. PAUL, Mimi, July 21-R-
Two dark horse veterans who long
have been prospecting COLTS tour
nament money trail filed joint
claim today on medal honors on
the rich St. Paul open golf cham
pionship.
They we're the quiet, 37-year-old
lin Fouls and the 34-year-old,
e~:erverscent Willie Goggin, the
former longtime Chicago district
campaigner and the latter nov a
native of the Illinois Metropolis
after years of playing out OF San
Francisco.
Each had 36-hole totals Of 1876
strokes as the tournament hit the
halfway point of it's 72-hole route.
FOULS put together mines OF 1888
for a five under par second round
81. Goggin scored a six under par
&c today on mines of 1888.
Only a stroke behind was Ro-
tund Ed Oliver of Hornell, N. Y,
who had a II today for a 1877 ag-
gregate and right back of him was
a corps of stars in such close pur-
suit that one of the hottest finishes
in the Journeys. 14-year history
was in prospect as the field head
ed into tomorroW's 36-hole final
program over the rolling Keller
course.
Dick Metz of Oak Park, ILL.,, de-
Tending champion as a result Of
his record 270 here a year ago,
fired another three under par 80
today for a 1873 total. A stroke back
of him was Frank Moore, Detroit
and Tony Penna, Dayton, who had
respective second round scores Ct
II and 70 bracketed at 14O were
Les Bolstad, Minneapolis, Len
Mattson. home pro, Pat Wilcox,
Waterloo, Ia, the two low scoring
amateurs, Jim Terrier, the open
and amateur champion of Aus
tralia, and MILFORD Wehrle of Chi
cago, and big Ralph Guldahl of
Chicago.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Payne Winner
Oh Regional Honor.

ATLANTA, July 27.-R-A smil-
ing North Carolina boy, Tom Payne
of Charlotte, left here this afternoon
one step nearer the college scholar
ship offered the national winner in
the contest to find the ideal Ameri-
can son."
Victor in a close contest for the
title in the southeast, he smiled
broadly as he was congratulated by
the two runnersup - Sam Denham,
Jr., of Atlanta and Paul Weiss, Jr.,
of Miami.
Tom will board a train in August
for New York city and a try at the
final award. He will be one of six
boys from various sections of the
country competing for a scholarship
plus $50 in cash.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Hyden Wins Singles
At Bltmore Forest

ASHEVILLE, July 27.-CP-John
Hyden, tiny but talented tennis
trooper from Nashville, Tenn, dem.
onstrated an uncanny ability to di-
agnose the weak spots in an oppo-
nenl's game today and capitalized on
that diagnosis to roll over big John
AGer, OF Birmingham, Ala, SO, G-3,
ia, in the mems singles finals of
the North Carolina open tennis
championships at Biltmore Forest
Country club.
1t was Ayers errors as much as
Hyden's WI fine shots that proved
the deciding factor in the rapidly
played match, but all those errors
were skilfully anticipated and care
fully encouraged from Hyden's side
of the net.
The second-seeded ALBANIAN, who
campaiSned with the Duke univer.
slty tennis forces last year, was hav-
ing particular trouble with his fore.
hand, and the top-seeded Vanderbilt
ace took advantage of that trouble
to earn dozens Of points in the
course of the battle. At the same
time, the little Tennesseean made
effective S of a confusing change
of pace and an assortment of beau
tiful placements TO triumph handily.
Mrs. Sara Conner, %top-seeded en-
try from Coral Gables, Fla, had
even less difficulty annexing the
Women's singles crown as she raced
through third-seeded Eliza Coke,
Ashevllle, 6-3, 6-1. Miss Coxe's only
p~oint-getting weapon was a change
OF pace that caused the FIoridian
to miss a number of easy shots.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Gross Revenues
Show Three-Fold Gain

KNOXVILLE, Tenn, July 27-R'
The Tennessee Valley Authority's
gross revenues from the sale OF
electric power during the last fs-
cal year were approximately $14,-
$50, 1863, or almost triple that of
the preceding year, the authority
announced today.
The tentative report emphasized
the growth OF the federal agency
during the past Is months, during
which it acquired electric proper
ties Of the Tennessee Electric Pow
er Co., the Mississippi Power Co.,
and the Alabama Power Co., all
subsidiaries Of commonwealth and
Southern Corp.
The states from which the gross
proceeds were derived and t h e
amounts were: Tennessee, $12, O29,-
565.78; Georgia, SOS, 797. SO; Missis-
sippi, $428. 660. IS; Alabama, $780,
57O.64; Kentucky, 81, sos. 81, a n d
North Carolina, $28, 10000. 2
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
DEATHS
MRS. PRESTON CUMMING

Mrs. Preston Cumming, widow
Of Preston Cumming, died at her
residence, 315 South Second street,
yesterday morning at S o'clock af-
ter a lengthy illness.
Survivors are: two daughters,
Mrs. R. A. Nelson, of Roanoke,
Va, and Mrs. Frederick Burr, OF
Wilmington; three grandchildren:
R. A. Nelson, Jr., and Mrs. Ever
EFT Wilson, both of Crewe, Va, and
Miss Anne Burr, of Wilmington.
Funeral services will be held this
afternoon at S o'clock from the
late resident with the Rev. Nor
timer Glover assisted by Rev.
Alexander Miller, officiating.
Active pallbearers: Bob Jewell,
George N. Harriss, Bruce Poisson,
DR.. B. R. Morrison, r. L. Grower,
Charles Tate.
Honorary pallbearers: Herbert
Latimer, w. B. Thorpe, Fred Pois-
son, Louis Poisson, Theo Empie,
Herbert O'Neil, John Adams, DR..
J. B. Cranmer and Dick Cronly.
The Wilmington morning star., 1940-07-28
Fifth Column Check
Planned Al Havana

HAVANA, July H.-4R-The neu-
trality commission of the Pan
American conference tonight draft
ed projects to deal With Fifth
Column" subversive activities OF
foreign diplomats in the Americas,
and the treatment of lureign diplo-
mats in the Americas, and the
treatment of foreign minorities in
case of war.
The projects will be submitted
to the full conference of juridical
and police experts in December to
coordinate exchange OF information
among the Americas on the Civil
tiles. of subversive elements and
to suggest means for correlated
work in prosecuting such person.
The commission adopted a res.
olution designed to stop activities
Of foreign diplomats that place in
danger 1.-The peace and Democratic
tradition Of America" 2