The Coolidge examiner., 1940-10-03
Elementary School Dedi-
Gated Tuesday Evening


the State w. p. A. officials, and
the Board of Trustees of Coolidge
School District No. q combined
their efforts Tuesday evening.
October l, in a Community Fete
which welcomed the teachers back
for the school year and dedicated
the new school building.
The program was divided into
three parts, business session in
which the P.TA. conducted the
their business, welcome the teach
ers, and the dedication of the
school building.
The meeting opened with a BRIEF
business session in which the. sec
retary read the minutes of the
last P.T.A. meeting and this was
followed with the necessary an
nouncements. Mrs. George Demp-
ster key-noted the program of the
year with a splendidly prepared
talk. Following this, Mrs. Spring
field, program chairman, intro
duced Mr.. w. R. Urton who spoke
On the timely topic of the initial
i've measure No 3O6. Mr.. Urton
set forth the necessity for careful
thinking and urged all people to
be sure to vote on the measure.
The P.T.A president, Mrs.
George Dempster introduced the
State. P. T. A. president, Mrs. w.
w. Sherwood of Holbrook, Ari-
IONA, who spoke on the aims and
cbjectives of the P T. A. as it
dealth with the state and national
program.
Mrs. George Truitt introduced
the teachers of the Elementary
School and High School and the
room mother for each teacher. The
room mothers gave each teacher
a corsage.
Mrs. George Dempster turned
the meeting over to Superintend-
ent w. d. Kirby who took charge
of the dedication exercises. He
introduced to the audience Mr..
Hayhurst, Mr. Kline, and the
members of the school board who
have worked diligently in max
ing possible the new school build
ing. These were Mrs. G. A.
Christensen, Mrs. c. A. Clements,
and Mr.. c.. L. Kenworthy. The SUI
perintendent then thanked the San
Carlos Theatre, the Community
Church, the high school for equip
ment furnished in assisting the
seating of the guests and for aid
in the planning of the program.
The superintendent then intro
duced Mr.. Ray Vine, deputy state
administrator, who spoke on the
aims and detectives of W.P.A. and
what they planned to do in assist
ing the defense program. He then
presented the building to the
Board of Trustees, who represent
the people, in behalf of the Fed
eral Government. Mr. Talla, presl-
dent of the Board of Trustees,
was then introduced and on be-
half of the Board of Trustees and
the people of School District NO.
21. Mr.. Talla thanked the W,P.A.
and all those people who had as
sisted in the planning and bring
ing the building to a satisfactory
completion. He accepted the build
ing for the people of Coolidge.
The W.PA. Concert Band, VINO
had played number all evening
concluded the program with the
Star Spangled Banner. The people
were asked to go through the
building and inspect it then to
meet in the large entrance way
for refreshments. Approximately
three hundred people were in at
tendance.
Coolidge is proud of this new
Elementary School which is equip
ped with every convenience and
beautifully Handicapped.
Much credit is due to Supt.
Kirby for his tireless efforts and
time devoted to the supervision
of the completion of this hand
some project for Coolidge.