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The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Town Basketball
Team Is Planned

Headed by Coach Edgar Ford of
Coolidge high school, town bas-
ketball team is being formed and
games scheduled with similar
teams with other cities of Casa
Grande and Salt River valleys.
Members of the team, in addi-
tiOn to Ford include Gerald Ham
mond, Dutch Martin, Jim Covert,
Clayton Trout and Bruce Moody.
Davie Davis has charge of game
scheduling.
Practice Is held in the high
school gym and others In Coolidge
who would like to make the team
are urged to get in touch with any
of the players named.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
. Mrs. Herbert Hanna and her sis
ters Mrs. Ed. Plumb and Mrs. Rob-
ert Palmer of Casa Grande, spent
Tuesday in Phoenix on business
and pleasure.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
. David Kirby, young son of the
w. d. Kirbys, is now on the sick
list with measels.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
u. S. Employment
Service To Aid
Sea Enrolment

Facilities OF the United States
Employment Service. by arrange
ment with the United States Mari
time Commission, will be used TO
apend the manning OF ships for
Americas expanding merchant
marine, 1t was announced today by
Federal Security Administrator
Paul V. McNutt. according to in
formation received by Dan J. Sulli-
van. manager of local United
States Employment Service office.
Base pay for graduates employ
ed on ocean and Great Lakes mer-
chant ships is $3.50 per month for
ordinary seamen and engine room
helpers, and S9250 for able sea
men and qualified members OF the
engine department. plus bonuses.
Base pay plus bonuses. In almost
all cases, will amount to more
than 5000 a month. Cooks and
bakers receive about the same
pay. Radio operators base pay
varies from S1O5 to $165 per
month, plus bonuses and extra
PAYMENTS
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
County Teachers
Slate Defense
sieeting Monday

All Pinal county teachers are
expected to attend a meeting call
ed by officers OF Pinal County
School Administrator Association
on the evening of December 18th.
S y. m. in the county court house
at Florence when the part schools
OF the county viii play In the ma.
tional defense program will be out
lined.
Under discussion will be the
formation of permanent organiza-
tion to coordinate the work of the
schools with other civilian agen-
cies. the sale of defense stamps
and other school activities.
The program for Monday night
is being prepared by committee
composed OF Wesley ID. Kirby of
Coolidge. Roy Forsnas OF Superior
and County school superintendent
John J. Bugg. J. Houston Allen OF
Florence viii preside at the meet
ing and efforts are being made TO
have Or. Arnold Tilden of Tempe
or Dean Tormey OF Flagstaff pres
ent TO address the assemblage.
-RA-.n.k.w
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
BEN ARNOLD IS
NEW PRESIDENT
OF CIVIC GROUP

Ben Arnold. widely known Cool
idge business man and resident OF
Pinal county for more than %
years. was selected president of
Coolidge Chamber of Commerce at
the monthly meeting OF that civic
group held in the basement of
community church. Monday night.
Elected TO serve with Arnold
were DR.. r. V. Campbell. vice
president: Nose Cooper, treasurer
and j J. Jones. Sam Taylor and
II. H. Wrenn as members OF the
board of directors. Earl Hicks. re-
firing president OF the chamber OF
commerce will become an ex-officio
member of the board OF directors
as junior past president.
Officers of the chamber Of com
merce are planning a city-wide
gathering and dinner for the first
meeting In January when the new
officers will officially assume their
positions. At that time it is hop
ed to have representatives OF all
valley towns as well as Tucson
and Phoenix in attendance.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Coolidge Welcomes Arizona Edison Officials
UTILITY LEADERS GATHER IN CITY
FOR ANNUAL MANAGERS MEETING

Led by Phillips B. Shaw. presi-
dent of the company. Arizona Edi-
son officials from Douglas. Bisbee,
Miami. Globe. Casa Grande. Gila
Bend. Yuma. Winkleman. Coolidge.
Superior and Florence will gather
in Coolidge at 10 o'clock this
morning for the first OF several
sessions to be held during today
and tomorrow.
Also in attendance among high
company officers will be r. T.
Smalley. president and ID. B.
MeGregor. secretary and treasurer
With Coolidge chosen as host
city for the conclave OF utility of
ficials. Melvin Grossmiller. newly
appointed Coolidge manager and
J. p. Sexton. Casa Grande. district
superintendent of valley towns will
greet the visitors.
In addition TO Grossmiller. 9th
er members of the Coolidge Ari-
zona Edison staff include Miss Lo-
is Fent, cashier. J. NJ. Stubblefield
OF the water department: Lineman
ID. NJ. Browning. ]. c. Lewis. ice
plant operator and ]. B. Maxwell.
ice delivery.
Headquarters OF the visitors will
be at San Carlos hotel while busi-
ness sessions will be held In Cool
idge Woman's Club.
Speakers on the initial program
this morning will include o. IT,.
Pengelly OF Douglas: Lloyd Mathis
OF the general office and w. b..
Lewis OF Superior with fiscal ques-
tions and distribution. meter test
ing and other business problems
under discussion.
New business and load develop
ment" will be the principal theme
OF this afternoons program with
speakers including B. F. Galusha.
of Bisbee; c. X. Ekstrom OF
Yuma; l. p. Hodges OF the general
office and ii. H. Idle OF Globe. At
an evening meeting tonight. "ac
counting" win be the principal dis
cussion with the visitors being
shown a motion picture OF How
IL is Done in Globe and Miami by
II II. Idle. producer and exhibitor
OF the film.
The two-day meeting will end
with luncheon tomorrow noon af-
ter a morning session devoted to
the discussing of purchasing and
priorities with ]. p. Sexton OF
Casa Grande presiding. and i'm
promptu discussion with represen
tatives of companies from whom
the company makes its purchases.
Among company managers who
will be in attendance are b. F. Ga
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Want Women
Volunteers In
Home Nursing

Mrs. Stanley X. Mathews. Pinal
county chairman for the American
Red Cross. asks all people OF the
communities of Pinal county TO inn
mediately apply for training in
First Aid and Home Nursing. The
first need for a volunteer in Home
Defense is TO have some training
In First Aid and your Red Cross
stands ready to give this training.
Women are reminded that with
war comes sickness and epidemics
and they are urged TO take the
home nursing course offered In
order TO meet emergencies in their
own homes and thus relieve train
ed nurses and doctors for public
service. The home nursing service
does not train a nurse for hispital
work but for home nursing and
emergency work alone.
First Aid classes for both men
and women will be conducted in
Florence under the direction of
Smith w. Aimes and Home Nurs-
ing classes under Mrs. Grace Sim
mons. Please apply to either of
these instructors or to Mrs. Math-
ews for full information.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
WOMEN URGED
TO REGISTER FOR
DEFENSE WORK

Registration OF all Coolidge wo-
men for defense work is the first
object OF the Coolidge Women's
Defense Council. according TO
Mrs. Charlie r. Steen. chairman.
Registration began Thursday and
will continue during the coming
week.
The Defense Council Is composed
OF defense chairmen of the follow
ing organizations: Mrs. Ancil Tay-
lor. American Legion Auxiliary:
Mrs. r. S. Nassau. Baptist Mission
airy Society: Mrs. Charles Yates.
Community Church Auxiliary: Mrs.
c. f. Odom. Desert Woman's Club;
Mrs. A. ID. Tyler. Eastern Star:
Mrs s. c. Mcfarland. P.T.A.: Mrs.
Karl Fisher or Mrs. Y. G. White.
PEG: Mrs. d. s. Davis. Rebek-
abs; Mrs. c. A. Clements, Red
Cross: Mrs. f. B. McCleery, St.
James Alter Society; and Mrs.
Charlie r. Steen. Coolidge Wo-
mans Club who was elected per-
menent chairman. The initial meet
ing of this group was held Friday.
The Women's Division of the
Arizona Defense Council will use
the local committee as a distribut-
ing center for necessary defense
materials and instructions.
Women are urged TO register
with organizations OF which they
are members. Women not mem
bers of any of these organizations
are asked TO register with any of
the committee members listed.
Sewing. knitting. driving, typ
ing, clerical work. recreational
work. nursing, cooking and serving
are a few of the many ways in
which women can help.
For full information phone Mrs.
Steen. number 252.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12

the San Pedro Dairy at Winkle-
man and the boys first job was
at the dairy. helping TO wash milk
bottles. The following year he
went to work during vacations and
after school for E. C, Grasty, who
owned the ice plant. water and
light plant, garage. and soda bott-
ling works at Winkleman. Young
Earl bottled soda water and de
livered ice. He finished grammar
school at WInkleman. high school
at Hayden, and continued to work
for Grasty until he sold his inter-
ests TO Arizona Edison Company
i'm 1882 Hicks worked for the lat
ter company until Mr.. Grasty OPP
ened Grasty Implement Company
at Coolidge in 1893 and Hicks came
here to become manager of the
new concern.
Miss Elene Webb of Tombstone
roomed with young Hicks sister at
State Teachers College, Tempe,
and after graduation, taught
school at Mesa, where she and
Hicks were married at the close
of the 1884 school year. He
brought here here TO live, where
their daughter Earlene was born
the following year.
Mr.. Hicks has been secretary
and treasurer of Coolidge Lions
Club. vice president of Coolidge
Chamber of Commerce, and is its
current president.
Earl Hicks has lived in Coolidge
for the past eight years, where he
has managed the affairs of Grasty
Implement Company at its present
location on Central Avenue.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Coolidge Youth
Heed Nations
Call For Service

With army, navy and marine
corps recruiting offices through
out the state crowded daily
since Japan struck at Honolulu
Sunday morning, Coolidge boys
have responded to their coun-
try's need for men with the
same spontaniety and patriot
ism displayed by their fathers
in 1917.
Leading the group OF Coolidge
boys leaving for military and
naval service this week are
Jimmy Urton and Horace Fen
nell who leave this morning for
examination for service in the
air corps at Jefferson Barracks.
Missouri; Roy Thomas, Pima
Indian youth to the navy and
Jack Rowe. Milton Lewis and
Jack Corbett who enlisted early
in the week and left Arizona
Wednesday for jefferson Bar
racks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
WALKER GIVES
DEFENSE LISTS
TO GOVERNOR

A. G.. Walker. warden of the
state prison. submitted a list of
his recommendation for member
ship on the thirteen committees to
be formed in Pinal county under
the National Defense Coordinating
Council program to Governor Os-
born wednesday in accordance
with the Governors recent re-
quest. Walker was greatly assist
ed by a group of legionnaires and
others interested In the civilian
national defense program. who met
Monday and Tuesday nights in
Florence.
Carl Douglas, M. L. Gattinger,
James Heron. Jr., and M. G..
Mann were In Phoenix, Tuesday,
where they conferred with Cover
nor Osborn and Kelly Turner, ex.
ecutive secretary of the state CO.
ordinating council in connection
with the Pinal County organiza-
tion.
Walker suggested the names of
one chairman and four others for
each OF the following committees:
Agricultural resources and produc-
ton; industrial resources and pro-
duction: health welfare and con-
sumer's interest; public relations;
transportation; housing; home de-
tense: education; human resourc-
es and skill; labor: law and fin
ance; utilities, technical interest
and public works; woman's activi-
ties; spiritual welfare and recrea-
tion.
The home defense committee
will soon ask for volunteers for
auxiliary police, fire patrols and
airplane observers. Army officers,
now In California, are expected in
Arizona at an early date to give
instructions to airplane observers.
G. l.. Branscomb of Casa Grande
has already been named by Cover
nor Osborn as chairman of the
home defense committee. Under
the national plan, each county
sheriff is an ex-officio member of
this committee.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
= Mrs. ]. G. Jayne Is visiting her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Monte Bushman at Apache
Junction. The Bushmans have
mining interests near there.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Kruse Davis Takes
Over Duties At
S. P. Office Here

Kruse Davis, former agent for
Southern Pacific at Hayden, took
over the duties of station agent
for Southern Pacific here Monday.
Mr.. Davis is replacing H. L. Haage
who was transferred to Hayden.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis and their
baby daughter Corinne arrived
Monday to make their home in
Coolidge They have number of
friends here and the change was
more like Homecoming" than
transfer TO a new place, Mr.. Davis
said.
Mr.. and Mrs. Davis were in Hay
den five months before being
transferred here and before that
he was for five years ticket agent
with Southern Pacific at Tucson.
-Remember Pearl HaPhor-
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Coolidge Grove
Elects Officers
At Tuesday Meet

Mrs. Madge Ann Shaw was
elected Guardian of Coolidge
Grove Number 73 of the Supreme
Forest Woodmen Circle of Arizona
at meeting of it's members held
in the Methodist Church, Tuesday
evening.
Those who will serve with her
are Elsie Frazier. Past Guardian;
Connie Means, Advisor; Eva Fay
Newcomb, Corresponding and Re-
cording Secretary; Verla Smith,
Banker; Mary Rebecca Barnett,
Attendant; Caroline Thompson, AS
sistant Attendant; Marie Vein.
hold. Chaplain and Vaudine Upton,
Junior Counselor.
1t was decided to organize a
service club to assist with Red
Cross and Defense work, also a
First Aid class.
State manager Rebecca Wilson
was present and assisted with the
initiation and election of officers.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
. Pasquale Tafaya of Santa Clara
Pueblo, New Mexico, where the
well-known black pottery is made
was here for a few days on bust
ness this week. Mr.. Tafaya also
visited friends while in Coolidge.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
&C. A. Anderson spent Thursday
in Phoenix on business.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12

Under the general city chair
manship OF Mrs. Clifford Clements
a special committee of business
men headed by Y. c. White will
take the field early this morning
In a one-day campaign to raise the
Coolidge quota of $3.50 for the
city's share of the initial $50.000.-
600 needed by the American Red
Cross for immediate use of Ameri-
can armed forces and relief to dis
stressed civilians in Pacific out
posts of the United States where
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
INITIAL RED CROSS DRIVE FOR
IMMEDIATE WAR NEEDS STARTS
TODAY WITH $3.50 QUOTA NEEDED
Mrs. Clifford Clements, City Chairman Of
Red Cross Designates Y. c. White To
Head Committee Of Business Men To
Raise Funds

war struck with horrible suddeness
early Sunday morning.
In addition to Mr.. White busi-
ness men who will head the drive
today include Wesley D. Kirby, c.
]. Moody, Bob Foy. Sam Ong. Cliff
ford Clements, Wade Dow and H.
H. Wrenn.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
The following telegram has been
received by the Pinal County
Chapter, American Red Cross from
Norman H. Davis, National Chair
man:
Mrs. Stanley r. Mathews,
Chairman ARC.
Florence, Arizona
Again the American Red Cross
Is called upon to serve our nation
In war Both nationally and local
ly we face vast and definite re-
sponsibilities for service to our
armed forces and for relief to dis
stressed civilians. To provide es-
sential funds Red Cross today Is
launching campaign for war funds
of minimum of fifty million dol
lars. The President will issue on
Friday a proclamation supporting
this appeal Your chapter quota is
1000 dollars. Chapter should at
once devote full effort to raising
their quotas in shortest possible
time. Please report action taken.
We must not and shall not fail In
this crisis. Signed Norman H.
Davis.
The American Red Cross In the
past month has increased It's staff
both In Manila and the Hawaiian
Islands and was Immediately in
action following the first raids on
Sunday. 77t a a-
e. o. Devine, County Chairman
for Disaster Relief and Civilian De-
fense has set machinery In mo-
tion for the raising of the Pinal
County quota and assigned a
quota of $4,000 to Florence and
$4,000 to Coolidge.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Relief Society
Will Hold Food
Sale Tomorrow

Members OF the L. ID. S. Relief
Society met at the home OF Mrs.
Lorenzo Lisonbee. Monday. Plans
were completed for their bazaar
and cooked food sale to be held
tomorrow on the southwest corner
of Main Street and Central Ave
nue..
After business of the meeting
had been disposed of, refreshments
were served by the hostess.
The next meeting will be
Christmas party and literature
discussion at the home Of Mrs.
Bruce Moody.
Remember Pearl Harbor-
ANIMALS USEFUL In the
Navy a dog is a bolt to secure
matches and wildcat sprocket
wheel on the windlass.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Local Boy Now
In Active Service
With Marine Corps

Taylor c. Vest. son OF Mr.. and
tive service with units OF the U. 8.
Marine Corps.
This news reached here today
with word that Vest. a graduate of
Coolidge Union High School. has
graduated from basic training at
the Marine Base in San Diego. Cal.
While there. he won medals for
his ability with the pistol and bay
onet.
Private Vest hopes to take flight
training while serving with the
Marines. He enlisted at the Mar
inc Recruiting Station In Phoenix.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12

lusha OF Bisbee: ]. r. Sexton. Casa
Grande: o. V. Pengelly. Douglas;
Pat O'Hara. Gila Bend: II. II. Idle.
Globe: George Hassinger. Miami;
c. G. Ekstrom. Yuma: NJ. H.
Grossmiller. Coolidge: w b. Lew
is. Superior: r. l.. Hicks. Wrinkle
man and Stanley Mathewes. Flor
ence.
The Arizona Edison company
employs 270 persons of whom "a
have been with the company more
than 20 years: 46 for more than
10 years and 25 for more than 5
years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Fire Chief Gives
New Siren Code
For Emergencies

Warning blasts OF Coolidge
fire siren will be sounded in
case Of any emergency accord
ing TO an announcement made
early this week by Fire Chief
Ray Snider.
That all people may have the
siren warning code available at
all times. the Examiner this
week prints the code in the up
per right hand corner of the
front page where IL will remain
as long as the emergency of
war exists.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Shell Office
Scene of Blaze
ember Pearl Harbor-

Approximately $50 damage from
fire resulted at Shell Oil Company
office Thursday noon. The blaze
is believed to have started from
an oil heater that flooded.
Fine work was done by Coolidge
Fire Department. according to their
chief, ]. r. Snider who is employ
ed at Shell Oil Company and was
out of town when the fire occur
red. The blaze was extinguished
in short time with small resultant
damage from water he says. The
loss is fully covered by insurance.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
EARL HICKS = Farm Implements

A southerner. destined to be-
come a westerner. Earl Hicks was
born in Mountain City. Tennessee.
December I. 1908. Here. his faith
er farmed and ran a country gro
cery store.
When young Earl was Il. he,
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
w Al R...-

AS the result of the treacherous at
tack of the Japanese bombers upon Ma
Mia, Hawaii and the Pacific Island pos
sessions of the United States Sunday
morning, hundreds of American SOL
diers, sailors, marines and civilians lie
wounded and suffering.
The American Red Cross has start
ed its first great drive for funds with
which will alleviate their suffering as
we'll as that of untold thousands which
is sure to come.
The quota for Coolidge has been set
at $3.50. Our home drive gets underway
today. Once again we are required to
give. Let us do so unstintedly and free
ly. Coolidge and her citizens shall not
be found wanting.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12
Pre-School

Members of the Pre-school Circle
decided at Tuesdays meeting in
North Grammar School, that they
would hold no more night meet
ings until further notice, according
to announcement of Mrs. Matt N.
Dodge. parent education chairman.
The time and place of meetings
will be announced later.
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12

his brother. and two sisters came
TO Winkleman. Arizona, with their
parents for what was planned TO
be a visit. They like the west so
much, however. they stayed. The
elder Hicks interests in Tennessee
were taken over by his father. and
from this time on young Earl con-
sidered himself a westerner.
His maternal grandfather owned
The Coolidge examiner., 1941-12-12

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Remember Pearl Harbor
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Pearl Harbor-
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21

CUNTS In Pigtails. A FULL
PAGE Of PICTURES with writ
ten text In Sundays Times.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21

prisoners alertness and initiative.
That's the raw material of a great
aY.y,,y
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21
A Defense Reporters Notebook
InVincibIe Armies
Are Built on Brains
BY w. w. CHAPLIN
Init News Service National Defense Expert

BULWARK OF BRAINS: Any
country's chances TO build an in
vincible army depends not so much
on the excellence Of its generals,
though that is important; not so
much even on the profusion and
modernity of its equipment. though
that is a pressing need; as ii does
on the initiative and individual
ability of its raw material-the
common soldiers.
In the cotton fields and scrub
pine forests of the Carolinas-the
present stage for Americas
maneuvers - l found
justification for believing that the
American defense army has the
raw material OF which invincible
armies are built
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21

But l knew better than TO ham,
per him by appearing too soon, or
by letting him know that / was in
his vicinity, which 1 knew would
cause him keen anxiety as well as
anger.
l stopped at the top OF the stairs
and removed my shoes, then stole
down after him in my stockinged
feet.
Luckily he did not look around,
and l reached the bottom Of the
basement stairs unobserved before
/ had 10 find a place TO hide from
Harry as well@s from the marau-
IderS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21

signal pigeon company are pro-
testing that large numbers Of their
birds are being shot down while on
military missions. Any one taking
potshots at pigeons on the wing
would do we'll TO study a federal
law which declares il illegal to
"entrap, capture, shoot, kill,
possess, or in any way detain a
carrier pigeon owned by the United
States" Top penalty is 500 fine,
six months Imprisonment, or both.
Blackout: In the Carolina
'maneuvers. which I am now visit
TO try to find out how this defense
army matches up with armies
abroad with which l have trav-
eled as war correspondent, part
of the training, and an important
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21
Quiz Answers

Tine common coId,-----
2-Sheep furnish gut for the
strings, horses supply the
hairs used in the bows.
3--Mauna Loa. in Hawaii.
4-England has had eight;
France. four; Germany,
seven. There have also been
six Holy Roman Emperors
named Henry.
SITS call resembles the new
ing of a cat.
6-Baltimore and Washington,
ID. C., respectively.
7-Infanta was the term ap-
piled TO daughters of the
king; infante. TO sons.
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-11-21

There was a small recess behind
the last curve of the basement
stairs and 1 lodged into this. just
as Harry swerved 10 one side and
took up his stand in an unused
doorway that commanded the win
dow from which the noise had
come. but where he could not be
seen from outside.
The noise Of the tool was founder
now. Then there came 10 my ears
the sound OF window stealthily
showed up. and a gutteral voice
saying guardedly:
THAT does 1t. Come on now,
punks!"
Continued tomorrow