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The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Mrs. S. M. Trotter
To Rest In F family
Plot In Missouri

Mrs. Shelby M. Trotter, 54, pass
ed away Sunday, November 14th,
at the home of her brother, J. R:
Snider, after a long illness. She
was born in Clark County, Mis-
souri,, February 9Th, 1889.
Her body was sent to Liberal,
Missouri, where interment was
made in the Trotter family plot.
Survivors are her husband. Shell
by M. Trotter, her sister, Mrs. o.
M. Jones of Tucson, two brothers,
J. R. Snider of Coolidge; Earle G.
Snider of Purcell, Oklahoma, and
number of nieces and nephews.
Mrs. Trotter had many friends
in Coolidge, who came to pay their
last respects Monday at Cole and
Maud Chapel. Members of the
family who were present were her
sister and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Jones, her niece, Mrs J. w.
Harbur and son Wayne, Jr., of
Tucson; Mr.. Trotter's niece and
nephew-in-law, Mr.. and Mrs. Mathi
ason of Phoenix and Coolidge
members of the family.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Truck Driver Is
Crushed When
Vehicle Overturns

Frank Allen, 3S, Tucson, was
crushed to death when a Wells
Transportation Corporation semi
trailer he was, driving. left high
way 81 about 111a miles north OF
Coolidge at 1855 November IS.
Dan Kinser, state patrolman,
was called to the scene of the ac-
cident. He stated that Allen was
instantly killed when his truck ov
erturned in a wash after strad-
ding culvert.s The truck left
the pavement SO feet before it
struck the culvert. Kinser said it
is thought Allen fell asleep at the
wheel. There were no indications
the brakes had been applied.
Allen had driven for the Wells
company three months. He was
hauling fruit, vegetables and 9th
er eatables to the Prisoner of War
camp at Florence at the time Of
the accident. Representatives of
the camp salvaged what they could
of the supplies. The truck was
badly damaged.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Hearing In Eloy
Shooting Case
Set For Today

A first degree murder charge
has been filed against George Foy
following the death of Joe Bow
man of Eloy at Florence hospital,
November IS. Preliminary hearing
will be held Friday at Eloy.
Verdict of a coroner's Jury after
an inquest at Eloy stated that
Bowman "came to his death as
the result of a gunshot wound in
flicted by George Foy."
Charles H. Reed of Coolidge
will represent Foy while County
Attorney Tom Fulbright will rep
resent the state.
The shooting followed an argu-
ment between the two men Mon
day afternoon, according to sher-
iff's deputies. Sheriff Heron and
Tom Fulbright, county attorney,
investigated the shooting and took
Bowman to the hospital. Deputies
state Bowman was shot with a As
new service Colt and that the bull
let entered high on his left side
and punctured his stomach in two
places before coming out his back
rear near his kidney.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26

ton again. asae-'''- 80 -s
JOE HAMMoN, S 2/c, wired his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. F. M. Ham
mon this week that he was safely
back in the good old U. S. A. fol-
lowing active sea duty. Their sons
telegram ended period of anxious
waiting for the Harmon family.
Seaman Harmon is II years old
and a former student of Coolidge
high school
SGT. HEREL n. BlCKFORD,
signal corps, has just been trans
ferered from Lake Land, Florida,
to New York City, where he is
awaiting overseas orders, accord
ing to a letter received this week
by his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. G.
Bickford. A second son, Pvt. Will
lam N. Bickford, also in the signal
corps, is stationed at present near
Fresno, California.
PVT. THEODORE SMITH
writes from Camp Hale, Colorado,
where he was transferred by re-
quest from California to the ski
troops. that the temperature was
around zero when he arrived. All
the mountains were covered with
snow and he was informed that
the camp was snow-bound LOT
three months. mo passes or
leaves, so a fellow might as well
get used to this rugged life right
now. The training we go through
is tougher than the marines or
paratroops and we are here Tor
this first two weeks to let us
make up our minds as to whetner
we are going to stay in, or leave
They were told in a. talk by one
of the officers that a NUMBER OF
them would develop altitude SICK
ness and have to be transferred TO
other outfits, also that they would
develop aching joints and old IN
i,1ries that were thought to be well
would re-occur. Eve will start
skiing in about a week." Smith
writes; $50 I gueess we will be on
our wav to becoming real noun
tain men. If 1 get in either ma
chine gun squad, or a mortar
squad, my pack will weigh around
100 1hs-and to think how l used
to veil about our. old packs at
Camp Roberts! These will them
look like handbags" Smith re
ceived his basic training in desert
fighting "and to think" he says;
81 end ND in the mountain infan-
try. They don't know if they are
going to be able to get any SKI
shoes for us and they don't have
anv mountain Jackets or boots for
us You can just imagine how
cold it will get!" Pvt. Smith is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter
Smith and has a brother, Walter,
| in the air corps.
PVT. HENRY E. SIMMONS
writes from San Diego, California,
that ne mas been receiving the Ex-
aminer for the past two weeks
"and I sure like to get it, too.
came into the Marines October 2nd
and have been getting some rough
training, but like it very much as
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Verdict Returned
For Defendant
In Accident Case

A jury returned a verdict in
favor of the defendant in the au-
tomobile accident case of Hyer-
Crandell VS.. Scott heard this week
in Superior court.
Representing the plaintiff, Dal-
ton Cole, administrator of the es-
tate, was Charles H. Reed, while
Stockton and Karam represented
the defendants. Judge Levi S.
Udall of st. Johns presided.
Hyer and Crandall were killed
in an accident that occurred at
Coolidge-Florence highway inter
section a mile north of Coolidge
March 6, 1912. Hyer's car collided
with a large truck driven by John
Welch of Phoenix. In the Hyer
case suit was brought for $4,000
damages and in the Crandell case
for $4,000.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
OLD BLOOD AND CUTS
MOTHERS NEED

to feel their sons are in the hands
of leaders who will not needlessly
sacrifice them and the thought
that one of our highest ranking
field commanders would make
such complete and churlish ass
of himself as Patton seems to have
done is "sorry" picture for
an American mother to carry in
her mind.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
THE BANKHEAD BILL

provides for the purchase of 25 to
80 millions of dollars in advertis-
ing space but the bill which pass
ed the senate earmarked half of
this sum to be expended in towns
of less than 10000 -. and 1t is
to this proviso forward thinking
newspapermen of rural America
object. Few of them want any
thing from our government that
even approaches subsidy and this
proviso smacks to high heaven of
subsidy.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Aldridge Putnam
Dies While On
Duty At Gin

Aldridge David Putnam, 20, died
some time Tuesday night while on
duty as night watchman at Mutual
Ginning company. His body was
found by Roy Dunlap, Wednesday
morning in the building on gin
premises where he had lived for
number of years.
Mr.. Putnam was born in Texas,
March 80, 1874. He had lived in
Coolidge since about 1913 and had
been employed at the ginning com
pany since 1887.
His body was taken to Cole and
Maud funeral parlors to await ar
rival of sister, Mrs. Joe Fox from
Tucson. Other relatives live in
California.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Florence Junior
Parada Will Be
Saturday-Sunday
Parades will be colorful part
of two-day event. Floats
entered by number of
Florence business firms
and organizations.

Florence is looking forward to
holding of its 18th annual junior
parada Saturday and Sunday with
keenest anticipation. The town is
decorated with banners and
streamers and residents have TAX
en- to wearing of western" attire,
namely colorful bandanas and
shirts.
Big feature of pre-parada activi-
ties will be two parades, to be
held at IL O'Clock each day. Chas.
Whitlow, manager and arena direc-
tor, will lead the parades which
will form in front of the court
house, go down to Fifth, then to
Main street and south to Butte
avenue where they will break up.
James Heron, in charge of ar
ranging parade details, states
that there will be floats entered
by American Legion, Lions club
PTA, Red Cross, Rotary club,
Chamber of Commerce., Junior
Womans Club, Future Farmers of
America, Ell Charro restaurant,
Oak tavern, American and La Pa
Iona cafes.
Participating in the parades will
be Florence boy scouts, high school
band as we'll as soldiers from Pris-
oner of War camp at Florence.
Colorbearers will be Miss Rosa
lie Whitlow and Miss Dee Ross.
Color guards will likely be visiting
servicemen.
Efforts are being made to have
Governor Osborne and Western
Movie Actor Gene Autry present
for the parade Sunday.
Parada shows will start at 2
o'clock each day. Livestock has
already been obtained even to a
herd of wild horses. Entries have
been coming in quite well so far,
Whitlow states.
A dance will be held Saturday
night, sponsored by the Junior
Woman's club. The parada is
sponsored by Florence Chamber
of Commerce.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
War Fund Drive
Progress Picks
Up In County
Florence reDortS ST 200,
Coolidge $2.A5O, Casa
Grande $2,dOO and SUI
perior 5 $40 while other
units show substantial
gain. Drive extended un-
til December /.

Progress of the United War
Fund drive in Pinal county is such
this week as to lend encourage
ment to chairmen in the different
towns. For the county approach
ed at least to within shooting dis
tance" of its $15,SOO quota with
$11, ,130 turned in.
Florence, Coolidge, Superior and
Casa Grande all showed consider
able increase in amount of money
collected.
Florence went up this week from
$4OO to $1,000; Coolidge from
$4,000 to $2,45O; Casa Grande from
$4,000 to $2,400 and Superior from
$1,000 to $1,37O. Eloy increased
100 per cent, from 5000 to s4OO.
Ray and Tiger, unreported last
week, have turned in $4,000 and
$500 respectively. Oracle, which
had $50 reported last week, has
turned in SIS. Rivers, as mention
ed in the Examiner in a recent is
sue, was the first to report and
has $755 to it's credit.
Paul Loucks, county chairman,
expressed himself as pleased with
results obtained thus far in the
campaign but warned that the goal
has not yet been reached and that
it will take considerable effort to
make it. The drive has been ex-
tended until December 1.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
News Exchange Column For
Coolidge Men In The Armed Forces

PFC. JAMES M. HALL writes
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. II. C.
Hall, from the Southwest Pacific
that he is in the best of health.
THAT fruit cake you sent me
ought to be good as it takes on
age" he says. 81 hope so because
it has been a long time since /
have eaten a good old U. S. A.
cake. AS for the chicken you
canned-you can't send that to me
in glass, so just eat enough for
me when you open it," Hall evil
IDENTIFY wrote on Sunday, for he
said. Some of the boys have gone
to church, some are washing
their clothes and | am going to
the beach where there is good
swimming, and also another place
where there is good fishing :. F.. =.
The women here wear grass
skirts"
GEORGE r. BLAkEMAN, S 2/c,
writes from al undisclosed loca-
ton that an old friend, Harold
Sorrels is there with him. "Har-
old is Glen lSorrell's brother Well
me and Harold got together and
talked about home and it sure
takes the blues out of things"
George is the II year old son of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. R. Brakeman.
JOE w. HAMMoN, S 2/c, says
in a letter home, "I'll bet by the
time you guys get this you will
think l was lost for good, but l
have been too darned busy TO
write The pictures you sent
me sure were appreciated and the
pup sure looks good. I'll bet it
would be a lot meaner than it is If
was there. And boy!-what
wouldn't I give to be there. Tell
Floyd (his brother) to take good
care of things while I'm gone.
only hope l can take up things
where l left off when get home
Has Ken left the States yet?
l haven't run into any of the boys
and l probably won't, so | guess
l might as well not hope for it
When you hear about these So
called romantic South Sea Islands,
| don't believe half what you hear.
The only thing they have is some
cocoanut groves, and that's ALL"
Joe is the son of Mr.. and Mrs.
F. M. Harmon.
PFC. DAN WALLACE, who was
recently awarded the Purple
Heart, was wounded second time
on November 9Th in action in
Italy, according to telegram re-
ceived Monday from the War De
partment by his parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. C. Wallace. The telegram
stated that Pfc. wallace had been
only sighted wounded this time
and that his parents would be kept
advised as reports of his condition
were received. Wallace was Sc
verely wounded late this summer
in action in the north African
area and has been released only a
short time from a military hospi-
tai He wrote his parents short
time ago that he was patched up
now and was going back into ac-
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26

l know it will help me later Il
will be out of boot camp in a week
now and then don't know where 1
will be sent. | hope you keep the
paper coming as l sure like toi
read it Z. Our boys are sure do
ing a swell job of football this
year" Henry has two brothers in
the service, Pvt. Julius E: Sim
mons, air corps. and Pfc. Samuel
A. Simmons, quartermasters
corps. Their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. ]. Simmons, have been
ranchers in this district for -four
years and also operate a filling
station on Arizona Boulevard
EDGAR BoLLIN, F. c. SIC, was
promoted this week to his present
rating and is now at a destroyer
base in San Francisco for ad-
vanced training in Fleet school.
He finished in End place at U. S.
Naval repair base, San Diego, and
writes of his new location, "Offic-
ers are all over the place, going to
school, also. If you salute one of
them they think you are crazy, or
something. Everything is more
business like here-they just don't
lose time to fool around with reg
ulations. The school is practically
on the wharf and the bay is full
of small boats running around" J"
Edgar graduated from Coolidge
high school with the class of '43.
He is the son of Mrs. Virginia
(Bobbie) Bollin.
iS/SGT. ARNOLD GLENN, gun
ner on a Mitchell bomber, writes
from the New Guinea area that
they were on their way to a mis-
sion recently and stopped a few
days at little South Sea Island,
"and guess who I ran into? Pink
ey Lewis, Randolph Chadborn and
six more boys from Florence that
I played football against. We had
a swell bull session one night just
before I left, talked almost all
night" Glenn says the men have
been practically sleeping and eat
ing in their planes for several
weeks. He was in the "big push
es" and has two zeros downed to
his credit. During the fighting an
American plane crashed in the
ocean quite near him and he saw
seven zeros go down and strafe
the crew while they were in the
water. All we could do was
watch" Glenn is the nephew OF
Mrs. Sue Steward.
PFC. GUSTAVO S. FoNTES
writes from Gallatin, Tennessee, to
inform us of his change of address.
81 have been receiving the Exam
iner regularly" he says; "and eV-
en- if it does arrive a little late,
everything in it is new and worth
reading because it comes from
good old Coolidge. Even though
get homesick every time receive
the Examiner l look forward to it
more each ISSUE"
PVT. MELVIN BOWER writes
from Fort Bliss, Texas, to give us
his change of address because he
doesn't want to miss single
copy of the Examiner" He was
transferred last Wednesday from
Camp Callan, California, to his
present base. Young Bower has
Continued on Page Six
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
The CatzoaI
Note Book
WHILE WEEKLY

newspapers and small dailies OF
the United States are in favor OF
the basic principles of the Bank
head Bill which provides for the
purchase of newspaper advertising
space for the promotion of the
sale of war bonds and stamps few
of us who operate these newspap-
ers are in favor of the bill as it
passed the senate.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
WE RECENTLY READ

this story of o. S. Stapley. found
er of the company which bears
his name, which we pass on be-
cause it is such men who made
Arizona great.
Years ago a man went into
the office of o. S. Stapley to ar
rrange for the purchase and
prompt delivery of approximately
S30,00000 worth of farm machin-
cry.
In the midst of making out the
order, checking catalogs, price
lists, etc, Mr.. Stapley interrupted
his anxious customer saying: you
will have to wait"
He arose and stepped to his Of
flee door where he met an aged
widow woman, to whom he care
fully explained that a man would
be over the following day to cut
her wood, for which work he will
take half the wood. That another
load would be delivered in a few
days at which time the man would
again come and cut it, and take
half. The following week the third
load would be delivered and a
man appear to cut it.
"This will take care of your
needs for the winter" Stapley in
formed the widow, and after see
ing her to the door, returned to
his thirty thousand-dollar customer
and said: "Now, where were we
with this stuff"
"a thirty thousand-dollar order
could wait while the winters wood
supply of a widow was arranged
for.
Such was the man, o. S. Stap-
leyi"
OLD BLOOD AND CUTS
Patton took a nosedive this week
in the estimation of thousands of
American mothers when his cuff
ing of an American soldier in a
hospital near the fighting front
was officially acknowledged . E.
A far cry from recent news pic
ture of the General bending solicit
tiously above three wounded men
stretched on the ground before
him.
MOTHERS NEED
to feel their SONS are in the hands
of leaders who will not needlessly
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Casa Grande
Bows Second
Time ToCooIidge
Cougars show fine improved
style of playing but yield
34-6 to stronger Bear ag-
gregation.

Not unlike the individual who
polishes off a choice dessert after
heavy meal, Coolidge high school
Bears busted off a Casa Grande
eleven at Casa Grande Friday
night to the tune of 34-6.
The "heavy meal" in this case
! was the seasons games that the
Bears had taken in one-two three
order all the time with eyes set
on the "dessert" post-season
game with Casa Grande. For the
Bears were anxious to meet the
Cougars, even though they defeat
ed them at their first meeting,
$50. 1t is needless to say that
Casa Grande was as anxious to en-
gage Coolidge once more in an at
tempt to even the score.
Casa Grande lost the game Fri
day night but it wasn't because
they were a poor club. They were
bunch of sharp ball players and
they played their hearts out. 1t
was lust a case of meeting heav-
ier, slightly-better team that took
advantage of the breaks and
pounded it's way to a sure victory.
The Cougars started in brilliant
style, going to Coolidge's three
yard line on a pass play. Cool
idge, however, managed to hold
and returned by a series of rush
es to Casa Grande's 10-yard line
early in the first quarter. The
Bears made their first score in the
second quarter on a pass from
Skrla to Steele while Elledge
went over for the extra point.
Fireworks broke loose when
Wayne Elledge raced from Casa
Grande's 10-yard line the length
of the field to score the second
touchdown only a short while az
ter the first had been made. Davis
converted for the extra point. Ell
ledge made his run back of beau
tiful blocking on the part of the
other Bear players.
Davis scored the next touch
down with McEuen doing some
fine work in setting up the play.
A pass from Skrla to Steele was
good for the extra point, making
the tally 21-0.
McEuen, his appetite evidentally
whetted, brought Coolidge to the
one yard line and then went around
end to score. A pass from Skrla
to Trout = was good, making 1t
$50.
In the fourth quarter, Elledge
heaved a nice pass to Steele for
about 3O-yard gain and Coolidge
started another march with Nc
Euen going over. The try for ex-
ira point was not good.
Casa Grande hit pay dirt few
minutes before the end of the
baton twirlers, performed during
game, going to the nine, the five
and the two-yard line before cross
ing the tape.
Things that Coolidge onlookers
brought away with them from Fri
day nights game was Casa
Grande's greatly improved style
of playing and it's unyielding de
termination to play its best even
though faced with certain defeat,
the fine blocking of the Coolidge
squad throughout the contest, FL
ledge's run, hard all-around good
playing of Howard Wuertz; Nc
Euen's line smashes, Steele
passing combination, the hard hit
ting little Eddie Schell.
Officials were K. Hatch, referee !;
Hascall Henshaw, umpire and VIM.
Griffith, head linesman.
Coolidge and Casa Grande bands,
accompanied by flag wavers and
the half.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
NEWSPAPERMEN OF

Arizona through the legislative
and executive committees of Ari-
zona Newspaper Association fav-
ored the Bankhead bill as origi-
nally introduced with the proviso
that the media purchased be as
soundly worthy as must be news
papers selected to carry import
AM area advertising of American
business.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-11-26
Louis Fiscel Is
Appointed Tucson
City Engineer

Louis o. Fiscel, for 13 years Pin
al county engineer, has been ap-
pointed engineer for the city of
Tucson. He graduated from Tue
son high school and University of
Arizona and lived for some time
in Tucson before coming to Flor
ence to make his home.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Gonzogo Again Whips
Central on Diamond

Gonzaga's baseball team topped
Centrals, ga, for the second time
this season, using three-run out
burst in the fourth to overcome a
4-3 Central edge at that point.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Netmen Playing Semis
In Friends Journeys
Scholastic QuorterfinoIs
Provide One Hot Match

The interscholastic tennis tourna-
ment at Friends School is down to
the semifinals, with Britt Schweitzer
of Coolidge meeting Jimmy Render
of Central and Cotton Smith
Of st. Adams taking on Lee Wood
of Roosevelt tomorrow afternoon.
Schweitzer, Render and Smith won
their quarterfinal matches yester-
day, while Wood advanced the pre-
vious day.
Render was the only player ex-
tended yesterday, as it took him 16
games in the second set before he
topped Ernest Kientz of Tech, 81,
after taking 6-l opening set.
Semiflnal matches in the boys in
vitation tournament at Friends were
scheduled this afternoon.
Summaries:
Interscho1astic Tournament.
Quarterhnal results-Smith (St Albans)
defeated Shaforth uandon). 60, 6-1;
Schweitzer tCoolidge) defeated Ong CWil-
s9ns SO Kent, so f.cb; S Render lcsntraD defeat
Boys Tournament.
Semifina pairings-R. Smith tFriends)
VS.. Gardner Landon), Morgan (st, Al
bans) vs.. Hill friends. Both matches
begin at $3.50 o'clock.
Evening star., 1943-05-05
Bourne and Duo Shoot Ducpn Event
Man Mountain Dean Faces
Lever in D. {. Mat Return

Man Mountain Dean, still sporting
his bushy beard, returns to WASH
ington's rassle ring tonight in one
of the two feature matches at Tur-
ner's Arena. His opponent will be
Dick Lever. the big Irishman from
Salt Lake City. .n
The other headline match sends
the Red Gar against George Macri-
costas. The Gear, q comparative.
newcomer to local rassle ranks,
teamed with Babe Sharkey to win
the one-night two-man team tourn-
ament Joe Turner conducted last
week. Lever also was in that tour
ney, losing to the Gar and Sharkey
in the final.
The remainder of tonight's card,
which begins at 8:45, sends Johnny
Long against King Clancy, Tom
Mahoney against Chief Chewaki
and Ace Freeman against Tom
George.