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The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

company, 3rd Bn., 23rd marines,
Camp Pendleton. Oceanside, Calf,
states that he has been put through
the mill recently. He says he and
the other men in service are glad
to work hard il their efforts Will
hasten the conclusion of the war
Dossey is a son OF Mr.. and Mrs.
r. L. Dossey of Coolidge.
In letter TO his parents, Dos
sey writes:
"Yes. | guess I'll have 10 go over
soon but | know well enough what
I'm going over for and | know I'm
coming back TO ride more broncs
and Brahmas. | figure on getting
married some day and on having a
couple of boys and girls"
Dossey is 19 years old and joined
the marines in April. He was home
about a month ago on furlough In
his letter he states he has been
busy fighting grass fires. He has
taken his examination for a pri-
vate first class but has not heard
yet how he came out.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Florence Man In
Shuttle Bomber
Attacks On Nazis

1t. Frederick c. White of Flor
ence is one of two Arizonans TO
be among the crews of U. S. fly
ing fortresses that inaugurated
shuttle bombing of Germany, Aug
ust II. He was bombardier on the
fortress, "Wolfpack" that dropped
a heavy load of bombs on speci-
fled Nazi targets.
The other is Sgt. Robert Bixler
OF Bisbee, a gunner who fought off
attacking enemy fighters over a
large Messerschmitt pursuit plane
factory at Regensburg Both men
were among crew members re-
turning from Africa. They slept
on African desert sands while
ground crews refueled the large
planes for the flight back to Eng
land.
White is a son OF Mrs. Natalie
White of Florence.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Florence FLA Boy
Wins Star State
Farmer Degree

William Dunn of Florence, two
years president of Florence F. f.
A. chapter of Florence Union high
school, was awarded the distin-
guished award of star state farmer
at the final session of the State
F. F. A. Leadership Conference of
the Arizona Association of Future
Farmers of America, held at Pres
colt, August 10 and 20. according
to Blaine c. Hardy, agricultural
teacher at Florence.
An award of $25 was given
Dunn by the Arizona Bankers AS
sociation. This award was based
on outstanding performance in the
local chapter, as well as farming,
leadership, scholarship and citizen
ship. This is the first time this
achievement has been attained by
a boy from the Florence school.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
B and G Gasoline
Coupons Will Be
Exchanged Sept. l

Pinal county holders of B and c
gasoline ration coupons must ex-
change them before Sept. /, ac-
cording TO H r. Moag. chief clerk
of the Coolidge rationing office.
The old coupons will not be honor
ed after that date -.
Moag states that the old coupons
can be exchanged by mail through
the rationing office for new ones.
The transaction will be a direct
coupon-for-coupon exchange.
New B and c coupons are SINH
lar to A coupons and bear the
words mileage ration" on their
face They have a place on their
face for putting down auto license
number and state of issue.
Moag states that old B and G
coupons that do not bear the words
mileage ration" are invalid for
consumers Sept l and after He
said that the reason for the change
is TO curb black market gasoline
operations.
Gasoline dealers must surrender
all old type B and C coupons by
Sept. 5. Moag states. This gives
them five days of grace after the
deadline for use of old coupons.
New coupons will have no expir-
alton date, Moag said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Let's Help Men In
Service With More
Items About Them

If you have relative or
friend in the service and he or she
is a Pinal county resident, we'd
like to know about it.
Drop into the Examiner office
when you're in town and give us
the particulars as to where they
are stationed. how long in the ser
vice. and a little bit of biographi-
cal history so that we can print
it for the benefit of our readers.
Or. if you don't get in very often,
write us a card or lettere setting
forth what you want us to know.
BY so doing. you'll be doing a
real favor for the men in service.
They enjoy reading about one an
otheF-in knowing where their
friends are located and what they
are doing You'll be making the
Examiner more interesting for
them and you'll help bring the
boys closer to one another.
Give it some thought. And let's
hear from you.
If you have a good. clear pic
ture OF that boy or girl in service,
let's have that too so we can run
it in the paper. But remember,
the picture must be clear in order
to reproduce well.
And you fellows from Pinal
county already in service. how
about sending us a letter when you
have time and letting us know how
you're getting on. We want to
keep in contact with you. Be sure
to tell us If you're getting the Ex-
aminer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Prisoner Dies In
Attempt To Escape

Homer Horan, AZ, inmate at the
Arizona state prison died about
noon Monday after falling so feet
in an attempt to escape.
Koran died at the county hospi-
tai at Florence where he had been
taken for x-rays. He had obtain
ed a rope and hook which he
flung from the cell block to the
prison wall and fell when he tried
to use the rope, which broke un-
der his weight. He suffered a
broken arm and leg and internal
injuries. DR.. G. H. Walker Of Cool
idge, prison doctor, attended him.
Horan was buried at the state
prison cemetery. He had been
sentenced on five bogus check
charges and faced a minimum sen
tence of II years and maximum of
10.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Elementary School
Faculty Listed
For Coming Year
Term will start Sept. z.
Buildings have been
'-~~ed and library re-
catalogued.

Coolidge elementary schools will
open Sept. 7 at o'clock p. m, ac-
cording to an announcement from
the office of Wesley D. Kirby, SUI
perintendent.
The buildings have been thor
oughly cleaned and renovated pre-
paratory to the opening of school.
The library has been recatalogued
and all books have been repaired
and reconditioned.
Mrs. Beth NJ. Applegate, Univer-
sity of Montana, will be secretary
to the superintendent The fol-
lowing faculty members have been
employed for the school year of
1894:
kindergarten Miss LaVerne
Marcy, graduate of the University
of Nebraska.
First Grade-Miss Eva Harris,
graduate of the University of Ari-
zona.
Second Grade-Mrs. Avis Paul,
Arizona State Teachers college
and Mrs. Elene Hicks, Arizona
State Teachers college, Tempe.
Third Grade-Miss Lucille Bris-
coe, Arizona State Teachers col
lege, Flagstaff and Mrs. Estella
Sheriff., Arizona State Teachers
college, Tempe.
Fourth Grade-Mrs. Nadine Ian
ier, University of Colorado, Bould
er and Ralph Dyer, Marshall col
lege, West Virginia.
Fifth Grade-Temporary appoint
ment, Mrs. Sybil Gammage, Colo
RADIO College of Education and Miss
Lois Wiese (also arD Arizona State
Teachers college, Tempe.
Sixth Grade-Mrs. Evangeline
Garrison, Arizona State Teachers
college, Tempe and John G.. Rook-
er, Arizona State Teachers col
lege, Tempe.
Seventh Grade-Miss Emma Hol-
bein. Colorado State College of
Education, Greeley and A. X. Os-
born, Arizona State Teachers col
lege, Tempe.
Eighth Grade-M. E. Merrill, Ar
izona State Teachers college,
Flagstaff. A vacancy exists in the
second eighth grade class.
School Nurse-Mrs. Sue Stew
ard.
Americanization School, Borree
Corner, Miss Mary Bramhall, Ari-
zona State Teachers college, Tenn
pc.
Colored school, Borree Corner,
Miss Lorena Miller, Arizona State
Teachers college, Tempe.
Mrs. Jenny Harris will be the
cafeteria cook for the current
school year.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Arizona One of Ten
States Not Cut In
Gas Coupon Values

That Arizona seems to be in a
favored position as far as it's gaso-
line coupons is concerned was
pointed out Tuesday by Coolidge
rationing office.
With the exception of ten states,
there has been a cut in gasoline
coupon values from four to three
gallons. Arizona is one of the ten
that has not been cut. The other
nine are Washington, Oregon, Cal
ifornia, Montana, Idaho, wyoming,
Utah, Colorado and Nevada.
The ration office warned motor
lists not to take advantage of the
situation, however pointing out
that there is still possibility that
these ten states will face cuts.
Boards have been asked to reduce
up to 40 per cent, the Coolidge of
flee said.
c. K. Skousen is chairman of the
gas panel of the county rationing
board. Earl Smith and w. T. Nc
Kinney are other members.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Will Start Third
War Bond Drive
First Next Month
Quotas are considerably lar
ger than those set in Sec
ond drive in April.

Pinal county's quota in the third
war loan drive beginning Sept. 9,
has been set at $906,900, accord.
ing TO Carl Anderson. county chair
man of the war finance committee.
Y. c. White. Coolidge commun.
ity chairman, states that while no
set quota has been established for
Coolidge. that with a county quo.
Ia of 1906 900. the amount to be
raised in Coolidge viii roughly be
5000. 900.
This is considerably larger than
the quotas set In the second drive,
when Pinal county was asked TO
raise S260.600 and Coolidge only
$4,000.
In the second drive. the county
went well over its quota, raising
$452.551. as did Coolidge and 9TH
er places in the county.
The amounts raised In the sec
ond drive We're as follows: Cool
idge. $132.020 Casa Grande, 1885,
04s; Superior. s102.163; Florence,
$34.725 and Ray s22156.
Pinal county was one OF the
highest counties in the state in
OF quota in the second
drive. Casa Grande led all towns
in the drive in amount raised.
White states that the drive will
get underway next week in this
vicinity
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
AIva |. Weaver
Succeeds Walker
As Prison Warden
Weaver, native of Pinal
county, served as county
treasurer from 1929 to
1882.

Alva l.. Weaver. who for sl9
years served as secretary Of the
Arizona state prison. has been
named warden succeeding a. G..
Walker. whose resignation because
of i'll health becomes effective
August 81.
Governor Osborn appointed
Weaver as warden. walker serv-
ed as warden for four years un-
der the late Governor Moeur. then
went out during the Stanford and
Jones regimes and was again ap-
pointed when Osborn became gov
ernor.
The new warden. who served As
county treasurer from January lst.
1929 to December 81. 1882 and as
deputy county treasurer under his
mother. Mrs Katie Weaver. dur
ing the four years preceding 1929.
is a native OF Pinal county and
was born in Casa Grande. IL years
ago.
Weaver was appointed as secre-
tary OF the state prison on January
lst. 1893 at the start of Governor
B. b. Moeur's 1st term as COVER.
nor and at the expiration OF his
own service as county treasurer.
Serving four years under Governor
Moeur he was out during the Stan
ford administration TO be appoint
ed once more when Bob Jones be
came governor January LIST. 1899
and was reappoiAted January 1st
l94l by Governor Osborn
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Former Florence
Mans Invention
Aids Artillery

1t. Col. Abbott H. Burns, for
mer Florence resident, is the in
ventor of a slide rule called a
graphic firing table, credited with
increasing efficiency of allied ar
tillery, according to a recent issue
of Time magazine.
1t. Col. Burns entered service in
November of 1941 and was assign
ed to a fire direction team at Ft.
Sill. He is a son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Roy Burns who lived in Florence
for a number of years. He spent
his entire boyhood in Florence. 1t.
Col. Burns is a graduate of the
University of Arizona.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

ter to the Examiner this week re-
ceived by him from the adjutant's
office, advising him that his son
had been reported missing since
July 81. The Examiner, issue of
August 6, carried an item stating
that he was missing.
The letter received by Stubble-
fields father, which follows, did
not mention the youth other than
as missing:
Dear Mr. Stubblefield-We re-
gret to advise you that your son,
Lieut.. Karl G. Stubblefield. of this
organization, is reported missing
in action since July 81, 1943.
Your son, the pilot of a heavy
bombardment plane, was on a
dawn bombing mission over enemy
territory in the South Pacific area.
He was last seen Immediately af
ter he had made bombing run
over the enemy target.
"Your son was a great pilot and
plane commander and a popular
officer having the respect and ad-
miration of every officer and en-
listed man of this squadron. Ev-
cry member joins me in expressing
our deepest sympathy for the loss
of your son. We have lost a fine
soldier" Ernest f. Wellenbrock,
1st Lieut., air corps, adjutant.
Lieut.. Stubblefield was awarded
the airmen's medal for II opera
tional flights. He was born Fri
day, December 13, 1918, at Red
ford. Mont, and came to Coolidge
in 1929.
He graduated from Coolidge
high school and attended the Uni
versity of Arizona where he ma
jored in mechanical engineering.
He enlisted in the army air corps
Nov. 13, 1941.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

work and sometimes | get tired OF
IL. yet on the other hand | like il
too AS assistant flight officer,
make up all flight schedules and
assign all pilots 10 all flights and
in addition keep all individual
flight logs and the master flight
log. am also assistant communi-
cations officer and this job in
wolves lot of detailed work. ev-
cry bit of which has TO be done
correctly.
Il have recently qualified as a
rear seat man, which involves
handling the planes communica-
ton system and rear seat gun.
They have regular men for this
Job but | qualified so I could take
an occasional flight went on a
special flight today and enjoyed 1t
Immensely.
We work seven days week
and can only take a day off when
permission is granted by the skip
per. He is very generous about
doing II though"
In the v-mail letter. 1t Chand-
Ter said he would enjoy getting
the Examiner. SO Mcfarland
sent il to him and in a regular
letter dated August 3, Chandler
writes:
Thanks a lot for the Coolidge
Fxaminer-have received two Is
sues already-received one yester'
dav and il came in nine days.
Didn't expect you 10 go to the ex-
pense of sending them air mail but
sure do appreciate ii. II takes our
second class mail five to six weeks
TO get here so there Is quite
difference.
"I'm still with the same outfit
doing about the same type OF work
and eating three good square meals
a day. According TO one of John
Goree's letters. they have trouble
getting cigarettes and tobacco.
"The opposite is true here. We
can buy all the cigarettes we want
for five cents q pack. We are also
allowed a couple of cases OF beer
per officer per week. which we buy
at 10 cents a bottle.
Its difficult to get certain kinds
of clothes and | spent a month try
ing to get some khaki pants but
finally found some. We still have
real good food considering, with
cold storage eggs every other
morning for breakfast. We have
baked ham at least once a week
and steak about twice.
I'VE have been having quite a
time with the rats. Out here they
grow to be about the size OF a
small rabbit and If cornered, will
attack a human We thought we
had made our hut ratproof but
found a couple inside so everyone
present grabbed whatever was
handy and we started after the
rats.
Before the thing wound up
there were ten to Is of us in the
hut killing them and quite few
spectators outside looking on. The
racket we made was heard fol
quite a distance. In the meantime
some of our men made some rat
traps and last night we had two
live ones in the trap, so we turn
ed them loose in the hut and start
ed the fun over again. That viii
probably be our evening pastime
for a while now"
1t. Chandler is a son of Mr.. and
Mrs. E. D. Chandler of Coolidge
He is in the naval reserve and lef
for overseas duty March 8 from
San Francisco.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
The CAizaa4
Note Book
IT'S NOW TIME

TO do our Christmas shopping
the most important Christmas
shopping wen ever do for the
men in the army. in the navy and
in the Marines and with the
accelerated pace of the war it may
be the last Christmas on earth for
many OF these men. A gloomy
thought 10 be sure but certainly
too true. According TO government
edict packages addressed to men
in the armed forces overseas must
be mailed not later than October
18th and the earlier the bet
ter.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Kenneth Stewart Of
Valley Farms In
Air Force Course

Kenneth X. Stewart, 10. OF Val
ley Farms is now at Oklahoma uni
versity, Oklahoma City, taking a
course of army air force instruc-
ton that will last about five
months before his appointment as
aviation cadet in the air force.
Upon completion of the course, he
will be classified as pilot, naviga-
tor or bombardier and go on TO
schools for further training.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Food Is Good,
Rats Are Bad"
Writes 1t. Chandler

In a V-mail letter TO S. c. Nc
Farland. 1t. Virgil Chandler, for
mer Coolidge lawyer and Pinal
county attorney, now overseas,
writes:
My work is nearly all office
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Stanley Mathews, Jr.
Of Florence Is
Appointed Lieutenant

Stanley r. Mathews, Jr.. son of
Mr. and Mrs Stanley Mathews, ST.
of Florence, has been appointed a
second lieutenant in the field ar
tillery. according to an announce
ment this week from the war de-
partment.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Father Says Karl
Stubblefield Is
Reported AS Dead

1t. Karl G. Stubblefield has been
officially recorded from Washing
ton as dead, according to a letter
from ]. NJ. Stubblefield, his father,
now living in Aztec, New Mexico.
Stubblefield's father sent a let
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Sgt. Ray Wallace
Wants Home Paper

Writing to the Examiner this
week. Sgt Raymond Wallace. son
OF Mr.. and Mrs. r. c. Wallace of
Coolidge. states he has missed his
home town paper and would like 10
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

Q A. L. NOVEL; and Dick Fulton
left Wednesday for a weekend Of
fishing at Greer. They will join
Mr.. and Mrs. william Truman and
family, Mr.. and Mrs. Ronald Ellis
and family and Mr.. and Mrs. Dal-
ton Cole and family and Mrs. o. H.
Maud and son.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Former Resident OF
Florence Cited For
Bravery In Action

A. P. Ellis, former student of
Florence high school, and son of
Alfred Ellis. was cited for
bravery when his ship was sunk
under him during an encounter
with the enemy He was forced to
spend several days in a life boat.
Ellis is now in Trinidad.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Dossey Doesn't Mind
Hard Work If 1t
Hastens Wars End

81 sure enjoy that paper" is the
way Pvt. s. " Dossey Of Coolidge
starts his letter this week 10 the
Examiner. "Pd feel lost without
IL each week"
Dossey. whose address is hdqs
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
Williams S &c Is
Serving Aboard
Ship In Pacific

For the first time in seven
weeks, Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Will
Jams of Blackwater, received word
from their son, Bernard S 2/c, who
is now somewhere on the Pacific.
The letter, received Saturday,
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

have il sent to him. He is sta
toned in New Guinea.
W.T. tes Sergeant Wallace:
I'VE are going to win this war,
you can bet on that When it's
over, we can come home 10 our
loved ones and rest 1t will be
great TO come home and see every
body.
"The kids we used to fight
against there, we are fighting with
now and for the same cause"
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Wilson ex-
pect to move to Coolidge from
Phoenix as soon as they find liv-
ing quarters. Mr. Wilson will be
Coolidge Union high school head
coach this year, succeeding Edgar
c. Ford who has gone to Glendale
to coach.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

. Mrs. Walter Fennern, daughter
Lorna and son Deane, who have
been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Rudolph
Peters. parents of Mrs. Fennern,
returned to their home in Vinton,
Ia, Thursday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
THE WISH BOOK

has arrived, Hundreds of mail or
der catalogues. facetiously known
among many people as "the wish
book. are being carried from post
offices throughout the country
crammed with attractive pictures
of ready-to-wear. farm and home
supplies and nearly every article
under the sun. Surely the ancient
Chinese who declared one picture
10 be worth a thousand words knew
whereof he spoke.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

stated he is fine.
Young Williams, Pima Indian,
is 1S and recently completed train,
ing at landing craft school on the
coast. He was born Sept. 27, 1925,
and attended school in Coolidge
He enlisted in the navy Nov. 2
and received his basic training at
San Diego.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
A MEMORIAL HONOR

roll for service men from Coolidge
and vicinity seems more than a
dream this week as a number oil
Coolidge business men have ex-
pressed their desire TO aid the IL
nancing Of a suitable memorial 10
be erected within the city. the
erection OF an honor roll contain
ing the names OF every man and
woman from this area serving with
the armed forces would not only
do honor TO them but would serve
as a daily reminder to all OF US
that we. as individuals. might De
leaving something undone which
would be OF value to the war ef-
fort or bring a word OF encourage
ment to those who serve.
THE THIRD WAR
loan drive gets underway next
week in an effort 10 raise the
greatest amount OF money ever
gathered in one drive in the his
tory OF the world. OF the billions
in bonds to be sold nearly one mill
ion must be sold in Pinal county
and it's up to everyone of us. sing
ly and collectively. TO put every
available spare dollar into war
ugauanG
TO THE VALLEY BANK
should 20 the biggest orchid for It's
consistent advertising program
supporting war activities. Our hat
is off TO Walter Bimson. it's presi-
dent for the splendid messages his
banking institution has sent TO the
people of Arizona via newspaper
and radio since the war started
HE'S WORKING NoWl
Is the title of this story. II seems
there was a man who was so adept
al lodging work he became the
talk of the countryside. AS time
went on he moved away having
successfully lodged all the loose
work in his home town. A mum
Der of years passed and his Miss
us returned for a visit. Meeting
an old friend she was asked about
her husband whereupon she said,
"Oh. John died two years ago" AS
one word led TO another as words
frequently DO. they reminisced ov'
er Johns ability to dodge work.
Finally she remarked. But. you
ought TO see John work now
Celebrating the widow disclosed
she had had her husbands body
cremated and his ashes placed In
an hour glass where he was now
doing 24-hour duty. All of which
seems ito prove the theory ones
sins finally catch up with one.
SIGNING OFF
with the thought this last para
graph is the most difficult of all tc
write il has been said the
most arduous part of a speech oil
paper is the opening and closing
the rest simply is amplifica
tion and Qualification +. in the
ory ofttimes in practice
the rest becomes confusing.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
WRITE EN- OFTEN

and don't tell 'em about YOUR
troubles is the word coming back
home from officers and leaders of
our military forces. AS TO what TO
write the man in the service. tell
them how the family is doing; how
well and busy his loved ones are
and 20 into details; give news OF
HIS friends especially of the
girls be knows and. if they're still
single and haven't married up with
thte visiting firemenl enclose pho
tographs in your letters.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27
DON'T TELL EN-

your troubles He has troubles
of his own Your complaints He
can't help you. About things you
are deprived Of He's deprived OF
many more. And a score of other
things which are definitely pessi-
mistic.
The Coolidge examiner., 1943-08-27

COOLIDGE DAM
361,302 Acre Feet of
Water available Aug
ust 26, 1943, 3,168
Acre Feet Loss for
Week.