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The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Scottish Rite Group
Attends Spanish
Dinner At Eloy

Twenty-four members of San
Carlos Scottish Rite Club attended
a Spanish dinner at the home of
John White in Eloy on Saturday
night.
Those present were L. ]. Rus
sell, Karl Fisher, Paul Hannah,
Robert Goree, G. w. Bryant, H. E.
Halter, Steve Christensen, Ed
Stringer, Earl Smith and Mike
Hayduke, all of Coolidge; Charles
A. Whitlow, R. L. Swearingen,
George Grossmiller, and Jimmy
Heron, all of Florence; Virgil 8.
Owen, J. F. Clements, Harry
Plumb, Al Arnsten, o. H. Maud,
and E. G. Nousch, all Of Casa
Grande; Bob Hamittes of Picacho;
Frank Rhew of Eloy, and Charles
A. Becker of Phoenix.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Mother Of Five
Kills Self At
Mariana Tuesday

Mrs. Florence E. Russell, 80, moth
er of five children, shot and killed
herself at Mariana Tuesday morn
ing. Her body was shipped to
Purcell, Oklahoma, Thursday. for
burial.
Mrs. Russell's husband, VIM. F..
Russell, is a fireman at Mariana
air base. ,, The couple resided at
Randolph for several years before
moving to Mariana where they lived
the past eight months.
The five surviving children are
all under II years of age. Mrs.
Russell is also survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. J. w. Parks
of Purcell.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

the numbers presented, but In
cleverly fashioned place cards de-
picting neighbors chatting aross
the back fence as they hung clothes
out to dry.
Mrs. S. c. Mcfarland gave the
welcoming address to past presi-
dents, which was responded to by
Mrs. c. A. Christensen. Mrs. d.
S. Davis gave a tribute to the late
Mrs. James Luthy, a past presi-
dent. Group singing added to the
general program theme.
A gift was presented to Mrs.
Wrenn. in recognition of her work
for the club during the past year.
A gift was also presented to Mrs.
Wells, a past president, in recogni-
ton of her work.
Mrs. William Mcconnell, incom-
ing president of the Junior group,
was among the guests of honor.
Mrs. R. v. Campbell and Mrs.
Kruse Davis were co-chairman of
the decorating committee. Break
fast was prepared by members of
Community Presbyterian Church,
Mrs. C. ]. Moody and Mrs. ]. j.
Jones in charge. Serving was done
by four members of the teen age
group.
A new cellotex ceiling had been
completed in the clubhouse the day
before the breakfast and added
greatly to the appearance Of the
building. A new window cooler
had also been installed.
About thirty-five were present
for the occasion.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
W.S.C.S. Decides On
Two-Month Recess

Mrs. c. Vaughn and Mrs. J. A..
Wellman were co-hostesses at a
meeting of the Methodist W.S.C.S.,
held May 25. Mrs. Robert Jen-
kins, president, was in charge Of
the business meeting.
1t. was decided to have a two
month recess and to use Tuesday
evenings for the purpose of rolling
Red Cross bandages. A commit
tee was appointed to make plans
for church Improvements.
Mrs. Melvin Gammage was in
charge of the program. Present
were Mrs. Ted Kent, Mrs. A. M.
Clark, Mrs Gammage, Mrs. John
Rocker, Mrs. Freeman Higgen-
botham, Mrs. Arthur Wichern,
Mrs. Dennison, Mrs. Walter Trout,
Mrs. Glen Carter and Mrs. Jen-
kins.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Per Capita Quota
In Fifth War
Loan ToBe SIS
County quota is ST, 900, 900.
Sales in third drive on per
capita basis were $50
and $11.99 in fourth.

Slightly over a week away Is
the start of another war bond
campaign for Pinal county and the
state of Arizona. This one, the
fifth, will seek to raise 81, 900, 900
in this county and $4,000, 900, 900
in the nation. Arizona's quota is
s32, 900, 900.
No one has been named as yet
to succeed Carl Anderson as coun-
ty chairman. Anderson rendered
his resignation last week due to
the press of other work.
Exact date of the drives open
ing is June IL. 1t closes July s.
Pinal county has an excellent
record thus far in meeting its cam
paign quotas. The quota for the
third war loan drive was s906, 900.
The county rang up bond sales Of
S1,069,740. In the fourth drive,
the quota was 100000 and sales
amounted to s99S,457.
On a per capita basis, Pinal
county's sales in the third war
loan were $50 and $11.99 in the
fourth. The fifth loan drive quota
will amount to a per capita figure
of s25.
County quotas are as follows:
Apache. 100000; Cochise 81,
275.000; Coconino, $725, 900; ella,
s1.625, 900; Graham, s440, 900;
Greenlee, $500. 900; Maricopa. s15.-
$50. 900; Mohave, s450, 900.
Navajo, S675, 900; Pima. s5.100.-
900; Pinal. s1.O0O,0O0 Santa Cruz,
$3.50. 900; Yavapai, $3.50. 900; Yu-
ma, s1,O00,O0O. Total, s32, 200, 900.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
McEuens Receive
Letter From Son In
German Prison Camp

The first letter from their son,
1t. Ross McEuen, since he was
taken prisoner by the Germans,
was received this week by his par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. Arch McEuen.
Previous word care, on a brief card
telling them that he had been re-
leased from a German hospital
and was at his permanent prison
er of war camp.
In his letter the lieutenant asks
first about all of his family here
and hopes they are well and hap
py. "I'm doing o. k. so far" he
writes. Haven't heard from any,
one yet, but 1 should within the
next two months" McEuen says
they have started an education sys-
tenn at the prison camp and most
of his time is taken up in '1earn-
ing the things I didn't, when I
had the chance" With something
constructive to occupy his mind he
doesn't think of home constantly
now, and is getting along pretty
well under the circumstances.
McEuen says there is an excel
lent library at the prison camp and
that he has been doing a lot Of
reading. There is not much he
can write about, he says, for aside
from reading and studying, there
is very little to do.
He ends his letter with this ad-
monition, Keep in touch with the
Red Cross in case of changes, and
help them out as much as possible
McEuen, who enlisted in the air
corps in 1941, is the youngest
Coolidge high school graduate to
receive a commission. Injured on
his last flight over enemy territory
he was at first reported missing.
1t was in November of 1943 that
he was officially reported to be a
prisoner of war in eastern Ger
many.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Public Is Put On
Honor In Applying
For Canning Sugar

Applicants for additional sugar
for canning are requested by the
National Office of Price Admins
tration to consider whether the
full amount of their allotment, five
pounds for each person In a fam
lily, Is required.
Persons who are not going to do
canning or preserving are request
ed not to apply for extra sugar.
Those who need sugar for canning
are requested to do the job with
the least required amount of su-
gar, regardless of the allotment
quota. The public has been put on
a direct honor system in this mat
ter. according to Coolidge Office of
Prize Administration.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Ministers Will
Exchange Pulpits
During June

To assist each other on Sundays
of necessary absence, several Cool
idge ministers have arranged to
exchange pulpits during the month
of June. This coming Sunday,
June 4th, the Rev. Lima O'Donnell
will conduct the service at the
Methodist church. On June 18th,
Rev. Leslie Ross and the congre-
cation of the Methodist church will
go to the Community Presbyterian
church, for the service there, and
on June 25th, Rev. Carl Fritz and
the Community congregation will
go to the Methodist church. Rev.
Ross will fill the pulpit at the
Trinity Tabernacle later in the
summer.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Teen Age Dance Is
Slated Tonite Under
Youth Management

The first teen age dance under
management of the student group
will be held at Coolidge Womans
Club tonight. Plans for the affair
were made at brief meeting Of
the teen ayers Tuesday night.
Betty Ruth Moody and Kenneth
Trout will serve on the refresh
ment committee. Dancing will be-
gin at $3.50 and continue until mid
night. Admission will be charged
to defray the groups expenses.
Girls will be charged Is cents
each, boys 25 cents, and couples
35 cents. All boys and girls be-
tween the ages of 13 and 10 are
invited. There will be no charge
for refreshments.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

S. Army Air Forces in India and
Burma.
An extract from the citation fol-
lows: Flying from a base deep in
enemy territory, they were sur
rounded by one of the heaviest
concentrations of enemy activity in
this theater which involved pass
ing over enemy troop concentra-
tions with resultant harassing fire.
Using low speed, single-engine air
craft. these pilots performed mis-
sions of mercy, supply and recon-
naissance which often necessitated
landing on hastily made and haZ-
ardous strips carved out of the
jungle and maintenance of their
own aircraft in the presence of and
often under the fire of the enemy,
often flying without maps or radio
aids. This display of a devotion
to duty and a degree of efficiency
above and beyond that normally
expected reflects great credit upon
these pilots and upon the Army Air
Forcs of the United States"
'S/Sgt Nicholson is che son of
Pfc Naomi Hill, WAC. His grand
mother, Mrs. N. V. Pippin, and
sister, Miss PAMELA Nicholson,
have made their home here for
several years. Mrs. Hill is station
ed at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Careless Talk Can
Result In Fatal
Leaks In Wartime

Members of the Phoenix junior
chamber of commerce, with full
authorization of the city fathers,
literally painted the town red"
Thursday morning at the request
of the United States office of war
information for the purpose of
stressing the disasters that result
from loose talk.
The sinking of at least one
American ship has been definitely
traced to careless talk in the Salt
River Valley. The office of war
information asked that the Phoe-
nix junior chamber in cooperation
with the Phoenix Advertising club
and other civic bodies bring force
ably to the attention of valley res
idents the danger Of casual dis
cussions of war information.
As the opening gun of this cam
paign, starting after midnight,
junior chamber members painted
Zip Yer Lip" together with car
toon of a tipped lip" in red traf-
fic paint upon all the sidewalks
of downtown Phoenix. Underneath
the outward hilarity of the occa-
sion all showed consciousness of
the seriousness of their effort.
Citizens who know or believe
they know the destination or
whereabouts of any friends or rel
atives in active service are asked
to refrain from passing on this
knowledge to anyone else, or 20
discuss any troop movements or
other war information. According
to OWL, careless talk of small bits
of such information, resulting in
fatal leaks" have been traced to
older people and school children In
the community.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Old Radios, Parts.
Are Needed At
Local Air Base

Old radios and radio parts are
badly needed at Coolidge air base
for the use Of men Of the Ferry
ina Command. The radios will
be rebuilt for entertainment OF
the men and for possible army
use.
Anyone having an old set that
they wish to dispose of, or some
spare radio part that might be
put to further use, Is asked to
call the Coolidge air base, ex-
tension 7, and the material will
be picked up.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Dinner-Dance Held
By Junior Woman's
Club Monday Night

Warm weather and other activi-
ties were held responsible for the
small crowd that attended the din
ner-dancing party of Coolidge Ju-
nior Womans Club at the Chuck
Wagon Monday evening.
Those present were Mr.. and Mrs.
Edgar Perham, Mr.. and Mrs. Allen
Thum, Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Jory, Mr..
and Mrs. John Rocker, Mrs. Vir-
ginia McDavid, Mrs. Mary Lin
scheid, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Rob-
erts and Mr.. and Mrs. bud" Sut-
terlee.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Volunteers Needed
To Meet Quota For
Red Cross Work

Volunteer workers are needed
for Coolidge Red Cross surgical
dressing and sewing rooms, if the
required work quota Is to be met,
according to Mrs. M. M. Ware,
Red Cross chairman for Coolidge
district. The surgical dressing
room is open on Thursday morn
ings from 9 to 1 o'clock and on
Tuesday evenings from 7 to 10
o'clock, in Coolidge Union High
School. Mrs. D. S. Davis is sur
gical dressing chairman.
The Red Cross sewing room is
at South Grammar School and Is
in charge of Mrs. J. J. Jones.
Hours are from to IL on Thurs
day mornings. Sewing may be
taken home by those desiring to
do so Anyone wishing to assist
with Red Cross knitting may OBJ
tain material from Mrs. Ware,
phone II.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Mrs. Ben Arney
Taking Air-Wac
Basic Training

Mrs. Ben Arney of Florence has
joined the Air-Wacs and is now at
Des Moines, Iowa. taking her basic
training. She left Phoenix May
81. enlisting on the 18th birthday
of the Arney's son, Buford, who
was reported sometime ago as
missing in action. He was on
duty ABOARD a submarine.
Another son, Ben Jr., Is in the
Sea Bees. Mr.. Arney is a car
penter at PW camp. Florence, and
is a veteran of the first World
War and past commander of Flor
ence American Legion post. Ar
-aey-- was a member of the 15Sth
Infantry in the first war.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Lions Enjoy Picnic
At Indian Service
Grounds Wednesday

Lions club teams captained by
Charles DeMund and Wayne Hall
stood" the expense of picnic for
other club members, wives and
guests Monday evening. The pic
mic took the place of regular club
meeting and was held at the In
dian Service plant on the Florence
highway outside Coolidge.
Approximately 80 couples were
present. Following the supper,
volley ball was played. The Hall
DeMund teams were losers in a
recently conducted attendance con-
test.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Rudolph Moraga Of
Florence Awaiting
Active Naval Orders

Now awaiting his orders to re-
port for active duty is Rudolph A.
Moraga of Florence, who was ac-
cepted for enlistment in the U. s.
naval reserve at the Phoenix main
recruiting station last week. He
enlisted as an apprentice seaman
and is II years of age.
Young Moraga, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Charles F. Moraga, has re-
sided with his parents in Florence
all his life. He was student of
Florence high school.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Nicholson Receives
Distinguished Flying
Cross While In India

Award of the Distinguished Fly
ing Cross to Staff Sgt. John A.
Nicholson, a member of Colonel
Philip Cochran's Air Commando
Force, Eastern Air Command, "for
extraordinary achievement in aer-
ial flight during which exposure
to enemy fire was probable and
expected" was announced by Ma
jor General George E. Strate-
meyer. commanding general of T..
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Auxiliary States
Installation, Social
Hour With Legion

Installation ceremonies for Cool
idge Legion Auxiliary will be held
in the Louck's patio for a social
home on Monday evening, June
5th, beginning at s o'clock.
Following the Legion installation
Monday night, which will be held
at Coolidge Womans Club, legion
naires will join Auxiliary members
in the Louck patio for a social
hour.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

Q Dinner guests at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. George MUIR on
Sunday included Mr.. and Mrs.
George H. Mann, Mrs. Dora
Burtch, daughter Joy, all of Phoe-
nix, Lewis r. Burtch, ANN 2/C,
U. S. Navy, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ed
Jory and sons. Lewis Burtch is
the Murr's nephew.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

. Mr.. and Mrs. Palmer moved on
Wednesday into the house on Lin
coin avenue recently purchased by
A. ES Taylor, Mr.. and Mrs. G. w.
Hooper, who formerly owned and
their home in the rear part of
resided in the house, are making
their printing office.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

SKenneth Wrenn, MN SIC, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. A. C. Wrenn, ar
rived Thursday from Camp Parks,
California, on two-week leave. He
is in the Sea Bees.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

Q Mrs. F. E. Stonehocker and chill
dren made a trip to Phoenix on
Thursday for a medical check-up
of her daughter, Oralie, who has
been i'll for some time with rheu-
matte fever.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02
Purple Heart For
Son Who Gave Life
In South Pacific

The Purple Heart, silent evil
dence of the valor of Pfc. Haskell
o. Antonio, was received by his
father, Juan o. Antonio, on Tues
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

. Mr.. and Mrs. Wayne Hall visit
ed friends at Coolidge Dam over
the weekend.
The Coolidge examiner., 1944-06-02

day. Pfc. Antonio, born at Black
water, May 29, 1908, gave his life
for his country March II, 1914, in
the South Pacific area.
The award was inscribed on the
reverse side with Pfc. Antonio's
name, beneath which was engraved
For military merit"
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
Kicking Horse Tests
May Define Oil Areo

Two wells now drilling are ex-
pected TO determine shortly the
oil possibilities on the flanks of
Kicking Horse structure, connect
ing link between the Kevin-Sun-
burst field and the Sweetgrass
Hills uplift, on which the Husky
Refining company recently com
pleted a 10000, O00-foot gasser at
2040 feet.
One of these wells, Husky-NOble
No. G NV NE 20-36-1E, is repair
ing rig at 1850. The other, Husky
State No. l, c NV NV 16-36-1E, is
drilling at 284.
The gasser, in NV Sc Sc S-36-lE,
got some oil with or just above the
gas sand-a very heavy asphalt
like crude
The two wells now drilling are
mapped as being considerably lower
on structure than the gasser.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
Unions WhitIash Deep Test
Nearing Top Of Madison Lime

About ready to show whdt q rotary con do in
punching through the tough Madison limestone.
Union Oil CompdnYs deep test on its MuhoneY
lease in the center of the Whitldsh field. on the
AlbertdMontdnu border just north Of the Sweet
gross Hills, mode hole TO 1850 during the week.
It is of great interest in thot it is being drilled on
q structure open TO accumulation from the north
40 miles south Of the 45bmreldn-hour Devonidn
producer recently completed by the Standard Of
California in Alberto.
It is the first Devonim test to be drilled onstruc-
ture north of the Hills. It's outcome moY have ON
important beuing on deep drilling on the north
fdnks of KevnSunburst relatively short dis
tunce to the southwest and likewise open to &c
cumuldtion from the north.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
TEST
NEARING 1000 FEET

Only little more than two miles
northeast of a dry hole Ii had pre-
viously completed in the same area,
the Texas company is drilling at
past $50 feet in its No. l G. II.
Burke, east of Pennington, In {
SW NE SW 11-25N-4W. Completion
is scheduled at about 1880 feet. II
is 10 miles straight west Of the
Bannantyne field, and ii miles
straight south of the Pondera field.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21

Results found by some of the
Canadian wells may have an impor-
tant and almost immediate effect on
Developments south of the line.
Regional slope of the Madison
lime, and possibly also of the I'M
derlying Devonian, Is upwards from
a vast section of the Alberta plains
into apexes in Montana, one of the
apexes being Montana's Kevin-Sun-
burst field Kevin-Sunburst, proven
for production from the top of the
Madison area extending Is miles
from east to west and more than 10
miles north to south, has had no
real test of Devonian possibilities,
though a well on the north slope
found substantial showings of high
gravity oil in the Devonian when
drilled to only 1890.
Already in or nearing the Madi-
son lime is an Alberta test on the
Hay Lake nose. This is joint wild
cat by McColl- Frontenac and Brit
ish Dominion, less than three
miles north of the border, north of
the center of the north line of
Township 81 North, Range 5 West,
and about six or seven miles north
west of the nearest producers in
the Darling pool of the Cut Bank
Continued on Page p
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
Cernert Heads
New Oil Group

appointment of a Montana
committee 30 assist i'm handling
problems arising sn connection
with the stripper well premium
payment plan has been an
nOuBced by the 0PA-
Heading the committee. as tempo
rary chairman is II. b. Gernert, the
Texas company, Cut Bank. Other
committee members are James w.
Johnson, Shelby; Ray A. Klugh,
Conrad; A. r. McClaine, Ferdig, and
s. " Day, Sunburst.
OPA has notified the committee
members that the price agency will
depend upon them for information
relating to various pools affected
by the premium plan.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
TexacO Plugs
Test In Hills

eliminating several weeks of
exhaustive endeavor, the Texas
company has plugged and aban-
d0ned Its No. Raabe. Sweet
grass Hills wildcat, nine miles
north of Chester, I'm G NV Sc
SIC f9-34N-6E.
Drilled with rotary tools, this
we'll topped the Madison lime sub
stantially higher than other wells
in the area. II cored saturation in
zones beneath the top of the lime,
and drilled more than 200 feet into
the lime before striking sulphur
Continued on Page 81
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
SWEETGnASS HILLS
WILDCAT NEAR LIME.

Possibilities of the area a few
miles southeast of the 10000, 600
foot gasser recently completed on
the Kicking Horse structure In the
Sweetgrass Hills will shortly be de
termined by c. c. H.-State No. /,
joint wildcat sponsored by A. b.
Cobb, Lon Crumley and e. B. Cool
idge, on the Handbook structure
The c. C. H. we'll, in G SW SW NE
36-36N-1E, is drilling at 1900. The
Husky Refining Co. gasser on Kick
ing Horse got its production at 2040.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
Wildcut Nedr Dufion
Voting Tor Repdirs

Determination of possibilities of
the Dutton structure, southeast of
the town of that name, was post
poned this week when r. G. Tar
rants No. ! Emma Hodges, Sc Sc
Sc 31-24N-1E, shut down to make
rig repairs at 1880. II has about
500 or 600 feet TO go TO test the top
of the Madison lime, In which show
ings of both oil and gas were found
by wells drilled many years ago.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21
EXPENSE OF EXPLORATION
TO REACH NEW HEIGHTS

FORT WORTH.-BuIk of the
nations OH VIII soon be coming
from stratigraphic traps, impOs-
sible 20 locate from surface sur
veys, with a resultant trenen-
dOus increase In the expense Of
finding new fields. This was the
warming of K. DeCsOlyer, Dallas
ge0E0gist, delivered at meet
Ing of drilling contractors here.
Discovery of future fields may
require from four to five times
as many wells as needed for
fields opened on other types
Of traps and structures" he de-
clared.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21

Delayed by trouble In obtaining
butane for engine fuel, Texaco-
State No. /, wildcat Is miles south
of Chester in c NE Sc SW 26-29N-
sc, is making hole again at 2260. A
previous test six miles south got
the top of the Madison at 2789
Area In which the Texaco wildcat
is drilling has been virtually ig-
nored by prospectors.
Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1944-10-21

ing, and one dry hole.
Two other compilations during
the week didn't look so good. One
was Donovan & Fauque-GF 052l36
No. IL. NV Sc Sc 8-35-2W, which
made $50 barrels of water and
trace of oil after acidization, and
Texaco-Lind No. IL, c NV NE NV
11-35N-2W, which swabbed 4S bar
rels of water and a trace of oil the
first "a hours after drilling in.
Most interesting well In the
field. az the week ended, WAS
Pacific Western OH COrp..GF
Oe33345 No. 2, SW SIC SIC 4-3SN.
3W, drilling in with hole made
TO 1859 feet. This well win ex.
tend the field to the northwest,
into the area Of broken hills
beneath the Pimr0ck and north
west Of Kelvin, If II finds pro-
tlucti0n. In the same area, also
potential field extension, a
mile northeast, Pacific Western
fContinued on Page %