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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
PTA Will Sponsor
Panel Discussion
On October Second

The future of Coolidge as an in
corporated town will be the subject
of a panel discussion at the Parent
Teachers Association meeting on
October End at eight p. N. in the
high school auditorium.
Superintendent Robert w. Taylor
will act as panel chairman. Bob
Cannon, c. w Lewis and Paul
Loucks are panel members.
The meeting is open to the public
and after discussion by panel MEM
ters to audience may participate in
a question and answer session.
The panel discussion is expected
TO deal with matters of interest to
Coolidge residents which are es-
pecially pertinent now that Coo
lidge has voed to incorporate.
Panel members will discuss to
what extent the citizens OF Coo
lidge will be able to determine the
policies, expenditures OF funds, and
tax rates of the incorporated city.
They will speak of means of de-
riying revenue and attempt to de-
termine what expenditures will be
necessary for Coolidge as an in
corporated city.
The PTA has planned the October
End program in the belief that Coo
lidge residents will want to take
part In a discussion which deals
with civic and community affairs.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Legion Auxiliary
To Hold Rummage
Sale Here Tomorrow

A rummage sale will be held by
members of the American Legion
Auxiliary of Coolidge all day to-
morrow on Main Street. Mrs. r. w.
Taylor is chairman of arrange
ments.
The Auxiliary's next meeting will
be at Coolidge Woman's Club Mon
day night. October 1. when new
members will be initiated. Mrs
c. F. Hamilton, president. will pre-
side. Final announcements of the
Auxiliary convention. to be held in
Phoenix October IL to 13, will be
made.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Lost Rites To Be
Held This Morning
For Mrs. Orc Cope

Last rites will be held at 10
o'clock this morning for Mrs. Ora
Cope OF Eloy from Cole and Maude
chapel Mrs. Cope, a former Coo
idge resident has lived in this dis
trict for nearly five years She
was born March IA, 1886, in Nc
Clellan county, Texas, and passed
away Wednesday at Florence hos
pital.
The deceased is survived by her
husband. Sam Olin Cope, one
daughter, Mrs. Byrle c. Howard
of Tucson and two granddaughters,
Lorene and Catherine Howard OF
Tucson.
Services will be conducted by
the Reverend c. F. Frazer. Intern
ment will be in Valley Memorial
Park.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
PIuns Made For
New Girl Scout
Program Here

Plans were made for the form
ing of an eighth grade Girl Scout
troop at tea for mothers of this
age group Friday afternoon In the
home of Mrs. Charles Reed, local
chairman of girl scout activities.
Mrs. Thomas s. Arnold will be
leader of the troop. Committee
members for the group will be:
Mrs. Ben Mirkin, Mrs. Carl E.
Slater and Mrs. F. M. Harmon.
An assistant leader for the eighth
grade troop Is yet to be appointed.
A meeting will be held Wednes-
day afternoon. October 8. with
eighth grade girls at North School
for organizing the unit. Future
meetings are planned for the form
ing of other age group troops.
A girl scout city council will as
sist leaders and troops in the carry
ing out of a girl scout program
here. Mrs. Reed is chairman and
organizer of the council, on which
the following members will serve:
Mrs. Leon Smith, program chair
man; Mrs. ay Blahosky. publicity
chairman; Mrs. Paul Loucks, camp
ing chairman; Mrs. George Truitt,
training chairman; Mrs. H. A. Un-'
ger, PTA representative, and Clark
Wells, finance chairman. Monthly
meetings will be held for the dis
cussion and planning of scout ac-
tiYities.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Mrs. Emmu Slater
Died At Sons Home
Here On Wednesday

Mrs. Emma A. Slater, 6S, pioneer
Coolidge resident, passed away
Wednesday at the home of her son,
Fred. Mrs. Slater had been in i'll
health a long time.
She was born March IL, 1880, at
Cotton, California, and came TO
Casa Grande Valley to make her
home in 1920.
The deceased is survived by
two sons, Fred and Carl of Coo
lidge; two daughters, Mrs. c. r.
Sturgeon Of Coolidge and Mrs.
Dean Thomas of Stafford; two sis
ters, Mrs. Clara Reed and Miss
Leora c.. Verrill, both of Los
Angeles and ten grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were
pending at time OF going to press.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Council To Hold
First Meeting
AT 7 Tonight
Office of Justice of the Peace
Chosen as Site of First Gath
ering and Organization OF
City Fathers.


With the initial and organiza-
iional meeting Of Coolidge city
council slated 10 be held tonight
at seven o'clock a large number
local citizens and taxpayers are
expected 10 be on hand 20 attend
the first meeting OF the towns new
governing group. At the meeting
tonight il is believed mayor may
be chosen. The meeting will be
held in the office Of the justice
OF the peace.
A full membership of the board
of supervisors was in Florence
Monday 20 canvass the vote of
the Coolidge incorporation election
and found the previously an
nounced results of 352 votes in
favor OF incorporation while l09
were cast against the measure.
Following a general discussion
between members OF the board OF
supervisors and a delegation OF
the chamber OF commerce the su-
pervisors advised they preferred a
list of 7 names of individuals for
membership on the original city
council. Since the feeling was
general among those attending the
meeting that the appointments
should be made Immediately mem
bers OF the board OF directors held
an emergency meeting and re-
vised the list originally presented
by the civic group.
Members of the new council
who will be sworn in TO office to-
night are George Ware, L. 0.
McMillin, A. ID. Tyler. DR.. r.
". Campbell. c. w Lewis, r.
w. Chadborn and Carl Mcfarland.
While the new mayor must be
selected from among this group no
intimation has as yet been made
as TO whom the honor would fall.
One of the first acts expected
OF the new council after II Is
formally organized for business
will be the appointment OF city
clerk and magistrate, post which
will be combined. Petitions have
been in Coolidge for several days
urging the new council 10 select
Mark Layne for this position
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Cpl. Harris Back
In Stotes From
Jup Prison Comp

opt. James H. Harris, USMC,
is back in the States after having
been a prisoner of the japanese
since early 1912. Harris, one OF
several service men brought back
to this country by transport plane,
landed in Miami, Florida, Friday
night and phoned his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. I. c. Harris, the follow
ing morning from the Biltmore
Hospital. He expects to be moved
to a hospital closer home in the
near future.
Cpl. Harris was the first Coo
lidge man reported missing in ac-
ton and for almost a year his
parents did not know that he was
prisoner. Confined at Mukdin
Prisoner of War Camp, commune
cations from Harris were long de-
layed and few.
He told his parents that he had
passed through Burma, India,
across North Africa ad Azores
Islands on the way home. There
were stops at various points so
the returning men might rest.
The populace everywhere well
coined them and did everything in
their power to make things COM
Portable for the returnees, Harris
said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
KeniIworth PTA
To Hold Teachers
Reception Thursday

Rev. Olin Lehman will be guest
speaker at the initial fall meeting
and teachers reception of Kenil-
worth Parent-Teacher Association
Thursday evening October 4, in
Kenilworth School auditorium at
8 p. m.
Mrs. c. H. Kyser, music chair
man, will direct the rhythm band
and glee club in several special
numbers The reception will fol-
low the PTA program and busi-
ness session.
Refreshment hostesses will be:
Mrs. Ralph Veazy, Mrs. L. E.
Long, Mrs Joseph Brakeman, Mrs
Glenn Carter, and Mrs Robert
Cunningham.
All parents of the district,
whether members of the PTA or
not, are invited by those in charge
to attend the meeting and recep-
ton.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Members Of Marler
Family Injured In
Oklahoma Car Crash

Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Marler left for
Oklahoma Monday upon receipt of
word that his sister and her entire
family had suffered grave injury in
an automobile accident there Sun
day. The baby was killed. Marlers
sister and six-year-old son are not
expected to live and the father OF
the family is also gravely injured.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Initial FoII Teen
Age Party Slated
For October 9Th

Teen age activities will begin
this fall with a social hour for
seventh and eighth grade boys and
girls sponsored by Coolidge Wom-
ans Club Saturday, October 6,
when members of the Mutual So
ciety of the Ids Church will be
hostesSes, according to announce
ment Of Mrs. H. A. Unger, perma-
nent teen age chairman. Games
and folk dancing are planned for
the evenings entertainment which
will begin at seven p. m. and con-
clude at 9 p. m.
The Woamn's Club will open
every Saturday evening from tc
IL o'clock for high school students
Mrs. Unger said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Legion States Stog
Party For Returned
Service Men Monday

A stag party and buffet supper
will be held for returned Coolidge
service men by the American
Legion, William David Hood Post,
at the Legion hall Monday night
at eight o'clock. Don Paul is
chairman of the entertainment
committee.
A cordial welcome is extended
by Leonard Spruell, commander,
to all returned home town serv-
ice men.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
RotoY Club Host
To New Councilmen
On Wednesday Noon

Newly appointed members of
Coolidge council were guests o.
the Rotary club Wednesday noon.
Robert Cannon, chairman of
the Incorporating committee of
Coolidge chamber of commerce
addressed the club members and
guests using as his subject THE
relationship between city govern
ment and civic clubs"
All fines of the last two meet
ings of the club were donated to
the Boy Scout building fund.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Sturt Construction
Of Dodee-PIymouth
Show Room For City

Construction of a new building
to house the Dodge and Plymouth
automobile agency has been start
ed by Paul B. Hannah on Arizona
Boulevard. The new building will
have a plate glass frontage of IS
feet and a depth of 100 feet.
The new building will have
modern service equipment in the
rear and a large show room for
display of the new 1916 models
which Mr. Hannah hopes to have
before January st.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Tempe Shooting
Solved By PinaI
County Officers
Sheriffs Men Piece Together
Evidence Which Leads To
The Apprehension of King
And Jones


Pinal county officials this week
pieced together the evidence and
obtained the confessions which
solved the shooting OF Howard l..
Walter. Tempe filling station op-
orator.
Paul King. taken from a bus in
Benson upon the request OF Pinal
county's sheriffs office and brought
TO Florence by Undersheriff Travis
Wall. signed a full confession Sat
urday night In Florence court house
offices. Henry Jones who was with
King al the time OF the shooting
had signed a full confession earlier
after twenty minutes OF question
ing by Pinal County Attorney Tom
Fulbright.
A series OF apparently unrelated
incidents Friday began to form a
pattern early Saturday morning
which led PinAl county officers to
break the case.
AT nine O'Clock Friday morning
Bert kinnard. deputy sheriff at
Casa Grande. called the sheriff's
office TO request that Paul King be
taken from a bus at Benson. Bob
--- owner OF bar In Casa
Grande had reported the theft OF
ssi from his cash register and
believed King. 4 bartender, was
responsible.
On Friday evening at seven. Pinal
county sheriffs office had received
from Maricopa county the descrip-
tion and license number of the car
used by the Tempe killer. Bert Kin
nard and Chief OF Police Al Size
more OF Casa Grande found the car
about IL miles out OF Casa Grande
on the ella Bend highway.
Maricopa county sherifrs men
arrived on the scene as Pinal coun-
ty's undersheriff. Travis Wall. un-
loaded the prison blood hounds In
an effort TO track the men from
the abandoned car. Maricopa coun-
~ men identified the car and OBJ
talned some finger prints from IL.
Wall. Kinnard. Homer Ward OF
the Pinal sheriff's office and Buddy
Kratzberg. highway patroiman
checked all ranches In the vicinity
after a high wind had so obliterated
the killers tracks that the hounds
could no longer work.
About three O'Clock Saturday
morning II became evident 20 Wall.
Kinnard. Ward and Kratzberg that
the Casa Grande theft and the
Tempe killing were related.
Undersheriff Travis Wall went
to Benson to pick up King and
Kinnard and Ward searched Casa
Grande for a partner who had gone
TO Phoenix with King.
Informed OF developments Mari
copa County Sheriff Roach came TO
Florence where he joined with Pinal
County Attorney Fulbright in the
questioning of King. who refused
TO talk all Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening Kinnard and
Ward picked UP Henry Jones. who
had accompanied King TO Phoenix
on Thursday. He was brought TO
Florence where after twenty min
utes OF questioning by Fulbright he
gave q full confession.
Confronted with Jones confession
King also made full confession In
front OF Fulbright. Sheriff James
Heron and Sheriff Roach
Pinal county relinquished anv
claim to the prisoners on grand
theft charges and they were turned
over TO Maricopa officers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Make OPA Applications
By Mail Saws Official

Coolidge residents are requested
to make OPA ration board appli-
cations by mail rather than by
personally visiting the board Of
flee in Florence. This request,
made by Florence ration board
officials, is made to aid the ap-
plicant and expedite applications.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

S/Sot. Joe MarIer, returned
Friday from Fort Macarthur
California, with an honorable
discharge from the army. Mar
Ter was for many months In
the European theater and has
been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal. Combat Infantry Badge
and four battle participation stars
for the following campaigns,
Northern France, Rhineland,
Ardennes and Central Europe.
He and Mrs. Marler have made
their home In Coolidge for a
number of years.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Bond Instruments
On Display Sunday
At Shoore's Home

Isadore Shoore, music instructor
at Coolidge high school, is anxious
to have the members of CUHS
band furnished with the necessary
musical instruments, some OF
which are extremely hard to get
at this time. Available through
the music instructor Of Florence
high are two trombones and one
alto horn, which will be returned
to the east unless wanted by some
one in Coolidge. The instruments
may be seen at Shores home
across from the Indian Service on
Sunday between II and 3 o'clock.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

OMrs. d. H. Claridge and Mrs.
Merse Harrell. both OF Phoenix,
were weekend guests at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Pierce Vensel.
They are Mrs. vensePs mother and
sister respectively.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28
Billy G. HARMON, sa.e, ar

BILLY G. HARMON, S &c, ar
rived Saturday from Bangor,
Washington, on ten day leave to
visit his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Sy
Harmon of Valley Farms. His
brother, Cpl. Ralph Harmon, re-
turned last week to Ft. Lawton,
Washington, at the conclusion OF
a 21-day furlough. The corporal
has been stationed in the states
for some time, following duty in
the South Pacific.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

"a plate glass window at Appel
and Sons on Coolidge Avenue was
broken Saturday morning when a
truck driver misjudged his dis
tance and backed into 1t.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

OR. o. Jeter, whose leg was badly
cut in recent tractor accident, re-
turned to his home from POW camp
hospital last Thursday and is now
back at work at the camp.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-09-28

TISat. Ebert D. Cude has
received an honorable discharge
from the U. S. Army Air forces,
according TO word received this
week. cude. son Of Mrs. Ona
cude, served as a radio opera
tor In the European theater.
He has been awarded the Dis
tinpuished Flying Cross and the
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
Clusters. Guide. who engaged
In farming before entering the
service, came 20 Coolidge In
1910 TO make his home.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
Always Needed Money

'Tt Is hard TO believe" she re-
piled. 'but i was n very sickly
child until was 10. No one
expected me to live. And I have
been close to death at least q
half-dozen ( mes since my
young wOmanhood. The truth
Is that I keep going by sheer
will power, becaGse I'm fond Of
living"
Although Tom died when only
81, Mrs. Wolfe contends he
crammed at least IS years OF
experience into that span. And
according TO Toms literary out
put you might say her estimate
is fairly conservative.
After our long talk. VIII ! c h
was terminated only because a
deadline was staring me in the
face, Mrs. Wolfe reflected how
ironic il was that one of Toms
books had been bought for a
picture now that he had passed
on.
tom was always pressed for
money" she said, because he
had absolutely no idea Of its
value. He often spoke Of going
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
Exceptional Memory

'T don't know movie stars by
their Names" she said. II don't
70 20 the movies very often and
only remember the ones I sec
by their faces"
But don't get the idea she
isn't sharp. for all her S5 years.
She recalls dates from her child
hood so vividly you begin to
understand why Tom was so full
OF stories.
T believe Tom inherited his
memory from me-" she said. 81
can remember many things that
happened 20 me when ! was As
young % 8 years That's been q
long time. too. was only Is
months old when the Civil War
was declared"
To find a woman OF her age
travelling across the country
alone, and none the worse for
the journey. prompted me TO ask
her how she keeps going with
such apparent energy.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
Tom WoIfe's S Mother
Gives S Inside Story
Of Late Son Author
HOLLYWOOD, April 7.

HOLLYWOOD. April 7.
IF THERE ID anything more
1Eabid- -than-a-Van johnson
fan it's q Thomas Wolfe fan,
although the comparison is bit
cockeyed and Wolfe pitched in
an entirely different league.
In case you are not familiar
with the works Of the late Wolfe.
you win be IL you ever run
across one of his admirers. They
have a habit Of corraling you
into a corner TO tell about Tam
and to urge his books upon YOU
Being a Wolfe fan, I lost no
time looking up his 85-year-old
mother Julia E. Wolfe, when I
heard she was in Hollywood. She
had arrived to discuss the film
ing Of her late sons loved book,
Look Homeward Angel" with
producers Richard Monter and
Arthur Ripley.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
Plenty of Tall Tales

My primary concern in inter-
viewing Mrs. Wolfe was to
verify or disprove many of the
legendary things I had heard
about Tom from people who
claim to have known him
although space win not
permit me to go into detail on
this matter. you may write In
your book that lot of tall tales
have been told about the authors
activities.
People are apparently 50 fond
OF Toms books they like to
imagine they knew him.
When I asked Mrs. Wolfe
what actor she thought should
portray Gene Cant in Look
Homeward Angel" who In based
on Tom himself, she declared
she didn't have the slightest
idea.
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08
Debut Planned

HOLLYWOOD. April Z.
On April 8, Mary Frances
Griffen, talented daughter Of
Irene Dunno. makes her first
public appearance as q pianist.
And did you know she also is
composer!
Detroit evening times., 1945-04-08

to Hollywood, where he could
earn enough to keep himself
from want. But I think Tom
overestimated Hollywood and
Its ability to pay big dividends
rs far as he was concerned. He
was 30 impractical about money
that even the movies couldn't
have made him . wealthy man."
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
Society News
OVERSTU FLED CLOSET LAUDS
CLOTHING DRIVE.

\. last perhaps I'll catch my breath
For years | have been Choked tl
uCath
With ancient clothes, outgrown and
sccdy
Winch should be given to the needy
Relieving Europe's destitute
VIII mean relief for me. to boot.
For surely, now | shall be tree
OF clothes that have been clogginq
me.
I've often wondered Why the
madam
Holds onto dresses which she's had
EN-
For ages. They're quite out OF date.
Besides, she's put ON too much
weight;
To wear the frocks that once were
loose.
And though she's planning to re-
duCC,
She never does, 50 now | pray
Shell give my surplus stock away.
-MARGARET FIFSIIBAGE.
in New York Herali Tribune
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
DON'T FEAR RIDI(JLE

IF YOU ARE afraid to be ridi-
culcd for a brilliantly conceived
coup that doesn't work out, you
xiii have to get along the best you
can without using all Of the Wcap-
ons you possess Imagination is
one of the finest Of those And
when it is combined with courage,
common sense and the energy to
study out a problem, it can pro-
ducr some of the NEST satisfying
developments that can ever occur
at bridge table But. to cash in
fully on that set Of qualities, you
must be Willing to take the rap
occasionally from group Of gig
Cling associates who don't know
any better
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
Mrs. King Speaker
For Garden Club

Mrs. II. *. KING was guest speaker
at the meeting of the West End
GarGen CLUB on Friday afternoon at
the home of Mrs ". p. GholsOn
with the following as Joint hostcsscs:
Mrs. J. c. Mann, Miss Salle Garu.k,
Mrs. 4. I. McNeny and Mrs. ". X.
Laws. The meeting had been planned
TO be held in the beautifully land
scaped garden Of Mrs GholsO3, but
was called indoors because Of the
weather.
The president, Mrs. S. r. Watson,
presided at the routine business ses-
sion, following which the program
chairman, Mrs. ". p. GhoIsDn, in
troduced the speaker for the AFTER
noon, Mrs. II. x. King. Mrs King
spoke on flowers OF the Holy Land.
She enumerated the flora of pales-
tIae, relating legends about the OH
gin of several, notably the Star Of
Bethlehem, which dotted the hiIlsides
Of Palestine after a fallen meteor.
AS the flower Of purity, she related
| the biblical legend of the Madonna
/ lily. She also told of the interesting
significance of the red lily, and ..
the heraldlc lleur-dels. as that Of
/ the royal arms of France Of "flcur-
| de-Louis.'
Mrs. King said that all the bcauti-
tul symbolism Of the lily was sum-
med up in John MascneId's poem,
The Everlasting Mercy. Following
her talk, Mrs. king passed among the
members a book made of wood from
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
Dramatics Club
Presents Play To
Large Audience

The Dramatics club of Henderson
high school presented a one-act play
"PriVately Printed in the high
school auditorium which was well
filled, last night. The plot Of the
story involved the true story of Pan
dora, who in the myth unleashed
all the troubles in the world.
In the prologue, Helen Eppes, as
the Grandmother, was telling the
story to her granddaughter, Myrtle
Aston. The play proper was the
story how Pandora, Gloria VAN
Dyke, came to earth to live with
Epimetheus, Billy Mitchell, Hermes.
Roy Bradford, then paid a visit to
earth and enticed Pandora to pur-
chase a book which she could use
to get man to do anything she
wished. Pandora finally persuaded
Epimetheus. Billy Mitchell Hermes,
earth with him, using Wiles she ac-
quired from reading the "priVatcly
printed" book brought by Hermes.
Miss Shannon Morton, sponsor Of
the Dramatics club, directed the
play Miss Tempe Bradley is presi-
dent of the cluD.
A concert Of semi-Classical and
popular music was presented by the
Henderson high school pit band, di-
lected by w. T. Hearne, prior to the
presentation Of the play.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1945-04-21
HOLD-IP BADLY ABUSED

NO PLAY is made ofsener in
wrcns situations than the hold-up.
Many generally[ good players
abuse it by trying it as matter
Cf pure habit when engaged IN a
No Trump contract. The defend
ers misuse it just as badly as the
declarers. For some reason, a lot
of players think of it as stand
srd means of keeping an opponent
from running The cstab!ish1ble
small cards of some suit. 1t is that
sometimes, of course, especially
when the hand with the suit lacks
re-entries But when there are
enough re-entries in sight, the
play may merely throw away a
valuable unit Of timing or cut
down the number OF tricks your
side gets even in that suit.