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The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Home Town Welcome
Given McF arland
Tuesday Night

A hundred neighbors and friends
gathered In the Florence Presby-
terian church Tuesday night TO
welcome Arizona's Senator Ernest
w. Mcfarland. his wife and daugh-
ter on their return TO their home
town.
Chamber OF Commerce. Rotary
and Lions cancelled weekly meet
ings TO attend the event. A sched-
uled Sunday family night at the
church was called off In favor of
the covered dish dinner honoring
the McFarlands.
Mcfarland talked informally TO
his neighbors of a trip TO Europe,
the Near East and Africa taken in
connection with American commun-
ication problems in the post war
era.
He told of the terrific destruction
throughout Europe and spoke OF
acute problems of food distribution.
Mcfarland emphasized the low
living standards that exist in many
countries as compared with the
United States. He spoke of Cairo,
telling of the beauties of the city
and emphasizing the near starvation
of many of its citizens. He pointed
out that Egypt. producer OF cot
ton in competition with America,
has a wage rate of 2S cents a day
for dawn to dark labor.
Louis o. Fiscel, president of the
Chamber of Commerce, presided at
the meeting. Tom Fulbright acted
as POSTMASTER and introduced Sen
ator Mcfarland. The Rev. S. B.
Hannah gave the invocation.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
incorporation Election Date Set
Library Receives
New Books for
Summer Reading

Coolidge Womans Club Library
has added a dozen new books to
its shelves for summer reading.
according TO announcement this
week by Mrs. A. l.. NOVEL;. chair
man OF the library committee. A
mong the new selection are fiction
autobiography and detective.
The library is open each Monday
evening throughout the summer
from to 8 o'clock. Membership
cards may be secured for the nom
inal sum of one dollar a year. The
library is open to the public Mem
bers of the library committee are
Mrs. c. j. Wells. Mrs. Karl Fisher.
Mrs. w. C. Pew, and Mrs. Charles
Reed. Mrs. f. f. Stringer and
Mrs. ID. S. Davis have been assist
ing with library work through the
summer.
New books received include /:
China to Me" by Emily Hahn.
General Ike" by Alden Hatch.
"Lusty Wind for Carolina" by Inglis
Fletcher, "Bedelia" by Vera Cas-
pray, Immortal Wife" by Irving
Stone. Roughly Speaking by
Louise Randall Pierson, "Taps for
Private Tussie" by Jessie Stuart.
"Time Must Have a Stop" by AL
dous Huxley, "The Deadly Dove" by
Rufus King. Doctor Woodward's
Ambition" by Elizabeth Seifert,
"The Man Who Had Everything"
by Louis Bromfield, "The Case of
the 18th Ostrich" by Colin Curzon,
"A Woman in Sunshine" by Frank
Swinnerton, Ladies Now and
Then" by Beatrice Fairfax, and
Yankee Stranger" by Elsyth
Thane.
More reader interest than usual
during the hot weather months has
been shown in the library this
summer, Mrs. NOVEL; said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Hoopers Retire After
SIS Years of Printing
To Live In Phoenix

c. w. Hooper. Coolidge pioneer
and veteran newspaper man Is re-
tiring from the newspaper and
printing business after 65 years.
He and Mrs. Hooper came TO Cool
idge in February OF 1881 where
Hooper took over managership of
the Coolidge Examiner which, with
the exception OF one year. he pub
lished until 1910. Following this.
Hooper established The Hooper
Printing Company on Coolidge
Ave. which he and Mrs. Hooper
have owned and operated since.
During his many years in the
newspaper and printing business
Hooper has been assisted by his
wife. In June of 1914 the Hoopers
celebrated their golden wedding
anniversary. They have now pur-
chased a home in Phoenix. en-
which possession passed Monday.
Before coming to Coolidge the
Hoopers published a paper for 20
year in Minacqua. Wisconsin. where
their six children were born. They
later went TO South Dakota. from
where they came to Arizona in
1928. Hooper is a member of the
Odd Fellows Lodge here and of
the Masonic Lodge in South Dako-
ia. Mrs. Hooper is a member of
Coolidge Chapter of the Rebeckah
Lodge and Ocotillo Chapter, Order
of the Eastern Star.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
New Office 10
Give Districts
Technical Aid
Soil Conservation quarters
open at request of Selma,
Florence Coolidge and
West Coolidge districts.

The Soil Conservation Service
opened a field office here to sup
ply technical assistance In conser-
walton work being planned by the
recently organized Selma. Florence
Coolidge. and West Coolidge State
Soil Conservation Districts. accord
ing 10 Allen +. Kinnison, State Con-
servationist Of the Soil Conserva-
tion Service.
These districts. organized under
state law. required assistance OF the
U. s. Department OF Agriculture
and other agencies in undertaking
needed conservation work on agri-
cultural lands within district
boundaries. Most funds appropriate
ed by the Federal Congress to the
Soil Conservation Service can be
expended only in supplying assist
ance to state soil conservation dist
riots.
The Soil Conservation Service
does not in any way administer af-
fairs OF the districts. Kinnison
states. but merely helps them in
planning and applying soil conser-
vation practices when help is re-
quested. Administering the affairs
of the district is the responsibility
OF board OF supervisors elected
by land owners within the district.
Office quarters are located at 364
West Harding Street where a small
staff OF technicians, including con-
servation engineers. will be head
Quartered. In charge OF the office
is Harold J. Fulton. who for the
past two years has worked under
the direction OF ID. w. Hulet, Dist
rict Conservationist OF the Salt
River Work Group. in supplying as
sistanee TO several districts in Mar
ieopa county.
Before entering Soil Conservation
Service work. Fulton was on the
scientific staff of the Bureau oi
Plant Industry field station at Sac,
atom. and earlier was engaged IN
business in Pinal county. He /:
thoroughly familiar with agricul
tural Practices of the Casa Grands
Valley and will be in a position tC
counsel with district governing
boards and with land owners as t
needed soil and water conservation
practices on farm lands.
Fulton will advise closely, Mr.
Kinnison says. with Mr. K. X. Hen
ness. County Agricultural Agent o
Pinal county, who handles agricul
tural Extension Service work.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10

pTeblueHl OL Tue CudmD6T Oh COm-
merce, and ]. j. Jones, secretary of
the Chamber.
In September property owners
will have the opportunity to make
their community a self-governing,
responsible town. They will decide
whether or not Coolidge Is ready
to come of age. For fifteen years
the community has permitted itself to
be cared for by the county. 1t has
not governed itself in matters of
policing, fire protection and sani-
tation regulations. 1t has not seen
fit to take upon itself the respon-
sibility of levying its own municipal
taxes and deciding upon It's own
civic improvements.
Now Coolidge citizens are to be
given the opportunity to establish
an incorporated town with the full
power to govern itself. They will
be given the chance to obtain for
themselves the privilege of deter
mining the desirability of city i'm
provements and determining their
own municipal tax levy. They will
be given the the opportunity to take
the control of their own community
into their own hands.
The establishment of the incor-
poration election date resulted from
the presentation to the board of
supervisors of a petition for an
Incorporation election. The circu-
lation of the petition had been de-
layed a year by legal technicalities.
On June Is the petition was made
available to signers.
The incorporation committee of
the Chamber of Commerce clrculat-
ed the petitions and presented them
to the board of supervisors Mon
day.
If Coolidge incorporates as a
town it will be governed by town
council and ex-officio mayor all of
whom will serve without salary.
Coolidge taxpayers will determine
what services they demand of their
home town. They will be able to
keep their taxes at a minimum or
to raise them as they deem advis-
able.
If Coolidge ID incorporated 1t will
not be pledged to any fixed pro-
gram of improvements. However.
the control of all such matters will
be in the hands of the residents
themselves. To incorporate Cool
idge Is to make it the self-govern-
ing responsible town that. its To-
cation demands it should be.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
ALLEGATION of
War Prisoners
Made to State
During cotton picking PW
help will be less than last
. year. After November
more will be available.

ALLEGATION of prisoners of war
has been made TO Arizona for fall
and winter months. Figures are ::
October 16. 1900: October 16 10
November 16. 1900: November 16
to November 30. 10.500: and Dec
ember / TO December 81. 1880.
according TO X. X. Henness county
agricultural agent.
AS compared with last year, this
ALLEGATION means that Arizona will
have less PW help early In the
cotton picking season. but that after
November 10th they will have more
than was available during last sea-
son. One factor contributing to
this shortage early in the season is
the expected wide use of prisoner
OF war labor in sugar beet harvest
in the Rocky Mountain States dur
ing the month of October.
Contracting growers or agencies
must use the prisoners OF war 80
they are TO avoid penalty. This
Is a change from previous arrange
ments under which penalties were
imposed if the prisoner of war la
Dor was not utilized 100 per cent Of
the contract period
OF wide interest TO local cotton
growers is the change in the trans
portation allowance. During the
past two years the War Department
has allowed one cent a man mile
for transportation of prisoners TO
and from work Under the new
transportation allowance, the max
imum allowed Is Is cents per mile
for the vehicle. this when twenty
or more prisoners are hauled. On
the basis that has prevailed during
the past. the farmer hauling a crew
of 100 PW's fifteen miles to work
and fifteen miles back to camp
from his picking bill. This allow
ance on the new basis will be only
$3.50. II is feared that many grow
ers who do not have sufficient
transportation for large crews will
be forced to forego use of this PW
help. This change. in the opinion
of growers having previous exper.
ience with the program, simply
means an increased cost of cotton
picking.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Leave for Prescott

A youth delegation from Com
munity Presbyterian church will
leave Thursday for Prescott to at
tend a weeks summer conference.
They will be accompanied by the
Rev. J. Carl Fritz, pastor of Com
munity church.
The delegation roster is not yet
complete. Reservations so far have
been made for Helen Wuertz, Eliza
beth Truitt, Carolyn Alexander,
Sam Layn and Raymond Alexander.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Flood Waters
Give Increase
On San Carlos

TAH ooditiOhdl dPPOTIlOnNenI
of O.25 acre feet is avail
able to lands on San Car
los project.
During the past 10 DAYS flood
waters discharging from the water
shed of the San Pedro river have
contributed to the amount of water
available for lands of the San Car
los irrigation and Drainage District.
These floods have been especially
valuable because of the fact that
low storage has been reached In
San Carlos Reservoir and a great
many farmers have been short on
stored water allotments.
Light floods on the ella river
above San Carlos Reservoir have
caused small gains and on Tuesday,
project engineer c. J. Moody de-
clared an additional apportionment
of 0.25 acre feet available to all
lands on the San Carlos Project.
This means that farmers In the
San Carlos District and Indian
farmers on the Reservation will
have added to their apportionment
about enough water for a complete
irrigation of one-half their acreage.
Farmers in the San Carlos Dist
rict should keep in touch with their
various District offices and their
ditchriders as closely as possible
during the period of summer rains
when flood waters are available SO
that they may take advantage of
all normal flow runs to which their
lands are entitled.
The second apportionment of
stored and pumped water for lands
of the San Carlos Irrigation Project
provided for the delivery of 1.6
acre feet per acre measured at the
point of farm delivery for such
lands as are under cultivation and
irrigation during the present irri-
cation season, according to Moody.
There have been increases In
Continued on page eight)
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Water Code Gets
Discussion By
PinaI Committee
Research group hears of pro-
posed projects from re-
clamation engineer-wat-
err commissioner urges CO.
operation.

The board OF directors OF the
Pinal County Research committee
discussed the feasibility OF an ug-
derground water code for the valley
in a dinner meeting August 3 at
Casa Sahuaro.
Y. +. Larsen. project engineer OF
the Bureau OF Reclamation. spoke
TO the group OF estimated costs.
advantages and disadvantages OF
the Marble Canyon. Bridge Canyon
and Parker plans for bringing water
TO Arizona.
o. c. Williams. state land and
water commissioner. told OF the
necessity for combined efforts to
bring water TO central Arizona and
Pinal county. He asked that the
research committee call upon his
office at any time for information
and assistance.
Both Williams and Larsen stress
ed the need for organization
throughout the state TO cooperate
TO secure the greatest possible
amount OF water for Arizona.
I'm a discussion OF the under
ground water code the general
opinion of those present was that
such a code was desirable TO con-
troll the amount OF water pumped
and so avoid a general shortage OF
irrigation water.
The board OF directors OF the
Pinal County Research committee
has recently been increased TO
eleven members to aid In the ef-
forts to bring Colorado river water
into this region. In addition TO
the board the following were pres
ent at Fridays meeting. V. f.
Larson. project planning engineer.
Bureau of Reclamation: o. c. Will
Jams. State Land 4 Water Com
missioner. X. Gail Baker. geolog-
teal engineer with the State Land
Dept. all OF Phoenix: John II.
Gardiner. District Engineer L. S.
Geological Survey. Tucson: c. j..
Moody. Project Engineer. U. S.
Indian Service; c. A. Anderson.
Dist. Engineer. San Carlos Indian
Irrigation District: II. J. Fulton.
project engineer. Soil Conservation
Service. and Raymond Sroaf. all OF
Coolidge.
There win be a special meeting
OF the Board OF Directors OF the
Pinal Couaty Research Committee
August the 10th. AT the Coolidge
Chamber OF Commerce office. 1880
p. m.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Mcfarland Tells
Lions Club About
European Trip
San Francisco charter alone
will not insure the peace,
senator warns and states
that foreign transactions
must be on business basis.

Telling OF attending a Lions club
meeting in Washington when Pres
ident Truman was made an honor
airy member OF Lions International
United States Senator Ernest w.
Mcfarland addressed members of
Coolidge Lions Club Wednesday
night.
The senator emphasized that
service clubs OF the nation could do
much toward the preservation OF
peace. Speaking OF the San Fran
cisco charter the speaker declared
that the historic meetings I'm Cal
ifornia's Bay city had "charted the
way toward peace but IL remains TO
be seen how the slgnatory nations
play their part along the route
charted."
The senator told OF visiting Italy
with his congressional delegation
and OF an audience with the Pope.
He touched briefly upon subsequent
visits to Yalta. Athens and Cairo
and Of his personal visits TO the
cotton fields OF Egypt
He compared the 2s cent daily
wage of the Egyptian farm laborer
and the eight cents daily paid child
rem for cotton picking with rates
paid the American farm worker
concluding with. land that's our
competition In the world cotton
marts."
PraIsing the Senate's ratification
of the San Francisco charter. Nc
Farland warned that the American
people must not now complacently
sit back and do nothing more about
insuring peace.
Mcfarland emphasized that
transactions between the United
States and other nations should be
on a strict business basis.
He spoke briefly OF a recent trip
he made to Europe. the Near East
and North Africa in connection with
his committee duty of charting a
national communications policy for
this country.
"we must do everything We can
to bring stability and political and
economic strength to Europe, the
senator said.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
Officers Club at
POW Camp Gutted in
Monday Night Fire

Fire caused considerable damage
to the officers club at the Prisoner
of War camp Monday night. The
blaze was reported by the corporal
on gaurd at 1 a. m. In one and one
half minutes the fire department
at the camp was in action.
Flames centered in the club room.
Camp firemen fought the blaze
thirty minutes to bring it under
control.
Furniture, recently purchased for
the club rooms, was destroyed. The
interior of the recreation room was
completely gutted. Roof and walls
of the building remain standing.
Plans are being worked out to
rebuild and refurnish the club.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10

On september IL Coolidge resi-
dents will determine whether or
not their community will take it's
place among the progressive cities
of the state as an incorporated
town. The date for Coolidge's in
corporation election was set on
August by Pinal county super
visors at their regular monthly
meeting.
The petition for an incorpora-
ton election was presented to the
supervisors by Robert Cannon,
chairman of the incorporation COM
mittee. He was accompanied to
Florence by DR.. G. II. Walker,
Arthur Burtcher. Howard Gosa.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
VFW Auxiliary
States Meeting
For August Is

Coolidge Auxiliary of the Veter-
ans of Foreign Wars. will meet
Thursday evening. August 16, in
the basement of Coolidge Metho-
dist church. according to announce
ment Of Mrs. c. E. Lettering, pres
ident. Following the business
meeting there will be a social hour
with members of the VFW, Sgt.
John Watkins Post.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10

. Mrs. Dalton Cole and children,
Darlene and Dalton, Jr., returned
Sunday from Springerville, where
they spent two weeks.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10

. Navy 1t. and Mrs. H. j. Ed
wards of Winkelman were guests
at the home of her brother, Earl
Hicks. from Tuesday to Thursday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1945-08-10
SEPTEMBER 19 NAMED BY COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS AS DAY FOR
VOTE ON COOLIDGE CIVIC ISSUE

Petition for incorporation election presented board
of Supervisors by representatives of civic group after
sixweek circulation of paper. Citizens get opportunity
to make Coolidge self lgovernng responsible community
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-08-07
MAGAZINE CALLS ON
CHURCHES TO "AWAkEN"

| NASHVILLE, Aug. 7 (ANP)-
NEGRO churches must wake up to
their tasks; we must see the things
that are going on around us; we
must reclaim our constituency"
says an editorial appearing in the
August issue of the Sunday School
Informer, published by the depart
ment of Christian education of the
Sunday School Publishing board,
National Baptist convention, USA,
Inc.
In pointing to the problem facing
Negro churches, the editorial states
that, Zone of the most powerful re-
ligious groups in America pub
fishes a magazine in which is
stressed the need of mission work
among Negroes, and the gains al
ready made. The organization pro-
poses to bring the gospel to Amer
lea 1o,OOO,UOO Negroes. one can
not blame any group for efforts to
extend its faith. But it should make
the established Negro churches
stop and take account of their stew
ardship."
The editorial calls for "a new
and vigorous program of evangel-
ism," and for "a new and more
vigorous program of Christian edu-
cation" Continuing, it states that
the other groups "are doing just
what we ought to be doing. True
enough, there is great colored
harvest among Americas 10000
But that harvest belongs
to u.s."
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-08-07
1T HAPPENED IN
SPRINGFIELD" TO BE
SCREENED AT PALACE

One Of the most significant film
releases of the past ten years is a
Warner Brothers Featurette en-
titled ''It Happened in Springfield -
This short subject was filmed with
the cooperation of the Springfield,
Massachusetts,, Board of Education
and it unfolds the springfield
plan of everyday democracy.
This exciting picture goes behind
the scenes of small American
town to show what could happen
if foreign-inspired hate propa-
ganda ever took firm hold.
Now, more than ever before, the
message offered by this pulsating
film must be seen and absorbed
by every person who is worthy Of
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-08-07
FIRST NEGRO NAVAL OFFICER
ON U. 5. FIGHTING SHIP

RICHMOND, Va, Aug. 7 (ANP
The first Negro officer on navy
fighting ship is speeding some
where through the waters of the
Pacific toward Japan.
Ems. Samuel Lee Gravely, Jr., %,
left here to board his PC boat in
Florida after visiting his father,
Samuel Lee Gravely Sr., during his
20-day leave
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-08-07

the name and privileges of an
American citizens.
It will be screened at the PAL
ACE THEATER on Sunday, Mon
day & Tuesday August 18th, 18th
and 18th. Harlem on the Prairie"
and "Torrid Zone" will be the two
full length features.
The daily bulletin. [volume] (Dayton, Ohio) 1942-1946, 1945-08-07
SINGERS STORY Says Time
Will CURE RACE PROBLEM

NEW YORK, Aug. Z (ANP)-
Time will cure the race problem
here in America.
That philosophy is contained in
a fairy story written by Miss Anne
Brown, popular operate singer
here, for her five-year-old daugh-
ter, Paula.
The idea for the story, she re-
"In my story for my daughter,
| wrote about town of red-haired
people who were prejudiced against
blondes," she said. Zone day little
blonde boy climbed over the fence
into the pool that was built only
for red-haired children. The red
haired children were intrigued by
him. They had never seen blonde
child before and they were abso-
lutely happy over this fascinating
new playmate.
"Of course, when the parents
found their children playing with
blonde child, there were horri-
fled. They made them promise nev-
er to do it again. This made the
children unhappy and they stopped
playing althogether. They began to
grow istless and finally they fell
i'll and began to waste away.
At last, in order to save their
own children, the parents had to
agree to let blonde children come
to the pool. Ten years later, Wis
itor to the town looking for the red
haired mayor who is spending the
day there with the children.
"But where is he?" the visitor in
quired. II don't see any man with
red hair.
"Oh, he's completely bald. He
doesn't have any hair" the visitor
was told"
Paula's first reaction to the story
Miss Brown said, was:
ooh! The red hair didn't make
any difference at all. In few years
it was all gone anyway"
She smiled, then and remarked
Eyes. In time all those things will
pass"
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-26
Has Party

JoAnn Jean Knudsen, daughter of MT. and Mrs. Emil Knudsen, celebrated her 10th birthday Monday with a party. The table was decorated with pink candles and a glass swan filled with jon quils and greens and the choco- late birthday cake had pink frosting and blue candles.
 Guests were Airline Herring, Jean Woods, Janice Kennedy, Marilyn Sundberg, Gloria De- lane, Virginia Foster, Jackie Ben son, Sally Heitman, Martha Ol- son, Stella Scroggs, Ruth Chase, Gail Blankenburg and Carolyn Gallagher.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-26
Visits Anchorage

R. R. Lunday, manager of the Orpheum theatre, left Saturday by plane for Anchorage on a bus mess trip and returned Tuesday via Alaska Airlines after spend ing ? days in Homer awaiting transportation. James Mertz op- erated the theatre during his ab- sence.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-26
Bottle Fund Brings In $161

A bottle fund started at the Club Liquor store some time ago by Ray Martin as 8 children's tuberculosis fund, was turned over to Marion Curtis, public health nurse, recently. The take was $161.
Kodiak mirror., 1945-05-26
Campfire Girls Plan For Hike

Nine girls and Mrs. Foster att tended the Campfire girls meet ing Tuesday. We played and sang and planned for a hike for Thursday. The rest of the time we passed ranks.
 Marie Cope, Scribe