The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-09

which they have chosen To engag,
In Coolidge does not include those
who were in business for them
selves here before entering the
service. but only new business
enterprises started by World WaI
II veterans.
Bruno Valazza. who served over
two years as naval flight In
structOr. is owner and operator
OF Vals Frozen Food Bank or
Central Avenue. the most mod
ernly equipped business OF It's
kind west OF the Mississippi. Va
lazza was engaged In the grocery
business for Il years at Cotton
wood. Arizona. before entering the
service. so was no stranger to the
background and growth OF Cool
idge He received his discharge
In August OF 1914 and after con
sidering many locations for his
new business decided on Coolidge
His new $4,000 locker plant
opened here formally on Febru-
AIRY %. 1896.
A former corporal. Ralph II
Ralph. served eight months In
the South Pacific before being
sent To Florence POW Camp
where he was stationed for q year
The desert held a strange attrac-
tion for him and this former Chi
cagoan. after receiving his dis
charge In January OF 1916. Gre
ated his own business from natu-
raj desert products which were
left TO go TO waste. He makes
weather. proof wreaths and crosses
at his home on West Pinkley Ave
nue. here So unusual are these
desert products that he Is now
sending a number OF them east
on order and has plans for a ma
tional advertising campaign. Ralph
was formerly a manager or a
five and ten store in Chicago. He
started In business here in May
OF 1916 and now plans TO add a
nursery 10 his original interests.
His business Is known as Natural
Desert Display.
The grocery business is decid-
edly the most popular selection OF
veterans here Among the six gro
ceries operated in Coolidge by
veterans are Coolidge Grocery.
Raymond Jones: cash and Cary
Grocery. Lewis G.. Moses: Food
land Market. Tom o. Buck: Save
Money Super Market. 500 Hoo
brothers: Time Market. Fred Cen
try: Neighborhood Market. Joe
Vasquez Jones. who served IN
the army. is from California:
Moses. also army. is from the
east: Buck. army. made his home
here before entering the service: :
the three 500 Hoo brothers are
from Chicago. and Gentry. army.
is from Alabama.
The professions are represented
by former Colonel Charles stokes
attorney. who served many months
In the European theater. He was
a resident OF Florence before open
ing law offices here.
Dudley Lewis, who served ap-
proximately four years with the
navy. is now managing the Cool
idge Hotel which he and his
brother. c. w. Lewis. have leased.
Dudley was residglt of Coolidge
before entering the service.
f. B. Caudill, formerly a cor
poral in the q. 5. marine corps.
now owns and operates Caudill's
Furniture Store on Main Street.
He is a native of Amarillo. Texas.
but made his home In Tucson two
years before entering the service.
IS months OF which were spent In
the South Pacific. After receiv-
ing his discharge In March OF
1916. he opened his furniture store
here.
Management of Waikiki Inn has
been taken over by Walter IA.
Smith from his parents. Mr.. and
Mrs. Walter c. Smith. residents OF
CASA Grande Valley for many
years. The elder Smith has min
ing interests that will require his
presence elsewhere much Of the
time. Mrs. Smith will be hostess
of the inn. Young Smith served
with the army for over two years.
He received an honorable dis
charge late in l945 after active
duty in the European theater.
Walter L. Eyer, formerly a resi-
dent of Tucson, is now in the ce-
ment block business here. He
served as lieutenant in the U. s
army air corps and was on active
duty in the Central Pacific fol
over a year. He received his dis
charge september of 1916 and
went into business here soon af-
terward
Reich's Richfield Service Sta
ton on Arizona Boulevard Is
owned and operated by Joseph j
Reich. formerly of Detroit, Michi.
gan. Reich was stationed at Cool