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Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24
Corn Demonstrators
Are Named In Kent
Selections Made BY William
Tarbell. County
Agent

William TarbCll, Kent County
agricultural agent. reports the six
Kent County farmers are CoOperat-
ing with him this season to demon
strate the value of higher appliCa-
tions of fertilizer on corn than are
CustOmarily applied.
The farmers are: Owen GOOdcn,
WOOdside; Albert Moore. Dover ;
Charles Clcndanicl. Dover. Ernest
cool. Camden; Wesley King
Wyoming and Lister Hall, Harring-
ton.
Through the courtesy of George
II. Cobb. of the American Potash
Institute. each of these farmers has
been given 1000 pounds of 10-10-1O
fertilizer to apply to one acre plot
of their corn acreage. On the re-
naming corn acreage each CO.
operator is carrying out his usual
fertilizer pacticeS. Other cultural
practices will be the same for al
the corn crop.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24
TtUO Escape Injury
In Milford Crash
Miss Florence Tease, Janis
Blades Narrowly Miss
Death

No one was injured but car
was wrecked and another damaged
in an accident on North Walnut
street last Saturday. A machine
owned by Julius Booker of Bowers
Beach and operated by William II.
Jackson. also of Bowers. hit the
parked car of Bessie Blades of IIar-
ringtOn and then carccned l60 feet
crashing into q tree on the Harry
Johnson property. Janis Blades
and Florence Tease. who were in
the parked car. were unhurt. Jack
son was fined $525O on a reckless
driving charge by Magistrate r.
Claude Beswick
Booker said his car was dam
aged $1,000.
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24
Houston Auxiliary
To V. F. w. Installs
Mrs. Dorothy Ninyard Stirni Guest
Speaker Last Sunday Afternoon

Mrs Dorothy VinyaId Stirni.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs Benjamin
r. Vinyard of Milford, was the
principal speaker at the installa-
ton ceremonies of the auxiliary Of
Marvel-Taylor Post V. f. W. of
Houston, held last Sunday after
noon in the Houston Methodist
Church. Mrs Stirni, who was in
trOduced by Mrs. Nellie Bennett.
spoke on "Thp Veterans Contri-
button to Our World Affairs of To-
day" Mrs Stirini. who was
prisoner of the JapS in Santo To
mas internment camp al Manila for
nearly four years, urged cooper
alton between the veterans and the
home folks for the establishment
of a better world
Mrs. Ann Wardoll, state auxiliary
president, was present with her
staff and carried out the work of
installation.
The program, officers and roster
Of membership follows:
Program
Advance of COlOrS.
Singing of National Anthem
Invocation by Department Chap
lain.
Obligation of Members.
Auxiliary Institution
Acceptance by Auxiliary Presi-
dent.
Presentation Of bouquet TO Mrs
Ida Marvel. gold star mother
Introduction of Post Commander
by Auxiliary President.
Solo, THE Lords Prayer Miss
Jeanne Bennett; Mrs. Grace Man
love, accompanist.
Duet, Misses Hazel and Ann
Sapp; Mrs. Grace Manlove. accom-
panist.
Introduction of guest speaker.
Mrs. Nellie Bennett
Speaker, Mrs. Dorothy Vinyard
Stirini. Subject, "The Veterans
Contribution to our Word Affairs
of Today"
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Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24
Curtain On Delaware
Racing Season Will Go
Up At 3 p. NJ. ID. S. T.,
Will Last 80 Days;
Fine Program Planned.

Invaders from New England
took over the limcliGht as Delaware
Park prepared to lift the curtain
al , y. IN. daylight Saving TimcD
Wednesday. May 30. for an ambit-
ious 30-day racing season
More than $50 of the scheduled
li0o horses are already on the
scene at quiet Stanton. deep in the
Delaware countryside but not too
far out from the Wilmington city
limits. Top stars of the early an
rivals shipped in under the watch
ful eye of Trainer +. II. Gaines. in
Guiding several stake hOpcfuls own
ed hy the South Carolinans, Mr.,
and Mrs. Cary E. BOSamcr, and Mrs.
Dorothy Noble.
Fourteen of the Gaines string are
owned by Yhc BoshamcrS, including
the -ycar-old Angry COh0rt
named for the Kent Handicap. SIS.
000-addcd feature at Il mile and a
sixteenth on Saturday, June s, and
the Diamond State Stakes, $l2,500-
added futurity number to be run al
a mile and furlOng on June %
DipXtol is also listed for the Dia-
mand State. a stake that closed its
nominations in August of 19i5.
Mrs. Noble has Little Noble. a
black son of Trace Call. eligible
for the Diamond State. Of these
three Angry CohOrt went TO the
post eight times as twO-year-Old
while the other two were but light
ly campaigned Mrs. Noble has six
other horses in her list, with Noble
Cycl0ps and Big Dub eligible fol
the two juvenile stakes, the Chris
tiana ON June %, and the Dover OF
closing day, July 4.
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Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24
Commencement AT
State College June 3
Bishop David II. Sims OF
Philadelphia Will Deliver
The Address

The Right Reverend David H.
Sims. presiding bishop of the first
episcopal district OF the \. NJ r.
Church. is scheduled to address the
candidates for the baccalaureate
degrees at the Delaware State Col
lege. Monday. June ,. at p. m
The Philadelphia bishop is one OF
the leading educators of the cOun-
try having been elevated TO the
bishopric from the presidency of
Allen University Bishop Sims has
served his church and country as
college professor, dean, president,
minister. presiding elder and was
elected bishop OF the church at the
1892 Cleveland General Conference.
He was Immediately assigned to
South Africa where he spent four
years. The 1896 general conference
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24

definitely diagnosed in states.
In Delaware the poultry disease
diagnostic laboratory of the State
Board of Agriculture has already
reported the finding of two cases.
Other flOcks are showing charact-
erlstic respiratory and nervous
symptoms such as difficult and
rapid breathing. weakness. cough
ing, sneezing. rafting sounds in
breathing, various forms of muscu-
lar incoOrdinatiOn along with sud
den drop in egg production to al
most zero. in laying flocks theAe
flocks are being closely watched
for the presence of the disease.
The necessary control measures
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Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24
Poultrymen advised To Give Close
Attention To New Castle Disease

Close attention to the condition
Of their birds and cooperation with
poultry disease officials is the chief
contribution Delaware poultrymeu
can make now toward the control
of the recently reported New Castle
Disease OF poultry. reports Dr..
Earl y. Moore. research poultry
pathologist for the University OF
Della ware
AT the New Castle disease con-
ference called by the Bureau of
Animal Industry of the United
States Department of Agriculture
on May and 2. il became apparent
that the New Castle disease of
poultry is more widespread than
was generally realized II has been
Milford chronicle., 1946-05-24

since 1920. Miss Davenport will
open the afternoon session with "A
tlashhack and Forecast of the
story on Nutrition, followed by "a
nm. The World of Plenty"
ne morning session will also
include discussion of The Sani-
tatlon OF the Poultry Dressing
Plants in Delaware Past. Present
ana Future" by Dr. John l.. Cherry
veterinarian for the Board. and the
him. The Chicken Goes To War"
produced by the Sussex Poultry
ompany. This subject is consider
cd OF special Importance since
poulrty raising and processing is
enc OF Delaware's largest indus
tries
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The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Wage Ceiling for
Cotton Pickers Set
At $2.25 Per Cwt.

Cotton pickers in Pinal county
will receive a ceiling price OF
sc.25 per hundred pounds for
clean picked cotton during the
1861 harvesting season.
The rate which is the same as
last year was set in October. 1914.
by the agriculture wage board.
II was renewed this year at the
request of state growers. Petit
tions presented to the board bore
signatures of so per cent of the
producers in Arizona.
Announcement of the wage scale
was made by E. S. McSweeney.
executive officer OF the Arizona
department OF the wage board, in
Phoenix, who said that he had
been informed from Washington
that ceilings still apply in the
harvesting OF cotton.
Both grower and picker are sub
ject to penalties for violation OF
the wage ceiling. Penalties which
may amount 10 fine of 81 900
or six months in prison or both
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Ralph SewelI. Former
Coolidge Resident. Dies
At San Diego. California

Funeral services were held
Tuesday at San Diego, Calf. for
Ralph L. Sewell, resident OF
Coolidge for seven years. during
which he served as .an engineer
for the L. s. Indian Irrigation
Service. He and his family moved
to San Diego in 1e41.
The deceased. for 90 years a
resident OF Arizona, died on Sat
urday. He was employed by the
salt River Valley Water Users
Association for a number of years
He is survived by his wife,
Mable: two daughters, Mrs. w. II.
Sharp and Mrs. William Frank;
one son. David. and four grand
sons. All are residents OF San
Diego.
Sewell was a longtime member
Of the Masonic fraternity.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Crop-Dusting Pilot
Escapes as Plane
Crashes in Flames

RAY Lange. crop-dusting pilot
for the Rex Williams crop Dust
ing Service of Phoenix and former
Hump" pilot crashed last Fri
day on the A. l.. Bartlett ranch
two miles southeast OF Coolidge
He escaped with only a few
scratches and minor burns while
his TilaIe was completely de
stroyed By fire.
Lange had just taken of from
Coolidge Park field and was at
tempting TO gain altitude with his
heavily laden ship when he flew
through the telephone and power
lines along the eastern edge OF a
field on the Bartlett ranch The
plane his wheels first. knocking
them off. and skidded approx
mately fifty feet before coming
to a stop. Flames broke out when
the ship first hit the wires.
The cause OF the accident. &C
cordiug To the pilot was the
dead air condition" prevailing
that morning which prevented his
ship from attaining its maximum
rate OF climb.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Coolidge Makes Bid
For Air Passenger
Service at Meeting

a request for air passenger
service from Coolidge to other
parts of the world was made by
Carl Anderson, Coolidge council
man at a meeting of the Civil
Aeronautics Board in Albuquerque
on Tuesday.
The meeting was sponsored by
Greater Arizona, Inc, and IA coun-
ties were scheduled to have rep
resentatiyes attending the meet
ing in interest of better air sery-
ice in the state.
Col. Matt Baird, chairman OF
the aviation committee of Greater
Arizona said: THE state OF Ari-
zona realizes that improved air
mail service to the smaller COM
munities is a necessity if we are
to make Arizona economically
sound.
While Anderson is making a
plea. primarily for passenger serv-
Ice. he will also make a. bid for
air mail service in Coolidge and
Pinal county.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Stolen Car Stalls
In Dip on Highway
Near Here Sunday

A highway dip partially filled
with water and quick work on
the part OF local officers resulted
in the recovery of a stolen car
few hours after II disappeared
from In front of Genes Steak
House Sunday night.
The thief. who drove toward
Picacho. was so eager 10 put dis
tance between himself and the
scene OF the theft that he struck
the dip at high speed. stallbg the
car. Word was received soon after
ward by, Ed Smith. Eloy deputy.
OF an. abandoned car on highway
81. Highway Patrolmen b. @.
Kratzberg OF Casa Grande and
Roger Gates of Coolidge were noti-
fled and had the car removed 10
a Coolidge garage. where its own
er. Leonard McGriff, OF Phoenix,
reclaimed 1t and was on his way
home in the early morning hours
Monday.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Three From Coolidge
Receive Injuries in
Traffic Accidents

Three Coolidge citizens re-
ceived injuries in traffic accidents
this week.
Rosa Victor suffered back in
iuries when Phoenix-bound
Greyhound bus left the road three
miles west of Mariana and plunged
into a ditch Monday. According
to the highway patrol the Dus
was forced to the side OF the
road to avoid striking an approach
ing half-ton truck which, it is al
legged, was straddling the white
center strip of the highway.
Coy Hall and a passenger in his
car, George Shupp, received mi
nor INJURIES Monday night when
Halls car was struck from behind
as he slowed for a dip on Highway
81 ten mnes south of Cooiidge
Eli Perkins, of Phoenix, driver
of the other car, is reported py
the highway patrol to have SAID
he did not see Halls car. Per-
kins and his passengers Fred Per
kins and William Fitch, also re-
ceived minor injuries.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Rivers Center TO Be
Surplus Sales Store
For Veterans and Public

Conversion of the War Reloca-
ton Center at Rivers into a huge
surplus sales store" was an
nounced today by the War AS
sets Administration, with more
than 100000 worth of supplies
and equipment ready to be sold
when the sale opens to certified
World War II veterans on Monday,
August &c.
Veterans will have a priority
neriod in which TO purchase more
than $3.50 600 of hard-toget items
offered in The first of series OF
weekly department store type
sales according to c. Dale Nc
Intyre. Rivers ple director.
After veterans and other prior
ity groups have had their buying
periods. all remaining items viii
be offered 10 the general public
without priority, Mcintyre said.
Supplies and equipment Offered
an the sale will be those used ir
the construction and maintenance
OF the Relocation Center where
$4,000 West Coast Japanese were
uuartered during the war. Many
scarce items such as clocks, paper
garden hose and wire poultry
netting are available in small
quantities and will be offered first
to veterans with the lowest Ger
tification numbers, Mcintyre said
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Motorists Continue
To Park and Pay at
Forbidden Red Corners

The "red corners no-parking
signs painted on the curbing at
Main Street and Central Avenue
have proved a paying proposition
for Coolidge with 50 fine being
assessed each visitor.
Although the signs have been
I'm evidence for two weeks motor
lists continue to park in the areas
marked off on the curb for nom
parking. A total OF 19 have paid
fines, five of them this week, to
Police Judge Minor Simms.
However, there have been no
seconds. Simms said. The no
parking areas were set up as a
safety measure as many motor
lists parking at the corner would
back into the pedestrian crossing
endangering persons on those
lanes.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
School to Open
AT KeniIworfh
On September 2
School cafeteria will start serving
meals on tuesday. September
l0-bus routes remain the same
at present.
at present.


kenilworth School will open on
Monday, September 8, according
TO announcement this week by
William C. Mcconnell, principal.
School busses have been recon
ditioned and bus routes. will re-
main the same as last year for
the present, Mcconnell said.
Floors throughout the school
building have been refinished and
first and second grade rooms have
been redecorated.
There has been one new addi-
tion TO the faculty, Ray Bergier
of Patagonia, who formerly taught
school at Florence. He will m
struct eighth grade boys at Ken
ilworth this year in physical edu-
cation and crafts.
Other members of the faculty
will be- first grade, Miss Juan
ita Golson; second grade and mu-
sic. Mrs Capitola Kyser; third
grade, Mrs. Puma Morris; fourth
grade and girls physical educa-
rtion, Mrs. Christine Roberts,
fifth and sixth grades and home
eoonomNs, Mrs. Viola Loucks;
seventh grade. Mrs. Bllender
Lynch.
Children who will become six
years old before January /, 1947,
will be accepted in the first grade
on trial One parent is requested
by school authorities TO accom-
pany first grade children on the
opening date.
The school cafeteria will serve
meals beginning Tuesday. Sep
tember 10 Mrs. Edith Steve is
cafeteria supervisor. She will be
assisted by Mrs. Glenn Stages.
Bus driver and school custodian
will be Glenn Stages, who assumed
his duties In May.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Florence Council
Passes Budget;
Drops Pay Rise
Town marshaI's salary increase Of
$500 a year Topped from budget
at final hearing by council.

Florence city council Monday
night passed the cny's 1861
budget after Topping off a 5000
item which increased the city mar
shars salary to 81 500 a year
The motion TO drop the increase
for Charles Whitlow. the marshal.
was made BY Robert Ramirez. and
seconded by c. {. Nolan after Tom
Fulbright. city attorney. explained
that the boost in salary could not
be paid under the city charter.
Under the charter. ii was ex-
planned. council is not permitted
TO increase salaries for the city
marshal. town clerk or treasurer
during the period of employment.
The only increases which can be
made are those by a new council
before the job appointee has been
named
Dugald Stewart. town clerk. told
council that the new assessed
valuation of the city was S497 .210
which is a drop from last years
valuation of $52l.9 .943. Ii was esti-
mated by Stewart that the new
tax rate would be approximately
$3.50 per hundred dollars valua-
tion.
Council was informed that the
claim against il from the Arizona
IH1ison Company amounting to
approximately $25 was for cur
rent supplied from June 20 to
July 20. 1t was Voted to pay the
bill which had been refused a
week ago on the grounds that no
current had been supplied for two
weeks. Stewart told council that
no claim would be made against
the city for the time the street
lights were not turned on in Au-
gust.
Approval OF proposed plan to
have a federal census in Florence
was also given by council. 1t is
believed that the city will benefit
/ TO the tune of several thousand
dollars in the distribution OF sales
tax receipts which is made
on a basis of population. The Of
ficial population OF the city is
now 1888. Beliefs that the new
poll would show 1000 residents
were expressed.
The city also hopes to gain
by participation in the division OF
gasoline tax receipts if an initia.
tive measure to be voted on at the
general election in November Is
passed. This measure would give
cities ote-third OF gaDline tax re
ceipts now received by counties
A census figure of 1000 would
return approximately $4,000 more
sales tax receipts TO the city each
year.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
Singers Of Songs
Shof byM Man
Seeking Sleep
Old-time prospecfor Iooses shot
gun blast at group on cafe
porch in Mammoth.

The old saying about music hay-
ing charms. etc. operated in re-
verse in Mammoth. last Sunday
night. or maybe 1t was the type
OF music.
But il was music. according TO
Undersheriff Travis Wall that re-
suited in two women being pep
pered with No shot from a
deuble-barreled shotgun in the
hands OF Millar (Red) Wallace.
a. old-time prospector.
II was reported that number
of persoas were sitting on the
eorch Of the Blue Front cafe
around midnight. Sunday. singing
the old songs. While the singing
was going on couple OF Mexi-
can boys with guitars wandered
up and sat down with the sinfJrs.
adding their melodies.
Suddenly shot rang out. cut
ting into the midnight songs. In
NOUDt as 10 ~ nat the SOUND was.
the two women wandered out to
where their ears were parked be
fore them 10 see whether il may
have been tire blowing out.
They walked into the discharge
from the second barrel. with both
women. Mrs Buck Hall and Mrs.
John NJ Hamer. being struck by
the pellets.
II turned out Wallace had been
trying To sleep but the singing.
he had another name for IL, kept
him awake. So as In the old days.
when he was besieged by a ring of
coyotes around his camp, he let
loose with both barrels.
The women were treated al their
homes in the old county hospital
Prosecution Is being held In
allegiance pending Wallace's future
actions.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
New Power Station
And RainfaIIs
Aid TO Farmers
Picacho sub-station opened TO al
low "a additional pumping hours
for IRRIGATION.

Events during the past week
have painted a roster picture for
the farmers OF this area.
The new substation OF the Salt
River Valley Water Users asso-
citation between here and Eloy will
enable irrigators Of this area to
pump water an additional "a hours
week cutting the forbidden pc
riod by half
While heavy run of flood
water originating in Jhe San Pedro
river last week struck the diver
sion dam east OF Florence and
was run as a normal flow to lands
in the San Carlos Irrigation and
Drainage district.
AT the same time irrigating
water was released from the Coo
lidge Dam for the first time since
June l6. with the reservoir yield
ing 100 cubic feet per second.
Additional rains have added to
the underground water and with
additional current furnished for
pumping 1t would seem that the
dry spell is about licked. observ-
ers said.
The new sub station. known as
the Picacho station, was opened
Monday and all lines tied in Tues
day more than three years after
Il was projected.
At present the sub-station is
tiad in with the Casa Grande
station and IL is expected that
later II will be connected with the
Eloy station.
Heretofore the transformers at
the local station were overloaded
causing a shorter life for the
transformers.
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
VACATION SPOTS

IN the White Mountains had rec
ord crowds and all throughout the
pines evidence OF new tourist ac-
commodations under construction
may be seen within the next few
years when the highway widening
program between Florence juno
tion and Miami Is complete. the
number OF Valley residents own
ing summer homes Ia the White
Mountains will increase many
times
The Coolidge examiner., 1946-08-16
September 2 Set
As Opening Date
Grammar Schools
Large enrolment expected in Coo
lidee Elementary Schools This
Year - Additional SchooIrooms
Provided.


Approximately 900 pupils will
return to Coolidge elementary
schools on Monday. September 9,
the opening date announced by
r. W Taylor superintendent OF
Coolidge schools. 4 teachers
meeting is scheduled for the pre-
ceding Saturday. September Z.
There will be no registration
OF pupils this year prior 10 the
date OF opening. The large enroll
ment expectancy IS based on last
years closing figures. TAYLOR said
II has been necessary to provide
extra classroom space by convert
ing the manual training building
at south school and the library at
north school into classrooms The
manual training building has pro-
ybded two extra classrooms and
the library gives third
Ten new teachers nave joined
the faculties OF Coolidge elemen-
tary schools this year They are.
Mrs. Ann Corbin. Miss Nadine Ir-
vine, and Miss Sadie Martin. all
OF Coolidge. Mrs. Lois Ewing OF
Texas. Mrs. Stella Base OF SAGA
ton. Mrs. Emma Boswell of New
Mexico. Miss Alice Howard Of
Morenci. Miss Mildred Jones OF
Illinois Miss Machel Rollings OF
Tennessee. and William Dorsey OF
Los Angeles.
Teachers who will continue to
fill their places as faculty mem
hers OF Coolidge elementary
schools are: Mrs. Sybil Gaa-
mage. principal, Mrs. Kathleen
Merrill. principal at south school.
Mrs. LaVerne Rowe. Mrs. Dorothy
Simms. Mrs. Margaret Patterson.
Mrs. Dorothy Osborn. Mrs. AVIS
Pau. Mrs. Esther 'Stonehocker.
Mrs. Eyangeline' Garrison Mrs.
IVA Gammage. Mrs. Nadine La
nier. Mrs. Etha Fulton. Mrs. Ber-
tha Dorsey. Miss Jane Havens.
Miss Lena Annis. Miss Lucille
Briscoe. Miss Margaret Kochen-
derfer. Miss Mary Bramhall. Miss
Frances Pike, Miss Hortense Nc
Cray, and A. X Osborn.