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THE HOUSING
problem in Coolidge which has
been acute since the activation of
the prisoner of war camp at Flor
ence has reached the critical stage
with the opening of the new Cool
idge air field. Each of these army
units need a large number of civil
ian employees .. . many more
than can be drawn from labor re
serves to be found either in Flor
ence or Coolidge and housing of
these employees is a community
problem which must be solved.
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IN ADDITION
to the need for housing for civil
ian employees there is need for
quarters for officers and enlisted
men with families .. . working
wives who in many instances work
in camps where their husbands
are stationed.
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MAILED WITH
this issue of the EXAMINER is a
14-page section devoted to Christ
mas greetings to men in service
. . . men from Coolidge who are
doing their part in the war. This
section is released much earlier
this year because of the time
which must lapse while the greet
ing section is in transit to the
men.
• • •
THAT THIS SOLDIER’S
greeting has met with favor is
due entirely to the work and ef
fort of Mrs. Katherine Hupfel of
the EXAMINER staff without
whose enthusiasm the section
could never have been compiled
and it is the result of more than
two months extraordinarily diffi
cult work.
• • •
“FAREWELL BUT NOT
Goodbye” is the title of an amus
ing story going the rounds con-,
certiing a minister who took leave
of his congregation in the follow
ing manner .. . "Brothers and
sisters. I come to say goodbye. 1
don’t think the Lord loves this
church because none of you ever
die. I don’t think you love each
other because I never marry any
of you. I don't think you love me.
because you never pay my salary.
Your donations are mouldy fruit
and wormy apples—and by their
fruits ye shall know them. Breth
ren, I am going away to a better
place. I have been called to be
Chaplain of the state prison.
Where I go, ye cannot come, but I
go to prepare a place for you, and
may the. Lord have mercy on your
souls.”
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NEXT THURSDAY
is Thanksgiving .. . and we of
these United States have a great
deal for which to be thankful.
With a global war on our hands it
seems to us we should give thanks
that Tojo and his Jap soldiers hav
en’t reached our western shores
and that Hitler and his army is
not only confined to the European
continent but is reeling under
rights and lefts from the Russians
on his eastern front and the Amer
ican and British armies to his
south . . . BUT as we give thanks
that the dictators have not been
able to molest our shores let us
vow that never again will we as a
nation so delude ourselves as to be
so thoroughly unprepared for war
as we have been; before each war
of our history.
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Scottish Rite Club
Holds Reunion At
Tucson, Wednesday
The Fall Scottish Rite reunion
at Tucson, Wednesday was attend
ed by 14 members from Coolidge
and degree candidates from Cool
idge, Florence and Casa Grande.
Members who made the trip
from here w r ere Jack Roberts, Earl
Smith, Minor Simms, Mike Hay
duke, D. S. Davis, Gerald Bryant,
Karl Fisher, Rodney Elsberry,
Carl Sprinkles, Harold Moag, Jack
Garrett, Ray Morris, Clifford Clem
ents of Phoenix, Ray Morris and
Paul Diffen of Florence.
Candidates for degrees included
J. L. Swearingen of Florence;
William Higgenbotham, William
Short, Melvin Grossmiller, and Dr.
G. B. Steward all of Coolidge; Jack
Clements and Dusty Owens both of
Casa Grande.
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Amended Complaint
In Valley Farm#
Action Is Filed
This week saw the filing of an
amended complaint by Attorney
Charles H. Reed in the request for
appointment of a receiver for Casa
Grande Valley Farms project.
The new complaint is similar to
the one filed last week with excep
tion that three names have been
dropped from the list of plaintiffs,
reducing them in number from 25
to 22. Names that appeared in the
first complaint but not in the
amended complaint are N. D.
Frederick. Sam C. Gay and Charles
Thomas.
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VOLUME FOURTEEN
Dates When Brown
Stamps Become .
Valid Announced
Stamp “L" becomes valid
November 21. All expire
January 1, 1944. No
more copies of books I or
II will be issued for any
purpose.
Pinal county ration boards have
been notified as to the dates that
the four sets of brown stamps in
war ration book three will be
good for buying rationed meats,
fats, oils, and dairy products.
The sets become valid on suc
cessive Sundays and all the
stamps expire January 1, 1944.
Stamp “L’’ becomes valid Novem
ber 21, stamp “M” November 28,
stamp "N” December 5 and stamp
“P” December 12.
War price and rationing offices
have been notified by the Office
of Price Administration that no
more copies of war ration books
1 or II are to be issued for any
purpose whatsoever.
To keep Pinal county house
wives straight, all stamps in the
two books have now expired ex
cept stamp 18 in war ration book i
I. which is to be used in buying
shoes, and blue stamps X. Y and j
Z in book 11, which are valid fori
buying rationed processed foods \
through November 20. The lady
of the house is warned to safe
guard these stamps against loss
because Boards are no longer auth
orized to replace them if lost, stol
en or destroyed.
The shoe stamp will be valid
until further notice,
A good many people in this vi
cinity have made inquiries at the
rationing office as to whether they
shoald-e«fttinu&.,ie- keep war book
I and 11. OPA states these covers
will not be used again for ration
ing purposes and when the stamps
contained in them expire, they
will cease to have any rationing
value.
Green stamps "A,” “B” and “C”
from war ration book IV may be
used through December 20.
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Joe Bowman, Eloy,
Shooting Victim,
Dies Thursday
Joe Bowman of Eloy died at 7
o’clock Thursday morning in Flor
ence hospital of a gunshot wound
received following, an argument
with George Foy, Monday after
noon, according to sheriff’s depu
ties. A coroner’s inquest was held
Thursday afternoon at Eloy and it
is expected charges will be levied
against Foy, who is said to have
fired the shot.
Sheriff Herron and Tom Ful
bright, county attorney, investigat
ed the shooting and took Bowman
to the hospital Monday. Deputies
state Bowman was shot with a .45
new service Colt, the bullet enter
ing high on his left side and punc
turing his stomach in two places
before coming out his back near
his kidney. He was operated on
Monday night by Dr. H. B. Lehm
berg of Casa Grande and Dr. J. B.
Tucker of Florence.
Flying Operations
At Coolidge Base
Start December 6
Flying operations at Coolidge
air field will commence December
6. It will be a satellite base of
Williams Field, similar to the one
at Ajo, although it will not be a
gunnery field as is the one at Ajo.
Men will train with single-engine
AT-6s.
Major Harold H. Hinds will be
commanding officer at Coolidge
army air field, which will be acti
vated about December 1. He has
rented -a home in Coolidge and
with Mrs. Hinds is making ar
rangements to live here.
Major Hinds, who has been as
signed to Williams Field since
December 6, 1941, has been serv
ing as assistant executive officer
since April. Before that, he was
a squadron commanding officer
and later commandant of cadets.
He is a graduate of the Universi
ty of Nebraska and went on active
army duty in September pf 1941.
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• Mr. and Mrs. Amos Kjormoe will
leave today for Fontana, Califor
nia, where they will visit Mr. and
Mrs. J. W. Thomas until they be
come permanently located at the
coast. The Kjormoes are former
owners of Coolidge Laundry.
“IN THE CENTER OF PINAL COUNTY AGRICULTURE”
Will Pinal County Accept the Challenge?
A challenge faces the people of Pinal county.
They are beinj? asked to contribute to one of the finest of move
ments to date in the war effort, namely the United War Fund drive. So
far, they have only shown half-hearted interest in the campaign as
though they are indifferent to whether the county realizes its quota of
$15,800.
This is hard to understand. For a county that has always done
its best, has always “gone over the top," it’s difficult to understand
w’hy people have taken such an attiude. Pinal county residents have
always prided themselves on doing just a little more than they have
been asked to do.
The cause is a worthy one. Probably aside from actual purchase
of war bonds, the United War Fund drive is the- most practical and
most sensible war effort thus far.
For it collects at onq time money that is needed for a number of
vital organizations. It is a federation of war philanthropies that in
cludes support for the far-flung USO—the home away from home for
ouil own fighting men contorts for the “barbed-w r ire legion" of pris
oners of war; food for starving Greece; medical supplies for a gallant
ly-fighting Russia; aid for the scorched earth of stricken China; assist
ance for hundreds of thousands of homeless refugees.
These and other calls are the immediate task of the National War
Fund. Certainly, there could be no more worthy cause. And how ( has
Pinal county supported it thus far?
We have raised $6,000.
This is only a start. We haven’t begun to support the United War
Fund drive as it deserves to be supported. The drive ends November
21 and we haven’t made half our quota.
Let’s resolve now to send Pinal county ovei; the top in this most
worthwhile war effort. Let us prove to the 17 agencies that are mem
bers of the National War Fund that we are backing their requests to
the best of our ability. Let us show our boys in service that we are
solidly supporting such things as USO, United seamen’s service and
war prisoners’ aid. .
Let us prove to ourselves that we are awake to the needs that are
met through the United War Fund drive, that we. appreciate there is
a war going on and that we aren’t lying down on our job here on the
home front.
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Let us give generously NOW to the UNITED WAR FUND DRIVE!
Scouts Receive
Awards At Court
Os Honor Monday
Forty-two Boy Scouts of troop
25 received advancement awards
at the troop Court of Honor held
in the South School auditorium on
Monday night. Eighty badges
were awarded, Including 25 merit
badges representing specialized
work and study In various fields.
A special feature of the program
was the presentation to the troop
by Coolidge American Legion of a
set of troop and Americar flags,
which will be used by the scouts
in their troop ceremonies and par
ade exercises. Musical numbers
on nie program included a trum
pet solo by Rendal McKechnie and
an accordion number by George
Soneff.
R. F. Toronto, Catalina Council
scout field representative from
Tucson, assisted in presenting' the
awards.
The highest award given was
that of Eagle 'Scout, which was
earned by Ralph Veazey. Presen
tation was made by his parents,
assisted by Mr. Toronto.
Four Life Scout badges were
the next highest awards present
ed to Harry Baker, Melvin Mirkin,
Leonard Burtcher and Oscar Bue
no. Presentation was made by
Martin Talla. Five Star Scout
badges went to David Davis, Kent
McEuen, Richard Dye, Tommy
Clark and Milburn Terry. Presen
tation was made by C. J. Moody.
First class badges were received
by Ray Jackson, George Dowdle,
Jerry Broking and Glyn Hanks.
Presentation was made by Joe Ir
vine. Second class badges were
received by Fred Appel, Edgar
Aros, Joe Baker, Raymond Bower,
Billy Davis, Leslie Dugan, Ken
neth Dyer, Jack Goodwin, Jimmy
Hulcy, Buddy Kenworthy, Rex
Kleinman, Sam Layn, Eugene Lew
is, John Lewis, Charles Lincoln,
Buddy Kiser, Douglas McEuen,
Jerry McNally, Billy Rogers, Rich
ard Shafer, Bill Steward and
Charles Wright. Presentation was
made by W. D. Kirby.
Tenderfoot badges were present
ed to the following: Kenneth Dy
er, Sam Layn, Edgar Aros, Fred
Appel, Joe Baker, Harry Bechtel,
Billy Davis, Leslie Dugan, Jack
Goodwin, Buddy Kiser, Rex Klein
man, Buddy Kenworthy, Eugene
Lewis, Charles Lincoln, Albert
Martinez, Weldon McMillan, Jerry
McNally, Larry Perkins and Bill
COOLIDGE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1943
Pinal Implement
Company Changes
Hands On Monday
The Pinal Implement Company
on Coolidge Avenue has been sold
by W. T. McKinney to Henry
Shafer of Phoenix and Jack Turn
ball of Safford. Ownership chang
ed on Monday. Mr. Shafer, a
salesman for Oliver Implement
Company, will continue to reside
in Phoenix while the business is
managed by Mr. Turnbull.
Mr. McKinney, one of the pio
neer business men of Coolidge,
plans to retire from active busi
ness.
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Make Plans
For Pack Meet
At a meeting Monday afternoon
of Cub Scout leaders with R. P.
Toronto, field executive of the
Catalina Council of Boy Scouts, at
the home of George Dempster,
scout leader, plans were made for
the Cub Scouts next pack meeting
to be held Friday night, November
26, at Community Church recre
ation hall at 8 p. m.
Others attending Monday’s meet
ing included den mothers, Mrs.
Carl Slater, Mrs. Roger lies, Mrs.
Fred Slater and den chiefs, Tom
my Clark, Oscar Bueno, David
Davis and Robert McKechnie.
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Date Changed For
Womans Club Meet
Due to the fact that the regular
meeting date of Coolidge Womans
Club falls on Thanksgiving day,
the meeting has been changed to
Monday evening at 7:45 at the
clubhouse.
Several new members will take
the club pledge. There will also
be installation of new officers and
election of others to - fill offices
left vacant by resignation.
Steward. Presentation was made
by A. K. Osborn, Scoutmaster.
Merit badges were awarded to
the following: Tommy Clark, pi
oneering and gardening; Richard
Dye, physical development, pigeon
raising, swimming and first aid;
Yazbik Daw, handicraft and cook
ing; Milburn Terry, metal work
and blacksmithing; Jerry Broking,
stamp collecting; Ralph Veaze’V,
safety and pathfinding; Melvin
Mirkin, physical development;
Harry Baker, cooking; Leonard
Burtcher, safety, athletics, person
al health and public health; Oscar
Bueno, interpreting, athletics,
scholarship and safety.
USO Junior, Senior
Hostesses To Meet
At Coolidge Club
'Single girls of 18 y#ars of over
will register Tuesday, November
23, for junior hostess work at
Coolidge USO club, according to
Miss Mary O’Brien, director, who
states that the girls are invited to
come to the club, formerly the
American Legion hall, at 8 o’clock
in the evening.
Those unable to attend the meet
ing Tuesday evening may regist
er during the day and Wednesday
as the club will be open for that
purpose. Miss O’Brien is antici
pating a large attendance of junior
hostesses and plans will be laid
tor the club’s first military party,
she said Thursday.
Senior hostesses will hold a
meeting at 3 o’clock Monday, No
vember 22, at the club. Tea will
be served following the business
meeting. All married women of
Coolidge are invited to attend.
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Guest Speakers At
Luncheon Given
Mrs. W. G. Knight
Two guest speakers appeared
on the program following a 12:30
luncheon given Mrs. W. G. Knight
by Ladies Auxiliary of Presbyter
ian church in Florence, Wednes
day. They were Mrs. Martin
Giuton of Tucson and Miss Anna
belle Stewart.
Miss Stewart, who attended the
meeting with Miss Rose Stewart,
is from the east. She has been
engaged in missionary work in the
southern mountains and spoke on
that subject. Mrs. Girton is pres
ident of Arizona synodical.
Another guest was Mrs. Lydia
Wood, who is Sunday school mis
sionary for southern Presbyterla.
She from Tucson.
Mrs. Knight recently moved to
Coolidge to live.
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Coolidge To Play
At Casa Grande
Coolidge union high school foot
ball team will play its final game
tonight when they meet Casa
Grande. The game will be played
at Casa Grande.
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• Dinner guests at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Stringer Tues
day evening were Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Fisher and Mrs. A. G. Hup
fel.
Pfc. Mary Mount
Now In Air-WAC#
At Tucson Base
Private First Class Mary E.
Mount, daughter of Mrs. Emmet
tlaas, is now busily engaged in the
Air-WACs. • Working as a stock
clerk In the Quartermaster De
partment of the Marana Army Air
PFC. MARY MOUNT
Field, a basic flying school for
pilots, near Tucson, Arizona, Air-
WAC Mary Mount has adapted
herself well to Army life and
Army training.
As a civilian, PFC Mount was
majoring in administrative work in
school and has combined her
school background with the WAC
training to aid Uncle Sam’s war
effort. Being a part of the United
States Army Air Corps is a great
satisfaction to PFC Mount and
she, like many other Air-WACs,
has received excellent commenda
tion from her supervising officer.
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OPA Ceiling Price
On Turkey Ranges
From 48-52 Cents
With Thanksgiving day less than
a week away, Coolidge residents
are discovering that it will be a
rather difficult matter to get tur
key to grace their tables. Some
stores will have a limited few on
hand, others are frankly admitting
they won’t be able to get turkey,
geese, ducks or even the lowly
chicken. '
“What will we have to pay” is
the question everyone is asking
OPA has stepped forward to ans
wer this with little difficulty, set
ting down ceiling prices that pro
ducers and stores may charge.
Ceiling price on a dressed tur
key under 16 pounds is 52 cents
whether you buy in a store or
from a producer. On a dressed
turkey between 16-20 pounds it is
50 cents and on one over ■2O
pounds it is 48 cents.
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Quail Season In
County Opens; To
End November 30
Quail season in Pinal county
opened Tuesday, with a number of
hunters getting their limit of ten
per day. The season extends to
November 30 inclusive.
The season on white tail deer
and desert mule tail deer of the
Gila river opened Tuesday, to ex
tend through November 30.
A supervised elk season from
November 1 to November 30 is in
affect this year.
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Saturday Deadline
For Registrations
In Junior Parada
Those participating in the dif
ferent events of the junior parada
to be held in Florence, November
27 and 28, have been asked to reg
ister with Charles Whitlow, Sr.,
manager and arena director, no
later than Saturday afternoon of
this week. Registration will take
place at the Surety Title and
Trust company office in Florence.
All entries for contests must be
in the hand of the arena director
by November 24 to insure a place
on the program, Whitlow states.
According to those in charge, de
tails are lining up well for the
parada, which promises to be an
exciting two days of fun and
thrills. The parada, sponsored by
Florence chamber of commerce,
will feature a parade at 12 o’clock,
with shows commencing at 2 p. m.
each day. A dance will be held on
Saturday night, November 27,
sponsored by the Junior Woman’s
club.
COOLIDGE DAM
298,458 Acre Feet of
Water available No
vember 18, 1943, 4,-
104 Acre Feet Loss
for Week.
NUMBER 37
Better Response
To War Fund Drive.
Asked Os County
Only $6,000 contributed of
$15,800 quota thus far.
Will probably extend
deadline of drive to De
cember 1. •
Pinal county has contributed
about $6,000 in the United War
Fund drive thus far, according to
Paul Loucks, county chairman, who
expressed disappointment Thurs
day over the progress of the drive.
He stated it will probably be ne
cessary to extend the deadline of
the drive to December 1 in order to
make the quota of $15,800.
Loucks stressed the importance
of the war fund campaign which
meets the needs of 17 agencies.
“The national war fund is a phil
anthropic federation with three
simple aims,’' he said. “First, to
determine the nature and extent
of the war-related needs; second,
to see that everybody has a chance
to contribute to the funds requir
ed; and third, to channel the sums
raised for its member agencies
wherever American help is most
needed. These three aims lead to
one objective—to help win the war
soon, with a minimum loss of life.”
Loucks said that Casa Grande
has turned in about $2,000, Flor
ence SSOO, Superior SI,OOO, Cool
idge $1,900, Eloy S2OO, Picacho $lB,
Sacaton SBO, Oriacle SSO. He has
had no report from Tiger or Ray.
Coolidge union high school con
tributed $170.25 to the drive, ac-i
cording to R. W. Taylor, superin
tendent.
Members of Rotary club in
charge of the drive in Florence,
state that residents are cooperat
ing well thus far. About SIOO was
contributed by county employes in
the courthouse this week.
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Last Rites Held
For Jack McKinney
Tuesday Afternoon
Last rites were held for Jack
McKinney, 57, from Cole and Maud
Chapel on Tuesday afternoon. A
resident of Coolidge for nine years,
he passed away Sunday at Flor
ence Hospital.
He was born February 7th, 1886,
at Houston, Mississippi, and was
in business 26 yeai% in that state
before coming here for his health,
after which he was associated
with his brother, W. T. McKinnev
at Pinal Implement Company and
during the last three years of his
life managed the business for him
The Reverend Leslie Ross con
ducted the service, during which
Mrs. Freeman Rose sang “Beauti
ful Isle of Somewhere.” -Interment
was in Valley Memorial Park.
'Survivors are two sisters, Mrs
Dove Azwell of Indiana and Mrs
Maud Havercamp of Tennessee:
two brothers, John W. McKinney
of Mississippi and William T. Me
Kinney of Coolidge; a niece, Mrs
W. L. McKeown of Los Angeles
two nephews, Sam McKinney o:
Coolidge; H. E. McKinney of Sac'
aton, and two great nephews, How
ard Duand McKinney and Joe
Kent McKinney both of Sacaton.
Mr. and Mrs. McKeown
present at the last rites, but th<
deceased’s sisters and brothei
John were unable to attend be
cause of transportation problems
Pall bearers were Jewel Eng
land, Cecil England, Jack Nichols
Ben Scott, Wood Moore and Mat
Terry.
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Employment Office
In Coolidge
Places 70 In Jobs
U. S. employment service
through its 11 offices in Arizona
placed 5,604 persons in jobs in th*
state during October, according ti
Henry K. Arneson, state manpow
er director.
Mrs. A. E. Taylor, acting manag
er of the Coolidge office, reporte*
70 placements.
The state total was down slight
ly from the record 6,480 figure ii
September, mainly because of th
1,560 ex-soldiers placed in th
mines that month, Arenson state?;
The October total was up 299 pei
cent from the October, 1942, nor
agricultural placement total.
The Phoenix office boosted it
placements to a record high o
2,629. Other gains were registere
at Douglas, Safford-, Flagstaff an
Yuma. Decreases were seen a
Tucson, Globe, Bisbee, Prescot
and Kingman.