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*74e £dtfo*'& Note Deck f COOLIDGE IS GOING to have to make herculean efforts to meet the quota in the Fourth Loan Drive, which started Tues day. It was difficult to raise the amount we did in the third drive but you can bet your bottom dol lar it’s going to be harder this time. Two hundred thirty-seven thousand dollars doesn’t grow on trees. The greater part of this is to come from little fellqws like you and me, not from the big corporations. So far, some $50,- 000 iq Coolidge has been reported. That’s still a long ways from $237,000. * * • COOLIDGE BUSINESSMEN can be counted upon to do their part, as they have in the past. As an example of what can be done, 30 members of San Carlos 'Scottish rite club purchased $17,500 of bonds Tuesday night of this week. That’s better than SSBO per mem ber. It’s something to shoot at. • * * FEW PEOPLE STOP to think that our government is spending about $277,000,000 a day for war purposes. From May of 1940 to September of 1943, total expenditures for war exceeded 128 billions of dollars. WeYe told that in each 10-hour period, our government must spend more than the entire cost of the Ameri can Revolution. This is one of the reasons we have to buy btyids and keep on buying bonds. An other is to use our purchase of bonds as a brake against inflation. • * • IT’S THE EXTRA BOND that.is being sought. Most of the public are regular bond buyers. The government realizes this but wants all of us to dig down deep er and scrape up enough money to buy an EXTRA bond. Don’t think your little bit doesn’t count —it does. Just get in there with those dollars of yours and support the Fourth War Loan Drive. Show our men who are doing such a fine job on the battle front that we can do our Job on the home front. o Thirty Men From County Ordered To Take Examination Thirty Pinal county men have been ordered to report for pre-in duction examination January 28. The men are as follows: Joseph O. Marrietta, L. D. Sparks, Michael yictorian, Timo thy Dennis Lewis! Odell Dallas Graghead. Clifton Lee Hurtt, Con cepcion Valenzuela. Henry Martinez Provenclo, Man uel Vega Gamboa, John Coronel Villarreal, Juan Villarreal Lopez, Ruben Hargues Lomili, Alex Gar rido, Enrique Altamirano San chez. Arturo M. Garcia, Angel Padil la Gutierrez, Carlos Olivas Haver corn, Louis Torrez Montano, Ralph Ocha Marquez, Cecil Leon Rhodes, Donato Beltran Rios, Eugene Lee Boss. Raul Jaime Peralta, Jacob San chez Mercado, Donald Ray Dick erson, Arnold Lopez Moreno, Will iam Arvin Rye, Manuel S. Chavez, Joe Bojorquez Casillas, Richard Eugene Waller. o January 29 Set A# Date For President’s Ball Ben Sweazea, chairman in Cool idge for the infantile paralysis drive, states that another presi dent’s birthday ball will be held this year, the date being set for January 29. The dance will be held in the USO building. In asking the public to support the infantile paralysis campaign, Sweazea calls attention to the fact that in the last five years, Ari zona has collected $67,335.33 in infantile paralysis drives and ranks llth per capita of the states in money collected over a period of five years. Infantile paralysis Increased this year by a large percentage over last year, Sweazea said. He states that Pinal county retains 50 per cent of the money collected, to be used for its own purposes. o First Party For Teen-Age Group At Florence Tonight Florence is inaugurating a ser ies of teen-age parties to aid in curbing of Juvenile delinquency, according to Mrs. W. C. Truman, general chairman. She states that the first will be held at the Florence grammar school tonight, starting at 7:30. Dancing will be featured and re freshmen • s served. The parties will be held every Friday night hereafter nnd Florence organiza tions including the Womans club, American Legion, Lions and Ro tarians have signified their will ingness to cooperate in the move ment. Co olt “IN THE CENTER OF PINAL COUNTY AGRICULTURE” VOLUME FOURTEEN Fourth War Loan Drive Underway In County Bond Rally To Be Held At High School Jan. 28 Full program, including three basketball games, music and other enter tainment, promised. Pro ceeds from admissions will go toward buying memorial for high school students in service. Cooperating in an effort to fur ther the fourth war loan drive, Kenyon Haris, Coolidge commun ity chairman, and R. W. Taylor, superintendent of Coolidge high school, are planning a bond rally, to be held at the high school gym nasium Friday, January 28. The rally will get underway at 6:45 p. m. A full program is being planned, according to Superintendent Tay lor. There will be three basket ball games, the main game to be between the powerful Prisoner of War camp team, which has had an unusually good season thus far, and the Coolidge high school first team. Second game of the evening, which promises plenty of fun and entertainment for all attending, is the contest between Coolidge Lions club and the high school re serves. There will also be a game between the grammar school and high school freshmen. The high school band will be on hand for the occasion and also the twirlers. Taylor states there will be several specialty numbers. Admission for adults will be on a cash basis or 25 cents and pur chase of at least $5 in war stamps or bonds. High school students will be admitted on a cash basis or 20 cents and at least $1 in war stamps or bonds. The cash admission is to be us ed to purchased war bonds that will go toward buying a post-war memorial to Coolidge Union high school students in service in this war. o Mrs. Sally Lee, Former Resident, Victim Os Accident Mrs. Roy Akers of Coolidge re ceived word this week that her mother, Mrs. Sally Lee, 58, was killed in a car accident that oc curred Tuesday morning. Mrs. Lee’s home was at Helm, Califor nia, but she was a former Valley resident. The' body arrived in Coolidge last night. Funeral arrangements have not yet been made. Burial will be at Casa Grande. Mrs. Lee had lived in California only since May. She came to this county in 1934. PEO Will Sponsor* Teen-Age Party To Be Held Tonight Mrs. W r . D. Johnson is general chairman in charge of arrange ments for the teen-age party to be held tonight at Coolidge Womans club. Members of PEO organiza tion are sponsoring the party. Chairman of the entertainment committee is Mrs. Karl Fisher. As sisting her are Mrs. Mary Layn and Mrs. G. B. ’Steward. In charge of the refreshment committee is Mrs. W. D. Kirby, assisted by Mbs. J. A. Roberts and Mrs. Y. C. White. Corporal Charles Ivy has been asked to be on hknd between 8:30 and 9:30 to instruct in folk danc ing, which has proved popular with the young folks. The rest of the evening will be devoted to games and general dancing. Last week’s party under direc tion of Coolidge Womans club, brought forth a good response from the young folks. Mrs. Paul Hannah was general chairman of arrangements. She was assisted by Mrs. Clark Wells and two mem bers of the Junior Womans club, Mrs. Joe Clemans and Mrs. M. M. Cooper. o • Mrs. Arthur Mode, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wm, Short, is home for a short time on vacation from her studies at the University of Arizona. COOLIDGE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA FRIDAY, JANUARY 21, 1944 LEr em fMve rr. >» c mo Maybe you’ve been telling yourself that your “little” investment in war bonds doesn’t amount to a great deal. Perhaps, you’ve already made up your mind to put what little extra cash you have into a dress, or pair of shoes or new suit. * Let us tell you there’s no such thing as a “little” investment in the Fourth War Loan Drive, which started this week. Your $25 or SSO or SIOO extra war bond may not have great importance in your mind in making up a 5 1-2 billi on dollar total for individuals. But multiply yourself by 130,000,000 and then you see how truly great each citizen becomes in massing national strength against the Nazis and the Japs. I Are you doing your best? That’s the question you have to ask yourself when you decide the extent of your personal participation in the F ourth war loan campaign. Only you can answer it. •* * Air-Wac Meeting To Be Held Here Monday, Jan. 24 ’ Phoenix recruiting team members will be on hand to present varied pro gram. All women invited to attend. A meeting to acquaint women of Coolidge and vicinity with the Air- Wac division of service will be held at the Womans club building Monday evening, January 24, start ing at 7:30. The meeting is being sponsored by Coolidge Womans club. Coming down from Phoenix for the occasion will be 2nd Lieuten ant Robert B. Bale, captain of the Air-Wac recruiting team in the Phoenix area, and Lieutenant Rosemary Matz, team member. Lieutenant Bale, a former faculty member of Dale Carnegie Institute in New York, will present a var ied program, similar in some re spects to the program he gave be fore members of the Arizona Press association at their mid-winter conference in Phoenix recently. All women in Coolidge and sur rounding area are invited to at tend the meeting. For those in terested, the age qualification for becoming a membr of the Air- Wacs is 18-50. Applicants have to pass a military aptitude test. As a private in the Air-Wacs, a wom an draws SSO base pay, which in creases until as a Ist sergeant, she gets $l3B a month. • o • W. V. Hearne, who has been in Coolidge assisting his sister, Mrs. A. G. Hupfel, on business matters the past week, will return to his home in Los Angeles, Saturday. KEEP ON BACKING THE ATTACK. First War Bond Drive In Schools Set For Tuesday Mrs. F. P. Jamieson, fourth war bond drive chairman for Coolidge schools, states that the first drive will start next Tuesday morning at the two grammar schools. It is con templated to hold other drives later. Allen Tang Dies At Mesa Hospital Wednesday Jan. 19 Allen Tang, owner and operator of Coolidge Grocery died Wednes day afternoon at Southside Mesa hospital, where he had been con fined the past week, following an automobile accident at Tempe last Thursday afternoon. At that time, Tang, who had not been in good health, lost control of his car during a sudden spell of dizziness, and crashed into a car parked at the curb. His chest was pinned against the steering wheel. It is believed he sufferd a stroke at the time. Funeral arrangements have not been completed, pending the pos sible arrival of a son who is now ' in the armed forces. • o • Mrs. R. W. Taylor went to Phoe nix Tuesday on official Eastern Star business. While there she was a luncheon guest of Past Ma trons club of Queen Esther chap ' ter. 1 • Calvin Rose underwent a minor operation at a Phoenix hospital ' last week. He was accompanied 1 to Phoenix by his father, J. C. Rose and brother Freeman. # l • Miss Nora Beagle returned to her home Thursday after a major i operation peformed at Florence i hospital. She is recuperating sat isfactorily. Dairy Herd Os Valley Farms To Be Sold Feb. 1 Entire herd will be sold at receiver sale. Includes 150 head of registered purebred stock. The entire dairy herd of Casa Grande Valley Farms, Inc., will be sold at public auction Tuesday, February 1, according to Leon Nowell, receiver, The herd; in cludes 150 registered head of stock and about 130 cows that are now milking. Nowell states that all of the stock, Guernseys, Holsteins and Jerseys, is of high grade breeding. In a notice elsewhere in this is sue of the Examiner is a listing of the stock being offered for sale. Proceeds of the sale of cattle will go to liquidate the associa tion’s liabilities while the surplus will be distributed among the members. Under direction of Pinal county superior court, in charge of liqui dating the corporation, Nowell made a payment of SIOO,OOO to the government last week. This money was realized chiefly from the sale of beef cattle, appraised at $82,005.45. The cattle sold for slightly over $90,000. The balance of the SIOO,OOO payment to the government was taken out of cash on hand that the association had. Originally, the Casa Grande Val ley Farms, Inc., borrowed from the United States government $173,- 288 to be repaid in install ment payments. When it was de cided to liquidate the corporation ~.nd appoint a receiver, the govern ment declared the entire amount due. Up to that time, the associ ation had paid $34,023.34 on the principal-and $23,028.33 on Inter est. Students At High School Assisting In Paper Collection Coolldge high school students, through their various organiza tions, are assisting in the collec tion of waste paper, according to Earl Hicks, chairman of the local drive. Hicks said Thursday that, to date, the response on the part of Coolidge residents has not been so good. A1 Korth, manager of the Safeway store, said that some pap er was brought in over the week end, but agreed with Hicks that much more is needed. Persons saving paper are asked to bundle it tightly with wire or cord, or box it in some sort of con tainer and take it to the former post office building on Main street or the back door of the Safeway store. If you’re unable to deliver your paper down town, call Coolidge Union high school, telephone 15, and a truck will call at your home for any sizeable amount. Flatten ed and bundled cardboard cartons are especially wanted. Bundles or packed boxes should be about 30 to 60 pounds in I weight. Magazines and newspap ers nyist be kept separate. o January 31 Is Deadline Date For Getting Licenses Dan Kinser, state highway pa , trolman, stated Wednesday that . January 31 has been designated as . deadline for getting 1944 automo . bile licenses. Application may be made at the city hall*in Coolidge. . Mrs. Ruby Elliott is in charge. Lynn Earley, Pinal county as • sessor, states that the fee of ! $3.50 will be doubled if licenses ■ are not obtained by the deadline date. , COOLIDGE DAM 283,146 Acre Feet of Water available Jan uary 20, 1944. 11l Acre Feet LoaL for Week. NUMBER 46 First Reports Say Progress Os Sales Only Fair So Far No official report available for entire county as yet. Chairmen and committees in various comr~>uTvti'\s working ba»*d ‘o make quotas. Schools to parti cipate. Although it is still a bit early to determine the progress of the fourth war loan drive in Pinal county, reports have it that sales are only “fair” thus far. The drive started Tuesday, January 18, and will continue through Febru ary 15. In a month’s time the county is asked to raise $900,000. Chairmen and quotas set for county communities are as fol lows : Coolidge, Kenyon Harris, $237.- 000; Florence, M. G. Mann, SBO,- 500; Casa Grande, M. C. Jenson, $216,000; Eloy, R. A. Curiel, $56,- 500; Ray, R. W. Thomas, $98,000; Superior, E. T. W. Coulter, $204,- 000; Oracle, T. M. Clark, SB,OOO, In Coolidge, approximately $50,- 000 has been raised thus far, ac cording to Harris. He pointed out Thursday that this is still a small part of the grand quota of $237,- 000 and declared that what is needed is purchase of bonds on a large scale, if the quota is to be reached. At a meeting Tuesday night, 30 members of the San Carlos Scot tish Rite club purchased $17,500 worth of bonds. A number of the members were absent from the meeting and any purchases they might make were not included in this figure, Harris said. Coolidge schools will conduct the first of their drives Tuesday. Kenilworth and McDowell schools are working out details on drives to be held in the near future. A bond rally, aB announced else where in this issue, will be held at the high school next Friday evening. o——— Coolidge Cagers Win Two-Drop One Past Week Defeat strong Mesa quintet and Chandler but lose 35-33 to hard-fighting Gopher five Wednesday night. Will play Super ior here tonight. Sheer determination to win proved a mighty important factor on the part of Florence high Bchool Gophers' when thev plaved the Coolidge Bears Wednesday night at Florence. Unwilling to admit that there was such a thing as defeat possible for them, the Gophers fought the Bears stub bornly from the opening bell to the finish, emerged with a thrill ing 35-33 victory. Coolidge plavs Superior at the Coolidge high school gym nasium tonight. Main game will start at 8:30, preliminary at 7:30. Apparent throughout the con test at Florence was the eurvoct ness of the Gophers. Th»v started out fast, maintained a swift pa n e that enabled them to stay in the lead until the third quarter. At the end of the first quarter. Flor ence led Coolidge 12-7. At ha’f time the Bears had spurted to within two points of Florence, the tally board reading 18-16. Coolidge went into the lead a few minutes after the third quar ter started but trailed 24-27 at quarter’s end. In the final per iod the contest became a furious one, reminding many of the Mesa- Coolidge game last Saturday eve ning. The lead went back and forth but it was the Gophers who found the basket just before the whistle sounded to give them vic tory. Larry Johnson pacd the Gophers with 14 points to his credit. R. Moraga was second with 10 points. Steele was high man for Cool idge with nine points and Skrla second with eight. Coolidge’s second team fared (Continued on Page 8)