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Housewives To Re-Audit Points As Changes Made Red and blue stamps issued before December Ist are now invalid . . . No. 34 sugar stamp only one of value . . . 84, C 4 and T 4 gasoline coupons to expire. Coolidge housewives will have to re-auilit their food and gas ration books, according to announcements of changes in point values made by district OPA boards this w'eek. Certain stamps have been inval idated entirely, others have been changed either up or d6wn in point value, while the acceptance date on others have been advanced, the board stated. The stamps invalidated, and which housewives are asked to des troy in order that they may not be used illegaly, either by mistake or by black market operators, were listed as follows: Red stamps A8 through Z 8 and A5 through P 5; blue stamps A8 through Zi? and A5 through W 5; sugar stamps 30, 31, 32, 33 and 40, together with all home canning stamps outstanding. Holders of 84, C 4 and T 4 gas ra tion stamps must either use their stamps before December 31st, or turn them in for credit or ex change at the local .rationing boards. Such credit or exchange will be determined by the board authorities after studying the cir cumstances in each individual case. Dealers are given until January 10th to redeem coupons which be come invalid at the end of this month, either by exchanging them for deliveries of gasoline or. by turning them into the ration board in exchange for a ration * point check. In the food division, stamps con tinuing to be good are: Red stamps Q 5, R 5, and S 5, which became valid December 3, Red stamps T 6, U 5, V 5. \VS and X 5 will become good on Sunday, December 31. Blue stamps X 5. Y 5, Z 5. A2 and 82. In addition, blue stamps C 2, D 2, E2, F 2 and G 2 will become good on* January 1, v Sugar stamp No. 34; another sugar stamp will become good on Febru ary 1. Ration point values for five canned vegetables which were re ✓ stored to rationing were announced stored to rationing were announced. Vegetables affected by the ruling are processed asparagus, corn, wax ed or green beans, peas and spinach. Under the new- schedule, No. 2 cans ol asparagus, beans and spin ach each require 10 blue ration points. All vacuum-packed corn ex cept corn on the cob, in the 12- ounce cans, and the No. 2 cans of peas will require 20 points. Point values for other size cans are in relation to the standard sizes. Ration point values of processed fruits and juices, tomatoes and to mato catsup will be unchanged un til December 31, when lower point values will be effective, OPA said. Most of the changes will be 10- point reductions from present val ues. The 10- to 14-ounce size of catsup w-ill be reduced from 50 to 30 points. OPA assured housewives that red ration tokens will continue good for meats, fats, cheese and butter. Grocers will continue to give them as change for red 10- point stamps. The use of blue ra tion tokens now is banned, having been discontinued in October when OPA began listing processed food point values in multiples of 10. To clear up another point not brought out in earlier announce ments, OPA said that changed point values for canned fruits do not go into effect until 12:01 a. m. next Sunday, although the new- values for processed vegetables, became effective today and butter w r as ad vanced from 20 to 24 points a pound. PTA To Hold Meet Tuesday Afternoon Coolidge Parent-Teacher Asso ciation will meet Tuesday, January 2, at 2:30 p. m., in the auditorium of Coolidge high school. Mrs. G. • _ H. Walker will be in charge of the program which will include the showing of a motion picture on childhood diseases. I VOLUME FIFTEEN Decorated Ig * Ik . SGT. WESLEY P. JAMES Sgt. Wesley P. James, 23, with the 2nd Infantry Division, has be<n awarded the Bronze Star Medal, by Major General Walter M. Rob ertson, the Commanding General, for exceptionally meritorious a chieverrve-nts against the enemy in France and Germany, according to word received from the European theater this week... Sgt. James is the son of Mrs. Edna Marie Mott. He has been in the service 4 years and was formerly employed at Den ton Food Market, Medford, Okla homa. Large Portion Os Acala Seed Is Grown Locally 520 acres produce registered seed for use by Pinal County cotton growers. A considerable part of the Acala cottonseed requirements of Pinal County farmers is being produced in the county under the direction of the Office of the County Agricul tural Agent, it was announced to day. Cooperating growers are L. O. Barnes and Elwood H. Smith of Casa Grande, and J. B. Strickland of Coolidge. The three have a to tal acreage of five hundred and twenty. The Acala cottonseed planted by these growers was secured from Registered fields grown under the direction of the Bureau of Plant Industry at their Shafter, Califor nia. Station. It has been properly protected from cross pollination! from adjoining fields, and all la planted on land not in cotton for several years previous. The feed produced is being certified by the Arizona Crop Improvement Associa tion, and will carry the standard Blue Tag of that Association. It is estimated that sufficient of this seed will be available for the planting of 11,000 acres. .—o Mrs. Tindall Is Called By Death After Long Illness Mrs. C. E. Tindall, 45, passed away at her home southwest of Coolidge Monday, December 18, af ter a long illness. She was born in Meridian, Mississippi, and came to Arizona 19 years ago. Funeral services were held Thursday after noon in the Fisher Memorial Home Chapel with the Reverend John Weeks of the First Baptist Church of Casa Grande officiating. The deceased was a former resident of Casa Grande and had many friends there. Pall bearers were Carr McNatt, Forest Rainey and John Chapman all of Casa Grande, Rodney Elsberry of Coolidge, Mr. Creswell and A1 Thayer of Tucson. The deceased is survived by her husband, Cyrus Earl Tindall; two daughters, Mrs. Madeline Ferguson of Tracey, California, and Lois Joy Corbitt of Coolidge; two sons, Jack Corbitt, now serving in the South Pacific and Larry E. Corbitt with the United States Navy, who re turned home for his mother's last rites. Mrs. Tindall also has a sis ter residing in Washington, D. C. Interment was in Mountain View Cemetery, Casa Grande. “IN THE CENTER OF PINAL COUNTY AGRICULTURE” are .important, and eliminate r's ma^e a better New Year’s reso- Gas Fumes Prove Fatal Five Former Coolidge Residents The Earl McNally family of Port Huron, Michigan, former Coolidge residents, was wiped out Monday as the result of asphyxiation by gas fumes from a stove in their home, according to a telegrahm received Thursday by McNally’s cousin, Ray Skipper, fire chief at POW camp. The parents, a daughter Alma, 4, and baby Charles, 8 months, died in their beds. Two other sons, Philip, 5, and Jackie, 7, died Tues day and Wednesday respectively in a hospital. During the time of the family’s residence here McNally was employed with his cousin in the fire department at POW camp. Interment will be at Kenneth, Missouri, the family’s home town. 0 \Xmas Marked jßy Family Gathering At Hanna Home Christmas was ruarKed by a fam ily gathering at the ranch home of Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Hanna, where seventeen persons sat at the festive board. The Christmas motif was used in table decorations and place cards. Paracantha berries and tall red tapers formed the table center piece. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Pottebaum, Mrs. Hanna’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sherman Pottebaum, Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Plumb, all of Casa Grande, Mr. and Mrs. D. H. Smith of Maricopa, Mr. and Mrs. Herman Pottebaum and sons, Kelley and Harold, of Gila Bend, Miss Byrle Pottebaum of Phoenix, Clayton Hanna, and Edgar Matson of Long Beach California. 0 Xmas Party For Kathleen Hoover A Christmas party was held on Tuesday at the home of Mrs. G. R. Koehler to honor her niece, Kath leen Hoover of Syracuse, New York. Those present w-ere Patsy Burke, David Thum, Corinne Davis, Cecil Kirner, Bobbie Burns and the guest cf honor. COOLIDGE, PINAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1944 Veteran Marine SGT. RAYMOND DUNAWAY Sgt. Raymond Dunaway, 20-year old veteran marine, arrived Friday on 30-day furlough to visit his par ents, Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Dunaway, after serving 15 months in the South Pacific. Dunaway wears the Presidential Unit Citation with a star denoting participation in a major campaign, the American theater of operations bar witn two stars, a sharpshooters medal and basic medal. He has made his home in Coolidge since 1929, is a graduate of Coolidge high school and enlisted in the marine corps in February of 1943. Legion Auxiliary’s Annual New Years Dance Tomorrow Nite The annual New Years Eve dance sponsored by Coolidge Legion Aux iliary will be held tomorrow night, Saturday, December 30, at Cool idge USO Hall. Dancing will be gin at 9 o’clock and continue until 1 p. m. Tickets can be bought from any Legion Auxiliary member, and at the door tomorrow night. 0 • Mrs. Edgar Shoemaker has been ill at her home for the past week. Teen Age Mid-Winter Formal Wednesday Proves Big Success The teen age mid-winter formal held at Coolidge Womans Club Wednesday night proved to be a big success. Music was furnished by an orchestra from Florence POW Camp. The clubhouse, in charge of a student decorating committee, is reported to have been unusually attractive, with the entire north wall transformed to represent a winter scene. Mrs. Wayne Hall and Phil Farr were in charge of entertainment. Mrs. R. V. Campbell was chairman of the refreshment committee, as sisted by Mrs. J. C. Fritz, Mrs. C. L. Skousen, Mrs. DeMund and Asa Gardner. Members of St. James 'Society will be hosts for the next teen age party, which is scheduled for Fri day night, January 5 at the Wo mans Club. The affair will be a “tacky party” with a prize awarded for the tackiest costume. Dancing and games will furnish the even ing’s entertainment. Music will be by Coolidge high school orchestra. Mrs. Asa Gardner is chairman of the refreshment committee. She will be assisted by Mrs. Harry Sheller, Mrs. G. E. Maxwell and Mrs. Harry Baker. 0 Pioneer Valley Resident Called By Death Tuesday Juan Salazar, long respected resi dent of the Casa Grande Valley, passed away at Good Samaritan Hospital, Phoenix, on December 26th, day after Christmas. Death came at 1 o’clock in the morning, and was accredited to heart afflic tion by the doctors in attendance. Salazar was 55 years of age, resi dent in the Eloy section during the past few years, and is survived by his wife Beatrice; his mother Joa quina Salazar, and four brothers and a sister. Services were held for the de ceased in the Catholic Church, in Florence, on Thursday, the 28th. Interment was in Valley View Cem etery. His Group Cited . * jjajßpv f yy RICHARD E. SHROYER Technical Sergeant Richard E. Shroyer, son of Mrs. Irena F. Moh ney, is a member of a 15th AAF B-24 group that was recently a wardsd the War Department Dis tinguished Unit Citation for com pletion of a highly successful bomb ing mission on the Florisdorf oil refineries at Vienna, Austria July Bth, according to word reoeived from 15th AAF in Italy this week. An airplane crew chief, Sgt. Shroy er arrived overseas last March, landing in Africa and later moved to Italy in April with his outfit. He attended schoools in Fairfax, Oklahoma and was employed as a construction worker before he en tered the army in March 1942. Three Coolidge Men Assigned To Same Ship When Robert E. Cockrill, S 1/C (PC), was assigned to the US'S Mississippi there was a real cele bration aboard, according to a let ter received this week trom the three men who did the celebrating. “The day Cockrill came aboard two sailors and a marine had a big surprise,” the letter states. They were Cpl. Luke Daniel, George Jordan, S 2/C, and Cockrill. “Al thought all three of us are from Coolidge, this was the first time in three years that we have been together.” Daniel lived in Coolidge several years prior to his enlist ment in the marine corps in 1942, but his home address is now Calif ornia. Jordan attended Coolidge grammar school and high schools before his enlistment in the navy in 1942 and Cockrill has lived in Coolidge many years, is a graduate of Coolidge grammar and high schools and was (farming south west of Coolidge prior to entering the navy in 1943. “There has been much talk of home and the good times we have had in dear old Coolidge. We all . wish to be remembered to our friends and relatives.” George is now receiving the Examiner, they all tell us, and Daniel and Cockrill would also like to receive it, “as one out of three papers will surely reach us.” 0 Tragedy Strikes McDuffey Family On Christmas Eve Stark tragedy struck the Hugh McDuffey family, of Casa Grande, on the day before Christmas, Sun day, as McDuffey, wife Dorothy and daughter, aged five, were enroute to San Diego to spend the holidays with Mrs. McDuffey’s family. A blowout caused the car to overturn three times, according to highway officer’s reports, killing Mrs. Dorothy McDuffey almost in stantly, and slightly injured Mc- Duffey and small daughter. The ac cident occurred about noon. The remains have been forwarded to San Diego, where services and in terment are to be held. McDuffey and the child, who survived the ac cident, proceeded to San Diego by plane. 0 Postpone Pack Meet The Cub Pack meeting scheduled for Friday, December 29, has been postponed until Friday, January 5. WAIT 'BONIS NUMBER 43 Fullbright Follows Investigation In Mystery Death Coroner’s Inquest may lead to filing of charges in Pinal county tragedy. Unusual circumstances in the death of Mrs. Beulah Gravely, 37 year old semi-invalid of the the Eloy district in Pinal County, on Sunday, were under continuing in vestigation today by Tom Full bright, county attorney, and staff. The deceased woman, said to have been resident a number of times at the State Hospital for mental cases at Phoenix, was last seen alive between noon and 1 p. m. on the 24tn, day before Christmas. Her fully clothed body, even to eye glasses, was found floating in an irrigation canal a mile and a half from the family home west of Eloy at about 3 p. m., according to re ports. The dead woman’s husband and his sister were held by authorities for several hours, for questioning, and later released on recognizance. Mrs. Gravely’s children were ques tioned, but not held, none of them having been at home either at the time of her disappearance or the discovery of the body, it was said. The husband and sister-?n-law are to be questioned further at the coroners inquest, date for which has not been set, pending reports on post mortem examinations of portions of the body. Dr. Nevins, designated physician under the county attorney’s qjders, stated that the woman had met death oth er than by drowning. Her lungs showed no evidence of water strangulation, nor were there any marks or bruises on the body, which might indicate murderous assault. Next moves in the case will be determined at the coroners inquest, according to the Florence office of Prosecutor Fullbright. o Odd Fellows And Rebekahs Hold Joint Christmas Party Coolidge Odd Fellows and Re bekahs held a joint Christmas party Saturday night in Masonic Hall. A large group was present, includ ing many visitors and Coolidge children. The special Christmas program was in charge of the fol lowing committee; Mrs. Fred So well, Mrs. Nora Boone and Mrs. Leora Sturgeon. The program opened with com munity singing of Christmas carols led by the Rev. Leslie Ross, who also gave the opening prayer. The program continued with a vocal solo, “The Lord’s Prayer” by Benny Boone; vocal solo, “Infant Jesus,” Mrs. Mary Gardner Miller; vocal solo, “Oh, Holy Night,” Mrs. Vir ginia Urton O’Bryan; all were ac companied at the piano by Mr 3. Bruce Moody. There was a "Special scriptural reading by Jackie Coker, student at the Deaf and Blind School, Tuc son; trombone solo, “Holy City,” Rev, J. Carl Fritz, accompanied by Mrs. Moody; reading., “The Night Before Christmas,” Mrs. Leslie Ross; recitation, Gale Mclntyre; piano solo, “Possum Trot,” Richard Morris; vocal solo, “Just a Baby’s Prayer at Twilight,”' Loretta So well; piona solo, Billy Woods; reci tation, "A Letter to Santa Claus,” Richard Morris; recitation, Lewis Davis; duet, “Silent Night,” Marion Elkins and Billy Woods; quartette, “Jingle Bells,” Marylin Perham, Donald Perham, Adele Vensel and Lee Darlene Shields; benediction, Rev. Fritz. At the the conclusion of the pro gram Santa Claus distributed candy and fruit to the children. Refresh ments were served in the dining room for the adults.