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VOLUME 16
Tempe Shooting
Solved By Pinal
County Officers
Sheriff’s Men Piece Together
Evidence Which Leads To
The Apprehension of King
And Jones
Pins) county officials this week
pieced together the evidence snd
obtained the confessions which
solved tbe shooting of Howard 1.
Waiter, Tenipe filling station op
erator.
Paul King, taken from a bus in
Henson upon tbe request of Pins)
county's sheriff's office and brought
to Florence by Undersberiff Travis
Wall, signed a full confession Sat
urday night in Florence court bouse
offices. Henry Jones who was with
King at the time of the shooting
had signed a full confession earlier
after twenty minutes of question
ing by Pinal County Attorney Tom
Fulbrigbt.
A series of apparently unrelated
Incidents Friday began to form a
pattern early Saturday morning
which led Pinsl county officers to
break the case.
At nine o'clock Friday morning
Bert Ktnnard, deputy sheriff at
Casa Grande, called the sheriff's
office to request that Paul King be
taken from a bus at Benson. Bob
owner of a bar in Casa
Grande bad reported the theft of
s9l from his cash register and
believed King, a bartender, was
responsible.
On Friday evening at seven, Pinal
county sheriff's office had received
from Maricopa county the descrip
tion and license number of the car
used by the Tempe killer. Bert Kln
nard and Chief of Police Al Slxe
rnore of Casa Grande found the car
about IQ miles out of Casa Grande
on the Gila Bend highway.
Maricopa county sheriffs men
arrived on the scene as Pinal coun
ty's undersberiff. Travis Wall, un
loaded the prison blood hounds In
an erfort- to track the men from
the abandoned car. Maricopa coun
ty men identified the car and ob
tained some finger prints from it.
Wall. Klnnard, Homer Ward of
the Pinal sheriffs office and Buddy
Kratiberg. highway patrolman
• becked all ranches in the vicinity
after a high wind had so obliterated
the killer's tracks that the hounds
f'ould no longer Vork.
About time o'clock Saturday
morning it became evident to Wall.
Kinnard. Ward and Kratiberg that
the Casa Grande theTt and the
Tempe killing were related.
Undersberiff Travis Wall went
to Benson to pick up King and
Kinnard and Ward searched Casa
Grande for a partner who had gone
to Phoenix with King.
Informed of developments Mari
copa County Sheriff Roach came to
Florence where he Joined with Pinal
County Attorney Fulbright In the
questioning of King, who refused
to talk all Saturday afternoon.
Saturday evening Kinnard and
Ward picked up Henry Jones, who
had accompanied King to Phoenix
on Thursday. He was brought to
Florence where after twenty min
utes of questioning by Fulbright he
gave a full confession.
Confronted with Jones' confession
King also made a full confession In
front of Fulbright, Sheriff James
Herron and Sheriff Roach.
Pinal county relinquished anv
claim to tbe prisoners on grand
theft charges and they were ttimed
over to Maricopa officers.
Last Rites To Be
Held This Morning
For Mrs. Ora Cope
La3t rites will be held at 10
o’clock this morning for Mrs. Ora
Cope of Eloy from Cole and Maude
chapeL Mrs. Cope, a former Coo
lidge resident has lived in this dis
trict for nearly five years. She
was born March 14, 1886, in Mc-
Clellan county, Texas, and passed
away Wednesday at Florence hos
pital.
The deceased is survived by her
husband, Sam Olin Cope, one
daughter, Mrs. Byrle C. Howard
of Tucson and two granddaughters,
Lorene and Catherine Howard of
Tucson.
Services will be conducted by
the Reverend C. F. Frazer. Intern
ment will be in Valley Memorial
Park.
Rotary Club Host
To New Councilmen
On Wednesday Noon
Newly appointed members of
Coolidge council were guests o'
the Rotary club Wednesday noon.
Robert Gammon, chairman of
the incorporating committee of
Coolidge chamber of commerce
addressed the club members and
guests using as his subject “The
relationship between city govern
• ment and civic dubs.”
All fines of the last two meet
ings of the club were donated to
the Boy Scout building fund.
“IN THE CENTER OF PINAL COUNTY AGRICULTURE
COOLIDGE, i’INAL COUNTY, ARIZONA, f KIDAV. SEPTEMBER 28, 1945
Receives Discharge
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ELBERT D. CUDE
T Sflt. Elbert O. Cude has
received an honorable discharge
from the U. 8. Army Air forces,
according to word received this
week. Cude, son of Mrs. Ona
Cude, served as a radio opera
tor In the European theater.
He has been awarded the Dis
tinguished Flying Cross and the
Air Medal with four Oak Leaf
Clutters. Cude, who engaged
In farming before entering the
service, came to Coolidge In
1940 to make his home.
Word Received
Os W. W. Hensley's
Death, Philipines
Former Valley Farm* Resi
dent For Six Years Before
Entering Service. Overseas
Only Short Time,
Word has been received by Mrs.
Woodrow H. Hensley of Phoenix,
former Vslley Farms resident for
six years, of the death of her hus
band. Pvt. Hensley, as the result
of wounds received In action on
Samarnl Bhlma. Kyukyus Islands.
Tbe communication states that
on March 28. 1948. Hensley, a rifle
man for bis platoon, went with his
company to clean out a pocket of
enemy resistence on Zamarni
Shirna On this msaion Hensley,
“while performing his duties In a
manner which brings credit to him"
was wounded by shrapnel from
enemy fire. He was Immediately
evacuated to the bat allion aid sta
tion and given special medical at
tention and treatment. He was
then evacuated to the U 33
a hospital ship, for additional rnedi
can attention. On March 30 be died
as a result of the head wound he
had received. He was given a mili
tary' burial at sea.
The Hensleys were married In
June of 1938 and moved to Valley-
Farms the following month to make
their home. They lived at .the
Farms for six years moving to Hay
den three months before Hensley
was called to service. At Hayden
he was employed as assistant field
saleman for Hayden Flour Mills,
leaving there to report for Induc
tion at Florence In June of 1944. He
received 17 week's basic training
at Camp Robinson. Ark., after
which he had a brief furlougn
home before being sent to Hawaii
for six weeks advance training.
From there he went to the Philip
pines to Join the 77th Division.
It was from Leyte that Hensley’s
outfit was sent on Invasion of the
small islands in the Ryukyus Group.
He was overseas only a short time
before receiving the wound that
resulted In his death.
His parents, former Valley Farmß
residents, now make their home in
Phoenix.
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Band Instruments
On Display Sunday
At Shoore's Home *
Isadore Shoore, music instructor
at Coolidge high school, Is anxious
to have the members of CUHS
band furnished with the necessary
musical instruments, some of
which are extremely hard to get
at this time. Available through
the music instructor of Florence
high are two trombones and one
alto horn, which will be returned
to the east unless wanted by some
one in Coolidge. The instruments
may be seen at Shoore’s home
across from the Indian Service on
Sunday between 12 and 3 o’clock.
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BILLY G. HARMON, S 2-c, ar
rived Saturday from Bangor,
Washington, on ten day leave to
visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Sy
Harmon of Valley Farms. His
brother, Cpl. Ralph Harmon, re
turned last week to Ft. Lawton,
Washington, at the conclusion of
a 21-day furlough. The corporal
has been stationed in the states
for some time, following duty in
the South Pacific.
Council To Hold
First Meeting
,At 7 Tonight
Office of Justice of the Peace
Chosen as Site of First Gath
ering and Organization of
City Fathers.
With the initial and organiza
tional meeting of Coolidge city
council slated to be held tonight
at seven o’clock a large number
local citizens and taxpayers are
expected to be on hand to attend
the first meeting of the town’s new
governing group. At the meeting
tonight it is believed a mayor may
be chosen. The meeting will be
held in the office of the justice
of the peace.
A full membership of the board
of supervisors was in Florence
Monday to canvass the vote of
the Coolidge incorporation election
and found the previously an
nounced results of 352 votes in
favor of incorporation while 109
were cast against the measure.
Following a general discussion
between members of the board of
supervisors and a delegation of
the chamber of commerce the su
pervisors advised they preferred a
list of 7 names of individuals for
membership on the original city
council. Since the feeling was
general among those attending the
meeting that the appointments
should be made immediately mem
bers of the board of directors held
an emergency meeting and re
vised the list originally presented
by the civic group.
Members of the new council
who will be sworn in to office to
night are George Ware, L. O.
McMillin, A. D. Tyler. Dr. R
V. Campbell. C. W. Lewis. R
W. Chad born and Carl McFarland.
While the new mayor must be
selected from among this group no
intimation has as yet been made
as to whom the honor would fall.
One of the first acts expected
of the. new council after It Is
; formally organized for business
will be the appointment of a city
Clerk and magistrate, a post which
will be combined. Petitions have
been in Coolidge for several days
urging the new council to select
Mark Layne for this position.
Pfc. Mike Garcia
Home Friday With
Honorable Discharge
Pfc. Mike Garde arrived home
Friday with an honorable dis
charge from the army after serv
ing approximately a year In the
European theater of operations
Garda is the sen of Mrs. Maria G
Rolls and has lived most of his
life In Coolidge. He entered service!
In January of 1944 and went over-j
seas In October of the same year
Garcia, who was wounded In |
Germany on March 15, 1945, has
been awarded the Purple Heart,
tbe KTO ribbon with two stars, and
the Good Conduct Medal. In addi
tion to these he earned the Com
bat Infantryman Badge. Standards
are high for tbe badge, which Is
awarded to tbe Infantry soldier who
has proved hla fighting ability In
combat.
Pfc. Garcia has a brother. Pvt.
Henry Garcia, who recently re
turned to the states after many
months In the’South Pacific.
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Mrs. Emma Slater
Died At Son's Home
Here On Wednesday
Mrs. Emma A. Slater, 66, pioneer
Coolidge resident, passed away
Wedoesday at the home of her son, :
Fred. Mrs. Slater had been in ill
health a long time.
She was born March 11, 1880, at
Colton, California, and came to
Casa Grande Valley to make her
home in 1920.
The deceased is survived by
two sons, Fred and Carl of Coo
lidge; two daughters, Mrs. C. R.
Sturgeon of Coolidge and Mrs.
Dean Thomas of Safford; two sis
ters, Mrs. Clara Reed and Miss
Leora G. Verrill, both of Los
Angeles and ten grandchildren.
Funeral arrangements were
pending at time of going to press.
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Initial Fall Teen
Age Party Slated
For October 6th
Teen age activities will begin
this fall with a social hour for
seventh and eighth grade boys and
girls sponsored by Coolidge Wom
ans Club Saturday, October 6,
w-hen members of the Mutual So
ciety of the LDS Church will be
hostesses, according to announce
ment of Mrs. H. A. Unger, perma
nent teen age chairman. Games
and folk dancing are planned for
the evening’s entertainment which
will begin at seven p. m. and con-j
elude at 9 p. m. ,
The Woamn’s Club will open
every Saturday evening from 8 to
11 o’clock for high school students,
Mrs. Unger said.
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• Mrs. D. H. Clarldge and Mrs.
Merse Harrell, both of Phoenix,
were weekend guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Pierce Vensel.
. They are Mrs. Vensel’s mother and
sister respectively.
Eloy Wife Beater
Dies After Fracas
On Sunday Night
Donald Jones, of Eloy, died of
gunshot wounds Sunday night
j after he had beaten his wife and
j attempted to kill her and his chil
dren. Sunday night’s fracas cul
minated many years of terrorizing
threats and unmerciful beatings ac
cording to Mrs. Jones.
Jones returned to his family peri
odically to terrorize them with
threats of death and fearful beat
ings, Mrs. Jones states. Sunday
night the fifteen-year-old daughter
broke away when the beatings
started and made her way to the
Big Store at Kloy. -There Hhe called
Deputy Ed Smith begging him to
come stop the beatings for her
father meant to kill the whole fam
ily. Jones had brought an axe and
piece of lead pipe with him when
he returned to his family Sunday.
Smith, answering the call and ac
companied by Deputy Queen, was
stopped about one half mile from
Eloy by tbe daughter. Her father
would kill them, she told them. He
had said no officer would ever live
to take him.
In the meantime at the Jones
home Jones had slugged Mrs. Jones
with the axe Somehow she man
aged to break from him and run
toward the alghway. Smith and
Queen found them there. They
slezed Jones and gave him a pre
liminary searching.
Jones resisted arrest. During
the scuffle that followed Jones'
thirteen year old son tried to warn
Smith of the heavy biaded knife
Jones carried up hla sleeve.
As Jones pulled the knife Smith
dodged. The blade tore a six-inch
gash in Smith’s left coat sleeve.
Smith fell backward and as he re
gained his balanc*. he pulled his
gun and fired. Jonas ran across the
highway. Smith called to him to
halt and fired one* more Into the
air.
As Jones reached the opposite
side of the highway he fell.
A doctor and an ambulance were
called but Jones was dead. Coro
ner Garrett. County Attorney Ful
brlght and Undersberiff Wall went
to the scene Immediately.
A coroner’s jury meeting Wed
nesday afternoon .Sound that death
was due to gunshot wounds in
flicted by Deputy Smith acting in
line of duty. |
Home To Stay
ALFRED W. DOVE
Sgt. Alfred W. Dove has re
ceived a point discharge from
the army and returned home to
reaufhe civilian life. He has
been In service over four years,
fourteen month* of which were
•pent overseas. His ribbons in
clude pre-Pearl Harbor, South
west Pacific, American Defense
snd Philippine Liberation with
three bronze stars. Dove is
married and has been a Coo
lidge resident for fifteen years.
He is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
C. E. Dove.
Kenilworth PTA
To Hold Teacher's
Reception Thursday
Rev. Olin Lehman will be guest
speaker at the initial fall meeting
and teacher’s reception of Kenil
worth Parent-Teacher Association
Thursday evening October 4, in
Kenilworth School auditorium at
8 p. m.
Mrs. C. H. Kyser, music chair
man, will direct the rhythm band
and glee club in several special
numbers The reception will fol
low the PTA program and busi
ness session.
Refreshment hostesses will be:
Mrs. Ralph Veazy, Mrs. L. E.
Long, Mrs Joseph Blakeman, Mrs.
Glenn Carter, and Mrs Robert
Cunningham.
All parents of the district,
whether members of the PTA or
not, are invited by those in charge
to attend the meeting and recep
tion.
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#A plate glass window at Appel
and ‘Sons on Coolidge Avenue was
broken Saturday morning when a
truck driver misjudged his dis
tance and backed into it.
NUMBER 30
Again A Civilian
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JOE MARLER
S'Sgt. Joe Marler, returned
Friday from Fort McArthur
California, with an honorable
discharge from the- army. Mar
ler wit for many month* In
the European theater and has
been awarded the Good Conduct
Medal, Combat Infantry Badge
and four battle participation star*
for the following campaigns.
Northern France, Rhineland,
Ardennes and Central Europe.
He and Mrs. Marler have made
their home in Coolidge for a
number of years.
Coolidge Lions
Are Hosts To
Visiting Clubs
Coolidge Lions Club was host
to Tempe, Casa Grande, Globe
and Mesa Lions Club at Rivers
Relocation Wednesday night.
Douglas Todd, director of the re
location center and past governor
of the Lions, welcomed the ar
riving who were taken by
staff officers on a tour of the
grounds before dinner.
A special musical program was
featured during the dinner hour.
Songs were directed by the Globe
Club. Dan Garvey, secretary of
state, gave the greetings of Gov
ernor Osborn. Creed Troutman,
governor of district 21 of Lions
gave an outstanding talk on
"Lionism."
Approximately 120 Lions and
guests were present.
Dr. J. O. Grimes, dean of Ari
zona State Teachers College,
Tempe, will be guest speaker at
a joint meeting of the Lions and
Methodists at Coolidge Methodist
church Wednesday night, October
3rd. The meeting is scheduled to
begin at 8 p.m.
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Funeral Services
For A. J. Hodge To
Be This Afternoon
Funeral services will be held at
3:30 this afternoon from Cole and
Maud Chapel for Andrew Jackson
Hodge, 59, who passed away sud
denly Monday night at Florence
Hospital as the result of cerebral
hemmorage. He was born Janu
ary 29, 1886, in Arkansas and has
been a resident of this commun
ity for the past five years, operat
ing a farm he owned north of
Coolidge.
The deceased is survived by his
widow, Libbie, five sons, Cpl.
Flanklin Hodge, Turey, Nebraska,
Herman, A. J.. jr., Billy and
Mickey, all of Coolidge; five
daughters, Mrs. Curtis Lewis,
Dorothy, Hazel, Shirley and Shar
ron Jo, all of Coolidge, one broth
er, Asberry Hodge of Russell,
Arkansas, and one granddaughter.
Services at the chapel will be
conducted by the Reverend J. N.
Campbell. There will be a mili
tary service at the graveside con
ducted by members of the William
David Hood Post of the American
Legion of which he was a member.
Pall bearers will be members of
the Legion and music at the chapel
service will be by Mrs. William
Keith. Interment will be in Valley
Memorial Park.
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Make OPA Applications
By Mail Says Official
Coolidge residents are requested
to make OPA ration board appli
cations by mail rather than by
personally visiting the board of
fice in Florence. This request,
made by Florence ration board
officials, is made to aid the ap
plicant and expedite applications.
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Start Construction
Os Dodge-Plymouth
Show Room For City
Construction of a new building
to house the Dodge and Plymouth
automobile agency has been start
ed by Paul B. Hannah on Arizona
Boulevard. The new building will
have a plate glass frontage of 65
feet and a depth of 100 feet.
The new building will have
modern service equipment in the
rear and a large show room for
display of the new 1946 models
which Mr .Hannah hopes to have
before January st.
United War Fund Drive Gets
Under Way in Pinal County Monday
Need For Funds Great, Says Paul Loueks, County Chair
man. Coming Fall and Winter Will Be One of Most
Critical In Human History.
The nation-wide Halted War Fund
Drive will get underway Monday
in Final County .which has been
set a quota of $15,675, according
to Paul Ix)Ui-ks, county chairman
for the drive. The drive will con
tinue from October 1 to October
25. when a national fund of $250,-
oOO.OUO will he raised by a huge
home-front army of four million
volunteers.
On the ground that the coming
fall and winter will be "one of the
most critical periods in human his
tory" the National War Fund has
accelerated the progrum of its
member agencies in the first six
months of the fiscal year, begin
ning October 1, 1925, says a re
port to Ixjucks.
"The crisis in Europe, with Ger
many defeated, but with real vic
tory not yet won, means that these
Anti Rabies Shots
Being Taken By
Six Persons Here
Anti-rabies shots will soon be
completed by Mrs. Anna Hum
phries and four members of her
family, who are taking the shots as
a precaution, although none were
bitten by the family cocker spaniel
who died recently from rabies, Mrs.
Humphries said.
The dog, who had puppies, was
taken to POW camp hospital when
she sickened. It was believed at
first that she had pneumonia, but
examination of her head after death
revealed that she was infected with
rabies. The puppies were imme
diately taken to POW Camp hos
pital, where they are now under
observation.
Those besides Mrs. Humphries
who are taking the anti rabies shots
are her son, Captain Lloyd Hum
phries. his wife, and daughter, Jane
Ann, Dick Humphries and Joan
llohman, who was also known to
have come in contact with the In
fected dog and her puppies.
PTA Will° Sponsor
Panel Discussion
On October Second
The future of Coolidge as an in
corporated town will be the subject
of a panel discussion at the Parent
Teacher’s Association meeting on
October 2nd at eight p. m. in the
high school auditorium.
Superintendent Robert W. Taylor
will act as panel chairman. Bob
Gammon, C. W. Lewis and Paul
Loueks are panel members.
The meeting is open to the public
and after discussion by panel mem
bers to audience may participate in
a question and answer session.
The panel discussion is expected
to deal with matters of interest to
Coolidge residents which are es
pecially pertinent now that Coo
lidge has voed to Incorporate.
Panel members will discuss to
what extent the citizens of Coo-
Ihlge will be able to determine the
policies, expenditures of funds, and
tax rates of the incorporated city.
They will speak of means of de
riving revenue and attempt to de
termine what expenditures will be
necessary for Coolidge as an in
corporated city.
The PTA has planned the October
2nd program in the belief that Coo
lidge residents will want to take
part in a discussion which deals
with civic and community affairs.
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Legion Auxiliary
To Hold Rummage
Sale Here Tomorrow
A rummage sale will be held by
members of the American Legion
Auxiliary of Coolidge all day to
morrow on Main Street. Mrs. R. W.
Taylor is chairman of arrange
ments.
The Auxiliary’s next meeting will
be at Coolidge Woman’s Club Mon
day night, October 1, when new
members will be initiated. Mrs.
C. F. Hamilton, president, will pre
side. Final announcements of the
Auxiliary convention, to be held in
Phoenix October li to 13, will be
made.
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Members Os Marler
Family Injured In
Oklahoma Car Crash
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Marler left for
Oklahoma Monday upon receipt of
word that his sister and her entire
family had suffered grave injury in
an automobile accident there Sun
day. The baby was killed. Marler's
sister and six-year-old Bon are not
expected to live and the father of
the family is also gravely injured.
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Legion Slates Stag
Party For Returned
Service Men Monday
A stag party and buffet supper
will be held for returned Coolidge
service men by the American
Legion, William David Hood Post,
at the Legion hall Monday night
at eight o’clock. Don Paul is
chairman of the entertainment
committee.
A cordial welcome is extended
by Leonard Spruell, commander,
to all returned home town serv
ice men.
six months will settle for millions
of the liberated the grim question
of sheer survival, and also will
largely shape the kind of peace
and the kind of world, with which
we shall have to live," the report
said.
"Governments of liberated coun
tries which still have funds or cred
its are using all their resources for
mass feeding, fuel, and the first
steps in rehabilitating their rail
roads, industries, farms and civil
administrations. Lend-lease Is out
of the picture entirely. UNRRA is
providing relief only in the Balkans,
to a limited extent in Italy, and
amoug displaced persons in Ger
many.
"For at least six months, and
probably for a year, therefore,
there can be no substitute for the
service of the private agencies.”
War Fund chairman for Coolidge
is D. S. Davis. He will be respon
sible for the local drive which will
bring in to the county fund $3,100.
Davis announces volunteer
workers for Coolidge a3 follows;
J. C. Jayne, Rotary Club; Davis,
Lions Club; R. W. Taylor, Cool
idge schools; William McConnell,
Kenilworth school; N. G. Murray,
Indian Service; Mrs. W. R. Elliott,
Main Street; Mrs. Russell Koehler,
west of Main Street to Arizona
Boulevard; Davis, east of Main
Street; Mrs Roger lies and Mrs.
Esther Baker, North Coolidge;
Mrs. Jack Cocker, South Coolidge;
Mrs. Tom Edwards, Stoger Addi
tion; Mrs. D. S. Davis, Baughn
Townsite; Mrs. H. L. Holland,
southwest rural; Mrs A. M. Clark,
northwest rural; Mrs. H. A. Naf
ziger, northeast rural; Mrs J. C.
Harris, southeast rural; Kruse
Davis, Southern Pacific and Mrs.
Wright, Valley Farms. Because of
the small number of solicitors
available for the big job on hand,
Davis urges that all persons con
tacted cooperate by having dona
tions ready, or, if they are unable
to tell the solicitors at once.
A. L. Bartlett will serve again
this year as county War Fund
treasurer. Rev. Olin Lehman will
act as county secretary. Commun
ity chairmen who have been named
are: Preston Suit, Florence; W. T.
Terry, Oracle; R. W. Thomas, Ray;
J. M. Smith, Superior; E. L. ’Sim
mons, Sacaton; J. A. Gardener,
Tiger; John Keeling and Harry
Fabricant, joint chairmen at Eloy;
Albert S. Quinn, chairman for Casa
Grande and Fred Miller, chairman
for Rivers Relocation Center.
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Plans Made For
New Girl Scout
Program Here
Plans were made for the form
ing of an eighth grade Girl Scout
troop at a tea for mothers of this
age group Friday afternoon in tbe
home of Mrs. Charles Reed, local
chairman of girl scout activities.
Mrs. Thomas S. Arnold will be
leader of the troop. Committee
members for the group will be:
Mrs. Ben Mirkln, Mrs. Carl E.
SJater and Mrs. F. M. Hammon.
An assistant leader for the eighth
grade troop is yet to be appointed.
A meeting will be held Wednes
day afternoon, October 3, with
eighth grade girls at North School
for organizing the unit. Future
meetings are planned for the form
ing of other age group troops.
A girl scout city council will as
sist leaders and troops in the carry
ing out of a girl scout program
here. Mrs. Reed is chairman and
organizer of the council, on which
the following members will serve:
Mrs. Leon Smith, program chair
man; Mrs. ay Blahosky, publicity
chairman; Mrs. Paul Loueks, camp
ing chairman; Mrs. George Truitt,
training chairman; Mrs. H. A. Un
ger, PTA representative, and Clark
Weßs, finaace chairman. Monthly
meetings will be held for the dis
cussion and planning of spout ac
tivities. .
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Cpl. Harris Back
In States From
Jap Prison Camp
Cpt. James H. Harris, USMC,
is back in the States after having
been a prisoner of the Japanese
since early 1942. Harris, one of
several service men brought back
to this country by transport plane,
landed in Miami, Florida, Friday
night and phoned his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. I. C. Harris, the follow
ing morning from the Biltmore
Hospital. He expects to be moved
to a hospital closer home in the
near future.
Cpl. Harris was the first Coo
lidge man reported missing in ac
tion and for almost a year his
parents did not know that he was
a prisoner. Confined at Mukdin
Prisoner of War Camp, communi
cations from Harris were long de
layed and few.
He told his parents that he had
passed through Burma, India,
across North Africa ad Azores
Islands on the way home. There
were stops at various points so
the returning men might rest.
The populace everywhere wel
comed them and did everything in
their power to make things com
fortable for the returnees, Harris
said.
o
•R. O. Jeter, whose leg was badly
cut in a recent tractor accident, re
turned to his home from POW camp
hospital last Thursday and is now
back at wor& at the camp.