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Kingman, AZ
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50 YEARS AGO From
the Mohave County
Miner
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October 1958
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October 2
Tickets for home football games may be purchased at Alexs Toggery and
at the Kingman Newsstand in advance.
The Cowbelles are sponsoring a food and rummage sale at the Kingman
Water Company on October 25th.
In spite of rainy weather, the twelfth annual Mohave County Fair was
very well attended and the fair-goers were thrilled by the many
wonderful exhibits, the midway with its games and booths and the home
talent show.
Dr. and Mrs. Robert H. Kingman paid a visit to Kingman and were
especially pleased with the new chamber of commerce museum at the
city’s west end. Dr. Kingman is a son of the Lewis Kingman, Santa Fe
Railroad civil engineer, for whom this city was named. Dr. and Mrs.
Kingman visited the museum to view the display of personal effects
which once belonged to his father. Dr. Kingman has a brother named
Winslow Kingman.
A square dance will be held at the Red Barn in Hackberry Saturday
night. All square dancers are invited.
News from Chloride: Our community thanks Helen Johnson for the nice
donation of books to the Chloride Library.
Several folks enjoyed an ice cream social at the Chloride parsonage
given by Mr. and Mrs. Charles Nichols.
October 9, 1958
A new automotive service installation will be opened this week-end by
E. J. McCarthy, well known service station operator and Kingman’s
mayor. The new station will be known as Charlie McCarthy’s Texaco
Station Service, will feature Texaco products and a curio store
operation which Mrs. McCarthy will operate. McCarthy has been in the
service station business since coming to Kingman in 1946 following two
years in the U.S. navy aboard a destroyer He operated the Kimo station
for 12 ½ years. The McCarthys reside at 807 Grand View Avenue.
Marie Carrow is enjoying a two weeks vacation from her duties as
secretary to Judge Charles Elmer.
News from Oatman: Amund “Shorty” Oswood from Bullhead City was a
visitor over the week-end.
Abe Martin, Bullhead City druggist, and wife Stella, visited in camp
over the week-end.
Sandy Notes: Several interesting events have taken place here in the
past two weeks. To begin with, Fred Wheadon dispatched a horse to where
all good horses go by hitting him with his station wagon. The station
wagon was pretty well smashed and Fred had to wear a brace on his neck
but is steadily improving. The horse belonged to Jim Medlin. Ed
Stephens had a horse gored by a mad cow and had to take him to Dr.
Kalisz, the horse, that is.
October 16, 1958
The Smokehouse Restaurant, east Andy Devine Avenue, will be closed for
about two weeks for repairs necessitated by a fire that swept the attic
of the place at ll:20 p.m. Sunday night.
Mrs. Vonceil Trahan is the new secretary at the chamber of commerce.
Mrs. Jean Anderson, former secretary there, is now an employee of Peat,
Marwick, Mitchell and Company.
Mrs. Robert Riggenbach is new cashier at Central Commercial.
October 23, 1958
The first long distance phone call placed through the new Kingman dial
system was a call from Mrs. Charlie Lum of Kingman to her family in
Hong Kong. Mrs. Lum used the new Citizens Utilities Company dial system
to place the call from the living room of her home at 2703 Ricca Drive.
Mrs. Lum came to the United States from Hong Kong last summer and this
was her first telephone visit with her family since her arrival here.
C. M. Hart, Citizens Utilities Company manager and Charlie Lum look on
while she places the call.
The first local phone call placed through the Citizens Utilities
Company dial phone system was placed by George C. Ricca to E. J.
“Charlie” McCarthy. Retired along with the old phone system was the
colorful system of “Blue, Black, Red and Green” prefixes.
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Miller were in Phoenix where Miller, chief of the
Kingman Volunteer Fire Department, attended a fire school.
Pom-Pom girls of Mohave County Union High School will be washing cars
at Cox Mobil Station on Front Street. The girls will charge a dollar
per car and will use the money to buy new uniforms.
News from Oatman: Whitey and Virginia Jenkins and son Jimmy, of Santa
Ana, Calif., were in camp visiting friends and also visited at the home
of Bob Martin on Silver Creek.
October 30, 1958
Mrs. Andy Johnston was honored with birthday dinner Sunday at the Santa
Claus Inn.
Mr. and Mrs. M. E... Hafley were in Phoenix on business. Plans are
being made to open the restaurant soon at the lovely new Holiday House
Motel.
News from the Sandy: Mr. and Mrs. Jim Medlin have moved into their new
home that they have been building on the hill above their old place.
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September 1958
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September 4
WEST’S FASTEST GUN-Les Hardin of Flagstaff who appeared at the annual
Pioneer Days celebration. Hardin draws and shoots in less than one-
fifth of a second. He and a fellow showman, LukeSandlin,
demonstrated fast gun handling and gun tricks at both performances of
the local rodeo.
Dell Hubbard, Phoenix cowboy was the big winner at the Pioneer Day
rodeo. The parade sweepstakes was won by Hualapai Tribal Enterprises of
Peach Springs. Honorable mention went to Mr. and Mrs. Claude Neal for
their old time costumes. The 1958 rodeo queen was Lois Grounds,
sponsored by Wes Britt.
John Wright is a new employee of the inspection station on Highway 66.
Mary Penrod is cashiering at Sprouse-Reitz and Marjorie Brock is a new
cashier at the store.
On this twenty-fifth day of August, the forty-second birthday of the
National Park Service, today we made a final inspection and accepted
the completed paving of the Temple Bars road.
Graduates of the class of ’48, enjoyed a dinner at Bill Oswalt’s
restaurant. Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Courtney Paup of Kingman,
Frank McVey of San Bernardino, Calif, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Golding of
Phoenix, Mr. and Mrs. Dale May of Kingman, Danny Slayton of
Flagstaff, Carl Newberry of Las Vegas and Mr. and Mrs. Carl
Wright of Kingman.
News from the Sandy: Mr. and Mrs. Charles Burgess of the Date Creek
Ranch, visited on the Sandy.
News from Oatman: Many of our residents spent Labor Day at the Rodeo in
Kingman. The temperature here being 111 degrees in the shade,
those who stayed at home made good use of the air conditioning
system.
Week-end visitors, we find the Pete Cutright family who make their home
in Topock.
News from Chloride: Lonnie and Ethel Ferra of Union Pass visited with
Mrs. Ferra’s father, Charles Shull, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Wooten
and daughter, Margaret Lee of Phoenix spent the week-end at the W. J.
Wooten ranch. Harley Davis, Gene Rushton and son Bill of Kingman were
out and went fishing with Bob Scott at Detrital Wash. They returned
Sunday evening with a good catch.
September 11, 1958
Rev. Wiley had charge of the Sunday services at the Four-square Church
last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Fowler and sons, Don and Gene, Jr., are new residents
of Kingman and are living at the Howard Cate home on Oak Street. Both
young men attend Mohave County Union High School and Mr. Fowler is with
Shaeffer Union Service Station.
September 18, 1958
Audrey O. Duey of Davis Dam received a Bureau of Reclamation
Certificate of Superior Performance from Earl T. Walters, chief, Davis
Dam field division. Only two percent of the project employees received
such an award. It is given for outstanding performance in all
phases of job activities.
Mrs. Ruth Carrow and daughter Darlene, have moved from their
Valentine ranch to Kingman.
Mrs. Elizabeth Imrich is new employee of Mae Henderson’s Beauty Shop.
Mrs. Ted Leichsenring, secretary at the Mohave Miner office, is
enjoying a two weeks vacation.
News from Oatman: Mr. and Mrs. Paul Rathbone, Jr., and baby son, of
Winslow, Ariz., and Paul’s mother, Mrs. Angeline Rathbone, of Kingman
visited Mayme Babb Sunday.
We are glad to report that with fourteen or more children to enroll, it
was possible to have school this year with “Woody” Mason as teacher.
Opening date was
September 8th.
Sandy Notes: Rain in the mountains near here caused the Sandy to run
larger than at any time this year. There was no appreciable rainfall in
the valley but in some section of the mountains it was very heavy. The
river couldn’t be crossed for a couple of days and one couple was
stranded on an island until could be rescued by some daring horsemen.
September 25, 1958
Mohave County’s Coca-Cola bottling Company has been sold by Earle W.
Cook, to Harold Kreft of Kingman and his brother Dr. Willard Kreft, of
Peoria, Ill.
Mrs. John Grounds of Burro Creek visited with Mr. and Mrs. William
Grounds.
News from Oatman: Taking part in the Square Dance held at the Community
Hall was Lee Stephens and his “ Hoop-n-Holler” and those of the
Needles-Bullhead Square Dance Clubs.
The Big Sandy by May Davis Young: As the younger generation grew up the
Big Sandy became quite a winter playground for the surrounding
communities. Visitors were always welcome. Everyone had an abundance of
hay and pasture. Pork, beef, vegetables and fruit were plentiful, as
well as milk, butter and eggs. Some of the early pioneers had brought
in honey bees, too, and soon found that the climate and plant life were
ideal for bees. So the Big Sandy could be called literally the “land of
milk and honey”. Continued next month.
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August 1958
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August 7
Mrs. Cora Casteel was hostess at a family get-together and dinner.
Attending were Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Hartup and children, Mr. and Mrs.
Charles Hartup and family and Mrs. Emma Scott. The Charles Hartups
recently moved back to Kingman from Seligman.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Casson and family and Mr. and Mrs. Ted Leichsenring
and daughters spent Saturday at the Bob Blake ranch where calf tying
was practiced for the annual Labor Day rodeo.
Sterling Mahone of Peach Springs, well known Mohave County man, has
joined the Kingman Police force as a patrolman. Mr. Mahone is a member
of the Hualapai Indian tribe, has served as tribal policeman and was
acting judge until recently. He has completed three police schools.
Dr. and Mrs. A. A. Arnold enjoyed a week’s vacation in Las Vegas.
Mrs. Bernice Richardson has opened her business at her new location at
123 North 6th Street. Mrs. Richardson is an independent insurance
agent for all types of insurance.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Neihart have returned from a two months vacation.
They are again managing the Corky Pig Café. which is open for
business from the hours of 6 to 10 and closed on Wednesday.
After a five months absence, Toni Lee has returned to Kingman and is
again at the Mohave House.
News from the Sandy: Charles Nelson is now a full time deputy for this
district and he has his trailer parked at Mr. Heric’s trailer park.
August 14, 1958
Two separate groups requesting Hilltop sewer, curbing and street
improvements were heard by the Kingman City Council at the regular
monthly meeting.
Kingman business man Alex Thomson mops his brow and reads the State
Theatre marquee which advertises “Hot Spell’ starring Shirley Booth.
Daily high temperatures were accompanied during the past week with
unusually high humidity. Evaporative coolers were put on the blink by
the humidity and all in all, “ Hot Spell”
seemed to be the words which best described the feeling around town.
Cleo Reed enjoyed a week’s vacation from her duties at the City Drug.
August 21, 1958
Western attire is now in order and will be the accepted dress in
Kingman from now until the Labor Day Pioneer’s Day celebration.
Work on the installation of equipment for the use of dial system
telephones in the Kingman area is progressing on schedule, according to
C. M. Hart of the Citizens Utilities Company. The building formerly
occupied by Tarr, McComb & Ware Commercial Company was completely
renovated and Mr. Hart has obtained the services of several local
college boys to make the station phone conversions and installation to
the dial system.
Frank J. Esquibel was honored when he received appointment as District
Deputy of District N. 8 of the Knights of Columbus. Esquibel is one of
the most active Knights of the St. Mary’s Council and has held every
office in the local council as well as being widely known and respected
in the state organization.
Nine new faculty members and fourteen familiar faces will greet
students returning to Mohave County Union High School. R. L. Williams,
assistant principal and world history: Frank Baca, Spanish and boy’s
athletics; Kenneth Conrath, general math and distributive education ;
J. David Cunningham, math and boy’s athletics; Charles Cook,
metal shop and boys’ athletics; Joan Deines, girl’s athletics and
history; Stanley Gould, music; Wanda Hull, home economies; Fay Logsdon,
English; Esther Meier, library; Bill Musgrove, science and biology;
Charles Orr, mechanical drawing and shop; James Vandevier, driver
training and boy’s athletics; Theodore Wallace, American history and
civics; Georgie Ann Witt, treasurer and bookkeeper; Marjorie
Hokanson, registrar.
August 28, 1958
A group of women met at the home of Mrs. John Neal, August 20 and
organized an association known as the Daughters of Mohave County
Pioneers. Its purpose and objective are to compile early history,
interesting facts, authentic stories, pictures and articles used by our
pioneer families.
The Big Sandy by May Davis Young: The post office was at Signal. The
mail was carried from Fort Mohave on the Colorado River to Signal on
pack mules. Soon there were enough children on the Big Sandy to
establish a school. Ad Cornwall was their first teacher. Later
another school was established in Signal. After the Santa Fe Railroad
was completed, more families began to move in until the Big Sandy was
quite a settlement. By 1890, there were over forty families settled up
and down the river including several pioneer Spanish families who
settled near Signal. Continued next month.
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July 1958
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July 3
The long Fourth of July holiday will bring record crowds into Mohave
County with capacity gatherings at all resorts along the river, lakes
and in the Hualapai Mountains. Kingman will celebrate Independence Day
with a huge fireworks display at the county fairgrounds Friday night
and a swimming meet during the day.
Barbara Fuller is employed at the Cattlemen’s Café in Truxton.
Pat Tarr is working during the summer months at Table Supply.
As We Were Saying….by Wilbur Arthur. Howdy, folks. Well, well, well—the
Congress has voted to admit Alaska to the Union and after all the red
tape is over and done with, Texas will no longer be the biggest state.
It’s tragic, loyal Texans-but it’s true! And by the same token Arizona
will no longer be known as the “baby “ state.
News from Oatman: Mrs. Alice Snell sold her home at the Summit and is
temporarily making her home with Mrs. Rege Baldwin.
Bob Martin returned from Turtle Mountain after spending several days
doing his assessment work.
New from the Sandy: The reseeding program starts this week on the range
where the fire was the first of the month.
There will be a meeting of the Sandy Valley Citizens Committee at the
school house June 29. Everyone who is interested in the development of
this large district is urged to attend.
July 10, 1958
New City Government—The men and women who will operate the city for
next two years are: Mayor E. J. McCarthy, Vice-Mayor Dr.
Walter Brazie, members: Dorothy Osterman, Don Strait, Ted
Wallace. All are carry-over members with the exception of Mr.
Benn Keller and Mr. Jim Richardson.
Two men who are charged with the first degree burglary of the Coffee
Cup café on Highway 66 east, are in Mohave County jail awaiting
trial.
News from Chloride: Our community is happy to have Harry Lennox here
this summer. Mr. Lennox is here doing his assessment work.
A small brush fire in back of the Walter Winsett home created quite a
bit of excitement.
July 17, 1958
Wilma Rhodes, lab technician at Mohave General Hospital, is enjoying a
vacation from her duties.
Mrs. Barney Rake is a new employee of the city clerk’s office,
replacing Mrs. Jack Hokanson, who is joining the office staff of the
high school.
News from Chloride: Neely White purchased the John Mulhern home. Mr.
Mulhern plans to make his home in Bakersfield, Calif.
News from Oatman: School district No. 16 had a budget meeting at the
local school house. Many problems for the ensuring year were discussed.
It has been decided to again open the local school, and to select a
teacher soon.
July 24, 1958
Mrs. Archie Wood is working at Citizens Utilities as secretary to C. M.
Hart.
Miss Maureen Mora is a new employee of the Mohave House Restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Gaylor, Jr. and family have moved to the Stanley Skiba
home on Ricca Drive.
News from Oatman: During the past several days this Camp has been
visited by a number of men in the Political limelight at the present
time. They are Sheriff Frank Porter, accompanied by his son, Frank Jr.:
Governor McFarland: C. Clyde Bollinger, accompanied by Mrs. Bollinger:
Billy Baxter, and M. E. Hafley.
July 31, 1958
Mrs. Lola Phillips is enjoying vacation from her duties as saleslady at
Bessie Borden’s Dress Shop
The Sportsman’ Club Café, under the management of Mr. and Mrs.
Roland Tolliver, will open its doors for business. The new café,
situated on Main Street, in the center of Bullhead City.
Extensive remodeling of the dry goods department of Central Commercial
Company has been completed.
News from the Sandy: The early settlers who came in wagons overland
included the families of the Boners, Cornwalls, Cofers, Carrows, Shipp,
Kaysers, Despains, Hand, McClure, Jack and John Owens, the Briggs and
other. These pioneers sold their extra produce—vegetables, milk,
butter, eggs and hay—to the Signal merchants, two Jewish brothers named
Mose and Gabe Levi, and their cousins, William and Henry Kushlin.
The post office was at Signal. The mail was carried from Fort Mohave on
the Colorado river to signal on Pack mules. Soon there were enough
children on the Big Sandy to establish a school. Ad Cornwall was their
first teacher. Later another school was established in Signal.
Continued next month.
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June 1958
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June 5
A range fire, described by officials as the worst in Arizona in many
years, swept over an 18-square-mile of rangeland west of Wikieup. A
group of 30 cattlemen on horseback aided the firefighters in areas
where it was difficult to operate without horses. The hardest hit ranch
was the Boevers ranch.
Jewel Sansom is a new employee at the Kimo Café.
Charles P. Elmer, judge of the Mohave County Superior Court announced
his candidacy for re-election to that office, subject to the Democratic
primaries in September.
Mrs. Arden Lawhead, an employee of Central Commercial, is enjoying a
two weeks vacation
Chloride Notes: Our community is pleased with the reception they are
receiving from the TV translator installed on the mountain above the
Albin Larson home. Several people are purchasing television sets after
seeing the good reception received at the Chloride Store.
News from the Sandy: The big news in this district was the range fire
which burned over 17 sections of land on the Medlin, Boevers and Wilson
range. It burned within a few hundred yards of the ranch house of Jack
Wilson. The fire was started by lightning during a very dry
thunderstorm.
June 12, 1958
The past exalted rulers of the B.P.O.E. enjoyed dinner at the El
Trovatore and then held their meeting.
Mrs. Peggy Cook, a former resident of Kingman, has returned to make her
home. She has been living in Phoenix and for many years here was
the owner of the Kingman Rose Gardens.
News from the Sandy: Joe Roy, school bus driver, has been on vacation
since the first and will return to work at the high school June 15th.
Chloride Notes: Our community is pleased with the appearance of our
roads, thanks to Mr. Earl Tatum, who graded them so nicely last week.
June 19, 1958
Mrs. Georgia Wallace is a new employee of the Casa Lind Café.
Frank L. Porter, now serving his fourteenth year as sheriff of Mohave
County, announced his candidacy for re-election to that office subject
to the Democratic primaries.
Miss Karen Davis is employed during summer vacation at the office of
Doctors Brazie and Bigford.
Gail Gaylor, Betty Hart, Roland Walker, and Phillip McDonald are new
employee of the El Mohave Café.
Sandy Notes: Bill Grounds, Lois and Hubbie made a business trip to
Burro Creek and on the way to Kingman visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ed Stephens.
A dance will be held at the school house on Saturday. Music will be by
Buzzy Blair and orchestra.
Oatman News: Along about 1933 an old timer burro prospector pulled into
Oatman from the Chemehuevis to provision up. When the old timer
prospector arrived in Oatman he had a gaunt look, a beard about 12
inches long and three burros, A man’s whistle can become mighty parched
after 15 or 20 miles looking at the south end of three burros over the
hot, black lava flows of the southern Black mountains. Consequently the
prospector tied his burros in front of Roundy Richardson’s saloon and
climbed up the old boardwalk into Roundy’s to moisten his whistle a
bit. After inviting several old friends to join him, and after his
whistle was loosened up sufficiently, he turned to his companions and
said, “Boys, I’ve got the goldarndest biggest lizard out there that
ever grown in Arizona”. Lashed behind the packsaddle on one burro was a
rolled-up tarp. The prospector removed the tarp and laying it on the
ground, proceeded to unroll it. About that time out slithered a 3
½ foot alligator, looking dusty, dehydrated and sure enough
hair-triggered. The prospector said,“ Boys’ that critter isn’t only the
biggest lizard in Arizona but I’d bet my shirt it’s the meanest lizard
in the whole Colorado desert.
June 26, 1958
Miss Barbara Odle is working at Leo’s Drive In during summer vacation.
News from Oatman: Mrs. Myra Hardwick left for her home at the Hualapai
Mountains for the summer.
Bob Martin left the past week in his Model T Ford for the Turtle
Mountains for an indefinite stay.
Lee Stephens and his square dancers came over for a dance at the
Community Hall. Thanks to Mr. Stephens for having some round dances for
the Oatman folks to enjoy who don’t square dance.
The Big Sandy by May Davis Young: The Cofer Hot Springs was located
after 1874. This hot spring is on the east side of the Sandy River in
about the center of the valley. Ike Goodman lived there for years. A
crude bathing pool was made just to accommodate the settlers. This
spring has always been a great place for the people of the community to
gather and bathe. The water is just the right temperature for bathing
and never varies, summer or winter. No one has ever commercialized on
the spring which is now held as ranch property by Clyde Cofer. More
next month.
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May 1958
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May 1
No other form of retail business gives away as much in services as does
the so-call “service station”, Ennis Vaughan told Kingman
Rotarians meeting in the Jade Restaurant.”For a five-gallon purchase of
gas which represents 35 cents in profit to the operator, the customer
can realize a huge amount of free services which include a windshield
wash, sweeping out the car, a battery check, adding free water to the
radiator, adding free air to the tires, etc. “Kingman has the highest
caliber of service station dealers of any town”.
Mrs. Joan Crawford is a new employee of the Desert Drug store.
The L.P.N.’s special event for the Cancer Crusade will be a 50 cent
chance on a beautiful necklace and earring set valued at $6.00. This
set is on display at Gibbs Jewelry, 321 Andy Devine, Beale Hotel Blg.
News from Oatman: Mr. and Mrs. Ernie Smith are operating the Mission
Café, good meals, as well as short orders, pie, coffee, etc. are
being served.
News from the Sandy: An oil seep into a water well near Wikeup is being
discussed. This area in which the seep is alleged to have been located
is near natural corral section above Wikieup
Jack South drove down from Tuba City but he had a narrow escape getting
here. He was driving along Hackberry cutoff when a car towing a boat
turned too quickly and caused the boat to sideswipe Jack’s station
wagon. No one was hurt in the accident.
May 8, 1958
Kingman’s new Pony League is badly in need of adults to serve as team
and coaches.
A section of hairpin curves near the Bland Hill section of the Signal
area, is being realigned by the county road department, supervisor Ray
Van Marter says. The curves had been so bad that ranchers could not
haul from the area and had to come all the way around thru Yucca to
reach the county seat. A county crew with bulldozer, grader and other
equipment is straightening out the rugged half mile.
Ann Burdick has returned to Kingman to make her home. She has been
residing in Tucumcari, New Mexico. and is an employee in the
ready-to-wear department of Sprouse-Reitz.
Mr. and Mrs. C. V. Lee have subleased the Mohave House and are new
residents of Kingman.
May 15, 1958
The revival of an ancient and almost forgotten pow-wow will be
undertaken by the Hualapai tribe of Peach Springs May 17. The pow-wow
was originally intended as a memorial ceremony honoring all Indian dead
and will be performed by present day Indians. Joining in the ceremonies
at Peach Springs, will be representatives from the Mohave, Piute and
Supai tribes.
Philbert Watahomigie, fifth grade student in Mr. Molin’s class has been
named outstanding boy athlete of the year at Kingman grammar school. He
has been outstanding and active in all phases of the school sports.
News from Chloride: The Chloride teenagers white washed the big “C”. It
looks very nice.
Several folks turned out for the 8th grade graduation at the school
house, Miss Wynalie Barnes and Miss Beverly Barnes (cousins) received
their eighth grade diplomas.
News from the Sandy: We had two terrific hailstorms, complete with
lightning, thunder, rain and hailstones as big as golf balls, ruined
the shingle roof at Emmett Chapman’s honey house.
May 22, 1958
Mr. and Mrs. Barney Rake have moved back to their own home on Beale
Street.
Mrs. Linda Owsley is a new employee of George Steinke’s Shooting Star
Restaurant.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Shea moved to Fanny Woodward’s residence on the corner
of Sixth and Beale.
May 28, 1958
Mr. and Mrs. Coy Delk will be moving from the Santa Fe house to their
own residence at 202 Topeka.
Robert J. Watson is employed as a salesman at the Southern Union Gas
Company.
The Big Sandy by May Davis Young: Burro Creek joins the Sandy before
the mountain formation closes in. Just below is the little town of
Signal. Signal was mining camp started in the 1860’s. Prior to 1872,
James R. Boner moved from Kern County, California, to Mineral Park,
Arizona. His family consisted of his wife, four boys, and one married
daughter, a Mrs. Despain. The next year, the Boners had a baby boy born
in Mineral Park. Soon after this Mrs. Boner burned to death. In 1873
Boner moved his motherless family by ox team to the Big Sandy. Mr.
Boner’s brother, John, and his daughter, Mrs. Despain, were already
located on the big Sandy by this time. His oldest son Alfred Boner, and
Tom Collins, an ox team driver, located the Gideon Cornell place in
1873. There was nothing but a spring on the place at the time. Later, a
man named “Dirty Frenchy” killed Tom Collins over a poker game in
Wickenburg. In 1874, two more of James Boner’s sons, Stub and Jim,
located the Neal place. Other members of the Boner family located and
sold several ranches as settlers began to move in. Continued next
month.
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April 1958
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April 3
The Junior-Senior prom at Mohave County High School will be held on
April 25th.
Billy Cofer, son of Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cofer, is ill in the Mohave
General Hospital.
Explorers of Boy Scout Troop 28 and all Explorers from Henderson, and
Las Vegas will enjoy a three day Easter encampment at the Levi Levi
Camp in the Hualapais. It is understood that there is now two feet of
snow in the Potato Patch area.
The Episcopal Church will hold a Good Friday service with Rev. Charles
Howe, pastor. An Easter morning service will be held with
Communion at 11:00 a. m..
News from Oatman; The attendance at the Community Hall dance last
Saturday night was great. We wish to thank the Royals of Needles
for their excellent music, the committees that worked to make this
dance a social success, and also our friends from neighboring towns are
so greatly appreciated.
News from Chloride; Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Hall, Carroll Combs and Nona
Avants journeyed to Hualapai Wash and spent pleasant week-end fishing
and got a small catch.
April 10, 1958
Sheriff Frank Porter, Community Cancer Crusade chairman, has called a
meeting of all volunteers for the Cancer Drive April
11th. Porter urges all volunteers to attend.
Paul Vatland is a new employee of the Kingman Water Company.
Ken Peterson, employee of Bell’s Tidewater Service Station, left
Kingman on for the Armed Forces.
Seven candidates have filed for office in the forthcoming City
election. Mayor E. J. “Charlie” McCarthy will seek re-election along
with vice-mayor Dr. Walter Brazie and council members Ted Wallace, Don
Strait and Dorothy Osterman. The newcomers are Benn Keller, assistant
general manager of the Ford Proving Grounds, and Jim Richardson, local
motel operator.
News from Chloride; Charley and Nona Avants journeyed. to Dailey’s
Service Station on Easter Sunday and enjoyed having dinner with the
Dailey family.
The Chloride children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt in the park sponsored
by their teacher Stella McMilan.
April 17, 1958
The Wild Burro Barbeque is almost here- and at Bullhead City hurried
preparation are underway to entertain a crowd of nearly 8000 who are
expected to come there to sample free burro meat and other delicacies
and Bullhead City hospitality.
Line tests have been completed and work is rapidly shaping up at the
new office of Radio Station KAAA in the State Theatre Bldg. in Kingman.
Programs will originate in the downtown studio soon.
Mrs. Ann Jasper is a new saleslady at the Sprouse Reitz store.
News from Chloride; Harley Davidson of Kingman and Bob Scott enjoyed an
overnight fishing trip at Pierce’s Ferry, although they didn’t have
much luck.
Everyone is cordially invited to attend a dance at the Chloride
Recreation Hall. There will be music by Shorty, Jimmy Barnes and Phil
Winslow.
News from the Sandy; Mr. and Mrs. Daro Robertson and two sons spent a
week on the Sandy. They are from Orange, Calif. While they were here
they had a couple of very unnerving experiences. One of the boys
accidentally discharged a shotgun into the front seat and out the door
right where his father was sitting. Then their dog ran onto a
rattlesnake and while trying to kill it he flipped the snake onto Mrs.
Robertson. Even with these escapes they still like this country.
April 24, 1958
Barbara Hull, 12 year old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hull of
Kingman, is Arizona’s champion speller for 1958. Barbara won the
state’s laurels when she spelled the word “mediocre”.
The Carson and Barnes Circus played an engagement here. Joe Nava of 928
Center Street had a nerve-wracking experience about 2:30 a.m. Joe lives
about two blocks for the circus grounds and he heard noises in his back
yard. When he investigated he found three elephants having a ball with
his trash can. Evidently “the elephants” were practicing their tricks
because one climbed on top of a trash can and smashed it.
The Big Sandy continued; After Sandy and Trout Creek join, the country
opens up into what is known as the Big Sandy. This area is about forty
miles long and several miles wide in some places with a living stream
of water running through, a mild climate and fertile soil. This was a
lifesaver for the early pioneers as they were able to raise everything
they needed to sustain life. The mountains on each side were favorable
as a stock range while the flat country was, and still is in some
localities, covered with a dense growth of mesquite. Every kind of
vegetable and fruit, except the tropical fruits, grew luxuriantly.
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