Nevada State Journal from Reno, Nevada • 9

WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 20 1950 PAGE NINE NEVADA STATE JOURNAL RENO NEVADA TOURIST LURE PLANS CHANGE ATER BATTLE Chamber Hears Talk By Representative rom allon Overland West Inc successor to the Highway 40 and Highway 50 associations has adopted new stra tegy in the campaign to lure tour ists to communities along the two transcontinental highways Just as the two rival highway associations buried the hatchet and decided was good for one was good for both Overland West is no longer particularly concerned whether the tourists come west by automobile bus train or plane just so they visit the "middle coun This was disclosed yesterday by William Petherbridge manager of the Churchill County Chamber of Commerce and executive director of Overland West in a talk to the board of directors of the Reno of Petherbridge reported that the program for promot ing tourist travel has received en thusiastic response in California and Nevada and he said Overland West will operate actively as far east as Denver By expanding its program to in clude air lines and railroads he ex plained opportunities for Overland West to "tie with national ad vertising of transportation com panies have been greatly expanded Considerable literature is being distributed to travel agencies across the country as well as to automo bile clubs and to a wide variety of publications Petherbridge asked the local board of directors to assign one of its members to attend Overland West meetings and the response of the board was to name not one but six persons to participate two members each from the highway tourist and convention and adver tising and promotion committees The matter of the Reno of contributing financially to Over land West was referred to the fi nance committee for a recommen dation LITTLE GIRL DIES Mrs David Craig 141 Wash ington St yesterday was notified that her daughter Karen Jane 2 had died in a hospital in Los An geles Karen Jane was born in California but had lived part of her life in Reno She had been suf fering from rheumatic heart for some time prior to her death un eral arrangements are pending SERVICE HELD uneral servicese were held yes terday from the Ross Burke Co for the late 'rank Valencia The Rev Sloan of the Community Baptist Church officiated Inter ment was in Mountain View Ceme tery VITAL STATISTICS DEATHS COWAN uneral services will be held Wednesday at 9 am at the O'Brien Rogers chapel for Mrs Julia Cowan thence to St Thomas Aquinas Cathe dral for a requiem mass commencing at 9:30 am Rosary was held Tuesday evening at 8 pm at the above chapel Interment in the family plot Mater Dolorosa Cemetery LEIGHTON In Reno September 18 1950 John Patrick Leighton: son of Mrs Maria Kane of Sacramento Calif: husband of Mrs Charlene Leighton of Reno: son in law of Mr and Mrs Ken neth Eoff of Reno A native of San rancisco Calif Member of Carpen ters Union Local 971 uneral services will be held Thurs day at 830 am at the Rogers chapel thence to St Thomas Aquinas Cathedral for a high requiem mass commencing at 9 am Rosary at the above chapel Wednesday at 8 pm In terment Mater Dolorosa Cemetery ORLEANS In Reno September 19 1950 Ruth Mary Orleans daughter of Mr and Mrs Orleans of Hawthorne Nevada: sister of rank Orleans of Washington A native of ort Col lins Colo "The body will be accompanied to ort Collins Colo for services and In terment with arrangements by the Ross Burke Company BROWN in Vallejo Calif September 18 Carolyn Brown widow of the late James Brown: mother of Mrs Alice Daisley of Merced Calif Mrs An nie Dolliver of San Louis Obispo Calif Mrs lorence Kehoe of Vallejo Calif: sister of Mrs Lena Simpson of Illinois and Mrs Elizabeth NewhaU of Reno Nevada A native of Illinois Graveside services will be held on riday at 3:30 pm at the Mountain View Cemetery with the Rev John' Ledger of Trinity Episcopal Church clergyman Interment in the Arling ton Plot In Mountain View Cemetery A Ross Burke Company service SQUIRES In Oroville Calif September 18 1950 Mrs Grace ogg Squires wife of Charles Squires of Chico mother of Mrs Carlson of Chico Mrs Crawford of Carmel Calif and the late Lt Charles Squires World War II casualty grandmother of Dale John Carlson of Chico Calif Member of Nevada Rebekah Lodge No 7 of Reno A native of Reno Nevada uneral services will be held on Thursday at 10:30 at the Ross Burke Company chapel under the direction of Nevada Rebekah Lodge No 7 of Reno and the Rev Arthur Rice of the ederated Church clergyman In terment In Masonic Cemetery Reno In Reno September 19 1950 Arthur Carlton Atkins A native of Littleton Ala uneral arrangements will be an nounced by the Ross Burke Company uneral services for Miss Ida Mae Pettegrew will be held on Wed nesday at 2 o'clock at the Ross Burke Company chapel under the direction of the Christian Science Church In terment In Mountain View Cemetery In Portola Calif September 19 1950 Carlton Eugene Rhodes: hus band of Mrs Ethel Rhodes of Oroville Calif brother of Mrs Jessie Willcox of Reno uncle of Mrs Jane Graves of Las Vegas Nev Cpl James Willcox In Tokyo nephew of Jesse Rhodes of Vista Calif Mrs Arrowsmith of Heckwith Mrs Craig of Wood land Calif member of Reno Lodge No 13 A Reno Chapter A DeWitt Clinton Commandary Joan of Arc Conclave of Const Scottish Rite Bodies of Ne vada Kerak Temple of the Shrine A native of Brooks Yolo Co Calif uneral services will be held Thurs day at 2 at the Ross Burke Com pany chapel under the direction of Reno Lodge No 13 fc A NEED PRINTING? or Quick Courteous Service CALL SPARKS 441 1 Two Doy Service in Most Cases Virginia Printing Publishing Co We Pickup and Deliver 207 1 Sth St Sparks Nev Stamp Club Holding Display Here and Urges Issuance of Special Nevada Stamp in '51 Stamp Club which has 51 adult members and 15 younger ones is planning to hold a stamp display at the Cham ber of Commerce rooms on Monday evening and are also seek ing to have a centenary stamp made in honor of Nevada in 1951 At the Chamber of Commerce rooms on Monday evening there will be 40 frames of stamps on display each frame con taining four pages from stamp albums The judges will be Dr Owen Ulph and Dr Leifson both of the University MORGALI SUIT ACTION ILED Defendants Ask Court To Dismiss Case Dismissal of the $1500000 dam age suit instituted by Ralph Mor gan defeated gubernatorial candi date against the law firm of Eche verria and Young was requested in district court this week Counsel for Attorneys Peter Echeverria and Clifton Young filed a demurrer asking that the case be thrown out on the grounds there is not sufficient cause for action The damage suit was the after math of a divorce suit filed against Morgali by his wife Virginia who is represented by Echeverria and Young Morgali charged that the divorce bill was filed for the purpose of harrassing him in his campaign for the governor nomination and he ac cused the local law firm of resort ing to "extortion blackmail and to induce Mrs Morgali to launch the suit Representing Echeverria and Young are Russell MacDonald Robert McDonald Richard Blakey and the firm of McCarran and Wedge Grace Squires Dies in Oroville Mrs Grace ogg Squires mem ber of a pioneer Reno family died Monday at an Oroville Calif hos pital after being taken seriously ill while motoring with her family from Chico to Bucks Lake Mrs Squires was the daughter of the late William A ogg who for many years was county clerk for Washoe county She was born in Reno March 30 1883 and at tended the Reno schools and the University of Nevada ollowing her graduation she entered the county office as a deputy until her marriage to Charles Squires in 1904 Mr Squares was connected with the Nevada Pack ing Co for a number of years The family later moved to Cleve land Ohio and then to Oakland About ten years ago they moved to Chico to make their home Mrs Squires was a member of Nevada Rebekah Lodge No 7 of Reno She is survived by her husband Charles Squires of Chico and two daughters Mrs Carlson of Chico and Mrs Crawford of Carmel Calif A son the late Lt Charles Squires was killed in World War II A grandson Dale John Carlson of Chico also sur vives uneral services will be held in Reno Thursday at 10:30 a from the Ross Burke Co chapel under the direction of Nevada Rebekah Lodge the Rev Arthur Rice of the ederated Church clergyman Interment will follow in Masonic Cemetery Mrs James Brown Dies in Vallejo Carolyn Brown widow of the late James Brown of Sparks died Monday in Vallejo according to word received yesterday Mrs Brown who was born in Illinois in 1865 had been residing with her daughter Mrs lorence Kehoe for the past few years She is survived by three daugh ters Mrs Alice Daisley of Mer ced cant Mrs Annie Dolliver of San Luis Obispo Calif and Mrs Kehoe and two sisters Mrs Lena Simpson of Illinois and Mrs Eliza beth Newhall of Reno Graveside services willbe held riday at 3:30 pm at Mountain View Cemetery with the Rev John Ledger of Trinity Episcopal Church as clergyman Interment will be in Arlington Plot with ar rangements by the Ross Burke Co UNERAL TODAY unefral services for Miss Ida Mae Pettegrew will be held today at 2 pm from the Ross Burke Co chapel under the direction of the Christian Science Church Inter ment ill be in Mountain View Cemetery of Nevada faculty and a third ex pert to be selected later The display is open to the public free of charge and everyone is in vited to stop in and take a look at tht stamps The Stamp Club which meets twice each month at the Reno Rec reation Center is seeking to have Postmaster General Jesse Don aldson issue a Nevada stamp next year because it will be the centen nial of the first settlement of Genoa and Genoa was the first set tlement in Nevada In June of each year the Post Office Department is alloted money for issuance of up to 12 new stamps The Department has a Commemorative Stamp Commis sion which selects subjects for commemorative stamps and that body will meet in November to make their selections Already there are 55 subjects which have been brought to their attention and one of these is a stamp of Ne vada The Reno Stamp Club members are urging Nevadans and Nevada organizations to join them in send ing in their requests for a Nevada stamp next year They have got out a form letter which can be used to make this request and these may be obtained from Mrs Joe Greco secretary 1058 Uni versity Terrace Reno Mrs Greco says Nevada has nev er been honored with a commem orative stamp and she points out that if it were the state would gain a lot of recognition Thus far the local club has worked up a lot of interest in the project and have gained the support of Congressman Walter Baring It was the Reno Stamp Club which 'sponsored the issuance of a special cachet commemorating the last run of the railroad and the interest in that project far exceeded their expectations They hope that Nevada will now get be hind the larger project of getting a national stamp issued in honor of the Silver State Crash uneral Planned uneral services for John Patrick Leighton who was fatally injured in an automobile accident north of Reno Sunday will be held Thurs day at 8:30 am from the Rogers chapel thence to St Thom as Aquinas Cathedral where a re quiem high mass will be celebrated commencing at 9 am Recitation of the rosary will be held at the mortuary chapel today at 8 pm Interment will be in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery Mr Leighton was the son of Mrs Maria Kane of Sacramento hus band of Mrs Charlene Leighton of Reno and son in alw of Mr and Mrs Kenneth Eoff of Reno He was a member of Carpenters Union Local No 971 Julia uneral Is Today uneral services for the late Julia Cowan will be held today at 9 am from the O'Brien Rogers Co chapel thence to St Thomas Aquinas Cathedral for a requiem mass commencing at 9:30 am In terment will be in the family plot in Mater Dolorosa Cemetery Recitation of the rosary was held last evening at the mortuary chapel INAL PLANS OR YULETIDE PARADE MADE Committees Selected or Record Event On December 9 inal plans for the giant balloon Christmas parade were made yes terday afternoon when 'the Reno Retail Merchants Association met in the office of the 'organization and named the committees who will be called unonto see that the parade set for December 9 will be the biggest event of its kind staged in Reno It was announced' by rank Menante general chairman of the holiday parade that a name had been selected for the Christmas feature and that both the name arid the committees would be an nounced to the public as soon as all had been cleared with the membership Special features for the parade of giant balloons will be added and the "Christmas of the association decided to get the com plete details in shape to present Jo the public before the end of the week In the meantime it was decided that an extensive publicity cam paign that would embrace all com munities within 100 miles of Reno in every direction would be launched this week so that the three mile long parade of giant balloons might be witnessed by the largest number of people brought to Reno for a similar event It was decided at meeting that the stores would close three hours during the parade so that all the employes might enjoy the un usual sight Complete cooperation of everyone in Reno was assured the merchants and it was an nounced that a portion of the ex pense of financing the parade and of adding extra Christmas decora tions would be paid by the clubs and casinos and the wholesale dealers have likewise pledged their aid financially and in every other way to make the Christmas parade in Reno on December 9 the biggest event of its kind held in Nevada Passenger Hurt As Car Overturns Howard Chism was taken to Washoe emergency hospital early Monday morning for treatment of injuries received when the car in which he was riding overturned Chism who owned the 1941 ord sedan was seated beside Marshal Coulton who was driving The men were returning to Reno about 4 am whenCoulton fell asleep at the wheel The car went off the road at a sharp curve and over turned The Sparks ambulance took Chism to the hospital Both men work at the Herlong Ordnance Depot 1 Wyoming Visitor Dies in Hospital Miss Ruth Mary Orleans Lara mie Wyo school teacher died at a Reno hospital yesterday follow ing an illness of two days She was 27 years of age and a native of ort Collins Colo Miss Orleans is survived by her parents Mr and Mrs Or leans of Hawthorne Nev and a brother rank Orleans of Wash ington The body will be accompanied to ort Collins Colo for funeral ser vices and interment with arrange ments by the Ross Burke Co iiiirnojj alviays sold 80 et 100 Proof Made firms 100' grain tsentral vpirits Say and get the vodka so light so delicate it leaves you breathless! Use Smirnoff in mixed drinks instead of gin rum or rye find it a delightfully refreshing change Smirnoff mingles perfectly with vermouth fruit juices ginger ale tonic or colas and is the great secret of the famous Moscow Mule ii I liiiiiill I I iwi iwn LEAVES OR I WIT Jw jm irasSiL Him Arland Hand promising Reno baritone is en route to a New York school of music for further voice study RENO SINGER GOES TO NY Arland Hand Accepts Spitalny Advice Arland Hand 19 year old Reno singer who auditioned here for Phil Spitalny recently left last night by train for New York where he will attend school for voice culture Young Hand a natural baritone said he would like to continue his singing career and get into light opera While in New York he will be on the Arthur Godfrey shows on radio and television to Preventive War Denied by General WASHINGTON Sept 19 Gen Omar Bradley said today the United States "will not wage a preventive war even against an arch But the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff cautioned that neither will it stoop to "appease ment" Reno Teachers' Group Plans Study of Western Nevada's Geography for This Season More than five dozen teachers of the Reno city schools met at the high school last week for the first session of the fall semester in training course Geography of Western Nevada The class sponsored by the Reno Classroom As sociation was welcomed by the president John Marean high school science instructor who said a peak en rollment of 150 was expected for the next meeting of geography at the Mackay School of Mines University of Nevada His topic will deal with phases of basic geography a fundamental need in a study of our The initial gathering featuring addresses by Reno Superintendent Earl Wooster and State Superin tendent Mildred Bray saw the fo cal point of attention placed on the outline of the course which had been prepared by Mr Marean and his two assistants Marian Trabert and Vern Cline It was pointed out that lectures and field trips on this geo graphic story will be highlighted with guest speakers and guides who are specialists in respective fields minerals hot springs flora and wild life Indian lore weather and like subjects The showing of film strips on map study was presented while available reading material was distributed It was learned that the Septem ber 19 gathering will have as guest speaker Harold Classen professor natural features and resources Last year the Reno teachers group took up the subject of atomic energy and brought here some of the most eminent authori ties in the nation to discuss that topic try for scholarships and auditions Arland is the son of Mr and Mrs Ed Hand of 1152 Ralston He was born in Reno attended Reno grade and high schools and last year at tended the University of Nevada This last summer he has operated a filling station In the audition Hand was found I to have a very fine natural baritone I voice He was urged by Mr Spi talny to consider seriously going to New York to study at one of the better schools of music His voice study to date has been under the guidance of Mrs Lula Grimmer American Buslines MONEY compare Burlington low rates with any other form of travel TIME new through service means fewer transfers fewer stop overs WORRY extra changes and fuss are eliminated because you ride all the way on one ticket coast to coast under one management through sew LOW ARES! rom Reno To: Sacramento 260 Salt Lake City 1175 San rancisco 420 Denver 2015 Omaha 2970 Chicago 3685 Toledo 4175 Detroit 4280 Washington 4745 New York City 4980 (Plus Tax) Buy Round Trip Tickets You Save 20 on Return Trip Burlington American Depot Phone: 7550 139 2nd St Agent: I Peebles BORKNGTON TRAIUWS Las to pay his 4 7 Copyright 1950 by Harolds dub AR rights reserved on contents of entire advertisement rooster and two before tax his and in the act of lifting out the' sack of gold! Winters beat him to the draw firing once and killing the bandit instantly The body lay covered with a blanket on the board walk for another day until the coroner arrived from Belmont and ruled the killing "self A so called "Black who had been an accomplice of the dead thief was jailed in connection with the attempted robbery but escaped and left the country The inquest over Winters again hitched up his team and drove on across the desert to Belmont where he turned his golden eagles over' to the Treasurer without incident and started again on his return journey back to Pahrump Io him it was all in the course of a trip to pay his taxes Later the incident was retold and in the telling it became embellished until several versions are in circulation The most widely told account (but not supported by sufficient facts) has it that Winters expected to be robbed and resorted to strategem He was 'said to have strapped a worthless gun in holster to the dashboard of his wagon and bidden a very fine Navy revolver under the scat cushion Near Belmont he was held up by two robbers who made him hand over his fash and dttmmmr Putting cn kMr fear Winters made his captors jeer and laugh One of seized the worthless gun and turned to show it to his partner In that instant the old man snatched up the good revolver and killed the nearest robber The other begged for mercy and walked in front of the wagon into Belmont He was said to have worked on ranch later in Pahrump ew known facts support this latter version and tjie old timers at San Antone recorded the incident as happen ing there on die board Their version is probably true and all authorities agree that the Nye County treasury "got the gold instead of and "Black He left his team a few moments to get a bite of breakfast and to pay the station keeper Naturally light on his feet he stepped noiselessly to the door and found a large red haired tough going through the jockey box See the attractive full color reproductions of this series of historical subjects now on the walls of Harolds Club A booklet of the series is on sale for 35c at the Club Winters was a tough old had already Jcilled a man or his famous borax discovery in Death Valley This morning at San Antone he rose early took his money bag of golden eagles from his nil low stuck revolver in the holster and went outside to his team He threw the money sack in the jockey box of the buck board wagon where he could drive and keep an eye on it at all times Then he Hitched up ie team and drovethe wagon around to' the hitching rack in front of the station AX PAYING has always been a serious business but in 1886 in the rugged desert State of Nevada it often had melodramatic overtones When Aaron Winters reached old age he quit his mining and borax activities in 'the area around Death Valley and to the comparative ease and quiet of running a ranch in Pahrump Valley But once a year the old man had to drive from Pahrump in the extreme southern end of Nye County to Belmont in ahc northern tip to pay his taxes It was a grim trip of three to four days each waythrough some of the roughest most arid desert on thecontinent He drove bis team by way of natural watering places ana ms route included stops at Silver Peak and the old San Antone Station (northwest of Tonopah in the San Antone Desert) This station and a mill had been built in 1865 and pamels were used to haul salt there from the marshes at Rhodes and It was a busy and colorfol spot when old man Winters spent the night therein 1868 to feed 'and water and rest his team on his way to Belmont annual taxes MORE THAN 5000 VISITORS DAILY 4 OUT 5 ROM OUTSIDE NEVADA Raymond A Smith President Harold Smith Vice President Raymend I Smith Managei Secretary Treasurer Journey HAROLDS CLUB RENO jlwmb American Buslines 7.