1923: Isabel Jemenez of Flagstaff went to Coconino County Clerk Tom L. Reese’s office last Friday with a pretty girl in his arms to get a marriage license. So Isabel put off his hopes for a while and sent Frank Gold to file for divorce the next day. He got married in old Mexico in 1904, said his wife had left him, and doesn’t know where she went or where she is or anything else about her.

Encouraging news came out of Oak Creek on Monday by members of the County Board of Supervisors. If a government engineer surveying the proposed Oak Creek highway supports the county engineer’s plan to build two bridges over Oak Creek, the bad location for the canyon section of the highway is , may be fixed soon with funds currently on hand. The entire road is passable and the distance between here and other towns in Prescott and eastern Yavapai County is ninety miles (90 miles).

A former county engineer, Wright, had planned a new highway route along this side of the creek, but his successor said the dangerous sections along this route could not be removed with funds available to the county. It says it can’t be done and recommends jumping over the creek under the bad road. Stretch to make it easier to get to the other side and after going through the bad stretch jump back to this side on another bridge.

1948: With much of the United States, indeed the world, suffering from severe power shortages and curtailment plans in place, northern Arizona’s generating capacity could triple its current total capacity by the end of the year. Become. Last January, a reserve pool will be developed.

The bright spot therefore came with the announcement of the installation of a 4,500-KWH power plant by Saginaw and Manistee Lumber Co., the operator of one of Flagstaff’s large sawmills. It has contracted with the Arizona Power Company to provide a significant amount of “fixed power” for use on the utility’s network in northern Arizona. Southwest Lumber Mills, Inc. previously negotiated a similar arrangement with the utility.

A key economic factor in these operations is the use of sawmill waste as fuel for power generation by sawmills. That waste, previously converted to smoke only, has been flooded with electricity to adequately handle current demand and create a surplus for demand for more capacity through development in northern Arizona. It predicts that it will flow into the power company’s transmission lines. .

The famous comedy film Duel in the Shade, made by Myron Sutton, a Flagstaff student in the collage here, was named Picture of the Month by National Home Movie Magazine. of Los Angeles. Mr. Sutton sent his own home movie to the magazine’s editor for review and was selected as the best film. An article about it will appear in next month’s issue of the magazine.

On their 50th wedding anniversary, Mr. and Mrs. Frederic Hochderffer of Layton, California were “remarried” with a special service that included mass. In attendance were many guests, including his George Hochderffer of the Flagstaff and Frederic’s brother, who served as best man. Frederic Hochderffer came to Flagstaff with his parents in 1887 (age 14) and met his bride-to-be, Miss Mary Shontz, in Flagstaff. She is also a pioneer and moved here with her parents from Culver, Montana. They married her in Culver on December 30, 1897, and on her return, Fred married Walnut. He built the first elevated streetcar for his Riordans, operated the Arizona Lumber and Timber company, the Summit schoolhouse, and more.

1973: This summer is a challenge to powwow.

The Pow Wow Commission has today set the dates for the 1973 celebrations as June 29-30 and July 1-2. Concerns have been expressed about the holding of this year’s annual event after the disruption at his four-day celebration last summer. However, committee members were unanimous in moving forward with plans for this year’s powwow and seeking solutions to the hygiene, transportation and camping issues that have been associated with the event in previous years.

Indian dance begins on Friday night and continues through Saturday. The rodeo starts on Saturday and runs through Monday. On Saturday, Sunday and Monday he has three parades scheduled. And Chief’s Breakfast is Saturday, June 30th.

Also, a decision was made to ban all food stalls. Visiting Indians always set up seven or eight stands, but it was noted that new health standards imposed by the Coconino County Health Department have made it impossible for the commission to sell permits. I got

Editor: In a February 19th letter, one person said:

This so-called “fact” is not true.

Nearly 80% of students in grades 1 through 3 scored average to honors on the last Stanford Achievement Test. Stunning (average grades) from 1st grade through her 3rd grade was slightly below average (2-3 months instead of years). English is a second language for many of these students. Stannin was average in grades 4, 5, 6, and 7, and excellent in grades 8 and her ninth.

It’s understandable that you’re confused because your test is wrong and it’s reported to the school board and the correction isn’t on the front page of the newspaper. When the scores were reported to the Board of Directors, the 5th grade scores were incorrect due to a reading error on the computer printout.