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50 died as dam burst on Hassayampa in 1890 REPUBLIC REPUBLIC Maiu bulldog 8 The Arizona Republic Phoenix, Tuesday, Dec. 22, 1970 IVeio passenger in the sky Stork outraces plane flying to hospital REES By DAVE WICKENBURG What may have been A i a 's worst land disaster occurred in the early morning hours of Feb. 22, 1890, when the Walnut Grove Dam in Yavapai County collapsed under the pounding floodwaters of the Hassayampa River. Fifty persons are known to have died in the disaster, although the actual death count may have exceeded twice that number. Twenty-eight are known dead and 26 injured in the state's most recent disaster, a fire that ravaged the upper floors of the Pioneer Interna-tinal Hotel in Tucson early Sunday.

In 1886, the Walnut Grove Water Storage a New York concern, constructed a "loose rock, lightly cemented" dam at Wagoner to impound the waters of the Hassayampa River for the purpose of conducting placer mining operations in the area. In 1889 a second dam for irrigation purposes was begun 22 miles downstream at the mouth of Fool's Gulch. The Walnut Grove Dam filled rapidly when heavy rainfall struck the area early in February and continued to fill throughout the month in 1890. The dam spillways were Republic photo by Jickton Borlos Santa Claus greets children from the Cocopah Indian Reservation with gifts donated by Yuma area residents State buzzes with pre-Yule activities pilot Bill Farrer of Monument Valley Air Service, Tuba City, took off for Phoenix. "It all happened at 11,500 feet," Farrer said after landing at the Sky Harbor Air- port's executive terminal.

"It occurred when we were about 45 miles north and east of Phoenix, maybe somewhere west of Payson or north of Carefree." Mother and child were taken to Good Samaritan Hospital by an ambulance that was waiting at the airport, and were scheduled to be flown back to Tuba City today. They were reported in good condition. Delivering the child, Mrs. Josley's fifth, was Dr. Steven Lay and Nurse Laurie Mac-Gibbon of the U.S.

Public Health Service, Tuba City. Mrs. Josley is about 38 years old. "The doctor told me the baby had started to turn to the correct position," the 23-year old pilot related. "A minute or two later they said the baby had been born." Farrer said "We had inside lights and the doctor was able to work okay." He added that although the Cessna 206 aircraft had built-in.

oxygen lines, no oxygen was needed during the flight. Farrer said "As soon as the baby was born, I radioed Phoenix Approach Control and told them we had just made a delivery aboard and to bring me straight in (and not circle the field in usual procedure to observe flight pattern). "I also asked them to tell the FAA flight service to change our flight plan from four to five persons," he said, adding: "It was really exciting, I'll tell you!" They were able to borrow the needed tools from a ranger and accomplished their mission without further incidents. The tree was erected in the intersection at Fifth and Allen Streets -and was decorated with lights. The Tombstone Business and Professional Women's Club collected and sent gifts to the inmates at Cochise County Juvenile Home this year.

Santa Claus is scheduled to appear in Tombstone promptly at sundown Christmas Eve and will greet children at the town's Christmas tree. Santa will then attend the children's Christmas party beginning at 6 p.m. in the Roy Fourr American Legion Post on Allen Street, where he will have gifts of fruit, nuts and candy for the children. work of petty thieves almost resulted in Tombstone doing without a tree. Koko Altamarino and Joe Zupick were delegated by city officials to go to the Chirica-hua Mountains about 30 miles east of here and return with the town's tree.

When they arrived at the ranger station, they parked their truck and entered to purchase the tree cutting permit. They were only in the station two minutes or so, but upon returning to the truck they found their tree cutting tools an axe and saw were gone. unable to cope with the water and at about 2 a.m. on Feb. 22 the dam gave way.

The floodwaters from the Walnut Grove Dam struck the small dam at the mouth of Fool's Gulch, carrying the second dam away as well. Most of the known deaths oc-cured in Fool's Gulch. The dam superintendent had attempted to warn the residents downriver the previous afternoon. But the man entrusted with the job was unable to travel beyond Goodwin Station and the warning was never given. Christmas Special! LEMON TREES Lirfitrmreg.

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Joseph Hite awarded 4 medals for Viet service ENGRAVED GIFT CERTIFICATE from FT. HUACHUCA Army Sgt. Joseph N. Hite III has been awarded for medals for action in Vietnam in ceremonies here. Sgt.

Hite, son of Mr. and Mrs. Joseph N. Hite Jr. of Tucson, was presented the Bronze Star, Air Medal, Army Commendation Medal and the Purple Heart by Maj.

Gen. W.B. Latta, commanding general of the U.S. Army Strategic Communications Command fSTRATCOM) at Ft. Huachuca.

Sgt. Hite, wounded Oct. 7, recuperated at Raymond W. Bliss Army Hospital. The 22-year-old infantryman was on 1 I Arizona communities are winding up a busy schedule of pre-Christmas activities.

Some of the many Christmas events taking place are included in this roundup. YUMA Yuma's American Legion Post No. 19 has made certain that the Cocopah Indian children near here have a good Christmas, too. The post's child welfare committee, headed by Jack Chavez, an employe of Arizona Highway Department, took two pickup loads of gifts and toys, from bicycles to dolls for boys and girls, to the reservation last weekend. Santa Claus went along to hand them out.

Santa was Marvin Cordeire. The committee worked months to gather the toys and candy. Naturally, since the toys were donated, many of them required repair. The fire departments at the Yuma Proving Grounds and Marine Corps Air Station spent many hours repairing and painting the toys. In addition, a Yuma couple, and Mrs.

G. A. Hardy, started months ago making dolls to delight the little girls. The dolls, each handmade, are professional in quality. Also, the residents of Smoke Tree Manor, a home for the aged, worked on packaging and preparing the And that's not all, Chavez said.

The post has a list of the underprivileged children in town and will deliver a huge store of gifts just before Christmas to these youngsters. The committee also vis- Disabled veteran renominated FT. HUACHUCA Alice Chancellor, an electronic engineer with the U.S. Army Electronic Proving Ground (AEPG) here has received a second nomination for the Army Handicapped Employe of the Year. Miss Chancellor, visually handicapped and a double amputee, earlier was nominated by Ft.

Huachuca and now has been nominated by the U.S. Army Test ano Evaluation Command (TECOM) with headquarters in Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. TECOM is the parent command of AEPG, and nomination by the major command underlines her qualificatons as a nominee for the all-Army honor, a Ft. Huachuca spokesman said Ro gales fire damage more than $1 million NOGALES Property damage in Nogales fires has exceeded $1 million this year, a spokesman for the Volunteer Fire Department said. At their annual meeting, the firemen elected Robert Mendcz as chief to replace Mayor Arthur Doan who declined another term.

Pete Mendoza was elected First assistant chief and Emi-liano Rcndon, Second assist ant. his second Vietnam duty tour when he was hit by grenade, fragments while leading a squad into action. He served with the 1st Calvary Division in 1966-67 and then rejoined the Army in December 19G9 after attending Cochise College in Douglas for a year. STOCKINGS 2 Inch to 6 ft. long 25c to $9.95 S7UFFERS, TOO! CHRISTMAS SHOP 2929N.1BTH ST.

OPEN 'TIL Ml iO PLACIDLY AMID A -0 TUBA CITY A pregnant Indian woman whose doctor feared she might need a Caesarian section operation gave birth to a baby Sunday night while being flown to Phoenix. Mrs. Martha Josley's baby girl was born at 10:20 p.m., an hour and 5 minutes after she, a nurse, her doctor and Kenneth 0. Berry Banker alert for his 3rd 'big day MORENCI Kenneth 0. Berry, who will retire Dec.

31 as Morenci branch manager of Valley National Bank after 34 years with the firm, has his fingers crossed. On two previous "big days" in his career strange things happened to him. In December 1941. after five years with VNB, Berry was named assistant manager of the Clifton branch. The next day he received his draft notice.

In 1948, when he was named manager of the Morenci branch, a hailstorm and flood greeted him the first day on the job in Morenci. "When I learned I was going to be manager of Morenci on June 1, 1948, that was the proudest day of my life," Berry recalled. "And when I became manager, that was one of the wildest days. "A terrific hailstrom appeared that summer afternoon. It sounded like a freight train was coming right through our side door.

Water was running even up over the tables, and we had to put the books in the vault." The going was a bit rough for a while, Berry explained. "Till we caught on, we ran the office on a trial and -error basis. What I couldn't figure out, I'd drive over to Clifton and ask the manager there." Berry joined the bank in 1936 as a clerk in the Phoenix home office. Later that year, he moved to Superior as a teller. On Dec.

17, 1941, after teller assignements in Casa Grande and Clifton, he was named assistant manager of the Clifton branch. That day, Berry said, "I learned I'd been named assistant manager, then the next day I got my, draft notice. "Funny part of it, before Pearl Harbor the Reserves told me I was too old to serve, then the Army takes me for four years." Berry returned to Clifton in 1945 and was assistant manager there for three years before he advanced to his managerial position in Morenci. Berry holds memberships in the Clifton-Morenci Rotary Club, the Greenlee County Chamber of Commerce and the Morenci American Legion Post No. 28.

He is also a member of the Sociedad del Ultimo Hombre Club, BPOE Elks and Clifton Lodge No. 1174, and the Tucson Cori-thian Lodge No. 18. Tombstone names 2 new deputies TOMBSTONE Two new deputy marshals have been signed on by the City Council, starting work this week. They are Frank Dutton and John Mazzie, both experienced in law work, Dutton in South Tucson and Mazzie in New Jersey.

They are replacing Jackson Rimer and Jack Pritchard who resigned. PHONE 252-5721 DOWNTOWN SC0TTSDALE FASHION SQUARE DESIDERATA ited several schools in the area to hand out candy and toys. And, said Chavez, the toys are all tagged with the name of the children who are to receive them. SEDONA Apopular Christmas program, filmed in Sedona and first telecast in 1965, will be shown at 8 p.m. today in the library of the Spiritual Life Institute south of Sedona.

"Tell It On The Mountain" features folksingers Judy Collins and Chad Mitchell. Music and poetry combine in the film to interpret the meaning of the birth of Christ for today's world. Admission is $1. AJO Some 6,000 to 7,000 people are expected to gather around the 42-foot tree in The Plaza here on Christmas Eve to sing Christmas carols and greet Santa Claus. A 7 p.m.

parade, led by the Ajo High School marching band, will accompany Santa's sleigh to The Plaza where children from as far away as Puerto Penasco and Caborca, Mexico, and from the villages on the Papago Indian Reservation will meet Santa and receive gifts of candy and fruit. TOMBSTONE Citizens here have called the town's Christmas tree this year the handsomest ever, but the Globe to sell land parcels at auction GLOBE Sixty-eight west-side lots will be sold at public auction here next month. Gila County Superior Court Judge Robert E. McGhee, trustee of the West Globe Townsite, set the public land auction for 1:30 p.m., Jan. 4 in the Superior Courtroom in Globe.

The land includes undisposed lots from the townsite, first subdivided and offered for sale by the probate judge in 1910. All but 10 of the lots are within the city limits, McGhee said. The lots are located near Blake Street, Miami Road, Omega Street, Surmount Street, Monroe Street, Santee Street and Bancroft Street. Lots will be sold to highest cash bidder. A trustee's deed will be issued to successful bidders.

McGhee said funds received after court expenses will go to the city of Globe for the city lots and to Gila County for the 10 lots outside the city. FREE WASH WAX DIU FILL-UP With Hit I No Minlmiim Toxico Ott Optn I a.m. to 7 p.m. Mailorl JIFFY CAR WASHkmerd Ch. 4405 N.

7th AVE. "n- MAN HEATING COOLING 331 2 N. 28th AVE. iiiuiiii THE NOISE HASTE, i REMEMBER WHAT PEACE THERE MAY BE IN SILENCE. AS FAR AS POSSIBLE WITHOUT Mrs.

Dorothy Tipton Mrs. Dorothy Tipton to head CowBelles BENSON Mrs. Dorothy Tipton of Benson was elected the new state president of the Arizona CowBelles during the organization's 24th annual convention held in Phoenix. She and her husband, Bill, manage the Slash Ranch in Benson where they raise cattle and are active in beef promotion. Inspiration plans 7,600,000 plant INSPIRATION A new $7,600,000 ore crushing plant will be constructed by the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company to replace the old facility built in 1926.

According to R. C. Cole, vice president, the location of the crusher will make the present site a a i 1 a 1 for mining. It represents the initial phase in a program to expand capacity of the plant to 30,000 tons of ore per day. Construction of the new crusher will begin in the spring of 1971, with completion scheduled for early 1972.

Cof installation NOGALES Installed Saturday night as officers of the Nogales Chamber of Commerce were president Robert Barbee, vice president William Cohee, and treasurer, Edmundo Arriaga. The new board of directors includes William Wilcox, William Kenyon, Albert Manuel, Paul Bracker, Edward Buba-la, William Cohee, Philip Cor-tez, Richard Capin, Tom Morgan, Sherman Montgomery and Alex Korey. surrender be on good terms with all persons. Speak your truth quietly clearly; and listen to others, even the dull ignorant; they too have their story. Avoid loud aggressive persons, they are vexations to the spirit.

If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain bitter; for always there will be greater lesser persons than yourself. Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Sf Keep interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the changing fortunes of time. Exercise caution in your business affairs; for the world is full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many persons strive for high ideals; and everywhere life is full of heroism, et Be yourself.

Especially, do not feign affection. Neither be cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity disenchantment it is perennial as the grass. Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth. Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune. But do not distress yourself with imaginings.

Many fears are born of fatigue loneliness. Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You are a child of the universe, no less than the trees the stars; you have a right to be here. And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should. St Therefore be at peace with God, whatever you conceive Him to be, and whatever your labors aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life keep peace with your soul.

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