••••
THE NEWSPAPER OF AVONDALE, BUCKEYE, GOODYEAR, LITCHFIELD PARK & TOLLESON
Alamar sets farmers market
LGE hires LP resident PAGE
12
PAGE
westvalleyview.com
INSIDE
This Week
NEWS ............... 8 Goodyear team given 2 prestigious awards
SPORTS ......... 13 Carter brothers leading the way for Desert Edge
YOUTH .......... 20 Tolleson student awarded diversity scholarship
OPINION ................. 9 BUSINESS.............. 12 SPORTS ..................13 FEATURES ..............17 YOUTH ..................20 OBITUARIES ...........22 CLASSIFIEDS ..........23 EAST
17
October 6, 2021
The Voice of the West Valley for 36 years
Historical society raising funds for new center BY ALLISON BROWN
West Valley View Staff Writer
T
he Litchfield Park Historical Museum’s newest exhibit, Rolling on Rubber, opened Oct. 3 and shows how the rubber tire industry impacted the town’s development from the 1900s to early 1960s. The new exhibit explains how the town was practically founded on it. From automobile tires to blimps and spacecrafts, rubber made the town what it is today. “It’s something you just don’t think about,” said Nancy Schafer, historical society president. “You get in your car and take off, or you’re on a plane and you never think about the tires on a plane. There’s a lot more to it than people would think.” The exhibit starts from the very beginning, back when Goodyear Tire had rubber plantations in the area in 1917. The exhibit continues by chronologically dis-
A new exhibit from the Litchfield Park Historical Museum chronicles the impact of the rubber tire industry from the 1900s to early 1960s. (Photo by Pablo Robles)
playing how the company grew, adapted and advanced. Photos show early setbacks to trucks carrying transportation, workers tweaking the chemical formula for per-
fection, and the introduction of assembly lines. Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co. be-
Funds...continued on page 3
Buckeye Fallen Six honored with tourney BY CHRISTINA FUOCO-KARASINSKI West Valley View Executive Editor
S
ix men who were killed in Vietnam in the 1960s will once again be honored during a November golf tournament. The fifth annual Remember the Buckeye Fallen Six golf tournament is Saturday, Nov. 13, with a 7:30 a.m. shotgun start, at Sundance Golf Course, 900 S. Sundance Parkway, Buckeye. The four-person scramble is $80 per person and includes golf, a cart, raffle tickets, con-
tinental breakfast and lunch. Registration and breakfast — provided by the American Legion Auxiliary, donations accepted — begin at 6:30 a.m. on the patio next to the pro shop. To purchase tickets, call Steve Quinton at 480-370-6057 or email stevequint15@ gmail.com. Reservations are due by Oct. 31. The event benefits VFW Post 12098 and American Legion Post 53. “All the money goes to the veterans,” said Quinton, who is the VFW Post 12098 com-
mander. The Buckeye Fallen Six were men, all from Buckeye, who were killed in Vietnam. “I was a Vietnam vet,” Quinton said. “We remember the Buckeye Fallen Six. At the time, there couldn’t have been a lot of people in this town to lose six boys.” Marine Pfc. Donald Robert Elmore, born March 1, 1948, was killed in action Aug. 1,
The latest breaking news and top local stories in the West Valley!
www.WestValleyView.com .com
Fallen...continued on page 4 JUST A CLICK AWAY