The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 6, 1934, Page 8

~ UNITED WELFARE LAVERY,RESCUE | BOARDBPENS ITS HERO, RETURNS _%‘ FUND GAMPAIGN 0Ns S YUKllN After releasing for publication, “Nope, . : . today, of their financial statement | Russian—but I had a fine time.” for the past year, Juneau's United; 'Twas young, black-haired Bill Welfare Board will' turn, row, to the task of raising the tor heroes in the ‘brilltdnt rescue fund necessary for the proper care of the Russian Chelinshkin expe- 1 couldn't speak much s e s e . THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, NOV. 6, 1934. [BUSINESS IS GOOD REPORTS SAM ucHTI'mSP"M. GllILD poom e s e/ MEMBERS ENJOY Francisco, large importers of fine | - wines, liquors and table delicacies, arrived on the Yukon. Business in Ketchikan and Petersburg is nor- | mal while conditions in Wrangell seem to be better than usual, said | Mr. Light. |Officers Elected and An- e T nual Reports Made at Successful Meeling Sam A. Light, representing the MISS F. MARIE RIDINGS ON WAY TO ANCHORAGE TO TEACH IN SCHOOLS [was added Yo' the TRatltutioH: a4t by’ the Guild at the formal opening | A PK ASHEVAROFF | year. One room of the new wing was completely furnished by the Guild, |to the least detail, in artistic and restful modern furniture with ap- | propriate hangings and drapes. In' ofi the new hospital wing. The reception, when the new wing was thrown open to visitors, at a charming ceremony, was great- ly enjoyed by the throngs who at- tended. An entertaining program e CONCRETE WORK ON DOUGLAS BRIDGE IS NEARING COMPLETION Final pouring of the concrete WILL LECTURE AT ‘ MEETING OF CLUB| | The Fine Arts Bepartment of me addition to furnishing one of the |was given and refreshments were | Juneau Woman's Club has an- |slabs on the Douglas approach to new rooms and making nearly all of the curtains, the Guild purchas- ed five new up-to-date bedside tables to be used in the wards. During the' year, cigarettes and tobacco have been furnished by, the Guild members to all needy patients and many other small acts of kindness on the part of those \who belong have brightened the served in the dining rooms on the | first floor. fusely decorated with |flowers on this occasion. Officers Elected Election of officers was held at yesterday’s meeting and Mrs. W)]l-‘ iam A. Holzheimer was again chos- | The hospital was pro- | nounced an open meeting whic! he Channel Bridge and a portion |will be held tomorrow evening at of the hand rails, has been done 8 o'clock in the Territorial Mu-|by the J. B. Warrack Construc- {seum, when the Rev. A, P. Kashe- |tion Company, contractors. It is ex- varoff will give an interesting lec- pected, if weather remains favor- ture on the subject of Alaska Na- |able, that the concrete work will tive Art. 'This will be the first of | be completed by the first of a series of similar meetings of this |December Mr. Warrack said today. | department of the club, and is| C. H. Sanborn of the Warrack tomor- Lavery, one of two American avia-L teacher high school, Miss F. Marie Ridings, formerly in the Medford, Ofegon, was in Juneau this Thitry-five members of the Hos- | days of the sufferers at the hos- pital Guild - were entertained yes- pital. terday afternoon at an enjoyable luncheon at St. Ann's Hospital, at which * the Sisters “of ~the" order Two Beds Purchased en to head the organization. Other |open to all persons, both men and |company, took passage for Seattle officers elected were Mrs. L. H. | women, who are interested in this|on the Alaska yesterday after Metzgar, Vice-President; Mrs J. F. sub)ecc and desirous: of becoming |spending the last several weeks in Mullen, Secretary and Treasurer. bener informed eoncerning it. .charge of the company operations The following m TS Jomed‘ Mrs. Neil Heard is Chairman of lhere during the temporary absence up unemployed this winter. ‘dulon last summer, speaking. With Welfare Board members Sitting ~on his stateroom beérth, I‘_artemovnmhu' way to Anchorage ‘Where she has accepted the posi- tion of teacher of mathematlcs in| were hostesses. Two Fowler beds have been pur-,the Guild at the méeting yester- |this department. of work and hns'ox Mr. Warrack, who returned Sun- chased by the Guild and a quilt t agreeing that the demand on the on the Yukon this morning whfle“imc agency will be about the same as|that ship was berthed here before last year, a sum approximating|going on to Seward, Lavery told $3,000 has been set as the goal for 1°f his recent trip to Moscow, where the drive, which is scheduled tojhe was honored by the Russian last through this week. | government. The 1933-34 report indicates that| ‘Neither Clyde Armitstead, my $3,126 was spent in welfare work.|companion in that Russian rescue, There is a cash balance of $162, ! nor myself could speak Russian. making the total to be raised—if | But we had a lady interpreter, so it is to equal last year's sum—of |we got along all right,” said Lav- nearly $3,000. Sale of wood is ex- |ery. “We stayed in Moscow & pected to take care of the balance |month, and everything was done not supplied in cash. for our entertainment. We had Excellent System the use of a private automobile 24 Juneau’s Welfare Board work, it |hours a day. The hospitality was was explained today, gives very|great.” little in direct charity. An excel- lent system of cufting and selling of wood, whereby the unemployed are able to earn the necessities of life, was used last year and will be repeated again. It was pointed out by Board executives that only $143.37 went -to direct charity last year. The fund committee, which will start canvassing tomorrow, includes five Juneau business men. J. W. Is Decorated Jack Herman, Valdez aviator and friend of Lavery, explained the large medal on Lavery's coat lapel. It is the Order of Lenin, and is|== the highest order that Russia can give. Both Armitstead and Lavery were | honored for their heroic work as mechanics for rescue planes which saved the ice-bound Chelinshkin |; sclentific expedition last April. The Leivers, secretary-treasurer of the |expedition was marooned about 210 Board, will handle the Capitol|miles off East Cape, Siberia. Building. Frank Garnick and John Lavery smiled this morning in ‘W. Jones will take the district from | recollection of his experience with the Capitol Building to Triangle (the Russian pilots, who, of course, Corner from Main to Franklin. In |didn't speak English. charge of the section from Tri- System of Signals angle Corner to the sawmill, in- “We finally had to devise a sys- cluding the waterfront, will be R.|tem of signals while flying,” said R. Hermann and Joe Johnson. Lavery. “If I signaled ‘thumbs up, City's Donation everything was dandy; when my ! The City Council, at its last|thumb was at right angles to ‘up’, regular meeting Friday, started |the condition was fair; but if I the drive off with a donation of |signalled ‘thumbs down'—well, he $250. The Sebastion-Stuart Fish|knew it was time to do some- Company, through E. E. Engstrom, | thing.” has set aside about 500 fresh fish.| After accompanying Armitstead The North Star, United States Bu- |back to the United States, Lavery reau of Indian Affairs supply ship, ' headed for Seattle. This was his brought 80 reindeer yesterday. Fif-!first trip to the outside from Alas- high school s She will replace Miss Alma | taple, Hukee who recently resigned after|yellow chrysanthemums and tall teaching there for, the last three years. DART IN PORT The Dart arrived from Kake and other ports noon. Gene Owens, late yesterday after- |for Incoming passengers from Sumdum, and V. A. Paine, from Kake. The Dart leaves Friday morning at 7 o'clock | for Alexander and Chatham Strait ports. — e, Daily Empire Want Ads Pay! were The charming affair was held in the Sisters’ dining room where the attractively decorated with top has been made and is now being quilted. Other helpful ac- tivities which have kept members pusy include the purchase of flow- vellow tapers, was placed. ers for the Sisters on various im- During the luncheon, Mrs. Will- iam A. Holzheimer, /President of the active organization, reviewed the year's work and on behalf of the Sisters, thanked the members their invaluable co-operation and assistance, in carrying out the enterprises of the Guild during its year of existence. Curtains The first undertaking of the or- ganization was the hemming of more than 200 curtains for the Inew wing of the hospital which to babies born in the Guild’s rooma) Outstanding Event which were conducted during the year by the Hospital Guild were widely different largely attended and a complete success. One, a dance, given at the Elks' Hall, to assist in raising the | funds for the furnishing of the! hospital room and the other, the public reception which was given ty cases of salmon have been giv- Ixa. en. Accompanying the hero on the The wood cutting system, it was|boat today was Herman, who has explained, operates in this fash-|a new airplane on board which he ion: The wood is purchased at a|plans to use for commercial pur- price of $250 a cord in log for-|poses out of Valdez. Another mem- mation. The unemployed are paid |ber of the party was Steve Mills, at the rate of $2.50 worth of gro- [who also had an airplane aboard. ceries for cutting and splitting a |He plans to operate his out of | cord. The wood is then sold and |Anchorage for the Star Air Lines. the money obtained returned to| The Herman plane was bought the revolving fund. Provision is{in New York, the Mills one in also made for the unemployed men | Delaware. Both pilots flew their to live in the Mess House and cut |machines across the United States wood for their room and board. to Seattle. Membership Membership in the Welfare Board includes all members of the City Council, the Mayor, and represen- tative from all service clyubs who have united in a central clearing house for relife. The details of the 1933-34 finan- | cial report, as submitted by Sec- retary-Treasurer Leivers, is as fol- lows: Balance on hand, October 1, 1933 —8$111.11. Receipts (sale of wood, $738.75; donations, $2,438.50)— $3,177.25. Disbursements (mess House, $836.52; wood pile, $1,121.03; direct charity, $143.37; groceries, $1,020.64; general expense, $4.47)— $3,126.03. Cash on hand, September 30, 1934—$162.33. An inventory of September 30, 1934, showed that there were 42 ricks of wood on hand; that there was 10,000 feet of unsawed logs on hand, and that there was §12§ worth of groceries on hand. Eight hundred ' three men days of board and room were provided at the Mess House. Two hundred and forty-six men days of work ! were paid through groceries. A con- siderable, unestimated, amount of | Palmer was re-elected executive work days were provided through secretarym of the Colorado Baptist logging operai convention for the 23rd consecy- s TN t.iom.' - Itlve year, he became the seo:”' oldest Baptist secretary in this MRS. ELVIN B. ELLIOTT country in years of service. RETURNS TO KBTCHIKAN‘ ————————— — | SKAGWAY REBUILDS HANGAR Mrs. Elvin B. Elliott, who has| To supplement the train service been visiting Deputy U. 8. Marshal between Skagway and White Horse, and Mrs. Nate Harding, left for'an airplane hangar is being con- her home in Ketchikan on the structed on the Skagway Munici- steamer Alaska after spending the pal Air Fleld, according to:word’ last month in the city. | received here today by M. S/ Whit< gl itom. ! Assistant “Collector ol Cus- MARTHA SOCIETY BAZAAR ) ATTORNEY GENERAL AND MRS. TRUITT RETURN THIS A. M. Attorney General James 8. Tru- itt, still convalescent from a seri- | ous major operation he underwent at the Coffey Clinic in Portland, Ioregon, several weeks agp, and Mrs. Truitt, returned to Juneau on the steamer Yukon this morning after a two nfonth's absence. They went south early in Sep- tember for the benefit of General Truitt’s health and have been in Portland, Oregon until leaving for the return to Juneau. He went through the Coffey Clinic soon after his arrival south, and an op- eration was found to be necessary. While is feeling in much better. health thgn before he left. ———————— Re-elected 23rd Term DENVER.—When the Rev. F. B. IIIIIIIIlIllII l|||ImllllllIIIIIIIHIIIIHIWMMHIIIHI“IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlI toms. ‘ Thehangariswheoohybo Will be given in the Church Par- feet in'.size and is being ‘built by lors, Friday, Nov. 16, all day. the White Pass ‘and Yukon' Rouhe Luncheon, 11 am. to 1:30 pm., 50/ S e cents, children under 12, 35 cents. MRS. M"KAY ON- BOAT ¥ Tea the rest of the afterncon. The Mrs. Donald McKay, wife“f the' home-made candy both will be es- Alaska Steamship Company's agent pecially featured. The public in- at Skagway, is a passenger on the vited. —=adv. Yukon. She is bound for home. JUST ARRIVED! FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES ¢ ON THE YUKON TODAY IIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIHMIMNMHHHIIIIIIINIIIIIIIIIllllIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllllllllllllleflfflHflllfl“flm not entirely recovered, he | muiniummfluum ~0RNIA GROCERY um|m||mmmmmmfl|||||im|mfi|fi'mmmfln QNLY 100%"* PAY N TAKIT ¥ Come and be convinced that our new lower liquor prices prove to you that Bring Your Jug A large' shipment ‘of fine California bulk wines “arrived today SHERRY' ALL AT PAY'N TAKIT PRICES! Best in Town! SEAGRAM’S CASH STORE'IN JUNEAU! MONEY TALKS! flIIIIIIIIIIIIIlllllIIIIIIIIINIIIIII|I|IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlll|||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIHIIlllIIIIlIlllllllIIII'IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIB ' e, i & GEORGE BROTHERS PORT MUSCATEL RO MONOGRAM portant occasions and flowers sent | Two outstanding public events|in the Good News Bay section, 154 but each was|Guerin. day: Mrs. W. W. Council, Mrs.|arranged this meeting. This line' day. Hugh J. Wade, Mrs. J. W. Gucker, |of work is being given this year | ————— Mrs. W. J. B. McAuliffe, Mrs. |at the suggestion of Mr. Howard AVIATOR WESTBOUND William P. Blanton, and Mrs. Agties | Ashley, of Skagway, who is Chair~ $9 Garn. ¢ |man of the Department of Fine| Mr. and Mrs. Chester Brown, ———.— Arts in the Alaska Federation of |their two children, and Mrs. Brown's 4 ¢ brother, Melvin Flora, are West- |bound passengers on the steamer Yukon, returning from a vacation south, Mr. Brown is a pilot with ,Lhe Northern Air Transport Com- i , 4 Jos eph’pmy' based at Fairbanks. SHOP IN JUNEAU' | ‘Women’s Clubs. WINN SPENCER HERE PG Winn Spencer, platinum minmg! DIEDRICK DEAD Matthew W. Diedrick, 67-year- in Juneau. He is a former Cadas- \old former resident of Cordova, | tral Engineer under the late E. 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