The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 23, 1935, Page 8

- MORE THAN 500 PARENTS VISIT SCHOOL ROOMS First “Back to School Night"” Held to Be Suc- cess Last Night a1t the grade i early in the were snapped off in the high school, Back to School Night” was a success. More than 500 parents visited the two schools during the evening to view student exhibits and to confer with istructors. half of this number was on hand at the grade school as the visitations began there at 7:45 o'clock From the school doors evening until at 10:30 o'cloc Juneau’s first mom [ The entire teaching staff of the grade school was on hand to greet parents Then, at 8:30 o'clock a program was started in the high school audi- torium. Here R. E. Robertson, presi- dent of the school board, spoke brief- ly on the “Aims, Attempts and Ac- complishments of Education.” A. B. Phillips, superintendent of schools, followed him with another brief talk. Phillips showed how education meth- ods had advanced since the found- ing of the first public school in Am- » erica, 300 years ago this month. High School Principal Alex Dun- ham then explained the pr the evening. Following this a ty tration, won by Miss Thais ed. The final number | featured three songs by a speciall chorus from the girls' and boys' glee! clubs | The ion of the singing the signal for the dispersal of parents to view exhibits. Every structor was on hand to explain the displays and to talk with visitors. | - EXECUTIVE BOARD w OF. B. AND P. CLUB PLAN ANNUAL BALL! Ten members the Executive Board of the Business and Profes- sional Women's Club were present at a regular meeting held last evening at the home of Mrs. H. S.| Graves. Plans are being formulated for | giving the annual ball in June It was announced last evening that the concert which the club had planned on sponsoring for May 15| has been called off due to so many | other local activities being in pro-| gress at that time, it being the| desire of the club to patronize local | enterprises first. During the evening Mrs. Spi bid farewell before leavi extended vacatio of Lotti for an| rip i is being dis-' throughout the e coming na- 3 July, and par Gold Di s the con’ Southeast Alaska Tour, hundred mem- bers already having made reserva- tions. A number of the Juneau club| members will attend the conven-| tion in Seattle returning with the ladies making the cruise. Following the meeting last night refreshments were served. SOUTHWELL FUNERAL DATE IS NOT SET Mrs. R. E. Southwell, the popular optometrist who died here recently, arrived in Juneau a passenger on the Princess member tes for n in tr which widow of as zett, one of the club m(-mb(-x"y‘m PAA ELECTRA American Residents Leave China Section Because of Threats WASHINGTON, April 23. — The American Consulate General at Hankow has reported that 52 Am- erican residents, including women FUR FAlRBANKs and children, are being evacuated _— from Chengtu as the result of a [ Communistic Army threat againsL‘F“e Take that city. — o Passage for In- terior on Scheduled Weekly Trip I Bound for Fairbanks on its weekly scheduled trip, the Pacific Alaska Airways Lockheed Electra left the Juneau PAA Airport this afternoon |‘nt. 3 o'clock. Acting Divisional Engi- i | banks aboard the plane are Mr. and | Mrs. Harry Donnelley, of Flat; F. A. | Burgy, Charles Huntley and Paul Brewer. Mr, and Mrs. Donnelley were | northbound passengers for Juneau |on the Yukon to connect here with the plane for Fairbanks. | The plane is scheduled to return Vancouver, B. C, ‘ ) " .+ | here from Fairbanks next Sunday af- is scheduled to arrive at | ternoon. &b @atock. tonight and to depart | at 8 o'clock tomorrow IT’S CALM DOWN HERE, BUT WIND HOWLS UP ABOVE Yesterday may have been a nice, calm, sunny day to'Juneauites, but about nine miles up into the stratosphere there was quite a gale blowing. Dzily, the United States Weather Bureau sends an observation bal- loon aloft. |v('mmiy of wind at varying heights. But, yesterday, weather officials |had to whistle in surprise. With Off to join the Bering Sea scal pa- | scarcely a breeze blowing on the trol, the two Coast Guard cutters|ground, here's what they read: that had been berthed at Govern- | height, 46997 feet; wind velocity, ment Dock over the week-end, left|268.3 miles per hour. the Channel within a few hours of Weather Observer Howard Thomp- each other today. 1 sald today that the velocity is The Tahoe, skippered by Com-|‘very unusual.” mander Phillip Roach and carrying | Nl i Capt. R. H. Searles, commander of INDIANS VISIT DAWSON the patrol, left at 6 o'clock this morn- ON FIRST TRIP TO TOWN ing. Juneau's own Tallapoosa For the first time in several years, 12:30 o'clock this afternoon. a number of Indians from the Mac- The Tallapoosa is bound first for|kenzie river district of the North- Seward. She is not due to return|west Territories, are visiting in from her patrol until July. |Dawson, says a recent Dawson ->oe | News. They arrived with sixteen- RGE A. LINGO LEAVES dog teams, brought in a few skins FOR CORDOVA ON YUKON [to trade, and to purchase supplies. Dawson is the first town most of plane and Murray Stewart is co- | pilot. Vessel Had 15 Passenger for Juneau on Ar- rival Last Night which The Princess Norah, left 15 persons here last night on her| from run 10 southbound morning. The Norah had about 80 sengers bound for Skagway. The inbound list: From Vancouver, B. C.—Mr. and 3. S. Barounes, M T, For- J. Gilmore, M Mildred Miss L. Kotlitsch, Miss Komedal, Mr. and Mrs. J and daughter Joan, Mrs. Southwell, F. G. Dickson, E. O. Englin, E. Lagakos. -+ CGAST GUARD BOATS pas- G A left at George A. Lingo, President of the|(he natives had seen and they Farthest North Gray Line, Incor- | thought it a wonderful place. s a on a short | porated, left for Cordov amer Yu- | DAILY EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY! business trip aboard the s neer Joseph Barrows is pilot of the | Those making the trip to Fair-| Instruments record the | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, TUESDAY, APRIL 23, 1935. MINING MEN HERE FROM SOUTH AND LEAVE FOR FUNTER W. S. Pekovich, of the Admiralty Alaska Gold Mining Company at Funter Bay, returned north ton:x_'! on the steamer Yukon after an| absence of .a month on business.| Mr. Pekovich went East as far New York City. He planned to leave by smalll boat for Funter this afternoon to-| gether with Charles Otteson, prom- inent mining man who also re- turned on the Yukon from a busi-| ness trip to Seattle. Mr. Otteson is interested in the Alaska-Dano Mine at Funter Bay. ——— as { © 0 00 e 0 s0 0000 . AT THF HOTEL e s 0000000000 02 Gastineau Alex B. Holden, Juneau; R. | Ellis, Juneau; A. P. Brewer, June: | H. E. Emmons, Tacoma; J. Bardeau, |sitka; L. J. Boyer, Ketchikan; G | Roney, Sitka; George Glenn, Sitka; ‘L. L. Trimble, Railway Express; Huntley, Pacific Alaska Airways; Mr |and Mrs. George Baroumis, Port- land, Ore.; Evelyn Komedal, Seattle; C. D. Beale, Ketchikan; P. Tonnema, Seat 1. A. Coffin, Seattle; E. G. Schwarz, Seattle; Askel Fauchald Seattle; A. B. Searle, Seattle; Bob Lee, Tacoma; W. L. Hodgson, Seat- ‘!I('; Mrs. M. C. Harris, Los Angeles; | Mr. and Mrs. W. M. Smith, Seattle; W. A. Richelsen, Seattle; George H. | Norris, Seattle; Glen Sutherland, | Tacoma; Gust Demasi, Juneau. g Zynda Frank W. Richards, Sitka; Louise Kobtsch, Seattle; Anna Fjosre, Se- attle; Mr. and Mrs. Louis Fray, San Francisco; Mrs. B. McCoy and son, Seattle; Mina Olson, Petersburg; Lynn Burleson, Morton, Wash.; Mr. and Mrs. C. C. Johnson, Portland, Ore.; J. E. Boyle, Seattle; Y. W. Hanend, Juneau; George Weglin, Jr., Seattle; Miss Hazel Miller, Eu- reka, Cal. Alackan F. J. McCoy, Sitka; V. L. Ha Los Vegas, Cal.; Henry Thomas, £ Dilego, Cal.; H. D. Lunn, Tacoma - NEW MEMBERS OF WOMAN'S CLUB TO ENTERTAIN ON WEDNESDAY EVENING AT 8 The new members of the Juneau Woman’s Club will entertain the members of long standing at an in- formal social in the church par’ox'i of the Resurrection Lutheran Church on Wednesday evening. The party will begin at 8 o'clock and an enter- tainment program has been arrang- jed to be concluded with the serving of refreshments. MATHEWS TRAVELS | MRS. MAY F. HUBBARD TO BE FORESTER SOUTH EVANGELISTIC WORKER HERE ! Mrs. Joseph Gilmore and her| Back to his posthof Chief En;; GUEST OF MRS. K. N. NEILL ik . daughter Mildred Delores, from | gineer for one of the steamers 0 s Kansas City, Mo., arrived in Ju-!the White Pass and Yukon Route,| Mrs. May F. Hubbard, of Olym-'elownillunizr;e::::})rl::tk'o:sstfi:m:mfi neau on the Princess North, for Joe Mathews was a passenger on|pia, arrived in Juneau on the for Ketchikan where he will take up jal services in Juneau. Mrs. the Norah for Skagway from Van- | steamer Yukon to spend some time | matters pertaining to the Forest Gilmore will preach tonight at the | couver, B. C. Mathews also is| visiting with Mrs. K. N. Neill. | Service and inspect certain wox"k' Bethel Pentecostal Assembly on|widely known as a veteran sour-‘ B |done in that district. He expects t0 Main Street, at 7:30 o'clock. dough. | MRS. M'KINNON RETURNS | return in about a week. Bl 3 RN | R TR Al | | —————— WHEELER ON NORAH | DECKER AT HOSPITAL Mrs. Simpson MacKinnon and | LANE GOES SOUTH 3 J. B. Decker, brought here from son returned to Juneau aboard the F. M. Lane is a passenger south H. Wheeler, Fresident and Gen- | Petersburg on the Victoria for Yukon. They have been visiting aboard the North Sea for Seattles eral Manager of the White Pass| medical attention and possible sur- | Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Jaeger, in!where he will seek medical treat- and Yukon Route, went north to gical care, was admitted to St. Long Beach, Cal. for several|ment. He is a former employe of Skagway on the Norah. ' Ann’s Hospital this morning. months. lthe A.-J. min. Heating [ 0il Burners|Sheet Metal HOT WATER STEAM VAPOR and Montag AIR CONDITION PLANTS Every Plant Guaranteed Plumbing [ WE HANDLE Tanks : i DOWN SPOUTS GUTTERS PIPE FLASHINGS ‘MARQUEES Everything in Sheet Metal ‘Standard’ ‘Kohler’ PLUMBING FIXTURES PIPE AND FITTINGS Braden Both Full Automatic Last year we sold 36 Braden Burners.' Ask for list of satisfied owners, Guaranteed Work Quality ESTIMATES FREE RICE & AHLERS (0. “WE TELL YOU Highes hone 34 Phone 34 ADVANCE WHAT JOB WILL COST” kon. B 3 E JURICH HERE TO VISIT DURING SUMMER Louise Jurich, daughter of Frances Hayden and sister of Mrs. Ted Reynolds, arrived here on the steamer Victoria to spend the summer visiting in Juneau. - - MISS FEERO ARRIVES Miss Geneva Feero, daughter of William Feero, former deputy Unit- ed States Marshal at Douglas, arriv- ed in Juneau on the North Sea from Sitka. M — - DECKER IN HOSPITAL Jim Decker, well known young Ju- neau man, arrived on the Victoria | from Petersburg today, and will un- dergo an appendicitis operation at St. Ann’'s Hospital tomorrow morn- ing. > | CLIFFORD ON NORTH SEA The Marshall- Wells Hardware representative, Earl Clifford, left for Wrangell on the North Sea. Norah from Vancouver, B. C. After a conference with Elks Lodge officials, it was announced that there will be a funeral service here for Dr. Southwell, but that the definite date would not be announced until tomorrow. The funeral will be held under the auspices of the Elks, of which Dr Southwell was a prominent mem- ker. Mrs. Southwell expects to - company her husband's body so for burial in Tacoma. .She to leave on the southbound Yukon next Monday. h - BUS ARRIVES ON VICTORIA TUESDAY Arriving on Seattle was the ne Channel Bus 30-passenge: the Victc Line Fc the It powered fle bus, Manager 1o use his Douglas-Ju bridge is ipleted is painted black, wk -+ a rd Walter new NEW HIKING BREECHES SIZES LEADER DEPT. STORE | GEOR( vt plans | 22 TO 36 D g | SERGEANT RETURNS j, Sergt. Ohmer A. Lawlin of the | Army barracks at Haines, is return- ing to his post there from Seattle on e Victoria. He is accompanied by | his wife and Dean M. Lawlin. i - | KELSEYS TRAVEL | | Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kelsey are passengers on the Yukon billed for | Valdez from Seattle. Kelsey is not |only the Alaska Steamship Company agent there, but is the Valdez mana- |ger of the Richardson Highway | nsportation Company. - — NEW MINING CONCERN of incorporation were the Auditor's office to- C. and C. Mining of Anchorage with a of $150,000. Incorporators are on, Fred Carlquist Juist - JOHNSON RETURNS n, Nome mining Seward on nk C salesman ukon from >E BRO%. e e e e Copyrighs 1935, The Americas Tubacco COmpanys Y your beat { liness....I bring companionship i s I am a friend indeed. A better friend a single coarse bottom leaf to mar my than others, because I am made only of good taste or my uniform mildness. mild, fragrant, expensive center leaves. I I do not irritate. To loneliness I bring don’t permit a single sharp top leaf nor companionship. I am the best of friends. ] £ LEAVES ... CENTER LEAVES GIVE YOU THE MILDEST ‘SMOKI B ¥