The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 30, 1935, Page 3

b ‘ S e B DOUGLAS | NEWS | | SHOWERS ARE INSTALLED AT | DOUELAS NAT, Water Heating System Is| Also Completed at Island Gym { The work of installing the shower baths and water heating system in the natatorium was completed last Saturday and they are now ready for use, according to A. Shudshift, Chairman of the School Board. To the latter goes much of the credit for starting the drive to se cure the added facilities for the Nat | which serves as the school gymna- sium, and bringing it to a successful | conciusion. Similar efforts were made during previous years to have | showers. put in the natatorium but were unsuceessful. Only a part of the total cost of the present instal- lation has been raised however and the drive for further funds will have to be continued untfl the showers are paid for in full, Tucker’s plumbing shop had the contract for the job which they took at a special rate to help'out in the situation, and they exercised unusual care in making a good installation, according to Shudshift. S e MRS. CAHILL RESIGNS 8. S. SUPERINTENDENCY After about 17 years as head of the Douglas Community Sunday School Mrs. W. E. Cahill has an- nounced her resignation from the position effective with the close of, the old year. Members of the Ladies’ League will take charge until a suc- cessor is appointed. Much credit is due Mrs. Cahill for her untiring efforts to keep the Sunday School open, during her many years of service. Not only has she maintained a hign rate of at- tendance but has given numerous | programs of merit including the re- cent Christmas exercises, put on by the children under her direction. At this time she would like to thank those who assisted her with the Christmas Tree program, mak- ing particular mention of Mrs. A. H. Campbell, Francis Snyder and John Holmberg for their generous help. R WINDOWS BROKEN Suffering from excessive exuber- ance due to alcoholic or other spir- its, two young men caved in a cou- ple of windows at the Goetz grocery during the late hours Saturday night necessitating both medical atten- tion and financial adjustments Sun- day forenoon. - e SURPRISED ON BIRTHDAY A group of young people surprised Jenny Johnson on her birthday Sat- urday evening. The party was given by Vera Kirkham and Ruth Lang- Finnish Educational Club DANCE New Year's Eve DEG;:- 3l Odd Fellows’ Hall Refreshments Good Music ADMISSION Men 40c, Ladies 25¢ | James Briggs, Mrs Everybody Welcome! HUNTING ENDS TOMORROW ON ALL BIG GANE - Season on Goats, Sheep, Moose and Caribou Comes to Finish L Tomorrow marks the close of the hunting season on mountain goats, moose, mountain sheep and cari- bou, the. Alaska Game Commission revealed today. The season open- ed August 20. Not man; ind Gatl s or | | | | margin of profit sheep were the insurar to the ren Williams, having | with Claire Dodd, the actress daugh- back | ter. —ADDED— ragged this year, according Rimae’s Rhumba Band Commission, light snowfalls P allowed them to go further Buddy's Bug Hunt into the mountains. Caribou hunt-| 0—0—0 ing is also said to have been poor, Fighting Fish due to the fact thag the animals PR are changing the routes of their| Daily Alaska Empire News Iigratiogs bout the usual number of moose | were shot, with between 20 and 25 at the home of the former. seth Dancing and games were enjoyed. ‘N Sections The invited guests included Mary | _ TH¢ ¢ly shooing now allowed Loken, Jackie Sey, Helen Edwards, |'S {07 grouse and ptarmigan, the; | Arthur Reinikka, Alavi Wahto, Ger- Sco°00 o Which ' closce. . Pabruary | ald Cashen. Frank Cashel, Roy |25 The bag limit is 15 grouse per| mith ané Harry Sturrock. day, 25 ptgm gan, or an aggregate il 2 By on-both of Al | Observance of game laws was somewhat better « this ye: than last, according to the game offic- ials, with comparatively few arrests being made. BRIDE-TO-BE GIVEN HONORS the - VISiTOR IS HONOGRED BY MRS. R. E. ELLIS Announcing engagement of | her daughter, Miss Madeline Clare \iu{ nley to Mr. Roger Stevenson, In honor of ‘Miss Betty Sharpe,| ‘\Iv\ J. E. McKinley entertained visiting here from Ketchikan, M at an “at home” last Saturday af-| Robert E. Ellis was hostess at a tea ternoon. The rooms were prettily from 3 to 5 o'clock last Saturdny‘ decorated for the occasion. | afternoon. Those pouring at the tea table Mrs. Ellis was assisted by Miss were Mrs. M. E. Monagle, Mrs. Mary Jean McNaughton and Miss Helen Beistline Those pouring were Mrs. W. A. Chipperfield, Mrs. Monte Grisham, assisted by Mrs. Walter Sharp and Mrs. C .D. Beale. Miss Sharpe is visiting her broth- er and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Sharpe. Edith F. Shee- lor and Mrs. J. G. Shepard. Those serving " were Mrs. Joe Waite, Mrs. J. W. McKinley, Miss Bobbe Dal- zell, Mrs. Howard Simmons and Mrs. J. B. Burford. The wedding. date has been set for Saturday, January 11. beinz taken in the Taku and St\k»( | | THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, MONDAY, DEC. 30, 1935 “DON'T BET ON BLONDES” NOW AT COL!SEUM! Warren William, Claire Dodd, an (( Guy Kibbe head the cast of “Don' { Bet on Blondes,” which opened yes- | terday at the Coliseum Theatre. The story of the picture concer a big-shot gambler who decides th the insurance business is m re- spectable and allows for the samc s0 he starts an| insurance company which offers to | insure anybody against anything. The father of a beautiful actress an old Southern Colonel, portrayed by Guy Kibbee, who fears that if his daughter marries he will lose his sole support, has her insured agast marriage. Complications arise when 1ce man, played by War- finds himself in love William Gargan, Vince Barnett and Spencer Charters are a laugh- wble and lively trio of “stooges.” - | WILL ROGERS lS SEEN IN CLEVER COMEDY, CAPITOL The Will Rogeis comedy, “Doubt- ing Thomas,” which opened yester- at the Capitol Theatre, is adapt- from George Kelly’s stage hit The Torch Bearers.”” The picture is well-paced, capably handled and directed, and each member of the cast is - particularly well-suited to his or her respective role. Roge cast as a sausage manu- facturer, Billie Burke plays the part of his wife, and Frances Grant takes [the part of the fiancee of Rogers' 'son, Frank Albertson. ‘Alison Skip- worth is cast as Mrs. Pampinelli, o(I which she played on the stage, and " Sterling Holloway is the bungling sound effects man in an amateur charity show. Rogers’ wife and his son’s fiancee go theatrical after aps pearing in the amateur show, and the way he affects a cure for them is one of the highlights of “Doubt« ing Thomas.” LS e LEAVES HOSPITAL H. J. 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Her selection in a beauty contest as “Miss Massachusetts” led to her film By ROBBIN COONS ITOLLYWOOD, Cal, Dec 1 hat supposedly rare combination— and brains—accounted for a Todd’s individuality in the film world B eer, “Miss Massachusetts’—her face and | 30— | figure were acclaimed at home long before the camera found her—she went to school again. This time it was acting school. Paramount was looking for new talent. It had found Charles (Buddy) Rogers, and Thel- ma Todd was a new “discovery.” Didn't “Go Hollywood” ‘When shz came to Hollywood she was not long in revealing that be- auty contest wanners, with some exceptions, have fared poorly in mo- tion pictures. Thelma Todd was one of the outstanding exceptions. Hol- | lywood, genuinely grieved by her | sudden death, never begrudged her sticeess. When she left sehool-teaching ambitions behind to accept a film | Opportunity after her selection as ion was plenty sense. 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It was her willingness—even eagerness—to play {in comedy that helped to continue her popularity where other players merely beautiful, dropped from the camera’s eye “I like a good laugh,” “And comedy? Say, I love it fun.” On the Hal Roach lot, made two-reelers first Pitts and later with Patsy Kelly | everybody swore by—not at—Thel- ma Todd. She was around when any- hody needed help, and she always had time to pass the “time of day she said It's where she with Zasn His First Flame Merry Melody with prop boys or wardrobe mistress- | & as with executives and fellow rs. She thought they were all im- portant even though it was she who happened to get her face on the screen, The best instance of her un- usual popularity is the fact that both | Zasu Pitts and Patsy Kelly counted | her as a close friend : Admired Patsy Kelly | Thelma thought Patsy was the | 4 world’s greatest comedienne, a sen- ! timent reciprocated by Patsy. 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