The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1936, Page 13

MANY VETERANS IN POLITICAL RACE THIS YEAR| In the general election which be held next week, veterans throughout the Territory are found to be playing important parts. One candidate for Territorial office, Wil- liam A. Hesse, leads the imposing array of veteran candidates that extends from Ketchikan to Fair- banks, “ Norman R. Walker, present Sena- | tor and candidate to succeed him- self, is the veteran candidate for the legislature from the First Di- vision. In the Third Division Coffey, candidate for a House posi tion is a prominent Legionnaire and has been active in the formation of | the new Legion Post at Palmer. He is the only Third Division veteran, but the Third Division has also the| honor of having an Auxiliary mem- ber who is seeking a legislative post. Mrs. Nell Scott, candidate from Sel- dovia, has been a member of the Anchorage unit for many years, and while not at present actively identi- fied with the unit's work, is well known for her past Auxiliary activi- ties. She is the only woman candi- date in a field of four, who is a member of the American Legion Auxiliary. Fred Johnston of Fairbanks is a former veteran and active in Le-| gion work in the inland city. No-| information is available here con-| cerning the candidates from the| Second Division, but it may be sardvl inferred, we think, that somewhere, among them will be found a vet-| eran who started his public service career in the army some eighteen| years ago. S eee THREE OF FIVE ALASKA OFFICERS AMONG VETERANS| Three of the five elective Terri- torial officers of Alaska are veter-| ans. They are Anthony E. Karnes, | Commissioner of Education, and| present Department Commander,! Oscar Olson, Territorial Treasurer, and William A. Hesse, Territorial Highway Engineer. Other Alaskan veterans, who have had distinguish- ed public service careers, since leav- ing their military duties in the bilck—l ground are George A. Parks, for-| mer Governor of Alaska, now ca- destral engineer for the Land Of- fice, Howard E. Stabler, former Dis- | trict Attorney, Robert E. Coughlin, clerk of the Court in Juneau, G. E. Skinner, chief clerk of the Alaska Road Commission, Eiler Hansen, Superintendent of the Pioneers’ | | Home at Sitka, Justin Harding, for- QVERSEAS WOMEN mer Federal Judge of the First Di- | vision;. .Jeseph: H.:Kehoe, ipresent,| District Attorney for the Third Di- | vision, and many others throughout | the Territory. Municipal govern-! ment has claimed a fair number of WELCOME Legionnaires! If there is something you want and it is needed badly and in a ASK Harry Race DRUGGIST Triangle Corner PHONE 25 Stores at KETCHIKAN JUNEAU UNION OIL COMPANY of California WELCOMES THE AMERICAN LEGION To these men and women is attributed a large part of the credit for the success of the Department Amer- ican Legion Convention being held in Juneau this week. Front row, from left to right: Mrs. Al Zenger, Mrs. E. M. Polley, Mrs. Homer Nordling, Mrs. John H. Newman, Juneau Auxiliary President; Mrs. Edith Sheelor, Mrs. Florence Manville, Alford John Bradford Auxiliary Sec- Leaders in Legion Convention in Juneau This Week: S retary, and Mrs. Lucille Stonehouse, First Vice-Presi- dent of the Juneau Auxiliary. Second row, left to right: Mrs. Bess Reeder, Mrs. Helen Bernhofer, Mrs. Oscar Olson, and Anthony E. Karnes, Department Command- er. Back row, left to right: William O. Johnson, Past Vice-Commander of Alford John Bradford Post; E. M. Pelley, Commander; V. A. Davenport, Housing Chair- man, and Tom Petrich, Department Adjutant. veterans also and among the mayors fair share of mention in the annals of Alaskan cities we find the folloW- | of Alaska World War veterans. ing veterans holding down jobs as| gight or nine women who saw ac- chief executives, I. Goldstein of Ju-| tjve service are listed as members neau, J. A. Talbot, Ketchikan, Ed|of the various posts of Alaska. Locken of Petersburg, James De-|These include Mrs. Jack Gucker, laney of Anchorage, and Peter Kos- | Mrs. George Getchell, and Mrs. Ly- trimetinoff of Sitka. dia Weber of the Juneau Post, Mrs. T R Mina J. Woofter of the Fairbanks Post, Mary Riff Smith of the An- chorage Post and Mrs. Helen Bol- yan now living at Chichagof where she is actively identified with her husband in mining operations is a former member of the Juncau Post. Mrs. Bolyan was a hospital dietician ARE PROMINENT IN TERRITORY s women come in for a JUNEAU, ALASKA T I_I_tlllllil"lll"lllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII llllllllllll!illllIIIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIII|lIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIlIIlIIII Greetings—Best Wishes Department of Alaska 17th Annual Convention FIRST NATIONAL BANK ‘ W“WWWWIIIIIIIIIHIIIII|IIIIIlIlHIHHIHIflIIIIIIHlH“flWM“Wl}IMIllllllm during the war. Most of the women listed above served as Red Cross nurses, though some of them worked in various other capacities. A Good Time for ELMER at the GLACIER TAVERN TOM CASEY Two other overseas wom.e oI Al- aska, not identified with any post are Mrs. Bessie Rowe, now teaching at Kotzebue, and Mrs. Angus Mec- Donald, who with her husband op- erates a Fox Island near Valdez erates a fox farm near Valdez. Both of these women saw service: overseas that antedated the en- trance of the United States into the war, and continued until the Ar- mistice was signed SEPTEMBER 2 TO 5, 1936 Juneau, Alaska THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1936. / I 2 £ = | = = JACK HENRY POST | NO 1 OF ANCHORAGE | HAS COLORFUL HISTORY | | (Continued from Page Four) elh year after the Declaration of | (he greatest patriotic and civie serv- | | ‘ce organization in the world. We | will continue to hold laurel wreaths { for our efforts so long as we are! | ized under the direction of Ivan E.| [ree of selfish motives and work for | tures. Hunt and Ed. Berutto, drills and | {such were held, but several of the| the bugles closeted until the re- | turn of the players. The convention | being held at Seward in 1935, found 10 members of the post present, and at the close of the session, the visit- ing delegation came to Anchorage en masse, with the Cordova drum and bugle corps as guests of the | post. Parties, trips and such round- | ed out the several days vacation | | ere they were called on to depart { southward again. Another year to be proud of in the post annals. Hunt Commander Here we are in the present, 1935- 36, and Ivan E. Hunt rules the post | as commander in an efficient man- ner, ably assisted by Fred W. Bel- gard as adjutant. Joint social ses- | sions after each meeting have done | | much to increase attendance and | foster good will between the two| crganizations of the Legion. | membership drive was a great suc- | cess, which to date brings the mem- | bership to more than 150, about an | all-time record. A busy year indeed, ! with the cash payment of the Ad- justed Compensation Certificates, which the post assisted all veterans to apply for. Another attempt at getting a bigger building is being made this year and numerous civic enterprises have been well handled ‘hrough the post. In the city ceme- tery the post maintains a well taken care of burial plot, where all ex- service men, so desiring, are buried, and government headstones have been obtained for practically all interred there. Soon this year will come to a close, marking the twen- ! | | GREETINGS Department of Alaska the betterment of all. D men left to search for work so the | drums had to be laid aside, a.au,SCHOOL TEACHE ‘ ENROUTE TO POSTS | School teachers returning to their positions to the Westward after vacationing in various places to the south comprised a fair per- centage of the passenger list on .he Alaska. Many of the teachers visited in the local office with Mrs. Marie Drake, Deputy Territorial Commissioner of Education while the vesscl was in Juneau. Practically all Territorial Schools will be open by Monday, Septem- ber 8, although a few in the more ‘emote regions have not yet ad- sised the local office of their date and may be a little later in calling classes. Philip Armstrong, former prin- cipal at Unalaska, is on his way The | "0 Kodiak where he will be princi- |pal of the Longwood Territorial School on Woody Island. | Irwin Metcalt, former Kodiak teacher, is enroute to Palmer where | he will teach the 8th grade. Jane Mills, a resident of Sitka, is also on her way to Palmer. She will teach third grade. Howard Trueblood is returning to King Cove where he taught last year. Mrs. Esther Ohman, who for- merly taught at Premier, is on her way to Kennecott where she will | teach in the Blackburn school. Mrs. Vertha Stryker is returning to Portlock where she has taught for several years. E. J. Bath, super- intendent of the Seldovia school for the last two years is returnin as is Miss Vivian Nilson, primary | War, which brought us together as|teacher in the same school. ———— - Fred Stone has a private film li- brary of incidents in his own life— approximately 50,000 feet of pic- ————-—--— Gary Cooper is believed to have the fastest automobile in town. It 1s capable of a speed of nearly 200 miles an hour. JUNEAU LIQUOR CO. LARGEST AND FIN- EST A S S ORTMENT OF IMPORTED AND DOMESTIC BEVER- AGES IN ALASKA! PERCY REYNOLDS Manager 17TH ANNUAL CONVENTION Juneau, Alaska € ALASKA PACKERS Nakat Packing i Corporation # g