The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, September 3, 1936, Page 16

8 s e SITKA AUXILIARY SPONSORS GIRL SCOUT TROOP Interesting Account Is Giv- en by Mrs. Hugh Nich- olson of Sitka Unit BY MRS. HUGH G. NICHOLSON The extremely active Sitka Le- gion Auxiliary has as one of its ac- tivities the sponsoring of the Sitka & Girl Scout Troop, one of the most active troops in the Territory On July 30 the troop’s fifth annual camp period closed. For the third year the camp has met all require- ments of a Girl Scout camp as set forth by the National organization Until they passed the thorough phy- sical examination given by the local physician within one week of start- ing to camp there was more or less uncertainty among the girls “Did that flu of last winter leave any bad after effects?” “Will the doctor say I can't go in swimming just because I turn blue? He kept me cut of the water last year.” “Hope all that gargling cured my sore throat.” “He would find that cavity and say I must see the dentist before I go to camp!” Wth the prized health certificates | in their hands the girls started on! their busy round of shopping for gay towels and wash cloths to be hung on the racks they had made during the winter and which would be above their individual wash ba- sins in a special place built for ab- lutjons at camp. And the tooth q brush? Mercy! that was the first 5 thing packed. On the morning or July 16 the e T ———— L e e Short H istory i To write a short history of the hird post by number in the Terri- tory of Alaska but the first by ac- ivity is certainly a task because i active post means lots of his- torical facts that must be recorded. Ketchikan like practically every sther town in Alaska turned out a high per cent of men to the war cause, which was under the name of Democracy. The Ketchikan boys eturning from the war and eager 0 preserve the memories and inci- dents of their association in the Great War and their devotion to mutual helpfulness, organized the Sons of Democracy early in 1919. At the organization of The Ameri- can Legion in Alaska in 1920 the| Ketchikan group applied the same year for an American Legion Char- ter and the Sons of Democracy dis- anded and the local post of the erican T egion formed at Ketchi- kan Post No. 3. Without going into detail, pro- bably the listing of the achieve- ments of this post would best re- flect the historical activities. Early in the year 1924 a valuable | piece of property was acquired in| the downtown section by an execu- tive order from the President of the | United Staty With this start a building corporation” was organized and money was raised for a small building known as The Dugout. This structure has served as quarters for the post up to the present time. Im- provements have been made from time to time including the enlarging | of the building. i In 1827 and 1928 ash trees were| | Stocking, G. A. Richards, |R. Spaeth, Leith Russell, — of Ketchikan Post No. 3 \ by i DWIGHT A. CHASE Past Department Commander of Kctenikan were extended fur- ther to the North and to the south we started “itching for a home on the beach some place where we could get away from all business. A site at Herring Cove, eight miles out, was selected and the boys built a log cabin. A fine structure on a beautiful site. Throughout its life the Ketchikan post has been active on all phases of Legion work applicable to local- ity. It has also been active in de- partmental work, having furnished a large per ¢ent of all department cfficers. Ketchikan has entertained the Department convention on three occasions, 1922, 1928, and 1934. The history makers were past post commanders Jack Talbot, Fred A. H"B Hell, Edwin Elliott, Joe Krause, Joe Ream, H. Sandborn, Roy Jones, Karl Drager, Anthony Karnes, R. E. W. “Deak” Brown, Clyde McGillvry, Ralph Bartholomew, Sam Daniels and at the present, Commander “CIlif” Johnson. the girl who best lived up to her Girl Scout laws and is therefore en- titled to having her name put on the Girl Scout silver cup. Mildred Tilson, age 10, wrote the winning camp song. Sitka is fortunate in having a permanent personnel. In the ab- sence of one member there is an- other to take her place temporarily. Mrs. Ruth N. Manca is captain and leader; Miss Louise Brightman lieu- Girl Scouts arrived at Camp “Rock- | imported for Wrangell by the cour- | ‘Rant and first aid expert, having | — ————m—m ing Moon,” at Neva Point, in the tesy of that post and the grounds in | Tongass National Forest, Everything | the vicinity of the ball park greatly | had been made ready for them the|improved by the planting of these| day before. A log cabin or lodge 20| trees. ‘ by 40 feet housed the living-dining| One of the biggest jobs ever tack- | room, kitchen and headquarters.|led by Ketchikan Post was the Across a mountain stream, over a | transferring of six totem poles from rustic bridge built by the girls last| Tongass Island to Ketchikan, This | summer, “Tent City"” lay in the sun- required about three years’ of hard light and shadows, | Work. First getting permission to| Seven tents 10 by 12 feet on raised | take the poles, second, getting them | floors were used for sleeping quar- down and into Ketchikan, third re- | ters for the girls and their leaders.| conditioning them and fourth set- A hospital tent was also in readi-|ting them up perminently. They | ness but was not needed for that are a beautiful sight as they today purpose. A few barnacle scratches| appear on a special site at the ball constituted the sum total of casu- park, Ketchikan's one city park. alties, Then along in '32 when the roads' A most distinctive feature of this' — B e | year's program was weaving and!night, treasure hunt and carving in wood. Two looms werc | banquet were held Set up and were in aimost constant| Mrs. Sadie Orr Dunbar, first vice- i5e. Gay scarfs and handbags (o president of the General Federation match practically depleted the yarn of Women's Clybs, was a guest at | supply in Sitka. Eagles, owls, squir- camp one day. She spied what she rels, and other objects of the out-| thought was a boy in a Girl Scout | door world were carved and made' camp and was properly shocked. into pins to be worn by the girls Later in the day she saw the “boy” as their patrol emblem. industriously sewing on a pair of The nature project was on birds.| pink step-ins. “He” was just an| Clearing the grounds, cutting wond eleven-year-old Girl Scout with a and making new trails had their boy's haircut and overalls. For din- farewell part in the program of camp acu- vities, as well as signaling. The girls were provided with at- tractive materials for needlework and employed much time in fash- ioning garments for themselves. The usual stunt night, dress-up 3 0000 | O OO SRR | uniform is worn. ner and the story hour the cnmpi A fifth year Good Campers em- | blem was awarded to Anita Triers-| chield, making her the only camper who has been present every year. Pauline Hallock was chosen as All Success to the 17th Annual Territorial Convention of the AMERICAN LEGION ALASKA TRANSPORTATION COMPANY D. B. FEMMER—Local Agent “ALASKA'S OWN COMPANY” OPERATING: S. S. Evelyn Berg—M. S. Zapora FREIGHT AND PASSENGERS WEEKLY SERVICE Latest in Refrigeration Equipment Mmmmlmuumnnuummununuumu||||||||u|uuunmumlmmwl“fi AT Bigger Than Ever! Where’s Elmer? .He's eating a big Italian dinner at the GASTINEAU CAFE TONY CRAVIOLINI Proprietor During the 17th Annual Conven- tion in Juneau! “The Foremost Restaurant c¢n Gastineau Channel” = £ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE, THURSDAY, SEPT. 3, 1936 FEE S e el B S = e received her Red Cross certificate | braver sex have mustered up cour- four years ago; Miss Ossa Duff age to attend and have never re- lieutenant; Mrs. Herbert Greig gretted it. nurse; Mrs. Foster Mills house chairman; Miss Louise Berg coun- sellor. The bulk of the moncy is earned by candy sales. During the tourist season the patrols and council mem- Instructor bers are divided into groups to Mr. Herbert Greig was a valuable make and sell candy on boat day. member of the camp staff this year. | an attractive location has been se- He was instructor in weaving and|cured near the Russian Cathedral. | Wood carving. His vivid accounts of | After three years' practice and sell- the years he had spent in Africa | ing, Sitka Girl Scout candy is known made the story telling hour both | from Maine to Cafifornia. Tourists popular and instructive, of former seasons tell friends who Members of the councll are Mrs. | are coming to Alaska to look for the { H. J. Hodgins, chairman; Mrs. Fos- | sign of Girl Scout Headquarters and ter Mills, secretary-treasurer; Mrs. good candy. Hugh G. Nicholson, camp chairman; | From a commercial point of view, Mrs. R. W. De Armond and Mrs. L. | money brought into the small com- C. Berg members of the camp com- | munity from the Outside and spent mittee. | at home is good business. To those Financin, | who sell the candy the greatest plea- large a:d ags ;ES:‘:::::; SF‘R‘_’WS | sure is in thc delightful contacts ing Moon” is unique. As a nest egg | made, especially with leaders, coun- the American Legion Auxiliary 0”cll members and Girl Scouts from Sitka gives $25 yearly. The Girl| 8}l over the United States and Girl Scouts are sponsored by the local Guides from England and Canada. unit. On the 21st of each March, the | Outside Attitude first day of spring, a silver tea is| By no means the least amusing given in the home of a council mem- | is the woman tourist who sheds ber. A sum ranging between forty | sympathy almost to the point of and fifty dollars is always cleared. | tears upon a busy council member Feminine Sitka puts on its best bib| for her nobility in staying in such and tucker and does honor to the | a lonely spot, wondering what she Girl Scouts. Even a number of the | does with her time, when said coun- One of the Pioneer Institutions of the Territory October 1, 1936. OO0 cil member would give almost any- thing for time in which to-read last week’s second class mail or spend a day on a trout stream. “And how do you spend the ter- rible winters?” moaned a New Yorker. “Feeling sorry for the people in the States, all frozen up and then washed out by floods in the spring,” smiled the busy Alaskan ‘as she made change for a Canadian paper | dollar which she couldn’t use but later exchanged with a passenger on the Prince Robert. “Isn't the six months' of dark- ness afwul?”, said a sweet young thing just out of college. “I don't know. You might ask the Eskimo boy over there. He is from Point Barrow and attends Sheldon Jackson School.” “Oh! And does the school bus bring him in every day? Some Girl Scout should be as- signed to write questions and an- swers on tourist day and then pub- | lish them as a means of earning money. 1937 Plans For the camp of 1937 it is the hope of the Sitka Girl Scouts that permanent sleeping cabins will re- place the tents and that more ground can be cleared for sports.! gfllllllllIllIIIIlIIIIlIIiIIillllIllllllllllllllllllllll"lllllIII!IIIIIIIllllIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllllIIIlIl|II|IIi‘lIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII'IIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII||I!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIfimmfiilllll“llll“lIIIIIIIIIIII *] Alaska FElectric Light and Power Company Architect’s drawing of our new concrete building now in course of construction at the corner of Third and Franklin Streets. The building will be ready for occupancy about Expressing a Fervent WELCOME LEGION TO GASTINEAU g : May Your 17th Annual Territorial Convention Be One Long to Be Re-bel'ed ® 0 0 0 0 0 JUNEAU and DOUGLAS, ALASKA wflnfllflIIIIIIIII!IIII!WIIHHIIIIIIIIIHMMMIMIIIIIIIIIIIMWW"WWWM ‘ GEORGE BROTHERS, operating THE LEADER Department Store and PAY'N TAKIT Juneau's largest cash and carry dealers in exclusive groceries, meats, fruits vege- tables and imported wines, liquors and beer. WELCOME — THE AMERICAN LEGION CONVENTION TO JUNEAU! JUST CALL 92 OR 95 WE DO THE REST!