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Welcome Legionnaires! G.E .KRAUSE GENERAL CONTRACTORS 2 BUILDING MATERIALS L WS | o WELCOME TO JUNEAU.... and MENDENHALL GLACIER AMERICAN LEGION .{ Department of Alaska a FARTHEST NORTH ; GRA Y LINES Greetings Legionnaires WHEN WEARY FROM CONVENTION DUTIES TAP-A-CAN of 5 5 5 PABST BLUE RIBBON BEER AT ALL DEALERS Pacific Fruit & Produce Co. DISTRIBUTORS - - e Dunng Your 17th, gpnuul Department of Alaska CONVENTION HARRI MACHINE SHOP “ELECTROL-——of Cotrse” § | ! 5 AUXILIARY HAS 'GREAT RECORD, ~ REPORT SHOWS Mildred Culver in Line to| Become New President —Summary Given (Continued 1irom Page Cne) | members in one Unit. Juniors as- sisted in Poppy Sales and onher\ | Unit activities. Gave ‘Mother’s Day | Teas. One Junior Unit earned| enough money to pay all Junior dues this year. Membership “Alaska as a Department has| more than exceeded their quota of| 378. As an example, one Unit went |from 60 to 96. Another from 62 to 95, another 63 to 107. One new Unit received their charter and an- other new Unit at Palmer (mem- bers are Matanuska Colonists) ex- pect their charter soon. New mem- ben are coming in all the time. Radio | “Though only three radio broad- casting stations are located in Al- aska, each gave their permission for | Poppy Day and Armistice Day Pro- | grams. | Music “Special Musical Programs dur- |ing the year. Singing of patrictic | songs at meetings and Memorial |Day exercises. Poppy Sales | “Larger orders for poppies; greal er sales. Poppy poster contest held | throughout the Department. Our quota this year was 17,000 against| {16,700 last year. The Department| \ab a whole sold 18,300 this year. National News Subscriptions “For the size of our Department we have done well and are still| going strong. The percentage of the Department of Alaska as of | April 30th was 36.88, a difference of 892 per cent from the Depart-| |ment of Delaware. Miscellaneous “Christmas parties for boys and | ! frrrrrr oot reee JUNEAU' COFFEE SHOP MRS T. J. JACOBSON Home Cooked Megls Served from 6:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. CATERING TO DINNER PARTIES Roll Your Convention Right Along ELMER! Brunswick Bowling Alleys . GALAO | | | | South Pranklm Street | t ) E | DRUGS JUNEAU DOUGLAS ) | girls; | work; | 2dv. PRESIDENT N 1 L Mrs. Theo McKanna of Fair- banks and formerly of Juneau, is President of the American Legion Department Auxiliary and is taking an active leader- ship in the convention here this week. for Scout bake sales; Indoor Car- Cash donations Quilt raffles; Cedar Chest raffles; nivals and many seasonal dances | | were held. One unit is helping to | turnish | school. equipment for a new Each unit came to the front nobly for donations and collections lor the flood victims of the East-| ern States.” -+ NOTICE rder fryers, roasters or hens, fresh | dressed, delivered to your door, at 40 cents a pound, Friday and Sat- | arday, September 4 and 5, only. D. B. FEMMER, Telephone 114. B i FLY Irving Airways, Inc., 7-place White Lockhced Phone 626. adv b 1 | | | i | { | { | | | § oot WELCOME LEGION Snow White | Laundry “Satistaction Guaranteed” PHONE 299 GREETINGS to the AMERICAN LEGION RAVES “The Clothing Man” QUALITY | PRICES " |she has accomplished in child wel- UNIT HEAD fihlld Welfare ls ' Important Work of Legion Grmm vention in Juneau (Continuea from Page One) i Ie\(‘w town where feasible. i “I would recommend that the De- | partment in Convention assembled, pass a resolution commending Theo McKanna, President of the Ladies | Auxiliary, for the wonderful work | fare during her term of office.” | P RS BT L | EMPLOYMENT TOLD { After two weeks friendship, the | engagement of Miss Dallas Hiddon land Glenn D. Harmon was an- nounced at Fairbanks. Miss Hig- don came io Alaska as secretary to the officers investigating "the| Mrs. Alba Newman, President of the Juneau Unit, who is tak- ing a leading role in the 17th Annual Department Convention of the American Legion, being held here this week. DOUGLAS NEWS DOUGLAS WATER CONSUMERS GIVEN FINAL OPPORTUNITY | | Fairbanks area as a location of an | Army air base. She is the daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Higdon | of Battle Ground, Washington. Mr. | Harmon, employee of the F‘xalrbank.s‘I Exploration Company power plant,! came to Alaska two years ago from | Fort Worth, Texas. - — TOO MANY GUESTS | Because of an overflow of trans- | ients, Seward householders with ex- | With the time limit for residents As an intreductory offer you may | tra rooms in which they can ac- commodate guests, have been asked to register with the Chamber of to have their properties connected with the new water system, already expired, City officials w giving COMRADELY GREETINGS ‘ To All Those Attending the 17th Annual Convention American Legion Department of Alaska THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE L s Hs i AT SENSIBLE { | final notice today that this is the last day of grace and by tomorrow those not connected with the new system will be without water. Num- erous leaks which are showing, pre- ‘|sumably from the old mains, caus- ing more or less inconvenience to traffic, necssitates immediate dis- continuance of their further use, according to City Marshal Dupree. Commerce. - (‘AMP COOK WANTED For logging camp. Apply Juneau Lumber MiTls. —adv D Empire classifieds pay. D. F. D. MEETING Regular meeting of the Douglas Fire Department will be held this evening at the usual time. Several important matters are on the table {for tonight’s session. B | MRS. CAHILL AND DAUGHTER ‘mh HOME AFTER FINE TRIP | Mrs. W. E. Cahill and daughter |Doris came home yesterday on the Alaska after three and a half |months’ visit south, They visited {fizst in Seattle and Tacoma and saw a number of former Douglas- lites. Among them were the I. D. Car- penter and Charles Russell fam- ilies, Mrs. Mabel Combest and daughters, Rev. and A. O. Aasen and the Dave Christoes, all of |whom wished to be remembered to their friends here. Josephine, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Christoe, will attend the University of Wash- ington this Fall for her second year, majoring in home economics, she said. | In California, Mrs. Cahill visited 'a number of the popular beaches ‘huL spent most of the time visit- ing friends and relatives in Los Angeles and Oakland. - - TEACHERS LOCATE The Misses Harriet Sweetland and Florence Ryan, new teachers for the Douglas High School for the | coming term, have taken apan- ments above the Riedi bu)re | e - i WELCOME! SABIN S |! “The Store for Men" | : FRONT STREET Stetson Hats Wishing members ' of the Legion and the Auxiliary an enjoy able stay during the con- . vention. +'l~l-+1-H—H—|-+++H¢H-I—l—H—|—-|—H+l<H—|—l—+I'H+l- L e e Welcome American Legion ENJOY LABOR DAY | Boat leaves Juneau Saturday after- l For an enjoyable Labor Day nocn. Centact Marv Joyce, or Week, Twin Glacier Lodge, on Taku | clerks, at the Gastineau Hotel for River offers the ideal recreation. getaits. —adv. I e P DD H.R. 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