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PAGE SIX 3 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA . "~ "SATURDAY, MAY 30, 1942 T T e S e S 7 7 W W T S Sl ‘ i SITKA PUBLIC SOCIETY NOTES | U. 5. 0. TO BE 'THURSDAY WILL The o oimeteiih e S - wmeewne| RUSSIANBELL | UTILITIES By JAN WALLIS A(HVE m S"KAE BE S"‘KA DAY The dies’ Auxiliary of the Am- | Mayor of Sitka erican Legion, Unit No. 13, will meet | Sitka, Alaska | 3 § Monday evening at 8 o'clock, June | Dear Mayor Hanlon: | Thursday will be Sitka Day in 1, at the Lookout for the purpose of | You no doubt are aware of our {The Daily Alaska Empire. bt Giff and Nove"y Shop Light == Power - Water ecting officers for the coming|,32,000,000.00 campaign now being | N8 With the issue ": L ?l;h' Frid? All members are expected to | undertaken nationally on behalf of | ;;‘““I‘)’“"P‘ e ‘::‘\‘L“?{‘)””:‘“ér'n"ph; atten & ey Empire will g ‘ Women of the Moose to Meet o alid e Bl hundreds of Sitka readers comple The Women of the Moose will | L Ve 8 recent request fram our | coverage of local news of its people 7 ? meet Wednesday eventhg at 8 c'dlock | Auonal Commitiee Lo CIREEEEEY | and shiops Ins for the sl Slection 6f otflesrs ‘;\‘;‘;‘;kdn'fl'lltvf ik is pblssibfle"lo All the news of the town will be urance s & &b i v R | Alaska in the development of he A this regular Sit age ZEL KIRMSE Aad ; ~_ lglad to do this, and will greatly | ey patrons on Thursday in The as Poppy Day | yppreciate your leadership in nam- | gy o : © FIRE Al e il the Ladies'| jng 5 committee of citizens to put| PSRRIt bl 4 2 4 b ixiliary of the American Legion | ,org55 our appeal in Sitka. - - § ® MARINE were very ve in behalf of this| 1 our Pacific Coast ares ”""Ihea"es Dra"ed '0 Se" g s o AUTOMOBILE worthy ca ace at- Drilly ogu according to Hat- | npavorg of our communities uniform- *® BONDS tie Peterman, Unit President, the | 1y have been and are most coopera- war Saving! Slampi ol ¢ response of the citizens of Sitka was | jye in taking leadership in this ' PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE ‘l"‘f‘fz“":]’ e e T direction. We are sure you would HERTUN F0 RN U0 like to have a share in this patriotic| Responding to the call from Sec- 7 The annual Memorial Day Ball | appeql of the organization which retary of the Treasury Morgenthau, sponsored by the American Legion | pecident Roosevelt's Committee on | exhibitors ali over the nation are tion “conceived in liberty and dec ed to the proposition th: will be held Saturday evening, May | wa, Appeals has designated, along | enlisting their theatres in a coast to all are ted equal” The doctrines of that nation were pr 30, at the Moose Hall, and according | with the Red Cross, as being en-,| coast drive to gell ‘War Savings ;lmmrd in the 1)[«) laration of Independence, were tested at Valley to Eugene Wallis, Committec Chair- | (jijeq to the primary s“},pm Bf. the c(“"mp& and Borils'to 80 1'100 mu - orge, at Gettysburg, at Verdun man, promises to be the outsiand- | gl ; ; Ncw, onte again, the validity of its principles have been > BOCS e . | American people. erican moviegoers N S cHATIRHERR/AEA st be vindicated s ; :'\’,‘l“;gc',:(l,;vz"‘ffi:’c’ ‘\];)ee(‘::?\(:‘:w:”:\ Anything you can do for us and | While many theatres are now sell- i\ J - [ ew Shoes We, the citizens of Sitka hereby pledge our allegiance to the BUrb& sl G A e Enc for our men in the services will be |ing stamps, the government wants = ~ Tho k cause of Liberty and Justice and Democracy. tertaininedt Anions e dda G sincerely appreciated. I should theatre, large and small, to \ .s “}ee THEY SHALL NOT PERISH FROM THE EARTH = t. Among the added at-| greatly value the opportunity of |launch active sales starting May 30, ~ ) 7 : i tractions will be the one and only | ;oming to see you personally, but as |and according to Mr. William Oft, ) \ ¢ KEDETTES Wes Barrett (the man from the | ihis i not possible at present, will | Manager of the Coliseum Theatre o KEDSMAN MEMORMI. DAY SERVI[ES AT S"KA creeks) at the piano. A large (Wrn- | 5ppreciate you acting on this writ- | here in Sitka, the local patrons will - ? \ e LADIES' ARCH 1 pledge allegiance to the U ed tes of America, a na- Ot 1B TexRedvRd. 3 ten request. be given an opportunity to partici- \ One of the most beautiful Memorial Day services this writer The dates of our National cam- | pate in this campaign. \ 3 OXFORDS ever wit sed was conducted by the Am Legion this tiful wreath of fiowers was laid by | paign are May 11 to July 4. The |- , o T ing in S Mr. Russell Clithero was chairman of the Chairman Clithero. This was fol- | question of quotas is always one of | . R L AN, BEIGE and RED . . ' Tuesday night a committee was ap- \ \ t PUMPS which formed at the Federal Building at 11 o'clock. Heading the lowed by the Army firing squad |importance, and in most commun- ointed by the Mayor and OV 2 procession was a snappy U. S. Marine color bearer and color firing their volleys across the long |ities the quota suggested and ac- ‘I"u i "l" . d‘ J‘.’p’, 5 guards, carrying the national colors. Immediately to the left of depnsted B¢ Rever fordotten;heroes |cepted by tham Works sotk.on the|] DY e QoUnel to expeciie Ly & BEh: clors was the ally respiendent American Leg 3 s X Eugene Wallis was named Chairman the national cclors was the equally ¥ "’]“”‘”” merican Leglon of other wars. Then came that | basis of forty-eight cents per capita [ "0 B 0w o omposed of color bearer and his guards.” Next in line was the Army Band beautiful tribute that always grips | population. This, in the case of | & k SER AR under the very able leadership of Forrest D. Fleming; then came s Tk s o | e ol Bt (eBtoxiRtely eo0. | Olvde Hager sandsHelen Bekeesois the Army firing squad, the Navy firing squad, the members of ‘f,“’“' g :j?” "",; G "& o W H" plp G days are a |More about this movement will ap- the Legian, the. American Legion Atixilary. the colorful Women | Where—the sounding of Taps—and | Our thoughts these deys are a peay in the pages of this paper from as the last fdint echo fadded away | good deal w e men our arm- | oo 4o time as the local committee of the Moose drill team followed by Scouts. The first of the services was conducted at the National Cemetery and after a into the beautiful sunlit mountains | ed forces in Alaska, and we want to | =\ .. o " i ihe work \ number had been rendered by the band, Chairman Clithero intro- nearby, the procession was again be of the greatest service possible |P'O8T¢55 s s \ YOIII' Dru ist duced the speaker of the day, Col. Stephen F. Barron, who in turn under way, this time headed for |to them \ 3 = gg delivered a stirring tribute to our war dead, after which a beau- the Northland Docks, where an Recently we were glad to make a \ % Without brass Bands end = equally impressive ceremony was special donation to furnish the day F 1d conducted for the heroes of our rooms at Fort Ray, Sitka. without go medals the pharmacist plays his part Naval forces who had made -the Yours sincerely, 1 y J. HENRY LANG, { / ; ( in the American way of Luncl‘eonelte supreme sacrifice. 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