The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 20, 1943, Page 6

R B i daaiie e i PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 1943 left on the boat “Valor of Angoon” | during the evening. Prizes and de- | boys, under the direction of Coach|March 16 at the Castle. Cards nndIFE LOWSHIP HOUR Ihl a sofa trying to get an inspira- turning, S 'TKA NE WS * Hollie and the Rev. Arthur Biley |bingo will furnish the diversions| LARGEST AT CENTER tion. B Baking, basting, boiling and 1 Last Sunday, Valentine’s Day, the burning. By JEANE OFFICERS ELECTE BY MA Claude Rhodes was chosen presi- dent of the Masonic Club to hold office during the coming .year Election was held at the last meet- ing of the club and other officers elected were: Vice-Presidents Rob- ert Deware, Edward Thoboell, La rence Kopet and Kenneth Samp- son; Secretary-Treasurer, Ben Mil- ler 3 WRECKAGE OF FIRF IS TAKEN AWAY of the W. P.Mills P. S. Ganty Store 1 réemoved and only of ~the buildings ofi Lincoln Street, destroyed in the quarter of a million dollar fire of last November. CIGARETTE DRIVE " UNDERWAY BY LEGION Members of the American Legion | have inaugurated a drive for cig- | arettes to send to the fighting forces overseas. To the boys in the camibat zones nothing is so accep- table as American cigarettes, and Legionnaires, being aware of this, are planning to do their bit toward supplying them., Collection jars have been placed in the bars, the Moose Club and the lobby of the Stika Hotel. LEE WILMS AWAITS TRANSPORTATION Lee Wilms, who has been ill for several months at the Pioneers’ Home hospital, is now at -the Sitka Hotel awaiting transportation south for medical treatment. Mr. Wilms was _formerly employed by Siems- Drake. : GORDON MacDONALD TO LEAVE FOR INLET Gordon MacDonald, Jr., left Sitka by plane on Februdry 17 for Ex- cursion Inlet where he has taken a position with the Guy Mfilnson Company. H. J. BAKER HERE H. J. Baker, well known piano ONIC CLUB on his annual trip to the Terri- CLITHERO tuner and repairman, is' in Sitka and stops were planned at Kake, |licious refreshments will be fur- | fellowship hour at the Lutheran Ketchikan, Metlakatla and Angoon.}nishcd by the committee “under ' Service Center, had the largest R | charge of Mrs. R. D. Peterman crowd yet seen on one of these oc- VALENTINE DANCE £ |casions. Mrs. Dean Efan presided MOST SUCCESSFUL USO FURNITURE HERE !m the piano and the members of The USO dance, held on Febru- | Furniture ordered by the USO the Episcopal Guild served home s v lary 13, was a formal valentine ball, | has arrived in Sitka and will soon !cooking to the ravenous mob. ! BUSK MEN LEAVE !wuh appropriate decorations and |be unpacked and installed fn the | | Pat Sweeney and Lisle Hebert,|pqo fymished by the excellent |Castle. {ADDITION TO USO who have been in Sitka for @ week |nayy' oronestra. The hall was | ! STAFF DUE HERE on business, left by plane for Jus . roudeq with merrymakers and a| GSO activities during the week| L. R. Hall, regional secretary of | neau this week {thoroughly enjoyable time was had, have been under the charge of [the United Services Organizations, | | GSO Group No. 1. Miss Ruth Niles has announced that Harry Has- |tory. He plans to remain here for |a stay of several weeks. | JOHN SAARI, PIOX b “"(‘EVTLY]‘ SNACK BAR POPULAR |is the able leader of this group. |brouck, of DesMoines, Towa, has S R | A land office business is being| — been appointed to the Sitka USO John Saari. who has lived i lyone ot the snack oar in the Castle|[NEW FEATURE FOR staff. Mr. Hasbrouck is expected Sitka for a number of years, diedj, .. rive here within the next few . fosnttad the capable hands of Mrs USO ON SUNDAYS o at the me:«x\ OFLe' IGRPER: Oli‘C;\lhynnn Clark and Mrs, Pat Par-| On Sunday afternoons from 3 weeks February 12_at. the nge of 60. Hel o'clock until 4 o'clock, a new fea- — | was ‘born in Finland'in 1883 l\ndi WA ture will take place in the Castle sant Hensley, assisted by Bill ('z}mfl to Ala lfx\ in 1934, making |ppEspAY AND FRIDAY according to announcements by Braggen and D. A, Percy, will have his home in Sitka IT{D ungagc}(ll in ARE SET FOR GAMES USO leaders. The new feature will rge of the Monday Hight square logging during his residence here be a series of lectures, called “The ing at the Castle, in the ab- Tuesday and Fridays are to be game nights at the Castle. The ipool table, recently acquired, has been set up in the Salvation Army CHRIS BAILEY ON room and prov o B a proved to be a popular TRIP TO JUNEAU .44 0qction. Chris Bailey, owner of the Co-| lumbia Bar in Sitka and other| Interment took place in the Pio- neer Cemetery on February 15. sence of the Rev. Biley. Music will be furnished by the West Virginia Mountaineers. Story of Alaska,” and will be under the direction of Miss Marjorie B. Major. A Reslaura;lis.lose Heavily by Theft SNACK BAR ADDED TO SERVICE CENTER " MISS'BARBARA DOBLER, Among the many attractive fea- g:(;;‘:er;:; lx:e ng::;ui'l’if; iors };,ol:'tl MRS. IRENT REYNOLDS, |tures for servicemen offered at the 1 ; I RETURN FROM VISIT Lutheran Service Center is a snack | business trip. | Mrs. Irene Reynolds, who does bar, recently added. It is owned | secretarial work at the Sitka Cola |8nd operated by Mrs. Pat Hussey. LONDON—Enfield district coun- 1 |Storage Company, and Miss Bar- Every day from noon until 10 pm, ¢il has reported that during the bara Dabler, secretary at the Naval | 9€licious home-made pies and year the four local British restau- this week Cikes, fresh from 'the oven, to- rants have lost 1,208 cups and mugs, |gether with coffee, are served at|1.638 forks, 725 knive:, 3319 plates, | the bar. 1,012 saucers, 1,412 spucns agd 1,110 i tumblers through thefts. —————— MR., MRS. HORNBERGER LEAVE FOR JUNEA! Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Hornberger left by plane this week for Juneau where Mr. Hornberger has taken 2 position with Civil Aeronauflcfil | Authority. : |Air Station, returned ifrom a vacation trip to Juneau. ATTRACTIVE SIGN | LEADS WAY TO CASTLE ! IN CHARGE OF CENTER | Lisle Slagle is in charge of the ILL AT HOME [Luthernn Service Center every| Miss Ida Soberg has been ill at |day. ’ors, with bits of Alaskan scenery erpool than New York City. her home for the last week. decorating the corners, a new USO i Montreal is 1,000 miles from the| Strikingly painted in many col- [ocean, but is 300 miles nearer Liv- | TRAP LINES b y HENRY PEARSON s ———— | Writing poetry is a disease. Most everyone at one time or anothe- has been afflicted with it. The beauty about writing poetry is that it requires' no strain on the nmen- tal powers. In spite of what' famcus poels in the past nave done, you do not have to let your ha w diwn |I.he back of your neck or remnt cuu a garret to turn out prose. | B l Take me, for instance. I was known as the poet laureate of Sno- | homish County in Washington and ‘I did all my poet writing in the | bathtub. In spite of your distaste for voe- try, way: | Probably one of my greatest works was inspired by my mother’s throwing in two cords of ‘wood n the woodshed while I was reclining PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU Solicits the business of friends | in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative | i - i CARD PARTY PLANNED lslgn now points the way to the | MR. AND MRS. L. TAYLOR | Members of the American Legion | Castle with its many diversions | TO LEAVE FOR ANCHORAGE,"“"‘ the American Legion Auxiliary for service men. Kenneth F. Boots, | Mr. and Mys. Lou Taylor are are planning a party to be held on USN, is the artist responsible. ‘leavmg Sitka soon for Anchorage e where Mr. Taylor has taken a po- Wn E N l N s l T A Make Your Headquarters sition with the Siems-Drake Com- | at the SITKA HOTEL BASKETBALL TEAM | IS MAKING TRIP | Members of the Sheldon Jackson | School basketball team left on Feb- ruary 19 to make a combined bas- First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitted 1o All Poinis Do Your Part--- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds ketball and missionary trip. Eleven CHINESE FOOD MAKES A HIT! 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