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PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA SATURDAY, MAY 1, 1943 . % SITKA NEWS % CHARLES WHITTEMORE IS SITKA'S CITY SUPERVISOR Charles Whittemore was appoint- ed City Supervisor at the T meeting of the City Council Tues- day night regul He will have charge of police, streets, sewers and garbage collec- tion Mr. Whittemore will also work with Fire Chief Art Franklin Other appointments include Cal Guffey, who will be City Clerk and Don McGraw, who will serve as City Treasurer without salary. All appointments are effective to- day, May 1 SANDRA LEA GAYLORD IS BORN ON EASTER SUNDAY Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gaylord ar the proud parents of a baby daughter born Easter Sunday, Apru 25. The little girl, who weighed eight-and-a-half pounds, has been named Sandra Lea. Mrs. Gaylord is the former Helen Zettel, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Phil Zettel of | this city. SITKANS VISIT JUNEAU Joining Mrs. William Charteri in the Capital City this week were Mrs. .Charles Wortman and Mrs Charles M. Peterson who made the trip by plane. All three visitor will return to Sitka Saturday the first of next week. or ST. PETERS GUILD MEETS The Ladies of St. Peters Guild met last Tuesday afternoon th home of Mrs. Neill Ande [ uswAl business of the guild wa fransacted after which dainky re- {reshments were scrved ANNUAL JUNIOR PROM H 18 SUCCESSFUL PARTY Junlor Prom, annual junior class £ of the Sitka High School, was held in ghe school gymnasium Friday night. Qeneral ‘chalrman of the affair was Mildred Tilson ana her assis- PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. S JUNEAU Bolicits the business of friends in Bitka {Blectric Service and Repairs ‘Westinghouse Representative :,_Lb!:r:p SEA FISHING |tants included Margaret Rands and !Lois Peterson, music; Keith Whit- tmeyer and Gordon Buckman, check Flora Thomas, specialty num- room bers; Gertie Jackson, Eva Koskela and ne Sulser, advertising; Dick Clithero, Carl Berg, Duane Corn and Milred Tilson, decora- {tions. | Patrons and patronesses for the dance were Mr. and Mrs. Clarence |Rands, the Rev. and Mrs. William {Thomas, Mrs. Lydia Tilson, Mr. fand » Russell Clithero and Mr. and Mrs, Carl Peterson The dance, which was formal, was }w‘ll attended and the juniors were well pleased over the success of the affair. Several selections were sung by |“The Three Notes,” dwring the in- ‘(U‘IHISSZDH _BAPTISMAL SERVICES ARE ON EASTFR SUNDAY Baptismal services were held on Caster Sunday at St Priers-By- the-Sea. Erian Richard Langton, four months old, son of Mr. and Mrs, Richord Langton, haa tor his $0NS01'S James Brightman, _on McGt and Mr. Langton. Jimmi Ttussell McGraw, Six | months cld, and son of Mr. and Mrs. Don W Taw, w2s Also bap- tised on aster Sundav. Standing for him as godfather were Edward van Horn and Wallace McDonald, and Mrs. Ildward Van horn was godmothey, HONORS BIRTHDAY Of TIMMIE BRIGHTMAN T'imothy ightman, sou of Mr and Mrs. Jjames Brightman, cele- brated his third birthday anniver- sary on April 26. Fifteea friends were bidden to a party which was held at the home of his grand- mother, - Mrs. -Marie- Brightman. Bright colored balloons, bunny place cards and candles. decorated the table upon which was plact a white bunny birthday cake, Timmie received many lovely re- membrances from his frienos. Those who enjoyed the party were Nancy Jean Hage, Wallace and Muy Jane | Ganty, Carol and Nicky Harring- {ton, Johnnie Shennett, ‘Tamara an. Sandra Peterson, Maribeth and Johnnie Conway, Charlie Peterson, | Bert Strom, Dick Sunde, £issy Su- Y [cort and Patty McGraw. | X . DOUGLAS | BURKE-DENNIS NUFTIALS | . . marriage on April 17. The cere i of the bride’s sister, Mrs. George | PLEA! AUDIENCE lOja, with only members of the| Before a good sized audience from | ceremony. {due appreciation, the operetta “Hats | An informal reception was held |Off” was successfully given in the Miss Alberta Burke and Corporal | |mony was performed at the home SCHOOL flPEiET A |immediate family witnessiig the |which frequent applause evinced !in the evening with many friends | chool gym last night by high |calling to extend congratulations |school and grade pupils. land best wishes to the young cou-| Starting at a present day re- | ple. cruiting station, the theme began' | {with a discussion between Herbert |PATRICIA ANN McGRAW | Bonnett as Jimmy Gray (recruit CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY |for the Navy) and Obert Havdahl Little Patricia Ann McGraw, | %5 Lt. Dale (recruiting officer) re- daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Don Mc~ ')atlvc tor the present conditions of |Graw, was three years old Apm,en]is!mvm compared to those of 122 and the occasion was celebrated | Revolutionary Days. The s‘mry then |by a birthday party to which she;unmlds' carrying out incidents as invited all her young friends. Games |0f the year 1777 with | were played by the youngsters and |Shudshift as Capt. Paul Jones of lafterward refreshments were served, | Bonnie Graves, C. F Wyller, and | Those who attended the partyiservmg’ A conspiracy is attempted | were Diane Tilson, Cheryl McGraw, |35 the story unfolds and later de- Nancy Jane Hagen, Barbara June | feated with death sentence for the |McGraw, Johnnie McGraw, Kuren}”“"’"?s and later, reprieve by Gen. Washington. A romance’ is' devel- |Roach, Jimmie McGraw, Heinie | ;Wlsby. Rodger McGraw and Tim- |OPed along with the general theme. mie Brightman, |and song and dance numbers which | are well done, add to the enjoy- . R Y |ment. Particularly pleasing was a SITKA DOUBLES RED CROSS |4, sung by Betty Bonnett and | QUOTA Wisl FUND OF 87‘r“fObert Havdahl. All were appropri- ‘R(iiukcuro::s \’l';f:e um"d_dof"bl"dpl"i;umly costumed in the production. Jchnwn‘ W?w 1 :;C:” o !of ]" As a finale Elton Engstrom, Jr., = s chalrman of the | ,ioreq carrying an Amerieen flag War Fund Drive. | To date, receipts are $7,874, which i:rmt:e“l:;stsal::;d !l:‘)fl.lh:‘::;n:?):; ‘has been raised in Sitka and (his‘sm‘_ Spangled Banner.” | vicinity. Iz e The committee congratulates the | JOHNNY JENS 1S EIGHT citizens of Sitka upon tHeir gen- Cel?,'n.mmg his eighth birthday :x:u;o 1:;:5;?";:0.2:‘;" these fu"dsiwhich was yesterday, John Jensen et i T 'had a party this afternoon for all 3 his numerous young friends and a WEDDING ANNIV. HONORED fine time was being enjoyed as the Many friends called at the home party progressed of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Van Horn on Thursday, April 22, on the occa- sion of the couple's twenty-ninthi SAIL SOUTH wedding anniversary. The Van| Mrs. Mike Pusich, accompanied Horns received many lovely ve-!by her daughter Anne and Mrs.| membrances from their friends. James Baroumes, are leaving this | evening for Seattle for an indefin- |its stay. Mrs. Pusich goes to at- tend the fuheral of her father, Lorenzo Bartolini, who passed away this week and to be with her mother for a month or two. Mrs Barumes goes to keep house for| her daughters who are employed in Seattle. SITKA HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS BROADCAST | Students of the Sitka High sponsored their second half-hour broadcast over Station WVCX last ‘Tuesday. The high school chorus, under the direction of Miss Helen Roan, sang the Welsh folk song, “All Through the Night” and “O| 'Bone Yisn” by Palestrina. | The Boys' Quartet in their HrstiRAY ROBINSO" | i appearance for the year sang “Blow the Man Down.” | A ten-minute skit, written h_»‘ vresented by one of the English| pooron, Mass, May 1/— Ray classes. K“‘l‘h Wittmeyer presented | popingon, Harlem negro, regarded a piano solo, “Salut d’Amour” by |hy many as the uncrowned welter- | - Lolly Jordon and Betty Parke, was | Kenneth | R. E. SHELDON, Patty McNamara | | JOMN McLAUGHLIN RETURN YEsTERDAY| Decomes 2 Today | Executive director R. E. SheldunEyemg old today, is observing her of the Territorial Unemployment|birthday with a party for 20 in- The Alaska Coastal Alrways made | gompensation Commission and ad- cludinxyhoth RT3 Tmkhers; the following flights late yester-|ministrative assistant John McLaug|to be held this afternoon at the !day: from Juneau to Excursion|minjstrative assistant John| home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Inlet were R. Shuffle, Ivan Damill, | McLaughlkin, returned to Juneau|James L. McNamara. |Henry Kinae, Andres Julaton; from |yesterday by plane after an ab-| Ice cream and birthday cake will |Excursion Inlet to Juneau, Paul R. sence of two weeks. ibe enjoyed by the guests. | Pugh, Gordon Hobart, C. F. Han-| During the trip on department{ Patty was born in Providence, sen, Frank Wilson, J. Miller, and |business, visits were paid to all of Rhode Island, and came to Alas- Martin D. Connolly. the major towns of Southeast Al—‘,ka. because her daddy is an engin- Coming from Sitka were W. M.!aska and to several of the smaller eer with the Federal Works Agency Faust, Phoebe Young, Peter Hoolin, | villages. land is now stationed at Sitka. !a naval vessel on which Jimmy js| Everyone interviewed was op- |the Rev. Walter Soboleff. | timistic about the contemplated big FA(B (HARGE I" FALSIFYING TRAVEL 'ALASKA COASTAL MAKES FLIGHTS | O THREE POINTS | walter Dyabonoff took passage|fishing year and all are making 'from Wrangel to Juneau. iplans accordingly, Mr. Sheldon re-| | John T. McLaughlin and R. E.|POrts. |Sheldon took passage from Peters-| Many other matters pertaining burg to Juneau. |to departmehtal business were also This morning Alaska Coastal left | checked on and cannery operators Juneau for Sitka with the follow- | @nd other business men interviewed | Judge George l—"‘T_A)exander of the as signed ling 3 i {did not . anticipate any . serious|U. 8. District Court here h e e 1 Oohn WinUher: \shortage of help, Mr. Sheldon|a Warrant for the removal of Ed- on LT TR, ST atites, |ward C. Tustin to Seattle to face | Peterson, and Mrs. Charles Wort- | man | From Juneau Howard Smith, Ole Scarbo, Mis. Sheldon, who is still south @ charge of falsely swearing under ¥ |after several months, is expected 0ath in applying for permission to to Skagway were ‘ home soon. jenter Alaska, a Federal offense. and} e | Tustin was arrested and jailed John Marvin |here on a charge of being a fugi- Arx'ilvi;m in Juneau from EFXHI-:DAUGHTER IS BOR" | tive (rolin Justice. He will be tried S| L Wi Jack Gum, E. B. (in S before L 8 ssion- ion Inlet were Jacl um -lo BERT BERTHollS :; He:;:yGWesl:‘f:llI_J S. Commission: Cunningham, and Andre Julaton. >-o - . and Mrs. Bert Bertholl be-| LAMP EXPLODES; e i puens ot awsnier| Mrs. Charles Sey Y this morning when their second child, weighing eight and a half | pounds, was born at St. Ann’s Hos- o - PlansTrip South The Bertholl family is happy to Mrs. Charles Sey, who has been TWO MEN BURNED PERMIT TO ALASKA Nazi U-Boat Menace Increases; Sinkings | Reported on Upgrade (Continuea rrom Page One) §easied |In spite of the blastings of those bases recently, the Germans still+ may be turning out around 20 subs a month. Then, too, our own destroyer- 4\ escort program was started too late. Speedy little DE’s are now rolling off the ways in good order, but the chances are there won't be enough of them to make a dent in the subs this summer. There is a gap of about 700 mlles~ in the mid-Atlantic that can’t be |adequately patrolled by land-based planes. That gap is the submar- ines’ happy hunting ground. hd On the other hand, the United Nations aren't taking all this ly- |ing down. They have developed |new tactics, mostly secret, which !may include hunting the sub packs with destroyer packs and patrolling {the su happy hunting grounds with carrier based helicopters. It is, | believed too that great strides are |being made in sub-detector devices., | The eflectiveness of our coastal, patrol in driving the subs from the off-shore traffic lanes has proved |the efficacy of fighting the sub with planes and before another summer the entire Atlantic routes }mu_v be covered with a canopy of | aircraft. ‘ e eee DRAYTON OPENS OFFICE | were taken to St. Ann's Hospital ¢ tWo years old. have a small sister for Wayne Rob- staying with her son in Treadwell| Thomas B. Drayton, for mm\vI for the past winter, is leaving on|years practicing in the Interlor,' And, at the Twentieth Century the next southbound steamer for has opened a law office in the Andrew Jones and John Ursin with severe burns early this morn- ing after the gas lamp in their trolling boat at the City Float ex- | Market, where Mr. Bertholl is em- an indefinite stay. |ployed, they say that the father,! She will visit her daughters in ploded In the cabin. |mother and daughter are all get- California, Mrs. Burford Carmi- Members of Juneau Volunteer|tiDg along nicely. With help as chael and Mrs. L. W. Huntington Fire Department answered the call|Shott as it is, they are walting to > at 12:40 a. m. and reported that!PUt Miss Bertholl to work as 500N EALTH COUNCIL IS TO little damage was done to the in-| 85 she is able. o ELECT OFFICERS MONDAY terior of the boat Mrs. Bertholl is the former Eileen pne Health Council meeting will jK"“""e“' SRR o be held at 8 p.m. Monday. There | |are about 30 - COMMUNION BREAKFAST | MISSGULLUFSEN, = e we epistit fo atiend. AL i r ‘are urged to go became the dis- OF (DA_I! MORN’NG! MR_ GROVE, TO and there will also be an election of officers BE WED TONIGHT MOTHERS’ CLASS MONDAY |cussion promises to be interesting Patricia Gladys Gullufsen Miss Helen Johnson will instruct In observance of the annual na-| tional communion breakfast to be| held tomorrow morning, members, Miss of the Catholic Daughters of Am-|and John Perry Grove will be mar- the Mothers’ Class Monday at 2 lerica will attend mass and com-|ried this evening at the home of o'clock in room 108 of the Ter: | Health Center. The subject munion at 8 o'clock in a body. the bride’s parents, Mr. and MTrs. torial At the breakfast which follows,| George Gullufsen, at 603 Fourth wi]] pe “Preparation for to begin at 9:45 in the Iris Room of Street, with the Rev. Willlam G - the Baranof Hotel, Bishop J. R.| LeVasseur performing the cere- gyye the date, Sat. Crimont will be an invited guest. mony. Amnual DFD Dance Annual rollcall of members will al-| Miss Kay McAlister will act &S Tew's Orchestra. so be featured as part of the ac-| bridesmaid and Degli Antoni as __ 5 companying program. Any local or|best man. Delivery May 15, with Bob adv. |visiting CDA’s who have not been| Following the ceremony a recep- | L.O.OF. Building, formerly occupied by Frank H. Foster of the local | bar. Conway Dock | Company 0il === Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 Everything for the Sportsman Sir Edward Elgar. The Program | weight champion boxer who was concluded by a talk on Juven- | won many 85| telephoned are cordially invited and| tion will be held to which all friends fights as an amateur, .y make reservations by phon-|of the young couple and of the Creels — Rods — Hooks — Line YouName It—We Have It Tilson and Sons PHONE 72 Sitka's New Men's Store Freddie Cabral last night with four terrific left hooks ile Delinquency by Superintendent disposed of Theron Cole. plans. | weighed 153 pounds. How’sfora o Whale i of a Time o° © % DropIn ... Any Time |ing Mrs. Walter Hellan or Mrs. family are invited. Felix Toner today. Committee in| Wedding plans which had been | be transferred shortly. [Naughton and Vivian Tise. First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Also Conveniently Put Money Transmitied to All Poinis Do Your Part==- MOY’S OPEN FROM 5—12 H There will be another stude 2 i 'sect s { > slnkers—neels— SPDURS —Leadefs intwnait baloue’ the o Lml?aflpr g goinyles and 10 /seconds|charge of the breakfast consists of set for June were moved up be- 'y h Xas efore the end of the | after the first round opened. Robin- i nrrg -~ Toner, Mrs. Hellan, Mrs.|cause of the imminent departure s year, according to present ‘bon weighed 148 pounds and Cabral| nijeg Godkin, Mary Jean Mec-|of the bridegroom, who expects to i CHOW MEIN and CHOP SUEY Up to Serve at Home! 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