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= Elks fo Have [STOP SIGN Mothers’ Day ProgramSun. f Juneau Elks will have their an- ,nual Mothers’ Day ceremony Sun- day afternoon at 2:30 o'clock in the| Elks Hall, and the public is invited | and urged to attend this unusual! program. 1 | Col. Roy W. Riegle, Gommander | of the U. S. Troops at Juneau will deliver the tribute. Entering and Departing from Military Area wards will hold their Court of Hon- military res: or cornations in honor of their moth- duty at this point. ers, Warning stop signs are pre. a military man. PENNY DRIVE " STARTS MONDAY FOR ORTHOPEDIC. ... 'FORMER ALASKAN'S HUSBAND 15 GIVEN Box With the arrival {new envelopes for Orthopedic Hospital Penny Drive, |the solicitation for funds will begin | Monday, Mrs. George F. Alexander,' ¢ juneau drive chairman announced today.! ? There are twenty-one Alaska, children in the Orthopedic Hospnalf in Seattle today. During the last vear 38 children were cared for. With its fine medical staff, nurses,| equipment, the Orthopedic has (or;rng‘;nmt;ehzl:fi‘r’wg;l' st its purpose the healing of crippled ' paval i i and afflicted children of the North- | ), Ter Richenbacker by airmail of| the Children’s| The air of Spring is in these Junior Cliques of Trudy Halls . . . Mint cool, Julip bright fabrics just as city pretty as they are coun- try comfortable. Junior sizes 910 17. | Lundell, for several THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU ALASKA ONHIGHWAY FOR AUTOS [Vehicles Must Be Checked It is requested by Lt. Col. Roy Service men!W. Riegle, Military Commander of| are especially invited to attend thethis area, that all vehicles stop at;follows: | the Traffic Control Point, located on Starter March ceremony. | The Girl Scouts will attend the Glacier Highway ‘This is the en-| ceremony in a body, and after-|trance to, and departure from, the Promotion March tion, and all vehicles!Blue Moon, | must stop in order that they can be Flks will wear their red and white|checked by the Military Guards on Anport March located Lullaby (Quintet) A large crowd attended the im- 200 feet from the Traffic Contre ssive program last year, at which|Box and stop signs are located in time the tribute was also given by the immediate vicinity of the Con-|Der Fuehrer's Face CHICAGO WRITEUP .. William F. Eadie, rescurer last winter of the fantastically| Trombone Tobbagan lucky Eddie Rickenbacker and his; 'companions from their three weeks fon a life raft in the mid-Pacifi and the son-in-law of Gus Lundell| recently gave details of {the dramatic rescue in a Chicago| } paper - WET AND WINDY Married to the former Phyllis/ years public, (health nurse at Sitka, Eadie is the of the mercy went Grade School Band Concert Is Oq [onight Under direction of A. M. Uggen, the Grade School band will give a {concert tonight in the grade school auditorium starting at 7:15 o'clock. Both classical and |selections will be played by the roung student musicians. The con- ert is free to the public. The program to be given is as M. H. Ribble M. H. Ribble Ed Chenette Concert Waltz M. H. Ribble R. B. Eisenberg Ernest Weber Johann Brahms ol | Village Chapel (tone poem) M. H. Ribble Oliver Wallace {H. M. S. Pinafore ._Arthur Sullivan | Poem Z. Jiback | Trombone Solo by Buddy Hunter | Accompanied by George Shankin Pirates of Penzance Arthur Sullivan | Estrellita Manual A. Ponce ‘arming-up March (Flyer March RAINBOWAND DEMOLAYS T0 INSTALL HERE Joint installation of officers for the Order of Rainbow for Girls and |the DeMolay Boys will be held to- morrow, Saturday evening, at 7:30 semi-classical o'clock in the Scottish Rite Temple.| @ PREPABED SOIL Because of the Douglas High School Prom and the Rebekah Drill Team dance, also scheduled for to- morrow night, no dance will be |held following installation, it has been decided. Marilyn Merritt of the Rainbow girls will act as installing officer |for that order, with Doris McEach- ran Chaplain; Grace Berg as Marst Anna Lois Davis as Mu- sician; and Erna Meier as Record- er DeMolay officers elected at the Wednesday evening meeting and to be installed tomorrow night are Marlin Feero, Master Counselor; Rod Nordling, Senior Counselor; John Lowell, Junior Counselor; Chuck DeGanahl, Senior Deacon; Don Hungerford, Junior Deacon. Frank Dufresne, Senior Steward; Violin Solo by David DeLong Daniel Morris, Junior Steward; Bill companied by Georgine Shankin Harris, Chaplain; John Cass, Mar- | Vanguard March . shal; Douglas Gregg, Orator; Jim M. W. Hollingsworth Wright, Sentinel; Bob Vernon, Standard Bearer; Gus Peterson, Ernest Weber Almoner. « - - = APRIL WAS WARM, IN JUNEAU REGION The weather in Juneau for the _|month of April was warmer, wetter, FIFTY - EIGH " ARRIVE HERE LAST NIGHT Arriving here late last night from Seattle and southeast Alaska ports 1943 | FRIDAY, MAY 7, e %" | | FOR VICTORY | GARDENS— o - | 25-Year-0ld Weedless A | COW MANURE Screened by the Sack " | PUT IN YOUR ORDER NOW! _ Orders will be delivered next week. e AL L) Wire, Write or ‘Phone Your Order WHERE SERVICE, PRICE AND QUALITY MEET We DELIVER TO DOUGLAS—Each Tuesday and Friday | OTHERS |E | PHONE 92 ;30 Vi 3pm PHONESS § | IN BUSINESS SINCE 1908 and still doing the largest grocery business in Juneau. | - ’ 1 BUY MORE BONDS |. | | e through the ritual of formal in Seadt r ing: All Illl(l(.‘l' <, ]0.00 west, . |troductions all around, the three nd Windier than normal and w“h:;f,w]lhe :o]lowmg. oo Ant}:c’, The hospital chax_'ity averages 90 jogeyed army men exhibiting the sunshine below normal, according |DOUBIAS na‘b]e. Jaek# Canright, | percent. To assist in carrying the fervency of their gratitude by re- to the monthly meteorological re- Wi .Confleld,vcharlcs ] 0NES TEVENS heavy purden. contributions of pen- jterating “God bless the Navy" Port issued by the Juneau Weather | WWAIOW: Biryer, Ohacles C.'Oldsmm' —s nies, nickles, dimes and dollars are! oain and again. Bureau Office. Ry URSREcD, QIBolc (A T, M | Seward Street geked Juring, the Pemny Drive. —Lieut. Eadie is a graduste of| The average temperature for the |21 Mrs. Tom McCaul and Dale M. | natever one can glve s welcome. | Northwestern University and the month was 424 degrees, as com.. | Pederson. i ‘ \ . - — — he familiar envelopes, With|son of Mr. and Mrs. William G./pared with the normal for April| EdWin C. Pond, Robert C. Pax- S5 . thelr red hearts and the appeal Eadie of Evanston, Iil. He has been|of 408 degrees. This was the first|!" Miss Phyllis Poulin, Mrs. Mable | . a ing after spending her vacation in “Open your heart—will you help | assigned to the naval air station at month out of the past six that(Rinstad, Miss Jennette Ringstad, ISS J. |ngsta the State of Washington. Miss Crippled Child" will be left through | Gilenview, IiL, where he is now sta-|the temperature averaged above|B¢PRie Rosenberg, Mrs. Henrietta o s Ringstad is an employee in the So- l‘g“”}‘\;‘ L e aiof ana gthosis Honad., ithe normal. The warmest April for |SOleY: Mrs. Madeline Sturm, Lesiie Mrs. Ringstad plans to visit With Van Mavern, Mrs. R. E. Robertson, TO OPEN CANNERY [of 1040 with a mean temperature | g B TV A FOCE WORE '/ Miss Jennette mingstad, accom.|er two daughters Jennette and Mrs. Vera Clifford, Mrs. L. C. Peters,| Frank Wright, Jr., arrived fromln; {04 degrees and the coldest that| . "Albert F. Camn, W. G. Irvine, L Mobl| Geraldine, before going to Peters- Mrs. Homer Garvin, Mrs. Ernest|Seattle last night with a crew of | Wik 040 Crfrers 4l aYs &R nien T son, Luk panied by her mcther, Mr al Ehl Mr: % ke erage. The mercury reached ‘“}R. . Holden, J. P. Jacobson, e Ringstad, returned here last even- | burg for the summer months. hler, Mrs. J. J. Meherin and Mrs.| workmen to open the Icy Strait | o * | Shellikoff, J. W. Lewis, H. Bread- . 3 | Keith Wildes. Packing Company. Mr. Wright is | 6nest point during the last month | 0 0 Lo e i W' M. Chand i B s O e o —— E&) > {manager and superintendent of the |°° the 27th when a "m"o“’“ure'rllml)'.yovl Il;:erc a‘er',r Mnhfi)l»‘;‘:x(x; 3 MZL?J;L S BTURN | company at Hoonah. While tn Ju- | ©% degrees b ‘;‘;‘gme”ds'z he | john Hall © They're soft and smooth ] r. and Mrs. Tom McCaul re-|neau he is at . 2. -Rs o i Sear! (urned last night from a several (SRR T PORLIBRE on e AIEEH, THA Highsah| 0/ roln, Barold: Searbroughi Ja- o months’ visit in the States. Empire Classifieds Pay! |temperature on record for any April (P JOWRENOr, . VE Perelovich: b i it o il S i) 2 ____{in Juneau since 1884 is 69 degrees'Hl' ’??y g G;‘f'gek SBVH_“O“‘ N?'d'“ uniform in your wardrobe. lin 1916 and the lowest 13 degrees|Chcrsasen. Frank Burton, Madge And don't forget. ... the fa- in 1929. On only two days during Mutchmore, Billie Chandler, D. F. Styl-EEZ “Fl Fit” v the month did the temperature fail |FOSter Linn Forrest, L. J. Christo- Mean ey prieis vl (1) § lle ee n to the freezing point. {pher and Asa Suiter. innersoleis concealed with- i ’ | 2 Peli | From Wrangell: George Tans- in for your extrs comfort: 3 # oo |gard, Mrs. Pearl Toft, William Tom- Come in and try on H ] For Your Summer Permanent . . . m;‘;’]‘& l::': :;‘;“P"a;l“’" for ;‘_"; mila, Mrs. D. L. MacKinnon and s 7 A & PALLE S .13 inches, or i S S . i ¥ two children and Mrs. Lillian Beginning Monday — Machine inches above the normal, maKing | gioes and Machineless Waves— .tjhe accumulated departure since| gajling this morning for Skag- TT;‘-""W 1, 1943, plus-‘2.97 inches"wfly were John C. Tomawi, Mary 8.50 his Is the wettest April siice 1922 jackson, Anna M. Weston, Clif- and the third wettest on record.|toyq L. Daigler, August R. Burns, /G/?/D:/ Thf~ maximum _amount rucox'ded‘flnrold F. Pribbarnow, David A e (];n;.ng any 'Ap;;]DOSl]]fg )18841 Was | Hoffman, James V. Tropea, Horace “J 37 inches in and the 1owest | Adqams and Nancy Hamilton. t Telephone 318 BEAUTY /ALON /169 inches in 1917. Measurable pre- | S nd 4 cipitation fell on 23 days of the‘ Open evenings by appointment IN THE COOPER BUILDING month, which included 18 days with | [vs Opposite Federal Building 04 inch or more and 9 days Wi!hlG'SSbergS Announ(e 25 inch or more. The greatest | 5 . {amount recorded during the month B th f S in any 24-hour period was 232 | Ir 0 On In inches on the 1ith and 12th. Meas- | urable amounts of snow fell on 6! Sea“le on ThurSday " - - |days and totalled 4.9 inches. This | . | .l "' .t t‘ '. ‘ls'incl:mwgsl'lmuefl anoyat, Teeistered | Birth of*a son, John Gustaf to . 4 l (¥ a [/ - The total snowfall for|sergeant and Mrs. Gustaf Gissberg i ithe season of 1942-43 was 1293 in Seattle on May 6 is announced. inches. This is almost twice as i Mrs. Gissberg is the former G' M T i TO Moihers Of SOflS and Daughters ';E:C*t‘hflslth: amount recorded dur-!Claudia Kearney, a graduate of 3 e last season and the great-!Juneau High School and, until her 1ve iMoma Lrea in the Armed Forces est since the season of 1936-37, marriage, chief operator Wwith the FINGERTIP YI v\hen_the syow!all amounted to|Juneau-Douglas Telephone Com-| FLEXIBILITY . Dear Mother: 149.3 inches in the vicinity of the|pany. The father is master ser-! ; Federal and Territorial Building. |geant with the Signal Corps in . D) Somewhere in the world today your son The total wind movement for the |Seattle. | 4 A A rom or daughter is wishing it could be possible ’“"""‘h“'asl 5266 miles, or an av-| Young John Gustaf, born, by the Famil shoe Stfll'e i erage hour! ity S " , i ,’ for them to be with you and help you cele- i v xelaclty of 75 miles. WA ORI SigiheEs. binthday, 13 » Beautifully packaged boxes of sweets are bound to please on Mother’s Day! THESE FAMOUS CANDIES: ARDELLE HELEN and ROGERS 1.0010 6.00 HARRY RACE, Druggist PHONE 25 brate this Mother's Day. But right now they are busy helping to make this old world a safe and decent place where future mothers may bring up their children in the liberty and freedom we have enjoyed so long. So, in their absence, we should like to step in and do, for them, something toward your en- joyment of Mother's Day. In the name of all these brave sons and daughters, where ever they may be, we invite you . . . their mothers . . . to be our guests at the matinee any time between 1:30 and 5 P. M. on Mothers Day, Sunday, May 9th. Sincerely yours, HOMER GARVIN, Manager Capitol Theatre. Broiled Steak and Fried Chicken SERVED ANY TIME DINE AND DANCE This is above the normal for April and the highest since 1939, when the average wind was 82 miles per hour. The prevailing wind di- rection for the month was from the southeast. The maximum velo- city for a sustained period of 5 minutes was 26 miles from the southeast recorded on the 19h. The highest wind velocity on record for April since 1917 is 36 miles from the northeast registered in 1937. Not Much Sun Out of a possible 431.5 hours of sunshine for April, 140.4 hours, or 33 percent of the possible was re- corded. There were 3 days with a recording of 100 percent sunshine and 8 days in which no sunshine was registered. There were 2 days clear, 2 days partly cloudy, and 26 days cloudy during the month. Light fog was observed on the 12th, 22nd, and 26th; solar halos on the Ist, 7th, 15th, 18h, 26th, and 30th; auroras on the 25th and 26th: and light frost on the morning of the 26th. the Gissberg’s first child and sec-' ond grandchild of Mr. and Mrs.| Jack Kearney. His great-grandpar- | ents are Mr. and Mrs. William| Frank. | DANCE Sponsored by Rebekah Drill Team MAY 8,1943 Lillian Uggen's Orchestra Elks’ Hall CIVILIANS, $1.10; SERVICE MEN, 55c—Including Tax DANCE Seward Streét BUY WAR BONDS AND STAMPS THE DOUGLASI OPEN UNTIL MIDNIGHT Electric Hammond Organ Music DINE AND DANCE