The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 24, 1943, Page 6

PAGESIX ° ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—]JUNEAU, ALASKA WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1943 % SITKA The home of Mrs. John Smith- meyer was the scene of the bc».zu- tifully appointed and impressive candlelight formal pledge and in- jtiation service of Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, international cultural and social sorority Thurs- day evening. This is the fifth chapter of the group to be or- ganized in Alaska under the guid- ance ‘of Mrs. Elsie Guenther, mem- ber of the international field staff, who is here from her home in Los Angeles. Miss Ruth Speer Gamma Omega chapter, Oceanside, California, and Miss Helen Ewart| of Alpha Eta chapter, Salida, Cali- fornia, who will affiliate with the Jocal group, took part in the cere- monies. - Following the serving of a buffet supper, the following of- ficers were installed to head the new group: Mrs. John Smithmeyer, President; Mrs. Robert Gaylord, Vice Presiden?; Mrs. Roy Cox, Re- cording Secretary; Mrs. La Moine Peterson, Corresponding Secretary, and Mrs. Frank Henney, Treasurer. Other. members initiated were Miss Marie Jensen, Miss Alma Robertson, of | stead of the usual 5 a. m., and dis- covered the rooms filled with smoke and flames appearing at the base of a flooded oll stove. He ex- |tinguished the fire without calling the local fire department, and the only harm was caused by smoke. The Silver Foam is in a building on |Mrs. Clarende Krug. After the . ,pain serest owned by John H. session the members entertained Peterson, which also houses the the gentlemen of the Moose Lodge gyy, milis Club, a newly organized with a social evening. A musical o0 oe members of the Elks program consisted of accordion num- Lodge. [bers by Mrs. Richard "“lrf‘ and At & meeting of the Hotel and | Mrs. Claude Rhoades who also fur-{pe iayrant Employees Union held ished music for dancing. Mrs. ROY pare prank Hyde was named as Cox, accompanied by Mrs. Rhoades tpo yew president of the organiza- pleased the audience with two vocal o), = Gthers selected for office at solos. Members ‘nr the executive iic time were Lee Eilms, vice presi- committee including Mrs. Ray Peterman, Mrs. Charles W"“m"“'}nnd Fern Musser, executive board Mrs. Earl Shennett, Mrs. Charles M | Peterson and Mrs. Paul MOrgan ye.. McGraw acted as temporary| |made up the committee in charge gocrotary at the session. { of the evening's program, and a} | refreshment - committee headed by, charles Wortman, owner of the ‘Mrs. Al Kessler was responsible for| ajaska Drug and Jewelry Company, |the plentiful and delicious refresh-|oce by boat for a combined busi-! | ments which brought the entelbnin-hmss and pleasure trip in Juneau. {ment to a close |Mrs. Wortman left later by plane ito join her husband in the Capital} | Mr. and Mrs. Harold Veatch en- gjpy tertained at two tables of bridge at their home as a surprise farewell| pgisc Florence Rushton, who ar-| {compliment to Mrs. Kenneth Samp-!yjyeq here recently from Michigan | NEWS % thur Franklin, Mrs. Cecilia Fred- erickson, Mrs. Jack Schaffer, Mrs. Max Lurz, Mrs. George Laiblin, and dent; Mary Thomas, Ed Van Horn| and, Ed Van Horn and J -Cflrlfiml-gdurmg the afternoon, and all ladies ipraise to the girls for their efforts| Miss Anne Howe, Mrs. J. A. Hall, /500, who leaves to make her home |y, join her brother who is a local| Mrs. Mamie Wesley, Miss Adelaide'm the States. Those present Were jagident, has accepted a posiuon! Van Zent, who will act as program |Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Hager, Mr. and|yith the Alaska Drug and Jewelry chairman, Mys. Helen Stoft, Mrs. Carl Rusher, Mrs. Edward Loid- hammer, and Mrs. William Roden- bérg. Mrs. Arthur Bily will serve as literary chairman of the group. A large crowd witnessed the|Edith Birkeland of Sitka, has re- spend the remainder of the winter |inite visit with Mrs. Philip A. Johnson, Mrs. Charles ¢, ;M. Peterson, Lieut. Col. Walter| 2 1 Shoaf, U.S.A, and Mr. and Mrs.| My and Mrs. Tony Christensen,| Veatch. \who left here several weeks ago to 1 _|visit with friends and relatives in Mrs. John Ryan, formerly Miss pMontana, have returned and will speedy and clever Sheldon Jackson;‘ School - basketball team win overf the rangy Battery D team here last Suturday night by a score of 25 t,o‘, 19.© The favored Army team had a| height: advantage of six inches to, the man over the JHS. The JHS| team is coached by Fiivate Fred| Lovin of the Army, and will be a; strong contender for the Sitka/ Basketball League this season. The JHS will meet the Sitka Territorial turned to Sitka to make’ an indef- 4t Kalinin Bay. hey. parehts, Mr.“ and Mrs. Al Lindegard at Goddard Mys. Francis Roach, entertained Hot Springs. - Mrs. Ryan came m10"\’1:\ honor of the first birthday of} to Alaska after the departure of jher infant daughter at her home. her husband, who is with fhe arm-|A jarge group of relatives and ed forces, for overseas duty. i {triends of the little tot were present | |and she was the recipient of ai Mrs. John J. Conway entertained | number of lovely gifts. | 3 recently at her home with a dinner for Mrs. Charles Wortman, Mrs.| William C. Charteris, Mrs. Charles M. Peterson, Mrs. Neill Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. William Elwell and; their two children returned to Sitka | |moved from the Mills cottage to| |" Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fletcher of St.' team Saturday, November 27. The| JHS five beat the ST team earlier| in the season 43 to 18. | The lineup last Saturday and in~" Serious damage by fire was ‘avert- dividual scores follows: jed early Tuesday morning, Decem- and Mrs. P. 8. Ganty. farter an absence of more than a | year, during which time they made| | their home in Tacoma, Wash. They| are® residing temporarily with Mrs. | Elwell’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Wil- | Mr. and Mrs. Len Peterson, who has been visiting with friends and relatives in Seattle and in Oklahoma for the past four months has re- Mrs. Eldon Coon has returned her home here after a two months’ stay in the south. She visited her| to BUY WAR BONDS turned to her home here. | Miss Marjory Major, nurse with the Bureau of Indian Affairs, has changed her residence from the Mills Apartment over the Sears- Roebuck Co. order office, to an apartment in the Kettleson Build- ing. Students of the domestic science class at the Sitka Territorial High School, under the direction of Miss! Barbare Rudneck entertained re- cently wity a tea at the school.| Mrs. Jack Calvin, Mrs. Elliot Flet- cher and Mrs. T. J. Cole poured who attended reported a very suc-| cessful affair- and offered high in their accomplishment. Mrs. C. W. Hansen, who resides| at Jamestown Bay, has accepted a| position with the First Bank of Sitka. ! Mr. and Mrs. E. E. Braley.mwho: - Chop Suey or Noodles Our Specialty Open 5 P. M. to Midnight have resided in the apartment over) the Lutheran Church, have moved, to the Kettleson Apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Theron J. Cole have; the apartment owned by W. P. Mills, over the Sears Roebuck Company. Mrs. J. A. Hall, who resided With the Coles, has taken an apartment| at the Peterman Court. E The Episcopal Sunday School! ciass of smail girls, which is taught| by Mrs. William Thomas, wife of Rev. William A. Thomas of St. Peters Church, enjoyed a party re- ~ "The Home RUSS CLITHERO Manag o WHEN IN SITKA Make Your H:adqugrlers at the SITKA HOTEL Hospifality” parents at their home in Idaho and with relatives in Seattle. cently at the rectory. S Anthonies, Idaho, have.arrived here: by boat for a visit of several weeks: at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Elliott Flet- cher, and their two children. Robert Stoft, formerly owner and manager of Stoft's Shoe ™ore and Ten-Cent Store here, who is now in the Army stationed in Alaska, J.H.S. Battery D ber 16, when the janitor at the Sil- iijam Hanlon. Johnson, 2 £ White, 0| Yer Foam Cocktail Bar reported to Didrickson, 7 1 Brown, 4 perform his duties at 4 a. m. in- Mrs. Irene Reynolds, daughter of D. Leask, 8 c Munson, 4 E. Leask, 0 g Turipseed, 6 Cook, 6 (1 James, 0 Booth, 2 s Wixen, 0 ‘Tabor; -0 s Benson, 0 s Tolals 25 19 578 team's scores to date, follow: SJ8 49; Holt's Men's Store 32. SJS 26; Battery D, Army, 19. SJS 27; A.T. 8, Army, 23. K 8JS, 41; M.P.S,, Army, 20. 8J5 48; Sitka High 18. | Federal ' authorities “are investi- gating the discovery of a corpse found about .a 150 feet from the Saw. Mill ' Creek Road near the Thimbleberry Falls bridge. The body. has been identified as that of Floyd Morehouse, who came here ahout three years ago and was ab first employed as a plumber on construction .work at Japonski Is- land, later being employed as helper en several commercial fishing boats. No .report of his missing has ever been made and it 1s believed he| told friends he was leaving for the south last spring. According to Sam| Boyd who was hunting in_the vi-| cinity and made the discovery, the body must have been there for sev- | eral months. i I The Sitka Bills Club and their COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR REMEMBER . . . Our Wines, Liquors, Service. .. Always the Best! t ladies meet in the club rooms Fri- day evening for a social evening, with bing being the diversion of the evening. Turkeys for the holi- day season were presented as prizes. ' John Dolenc, Wallace McDonald | and Harold K. Veatch composed the committee in charge of ar-| rangements. Mrs. Clarence R. Rands and Mrs. William A. Thomas are in charge of | the USO entertainment for the local | service boys for Thanksgiving Day| and haye made plans to help the boys have a holiday that will be! 8s nearly homelike as possible. Mrs. Helen Schrey Wisby, accom- panied her sister, Miss Peggy | Schrey - returned to the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Schrey here after a vacation trip in the south. The young ladies had planned to make an extensive tour| of the United States, which was prevented because of the illness of Mrs. Wishy, who spent several| weeks in a hospital during her ab- sence. The anpual ball of the Seniorf class of the Sitka High School will| be held Friday evening at the ' school gymnasium midst a setting | of evergreens and autumn colorings. | The work for the affair is being per- | formed by committees which include‘ all members of the class, who are| Keith Wittmeyer, Margaret Rands, | Lois Peterson, Mildred Tilson, Na- dine Sulzer, Flora Thomas, Gert- rude Jackson, Carl Berg and Gor- don Eukman. | Come At the regular meecing of vhe! Women of the Moose held at the _)loue Hall, the group celebrated its third anniversary and a huge birthday cake with three candies which was made by Mrs. J w Wittmeyer was cut by the first senior regent, Mrs. Charies M | Peterson 0 commemorate the| event. The following new members were initiated into the group dur-| ing the meeting: Mrs. Richard Dare, Mrs. Sylvia Deiner. Mrs. Ar-| ByvA And Don’t Forget! You'll Find Your Friends If You SILVER FOAM For an Enjoyable Evening The Best in Everything e Come tn /oW BOND/ fo the has arrived for a short leave period. —_—_— PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU Solicits the business of friends in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative Seattle Conway Docfi Company I AT Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 ANNOUNCEMENT To All My Good Friends in Juneau and Alaska . . . On July Ist I opened the beautiful Coffee Shop and Dining Rooms of the Claremont Hotel at Fourth and Virginia Streets in Seattle. Come and see me when you afe in I will personally see to it that you will receive the same type of service and high quality food that you were accustomed to having while I was inJuneau at the Baranof Hotel's Coffee Shop and Dining Rooms. LES TEAGLE, Fourth and Virginia Teagle's Claremont Coffee Shop Seattle AT R A AR R OR Rt LT _" = = = = = i il l " The Early Bird Gets the BEST Selection of GIFTS --- - Shop At Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS " You'll Find That This Is Something We Specializein . . . . The Atmosphere Is Always Friendly ERNIE’S SITKA First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitied to All Poins Do Your Part--- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds. Santa Drops InEarly! The mails will be loaded with gifts again this year. START YOUR CHRISTMAS SHOPPING EARLY! : Shop at NEILL ANDERSEN’S Sitka FOR THE DURATION... New Washington Hotel, Seattle \ ¢ E A : h}fe traveling is t}iflicugl et ‘f | * we'll be thinking of our friends in Alaska. .. Evenif we don't see them . . . the Day . . . When peace will Bring'a renewal of that grand American way of .lifé we fight for by buying MORE AND MORE WAR BONDS! FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager