The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 9, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA % SITKA NEWS % COOKIES - AND CANDIES The Sitka Chapter of the Amer- jean Red Cross will sponsor the making of homemade cookies and candies for distribution among the boys in the. armed forces in this | vicinity, according to Mrs. E. M. | Goddard, Secretary of the chnpur Mrs Elliott Fletcher, production chairman of the group will iuper«‘ ¢ise the purchase of materials and | the work will be volunteered by ladies of Sitka OFF FOR SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Orville Paxton, ac- | companied by their small son, Gary, left here this week for the south where they will spend the Christ-| mas holidays, planning to visit with relatives near Anacortes, Washing- toh Harold McRoberts, formerly of| Junesu, who has recently been a member of the Sitka Pire Depart- ment, reported to military authori- | McROBERTS FOR ARMY | | IlEDGl'b lN ARVI} Cliff Hedges left Sitka last week for Anchorage where he will enter the army. Mrs. Hedges who will remain in Sitka has accepted a tempomry position with Calvin’s Sitka Arts and Crafts. FLETCHERS LEAVE Mr. and Mrs. Paul Fletcher, who have been the house guests for the past two weeks at the home of their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. land Mrs. Elliott Fletcher, have left |for Seattle where they will visit | with other relatives before return- |ing to their home in St. Anthony, {Idaho. KAUZLARICHS HAVE SON Mr. and Mrs, Steve Kaularich are receiving congratulations on the birth of a son, Gary Lane, at their home Saturday, November 27. BIRD SHOOTING PARTY A bird shooting party consisting of Emie Carter, James Brightman, Trygve Strom and A. B .Holt re-; turned to Sitka last Thursday after ERROL FLYNN ENTERTAINS Brings Down House with Remarks About Woman Trouble at USO Show ADAK IN THE ALEUTIANS, Dec. the women he courts plus Martha O'Driscoll who kissed a blushing seaman, brought down the house at the USO show here, given in the largest warehouse available. The group will shove off for Attu shortly, and Miss O'Driscill, Ruth Carrell, another woman of the troupe, will be the first women entertainers west of Adak. Flynn drew gales of laughter with | such cracks as, “It's cold up here, but I like it—too hot for me in /AT ADAK BASE 9.—Actor Errol Flynn's quips about | V-mail comprises about 20 per= cent of all mail sent to the over= seas forces. Sinatra Is Of the 26,500,000 telephones in the United States, 17,000,000 are! residence phones. ! Rejecied by Army Medics Idol of Femfie Fans De- clared Physically Unfit | -Is Disappointed NEWARK, N. J., Dec. 9. — The women and girls can continue to swoon happily, for the Army has declared that Frank Sinatra, is 4-F, | physically unfit for military service. | Expressing disappointment, the crooner himself announced the out- | come of the examination. He re- | marked: “I've got a hole in my left eardrum.” Sinatra asserted he thought him- self in good physical condition until he went through the tests, but the i MO Open 5 P. M. Take a TIP from SANTA ... DINE OUT AT Service The Early Bird Gets the BEST Selection of GIFTS --- Y’S Shop At to Midnight Army doctors told him he had “a Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS tiés Tuesday for preliminary exam-{, week's absence having travelled inhtion preceding entrance in the gs far south as Petersburg. They army. (were accompanied on the trip by couple of things” he should remedy. Hollywood.” He told the men he| .g5na thing T need is to get mmp would have brought a lot of girlsj g quoth Sinatra. but added: “It would only cause you | i "WHEN IN SITKA Jewelry -:- Fountain -:- News Stand : HOSTESSES NEXT SUNDAY Thé Ladies of St. of the Episcopal Church will act as hostesses at the Lutheran Ser- viee Center next Sunday evening. .. ORGANIZE SORORITY Recently organized Epsilon chap- ter of Beta Sigma Phi met last | Thursday evening at the home of Mrs. Carl Rusher. At this time the| following committees were nounced by Mrs. John Smmmwyex, President: Membership—Mrs. Ro- beft Gaylord, chairman; Mrs. Carl| Rusher and Mrs. William Roden- berg; ' program committee — Miss Adelajde Lomen, chairman; Mrs. Arthur Bily and Miss Marie Jensen; | J. A, Loidhammer and Miss Alma Socjel—Mrs. J. Hall, chairman ; Mrs. Robertson: Sunshine commlttaee—-’ Mys. Smithmeyer; Publicity chair- mng—Mrs. Mayme Wesley; Ways| and -Means—Mrs. Helen Scott, cheirman; Miss- Anne Howe and Mrg§. Prank Hennesy; Sergeant-at- Arms—Miss Dorothy Van Zant and momno-ws‘ Robert Gaylord. il next meeting will be held at home of Mrs. Lothammer Tl{firsd:y evening, 'December 16, L “which” time Miss Helen Ewart apd! s Ruth .Speers, transfers Ird\ her ¢hapters of the group| n t ' gtates Wwho ‘have affillatéd Ivés with the local girls, will m wm on. the history, aims and ls of the organization, ru:m:.l. TO COL. LEHMAN Officers of local military stations were guests at the regular weekly luntheon of the Rotary Club Tues- day noon at the Bayview Hotel whén members of that group bid farewell. to Col. O. Lehman who leaves here this week for a change of duty after a stay of 27 months in thig vicinity. A bon voyage was also extended to Comdr. Rhea Tay- lor. who- also left for what is ex- pected to be a temporary absence. Rotarians will start work this week on ‘decorating of the city streets with colored lights and appropriate greens and garlands for the Christ- mas season. BACK FROM JUNEAU Mrs. Leroy Harrington, accom- panied by her daughter, Carol, re- turned to her home here Monday after a two weeks stay in Juneau.| ON VISIT FOR MONTH { Dr. H. J. Hodgins witl is son, Harold, a student at the Sitka Ter- ritorial High School, left here this week on a southbound hoat for Seattle where they will meet Mrs. latives at her former home in North | Hodgins who has been visiting re- Carolina, and remain for a month before returning to their home| here. [ TO VISIT USOs Miss Anne Howe, Secretary at| the Sitka USO was an outgoing passenger on a boat this week and| wilkmake an extended tour of USO | establishments in Southeast Alaska. VAN MAVERN ON VISIT A. Van Mavern, West Coast Gro- cery representative, was a business, visitor in Sitka this week PETERSON RETURNS Len Peterson, Plant Superintend- | ent at the Sitka Cold Storage, re- turned to his home here by plane Tuesday after an absence of a few weeks spent in Seattle. TWO-IN-ONE PARTY Mr. and Mrs. Willlam A. Boyd en- | tertained at their homes with a Bunday evening supper in honor of Nr. and Mrs. QOrville Paxton who visit with relatives léave this week for an extended Washington. The affair which was & urprise, also celebrated Mrs. Pax- | ton’s birthday, The guests present inclyded Mr, and Mrs. Andy Lor- eptzen, Mr. and Mrs. Verne Mc- OGraw, Mr, and Mrs. Howard Mudi- man, Mr; and Mrs. George Eliason, lon the new. City Fire Hall Building in Anacortes, | Fred Dolphin, National Grocery Co., representative who left them Peters Guild | Petersburg to return to his head-|soldiers and sailors from their boats | and shore stations for the perform- fance !quarters in Ketchikan which Is being constructed by Clar- I ence Rands, contractor. The .old| building which occupied the same site as the new one, has been com- NEW CITY FIRE HALL Work is progressing satisfactorily | ampletbly torn down and foundation from Mrs. |work on the new construction is {almost compleled R GULFPORT, Miss., Dec. 9—Eight persor# wyre killed, another critical- | ly burned, and three injured as the | result of an explosion and fire the Phoenix Npaval Stores Plant, five | I miles north of here this afternoon. | The damage is estimated at $250,- 000. el e BUY WAR BONDS boys trouble—I know.” Trucks and boats the | brought ACCDENTSSPUR WAR BOND SALE LIVINGSTON, Mont.—Take a tip A. Nesbitt, war bond saleswoman, on how to capitalize (literally) upon misfortune. She drove into a farm yard and the farmer's dog bit her but she sold the farmer a $500 war bond. A short distance away, driviog)| | toward another farm, her car at | called on a hill, but five highWay gtructed the Chairman to appear workers pulled her out of her troubles—and each bought a war bond | ———————— - BUY WAR BONDS REMEMBER . . gRIVK atthe COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR . Our Wines, Liquors, Service . . . Always the Best! Come { The Best in Mr. and Mss. Puget Paulk and Mr. and Mrs. Pazton, | And Don’t Forget! 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