The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 15, 1944, Page 6

PAGESIX ~ — * SITKA NEWS % A Valentine card party was held |day evening, February 19 Elabor- at the Episcopalian Rectory under ate plans are being made by the the auspices of St. Peters Guild | committee in charge of the event to last evening, February 14. A large'decorate §ie hall, transforming ll‘ number played both pinochle and into a lovely setting for the oc- | bridge. Mrs. Clarence Rands was casion and it is expected that a general chairman for the affair. large number of members and lhm-jprcrcded by a large cocktail party| at the Bills Club and by severall Mrs. Neill Andersen was in charge guests are to attend. Mrs. Robert of refreshments 3aylord, who was elected Vice Presi- | dent of the group at the time of | lits organization has succeeded to| Mrs. Verne Soley who has been the yacancy left by Mrs. John| receiving medical attention in Seat- Smithmeyer, the President, who left tle for the past six weeks has Te- gjikq recently to make her home turned to her home here. MIS. gjcawhere, Soley is the daughter of Mr .'md. Mrs. Arnold Curtis. | The regular meeting of St. Peters Guild was held last Tuesday at the Mrs. W. A. Boyd and Mrs. Andy home of the group’s President, Mrs. | Lorentzen have returned to their Arnold Curtis. Mrs. Curtis was| homes here following a week's visit chosen to lead this organization at in Juneau ‘a recent meeting when Mrs. Neill | Anderson was forced to hand in her Dr. Louis Scharpenberg, Sitka's resignation due to the pressure of only physician, returned to his home other activities. ~Mrs. Anderson here last Tuesday by plane from an Will entertain members of the group extended stay in Juneau. Mrs.|at her home for the next regular Scharpenberg, who accompanied her meeting. husband on the trip returned here| by boat | Mrs. Lillian Rehberg of Portland, Oregon, arrived here recently for an indefinite visit at the home of her 'son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hennesy. Frank Wright, formerly operator of a cannery at Hoonah, who has accepted the position as Superin tendent of the Pyramid Fisheries ompany cannery here for this left Sitka Wednesday for au where le remained ,a few transacting business before { The home of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hagen was the scene of a quiet | wedding ceremony Saturday eve-| !ning, February 5, when, at 8 oclock, returning to his home in Seattle. Wright, who spent a week here in the interests of the cannery, ex- pects to return in April for the sea- sen’'s work and will be joined by Miss Florence Rushton became the Ibride of Glenn Hagen. The mar- riage ritual was read by the Re Arthur Bily of the First Presbyter- |ian Church here, and Mrs. Robert |Hagen acted as matron of honor, vocal duet by Mr, Montigney and Everett Craven, with Mrs. C. G. Stuart accompanying at the piano, and piano solos and whistling num- bers by Miss Carol Larsen. The the evening was furnished by Kath- erine Ellis, psychic medium, wWho interested and amused her gather- ‘Ing with her demonstration. About 1100 attended the affair, which was smaller gatherings in homes of members. Clinton Rhodes, son of Mr. and Mrs. John Rhodes and Teddy John- | son, Jr.,, son of Mrs. Teddy John- son, left here recently by boat for' Seattle, where they plan to enlist| in the Navy. Rhodes has recently been employed with the Territorial Construction Company, and young Johnson has been working at the| Sitka Mercantile. Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hagen en-f tertained with a family dinner at| their home last Wednesday eve- ning to celebrate the birthday of Mr. Hagen’s mother. Covers were laid for Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hagen." Milan Hagen, Glenn Hagen, Miss Florénce Rushton, Miss Lois Peter-| son, the host and hostess and their | two small daughters, Nancy Jean and Judy. i Funeral services for Mrs. John Zeranoff, pioneer resident of Sitka | who passed away last week at the home of relatives in Juneau, were| held at the St. Michael’s Cathedral | last Tuesday, with the Rev. Father | Paul Zlobin officiating. Interment | took place in the Russian Cemetery. Charles Johnstone, who has been | principal entertainment feature of | {bowling at the Elks, but their op- Anight: THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ALLEY CATS REYOLTAIS BEAT TEAM WINNER IN ~ OFBARANOF, TEXAS MEET SAN ANTONIO, Texas, Feb. 15.— | Johnny Revolta, of Chicago, shot a | three-under-par 68 yesterday to win the Texas Open Golf Tourney and Again one of the High Heel teams failed to appear for last night's ponents bowled without them. The Alley Cats trio won from the Bar- anof team by a narrow margin. Following are the scores: Baranof 109 144 137 174 109 144 from Byron Nelson who finished with a 274 score for the 72-hole |grind. Revolta came up with a 273 ! total. Nelson missed a 25-foot putt on the final hole by 18 inches for a birdie and a tie. Jug McSpaden, playing on the same hole with Nel- son, sank a 20-foot putt to tie with Nelson. EXTENSIVE PROGRAM FOR RECREATION IS =% NOW BEING PLANNE | - SAN FRANCISCO, Calif., Feb. 15. —Recreation is recognized now as well as in normal times as the “right of the American people.” | This statement was made here to | athletic leaders and sport writers by { L. B. Icely, head of a government- | sponsored National Civilian Com- | mittee to develop physical fitness. Icely said the program proposed | is dedicated to all, from grade | schools up. | Armstrong Garrett ... Carr 97— 350‘ 168— 479 129— 382 .. 355 462 394—1211 Alley Cats | 144 140 148— 432 139 197 109— 435 123 123 123— 369 Total Johnson Lockridge . Mack . 406 450 Federals . 122 120 116 126 160 128 398 374 3241196 — CAGE SCORES Total 380—1236 | Johnson Jenne Sharpe 103— 345 i Total The following are final scores of leading basketball games played last ! Camp Grant 56; Minnesota 38. a $1,000 War Bond by one stroke | Depauw V Five 37; Indiana State He also told golfers to get their Mrs. Wright and their daughter about June 1, E. K. Rushton, who has been em- ployed at the Silver Foam Recrea-! was a passenger on a southbound | boat last week, planning to remain | in the States for an indefinite| length of time. The annual junior prom, sponsor- ed by the junior class of the Sitka Territorial High School was held at the School auditorium Friday eve- ning, February 11. serving with the armed forces in; the Aleutian Islands, is enjoying a| furlough and arrived here last week to join Mrs. Johnstone and their | newly arrived infant, born here in' while Milan Hagen attended his brother as best man. Those wit- nessing the affair included the bridegroom's parents, Mr. and Mrs. tion Parlor for the past two years|Harry Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. Robert| janyary, ‘Hngen, Mr. and Mis. Kenneth | Nordby, Mrs. Charles Wortman, and| ny and Mrs. Arthur Berg, who | W, ‘A. Boyd. The attractive bride|jesy nere several months ago to re- arrived here several months ago gige in the Westward, where Mr. from her home in Flint, Michigan;|gers was engaged in defense work, | and has been residing here with expect to return to Sitka this week; her brother, E. K. Rushton. to remain here for an indefinite length of time. Dallas Black, who has been em- lold balls reconditioned as there will | be no new ones until at least two | years after the war. | Teachers 33. Towa State 58; Nebraska 35. Oregone 62; Idaho 54. Notre Dame 59; New York Univer- | sity 53. [ Great Lakes 60; Purdue 42. {R A D I o Sl‘ A"O“ >-oe— — i DOUBLEHEADER ON ' SALENOW UNDER | TONIGHT IN GYM| INVESTIGATION| ‘ N, F | Hoop fans are reminded of the| WASHINGTON, Feb. 15—Three ployed as Secretary at the Pioneers’ Home for the past two years, left The Salvation Army has an- basketball doubleheader tonight in ' former Federal officials are under | the high school gym, beginning at subpoena to tell a Congressional | TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1944 a0 No. 1 Wallet Girl CONDENSED version of a pin-up girl is a wallet girl, whose picture can be tucked inside a billfold. Servicemen pick blond Jacque- line White, who's a niece of Sec- retary of the Navy Frank Knox, as their No. 1. = (International) trict priorities director, War Pro- ductiton Board, despite the fact that winter is not over. “The anti-freeze now in your rad- iator, whether alcohol or permanent, { must be considered as a fraction of the nation’s supply of this com- pound,” Smith said. “Much of it Air WAC Colonel LT, COL. Betty Bandel, just pro- moted from major, is now next in U.S. PLANES 'SENDDOWN 2 U-BOATS RIO DE JANEIRO, Feb. 15— United States planes recently sank two more German subs in the south Atlantic, according to a Brazilian news agency dispatch from Recife. One of the U-boats was destroyed in the mid-Atlantic near Ascension Island after receiving a direct hit from a height of only 300 feet. The other U-boat went down after rank to Col. Oveta C. Hobby. She |2 one and one-half hour surface will supervise the activities of all WACS assigned to Army Air jobs. Air Force photo. (International) | battle with six Liberator bombers. BUY WAR BONODS Fine Service DINE OUT AT Tt Open 5 P. M. to Midnight nounced the purchase of the home 7:30 o'clock. The Crimson Bearscommittee what part they had, if and. if it is Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Loidhamer|here last week by boat for the have purchased the cabinet shop States, where she expects to make and residence formerly owned by her future home. Bill McGrew and have moved to| their new location from the house Sergeant John Smithmeyer, U. S. near the Pyramid Fisheries Com- A+ Who has been attached to the pany cannery owned by Dr. Wil | Alaska cable office here for the liam Charteris, which they recently PAst two years, accompanied by occupied. The Charteris house has MI'S: Smithmeyer, has left here for been rented by Mark Rigling, who Seattle, where Sergeant Smithmeyer changed his residence from rooms will receive orders for new duties above the Sitka Bazaar. | with the Signal Corps. Mrs. Smith- Ellis Reynolds of Juneau who has been a business visitor here for the past week left here Wednesday to return to his home. Mrs. Josephine DeGanahl, widow of the late Lieut. Comdr. Joseph DeGanahl, U.S.N.R., who lost his meyer, who has been active in, civic affairs here, recently retiring as President of St. Peters Guild, and who, upon her departure offered her resignation as President of Epsuon' Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, a social and cultural organization, will be greatly missed by her many friends | here. She was the former Miss Alice of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis on Lincoln Street. Local representa- tives of the organization will move into their new home where all types of Salvation Army religious services ' and recreational activities will be held, sometime in March. Mr. and Mrs. Curtis plan to remain in Sitka but have not yet determined on a' residence. | { Miss L. Mae Mills left here re-| cently for Seattle, where she plans' are to meet the Gremlins and the any, in the sale of the New York Bankers squad will tangle with the | radio station WMCA to former As- ignacs. | sistant Secretary of Commerce Ed- | ward Noble, assistant to Harry Hop- | kins when the latter was Commerce | Secretary. Eugene Garey, counsel of the House committee investigating Fed- eral communications, that Noble, who recently acquired the Blue Network, purchased WMCA in November, 1940, a transacttion CARPENTER, LEAGUE PREXY, PASSES HiS PHYSICAL FOR ARMY, announced | CAMDEN, N, J., Feb. 15.—Robert | to spend a month transacting busi- | R. M. Carpenter, Jr., President” of ness and visiting with her brother the Philadelphia Athletics, became and sister-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. the first major league prexy to,be William P. Mills, former Sitka resi- accepted for the Army. He has dents, passed his physical examination. Carpenter is 28 years old. He will | report after the usual induction fur- lough. which the former owner, Donald Flamm said he was told, was “greas- ed from the White House down.” Garey said subpoenas were issued to Thomas Corcoran, former Presi- dential adviser, Willlam Dempsey, former general counsel for FCC, and Leslie Roberts, former radio will be irreplacable, thrown away may result in your be- ing unable to have anti-freeze, ex- cept in an emergency next year.” Production of anti-freeze made from alcohol will be reduced ap- proximately 25 percent next year, although the nation’s alcohol pro- duction will be stepped up from 433 to 632 million gallons. Production of |the permanent type are already greatly reduced. As a result, the only way we can be sure to be able to protect our cars next year is to save what we now have. Smith recommended that motor- ists to protect their present supplies by having service stations drain the }rluld from their radiators and stor- |ing it in a corked container. - WRITE OFTEN TO THE BOYS OVERSEAS—and Shop At |Sully, and is the daughter of Mr. life in an airplane crash near here |and Mrs. Arnold Curtis. last July, who now resides in Ju- neay, is a patient at the Naval dis- pensary here, receiving treatment| Mr. and Mrs. Carl Susort have' for an eye infection, Charles De- Purchased the residence of Mr. and Ganahl returned to his home in Mrs. Hans Peterson and are now Juneau Wednesday after spending cccupying their new home. Word a few days with his mother here, ~ |{fom Mr. and Mrs. Peterson, who o with their three children left here last fall for a trip to Seattle, an- nounced that they have bought a home in Ballard, where they plan she plans to join her husband who !0 establish a residence. Mrs. Pet- is on leave in the south from duty €rSOR Was the former Barbara Bol- with Naval Reserve forces in the |Shanin, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Aleutian Islands. During her Bb_iNick Bolshanin, well known local sence, Mrs. Peterson's sister, Mrs, | Yesidents. William C. Charteris, is employed at the Bazaar store. { Members of the Sitka Rotary Club | entertained their ladies and friends Mrs. Rodolph Sarvela, who is em- |at a formal banquet at the Pioneer’s ployed at the Naval Air Station|Home Tuesday evening, February 8, here, was a passenger on a recent“me affair celebrating the third an- £outhbound boat for Seattle, where | Diversary since the Club was or- she plans to join her hushand, who ' 88hized. President Harry Hagen in- s in the Naval Reserve. She ex.|troduced Winn Goddard, who was pects to return here in a month, chalrman f arrangements, and who acted as toastmaster for the oc- Milan Hagen, son of Mr. and Mys, | ¢asion. Serving with Mr. Goddard Harry Hagen of Sitka, who has been | Were¢ Thomas Tilson and Jack Cal- on duty with Naval Reserve forces;'il: - The tables were attractive in the Aleutians since last spring, | With lighted tapers, greens and dec- left here Wednesday after an ep- Orations carrying out the Valentine Joyable week’s leave at the home ! MOUI With several bouquets of yel- of his parents here, and is to re. 10W and blue flowers, the Rotarian port for further duty at San Diego, colors, arranged throughout the California. Young Hagen was ac- Panquet hall. Musical numbers companied on his trip as far as 9uring the evening included vocal Seattle by his father, Harry Hagen,|S0l0s by Noel de Montigney, and a Mrs. Charles M. Peterson, who is manager at the Sitka Bazaar, left on a recent boat for Seattle, where BARTOLO WINNER EVERY ROUND IN BOUT WITH RUBINO NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Sal Bar-| tolo, 129 pounder, of Boston, won | every round of a 14-round bout last night with Frank Rubino, also en~ tering the ring at 129 pounds. — e - MEDWICK SIGNS | NEW YORK, Feb. 15.—Joe Med-l wick, veteran outfielder, is the first Giant to sign his baseball contract for the 1944 season ————— TERRANOVA GIVEN FIGHT OVER LACEY! NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 15— Phil Terranova, National Boxing As- sociation featherweight champion, decisioned Snooks Lacey in a ten rounder here last night. Lacey is a local fighter. PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU Solicits the business of friends in Sftka Eheirlc Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative who plans to spend a month in the south Invitations have been issued by n:mmbvr.x of Epsilon Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, a newly organized group of local young ladies, which is a part of a national organization, to a formal dancing party to be given in the Carpenter’s Hall on Satur- P ————— Conway Dock First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitied 1o All Poinis Do Your Parts=- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds “ Company Oil === Coal Gasoline lnsura_nce Phone 78 at SITKA RUSS CLITHERO WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarters "The Home of Hospifality” the HOTEL executive for WPA. SAVE ANTI-FREEZE IN YOUR CAR NOW FOR USE NEXT YEAR SEATTLE, Feb 10.—Make prep- arations now to bottle-up and save the anti-freeze in your car next year. ‘This warning was given all motor- ists today by Richard A. Smith, dis- - EARLY FOR ARMY WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. — Jake Early, catcher on the staff of the Washington Senators, has passed his physical examination and is expect- ed to enter the Army within a few days. e Before the war, Canada imported 110,000 tons of salt annually. BY BUYING WAR BONDS ° * Drop In At ERNIE’S When You're in Town! ° ERNIE’S COCKTAILBAR Manager WHEAT FOR NEEDY Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS Jewelry -:- Fountain -:- News Stand BUENOS AIRES—Up to 100,000 tons of wheat will be disttibuted to needy Argentine citizens as a gov- ernment measure to combat in-! creased living costs. The grain is part of the 1942-43 crop surplus not needed for exportation. FOR THE DURA’!‘IQN cee While traveling is difficult . . . we'll be thinking of our friends in Alaska . . . Even if we don’t see them . . . Back the Attack! Put every cent you can spare into backing your troops with WAR BONDS! New Washington Hotel, Seattle FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager Tt