The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 26, 1944, Page 6

PAGESIX * SITKA NEWS % Postmistress Lydia Tilson has re- turned to her duties after an ab- sence of several days recovering from an injury to her hip which she received Saturday, February 19, when she attempted to lift a mail sack which was too heavy for her strength While extremely painful, her injuries were not dan- grous, according to attending phy- sician Dr. Louis G. Scharpenberg Peters Guild met for its re- r session at the home of Mrs. Andersen Tuesday afternoon act routine business of the S gul Neill to trs organization. The next meeting will be at the home of Mrs. Tuesday, March 7 Mr. and Mrs. Charles M. Peter- son are en route to their home here from Seattle, where they plan to spend a week visiting with friends and relatives before return- ing to Seattle where Mr. Peterson Lieut. Robert Schoettler, U. S. . R., Naval aide to Gov. Ernest Gruening of Alaska, made a short visit in Sitka last week-end | Mrs. Marie Hadland has returncd to her position at the First Bank of Sitka after a two week's vaca- tion which she spent visiting with friends in Juneau. | | Arthur Hicks of the Territorial Construction Company has return- ed to Sitka after an absence in Juneau. Tony clerk at the Sitka Mercantile Co. store has re- Amundsen, | " 3 | Dolenc ‘ turned to his home here from a | Patrons and guests of the USO plAYS (up'D Io vacation which he spent visiting with friends and relatives in Ketch- :iknn. | Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Curtis who|tertainment program is being ar- |recently sold their home here to the | Salvation Army, moved last week [to the residence on Pinn Alley for-|orchestra which made its .initial |merly occupled by Mr. and MIS. gppearance several weeks ago when who is enlisted in the Naval Re-|yy o nyjechach who left last week serve will report for orders. He re- cently arrived in Seattle from Dutch Harbor where he has been stationed for the past year, and was joined there by Mrs. Peter- son who made the trip from Sitka, to meet hr husband in the south. » Bishop John B. Bentley of the Diocese of Alaska of the Episco- to establish their residence at Sand Point, Idaho. { Mrs. Ted Johnstone returned to| her home in Juneau by boat last| week after a few day’s visit with| her son and daughter-in-law, Mr.| and Mrs, Charles Johnstone and their month-old-daughter. Charles| Johnstone who is enlisted in thej pal Church left here Tuesday bY|Naval Reserve and stationed in the' plane for Juneau following a week's! ajeutians visit here, during which conferred regarding local church‘ matters and transacted business inj connection with St. Peters-By-The- Sea. Regular church services were; conducted by the Bishop Sunday| at 11 am. and Holy Communion! was celebrated at this time. Sun-| day evening, the Rev. and Mrs. William A. Thomas opened the See House for a no-host supper and reception for church members and their friends, which was enjoyed by a large number. Those present heard a short talk by the Bishop on the history of the church in time helg¢ his home here. is enjoying ‘a (urloughi Mrs. Russ Clithero is chnirmnnl of the committee in charge of the| dance which is being sponsored bv? the American Legion and Americamn Legion Auxiliary to be held at the' Territorial School gymnasium Sat-| urday evening, March 4. The af-| fair will celebrate the 25th anniver- | sary of the Paris convention which was the start of the American Le- gion organization. Bill Rands’ mu- sic will accompany the dancing and | Mrs. William Cook is to assist Mrs., Clithero in completing the arrange- Sitka which was interesting and enlightening to all present. Bishop Bentley plans to visit other South-| Mrs. P. S. Ganty and Mrs. J. J. east Alaska towns before returning Conway were hostesses at an in- to his headquarters at Nenana. ~ |formal buffet Juncheon at the Con- !way home Tuesday . afternoon. Miss Barbara Rands, youngest Guests invited for the occasion were daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clar- Mrs. H. J. Hodgins, Mrs. Frank ence Rands is recovering satisfac-!Calvin, Mrs. Jack Calvin, Mrs. torily at the Pioneer's Home Hos-l?hmp A. Johnson, Mrs. Josephine pital from an operation for the re-/DeGanahl, Mrs. Martha Kostrome- moval of her appendix which took tinoff, Mrs. Willlam Charteris, Mrs.| place Saturday, February 19. Charles E. Wortman, Mrs. H. C. Campbell, Mrs. Neill Andersen, Mrs. Mrs. Helen Stoft, proprietress ol}nuion Fletcher, Mrs. Stanley Tot-| Stoft’s Ten Cent Store returned m‘ten. Mrs. Louis' G. Scharpenberg | Sitka on a recent boat from a and Mrs. George E. Schwamm. few days spent in Juneau on a business trip. ments for the event. | | Miss Elma Robertson who has| been employed at the Alaska Drug | Mrs. Len Petersen left here last|8nd Jewelry store as a pharmacist | week for Seattle where she will join|for the past three years left Sitka her son, Clyde, who is enjoying a Sunday for Fairbanks where she furlough from his duties with the Will make a brief visit with her U. 8. Army. Young Clyde was ~ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ybrov.her before returning to herI {former home in Nez Perce, Idaho, ur“e Byron p’ke "0' “IREE H"ED; (HIEF e g wone owmea oy | 10 Take Over OWI; Has ISSUES WARNING 1 Record on (ensorship . cnes were made 1 oty | father. Police Court this morning and in- The first church service of the| [Lenten. season was held the even-| (Continued from rage One) |clude the following: | John Anderson, $25, drunk and ling of Ash Wednesday at the Lu- | tion, with foreign news and propa- Frank Percich, $25, drunk. ‘ 8 |theran Church, with members of all Sitka churches joining in at-|S0nd® responsibilities going back ™ snother fine of $35 and 30 days |tendance. A service will be held at |the same church each Wednesday |and maybe to Brig. Gen. William L. evening during Lent, but different s‘:r'fg_, xfms"fi‘g:v“x;e O;g:f t‘;:}and hampering the efforts of fire- {ministers will be chosen_to deliver| it i be omie®ti¢ men while enroute to & call. The |the sermons on each occasion. The"::ows n‘l‘::l‘;z"i it ; hkel;, th:tp sox:Z boy was not booked as he was a {World Day of Prayer was observed| ‘o0 SIOUER 1 15 WKeW tHAL SOMC|minor, but a warning is issued by | yesterday, February 25, with ser- hiahiia) nawl FElskEes |the Chief of Police that anyone not vices at the Presbyterian Church,| 9 |pulling their vehicles tb the side | conducted by the Rev. Arthur Billy, . iwhen the fire truck approaches and i invited members from all WAGE CONFERE“(E |otherwise interfering with the po- |lice and fire trucks when on call, | who |churches to take part. | |will be severely penalized. | Vo> SR lare anxiously awaiting a “South/ of the Equhtor” dance which is to| be given at the USO building Fri-| day evening, March 3. A unique en- 5-YEAR ROMANCE W. L. EADIES ARE hour conferences, which have lron-: PARENTS OF GIR" ed out numerous difficulties in| Of interest to friends of Lieut.| human relations, have now played and Mrs. W. L. Eadie is the news | Cupid, because Major A. H. Black. of the birth of their second baby, a | the USO celebrated its third An-|formerly of Sacramento, and for daughter, born Thursday et Cor- Rivetsery: |the past two years acting Adjutant onada, California. . General of the Alaskan Department, Mrs. Eadie is the former Phyllis : _(at Fort Richardson, was sent here Lundell, at one time Public Health tertained o fow friends at a eock. |'0 TEPICSent the Army at the Wage Nurse at Juneau and Sitka | conference. | Lieut. Eadie will be remembered | He and Miss Marjorie Wilkie of for his rescue of Capt. Eddie Rick- tail party preceding the Beta Sig-| ma Phi formal dance which was ;o Angeles found the opportunity cnbacker a year ago. | | SEATTLE, Feb. 26.—Wage and| |ranged and music is to be furnish- 'ed by the new twelve piece military | to the Army, the State Dewmem‘suspension of a drivers license was | |given to a local youth for blocking | director-hushand now a captain in; EHe's One-Armed - But I!ql]‘oo Busy L : 2 iy E = ANNA LEE, above, British film ac-| tress, and Robert Stevenson, her; the Army Signal Corps, will be divorced, she announced in Holly= wood. “A friendly parting for both,” she_ sald. (laternational) SALINA, Kas—R. E. Roach is a one-armed paper-hanger but he busy house decaratar. “In fact,” he says, “another arm would just clut- ter up things in general. The main Lol Los Angeles on the first availabl N M b reservntiunsa?':x: the Tluj?)ra t;]ef\ ew em ers . at Fort Lawton. He will return AlaSka Ploneers | presiding, the following new: mem-| 5 1 Not One Inferceptor Arises' szarrwe, ren. 26—mrs. Anna oo Somars Neriscn o w. Mul- imunity estate of herself and hus-|carlson, who had been south for| given last Saturday evening, Feb- ¢ ciimay their five-year romance. ! ruary 19, at the Carpenters’ Hall. She, a mathematics teacher, left| | phoned her that he had arrived' g GREATAIR - Inifiated fnto The three-day wait was waived,| : and they will be married tonight vl(Ton IN north in a few days and she will { |§0 back to her classes. At the regular monthly meeting| So pACIFI(; of Igloo”No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska,| | | Roden | with Past President Henry { “ ,'Mrs. Anna Sirong | . . | bers were initiated: Ole A. An- Dies in Seaffle |ccron. vous xasten, Paw sen- |sen, Edward Welle, Antone Sand-| Strong, who died February 17, will- ‘has. Miller. | vihill and Chas. from Bombed Base 'ed her half of the $250,000 com-| The Igloo's new President, W. O.' Sm(e Sunday |band Henry to create a trust fund, a trip, was installed as President which her husband authorized to by Past Grand President Chas. W. ireceive $500 a month for life. | carter. ‘ The will states that after death,| Following the meeting, cards were THE SOUTHWEST PACIFIC, Feb. to; percent of the fund will go to | played and refreshments were serv- 26—Rabaul’s daily pounded network cyarities selected by trustees and |ed by the Auxiliary. of airdromes failed Wednesday, for . remainder to relatives. RSP S the fourth straight day, to send & " rne girongs formerly resided n| The sandal is the most ancient single interceptor into the skies, poiohikan Alaska. ;type of footwear. Gen. Douglas MacArthur's commun- . ique stated today. The communique also said Sol- omon bombers dropped bombs on areas ranging from the Bismarck archipelago, where the Allied ships and planes are neutralizing Japan- ese bases, to Hansa Bay, New Guinea, Admiralty Island and New Ireland. | American ground forces moving on the enemy base at Madang have captured two small villages. | e, Croaking of frogs is almost is varied as in the singing of birds. (Continued from Page One) Fine Service among the Alaska Scouts who saw service in the early struggle in the Aleutians and with others of his group has received nation-wide | publicity for the work pcr{ormed‘ in that vicinity. George Fenton returned to his home here last week from Juneau where he received medical atten- tion. SAME OL Verne Hunkins, ofl truck driver for the Conway Dock Company, is expected to return to his home here this week from a few day's trip to Juneau. Jack Calvin, proprietor of Cal- vin's Arts and Crafts Shop here! is employed with the civil service| at the Naval Air Station have an- nounced the purchase of the 65 foot boat Chichagof from Adolf Thompson. The Chichagof was built in 1915 and for many years was used for carrying concentrates from the Chichagof Mining Com- pany until that company ceased op- | erations. After a complete overhaul | Jack Calvin plans to use the boat for buying fish for the Pyramid Fisheries cannery here. WE ARE REBUILDING 1 at the | Ao Watch for Qur and his brother, Frank Calvin who| ne & oFening PAY COLUMBIA COCKTAILBAR | DINE OUT AT MOY’S Open 5 P. M. to Midnight D STAND | BY BUYING WAR BONDS Wives and sweethearts of mem- | bers of the local Bill's Club are | busily making engagements for the | Elks Leap Year card party which | is to be given at the club rooms| Tuesday evening, February 29. Har- | old Dawson is in charge of the| entertainment committee for the| event. | | Money Transmit “Windmills of Holland” is the| title of an operetta which was of- | fered for the entertainment of me} D 0 ler P art-.. public at the Territorial School | . gymnasium last. night and tonight, February 25 and 26, by local school | First Bank of Sitka ; A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds - Drop In At " "ERNIE’S " When You're in Town! ted to All Poinis | students. Miss Adelaide Lomen, | music supervisor in the schools di-| rected the production. | Mrs. Josephine de Ganahl who has been receiving medical atten- tion at the Naval Dispensary here for the past three weeks plans to| return to her home in Juneau this| week. at SITKA Len Peterson, superintendent at the Sitka Cold Storage plant, re- turned to his home here last Fri- day, February 18, from a business | trip to Juneau. | RUSS CLITHERO - WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarfers "The Home of Hospifality” fhe ERNIE’S HOTEL Manager thing is to get the first strip on SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 26, 1944 THE WAVE OF TOMORROW FOR YOU TODAY - THE COLD WAVE SPECIAL! Machine and Machineless Permanent Oil Waves $8.50 SKILLED OPERATORS lGRIDY BEAUTY saLon 'COOPER BUILDING Opposite Federal Building Open Evenings PHONE 318 says he isn’t busier than any other | 'FEW NEW PENS ARE AVAILABLE! Safeguard your pen with the sensational new ink—Parker Quink with SOLV-X! % Pens and even repair parts are getting scarce. Give your pen the protection of Parker Quink, con- taining solv-x. Solv-x ends gum- ming and clogging : . . prevents the corrosion and rubber rot al- ways caused by highly acid inks. Getabottleof Parker Quinktoday. THE ONLY INK ‘PARKE r Quink .o, straight and after that the job is| easy.” Besides hanging paper, he; can roll a neat cigarette and drive | nails. | R BUY WAR BONDS PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. JUNEAU Solicits the business of friends in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs ‘Westinghouse Representative, Conway Dock Company . 0il --- Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 WRITE OFTEN TO THE BOYS OVERSEAS—and Shop At Alaska Drug and Jeweliy Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS Jewelry -:- Fountain -:- News Stand Back the Attack! | : New Washington Hotel, Seattle FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager While traveling is difficult . . . - we'll be thinking 6f our friends in Alaska . . . Evenif we don't see them . . . p Put every cent you can spare into backing your roops with WAR BONDS!