The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 17, 1944, Page 6

PAGESIX THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA MONDAY, APRIL 17, 1944 % SITKA NEWS % aind Mrs. L. C. Berg who have ditions of Alaska’s first white spending the past several settlers s in the States have returned| to their home here. | Mr. and Mrs. William B. New- — jcomb and their three children changed their residence from the home owned by Mr. and Mrs, C G. Stuart on Jeff Davis Street, to Mrs. Ted Wagner is in Juneau, she plans to spend several where Her infant daughter is visit- 8 s at |,P,i» home of Mr. and Mrs,|the Jamestown Bay home of Mr. i } ¢ 's. Don Milnes who now re- arl St tt during her absence, and Mrs e g ,,R side in Chichagof. Mrs. Charles Peterson plans to leave early next week for Seattle| Mrs. Robert DeArmand who has .+ husband who is enlisted |Peen visiting with her mother-in- and is on!law, Mrs. Elizabeth DeArmand for Sound. !the past six weeks plans to leave /Monday with her two children to return to her home in Pelican. to join he with the Naval Reserve temporary duty on Puget Mr. and Mrs. John Cushing, Mr.| and Mrs. E. L. Cushing, Mr. and| Mrs arry Hagen, Mr. and Mrs. (‘;h EH.B‘;;‘.“LK Mrs. Charles M.|8nd two children arrived here last Peterson, Mrs. William C. Charteris|Week and will make. their home and Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff /here for the summer while Mr. were dinner guests of Arthur Hicks|Hager acts as buyer for the New at the local roadhouse last Thurs-|England Fish Company, a similar day evening, the affair celebrating |Position which he held for the same the birthday of Mrs. firm in Ketchikan. The Hagers will Kostromet- inoft. ‘reslde in the Rands Apartments. Mr. and Mrs. Douglas W. Hager Lawrom;e son of Mr. and" An open forum was held here John Lawrence, entertained | ' ednesday evening by an unorgan- his classmates of the fourth grade ized body of local salmon trollers at the Sitka Territorial school at|in an attempt to establish wpolicies his home Friday afternoon, the |for the coming fishing season. The Billy Mrs aboard their newly purchased boat | Chichagof, which has just complet: 'ed the undergoing of extensive re- pairs and improvements. Announcement has been made of the purchase by the Standard Ol Co. of the wharf where it now operates its Sitka business from W. P. Mills, former owner of the Sitka Wharf and Power Company. Be- . sides the oil business the wharf ac- ccmmodates the activities of the Northland Transportation pany. The new owners have called for bids for improvements and changes to be made on the prop- erty, planning an expenditure of approximately $7,500 on this project. Roy A. Evenson is local manager for the Standard Oil Company in- terests. | Word has been received here of the transfer of duty of Lieut. P. 8§ Ganty, U.S.N.R, storekeeper, who has been station- ed at Ketchikan for the past 22 months to the Thirteenth Naval District in Seattle, where he re- ported April 1. Members of the Sitka Fire De- partment entertained ‘with a ban- quet in the private dining room of the Sitka Cafe Tuesday evening in henor of Harold. Ward, former member of the. Junior Fire Depart- Com- | were laid for 26 members and guests. Miss Edna R. Voss, Secretary of the Board of National Missions of the Presbyterian Church and the Rev. Earl Jackman, secretary for Alaskan activities of the same or- jganization, both from New York |City, were visitors at the Sheldon Jackson Presbyterian Mission School here last Tuesday. William K. Grassle, formerly of San Jose, California, accompanied by Mrs. Grassle and their son, have arrived here and are making their home at the Rands Apartments. Mr. Grassle has leased and will op- by Charles G. Stuart, who is dele- gate for the elders of the First Presbyterian Church of Sitka, and the Rev. Arthur Bily, left Tuesday for Petersburg to attend the semi- annual meeting of the Presbytery. The trip was made on the S8.J.S. |11, owned by the Sheldon Jackson School, which also transported delegates from Juneau, Skagway, | Haines and Hoonah to the meeting. Mr. and Mrs. James Claire ar- rived here last week from Skagway for a short visit with Mr. Claire's mother, Mrs. Louella Smith and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs, J. H. Gilpatrick. While here, Mr. | Claire reported to military authori- former Sitka | erate the Marine Boat Shop on the “ Sitka waterfront, owned by John|!ies for a physical examination Sarvela, who is forced to retit$ from Prior to entering the Army. the establishment because of ad- vanced age. i Mr. and Mrs. Arthur P. Franklin | have purchased the Tower Apart- Olaf Sommersell, wellknown Bltkn}mm'z.s building and property, which fisherman, who recently sold his adjoins the Pioneer's Home in home on Jamestown Bay has signed | on the halibut schooner Pidelity, 0WDtOWn Sitka and plan to take which operates out of Seattle and POsession the first of Mey. Mr. has left for Kodiak for the duration | of this season. and Mrs. Franklin will rent their present home on Etolin Street and establish a residence in the Tower W. Leslie Yaw, moderator of the Building. Presbytery of Alaska, nccomplmed' The Sitka Fire Department was | called out at 4:45 a. m. Thursday to extinguish a blaze at the Colum- bia Lumber Company’s sawmill that apparently started when waste slab- wood that was piled outside the brick wall of the boiler room fire- box, became ignited from the in- tense heat. Damage resulting from the fire was negligible but would have been serious had the flames reached the boiler room. Work at the sawmill was not interrupted. In celebration ot the fourth birthday of her daughter, Nancy Jean, Mrs. Robert Hagen was hos- tess to a number of little boys and girls at her home on Etolin Street Thursday afternoon. The young guests were delighted with an after- noon of games and refreshments and watching the tiny honored guest open her numerous birthday gifts. Those who attended were Heine Wisby, Carol Harrington, Bobby Newcomb, Eva Donley, Johnny McGraw, Pat McGraw, Bar- bara June McGraw, Karen Roach, Sonia Frakki, Timmy Brightman Johnny Boyd, Billy Boyd and Le- Roy Adams. TOKYO SOON TO BE GOAL, SEVENTH AAF HEADQUARTERS, April 17—It will not ,be long before you will be over Tokyo,” Major Gen. Willis Hale told members of the Seventh Army Air Force in bidding them farewell. Hale has been named Commander of the land based air forces in the forward areas of the Central Paci- fic. Hale said major war production centers in Japan will be bombed and the Seventh will do the job. TIDES. TOMORROW Low tide— 4:11 a. m., 46 feet. High tide—10:12 a. m., 14.4 feet. Low tide— 4:42 p. m. 08 feet. SEVENTH ARMY AIR FORCE| High tide—11:09 p. m,, 153 feet. g FOR THE DURATION... While traveling is difficult . . . we'll be thinking of our friends [ i i i itka while ccs ing his birthday. group came to a decision to delay ment, who is visiting in Si CemRsion. uing. YR LR fishing until a definitely established on furlough from his duties in the in Alaska . . . Even if we don’t Mr. and Mrs. William W. Knight | entertained as dinner gulests at| their home in the Sitka Bazaar | Building Friday evening for Mrs.| Marie C. Brightman, Miss Louise Brightman and Mrs. George Rag-| gen, as a celebration of the birth- | price was announced by the local Army. Other guests occupying seats OPA committee. A. G. Dexter act- of honor at the affair were young ed as secretary for the meeting. |Ward's father, Bill Ward, and Lloyd Tilson, former member of the Mr .and Mrs. Frank Calvin re- local Fire Department, who is now turned to their homes here Wednes- day from a two-day trip to the Goddard Hot Springs, travelling is fire chief at the Naval Air Sta- tion on Japonski Island. Covers enlisted with the Naval Reserve and | day anniversary of Mus. BrighLmun,; Harold Ward, son of Bill Ward,| well known and oldtime resident of | Sitka who has been serving with the armed forces for.the past two years, is enjoying a leave period with members of his family and his| many friends here. Young Ward, who formerly was a student at the Sitka Territorial School, is now on | duty in New Mexico. WE ARE REBUILDING at the Mark Rigling, owner of the Bar- | anof Motor Service is convalescing from a recent illness which con- *’ fined him to his home for the phsli two weeks. | ; Watch for Qur Re - Opening C(OLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR Mrs. Edith Bonesteel Barras, wife of Jimmy Barras of Douglas, was a recent visitor in Sitka. She is a candidate for the Territorial House of Representatives, subject to} the Democratic primary election. | Those among the local residents | who are Russian or of Russian de- | scent and church members of St.| Michael's Cathedral, Greek Ortho- dox Church, celebrated with the customary Easter festivities on| Sunday, April 16. The usual lengthy midnight church service and ring- | ing of bells on Saturday evening was | followed by general merry-making and celebrating with practically day-long bell ringing on Sunday by‘ the many who still cling to the tra- | Jewelry -:- Fountain -:- News Stand WRITE OFTEN TO THE BOYS OVERSEAS—and Shop At Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS { i | i | i | | i see them . . . Keep On Biminy Bonds DON'T LAG BETWEEN BOND DRIVES . . . STEADY PUR- CHASES COUNT! New Washington Hotel, Seattle FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager PARSONS ELECTRIC CO. ' First Bank of Sitka ‘ v Ve i Solicits the business of friends || TIRY . | A : COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmiited to All Poinis ——————— Conway Dock o P Company : ‘ ' WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquariers af the SITKA HOTEL "The Home of Hospitality” RUSS CLITHERO . Manager in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative Oil---Coal | Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 ... in Panama as in Pittsburgh 2Qué tal? is the friendly What's up? of the citizen of Panama. Equally cordial is the Have 4 “Coke” of the American soldier: Around the world Coca-Cola stands for the pause that refreshes—has become the high-siga of friendly-minded folks. “Coke” = Coca-Cola BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY I’ natural Juneau Cold Storage Co. DINE OUT AT MOY'’S Open 5 P. M. to Midnight BY BUYING WAR BONDS ® 'Drop In At ERNIE’S When You're in Town! " ERNIE’S COCKTAILBAR SITKA 1 - \\( 1 | SITKA ———— JUNEAU *WE ARE HERE HE WAGES and T taxes paid by this company can be counted on to share the costs of our schools and other civic fa- cilities for a long time to come. We expect to use our lands over and over i gain for successive tree Crops—' WE ARE ‘% IN THIS COMMUNITY TO STAY. People who work for us and with us can look forward to continuous employment. Like most other forest crop which, with good woods productive. ANCHORAGE - . . industsies today, we are in the settled business of processing a management, ¢an be a year-in-and-year-out undertaking. We take a forest harvest, but leave the . COLUMBIA LUMBER COMPANY |