The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 13, 1944, Page 6

PAGESIX ~ * SI MANY ACTIVITIES FILL USO SCHEDULE ‘A boat trip and hike from Silver Bay to Green Lake was sponsored by the Sitka USO on Sunday, May| 7. Servicemen and hostesses at-| tending enjoyed the trip, as well as| the plentiful picnic lunch served. | This was the first of many similar outdoor outings now being planned by the USO. Hostesses at the USO Sunday| afternoon and evening were the/ Mesdames George Morgan, Robert| Gaylord, P. J. Zettel and Clyde Hager. | An informal dance is planned for this evening at the USO, with Vince’s Band furnishing the music. MRS. P. S. GANTY, CHILDREN ! LEAVE FOR STATES A distinct loss to their many friend here is the departure of Mrs. P. S. Ganty and her children, Wally and Mary Jane, after many years of residence in Sitka. The family will join Lt. P. S. Ganty, who is now stationed in Seattle, where they have rented the home of Lt. Comdr. Larry Parks in Magnolia Bluff, RECOVERING FROM CASE OF BLOOD POISONING Miss Bernadine McGraw, daugh- ter of Mr. and Mrs. Don McGraw, is now recovering from blood poisoning which affected her hand last week. BETA SIGMA PHI HEARS SPEAKER AT MEETING A regular meeting of Epsilon chapter of Beta Sigma Phi was held | Thursday evening, May 4, at “the | home of Mrs. Stanley Peterson, with Mrs. Janie Wesley as hostess. Guest speaker for the evening, presented by Miss Adelaide Lomen, was Mr. Jack Littlepage, who gave a most interesting talk on the social and cultural activities in Russia. With the exception of five leave- of-absences, there was a complete attendance of members, twenty being present. Next and last meeting of the| chapter before summer vacation! will be held May 18 at the home of Miss Dorothy Van Zante i MEETS DAUGHTER IN JUNEAU Plane passengers to Juneau this week were Mr. and Mrs. George Morgan to meet their daughter, Miss Alyce Morgan, who is on fur- lough. Miss Morgan, who is a member of the WAVE, is the first to be granted a furlough outside TKA | Guard displayed jon Thursday, May 16, at the home Tilson. of Mrs. Ray Peterman. Presentation of class. Theron J. Final arrangements for Poppy |Cole. Day will be made at that time and| presentation of diplomas. J. T.| all members are urged to be pres-|Calvin. ent. | Recessional—Tritmphal March— | T Verdi—DeLamater. JUNEAU ATTORNEY VISITS | | Mrs " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA " SATURDAY, MAY 13, 1944 | Wednesday evening, with ten stu- 'dents receiving their diplomas. ! Graduates include Carl Berg, Gor- |don Buckman, Duane Coon, Gertie NEWS X AN v Jackson, Lois Peterson, Margaret A NG |Rands, Nadene Sulser, Mildred! A |Tilson, Flora Thomas and Keith| Earl Waterworth of the Coast Solateq ‘mo\'mg The commencement program was' pictures of convoy and landing op- as follows: erations at the regular meeting of | Processional — Romaine March —| the American ' Legion last Tuesday.| = ‘Wittmeyer. & | Gounod—DeLamater. ~ Senior or-| At that time the Legion pwed]cheslra. \ a resolution opposing the expendx’-i Invocation—The Rev. William ture of public moneys for public‘,x.homBs improvements for the duration, ex-| Saluu;tory Addr Margaret| cept where such improvements wemlflands. Yo vitally necessary. The resolution will be forwarded to all Alaska posts with a request for its adoption. Piano duet — Fifth Symphony, Beethoven. Mildred Tilson and |Keith Wittmeyer. . Valedictory address. Mildred Til- AMERICAN LEGION ‘Ux"‘lARYKson, MEETS TUESDAY | Song—I Heard a Forest Praying— A special meeting of the Ameri- peter De Rose. Senior girls sextet. can Legion Auxiliary is to be held| Commencement address. Thomas | HERE BRIEFLY Howard Stabler, prominent Ju- neau attorney, was in Sitka for a short time on Thursday, on busi- ness, making the trip by plane. | SHELDON JACKSON SCHOOL iTO HOLD COMMENCEMENT | Various traditional events aunc | programs will mark the observancs of commencement week at Sheldon Jackson School from May 14 to 19. WRRENS VLR GRVICERS | Baccalaeureate service will be INTALLED FRIDAY |held in the First Presbyterian The main order of business at Church on Sunday, May 14, at 11 the regular meeting of the Sitka|gclock. In the absence of the Rev. Woman'’s Club on Friday, May 12, Arthur N. Bily, Chaplain W. F. was installation of new officers. | Kuykendall will conduct the service. In charge of the Club’s activities| Two anthems, “Invocation at for the coming year are: President,| Dawn” by Tchaikowsky and Han- Miss Sara Fernald; vice-president,|del’s “Hallelujah Chorus” will be| J. W. Wittmeyer; secretary,| Mrs. Arthur N. Bily; treasurer, Mrs. Robert Doig. : 1 A musical program was present- | ed, a free-will offering for the club-| house was collected and refresh-' ments were served. \ WOMEN OF THE MOOSE | TO MEET WEDNESDAY | A business meeting will be held| by members of Women of the Moose | on Wednesday, May 17 at 8 o'clock | in the evening at the Moose Hall. | As important business is to be discussed at that time, in addition to the nomination of officers, all members are urged to be present. Refreshments will be served by those members who' were on the losing side of the recent food sales competition. Mrs. Tom Tilson is Chdirman of the group. VARIETY PARADE APPEARS AT USO The Fort Ray Variety Parade, after two most successful appear- jances at the Fort and Station, was the continental United States. The presented at the Sitka USO on family will return to their home here. Chris Bailey of the Columbia Bar| arrived in Sitka this week on a business trip. Johnny Holten was a plane pas-K senger to Juneau on Tuesday, re- turning home the following day,| on a business trip. Jack Garrett and Orrin Johnson made a brief trip to Juneau this| week, where Mr. Garrett obtained! his final citizenship papers. Mr. Johnson was his witness. |EXERCISES WEDNESDAY Thursday evening. Everyone attending was enthus- iastic in praising the show, which was directed by Capt. John F. Ellis and Cpl. James Walker as master of ceremonies. TEN GRADUATE AT Sitka High School held its four- presented by the choir. Theme of achievement day, May ! 17, will be “Our Year Book.” Dem- | onstrations of student activities as well as a Jal’ge display of student work from all phases of the aca- demic and industrial departments ! will take place in the Allen Me- | morial auditorium. i Special awards earned by students will be presented on May 18, at the | awards program. At this time the | senior class will make its gift to' the school and the name of the senior who has the highest scholas- | tic record will be announced. The school letters, “S.J.” will be award- ! ed to all those who measure up to! the ideals embodied in the school Motto, “Competent Christian Citi-| zens.” | An all-schoo) event is the farewell | party scheduled for Thursday. eve- | ning, at which time the seniors will | present copies of their year hook| “The Edgecumbe” to members of the staff and student body. This | year book is a class project in Eng-| lish and journalism. Commencement exercises on May | 19 at 10 o'clock will close the school | | year. Each member of the senior class will speak on some phase of the theme “Building Alaska” as follows: The Mineral Resources of Alaska, | Raymond Baines; The Fisheries of | Alaska, Joseph Demmert; ’l‘rans-{ portation and Communication, Mar- | garet Bennett; Aviation, Ernest| teenth annual commencement on Leash; Statehood for Alaska, Karl TOM TILSON’S HOSTS AT DINNER SUNDAY H Mr. and Mrs. Tom Tilson enter- | tained a few friends at an informal | dinner at their home last Sunday. Spring flowers formed an attract- ive centerpiece on the dinner table. | Guests included Mr. and Mrs. Wal- | lace McDonald, Mr. and ‘Mrs. Lloyd | Tilson and their small daughter, Diane, and Mr. M. J. Klepser. FAREWELL PARTY FOR MRS. P. S. GANTY Mrs. J. J. Conway was hostess at a farewell party honoring Mrs. P, S. Ganty on Thursday evening. | A number of friends called to offer good wishes to the honored guest. Cocktails and buffet refresh- ments were served. NAMED CITY Max Lurz, who returned to Sitka this week, has been named City Supervisor by the Council. MAKES JUNEAU TRIP Mrs. Ernie Torgerson, employee of the Sanitary Grocery, left m) Juneau this week. —————— e PARSONS Y 8 ELECUTIIC CO. Solicits the business of friends in Sitka Electric Service and Repairs Westinghouse Representative Company Oil === Coal Gasoline Insurance Phone 78 SUPERVISOR | C(OLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR Newly Remodeled AND KEEP '‘EM W COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR First Bank of Sitka A COMPLETE BANKING SERVICE Money Transmitted fo All Poinis Do Your Part- Put 10% of Your Income in War Bonds at SITKA RUSS CLITHERO WHEN IN SITKA Make Your Headquarlers "The Home of Hospitality" the Cook; Race Prejudice, Susanne Gregorioff. Alcohol, a Menace to Progress, Helen Davis; The Christian Com- munity, Martha Heldane; The Schools of Tomorrow, Daphne Mor- lander; Environment and Charac- ter, Martha Sam. Members of the senior class who will receive their diplomas from W.| Leslie Yaw, Superintendent of Sheldon Jackson School, are: Ray- mond Baines, Metakalta; Margaret Bennett, Angoon; Karl Cook, Sel- dovia; Helen Davis, Hydaberg; Joseph Demmert, Craig; Susanna Gregorioff, Afognak; Martha Hal- dane, Metakatla;, Daphere Mor- lander, Juneau; Martha Sam, Sitka, and Ernest Leask, Metlakatla. L. E. THIELKE IMPROVING AT HOME L. E. Thielke, accountant for the Sitka Public Utilities, is reported to be convalescing at his home from the effects of a partially collapsed lung. |ALL ADULTS ASKED TO REGISTER FOR EMPLOYMENT The War Manpower Commission has requested the town of Sitka to urge all adults over the age of 16 capable of employment to register for full or part-time employment, in order to relieve the manpower shortage during fishing season. Tal Guppy, municipal clerk, ad- vises that registration should be/ made at the town office between| the hours of 9 o'clock in the morn-| ing and 5 o'clock in the afternoon. | It is imperative that all employable adults register promptly, so that' local business may be conducted! without interruption during fish- ing. i i 'W FLOAT AUTHORIZED BY CITY FATHERS At the Council meeting held last Tuesday evening, the Council approved the construction of a new city float which will treble the pres- ent facilities. New piling and lumber for the construction of the float have been ordered. The work is estimated to| | cost approximately $12,000. At the same meeting a sum was approp- riated to renovate the municipal| tennis courts and the Council voted to ask for bids for the construction of a concrete floor in the new High School building. WE HAVE GIFTS for ALL OCCASIONS A Ci)MPLETE LINE OF DRUGS Isons. 150 Persons Attend Tea Given by Indian Hospifal Yesterday| The U. S. Indian Hospital, in ob- servance of National Hospital Day, held a tea yesterday afternoon from | 3 to 5:30 o'clock, which was at- tended by approximately 150 per- The table was gaily decorated in spring flowers of pastel shades and [ tea was served by Mesdames Ernest Gruening, Fred Geeslin, Don C. Foster, John James, Roy Peratovich, J. Cropley, Earl McGinty, George Morlandey and Miss Olive Trowler. On exhibit was a beautiful selec- tion of moccasins, also totem poles and boats, all made by patients of the hospital. Hosts for the affair were those serving on the staff of the insti- tution, Dr. Lewis Salazer is physi- cian in charge, supported by Miss | Kathyrn O’Connor, chief nurse; Mrs. Elizabeth Smith, head nurse; Mrs. Margaret Sunderland, Ethel| Hazeltine, Mrs. Emma Gould, Mrs Beryl Atkinson, Mrs. Jane Perry, Mrs. Lizzeta Hillman, Miss Kath- leen Johnson, Mrs. Hazel Holmes and Miss Mpyrtle Salisbury and Ann Zuboff who have recently joined the staff. Miss Isabel Hartung and Mus, Doris Keaton assist part time at the institution. There are also eleven non-professional workers who serve the hospital. ———————— HERE FROM GUSTAVUS W. D. Roberts, of the Morrison Knudsen Company, arrived here last evening and .is registered at the Baranof. Shop At Alaska Drug and Jewelry Company SERVING SITKA FOR OVER 20 YEARS Jewelry -:- Fountain - News Stand DINE OUT AT MOY’S Open 5 P. M. Fine Service to Midnight HOTEL Manager BY BUYING WAR BONDS ® Drop In At ERNIE’S When You're in Town! ERNIE’S COCKTAILBAR SITKA FOR THE DURATION ... While traveling is difficult . . . we'll be thinkirig of our friends in Alaska . . . Even if we don't see them . . . Keep On Buying Bonds DON'T LAG BETWEEN BOND DRIVES . . . STEADY PUR- CHASES COUNT! SITKA ———— JUNEARU ANCHORAGE v ington Hofel, Seattle |: New Washington Hofel, Seattle |: : FRANK B. McCLURE, Manager | “ < Homes for “ \ « | Alaskans of Tomorrow » o # 1 . i .~ ‘ “ ' st, little baby, that future forest is filled with' baby srees not 4 much bigger than you. " | They are growing as certainly as you gre growing. By the time you are in grammar school, some of those trees will be ready for o thinning. Those that are thinned may serve as fuel to keep you warm in winter, or as pulp-wood to provide the paper for your 4 school books. !‘ ' By the time you are grown and have children of your own, those i trees will also have “children” of their own, too. By the time you g | are 40 or 50, many of those trees will be commercially mature . . . . 4 big enough to build millions of fine homes. 3 o ‘Almost a third of all the land area of America, little fellow, is growing trees of many kinds and all sizes today—because the objec- tive of the forest industries is to keep enough timber growing to serve you, and your children, and their children.. . . always. 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