The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 22, 1945, Page 6

% SITKA NEWS % SITKA, Alas pondence) —Th the fourteenth ning of our beautiful sprit 4 and still there is no sign of chiange To be sure there was one night of ain and one day of light fog during interval but this stretch of weather sets a record of some kind T4 is beginning to appear that our old times are right in predicting a won- derful summer for this year. The same oldtimers predicted a trolling season which, to date, has not materialized. However, the fish buyers state that it is yet too early to form any conslusions we opine that the fishing prediction was based entirely on the law of aver- ages—it being time we did have’ a good trolling season. ursday, May The High School graduating exer- elses took place at the school gym- nasium Wednesday evening at 8 alelock. The graduates were Lindy re, Katherine Herman, Harold , Bernadine McGraw, Lee Rhodes, Mirlam Troutman, Marie hield, Gladys Ward and Stan- ey Westover. The latter left school i# March and is now stationed with Navy in San Diego. His father, Westover, received the di- on his son's behalf Miriam Troutman was salutator- {an ‘and Harold Hodgins valadictor- fan.. Speaker at the exercises was Bryant, U. 8. Deputy Marshal. appropriate musical program was R under the direction of Miss Adblaide Lomen and the evening ended with the presentation of di- by Jack Calvin, President of Béhool Board. * Pellowing the graduation exercises DF. and Mrs. Harry Hodgins were sots to the graduating class and ‘fuembers of the High School faculty b a buffet supper given at their Hoine on American Street. ftie Eighth grade graduating ex- were held Thursday after- ! Graduates were Richard Av- flt, Jack Ballinger, Gus Cazac, Elias Didrickson, Betty Lou Elllott, els Hunkins, Gary Ladely, findquist, Patricia Littlefield, Mar- Mrs, Conway has just purchased a man, new superintendent of man’s Court. tinted picture of Sitka. At the Mother's Day services at the Presbyterian Church, Mrs, C. G. Stuart’ was surprised by the award of an honorary life membership to the Board of Naiional Missions and the gift of a certificate and pin from the Presbyterian women of citka. Mr. and Mrs. Stuart have been with the Sheldon Jackson School since 1920 | { Mrs. Jim Vrooman, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George Baggen, left by plane Wednesday enroute to ‘eattle after a visit of ten days in itka, She plans to spend a couple of days in Juneau before returning to her home in Seattle | Miss Florence Hobbs and Miss Dorothy Van Zante, teachers on he High School staff, left this week end for Fairbanks, where they plan to spend the summer, working if any jobs are available, They will re- turn in the fall. ! All the remaining teachers whose Lomes are not in Sitka, with the ex- ception of Miss Helen Ewert, are leaving to spend the summer with relatives and friends in the State. Only one of the teachers will not re- turn, having accepted a teaching position in Bremerton. | As a farewell gift,!tjmers. fastically and has turned up infor- mation unknown even to the old- The pooling of knowledge of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hennessy, was struck by a car driven by John Hollywood when he unexpectedly dashed across the street in front of his home on the Crescent. As the car had slowed down Bobby not seriously injured. Miss Lilian Grundman was win- ner of the $50 ice pool formed by workers on Japonski Island. There were also innumerable small pools formed in the clubs, cocktail bars and offices in town, adding zest to tke annual ice pool excitement. Norman Burke, grandson of Mr. and Mrs. R. K. Burke, celebrated his tenth birthday Thursday. Four- tteen friends were asked to dinner at the Bay View Hotel and attended a cowboy picture at the Coliseum thea- tre afterwards. ————————— Pelican Patfer PELICAN, Alaska, May 19—(Spec- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Evenson and J. H. Gilpatrick. The Two jitneys were also included lnhines plane last Thursday and plans committee has been working enthus- the cargo and are the first motor vehicles to arrive at this port. Paul Danzig, wife and small son! Mrs. Peterman was presented With @ ja¢ resulted in a picture of a local- Jerry have arrived to make their lxly of surprising richness for sports. home at Pelican. Mr. Danzig was | formerly city clerk at Seward and Bobby Hennessy, two-year-old son also lived for a while in Juneau. He|ican. plans to learn the cold storage and fish business from the bottom up. Mr. and Mrs. James Paddock and daughter have arrived on their boat, Paddock. H Mrs, Willa Swan of Seattle was an incoming passenger on the Ton- 'gass last week. She is making her | heme with Jerry Monroe. Mrs. Ed Waltonen arrived on the !Tongass after spending over three month in Seattle and other Wash- ington centers. She stopped at Skagway and visited with her daughter, ~Mrs, Gertrude Polley, bringing Mrs. Polley’s son, Roger, here with her for the summer va- ;cntlon. | Frank Mosher and Al Weathers, |buyers for Booth Fisheries Corpor- |ation, have accepted the agency for | Hallbut Producers Co-operatives of Seattle for the present season. | The school term closed yesterday {with an all day picnic on the flats. The sun shone beautifully. Parents Last week the MacArthur, an 80- ial Correspondence)—At a meeting and friends joined the children in foot halifut schooner, was in port of the City Council on May 14, the the enjoyment of an appetizing with a record load of 128,000 pounds, | committee passed a measure tO PUr-'y,,.h and later participated: in races, 7,000 of them on deck. She sold the chase additional fire fighting equip- baseball and other games. The mare seven thousand pound deck load to ment for placement in verious parts adventurous indulged in their tlrst-‘ the local plant, then continued on| to Prince Rupert, as the difference in price would make the trip profitable. of town. The newly drawn-up ordi- nance covering the opening and clos- ing of bars and liquor stores was summer swim. Péte Brown, who made his home The record catch had been made in read for the second time, and passed pap. for several years, left on the an eight day trip. | For outstanding service in build- |ing bases in the Aleutians, Lt. J. J.| |conway has been awarded the| Bronze Star Medal, according to an announcement by the Commander of the North Pacific Force, Admiral Fletcher. unanimously. This ordinance be- comes effective immediatly. Aurora last Wednesday morning on the first lap of a trip to Anchorage to be here for several days. Henry Roden, attorney of the Pel- jean Cold Storage Company, is negotiating with authorities at Washington, D. C., to have a deputy collector of customs assigned to Pel- Such an officer would take care of the filing of all cusiom reg- ulation papers, thus making it possi- ble for fishing boats to clear here and save considerable time and ex- pense by not having to make trips to; was the Ada May from Tenakee Springs Juneau or Sitka for such service. and taken possession of their home! 'adjoining that of Jim’s brother, Joe, The new airplane float is rapidly | nearing completion. Much enthus- !{asm is felt regarding the inaugura- tion of the badly needed regular ser- vice for both passengers and mail between here and Juneau. Business with the Big Town should step up Considerably when the new service goes into effect. Harry “Stormy” Doran of Seattle has taken a position as clerk at the general merchandise store. A number of fishing vessels have/ landed cod or halibut, taken ice, bait, fuel or supplies during the past - few weeks. Answering the season’s roll call so far have been: Nippy, Antoinette L, Emma, Avona, Saga, Molly, Elsie III, Chancellor, 8isu, Mayflower, Thelma, Hulda I, Hyperien, Valiant, Norland, Ilene, Dolly J, Amor, Sherman, Christine, Scout, Hacienda, Arden, Defieance, Oceanic, Pelican, Consul D, Eagle, Loangen, Alaskan, Aegir, Night- ipgale, Roamer, Picaioon, Sophia, Nautilus, Baltic, Elfin II, Virgin, Alice May, and others. i The Katherine cannery tender | from Seattle has arrived to join the | Whiz fleet connected with the can- hery. The most palacial vessel to ever enter Lisianski Straits and dock at PA let[t)er fg:" TR ? Bjddmg' where he will join W. J. Pege. Mr. Pelican is the Canco, now owned by oppy Day Chairman for Juneau, pege i buying for the Star Fish the American Can' Company of was read and the Council agreed to participate in the sale of poppies on May 26. The Alaska Coastal Alrlines flew Fran-| 1t Conway is expected to join his the following passengers to Pelican Doris family in Seattle sometime this fall. on Saturday, May 12: Thor 8. Good- the Company at the westward city. James O. Cooper, CPA, of Juneau, flew in on an Alaskan Coastal Air- | Seattle. This vessel is in charge of |Capt, J. Frank Wright, and arrived on May 19. Word went around by Alaska grapevine that this boat was TUESDAY, MAY 22, 1945 WHERN EN SITKA Make Your Headquarters at the SITKA HOTEL "The Home of Hospifality” |name to Pollaris. The American RUSS CI'"HERO A Can Compny bought it in 1939 and has been using it in Alaska service ————— since then. The present crew num-| bers ten including tive service men ['here is no substitute for newspaper advertising! formerly owned by John Barrymore ‘who spent many summers in this | part of the Territory. But Charles J. Olsen, who is using the boat on his present trip to Pelican, tells us that this vessel was built at Lake Union Dry Dock in Seattle for Colonel C. B. Blethen, founder of the Seattle Times, and used by him as a pleasure yacht. It was christened Canim which is the Indian word for canoe. The Colonel sold the boat to Buster Keaton of motion picture slap stick fame, who later sold it |to Edwin Lowe. Lowe changed its Manager ———— who are experts at installing can- nery machinery. Capt. Wright has - been coming North since 1915 and fer 17 years operated a floating can- nery at Yukatat, using the boat Re- triever. The Captain has been as far north as Bristol Bay and visited Dawson in 1900. | The Canco is equipped with receiv- | ing radio and loud speaker, photo- electric pilot steering, a complete heating plant, cold storage, hot and cold water in all the rooms, four staterooms, three bathrooms, and a social hall, besides dining room and | galley. The interior finish is ma-| hogany and exterior teak wood. The| vessel will be here for several days, | while machinists are installing the | machinery at the Cape Cross can-| nery. ’ | NORTHLAND TRANSPORTATION € OM P ANY A benefit dance was heid ai The Dutchman’s last night. About $75 was raised for philanthropical pur- poses. i Conway Dock | Company | 0il ---Coal | Gasoline | Insurance | | Cape Cross Salmon Company can- |nery; Mr. Donald Wilson, of Blaine, | Washington, office man for the same company; Clara van Sant, office manager for the Pelican Cold Stor- age Company, and Miss Jerry Mon- rflt Reid, Jane Willlams and Betty jarge home in Laurelhurst on the o Yaw. each. . Phone 78 | SITKA ALASKA ‘l Eleven members of the 4-H Gar- Mrs. Vic Rodgers, proprietor of den group met Tuesday afternoon, the Sitka Cafe, flew to Juneau to May 15, to plan their summer’s work meet her sister, Eleanor Kittleson, afid choose a club name. The name and sister-in-law, Mrs, Jacie Kittle- roe. 7 ¢hosen was “Dizzy Diggers.” |son, who arrived from the States on; On May 15, the A.CA. flew in four |the Princess Louise. They came to|cther passengers: Ron Livingston, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Harris have re- gitka by plane Thursday morning, | who recently replaced Jim Boyle as ttrned from a four day bear hunt at planning to spend the summer here. Alaska manager for the Union il @&@S%num Daily Scheduled Trips Rodman Bay. Their bag was three Miss Kittleson will be employed in Company of California; Charles TO Bood sized brownies. ithc Columbia Lumber Company Powell, Union Oil representative . Sy office. |from Seattle, and Mr. and Mrs. Er- Sitka Wrangell nest Blivens. Mr. Blivens has tak- . Tuesday evening, May 15, the wo- len a position as cook at the Kick fmén of the Moose met for the nom- ination of officers Bnd a'social even- ihg. The chapter night program was ::Qnted by Mrs. Lloyd Tilson with Kathryn Acker, public health nurse, as speaker. Nominated for office were: Senior Regent, Mrs. Jack Culbert and Mrs. Oharles Wortman; Junior Regent: Mrs. Don McGraw; Chfl‘plamj Mrs. School building, the Sitka Hotel, ‘the the past few days. v ' P 4 Mcgr':;;m}?ew;:gs.m::m ; )3[:; ;\grx:npc;?:;;k;;‘? ecfifl'r’{'_'“ bmld-i o Tongassm‘-mm e HAI“ES SKAGWAY HNIHAH n eace... Service to Alaska Oscar Issacson. Mrs. Peterman has been an ac-!oy o’ inoparoe arrived last i o S5 ovaile soursdisid soRts s TRANSPQBATI()N Co. On behalf of the club, Mrs. Charles Wortman presented Mrs. Pay Peter- fuan, retiring Senior Regent, with a farewell gift in appreciation of her work. The evening was then given to games and refreshments. ., Mirs. Maxine Trout was hostess inesday evening at a dinner par- at the USO, honoring Mrs. Mark g, whose birthday it was. Af-| ter the party went to the Moose Oh Wednesday, Miss Martha PBredvik received a wire stating that her father, Nels Bredvik, had un- dergone a major operation at the Ewedish Hospital in Seattle with satisfactory results. Lt. on an emergency furlough from the & my air force to settle his father's Mrs. Martin Tengs and Mrs. Char- 168 Johnstone were hostesses at the Mrs. Hattie Peterman, which in- the ladies residing in Peter- » Martin|{On their return trip they will visit Bredvik arrived about ten days ago!friends and relatives in Seattle. Mr.| affairs. He expects to leave shoruy.: i Mr. and Mrs. Ray Peterman are| leaving, permanently, on the North| Sea, aftér making their home here | for five years. Mr. Peterman, a! building contractor, built the Ganty residence, the School Gymnasium,' the small residence for the Coast and Geodetic Survey, the High tive club nmiember and community worker. She organized the Women of the Moose, serving as Senior Re- gent for two years. She has been a member of the Lutheran Church Council since its inception and an| | officer of the Women of the Church. | She has served as President of the| American Legion Auxiliary and is! now Department First Vice President | of the Legion Auxiliary for Alaska.| |She has been active in the Womens| Club and a leader in 4-H Club work. | She has been an untiring worker in| any worthy community cause and her absence will be felt. | { Mrs, Frank Calvin and her son |to spend the summer months with |relatives in Long Beach, Californi Calvin is assistant Executive at the Naval Air Station. The Rotary Club has appointed a committee to make a survey and complete report on local resources Istter's apartment Tuesday after-|for tourists. On the committee are| at a surprise dessert luncheon|Jack Calvin, chairman; Ben Mmex'.] 1 To the Businessmen of Alaska | pr. H. J. Hodgins, Dan Moler, J. D. Littlepage, Frank Metcalf, Roy ITKA, - COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR Newly Remodeled AND KEEP ‘EM ) ¢ COLUMBIA COCKTAIL BAR ALASKA Larry are leaving on the North Sea| and Like It Cafe. The Grizzley Bear, Fish and Wild- life Service boat, was in Monday, May 14, leaving Ralph Imler here on an investigation of seal and sea lion feeding habits. Ralph has brought down several eagles during day at 8 a. m. heavily loaded with machinery, boilers and lumber for the Cape Cross Salmon Company cannery, and supplies for the gen- eral store, bars and cook house. Pelershurg Also T,’rips TO For Information and Reservations Phone 612 E . Keichikan STARLINER JUNEAU TO ARRIVE SOON The Alaska Airlines new Douglas “STARLINER JUNEAU" which was scheduled 1o be in service early in May will be flown from the States to Alaska soon. The ship was con- verted for passenger use in record time, but delivery has been delayed because of the difficulty in securing radio parts. | ANCHORAGE — FAIRBANKS Daily Anchorage *Talkeetna *Summit LV 8:30 am. *McKinley Park “Nenana AR 10:30.a.m. Fairbanks (Gulkana and Big Delta subjec above flag stops and tariff ANCHORAGE — Anchorage McGrath McGrath *Galena *Unalakleet Nome LV 7:30 am. AR 8:45 am. LV 9:00 a.m. AR 10:15 am. Baranof Hotel PE——— AR 1:00 pm. LV 9:30 am. AR 10:30 a.m. LV 10:45 am. LV 11:00 am. AR 12:00 pm. t to omissions of regulations) NOME Tuesday—Friday AR LV 6:00 am. Lv AR AR 11:00 am. LV 11:00 am. *Flag stops on all scheduled flights. WILL THESE SCHEDULES SERVE YOU? ANCHORAGE — KODIAK Sunday—Monday—Wednesady—Friday Anchorage AR 3:00 pm. “Kenal Homer Homer Kodiak LV 2:00 pm. AR 1:45 pm. LV 12:30 p.m. ANCHORAGE — JUNEA Monday—Thursday—Saturday Ancnorage AR 5:30 p.m. Cordova Yakutat *Yakutat *Gustavus Juneau LV AR 4:15 pm. 3:45 pm. LV 2:30 pm. 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