The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 25, 1945, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT GASSER T0 HEAD NEW DEPARTMENT OF AGRI(UlTURE Governor E. Gruenin'g Dis- closes Appointment of U. of Alaska Professor Following his return from his trip to the Westward and Interior, Gov Frnest Gruening today disclosed that he has secured the services of George W. Gasser, Professor of Agriculture and Dean of Men at the Univers! of Alaska, to be Commissioner Agriculture, head- ing the Territorial Department of Agricuiture created by the last Leg- islature. Prof. Gasser is to open a temporary office of the Department in Fairbanks, about June 1 Among the first of Prof. Gasser's activities as Agriculture Commis- sioner will be to visit all of the Territory’s farming centers, follow- ing which it is proposed that he will go to Washington, D. C., to secure Federal cooperation with the Alaska department, Prof. Gasser’s entire life has cent- ered around agriculture. Born on a farm near Youngstown, Ohio, he spent most of his boyhood on a farm in southwestern Missouri, leaving to go to State College, Kansas, where he was granted a degree as Bachelor of Science in 1905. For the next few years he travelled through Nebraska, Kansas and Colorado studying agri- cultural problems and selling nursery stock | About this time Dr. C. C. George- son, former member of the facully at Kansas State College, then di- rector of Agricultural Experiment of le, with the hope of producing a ardy milk and beef animal. Some : excellent and interesting results were obtained On December 31, 1927 Prof. Gasser | resigned to accept a position on the | faculty at the University of Alaak;l[ and began work with the opening | of the Fall term in 1928. He ha“; been with the university since that | time. Prof. Gasser has the distinction of | having been the President of the Tanana Valley Fair Association | since its inception twenty-one years | ago. Under his able supervision | sixteen fairs have been held with| displays coming in from all parts of the Terrifory. From 1932 to 1937 he held the position of Director of the | University Agricultural Experiment | Stations | Prof. Gasser is a member of the | American Association for the Ad-{ vancement of Science and of the American Museum of Natural His- tory. His name is listed in the Naturalist Directory and in Who's Who in American Education. BLANK PUT ON |PRINCE KONOYE | reaching Paris ‘.J\mnmr in Ammxun areas. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA COURT OF AWARDS |BETA SIGMA PHI T0 ASK RUSSIA, | HELD, GIRL SCOUTS| PLANS SEVENTH WAR BOND DRIVE LU " [ C. L. Wingerson, Commissioner of A special moetmg was held last jthe Juneau-Douglas Boy |night at the home of Mrs. William MISS LOKEN T0 The wedding of MI.s‘ Ethel Kflth-! EORGE BR oT HE R leen Loken of Juneau and Mr.| Cl arles M. Gray of Seattle will be’ | eotioh Lhdbaran OhiiFoh; gt Super Market Phones 92-35—2 Free Deliveries Daily council was the guest speaker at the! |Carter, President of Delta Chapter,| g ey of the bride, Mrs. Astrid Fen-| Phone—Write or Wire George Brothers 1 | \ (By The Associated Press) French press agency, according to news Japan has decided to send Prince Fumimaro Konoye to Moscow “to obtain assurance from Russia that she will maintain | her neutrality in the conflict in| the East.” The said today that SAN FRANCISCO, May 25 — A Tokyo broadcast declared today there was “no reason” for Russia to “engage in war with Japan” and | also said that if Japan should dc—; sire peace with Britain and the United States, her proposals pos- sibly would be made through the! USSR. The broadcast was intended for | BLUE JAYS BY TEN OLD AWKS| | The Old Awkwa d\ were not mn‘ awkward last evening to toss a| 10-0 shutout at the Finance Blue Jays in their softball meeting on| the local diamond. The contest closed out the second week of play | | for the Juneau league, leaving the | Guard the heap. Coast on top of the Four played next week, opening with a clash monday evening between the | Coast Guard, two-time winners, and the Freshmen from the Sub- sitting ANNUAI- BANOUEI‘ Mn Donald O'Conner is ill at her home and was unable to partic- {ipate in the court of awards last The Musician’s Protective Union, | night. ) Local 672, held their annual ban-| All Girl Scouts who have questions quet last night at 6 o'clock in the concerning camp should contact Odd Fellows Hall Those present| their leaders or Mrs. Edwin Johnson were Juneau musicians and their, 0f Douglas. Telephone number Doug- guests, and the musicians from the las 283. local USO. | Because of Mrs. O'Conner’s illness A delicious roast turkey dinner; Alberta Carlson, Girl Scout, was not ‘with all the trimmings” was serv- ‘GW(‘H special mention at the court ed to this large group of Iuends and |0f awards for outstanding meritor- SNOWFLAKE CRACKERS Special AFP,‘G"‘ Scouts’ court of awards last | terian church, S : Th'j SC‘;“‘S e“}:l'l:(‘d fhe appiniiteg. | Deta Bigma, (R, £ Lecls plans‘nc“y acting at matron of honor, | in he Scout hiking song, ’ g song, 8 they| ...y 'for the Tth War Bond drive. Sk The Rév. GURerbert HllEraas) followed by the Brownies, who M besort 2 lsubmi;!vd e the;Mll read the service, and Miss Lane |formed a circle in the center of the STOUP'S aPPro¥al, a PIAN 10 SPORSON{poes will play the wedding march. | horseshoe. Mrs. Earl Cleveland led the gxoup"“ Juneau's under-12 age group. The ("¢ the ceremony, as well as| lin pledging allegiance to the flag|C"O"Ity Will conduct a concentrated |, ", oception which will follow at! after the Scouts had placed the OnC-Week sale of bonds for “young|,,g monylin Street, between the| { American flag and the Scout flag|JUnCAUILes” the event (0 staxt OBiy,,y of :30 and 10 o'clock in their standards. {June 9. For each bond sold to, or in MR Mrs. Ralph Wiilxnm< presided as rl\u name of, any young girl or boy e Bitwnies: éw "'MO L’he Gi’]_] under 12 years of age a special wm gave the awards to the Scouts. Mrs. ¢ The youngster's name will also| ing the Girl Scout promise and Mrs. Roll to be prominently displayed :u" NUPTIAI_S SOON Lois Likens chose volunteers to re- ‘mf',’"I;“ lh;t“m' " | POUND Ipeat the Girl Scout Laws. Scouts| Th¢ holders of Disney Bond Cer-| yyedding services s for Miss Gerald- | jand their guests formed a large "CLLOVER—F 3 ] wiehmg circle after which they sang| 01t Disney Costume Parade On| yhose engagement was announced| MAID 0’CLOVER—FRESH—CUBES Saturday, June 16, at 12 noon, which|jagt winter, will be held Jane 23 in| Buy Scri k 0 event will climax the one-week bond | g1y Trinity Church, it was an-| uy crlp 800 s—szo-n ior sls.on the originality and cleverness of | Daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George ' their costumes and prizes will be Ringstad of Bellingham, Wash,, awarded. In addition a special sur- Miss Ringstad has been a Juneau at the cn‘d of the parade through ;) the teaching staff of Juneau the DusNe (et |High School and at present as a | Committee in charge of the drive . member of the Information Divis- m::n )X?;m Pm\_mx Helen Mund-| Mr. Oberg, who formerly conduct- ““Jm‘ Gal T‘?'m“f‘sc’"* and MIS. oq the music department of the/ Ralph B. Willlams, | Douglas schools, is now engaged as' |night at the Northern Light Presby- for attaining the quota set by t.he‘am‘1 Mr. George Anderson as best| formed a horseshoe. They were a Disney Bond Parade Contest, open | " gy on4q of the couple are invited ' Special Cleveland led the girls in repem"m‘ listed on the Walt Disney Honux_ c 490 tificates are eligible to enter the ;.. Ringstad and Mr. Ernst Oberg,! drive. Entrants will be judged for|,,nced today. | prise is in store for all contestants|yecident for a number of years, first includes: Mrs. M. W. Carnes, Chait jon of OPA. Last ‘evening’s -meeting investigator for OPA, located in: included | games are scheduled to be| | member | After dinner local musicians held a “jam session” and each musician| tock his turn with his instrument | {while others danced. Highlight of ‘Lhc evening was a Dixieland Jam| |ious service to OPA. FISHING TRIP J. J. Meherin, President of the Baranof Hotel Corporation, Mrs. Meherin, Alex Holden, co-manager LEAVING ON scmewhat of a surprise for Geraldine Ringstad, a charter member of the| sorority At the close of the bus- iness meeting, “Jerry” was tendered : miscellaneous shower in honor of marriage to Ernst | her approaching |Anchorage. ‘The bride’s parents are at present visiting in Petersburg and will be in Juneau for the wedding. - - ROOF BLAZE 2 1b.Box - 99¢c Session given by local High School of the Alaska Coastal Airlines, and Oberg |students, Buddy Hunter, Jerry Mrs. Holden, and Dr. Dick Wil- {Chapman, Dick Larson, Bob Ditman 'liams, local dentist and wife, will |and Donald Pegues. leave tonight on a weekend fish- Pet.! Letha Bell, Etta Bringdale andiing trip to Lake Hasselborg, via 1.000 | Anita Garnick, the committee to ar-|Alaska Coastal Airlines. They plan 667 |range the banquet, were given a vote to return to Juneau Sunday after- 667 |of thanks for their splendid job in noon. M;mnkmp it possible for the get-! 3‘Logelhel and for their help in mak- 000\”“3 the evening a huge success. " W port, who have managed an even| split in their two games. For the second time within a' | week, the Juneau Volunteer Fire | Department was called this morn- is a|ing to the West End of the Indian | Village, to extinguish a small roof {fire in a residence. Only slight |damage resulted. The 2-1 alarm a|sounded at 9:25 o'clock the 'all-clear 15 minutes later. work in Alaska under Insular Sta- tions, needed qualified men to act as superintendents. He sent for Prof. | Gasser to head the station at CLUB Rampart. | Team— He took up experimental work on Coast Guard the propagation and development of | Headquarters Co. new varieties of grain which were Old Awkwards being obtained from all parts of the Freshmen northern world, specializing in Blue Jays hardy varieties from Arctic regions Signacs LAWRENCE HERE Lawrence, of Haines, the Gastineau Hotel. - BRENNER IN TOWN W. C. Brenner, of Seattle, guest at the Gastineau Hotel CHEESE Pabst-ett Spreading American Regular 29¢ Value ANDIN w. 2 Bill guest at - ; INFANT RITES SATURDAY = and Antoinette Mierzejewski, infant including Siberia, Norway, Sweden | and Finland. In addition, experi- ments were carried on with alfalfa and clovers — the Yellow Flowerec¢ Siberian Alfalfa developed at that time being the only variety which has proved hardy throughout Alas] On August 12, 1909 Prof. Ga married Miss Beatrice Peck of Se- attle, the ceremony taking place in | Rampart where Miss Peck had gone | to visit her brother. In 1921 the Gassers were trans- | ferred from Rampart to the Fair- banks Station where Mr. Gasser I lieved M. D. Snodgrass, Work was continued on grain and potatoes; also an experiment with the Yak | was continued. This animal had been | introduced from Tibet with the idea | of cross-breeding with Galloway 'SOCIAL SECURITY | Pranci | erintendent of the Alaska Merit Sys- >————— CONSULTANT HERE| Miss Isabel Morris, Personnel Con- sultant for the Social Secuyity Board with headquarters in the San o office, is in Juneau for two weeks to confer with Hugh J.{ Wade, Territorial Director of the Alaska Social Security Board, and | with Mrs. George Washington, Sup- | | tem, and to review the work of the Mex it System. While in Juneau Miss Morris is nl guest at the Baranof Hotel. | P e e e e e e s, ‘ Always Fresh—Always the Best See Our Broccoli Cauliflower Asparagus Spinach New Cabhage Artichokes New Peas New Potatoes White Turnips Parsnips — Yams New Beels Celery Display Letiuce Green Onions Radishes Avocados Green Peppers Bunch Carrois Tomatoes Rhubarh Sweet Navel Oranges Winesaps Yellow Newions !servlcvs stationed here. |ried four years ago and separated | Juneau for duty assignment with| {rlaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas S 3 3 TO TREAT C. G. | Mierzejewski, died Thursday even- P. A. Dental Surgeon, Warren W. ing at the home of her parents, Bailey, U. S. Public Health Service |722 Gold Street. attached to the Coast Guard, has| Funeral services for arrived in Juneau to treat per-|/and-a-half-old baby will sonnel of that branch of the armed |in the Chapel of the Charles |Carter Mortuary, with the Rv > | Edward C. Budde officiating. In- * Lt. Ronald R. 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