The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 17, 1945, Page 3

MONDAY, SITKA NEWS SITKA, Alaska, Dec. 15.—(Special Conespendence) —Only ten days to Christmas and the town is taking on a real holidag aspect. The Utilities have set up Christmas trees at both ¢nds of the Cathedral and strung Chiistmas lights acr the street from the Feceral Building to the rawmill. All the store windows have Christmas dccorations—the Luther- an Church is becoming more at- tractive daily with the Rev. Nygaard working in all weather with greens and a modal church, complete with chimes and a lighted Christmas scene interior. Santa is scheduled to appear at the Utilities office on Monday and Tuesday afternoons to discoved what the children want him to bring them this year. Beta Sigma Phi has planned to conduct community Christmas car- olling at the community Christmas tree in front of the Cathedral on Christmas Eve. Rotary is sponsoring prizes for the best decorated homes and certifi- cates of merit to the most attractive business or organization establish- ment. The judging will be done in daylight this year, the afternoon be- for Christmas day because of lack of lights All schools, churches and organ- izations are having either entertain- ments, parties or both for their children, the Mocse lodge having as their special guests all the chil- dren from the Pentecostal Orphan- age. All in all, our first postwar Christ- mas promises to be a gay and fes- tive season. Mrs. Wm. C. Charteris received a wire Thursday stating that her hus- band, a Captain in the medical corps statiored in Japan, was enroute to the States and would arrive about Christmas time for discharge. Mrs. Charteris is leaving by plane Mon- day for Seattle, The Charteris’ plan to take a short vacation in the States before returning to their home here. Dr. and Mrs. Louis G. Schapen- berg plan to take an extended va- cation on the arrival of Dr. Char- teris and will eventually settle some place in Eastern Washington. The; will be sadly missed by the many friends they have made here and the many organizations in which they have been active. Mr. and Mrs. Don R. McGraw have announced the engagement of their daughter Bernadine to Ken- neth Reibe of Seattle. Mr. Reibe was here in the early years of the war with the Marine Corps. He is now enroute to the East Coast for cfficers training and the wedding will take place here in October Miss McGraw graduated from Sitka High this spring and attending business college in Seattle. All the stores were closed Tues- day tetween 2 and 3 o'clock in re- spect to the last Mrs. George Peter- son who died Saturday night at her home in Lakewood, Washington. At 7:45 Wednesday morning a requiem mass was said here at St. George Charel by the Rev. Patrick O'Reilly, SJ. Funeral services were conducted at 10 a. m., Wednesday, at Marys- ville, Washington. Mrs. Peterson was a truly remark- able woman. She was not only PAA i 189, DISCOUNY = V1% 2z BARANOF H DECEMBER 17, 1945 wife and mother, an woman and civic work: itely a character with sharp Wwit, finding time to offer encouragement and sage advice to young couples Celd Storage Company, left starting a business and home in Sit- North Sea to ka. Her quotable sayings are fameus and will be repeated as long there lives a person who knew Mrs. Peterson. An unvarnished and barc story of her life would be an instant first best seller as well as an informative story of Sitka. Mrs. Vineent Beauchamp, former local manager of the Sears Rcebuck ment office, returned on the North after undergoing an emer; eration while vacationing in Tact She was accompanied by her mother, Mrs. Nellie West. Mrs. Frank Calvin is the manager of the Sears office taken over last Thursday ficé and Margaret DeBeck of Seattle office arrived by plane on Monday and will spend two weeks here on an annual checkup. astute business one. , but defin- east to specialize Sea son, J. H ney op-J new memdber of the having time or [the detailed Jessie McCrary of the Juneau of- by the OPA the the Lit. Martin Bredvik and Pfe. Neill Bredvik have been discharged from the Army according to word receiv- ed by their mother, Mrs. Nels Bred- vik. Martin plans to return to the University of Washington to finish his studies which were interrupted by the war and Neill will return to his home here. Mrs. Elizabeth DeArmond left on the North,Sea tQ spend the holidays with her son, Robert DeArmond and bis family in Ketchikan where Mr. DeArmond is city editor of the Fish- ing News. She plans to return on the next North Sea. Mr., and Mrs. Lloyd Tilson re- turned on the North Sea from Ju- neau where Mrs. Tilson met her husband after his discharge from the Navy in Kodiak. Mr. Tilson plans to spend a couple of weeks Yrapping with Clyde Peterson before returning to the Naval Air Station as Fire Chief under the Navy civil cervice. €gt. and Mrs. Bob Wahl and their two children, Roland and Christine, visited friends in port while the North Sea was herc. They were on v brief business trip from Haines, where Mr. Wahl is stationed. Bob Wahl was at on2 time editer of the Sitka© Sentinel and Mrs. J. W. Ryan arrived on the North Sea to make their heme here. Mr. Ryan was recently lischarged from the Army Air Corps after Loeil released from a war prisoners camp in Germany. Mrs Ryan is the former Edith Birk- land, and sistet of Mrs. Spike Mc- Lean Mr Mr. and Mrs. Frank Keuhne, their son Lyle and twin dapghters Don- nie and Dottie, arrived on the North Sea from Prince Rupert where Mr Keuhne was Procurement Agent and Expeditor for Marine Repairs for the U. S. Army the past two years. They will spend the holidays with Mrs. Keuhne’s mother, Mrs. Mae McNulty. Miss Kathryn Acker is leaving by plane today enroute to Missouri to spend the holidays with her family Ske has been public health nurs here for the past two years, doing community work that will be hard to duplicate. Her Kkeen interest, friendly warm personality and tire- lessness have endeared her to every- — JURERY N"\\ AMERICAN. Wortp AIRHAYS OTE | | | Her tentative plans are to go in anaesthetic Zack Herman, employee of on the holida with bis and daughter Mr. and Mrs. ¥ vy Essondrum in € Born and living his entire il2 in €ilka, this is Mr. Herman's trip outside. pend on-in-law the At the regular meeting of the City Council Tuesday evening, ail liquor licenzes weore renewed without com-1 The OPA Board, Ted Kettie- Gilpatrick and Mrs. H Hodgins announced to the Coun- cil that they were resigning in a body in protest against the discharge the local clerk, Mrs. Hunter, as no Board had either the qualifications to carry on clerical work nequired Council voted to wire Juneau headquarters offering free desk space in the city office for an OPA clerk received from Colonel Har- , for the proposed , were studied and d c sion was granted the Rev Herbert Bruhn to use the Castle, | vacated by the American Legion, fer church services for the A: mbly of God, on a token payment of $1 per annum and the payment of an insurance policy, set at $5,000. Jim -Lantry was appointed night patrolman. A report from new Police Chiaf Ray McGraw was heard and after routine passage of bills, Council adjourned - Denali Here Bound South The Denali, enroute from Seward to Seattle, arrived in Juneau port at 7 o'clock this morning and left | at ), with the following pas- sengers for this city From Seward—Vincent Barono- vich, W. E. Gorman, Pete Kas Kenneth H. Lea, Nels Robert S, Christenson, Cortez, Peter squiro, Karl Omdahl and Herber L. Thomason From Cordova—O. B. Young Passengers departing for Seattle included felen Sands, R. E Ferris, Nels Bysheim, Mrs. Allen Johnson, Mary Johnson, Major J. J. Reedy, Ernie Carter, Margaret | Fawcett, E. Whitehead, T. D. Tra- hern, W. E. Shirley, Lucky Lane, D. T. Roy, H. B. Henry, John Whittington and Peter Esquiro All passenger accommodation: the vessel were taken by civilians and army personnel, many of whom were going out for discharge. - o on c w3006 00 a6 WEATHER REPORT (U. 8. WEATHER BUREAU) ‘Temperatures for 24-Hour Period Ending 6:30 -'Clock This Morning o e e In Juneau—Maximum, 36; minimum, 24. At Airport- minimum, 19, Maximum, 29; WEATHER FORECAST . pe- . . . ° ° ° (Juneau and Vicinity) . ° o o . . . . . o . ° Mostly cloudy tonight and Tuesday, with possibly some light snow flurries Tuesday afternoon. Lowest tempera- ture expected tonight near 20 degrees. ® e 00 0000000 - - MT. JUNEAU LODGE ELECTS OFFICERS FOR COMING YEAR At a regular meeting of Mt. Ju- neau Lodge No. 147, F. and A. M., the following officers were elected for the year 1946: M. L. MacSpad- den, Worshipful Master; C. B. Hol- land, Senior Warden; Willis R, Booth, Junior Warden; Daniel Ross, Treasurer; J. W. Leivers, Secretary. Installation will be on January 7, in joint ceremony with the Order of Eastern Star. - - FROM EXCURSION INLET Mr. and Mrs. James P. Harvey of Excursion Inlet are guests at the Gastineau Hotel during a stay in Juneau. The GI soon learned to use -ele-| phants as skillfully as natives in the China-Burma-India area. CoLps ¥ Act promptly, Mother, to help relieve muscular soreness or tightness, congcs- tion and irritation in upper breathing passages, fits of coughing—due to | colds. Rub on Vicks VapoRub . . . it PENETRATES to upper bronchial tubes with its special medicinal vapors, | STIMULATES chest and back ; faces like a warming poultice. Often by morning most of the | miscryof the cold is gone! Remember— | ONLY VAPORUB Gives You thiis spe- | cial double action. Tt's time-tested, home-proved. .. the best-known home VAPORUVE children’s cold THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA | Edwen | McCloud, Charlson, GROCERY DEPARTMENT: Kemmer; Les Fragner, man- MEAT DEPARTM Grocery Dep! Bi | mouth mak BALEEN DISPLAY ON VIEW LOCALLY ¥OwW ity on display Health Service wttuck Building on siving a fore- Annual Creative Arts and Crafts exhibit s iled to » held next month in the Shrine Auditorium. e display, loaned by the Arts sion of the Alaska features the aft- mo artisans of Point d Wainwright, on Alaska's Baleen is shown form- ite basketwork and d into. a native boat, complete 1ils, tiller and rudder; as original state. - LES FRAGNER rtment Manager ximately ot each the 900 persans are : year in hunting mishaps, National Safety Council. rds all over the world retior ing nests mud, and as ceme stieks, e o DRINK KING BLACK LABEL! feathers. D TRANSPORTATION C O M P ANYY PAN AMERICAN FLIES §8 DURING WEEKEND d 66 passengers on from Paveika, Rushton, Evelyn Johnstone, well, 000000000000000000099000 PAGE THREE. Preston, John Bartholme, Frank Shellhorn, Julius Morris, Edith Morris, Phyllis Morris, Bob Weaver and Hans Hanson - HERE FROM SITKA Russell Clithero, Past Department Commander of the American Le- gion, is in Juneau from Sitka, ar- riving by plane this morning cn business connected with the Legion. He will attend the regular Mon- day night meeting of Alford John Bradford Post No. 4 this evening. - - GAME TOMORROW The Signacs will play the Douglas Firemen, and PAA tangles with the Subport team tomorrow night at 7:30 in the Juneau High School Andrew | gym, in the seventh session of the Millard | City Basketball League. 7 | 1 Carl . 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Use the complete passonger and express services of Alaska Airlines. Telephone 667, office Baranof Hotel for information. ALASKA RAIALINES ANNOUNCEMENT To the people of Juneau and Douglas who have so pafienily heen awaiting - New Electric Ranges and Refrigerators We are pleased to announce the display in our show rooms of new models of Electric Ranges and Refrigerators. Both HOTPOINT and GENERAL ELECTRIC have come and will now be arriving in sufficient numbers to take care of all needs. 3 ‘ it i COME AND SEE THEM ON DISPLAY IN OUR SHOW ROOMS . . . MAKE YOUR CHOICE . . . Place your order and have one of the finest obfainable. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY Phone 616 Kegular Service from Sealfle and Tacoma FREIGHT . . . . PASSENGERS REFRIGERATION =~~~ ALASKA TRANSPORATION €0. = Gastineau Hotel Phone 879 J. F. (Jim) CHURCH, Agent 90000000000 000000000000¢