The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, December 21, 1946, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT SHOPPING DAYS | TO C;HRISTM’ASU | ALASKAN SEARCHES FOR REINDEER IN N. Y. AND FINDS 1T NEW YORK, Dec. 21.—The sea- con being what it is, Mrs. Willlam Henry McMullen of Brooklyn went cut lol or a I today and by golly, found one It happened to have a bit of stuf- fing in it, however. Mrs. McMullen thought it would be fun and make Christmas seem like old times to see a reindeer, even the stuffed species, because sh part Eskimo and has been “dreaming of a White Christmas"— in Alaska: in Akulurak, Alaska, to t no other time during the year do any of us derive the pleasure, satisfaction and contentment we receive from the joys of Christmas. The pleasant associations of friends and loved ones, the spirit of good feeling and love for our fellowman are in evidence everywhere and from these associations comes a stronger con- fidence in those around us. | It is the Christmas is important! season of sincere good will, the spirit which should go with us the three hundred and sixty-four other days of the year. McMullen, a former junior at the USO Club in An- chorage, Alaska who flew to New York last sumr to marry a GI she met while serving at the club, asked the USO here if it knew where she could find a reindeer in these parts. After a bit of collective head- seratching, the USO id maybe a zoe would be the plac Mrs. McMullen, who says she is part owner of a herd of reindeer back home, checked around and then told the USO that not even the klyn zoo had a reindeer. The USO went to work again and finally advised that the best it could offer was the mounted var- iety of the American Museum of itnural History. Mrs. McMullen put on her Alas- kan parka and proceeded to the musecum—where she wound up lec- Let us each pledge ourselves toward this geal. turing on reindeer to a group of school children who gathered around upon noting her unusual attire. - The B.M. BEHRENDS Bank | sugar Ray Robinson Wins Welter Honors By SID FEDER T 7 NEW YORK, Dec. 21—At long BRESIPRREE33353033¢ EEEPEBEESRERREEER le : ey ;‘;“p"d ‘::“]':(‘r"‘:“;:::‘ff 4 Sugar Robinson—and it hap- A!f pened just about in time, too, be- ¥ cause the Sugar Man isn't nearly so sweet in the swat department now as he was once. ; It took five years for the Harlem Stringbean to get his shot at the 147-pound bauble. When he finally got the ticket to the title taffy- pull last night, he arrive on sched- ule in Madison Square Garden with a 15-round decision over Tommy Bell to take the championship Marty Servo abdicated when he retived with an aching nose in Sep- tember. ut. those five years of waiting— ing which the uptown beanpole 75 iights, won 73, lost one (to 1 middleweight) and tied anothar —apparently took something out of the Sugar Man that hé isn't going | to get back. Bell laid an assortment of large | left hooks on Sugar Ray's whiskers | that did the Harlem Hammer no | geod at 1d one of them even dumped Robinson for a seven-count in the second round. And after | Tommy himself hit the deck in the 11th and had lumps raised on him | in the 12th as Robinson tried to | put the squeezer over, the Ohio | hot-shet came charging right back | -3 otiday it On Behalf of the Staff The O'Reillys Wish You A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS = o - from the BUBBLE ROOM Baranof Hotel Pest f"»fl"’" % to take the 13th and 14th. 1‘ éfil Of the 700 men students at d i % | Swarthmore College, 475 are re-| R R RCDDCCRRCODEDTEUREIEY | umed servicem. ‘ ! ut ok O\ a ity for ¥ : ; go(“"n e "r\\ws‘ qur Up hill and down dale e 8 OFinis COTe PO o e 5 G n w \ A go our Christmas wishes to all | Wet £ri nds 4 out Q‘Ond\r\g i urind many ' eceive \,\ndefi\Ne no? ser‘l‘c,e our [riends and patrons. (0‘40'5(0( \{ou‘;e you- pette’ o rSe(lso\'\ 3 AR el o ! This is the time of year when the cup of e‘;ko"s o-mg YEO(\\‘ h'\er\?sw-‘s\'\es 0 a S good cheer is its fullest, hospitality ‘hedcex‘e“dct\% vy o S § ! ond & s h is its cheeriest, and our thoughts G"ee‘mg M of you arc warmest! FRANCES ANN'S BEAUTY SALON Shaffer’s Sanitary Meat Co. THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA I3 { R T Pest Wishes ristmas. o CIYCCJC LjOLl CI{ G ~ and wish you FOSS and MALCOLM Butier-Mauro Drug Co. > 2. H. R. VANDERLEEST AND BEST WISHES It is with the deepest sincerity that we extend our best wishes to all our friends this glorious Christ- mas. May your every wish be fulfilled and may the joys that fil your hearts serve as happy memories in the many months to come. Juneau Wader Company THE BELLS OF CHRISTMAS ring out, filling the air with their sweet, melodious tones . . . filling men’s hearts with overwhelming joy. Voices are lifted up in happy unison. Bells and people join in chorus — pealing out — singing out the merriest greetings of the Christmas season. Familiar music to all ears —music that proclaims “unto us a Savior has been born” — music that inspires happiness . . . music that carries from one to the other the very best of wishes — good health, good cheer, good fortune and above _all—a message for a most wonderful Christmas. We join in our sincere Holiday Greeting. KELLY’S & MOORE’S - Clover Club