The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 12, 1947, Page 2

PAGE TWO (Graduation Gifts tart thinking 1 e the I'ime has come tc what young you are going to giv man uit. styled in Roc brow Shoes . . . by Freeman—all leather, well —black or brown. 6 to 12 siz Hickey-Freem You can’t buy a They ar o BAVARDS SELL OUT CALIFORNIA 6ROC. | TONEW PARTNERS Fragner and Mansfield Take Over Second Old- est Grocery Store | Sale of the second-oldest business |in Juneau was announced today |by Mr. and Mrs. N. J. Bavard |Nick and Mary, as they are most |generally known—who are retiring |from operation of the California |Grocery and Market only the {grocery department of B. M. Behr- ends Co. has been longer estab- lished in that line here. Final negotiations for the sale to a new partnership, of Les Fragner |and Ray Mansfield, were completed jon the past weekend. The trams- |action involves the store stock and jbusiness, purchased outright, with a leas on the store and apart- ment building in which the Cali- fornia is located, also owned by the Bavards. The California, then a grocery store only, was opened in 1917 by Steve Lazos, uncle of Nick Bavard Shertly later it was taken over by Nick and his brother Mike Bavard. The brothers operated the store together until 1933 when Mike Bavard died Since that time Nick and his wifé Mary have been in full charge. The store bas always been its present South Franklin location. Mr. and Mrs. rd stress that Juneau is their home and they have no intention of leaving her even though they are retirin from the grocery and meat husi- . They will contir to reside their apartment over the store at their place at Auk Bay. y may a trip in the fall, 4 yvet have no definite plans Their son John will enter college fall and their daughter Katherine will continue her studies ne in and Thy tut SUITS n or Michaels-Stern finer, more acceptable : of superb all-wool fabric, e 2 come in ereys, colors, Recular, Sizes 36 to 46. in Juneau High School. Both son and daughter were born and raised in Jureau Branch Out Mary Califor When over Bavard 1 Nick and the was but CAL $ a grocery store, un- $45.00 1o $95.00 management has steadily abrics are flanne worsteds, expanded to become cne of " the abardines and tweeds. finest in the Territory. A com- AR it i 1 meat market was added a & ver 10 years ago and for Shirts . . . cars a liquor store was Nothing finer for him than a Hathway. operated adjoining the main store made We have white or colored. 14-17 sizes. The Bavards held the first retail D . TaTa e i T i liquor license issued in Juneau af- to A widths. S45@ - ,“;7,75 ter the repeal of prohibition. The California Liquor Store was $8.95 t0 $16.95 Trousers . . . Scmething Nice to wear with his sport coat. Coverts, They come flannels and gabardines. Brown, g wools. M tans, and blues. 30242 sizes. large. $11.95 to $22.50 BMBEHRENES),; 9, BLACKMARKEING, ABA Asking Change. SOLAR HEAT MAY ROBBERY DECLINES, In Gi Bill fo Aid SCONBE ANSWER PHILIPPINE ISLANDS Lawyer - Veterans 10 FUEL PROBLEM| WASHINGTON, May 12 g The American Bar Asscciation to- day asked Congress to change the GI Bill of Rights so that young Inwyer-veterans could receive the-job training ts ior the first 0 years aft ing admitted to the bar Sidney P, the Association’s MANILA, Mey official blackm been goir pines. The situat by Major Gene! who commands the Ryukyu island area said up an summi; et 1 Gec Phili} Simpson, Chairman cemmittee ol that 1 total o, CoRHATER: with “Ahs 4 tinuing education, told a Senate v ok o Welfare Subcommittee that “it is lackmarket common knowledge that a young man just out of law school though he ve admitted to the not yet re But the Ve dy to practice I ran Adminis s ruled that a man, once ted to the iar (authorized by courts to practice), is ineligible wces, he said >oe ALASKANS IN TOWN Ba included notf Hotel ove the follow ry; Esther Baco Roy C from r. and Mrs, Wayne A | Summit > FROM ARLINGTO! H Alcins, Ger Skir v Page > BACK FROM TRIP SOUTH Baranof Hotel - THE GASTINEAL egistered guests ov AT nus from nd Mr, and Mis. E. | anof H and Margaret Ec ed by her husba mk from Sitka - Airlines Let Empire wan-tac Sport Shirts . . . $5.95 10 516.95 Har Floe from sold a year ago to John Marinovich s removed from the building the enlarged to oc- cup; acated space. Nick Bavard first came to Ju- neau, from Portland. Oregon, in 1917, when the store was cpened In 1924 he married Mary Connor, a Juneau girl who became also his business partner. New Owners Ycung The new owners, Fragner and Mansfield, are young men, both unmarried and both well-grounded in the 2il focd business besides bei established in Juneau Ra Mansfield was born in Wirnebago, Nebraska, and graduat- red from school there, after \schooling at Oakland, California. He began to learn the meat busi- ness while attending school in (his heme town in Nebraska, and after finishing high school went {to Denver, Colorado, - where he i il al likes to receive. rayons, cottons and all- Small, medium. vays colors. CHICAGO, May 12—#—Were you' alarmed at the sk of your fuel bill this past winter? Solar heat, } which enli: the warming rays of - 7 S b wia the sun, may be the answer to your JE w AR ,.q SL Ts home-heating problem. ! Tt aight from Dr. F. W. of Purdue University, has just concluded a two-year the possibilities of solar experiment, he used 1 houses. They were identi- cept at one had large of double-paned insulat- glass on its southern exposure.' ding to Professor Hutchin- | » house with the big, insul- ure windows was much * to heat. More heat entered | windo than escaped)| igh them Opens May 22 his ing Pre Each - BRITISH LORD PROTESTS FOOD PRICES ABROAD YON, May 2—-¥-Lord De told the House of Lords sreed to buy food “blackmatl marker.” 0 Canada, the Conser- | in a discussion hortage, “is cost- are paying oar | country America is costing t from the Ar- aflable, he said. “At are buying on a LOCATION: ald food in this HOW tar cat deal more L moment we we are ¥ market - - - $ NS ON THE ALEUTIAN th N Robertgon of Bew- d In JuneaM Saturday gt on the Aleutian, and register~ ‘ cuest of the Baranof Hotel buying Used, double Aretic sleeping bags, filled with down and e Mummy type. in temperatures as low as 40 degrees below zero. managed a retail meat market for three years Mansfield came to Alaska in 1940 and was assistant manager of Copstead’s Twentieth Century Meat Market. He entered the Navy in 1941 and returned to Juneau up- on his release in 19 has been in this city ever s Les Fragner was born halfs, Wash. and his schooling at the nearby town of C ndview, Wash. He served for a time in the U. S. Marines, then went to work for Safeway Etores, at Wenatchee, Washington. After seven months, he was promoted to manager of the Safeway stores at Wenatchee. Cashmere and Ckanogan. After six years with Safeway, Fragner went to work for the A&P and for most of the next six years was manager of the A&P store in West Seattle. He came to Juneau as grocery Asks $15,000 For Governor WASHINGTON, May 12—®— The Interior Department today | urged Congress to increase salaries of the Governors of Al a and other territories from $10,000 to $15,000 yearly. Irwin Silverman, Chief of Divi- sions of Territorids' told the House Territories Committee it was be- coming harder to find qualified governors without personal wealth Delegate Bartlett supported the increase ‘proposal. Chairman Crawford, Republican of - Michigan, asked Silverman to. submit a list of all income expense jdepartment manager when Roald funds, housing and personal servic: |Copstead and Harold Bates opened gllowances for each governor. i the Twentieth Century Super Mar- o > i i ket in 1946. On January 1, 1946, : Fragner took over Copstead's in- SouARE S'"NET HA 700 TONS FOR HERE terest in that store, and contin- at finished Che- ued as grocery manager. As of May 1, this year, Frag- ner disposed of his interest in the Twentieth Centuxy and with Mansfield as partner entered into I { Northland Transportation Com-' pany’s freighter Square Sinnet, un- final necotiations for purchase of ger Capt. Erling Bradstad, arriv- the California. ed in Juneau this morning -at 8 The new owners stated that gclock with a cargo of 700 tons Tommy Mierzejewski, driver, and f,r Juneau. She is not expected John Hogi: will continue on the California’s staff, with Lee Lucas being employed as accountant. OVERWORKED (APTAIN QUITS SHIP JF 4NS Henry D. Barrow, Captain of the i Alaska Native Service boat, M. S. Mt. Edgecumbe, has resigned from the Native Service, because of the long hours he has been required to work. Barrow, in a letter to Fred R. Geeslin, ANS Assistant Superintendent, said that the 10 to to finish unloading and sail untill late tomorrow. | Included in the freight on the Square Sinnet was a 10-ton lathe consigned to the Northern Com- mercial Company for their boat werks. Three Caterpillar tractors were also ccnsigned to NCCO.! There were 10 automcbiles on toard, including, a Willys Jeep Station Wagon for the Salvation Army, and a new Ford mainten- ance truck for Alaska Electric Light and Power Company. - - FROM LOS ANGELES James L. Pray, representing the 16 hours of daily work, demanded Americana Corporation of - Los of all ANS department heads, is Angeles, Calf., arrived in Juneau tco much on Sunday and registered as a No successor has been named guest of the Baranof Hotel to replace Barrow whose resigna- — - - tion becomes effective upon his re-. Buy it through Empire want-ads! turn to Sitka from a weekend trip here. He s held the jobs of ANS Ship's Mechanic and Marine Instructor at the Mt. Edgecumbe School R WILLIAM SPRIGADE DIES IN HOSPITAL Sprigade, for many years connected with the Juneau Volunteer Fire Department, ed away last evenips at in St. Ann's Hospital William the age who was born in Brocklyn, New York, was single. He had worked with the Juneau Fire Department as cook and more recently as caretaker of the Ball Park Funeral services are pending ar- rangements at the harles W. Carter Mortus Sprigade, ——— SHABALDAKS GO SOUTH Mr. and Mrs. Sam Shabaldak, proprietors of the Triplex Cleaners, ! leit on the steamer Aleutian Satur- day night a long-planned trip ! to the Statcs, their first in about | Ti plans include pick- | ing up a car in Seattle and then | i just drivinz around wherever they feel like g Shabaldak told ! friends before leaving. | g | PENOLA INC., Chicago, 1. errands. Cleap and efficlent! | | DMINISTRATION : SALE to Gommercial Buyers of 2334 Surplus Arctic Used Sleeping Bags viously Offered to Priority Greups s 6 ; 3 Minimum Lot 50 10 a Customer duck feath- Zipper closed. Weight 1215-1bs. Can be used 1671 at Anchorage (Surplus Property Whse) 256 at Fairbanks (SP Whse 363, Bay A) 155 at Kodiak (SP Whse, Ft. Greely) 252 at Nome (SP Whse; Nome Garrison) TERMS: Certified check, cashier’s check, or money order payable to Treasurer of the United State: erty to be removed within ten (19) days buyer’s expense. TO BUY: Sale opens May 22, 1947, and will continue Prop-- at the until all bags are sold. Specify the location where you wish to buy and address your Jorder to: General Disposal Divisi War Assets Administration Box 2466 Anchorage, Alaska Office: Army Recreational Hall, 2nd St. btn C & D Sts. “IN MUD-TO-THE-HUB WEATHER YOUR TRUCK CAN TACKLE ANY JOB!" Sure it can—when RPM Chassis Grease is sealing out mois- turc and mud! It’s a super-tough grease that really sticks to bearings and spring shackles, and forms a shock-absorbing cushion that resists being smashed out by heavy loads. You'll like the easier riding that RPM Chassis Grease gives you— it's made to absorb vibration. Save wear and strain with RPM Chassis Grease! J— 7. . DYER Branch Manager Telephone 280 *Reg. U. S. Pal. ON, Let us show you the Great Name in cleaners ... Hoover, Women prefer Hoover 2 to | over any other make ‘because Hoover’s exclusive triple-action cleaning—it beats...as it sweeps ...as it cleans*—saves time and strength, keeps rugs and rooms bright and clean. Come in or phone for a home demonstration ... no obligation. ALASKA ELECTRIC LIGHT & POWER CO. Cheerful dispensers of 24-hour electric service and merchandisers of Top of the World products IYoover—General Electric—Hotpcint—Kelvinator—Thor NOTICE TO ALL FISH BUYERS FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE WE QUOTE ARTICLE 6, Scetion 3167, Compiled Laws of Alaska, 1933: Sec. 3167. UNLICENSED FISHERMAN NOT EMPLOYED, NOR FISH TO BE BOUGHT FROM: PUNISHMENT. It shall be unlawful for any person, association or corporation, or for the agent of any person, or for the officer or agent of any association or corporation knowingly to have in his, their or its employ, or knowingly to purchase fish from any fish- erman who is not duly licensed as such under the pro- visions of this article. PENALTY. Anyone violating any of the pro- visions of this section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine 'of not less than fifty dollars nor more than two hundred dollars, or by imprisonment for not less than thirty days nor more than one year, or by both such fine and imprisonment, and in addition thereto shall pay to the Territory double the license tax provided by this article and which such fisherman was required to pay to secure a license from the Territory. DEPT. OF TAXATION Box 651 Juneau, Alaska M. P. MULLANEY Tax Commissioner.