The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, August 25, 1947, Page 5

ALASKA RAILROAD CONVERTED (ARS; SEATTLE, Aug ject to convert 300 wartime troop plart of the Chicago Freight Car and. Parts Company is disclosed. w ciEcoLos T cowaT AT Built late in the war for move- —PLUS— ment of military and naval per-j COLOR LATE NEWS sonnel and designed for later con- CARTOON VIA AIR version, the all-steel sleepers will be converted into hizh-speed box cars f use on the road's Fair- bar ward line first sample car is complet=- nd the cost of the entire pro- Je is estimated at approximate- ly £215,000. The cars were acquired by the Alaska Railroad under Public Law 478 which enatles the Alaska line fly UNITED MAINLINERS transfer of funds. The same company is converting 100 kitchen cars to refrigerator from Seattle cars for the Alaska line at an- other branch plant at Pueblo, cnlron“l‘ Colorado. Cost of this project o is $519,000. INCORPORATION and “All the East” From Juneau (via connecting cirline to Seattle) to SAN FRANCISCO . 11% hrs. LOS ANGELES 14% hrs. CHICAGO . 19%2 hrs, The Aleutian Cold Storage, of Se- attle;, Wash., has filed its articles oi incorporation with the office of Territorial Auditor Frank A. Boyle. It named its principal Alaska office as Sand Point and its legal repre- sentatives as R. E. Robertson, of IS TO RECEIVE NEW iNEws ITEMS 25.—(P—A pro-‘ sleeper railroad cars into freight) cars for the Alaska railroad is! under way at a branch at Auburn, it§ FROM SITKA SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 23 —(Special | Correspondnce) — The schools wiil reopen September 3 with many changes. Four buildings will be ‘n tooling yse: the high school, grade school, | (the old Pentecostal Orphanage, and the Government Native School | buildings The high school study hall has "been enlarged and rearranged; a ismall stage for pen rallies and Fri- | day programs has been added; and several rooms have been repainted The old orphanage building will be used by the music department Partitions have been remqved and {a new floor laid. The dressing rcoms in the Jrade scheol have been enlarged to hold 40 children and enough showers ad- ded to accommodate a dozen at a ime rew s been in- to receive war surplus as a prior- “_"", 1/1\ :‘P:}h{u‘r’lmw,m\,?‘ s ity government agency without |Stalled benea SEEEARE/ G0 0k, SN gym as the grade school furnace (which might not last through the year) was inadegate for heating both buildings at one time. The Government School has been cleaned and repainted and will house the third and fourth grades. Six additional teachers will be on the faculty this vear, making a total of 20. Another three n:w faculty members will replace those who re- signed last year Miss Willia Van Liere and Miss Helen Ewart will teach the first grade. Mrs. Eleanore Rowe and Mrs, Martha Robertson, second; Miss Derothy Cleo Campbell and Miss NEW YORK 5 o'« < 3836 hess i‘:fifi:’a;nd John E. Manders, Of {i0 1 erine Freeman; third; Mrs. Ber- ¢ tha K. 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William Rodenberg has resigned his position with the Northland Before Take Off on Allempled Woerld Flig U, ALASKA = PAGE FIVE SONG SPLATTERED - 555 rENTYRY | TECHNICOLOR HIT | = R 8 - . | T4 i AT 20TH CENTURY Last Times Tonight | #5 | ;g 78" el i i | “Do You Love Me,” 20th Century M/ { Fox's gay, song-splashed Techni- Qh"gM-.. | color musical hit starring Maureen | O'Hara, Dick Haymes and °"""" James at the 20th Century musicol i tre, was produced and directed ! two of the tainment world's i most famous nhmes—Goorge Jes- | sel and Gregory Ratoff, and flood- ed with the tuneful billianee of four new gure-fire song h | “Do You Leve Me is being | | jubilantly acclaimed as a rare and | exhilarating musical treat | | Brimful of high hilarity, excit- ing romance and melodic calight i|the film tells the story of the men \!and music in the life of a beau- | titul girls whose glamour is smoth- | {| ered by staid, small-town re- | [§ MBK HMW ; istictions until a trip to New A 4 { Yok brings her cheek-to-cheek | KESITEITEN { | |with a crconing Lobby-socks idol Jland a wolfish, trumpet-blowing bandleader. chez, William Kroencke, Martin 1 Mikelsen, Olaf Floe, Leona McDon- ald. J. H. Gray, Grace Simonson, . s — Fred Sundean, Robert E. Lee, Flor- A20m : _— . - - ence Jenkins, Patsy Clay, Daisy CENTURY-FOX PICTURE Ciiftord W. Evans (left) 26, Washngton, D. C., and Gecrge W. Truman, 30, of Los Angeles, look ovey maps | Clay, Edith Forgey, 'Ller(‘I’\(‘(' Peck | while their wives, Deris Evans (left) and Loa Truman chat during press conference in New York City. g 1, McKay, Hazel Dahl. ALSO | The men took off from Teterboro, N. J., later in attemtpt at first rcund-the-werld flight in cub planes. Ketchikan, 'to. dunssis:* Joan Nel- (® Wirephoto son, Alice Nelson, Linda Nelson. SPORTLIGHT : gk . — | e CARTOON Robert Hagen, who arrived by plane | . " lo o e e 0o 000000 o :mfl Tuesday from their home in Seat- | pedallng S e r I l “ gs progress- |e . AIR EXPRESS NEWS te. P r. TIDE TABLE o [ . kel . | Visiting at the home of Mr. and | g v 1 PR AUGUST 4 ST 2 ° Mrs. Prank Richards in Jamestown | pa Re(oun‘s p easures erl s S Lovtide s A7 L et Bay is Miss Winkie Tisdall who a r ® High tide .11 .‘.!I a‘m.’ 11.7 fee l ° rived by plane Monday ‘from her e Low tide ...16:40 p.m . YELLOW CAB home in Vancouver where she is ] ] ® High tide .22:48 D‘fl 16.3 feet ® | employed as a social service worker. as a Iwa l e ourney le S st % e b ® 0 0 0 0 00 00 00 0o Mr. and Mrs. Charles Carter ar- B rived from Juneau by plane Thurs- | e ! g Pllfil. ¢ay on a combined pleasure and | rd was received in Juneau this [ woq of complaint and darn good WELCOME SAILOR! business trip. This is Mrs. Carter from the adventurous Sperling company. Good campers .t00.” Rent one of our new “World" | first visit in Sitka since 1940, | trio —Harry, Sr., and children Dave cenery Unbeatable Lie - rates 40c per hour; $2 22 SRR | and Mary—who are making the trip Reporting on the highway, Sper- per da) Madsen Cyc 1 Shop, Mrs. Alexndria Ott left by plane |over the Alaska Highway to the)|ing says the scenery can’t be beat Phone green 113, opposite Ball| Thurséay enroute to Anchorage. Ac- | States by bicycle. They left Juneau | ang the road is in fine condition |87k 663 3t companying Mrs. Ott were her last month. A letter to the U. S.|if the speed is not excessive. Facili- 1 RIIRCH, 70 o8- G N 24-hour Dependable Service daughter, Clara Linquist and Pat |Forest Service staff here was dated | tjes average about 60 miles apart, | Seil !f Win au Empue T Lantry. | from Beaton River B. C. August 9. Following are some of the high- some meals cost a dollay and a quarter, cots at gas 50 and 65 cents a good whol to a dol night - $1.2: Arriving by plane Wednesday | lights as recounted by Pa Sperling frem their home in Omaha, Neb., In Beatton they have been halted | canadian were Mr. and Mrs. Steve Howard to | Iy @ one-room log house for three | 4re swell.” | spend a month visiting at the home | 48ys by heavy rains and sticky mud | The weather has heen fine except | allon, and the “people | ——— | Transportation Company and ac- of Mr. and Mrs, Keith Snowden. Get Your Genuwine : NUGGET JEWELRY at The NUGGET SHOP Ear Rings; in Gold $7.00 up HEADQUARTERS Through More than a Quarter of a Century for GIFTS . . CURIOS . . 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Their'home on Etolin Street, at the end of Finn Alley, is for sale. 1 Lloyd Tilson has opened the i Southeastern Travel Agency this week, with offices at Tilson and Son. At present he is acting as represen- tative of the Totem Air Service and plans to go scuth September 6 to complete arrangements for booking travel to any part of the United States. He also plans to represent 12 travel insurance company. The Totem Air Service is now making unscheduled direct flights from Sitka to Seattle with a PBY sonverted to passenger service by the Los Angeles Air Motive Com- sany. A sectidn of seats has been made removable to provide space “or air freight . Flight time between 3eattle and Sitka is approximately six hours. ' Larry Freeburn, former Manager »f the Pyramid Fisheries here, and 10w associated with the West Coast Airlines, arrived in Sitka last week n a combined business and pleasure trip. He was joined by his son Billy who hes been visiting Wally Ganty in Hoonah. They returned to their aome in Seattle via Totem Air Serv- ice on Wednesday. Mrs. Frank Herrick arrived Thurs- iay via PAA from Cruckston, Minn., ‘o visit her sisters, Mrs. W. C. Charteris and Mrs. Charles Peter- son. She will be joined by her eld- 2st son, Jim, who is on 30-day leave from service with the submarine sender service of the Navy, before seturning to their home in two weeks. Neil Andersen flew to Juneau Fri- jay to meet his son and daughter, Wake and Luella, who are expected to arrive in Juneau today after a summer’s visit with their grand- mother, Mrs. Maud Wakefield, in Seattle. 1 l Mrs. Art Hedges and son Gerald eturned to Juneau Friday after a | two weeks visit at the home of her wrother and family, Mr. and Mrs. Say Helland. Many social events vere given in honor of Mrs. Hedges during her visit. Bert Strom, son of Mr. and Mrs. Trygve Strom, returned Thursday from Petersburg where he had spent several weeks with his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Heinie Dahl. Mrs. Harvey Brown and infant son returned by plane Tuesday from a two weeks visit in Seattle. . Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Barnas, faculty members of Sitka High School, returned with their infant son Jimmy, from a summer’s visit ,with relatives in the Middle West. Guests at the home of Mr. and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Weeks and daughter Caroline returned last weekend from a summer’s visit in Long Beach, Calif., where Mr. ' Weeks attended summer session at the Uni- versity of Southern California. Mr Weeks is director of religious ac- tivities at Mt. Edgecumbe School. Margaret Beard and George Fed- oroff were married at the Presby- terian Manse Friday evening by the Rev. Elwood Hunter. Only members of the family and close friends at- tended the ceremony. The bride is the physio-therapyist at the Ortho- pedic Hospital on Japonski Island and the groom an employee of the ANS. The couple will make their | home on Japonski. The bride’s parents and borther, Mr. and Mrs. William H, Beard and William Beard, Jr., arrived by planc from Kansas City, Tuesday, to at- tend the wedding and left for their home by plane today. | Mrs. Neil Andersen entertained at a bridge party Wednesday cvening in honor of Mrs. Art Hedges. Two tables were played during the eve- ning, high score being won by Mr Louise Hansen. A get-acquainted party was given at the Club House on Japonski Fri- !day evening by the Island Recrea- | tion Group. One hundred ten island residents attended and enjoyed games and cards. On the commit- tee responsible for party planning were Mrs. Max Penrod, chairman, Mrs. Philip Moore, Mrs. George Nel- son, Mrs. Herbert Remmer and Mrs George Webb. | Several parties are being planned 1mr the fall and winter season. An Open House, with dancing, was held at the Club House on Japonski last Saturday evening for the junior |and senior and summer school stu- dents of Mt. Edgecumbe School, ,under the supervision of Mrs. Henry Barrows, girls’ supervisor. Mrs. Jack Conway and Mrs. W. C. | Charteris were hostesses Tuesday at the latter’s home, at a bridge lunch- eon in honor of Mrs. John Kienast who is spending two weeks with her daughter, Mrs. Frank Wright, Jr. Twenty guests were present. High score was won by Mrs. Frank Wright, Jr. Mrs. Art Hedges was honor gues? at a bridge party given by her sis ter-in-law, Mrs. Gay Helland, on Wednesday afternoon.Ten ladies were | which also stops the auto travel on the highway. Mary had developed | an upset stomach, delaying their trip {for perhaps another day. | ,Pa Sperling revorts the triv so far | has lived up to all expectations and {taken two inches off his stline. “However, I do not recall when I felt any better,” he revorts. “so per- haps I was not so crazy after all.” | Modesi Beginning " For the first three days of the | trip from Whitehorse, the Sperlings averaged a “modest” 25 miles a day, getting along fine, though weary in | the evening. Then Mary suffered a | bad fall coming down hill when her ! bike hi some loose gravel, tossi her, knocking her unconsci giving her numerous bruises. | “Fortunately, T was behind her or we may not have known of her | accident until a half hour I : her father writes. He gave her fi aid and yelled for Dave, who came | back up the hill. While they were | working over Mary. a northbound | pickup truck stopped and asked how far to the next town, then drove off without a comment. Later a south- bound truck stopped, followed by an Army truck, and they loaded the Sperlings and their bikes and drove them to the airfield at Teslin where first-aid man looked over Mary injuries and dressed them, cuts and | { | Turn Back Toss-Up “It was a toss-up with m2 whether | we should all turn back.” Sperling | reports, “but since we were sure no | | bones were broken and Mary insisted | {on going on, we stayed at Teslin for | three days.” Later they drove with a /B. C. forest ranger to Watson Lake | | where a doctor examined Mary and | said no bike riding for a week or {10 days for her, but otherwise she | ‘wag_all right. i | Although anxious not to become separated, Harry and David, it was | decided, would ride on the next| morning, and Mary would catch a ride and meet them at Fort Nelson, which they hoped to reach by bike in 10 days. Mary actually caught | | them near Summit, and all rode in the truck with her over Steamboat | Mt. to Mile 340. They camped there that night and the next day Mary had no trouble making the 40 miles to Fort Nelson. Another happening of interest, Sperling writes, was the loss of their | “grub” to a black bear. In camping they made a practice to hang their food in a tree some distance away, to protect their bikes; but this time | they picked out too strong a limb. They were able to get more food a few miles on. | “Briefly—Wonderful” i “Briefly,” Sperling reports, “it has | for two days of rain . .. not the | o far, two because of Ma very high passes be- | slightest trouble with the bikes . . .| have caught five rides with trucks 's fall and three ov: cause to make them would take "nearly a month longer. At the writing they still had 147 miles to go to reach Dawson Creek and will accept no rides. 'The: expected to r ust 20. -e> 'PAN AMERICAN CARRIES SCORES OVER WEEKEND On the northbound flight of Pan American Airways yesterday, they brought 18 passengers from Seaitle, and flew 28 passengers to Seattle and four from Fairbanks to Juneau. | Flying from Seattle to Juneau jwere: Connie Williams, Imogene | Stockdale, Homer Stockdale, Mar- |garet Berlin, Henrietta Power, Bill Rimes, Louise Blanton. | Marcella Stutte and infant Bob-, by, Hazel Forsen, Marion Schmitz,' Herbert Olsen, Edward Tuffs, Neil Davis, Herbert Hilde, Alice Herzig, Mildred Pace, Beverly Pace, Don| Mack. I Juneau to Seattle: gan, Alma Walker, Evelyn Christ- ian, Kenneth Christian, Minnie McBride, Robert McBride, William McBride, Dr. McBride. | Robert Aspray, Jake Aadland, Percy Dunlap, Robert I. Bouchard, Eghert K. Field, Glenn E. Eager. Walter M. Doyle, Thomas A. McGee, L. Simonsen, Betty Hoop- er, Danny Hooper. { Lavonne Moore, George Rogers,' Jean Rogers, J. A. Martin, William Beard, Linna Beard, William Beard, Jr., Jack Cauble, Harry Lucas. | Fairbanks to Juneau. Rotert Tal-' italera, Mary Aarebuhruck, James Strong, Willilam Huddleson. | On Saturday's flight, 25 pas- sengers were flown to Seattle and on the northbound flight, they brought 27 passengers from Seattle and three from Ketchikan. ! From Juneau to ' Seattle were: Judy McKelvey, John McKelvey, Mrs. McKelvey, Walter Anderson, Oscar Grimes, Ella Grimes. | Russell Smith, Jerry Powers, |Wayne Powers, Hilma Newton, |Carolyn Newton, Donna Newton, |Hazel Kirkpatrick, J. H. Stoneman, Waldo Lyon, Gertrude Hall, Nellie Emme. | ch Winnipeg by Aug- Tom Mor- | . SICKS' % o BREWING & MALTING i i co. SEATTLE SINCE 1878 * E. G. SICK, PRES Distributed Throughout Alaska by ODOM & COMPANY Featherweight Ease! 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In charge of arrangements are Ted Kettleson, Dr. H. J. Hodgins W. W. Knight, Neil Andersen and R V(1s. HarTy Hagen and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Avrit. : . to bed and slent 12 hours; could find no water in the morning and rode | 10 miles before making breakfast; | nevertheless we enjoyed it, although not at the time . . . we are tired gvery evening after a day’s ride, but it is surprising what a night's sieep can do to refresh one . . . one of the real pleasures of the trip has been ‘the kids. They are tops! Not one |Frank Driscoll, Sr, Ralph Krav- chok. | Seattle to Juneau: Minnie Wini- ger, George Bennett, Lucile Moxey, and infant Penny, Robert R. Col- lins, Mrs. Nellie Triplett and in- fant, Michael, Susan Triplett, Jim=' mie Triplett, Caroline Davis, Neil ! Anderson, Luella Anderson. Cecile Mortensen, George Dan- % Dirt-spotter Light—searches out dust in dark corners - Plus Tax and under furniture, | Feature after feature —point by point—it’s Aé::! 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