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The Helv Trinity Troop . NEWS | | COUNCILMEN NOW POLICEMEN | A special meeting of the Douglas | City Council was held last night on ime request of Mayor Pusich, to act on several important matters, An ordinance, named No. 27, was read concerning gambling and vag- | rancy and was adopted unanimously by the Council. Ordinance No. 27 prohibits gambling cf any kind to ‘bo done within the city, also pro- ‘hlblls slot machines from being in- | stalled or used, punch boards or any other means of gambling. The ordi- nance also gives the city a vagrancy law and provides a $100 fine or 30 days jail sentence or both on the !dmrenon of the City Magistrate upon conviction. The ordinance passed its first and |second reading at the meeting with placed second place for honors at|adjournment made for that pur- camp last year. They were tobped Troop 643 of Sitka. Last niht’s | vose. The Mayor also swore in all six Maston to pack Christmas boxes to| the “wee sma’ hours.” be delivered to residents in poorer { The Club has been colorfully have circumstances to assist them in a | jeccrated for the occasion with tact some mémbers of the club and | dining rooms. | community and provid F'RSI ANNIVERSARY“MH i e e - | scond year of operation,'g hcle golf course in son will be held | front or ti Merry Christmas. Anyone knowing ry and tinsel and Christmas of needy persons are asked to con- | crees been placed in both give their name and address | In its first year of operation T v | the Club has taken its place in the GALA TIME PLANNED - al TR { the di of Club plan to | install a 1 b building k Country Club et oo December 23 | A gala celek: at the Salmon Cr on Tuesday evening, in honor of the Club's first anni- | the completed todav for tomorrow at Plans wi versary. All members and guests|son's Electric Co. under the of the Club are invited to attend ! pic of the La Auxilicry of the festivities and free cocktails ku Post, Ve of Foreign will be served in the evening be- Procecds tween 8:30 to 9 o'clock. Jerry Nottingham's orchestra will play for dancing from 9 o'clock unti Mich FRIDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1947 JUNEAU FMARINE CO. Marine MARINE WAYS and Hardware "“(oxirnocmon © Beat Sales Rubber Boats reot west rienn s~ Appraisals PHONE 29 JUNEAU, ALASKA BOX 2719 Have Your Boat Steam Cleaned While on Our Ways l)ependaibh- and Regular disposal service. Startany time, and forget your past difficulties! ACME DiSPOSAL SERVICE Telephone 631 afterncons and evenings for rates and | + pick-up schedules. Payments for thi vice may be made at the First National Bank, v proved the one-year-old Troop | Councilmen—Rex Hermann, Charles to be making good strides toward |whyte, Elroy Fleek, Sante Degan, O B ; SOHNSON'S GLO-COAT Hode in the U.S. A, by the makers of Johnson’s Wax how long since you saw home? he end of the busy season i chance for o vacation 1 the old country. Plan r o go by air mny extra doy with old relatives. Daily flights {rom New York on new, friends Overnigh e scandinavian airlines sysiem Glasgow, Copenhagen, Oslo, Stockholm. Your travel agent represents us locally. Ask him about o complete round-trip by air Scandinavian f S-S da-fec Sl far T o) PERCY'S of Course! DENT CHOCOLATE CANDIES A large stock of FRESHLY MADE candies, bearing the famous name of DENT (formerly Van Duyn’s) is being rushed into our store on the last ship from Seattle to arrive be- fore Christmas . . . This delicious candy, made of fresh cream, butter and fine chocolate will reach Juneau Saturday. Of course YOU want some of this famous candy to make YOUR CHRISTMAS the sweetest ever. the top spot in the district. Herbert Riley, Senior Patrol Lead- | er for the Douglas Troop, did an excellent job of keeping his Troop under control. Besides winning sec- ond place in the rally the Douglas Troop placed fourth place at sum- mer camp last season. Scouts of Douglas who partici- pated in the rallv were: Richard Isaak, Vernon Stevens, Pat Welling- ton, John Jensen, Bill Fleek, Herbert 'Riley and Tom Cashen. Scouts of Troop 23 were: Donald MacKinnon, Gerald Shaw, Gerald Wade, Fred Stewart, Arthur Mc- Kinnon, Eddie Dull, Gary Hedges, Richard Folta, Kenneth Murray, Keith Oberton, Elton Engstrom. | Charles Werner and William Boehl as special police and authorized |them to enforce or assist in enforc- |ing any city ordinance that is not | observed. The city bus franchise was up for considerable discussion but was imostly personal between members | of the audience and nothing definite ‘was decided by the Council. Another special meeting was call- |ed by Mayor Pusich for next Mon- day night, when the third reading of the gambling ordinance would be |read, and if passed, become ef- fective. SCHOOL PROGRAM TONIGHT SN, 1 0 WY SN MY R TR bl %o % B e e o S N e ey WEETEST SPOT i The Douglas Public School Christ- imas program will be given to the |public’ this evening in the school | |gymnasium, beginning at 8 o'clock A full program of entertainment 'is scheduled, parts of which each . STEAMER MOVEMENTS ! Denali scheauled to sail from: i Seattls tambrrow, student will contribute. ¥ { The first and second grades will Al E: - aska scheduled to sail from Se. Istart the program with Ilullaby attle, December 23. |songs and a rhythm band. Sword Knot sai; s rrom Seatie: perequled o sall| " rho third and fourth grades will 2 ¢ present a musical and dance. Fifth Princess Norah scheduled to sail | i from Vancofiver; Decembes 29 iand sixth grades will present a pan- | Aloutidf tes- asl tomime of six scenes and the sey- | scheduled | i | southbound 7 a. m. Sunday. \enth and eighth grades will present | s |several recitals and poems. | The program will end with Christ- S |mas carols by the Douglas Rainbow PSSR ———————— ¢}, X | Try the wani-aas for bargalns! b A six-pound and seven-ounce baby boy was born to Mr. and Mrs William F. Snyder yesterday morn- ing, December 19, in St. Ann’s Hos- pital in Juneau. The baby boy is a first child for the Snyders. 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