The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 20, 1948, Page 2

PAGETWO " HONORS, AWARDS ARE ANNOUNCED BY PRIN. HARMON Commencement Exercises Witnessed by Crowd as Diplomas Are Given Graduates of of the Juneau the class of 1948 High School re- ceived their diplomas last night at the commencement exercises in | the High School gym, which was crowded by parents and friends. The high light of the evening, at all similar occasions, was announcements. of the awards the graduates and as each was lause was given to those as th | te made honored High ay BETTER Dresses hool Principal Henry Harmon le the announcement of the awards to the students. Richard Wingerson, Rodney Will- iams, Claire Folta, Rollene Clark, Willlam Schmitz and Juanita Diaz were the top six students to have a B” or better average for the four | ve in high school. Claire Folta, with an average of 3.750 was announced as salutator- and Rodney Williams, with an age of 3.941 was announced | edictorian. Richard Wingerson, who received econd place in all of Alaska in the Pepsi-Cola scholarship, was also awarded the Juneau Parent- Teacher Association scholarship of | 0, known as the Mamie Sperling | Menorial - Scholarship. [ Willlams was also the| recipient of the University of Al- a scholarship and the Wash- ington State Coliege scholarship. Harmon also nounced “that | exson, Williars, Robert How- | \d Arlene Godrins had a per- | fect attendance during the four| years in high school | Many other graduates were ~pec»l ially mentioned for recognition of | services during the school years. The graduates entersd the gym the Juneau High School Band yed Triumphal March as thel ssicnal, and took their places! on the stage. The invecation was | Prints and Rodney | | | w ell made by the Rev. H. E. By Rodney Williams gave the “Wel-| come” address; Richard Wingerson ; spoke on Tomorrow's Leaders,” | and Juanita Diaz sang “The Blue| Forget-Me-Not.” | The class prophecy was made by’ Albert Shaw and -the elass will‘ LouNukAluLATED by Claire Folta. Earl{ iy and Mrs. Rudy Pusich were ve a saxophone solo and|pcnored last evening with a wed- d chorus sang ding party in the Eagles Club Rodney Williams presented the| gjven by the family. Open house senior giit to Leo Osterman, 1949 | wac held during the hours of 8 Class President. |to 11 oclock during which time Tt was at this time that Prin-| ,any friends of the couple call- |cipal Harmon made the honors|og to offer congratulations and € awards and presented the|pegt wishes. In his short talk, Harmon| my and Mrs. Pusich were mar- d the graduates for their| jeq May 1 in Milwaukee, Wisc., at lious attention from kindergar-:ine home of the bride's parents, |ten to d through high school. |y and Mrs. George Carr. Wed- The of graduates was ac-|ging ceremony took place at White {cepted by Dr. J. O. Rude and|pjsh Bay, Wis, a suburb of Mil- | Superintendent Edwin C. Clark| yaiykee, and vows were given by | presented the diplomas. The proud | ipe Rey. Barry in St. Monica’s | graduates filed out as the band|cpurch. G | played the recessional, “Auld Lang| e and Mrs " under the direction of Al’:hrothrr and sister-in-law fred Ventur. | bride, were attendants | The graduates received the con- 3 | couple. gratulations of scores of friends| pollowing the wedding the couple following the exercises, e x this im-{went to Detroit, Mich., where they | promptu event taking place in the | tooK delivery on a new Cadillac, | high school halls. | which they drove to Seattle, touring the Black Hills and Badlands en- e Ml L0 YACHT SHORE LEAVE " | | Mr. Pusich first met his bride ‘ | while he was in the Naval ser- HERE FROM SEAT“.E‘:\;CE and when the latter was a ‘ON FISHING CRUISE i stenographer for the Morgan Elec- | trical Contractors in Seattle. Pusich More closely resembling a com-, plete floor of the Baranof Hotel! | owns his cwn home in Douglas and is a co-owner of Mike's Place. than the 81 foot yacht she is, the| ON VACATION Shore Leave from Seattle tied up| pigs Elizabeth Lancaster, third- at U.xs- small boat harbor T““Sd“y:[ourth grade teacher of the Deuglas arecxxxuonx and plan.s. w‘ leave ‘]“'ipublic Schools, was to leav: today LEES ‘fi 2‘1’“‘“&"‘(’) ]“2; A““““i‘ CIUiSe|yia pAA for Portland, Orcgon (o socn as ras repairs are com-| .. 5 ) : visit relatives and then will go to ]"i“l(;' ::itd l‘i;)‘t;k p;,{:‘:p‘: " Llhz her home in Michigan where she | % ¥ = {owns farm properties and live-| ;‘:m.)d lthe IB;lra;mf.E[hnfmg)of anfi stock. Miss Lancaster will re-| miralty Islands, after which 2|y, t5 pouglas for the Fall teach- return visit to Juneau is planned| £ er third consecu- | within ten days. | ing season for h onsecu: NEWS the mixe George Carr, Jr., of the for the Regular Prices Were $29.95 to $69.95 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA e:ly Earl, Claire inz on the playground equipment and others are assisting in the pro- Jec The started sec are Club which and intend Juneau Lions the project it through to completion, giving ‘a Community Beach amateur night shew in the Doug- las auditortum, on June 4 All preceeds in ticket sales is to go to further improve the Beach area, for bathers or picnickers, A prize is being offered by a local business man to the boy or girl selling the highest number of tickets to the show, which is un- der the direction of William Ma- theny of Juneau. DOUGLAS CLi UP WEEK Douglas Clean-Up Week will be- gin Monday, May 10, and continue ' through May 23rd. Allresidents are asked to clean their yards, paint,: | and fix up their properties in gen- | eral. ' All rubbish may be piled next to the street where the city | truck will haul it away without charge. (May 6, 10,13,17,2723) JOHN H HERE WITH BIG HALIBUT LOAD | Slightly more tuan 80,000 pounds ' of halibut and 4,000 black cod were | landed yesterday at the Juneau Cold | | Storage by four halibuters. | The John H came in with the! largest load of 53,000 pounds which | was taken by Alaska Coast Fisheries | !and Engstrom Brothers at 15.65 for medium, eight for chix, and 155 !cents a pound for large. The Ten- akee, skippered by Ronald John, had a catch of 12,000 pounds, the Mabel | K by Les Weiss had 10,000, and the Bertie II, headed by Royv DeRoux had 6,500 halibut and 4,000 pounds | of sable. | Pricet for the fish ranged from 15 to 15.65 cents a pound for medium and from 14.5 to 15.5 cents a pound for large, chix going at a constant | THURSDAY, MAY 20, 1948 Juneau High School _CI‘dSS” Of 48 Graduate_d 4 row: Eva Knape, Eric , Claire Olson; fourth second row Robert Howell Francis Smith, Jack Sorri; second row: Dudley Smithbers, third row: Robert Swanson, Rodney Williams. First row (top to bottom) Keith Weiss, Richard Wingerson HALBUT FISHING GERMANY TO BE SEATILE POLICE AGAINST U, S. IN | DRILL TEAM IS Included in the party aboard are; the owners, Mr. and Mrs. Stanley | W. Donogh of Seattle, and Mr. and | Mrs. R. K. Hillman of Spokane.| Mr. Donogh is with the Sears-Roe- tuck Company. Bill Ward has charge of the kitchen end for the| cruise. { Mr. Donogh, commenting relative | the vacht's equipment, pointed ! out that she came fortified with| |every thing but the fish, including a plane which is used for scouting. and lake fishing. “To date we've| little luck with the fishing,”| Donogh said, “but times are tough| and we're still hoping for the big]| ones.” When tcld that one variety| of Alaskan trout is superior |another, Donogh explained that he entertained no prejud along | that line and would accept any-‘ |thing found on the end of his | {hook ! Following the current cruise,| which is expected to continue for, /four to five weeks, the Shore Leave |will make charter trips into Terri- COTTON DRESSES and PLAY EL1TS (Sizes 10 to 20) &3.00 7¢ $10.00 QUALITY SINCE /887 to to] {here in August with Vassar Dyer !tive term. WAGNER, SMITH, W! Robert Wagner and mith left yestert [WARD relton Smith is F and life vessel M.S. Crane. a regular employee of the summer. He will return in the iall for teaching the seventh and eighth grades. DOUGLAS BEACH PROJECT A rought cketch is on display in the windows of the Doug Service Store, showing the propo ed Douglas Recreation Beach | which the communities of Juneau shape. The sketch drawn by Mac- Kay Malcolm, shows a rough plan which includes dressing rooms, wind breaks, sun shelters, toilets, picnic tables, fire grills and children’s play grounds. The road to the area parking lots are already construct- |torial waters. She is expected to be|ed by the two cities with the aid will be an of the highway department. The Jungau Fire Department is work- y for the sum-| Imer on board the Fish and Wild- | | eight. { Bob Smith on the Edco was in | |with 900 pounds of salmon from | |stephens Passage. - JEEP CLUB REOPENS Vernon M. Metcalf, Command-| er of Taku Post, Veterans of For- | WL, and Wagner is out for the oo Wars, announced today that |the Jeep Club will be open again | for the convenience of VFW mem- | bers and their guests beginning to- | night. T 90 AP 1 | POLICE COURT NEWS { Two ' persons were arrested last night by City Police on drunk | charges. Today, City Magistrate | william A. Holzheimer sent Frank land Douglas are now putting into | james to the City Jail for 15 days. EHe handed out a five-day sus. [pcnded sentence to Carl A. Bogren. | VFW MEETING TONIGHT | l Taku Post, Veterans of Foreign wars, will hold its regular meet-| and the | ing in the VFW Jeep Club at 8 Germans, | gelock tonight. In addition, there | initiation of a new, All Juneau and visiting reed (o attend ber. VPW mombers e u NEXT WAR: MANN “There will nov pe another war | until Germany is strong enough to | be a partner of either Russia or| the United States,” was the promise | s made today by Dr. Eric Mann, world | 'Thf- traveler and lecturer, who was the}mm‘ abB Marigelt by ‘Gagt. Hiks guest speaker at today aieeting | | 4 : hert Bakenhus, marched from po- of the Juneau Chamber of C(’m_‘licc HbadAnats to! the' 4" &t TepRR. 9 a. m, They will visit Ketchikan, Dr. Mann no indication that Germany will be | ka and on our side when, and if, a war | should come. He went on to e)_mlain { RHODE RETUR the various liaisons and alhances Leo Rhode of Hawk Inlet, has between the I./G; Farben CO'I anA7 otyrned here via PAA from Fair- many, other dndustrial irms‘hanks where he has been attend- m;{’e“ge};;‘;;h::; ‘;’;’;g",ne detail, the ing a meeting of the University of o 2 5] rd of Regents, of which interlocking control of the varlousx:;a i:“:‘r’::fmfe r.R B industrial plants, some of which are | a3 35 interested - in atomic research. Dr.| Mann says that he believes that | PICNIC Ca~CELLED in the Russian zone of | The Rebekah picnic, | for Sunday, May 23, will be post- larger industries outside the Rus-(poned until a later date, it was sian zone as well as in many foreign | announced today. The new time | will be published later, — The po- team and aboard the a SEATTLE, May 20 lice Department dril? quartet left today steamship Alaska on odwill tour of Alaska. two groups, compr way. Skag - -~ Germany, still control most of the lands, COMING NORTH ing 50 | .2ciared. that. there is| wrangell, Petersburg, Juneau, Sit-’ scheduled | (CLOSURE ten-day | SEATTLE, May 20.—#—The In- | ternatiofal Fisheries Commission | announced today the halibut fishing | closure June 1 of waters from Cape | Blanco, Oregon, to Cape Spencer, | Alaska, west of Juneau. The order is effective at midnight | June 1. The commission said it is | estimated the catch limit of 25,500,- | 000 pounds for Area 2 (Willapa Har- bor to Cape Spencer) will be caught by that time. There is no limit set for Area 1-B, from Willapa to Blan- co, but it closes automatically with Area 2. e ———— JCATTLE VISITORS J. B. James G. E. Beavers, G. | L. Kamplain, S. C. Bassett, F. J. | Englert and Felix Holm, all froin | Seattle, are staying at the Baran- ‘of Hotel,