The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, May 21, 1948, Page 5

FRIDAY, MAY 21, 1948 THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE— JUNEAU, ALASKA SHOWPLALE or » OLIVIA de HAVI LEW AYRES it PLUS SAT. MAT. — ‘Los! Genevieve White, Leonard Olson fo Wed on May 27 Last evening at tne Bethel Tab- ernacle parsonage a personal show- er was given by Mrs. Ralph E Baker and Miss Ruth Webber for Miss Genevieve: White who is the bride-to-be of Mr. Leonard Olson of Paulsbo, Washington. The guests present were Mesdames Ed- ward Hughes, Troy Mansker, Don- 2ld Hutchins, Howard Baker, Will- jam Passey, Leona Bowling, Will- jam Colll L. Clark, C. B. Per- soneuous, and Misses Mary Louise Crowell, Sally Brensdahl, and Anne White, sister of the bride-to-be. The evening was spent in playing games after which Miss White op- ened her gifts and refreshments were served. Miss White and Mr. Olson will be united in matrimony Thursday, — C. J. EHREN Accounting Phone 351 — in Munnally Johnson's “MOTHER HUBB | LATEST NEWS VIA | DREICH — C BUSINESS COUNSELLOR Systems Room 8—Shattuck Bldg. [mmum COMES 10 CAPITOL FOR ' WEEKEND FEATURE ? “The D Mirror,” Nunnally |Johnson’s production for Interna- tional Pictures, coming to the Capi- e for this weekend, start- thrilling psycholo- na said to be the only mystery picture ever made in which all the clues stem directly from the mind of the culprit In orthodox murder mysteries, there invariably some pHysical onnection between murder and its rpetrator—a fingerprint, a bit of h, a hair, or perhaps a tell- tale fragment of fabric. This fas- sinating thriller, howev derives | all of its tensely developed dramatic values solely from the brain, and by 1 scientifically tested method of | procedure. ’ Olivia de Havilland and head the cast, of “The ark Mirror” which was directed )y Robert Siodmak. They are ably | supported ty Thomas Mitchell. Clivia plays twins, one a normal | girl, the other one of warped and | twisted mentality which finally de- | velops into homicidal paranoia. - 'RECEPTION TEA BY EMBLEM CLUB FOR MRS. A. WHALEY | = is LLAND A HUBBARD” City of the Jungle' May 27, at 8:30 pm. at the Bethel Taberna The Rev. Ralph E. Baker will perform the ceremony. Mrs. Charles DeBoer, sister of the bride-to-be, who has been teachiny school at Nenana and will a e Monday, will be matron of honor, 1d Mr. DeBoer will be best man. | s, na White, sister of the bride,| mne juneau Emblem Club will en- will be bridesmaid and Donald|tertain Mrs. Annie Whaley, District Hutchins will be best man. { Demity troi Kbk, Baturdds The reception will be held in the iome of Mr. and Mrs. Lyle John- | cepiion tea in the Gold Room of the on on the Glacier Highway. | Baranof Hotel. ends and acquaintances of the | mpe entertainment committee has coupie are welcome to attend the | planned the following program: wedding Sandra Junge will present ballet ——et> —— number the “Fairy Dance;” Carey SEATTLE v.SITORS Lou Blair and Sandra Hancock will S. Hiddleston, C. E. Stewart, |present a duo in toe rhythm; Mar- Eilertson, T. Conrad, Neal A.|jorie Blair will do a military tap, lscn and Charles Albrightsen, |and Shirley Casperson will also from Seattle, are guests at the/dance. Mrs. Lillian Uggen will ac- iaranoi Hotel. |company the dancers on the piano. - ~o e Helen Lister will present several numters on the piano and several other entertaining features are the | scheduled for the afternoon. 15| All memhers are requested to at- WRANGELL VISITOR Mrs. D. B. Hankins of Wrangell Institute at Wrangell registered at the Hotel Juneau. (is a no-host affair. e Before World War II .P. A the British Empire. CALL 806 Taxes | ~ {tend and take their friends. The tea about 40! | per cent of all U. 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Box 2596 Bader Accounting Service RUTH BADER {night at the Fire Hall, in an at- EWS ITEMS FROM SITKA (Special Correspondence) SITKA, Alasaz, may 15— The tax ordinance was again question- ed and amendments requested at the last meeing of the City Coun- cil which was held Tuesday eve- ning. Gordon Whitcomb appeared as a representative of a group of fishermen, to protest the sales tax on ice, bait, boat and fishing gear and engine repai; He asked that items used by fishermen in their business be exempt from the i city sales tax. to the query put by former San Francis three-bedroom house fuily furnished, a new Kaiser four-door sedan, $2,000 in cash and a choice of a suitable job in southern California. Veferan's Wife Wins $20,000 HOW TO BE A CINDERELLA—Simply tell Master of Ceremonies Art Linkletter (left) of the “People Are Funny” radio program that the answer to the “Raleigh Riddle” is “Cairo” and you might be richer by $20,000, for that is what Mrs. Ward S. George, of Lebanon, ay 7. Prizes for thg correct answer an Linkletter included a pleased about the whole thing. thorized paid before Council ad- journed. Final returns on the City | Tax for the past quarter amounted | to $12,30146, according to City iclcrk Frank Calvin, ‘ The Columbia Lumber sawmill | caught fire at 5 o'clock this after- Inoon, resulting in considerable; Hubert A, Gilbert and .Voseph‘ damage before the Volunteer Fire Department went into action. The unusually long dry spell made the building burn like so much kind- ling. The crackle of the flames could be heard for blocks. However, the firemen managed® to get the |nuiya) Benefit Health and Accl-{of the organization. blaze under control in a matter . Sales |the National Federation of Woman’s Club in Portland. She will act as representative of the Sitka Wo- |man’s Club., Belore returning to {Sitka she plans to visit with her daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. John Osseward in Seattle, and other relatives and friends along the coast. | Harold Veatch, owner-editor of the Sitka Sentinel, returned by | plane this morning from a weeks (stay at Virginia Mason Hospital, |in Seattle, for a medical check- | up. | b | Pat Campbell, nurse at Ortho- pedic Hospital since its organiza- tion, resigned and left last week- tend, to spend the summer in the | States. With Miss Campbell was her mother, Mrs. W. Segersun, resident of California, who had | spent two weeks visiting here. Miss Campbell plans to return jin the late summer or early fall ! to marry the owner of the South- eastern Logging Company. The couple will make their home at Sitko Bay where the logging camp is being moved f:om Camp Cou- !gan Bay, and where: they expect 1o operate for the next three years. | Mrs. John Cushing, owner of the | Sitka Telephone Company, left by plane Wednesday for Kodiak, to in- spect the installation of her new { company, The Kodiak Telephone. The Kodiak system, under con- {was finished by her brother-in-law, Ed Cushing Mrs. Cushing plans to return in ,about four weel Katherine Freeman, teacher in (the Sitka public grade schools the past year, left by plane Wednes- day for her home in the states, on receiving word of the death of her mother. Four months ago she re- rcefved word of the death of her father. This was Miss Freeman's ‘first year away from home. | Mrs. Russ Clithero flew south Thursday to attend the graduation lof her son, Dick, from Annapolis. 1 |R. Eisenstein have dissolved their | pusiness partnership in the Sitka |Realty and Insurance Company. | Mr. Eisenstein will retain the firm name, representing the Equitable Life Insurance Company and the |dent Association. Mr. Gilbert, will Istruction for the past two years, | 20TH CENTURY IS - SHOWING 2 BILLS, TONIGHT'S SHOW A collection of new and old musi~ cal numbers are heard in Mono- gram's Teen-Agers comedy musical, |“Freddie Steps Out,” at the 20th Century ‘Theatre, , tonight, with Freddie Stewart, June Preisser, Noel Neill and Ann Rooney in featured roles. Among the se ions heard are “Don't Blame Me,” by Dor Fields and Jimmy McHugh; “Pa- tience and Fortitude,” a new num- ber by Blackie Warren and Billy Moore, Jr.; “Let's Drop the Sub- ject,” hy Joe Sanns and Hal Col- lins; “Redskin Rhumba” and “Dark Bayou” as played by Charles Barnet {and his orchestra and “Cuban |Rhapsody,” a number written and played by Chuy Reyes and his or- chestra. Wwilliam Boyd as Hopalong Cas- sidy is in the other of two features, in another action packed thrilling western “Dangerous Venture.” Hop- py as always is’ accompanied by his two competent sidekicks, old ‘California’ Carlson, portrayed by Andy Clyde and ‘Lucky' Jenkins played by handsome Rand Brooks. The fun begins when the three musketeers are induced by a charm- ing young feminine archaeologist to accompany her expedition in its quest for buried Indian relics. land Juniors at a dance and buf- fet supper at Community House. | Charley Olson was stranded on | Whale Island when his skiff was ;swamped as he was picking up |some halibut gear. He managed 'to swim ashore to the island, where (his fire signal was sighted some | hours later by Hugh Pace and Fred Roman, cruising aboard the Silver Foam II. Pace and Roman 'had earlier found the swamped | skiff and were on the lookout for the shipwrecked fisherman. They made a trip to town ior a skiff be~ fore they were able to*land and | rescue Olson. . The baseball league was organized Wednesday evening when represen- tatives of all interested lodges met {at the Moose Club. They elected | Charlie Whittimore president and 1 Cecil McClain secretary-treasurer Club repre- | sentatives are: Charlie Whittimore of minutes and damage was M- eain the Americaf Home Fire In- | and Frank Calvin, Moose; Dr. H. J. ited to the northeast corner of the building. Another ten minutes and the blaze would have been beyond the control of our fire fighting equipment. 'surnnce Company and the Ameri- can Casualty Company agencies. Nels Drugg, resident of Sitka ymany years ago at which time he | was engineer at the Sawmill Creek | power house, returned to Sitka this Hodgins and Al Lawrence, Ei Chuck Pearl and Ken Cravens, Le- gion. All three clubs will be in | uniform for the first time this ‘year. First game will be played |the end of this month. The league | |hopes to send a team to compete Councilman Gilpatrick :noved that all sales over $500 be tax % exempt or a tax ceiling of $10. John Zarnanott cied Thursday at | be set. The motion was not sec- his home on Etolin Street. Born in Sitka, February 7, 1867, he had lived here all his life, marrying a Sitkan, Tatiana Efemova, who passed away in 1944. He ,is survived by one daughter, Mrs. Ray Race, and six grand- children. onded. Councilman Hope express- fishing gear should be exempt from Mayor Charteris ap- Councilmen Hope and to study the proposed and report at the next They, in turn, have call- meeting for Monday pointed Clithero changes meeting. ed a public A veritable epidemic of acci- dents happened to pre-school chil- dren and school children this week: On Monday, Marilyn Rogers, three- year old daughter of Mr, and Mrs. tempt to gauge public feeling on the proposed changes. week aboard his fishing boat Chief 7 Juncau this year. lnnd plans to fish in this vlcixmy.‘ Three boatloads of students and " b |faculty from Sheldon Jackson Graduation exercises for the Sitka | School are leaving May 18 aboard High School class of '48 were held | ¢ S Wednesday evening at the mghr(he Princeton Hall, the SJS II and senbial ith 1 di |the Vermay, to attend the meeting SEROnS W % a large audlence .. .o General Assembly of the Narvm) Pllatwon, snd subetatortss| [ruziorials (i o Seakie Jim Calvin gavel ax ekt SAnYARE= the first to be held on the Pacific _ i tion was given b Coast, The Sheldon Jackson es. The invocation was gwen bV |school chofr is going, to sing be- Es . " |iore the Assembly, and also at commenidement . address by H; A',‘Wrnnj;ell. Ketchikan and Metlakat- The finance commitiee reported that the city audit would be fin- ished shortly and the new bud- get presented at the next Council | meeting. | Councilman Goddard reported on the proposed extension of Monas- tery Street and recommended the work be done as soon as the city was financially able to undertake {the project. It was revealed that the VFW had not as yet received possession of “Baranoff Castle” and the City Clerk was asked to write the pres- ent tenants, The Assembly of God, asking that they vacate the build- ing within a week. No action was taken on Orville Paxton’s suggestion that if the Al- aska Coastal Airways be granted permission to moor their hangar at the Victoria Float, they would be willing to pay property taxes on the hangar. Cole, presented the school budget of $104,442.50 for the coming year, the City’s share to be $28,638.50. Because of doubt concerning the Territory's ability to meet its part of the budget and the threat of a revision in the City Sales Tax, Mayor Charteris asked the finance committee to review the budget and report at the next meeting. Bills totaling $763.64 were au- i Superintendent of Schools T. J. Max Rogers, took a walk around the rim of thc cold frame, fell through and almost cut her legs to ribbons. Gilbert Kitka, son of Herman Kitka, fell and broke his collar-; bone. Buzz Herrington, son of Mrs. Kelly Westfall, played hookey to swing on a forty foot rope tied on the tree near Swan Lake, fell and broke both arms. Just to make things more interesting, one was broken in two places. Both arms were put into plaster casts by Dr. Moore at the Orthopedic Hos- pital. Richard Perkins, son of Alfred Perkins, Sr, fell, broke one bone in his arm and dislocated anoth- er. And these were just the accidents we happened to hear about. Mrs. Vincent Thomas left by plane Monday morning, enroute to her home in Nebraska, an hour after receiving the news of the death of a younger brother. She plans to return within three weeRs. During her absence her family is being cared for by Mr. and Mrs. Gene Rhode. Mrs. Robert Mills left via Totem Air Service to attend a meeting of Accounting—Tax Reports Secretarial 3 Valentine Bldg., Telephone 919 H. S. GRAVES The Clothing Man LEVI'S OVERALLS for Boys Widest Selection of LIQUORS PHONE 39¢ HIP COMPANY I Alaska f THREE F THREE EATHERS AN AMERICAN FAVORITE EATHERS DISTRIBUTORS, INC. Empirs State Building, New York, U.S. A. NDED WHISKEY, 86 PRIOF, 65% GRAIN NEUTRAL SPIRITS X208 Gilbert, presentation of the class by T. J. Cole and presentation of diplomas by School Board President | Wally' McDonald. Music was pro- !vided by the school band under |the direction of T, F. Jones. In presenting the class, Mr. Cole made special mention of honor awards won by two of the students. Alfred Lawrence won a Pepsi Cola scholarship, being among the top ten percent of the thousands throughout the U. 8. who competed. Al also had received word that he had passed the entrance exams at West Point. The other"honor winner was Jim Calvin, who was presented with the American Legion medal for best all-around student and . citi- zen. Among the other medals won by Jim were the Honor Society award, the basketball medal and a medal as Past President of the Student Governing Association. After the commencement exer- cises the parents of the graduat- ing class were hosts to the Seniors la enroute. | Also leaving to attend Assem- {bly and to visit friends and re- |latives in the states are Mr. and Mrs. Chester Latta with their two children and Mr. and Mrs. Law- | rence Doig and their three children aboard their cruiser RISy o (RS 'RICHARD WINGERSON 15 EMPLOYED BY T0DD CANNERY FOR SUMMER i Richard Wingerson left yester- day via Alaska Coastal Airways for the Todd Cannery where he will be employed during the summer |months. He will return the first week of September and then leave for the East where he will attend the Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Inology at Cambridge. ——————— Empire wantads get results! ©1948, BATZ BREWING CO, EST. 1851 IN MILWAUKEE, WIS, " PAGE FIVE TI0"CENTURY ENDS TONIGRT Twin-Hit Program _ae» sune PREISSER ANN 'I’;M" WARREN MILLS FRANKIE DARRO MOEL NEILL JACKIE MORAN MURRAY DAVIS cHamIE BARNEY & ORNE{IRA oY (1343 L ORCHASTRA ...and . 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Mr. and Mrs. Edward Kunz; Mrs. Lillle Yarkon, Mrs. Elsie Johnson, Mrs. Anna Jacobs, Mrs. Jack Gamble, George Wil- son, Sr., Johnny Wise, Mr. ant Mrs. William Kunz, Mrs. Mar- tha Benson, Mrs. Natilia St. Clair. 894 1t B RUMMAGE SALE Lutheran Chureh, Tuesday, May 25 at 10 a. m. 894 3t Rope making was one of Ameri- ca’s earliest industries, A man in Boston produced it commercially as early as-1630. —_—— , GLADIOLUS Plant now for August flowering. Bargain assortment of two year old bulbs: 1 dozen 25c, 5 dozen $1.00, 12 dozen $2.00 postpaid. Beaverton Bulb Gardens Beaverton, Ore. BREWING BETTER BEER FOR THE 97™ Limited supply of cans available