The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, October 26, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ¥ CORCNER'S JURY FINDS SHOOTING WAS ACCIDENTAL A corcner’s jury late yesterday found that Willis W. Roff, who was shot Sunday, “came to his death in an accidental manner.” The verdict was handed down after the jury heard the story from the lips of the elderly man who had fired the shot. Ed Kibby, 71, said that he andl Roff, who lived at his home, had gone to Douglas Island to “sight in” Kibby's rifle Sunday afternoon They went to a clearing near the mouth of Eagle Creek on the road north from the bridge. Roff put up a target on a stump at one end of the 100-yard long clearing. ‘I was shooting at the target from a stump across the cléaring,” Kib- by said. “I shot once. Everythlngl seemed clear. I loaded.” Reaching this point in his story, Kibby broke down. Tears streaked his face. His voice was low when he continued: “I don’t know what happened. I didn’t see him at all. I fired. Then he ran towards me 40 or 50 feet.” “When he fell, I walked toward | him to see what happened. Then I started to get help. Started down the road praying for help.” Kibby went to Robert Parker's house on Douglas Island. Thomas P. Rome, who lives at the Parker home, went back to the clearing with Kibby. He told the coroner's jury that Roff was dead when they arrived in the clearing. They took the body in Parker’s truck to St. Ann’s hospital, Juneau. Dr. William Whitehead, who was called when they had taken the body to the hospital, said Roff had been killed by a bullet which entered his back lower than the| point. at which it left his body. “It looked as though he might have been bending over, looking at the target,” Dr. Whitehead said. Kibby is blind in his right eye as the result of an injury. But he said his left eye is quite good. However, he said Roff was wearing | a black jacket and cap and khaki trousers, and the stumps around the target were dark. It was a murky afternoon. When Kibby, with the help of Parker and Rome, had taken the body of his friend to Juneau, he was advised to stay at St. Ann's Hospital. Government officials, investigat- ing the accident, saw Kibby’s emoc- tional condition and feared what might be the result of his remorse- fulness. He was admitted to St. Ann’s Hospital Sunday night and remain- ter Willane in an eastern college, as well as by two sisters, Mrs. Elsie Klenke of Juneau and Mrs. John A. Wandve of Ketchikan, and a sister-in-law, Mrs. Helen E. Roff of Juneau. Funeral services for Roff will be held tomorrow at 2 p.m. in the chapel of Charles W. Carter Mort- | uary. Services will be conducted by members of Juneau Post Number 4, the American Legion, Robert N. CLOSE FOR WINTER AFTER NOVEMBER 1 ‘The Haines Cutoff Highway will be closed to through traffic Nov- ember 1. This fact was revealed by Frank THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA HAINES HIGHWAY TO|(DA VIEW SDES AT TUESDAY NIGHT MEET| gL | Fellowing a short business meet- | ing last night, the members of CDA | enjoyed slides shown by Mrs. Kate | W. Smith, Social Worker for the| Alaska Native Service, of her trips| in the Interior. There were very | fine pictures and were well appre- | ciated. | 13N, 23 0UT CARRIED BY ACA Fifty-three passengers were car- ried yesterday by Alaska Coastal Airlines, bringing 23 into Juneau and taking 23 out. Seven were car- ried between' other points. They were: To Sitka: Fred Knebell, Balbord e From Hoonah: David Marvin, | Mrs. Edith Bean, Mrs. Amy Knud-| son, Charlie Sumdum. | From Sitka: Archie Metcalf, Roy' J. Hay, Bob Tandy, F. Troutman, | E. O. Schaffer, J. P. Sheldon, Elsie i Daily. ; From Tenakee: Mr. and Mrs. Martin White, Billy White, Be~ bara White, James White. ! N. Y. MILK DElIVERYi EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1949 JFANER! ' because SANITONE Druxman, post commander, in E‘?n “!:de'::nl';t Terrnofla!;( ngfhw:y charge. Chgplain will be Ray- Tegneel,laner : n}eeRngd OCo‘ 8 Widtia 08, Bagoh, rritorial Board of Roa m- missioners. Pallbearers will be Leonard Holm- The Rev. James Spils, of Galena, | Knebell, Derwood Knebell, Dr. and was a guest at the Tuesday meet- | Mrs. Van Sandt, Suzan Swanson, ing. He is in Juneau prior to mak-|T. Paluska, Henry Moses, Sid STRIKE IS quist, John Troychak, James L. Devon, E. L. Keithahn, J. A. Thib- odeau, and Trevor Davis. John Tanaka will be color-ser- geant; Fred Cameron, color guard; Edward Garnick and. Bert Lybeck, color bearers; W. W. Smith and the Rev. Walter A. Soboleff, bugl- ers. The firing squad will be made up of eight men from the U. S. Coast Guard Cutter Storis. Interment will be in the Ameri- can Legion Plot at Evergreen Cem- etery. COMMITTEES ARE NAMED FOR TRINITY | GUILD NOV. BAZAAR Members of Trinity Guild are busily engaged in making plans for he annual Christmas Bazaar which will be held on Saturday, November 12, and the following committee chairmen have been appointed by the President, Mrs. W. M. White- head: Fancy Work, Mrs. J. R. Guerin; food sale, Mrs. Helen Roff; doll clothes, Mrs. W. H, Barrington and Mrs. Eugene Nelson; stationery, Mrs. Stan Grummett; tea, Mrs. Don Skuse; magazines, Mrs. Wil- liam Ellis; plastics, Mrs. Whitehead and publicity, Miss Suzy Winn and Mrs. M. O. Johnson. The sale and tea will be held in the undercroft of the Church as | usual, but the new stairway from the front entrance hall will be usew for such occasions in the future. A tile floor covering has been laid in the hall and the stairs have been carpeted. HOSPITAL NOTES Six persons were admitted to St. Ann's Hospital yesterday. They were: Joe Sadlier, Mrs. John Gar- cia, Jr., Mrs. Marie Knudson, Mrs. Edward Dick, Mrs. Joseph Niemic and Mrs. Gordon Burnett. Mrs. Don Neal and baby boy, Ed- ward Kibby, and Mrs. Carl Bogren and baby boy were discharged from St. Ann’s yesterday. SON FOR DICKS If you see little 3-year-old John- ed there until the inquest yester- aay. | The coroner’s jury was Lloydi V. Connell, Francis T. Sterling, Gustaf E. Almgquist, Thomas P., Smith, Ludwig Kann and William | Biges. | Roff was born in Brooks, Ore- gon, in 1893. He came to Alaska at an early agé and had been" em- ployed by the Public Roads Ad- ministration as a principal mech- anic since 1927. He is survived by his wife, a son Dale in Juneau, and a daugh- nie Dick these days he will say his mommie went to the hospital to get a little baby, meaning a son was born to Mr. and Mrs. EG- ward Dick, yesterday, (Tuesday) weighing six pounds and four ounc- es. Johnnie could hardly wait to ‘see his little brother. He will say his daddy works in “the office," meaning Public Survey Office where he is draftsman. REBEKAHS Food sale at Sears Office Fri. |Oct. 28, 10:30 a.m. He pointed out the road will be kept open as far as the border. But Canadian road officials have found that it will be impossible for them to keep the remainder of the highway open. Road traffic bound for interior this winter, he said. | Metcalf also announced this| morning that Harry L. Marlowe of the Alaska Highway patrol has geant and transferred to Valdez. He was formerly stationed in An- chorage. Edwin B. Martin of Anchorage has been appointed a patrolman in the Alaska Highway patrol, Met- calf said. Martin will be stationed at Anchorage. Metcalf said that the Board cf | Road Commissioners had allocated $2500 to the City of Juneau for! improvement of the gridiron at the | small boat harbor here. The money | is from the Motor Fuel Tax fund. He also said that a new gang-| plank for the public float at Haines had been completed and was on its way to that port. Members of the Territorial Board | of Road Commissioners are Gov. Ernest Gruening, Metcalf and Trei- surer Henry Roden. » EMBLEM (LUB WILL HAVE INSTALLATION “The Juneau Emblem Club No. 90| will hold a regular meeting in the Elks lodge room tomorrow (Thursday) at 8 p.m. District De- puty Daisy Fagerson will instal! the following officers: | Gladys Vuille, treasurer; Verla Houston, corresponding secretary; | Beulah Lee, trustee, who will fill the vacancies caused by the resig- nations of Jeanne Ray, Thelma George and Dewey Sheldon. All officers and members are re- quested to attend. Games and re- | freshments wil be in charge of chairman Beulah Lee. LAVENIKS TO RETIRE FROM POSTAL SERVICE A man-and-wife team of ad-| ministrators in the Juneau Post Office will retire November 1 af- ter a total of 63 years in Post Of- fice work. Mrs. Bessie C. Lavenik, assistant postmaster here, began her Post Office career in Douglas 40 years ago. She transferred to the Ju- neau Post Office a short while later. Her husband, Martin A. Lavenik, superintendent of mails, has been in the service of the post office in Juneau for 23 years. Their successors rave not been named. | | i | | { |Ill|l||||IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIl'!lillllllllIIIIIIIIIIIIIiIlIlIIIIIIIIlIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"I FOR SALE I. Goldstein's Juneau Marine Supply Company Due to illness, I must sell this i ‘ well established business. The Juneau Marine Suppljr Company has been the fishing headquarters in Juneau for over fifty years. A steady, reliable business. IIIHIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIllllIIIIIIIIII!IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIlIIIIII!II.IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIllIIIIIIIIIIII"IIlIIIIIIIIIIIII —I. GOLDSTEIN P. 0. Box 916 - Juneau - Black 381 been promoted to the rank of ser- |gier. jcluded: eating cotton candy; visit-| | 5 Wash., is stopping at the Baranof ing a trip outside. | The Rev. Robert L. Whelan pro- jected a motion picture, brought to Juneau by the Rev. Bishop Gleason, entitled “Road to Peace,” and concerning the Rosary Crusade. | The picture starred Bing Crosby | will use the highway out of Valdez{and Ann Blyth. Miss Sadie Billis was in charge of entertainment and refreshments. Hostesses with her were Mrs. Pat- ricia Satre and Mrs. Dorothy Stra- STORE ESCALATORS THRILL KCDIAK GIRL; "QUEEN" IN SOUTH SEATTLE, Oct. 26—(#—The 16- year-old “queen” of Kodiak is en- Joying the sights of the city on a two-week trip as the winner of her home town popularity contest. “I suppose it's silly,” Marie| Zwensen told a newspaper report- | er, “but I rode for about an hour on the escalators in one of the big stores. I may go back for another | ride this afternoon.” GCther “firsts” for her have in- ing a zoo0"; seeing a football game. The Kodiak-born girl was in Ser attle before the war, but, she says, “that ‘didn’t count. I was too young | then and I was in a hospital all | the time and couldn't get around.” | FROM BREMERTON e T. O. Monroe of Bremerton, Hotel. il ‘Thompson. To Hoonah: Mr. and Mrs. Wil- liam Hall, Mr. and Mrs. Sid Ben- son, Kenneth Elem, Helen Williams, Andrew McKinley, Dored Kahman. To Pelican: Mrs. M. Soule. To Excursion Inlet: Stanley Har-| ris. To Ketchikan: Arnold J. Larsen. To Petersburg: Mark Meyer, C. H. Forward. | From Tulsequah: D. Miller, C. H. Vvan Oostdam. | From Pelican: John Krugness, | Jr. From Excursion Inlet: Peter Johnson, Frank McKinley, Lucille McKinley, Julia McKinley. Rev. G. Gould, | |60 hours of almost continuous ne- New York, Oct. page of milk deliveries to 11,000 | 000 consumers in the metropolitan area was averted early today by tentative settlement of a threatened strike of 15000 milk drivers and handlers. 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