The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 10, 1949, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ™ ! JANE MCMULLEN WILL BE SOLOIST WITH CITY BAND Without having to look elsewhere for a soloist, the Juneau City Band found a pianist of wide concert experience, right here in Juneau to appear in the coming concert Jane ' McMullin will _be guest artist with the tand”November 22, playing the Grieg Concerto in A Minor. In private life, she is Mrs. | Don McMullin. | The family returned to Juneau in August after a three-year resi-| dence in Oklahoma. During that| time, Mr. McMullin received his; bachelor’s degree in economics at | Tulsa University, and did graduate | work at Oklahonfa A. & M., where | he received his master's degree. | Mrs. MeMullin's No. 1 music fans | are her small daughters, Becky Lu. | 3, and Donna Jane, 11 months. The brilliant Grieg concerto ap- peals to music-lovers of all tastes. Percy Grainger, internationally famous pianist, com r and friend of Edvard Grieg, was chosen by Grieg to give the “A Minor” its premiere performance. This concerto is of particuar in- terest to Mrs. McMullin because of her professional association with Grainger. She toured one seasdn as | accompanist to the violinist who played ‘in joint appearances with Grainger. | Mrs. McMullin studied in Tulsa, | Oklahoma, the Kansas City Con- servatory of Music and in New York She has appeared in many concerts in the Southwest, Michigan and New York, and taught piano at the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Okla. MESSIAR WILL BE SUNG HERE; CHORUS I5 BEING ORGANIZED DAM-BUILDING MOUNTAINEERS — Suspended 350 feet above Flathead River, ackhammer operators drill holes for blasting on the Hungry Horse Dam. o = H = [ z s a e 8 8 2 B g g 5 > bNA BRINGS NINE, TAKES ELEVEN OUT Twenty passengers were carried yesterday by Pacific Northern Air- lines, as they took 11 persons to the westward, and krought nine to Juneau. They were: To Yakutat: Verna Bristol. ! To Cordova: C. D. Richardson, Ed The music committee of the Wall, W. E. Wall. Methodist church announces its | | To Anchorage: Louise Robinson, plans for Christmas music. It has | G. H. Lukins, Charles Davis and decided to present parts of the infant, Mrs. C. Davis and infant, Messiah. This music requires as| Ernie Tyler. many voices as can get together for | From Anchorage: Stanley Hoy, | H. Greene, Mrs. Bud French practice and serious study. | It is not intended to make this/ From Cordova: Al Condon, Mr. a presentation of the Methodist| l:scharor. K. Bowmann. | From Yakutat: John illis, Her- choir members alone, and all who| would be interested in singing m[ the Messiah are urged to go to the| practices which will be held at 8:30| p.m. every Thursday evening. The regular Methodist choir will | TT SRR g practice from 7:30 to 8:30 on| e : SRl 7 Thursday, followed by the united!l PLEAD FOR SCO UT LEADERS — Margaret voices of all who wish to sing. | ©'Brien, actress, and Mrs, C. Vaughan Ferguson, National Presi- Solo voices will be found to take dent of the Girl Scouts of the U. S, A., read the script of Margaret's movie trailer, a plea for adult leaders for Girl Scout troops. kert Bremner, Howard Bremner. IHANKSGIV!NG PROCLAMATION BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON, Nov. i0—®— With a boost from two Plymouth, Mass., youngsters, President Tru- man made it official today that the major solos. Under the able| and thorough direction of Mrs. | Jane McMullen, this is sure to be 3 s . i Ellen Repp Wins jposed from meszo to dramatic oprano. ‘Miss Repp's concert appearances in PFrance have included engage-! an outstanding musical expression of Christmas. | - Praise in Europ i ments in Marseilles, the Theatre| Thursday, Nov. 24 will be Thanks- Brown!e Iroop News L Royale at Liege, and the Grand|giving Day. Her many friends in Juneau will Casino at Vichy where she wes| Louvise Marie Gavoni and Seth heard in an ail-Wagner recitai{ Arvid Kallio, Piymouth high school e interested in the success of Ellen Brownie Troop No. 12 met a | Repp, northwest soprano who has with full orchestra. jstudents attired in Pilgrim cos- the Moose Hall Tuesday atter-lxlm“ frequently in Juneau | “As a member of the Stockholmjtume, presented Mr. Truman with noon. Carol Nash and Elisebeth|™"\0 5o Repp, vh“‘ left New OPera, Miss Repp sang in Scan-la piece of the Plymouth Rock at Chaney were invested with Brownie | Y”' 3 Birois ]“‘ ",E,“_ o i dinavia last season.” ia White House ceremony. Then he scouting. A party followed honor-| Tim. ‘Im o x':* ent issue| Of her concert at Vichy on Sep-;signed his annual Thanksgiving ing the new members. R e 2 3 """ | tember 8, Journal de Vichy said:|Day proclamation. For entertainment Carol Nash| ™o\ poo coprano, former| Mme. Repp possesses an organ ofl The proclamation calls upbn the | warm tones, full of resource, where| American people to observe the day and Yvonne Bost played “America” | ot X | notes of rare quality abound and|by geing to their accustomed places tle singer, has scored a con- THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA UNRESTRICTED LAND|DEATH COMES TO TITLES CONSIDERED| MRS. (. OTTESEN, FORKODIAK NATIVES JUNEAU PIONEER | The question of granting unre-| A pioneer resident of Juneau, | stricted titles to natives owning Mrs. Charles Ottesen, died early | land in Kodiak, for years a center|this morning at her home on Gold | of Aleut domination, is under con-!Belt Avenue. She had been ill for sideration by John Nichols, Com-|some time, missioner of Indian Atfairs of| Mrs. Ottesen was born in Hor-| Washington, D.C. . sen, Denmark, in 1871. She came to! The matter was brought bermvchnp United States when she was the meeting of the Alaska Field 15 years of age. In 1890 she married Committee, minutes of which were |Charles Ottesen in Tacoma. released a short time ago through| Ottesen came to Juneau in 1894, | the office of Kenneth J. Kadow, and Mrs. Ottesen arrived here two committee chairman. | years later. She worked as a nurse| The Alaska Native Service, ac-|in Juneau for many years. E cording to Don C. Foster, superin-| Several times she left Juneau tendent, has for years stood for| with her husband, who developed | the unrestricted type of title to be mining property at Funter Bay. oranted the Aleuts in the district.| She is survived by her husband; He said the town's wealthiest men | their daughter, Mrs. C. L. Tubbs; are natives, and they-practically|and three grandchildren, Mrs. unaided—have built the district up Wheeler Justice, Mrs. Earl Bas- to its present prominence in ford and Charles O. Tubbs, all of Alaskan affairs. Juneau. | He said the law now is that a| Funeral arrangements will be an- deed may be granted a native if lt.nounced later Lty the Charles W. is requestad. Charter Mortuary. The situation now prevents anj . Aleut from selling, renting or suk- | dividing any tract of land undcl‘;“o DOCEY Do SOUARE i " ichal, o wane| DANCE FRIDAY NIGHT : Nichols, however, was | giving the region authority to make this type of decision—despite the| | The Triangle Cleaners In Respect for our country’s fighting men, both living and dead — the TRIANGLE CLEANERS will remain closed all day on Arm- istice Day, Friday, November 11th. For better Appearance CALL Owing to Armistice Day attrac- tions it is announced there will be |no Docey Do Squsre Dance Club cession Friday night in the .CIO N hall. | law—because of the tremendous | pressure he felt would e applied liun regional directors. | In Kodiak's case, he said that| 1\\'here natives and whites owned land, each individual case should be SCHWINN BIKES AT MADSEN'S. cettled on its own merit. However,| |he was against giving individual | . | natives title to land within reser- p vatons with bover 1o ! s THE FURNITURE MART ; - . ' Fall Furniture SHOP NOW FOR CHRISTMAS AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THESE UNEQUALED VALUES— | tribal practices. He agreed upon his return to | Washington to check on the back- |log of requests for titles which have been pending several years, and to take action on them as rapidly as possible, one way or an- other. 'TEEN AGERS INVITED | T0 METHODIST CHURCH The parlors of the Methodist| church will be open Friday night| at 7:30 for Teen Age activities for | any desiring to drop in tor an| | evening of games, pictures and re- laxation. M Arthur Walker is chairman of the activity and extends a cor-| dial” welcome to all the teen agers of Juneau and Douglas to stop in| for a fast game of table tennis or a Sturmbyrger and a tottle of pop. PILOT OF CRASHED P-38 AT HEARING WASHINGTON, Nov. 10—®— Erick Rios Bridoux, Bolivian pilot| of the P-38 which crashed into an Eastern Air Lines plane killing 55 persons, told investigaters he had | reported trouble before he started his landing descent. In a deposition put into the re- cords of a Civil Aeronautics Board | accident hearing, Rios said the! Washington National Airport Con-| OCCASIONAL CHAIRS To fill out those awkward corners. Many attractive styles in damask and tapestry. Here’s a real buy. from $21 up DAVENOS Double-duty spacesavers that give you an extra bedroom and more seat- ing room. In fine friezes and tapestries. from $117 up Also sectional davenos for just $145 on their harmonicals and several| songs were sung. After refreshments games were played. The meeting| was ‘adjourned at 5 o'clock. The girls are reminded to take one small can and a pair of scissors with them next week. We will meet in the Moose hall for the next two meetings, at least. Mary Stickler, Reporter. HOSPITAL NOTES was admitted to| 1 of | | | | Horace Adams St. Ann’s hospital yesterday and![] aLLTHESE John Krugness was discharged. ‘ FAMOUS Harry Kosbruck of Perryville was|| ARTISTS admitted to the Government hos-| in orderof | pital yesterday. ko Walter she has engagements | Brunnhilde roles in Wagner's ‘Ring’ ‘ cycle. 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