The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, January 24, 1950, Page 5

TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 1950 SHOWPLALE of %flmd _ ENDS TONITE! The First BIG PICTURE of 1950! CLARK GABLE WALTER PID&EON BRIAN DONLEVY Charles BICKFORD John HODIAK Edward ARNOLD | 7:06—9:35 | Feature Begins 7:40—10:15 TOMORRCW JAMES MASON . ROBERT RYAN BARBARA BEL GEDDES NEW OFFICERS INSTALLED BY RAINBOW GIRLS The Order of Rainbow for Girls held its regular evening meeting Saturday at the Scottish Rite Temple durinz which time a recess was declared to allow the friends of Raincow to witness the installa- tion of newly elected and appointed officers for the ensuing term. _ Installng Officers were: Kath- erine Bavard, Worthy Advisor; Joan Williamson, Chaplain; Carol Jean MacDonald, Marshal; Ann Reischl, Recorder; and Elizabeth wynér, Mudfiah, . The following officers were in- stalled: Worthy Advisor, Roberta Messerschmidt; Worthy Associa- tion Advisor, Carmen Mantyla; Charity, Ann Henning; Hope, Lynn Bodding; Faith, Mary Louise Whit- aker; Recorder, Erna Stender; Treasurer, Sally Crooks; Chaplain, Ruth Posey; Drill Leader, Paula Kay Cook; Outer Observer, Mar- jorie Klingbeil; Flag Bearer, Bev- erly Mcleod; Standard Bearer, Beda Clausen; Keeper of Paraphernalia, Elizabeth Pederson; Keeper of Jewels, Esther Lavold; and Page, Beth Fleek. Color Stations: Davis; Religion, Nature, Aileen Kronquist; Immor- tality, Donna Jewett; Fidelity, Carolyn Haro; Patriotism, Shirley Casperson; Service, Mary Cuth- bert. Musician, Love, ' Sylvia Beverly Black; Irene McKinley; Or- ganist, Lois Lawrence; Choir Di- rector, Evelyn Hollmann; Choir: Donna Mountjoy, Elizabeth Wyller, Elaine Arnold, Ruth Ann Bloom- quist, Belinda Clark, Betty Lou Hukill, Carol Lawrence, Jo-Anne Kay Blythe, Virginia Whitehead, Janet Flint, Joan Williams, Mary Pinkley, Ann Livie, Pat Richardson, Donna Wood, Lynne Barcus, Karen Bartness, Nancy Berggren, Elaine Bland, Natalie Dapcevich, Carolyn Davis, Heather Hollmann, Roseileen Hyckenbothem, Janis Jorgenson, Barbara Judson, Joan Molyneux, Virginia Neilsen, Beverly Powers, Lorene Schmitz, Alberta Tucker, } and Tom Crooks. FILM "COMMAND DECISION” IS BILL NOW AT CAPITOL ! Clark Gable probably has a greater personal interest in his new M-G-M picture, “Command Deci- | sion,” now showing at the Capitol | Theatre, than in any other film he has ever made. | Besides having himself served; j overseas under conditions somewhat similar to those depicted in the war story, Gable was the first to interest | M-G-M in purchasing the "long- | run Broadway play from which he film version was adapted. “Command Decision” has one of | the year's outstanding casts. To- ether with Gacle, Van Johnson, Brian Daonlevy, Charles Bickford, | John Hodiak and Edward Arnold. Ann Haugen, Carol Larson and Peggy Parsons. Members of the Advisory Board installed for the coming year are:| Mesdames Elma Burrus, Mary | Jeannette Cowling, Alfreda Dore, | Daisy Fagerson, May Wright, and ! Lucille Weir; Messrs. Bill Ban'on‘ “My Task” was sung by Donna Jewett accompanied Ly Elizabem‘ Wyller following the installation ot | (the Worthy Advisor, Roberta Mes- | | serschmidt. Mr. and Mrs. George | Messerschmidt were introduced in the East at which time Roberta | ) presented her mother with a cor- sage and her father with a bouton- niere. Congratulations and a hearty cheer were extended her parents. Mrs. Mildrd E. Barron was in-| stalled a second year as Mother | Advisor, conducted to the East and presented a corsage by Kathie Bavard. Dorothy Robards sang “Smiln’ Thru'” accompanied by Lois Lawrence. i Mrs. Helen E. Roff was installed as Associate Mother Advisor for the ensuing year, after which she was conducted to the East and pre- | sented a corsage by the Installing Worthy Advisor, and a hearty cheer by all present. Mrs. Dora Sweeney, Sub-Deputy of all the Rainbow Assemblies in Alaska was introduced in the East and presented with a corsage. Mrs. Sweeney introduced and pinned her corsage on Mrs. Ralph Martin, who was the first Mother Advicor of this Assembly in 1933, together with her | daughter, Mrs. Lois Neilsen, who is a Charter Memier and the first| Treasurer of the Assemkbly, and granddaughter, Virginia Neilsen, who was just initiated in December. Mrs. Daisy Fagerson, Worthy Matron of Juneau Chapter No. 7 " THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRF Will Abandon Movies Colleen Townsend, 21-year-old motion picture actress, holds a New Testament as she tells newsmen in Hollywood, Calif., of her plans to quit the movies and deicate her life to Christianity. She intends to continue in Hollywood until September, then enter a theological college. She wants to work with orphans. (# Wirephoto. served after the dance. It was in- deed encouraging to have such a large turnout of friends to witness this installation and attend the dance. VFW AUXILIARY RECEIVES FIRST CONTRIBUTION FOR little port other southern ! The J. 5. Connors, U.S. Cullector of | with Customs, had the honor of being the first Juneau resident to send ARID WRANGELL HAS |WATER, THANKS T0 The arid residents of Wrangell,| Arts and Crafts Show. Tentative showerless and waterless for many MARCH OF DIMES DRWEi3?’i§,-e“i§-§te'}-‘;?.',‘n2":‘2’3“3.-,;1‘3.“’ —_— froze up along communities in Southeast Alaska until everyone among the 1,500 was wringing his PAGE FIVE —JTUNFAU, ALASKA ong with 1,000 feet of hose. Smith, Wrangell city coun- 1. arrived in Juneau Sunday |0 et e pums, ot knowins |- AT 20TH CENTURY B R n S q I Comdr. Edward P. Chester | o J 1 arranged with coastguards- v ry n 0 go over the water-givers fOR ToNlGHI oNlu i€ ully to see they were in good W ‘ o as e e e s ] perating "’;".1\“'- 4 G\ aagal | Although Los Angeles has pro- th's trip here wasm't IN} yiq.4 the background for numerous |v Fir » he took a tath. Then | ..;n bictures, its City Hall, Police . he took a shower. Next he looked | Gourg and other clvie bufldings are TV q’ N ' 1‘ E 0 N L Y out the window, and went back i | teatured for the first time in “Un- hower again. % dercover Maisie,” new attraction at ents in the little port €| he 20th Century Theatre for to- el A R ed up with 10 gallon full of water by the town, | ar re melting snow and ice fory , | Washing dishes, flushing lavnmm\\l | and other necessar uses which | ta hem over their gallon ;\llu\-i H night only In this picture, Maisie, played by nn Sothern, becomes memke )f the L.A, Police Departmen i muech of -the footage was filmed at he Civic Center and the Police Acaden Other noted Los Angeles | Everybody e Ao { Maisre... | Will'ams, for years a resident of [ andmarks figuring prominently in w ell, believed the cutter Storis| ‘he story include Sunset Boulevard ' |micht be able to gather up the] vain Street, Ocean Park and the| She's the cutest cop U but officials couldn't re-j Union Depot. on the Forcel Barry Nelson and Mark Danics we Ann’s leading men in this, th ¢nth of the successful series. D.ck | simmons and Leon Ames are also| after Maisie’s heart and hand in| Undercover Maisie.” The story| ¥ le her. The Denali, which ori- narily misses the port on her south- volunteered through d voyage, a Steam's agents here. BARRY NELSON to mention corniness—as the s said to the Denali: “You're| deals with Policewoman Maiie! MARK DANIELS a Letter boat than I am, Wranzell | >{forts to break up a gang ol con- l!flll l.!s Din!" fidence men working a phony hous- ! ! ; DICK SIMMONS 1 be an apostle of the o.wmus.l ng deal on veterans. POTTERS' CLUB IS TO|awvs coopERamvE i MEET TOMORROW 0 PLAN ANNUAL SHOW There will be a special display of Paul Ward glazes in the Alaska Potters clubrooms in the A.B. Hall | Recreation Center tomorrow eve- NURSERY’S MEETING The AWVS Cooperative Nurser: monthly meeting will ce held to-| morrow afternoon at 3 o'clock at the Governor's House. Anyone in- terested in a Kindergarten Group for older pre-school children is especially invited to attend s DOORS OPEN 7:00 PLUS CARTOON | ning at 8 o'clock. o - Alaaria » e citars i S hoNn ware 1o ba | LR R e SPORTS SHOW STARTS glazed can obtain glazes at the| . ygn G i &, AR R moosring e NEWS by RIR 7:20 and 9:30 to Mrs. Rae Peterson, President. GRANT FUNERAL She also asks that members inl Funerai service 1or gessie Grani, | e charge of various methods, as pre—}zl, who died in the Government | viously appointed, give the com-|Hospital January 16, will be held to- | mittee an estimate of accomplish* |morrow at 2 pm. in the chapel of | the Charles W. Carter Mortuary. | Miss Grant’s home was in Tan- ana, Aluskn.' ! The Rev. Samuel A. McPhetres | FOR SALE BIG SAVINGS of HIGHEST QUALITY . DIESEL FLECTRIC GENERATING PLANTS 1000 KW to 100 KW IMMEDIATE DELIVERY Inspect our 600 and 1000 KW Installations in Alaska PHONE . .. WIRE . . . WRITE—COLLECT | six weeks, in preparation for the plans now call for work nights on Monday evenings. will conduct the funeral services, | The date for the annual Arts|and interment will be Evergreen | and Crafts Exhibit, an outstanding | Cemetery. [ display of wide general interest.‘i — has been tentatively set for early FROM FAIRBANKS | March. ; Howard G. Wilcox of Fairbanks | and Mrs. Alma Cuthbert, Worthy Matron of Nugget Chapter No. 2,| O.E.S. were individually introduced | and conducted to the East to ke| presented with corsages and ex-! pressions of continued happy asso- | ciations with their sponsoring Orders. Chairman of the Board, Tom Crooks, on behalf of the Assembly presented a gift to retiring Asso- ciate Mother Advisor, W.nnifred Hanna and Past Mother Advisor's Pin to Milly Barron, with expres- sions of appreciation of their work and regret that Mrs. Hanna's other duties would not permit continuance n office. Lois and Carol Lawrence played an organ and piano duet of “Lieb- estraum” as introduction to a lovely flower addenda, for retiring Worthy Advisor, Katherine Bavard, given by her officers. She was given her jewel and “Somewhere Over the Rainbow” was sung by Heather Hollman, Jo-Anne Blythe, Ruth Ann Bloomquist and Virginia Whitehead accompanied by Lois Lawrence. Following a short recess, Hanna awarded the bars and pots of gold to the girls who had earned them during the past term and the meeting was closed in regular form. ‘The installation dance, which followed these ceremonies, was well attended and refreshments were NOTICE The Chiropractic Health Clinic has just received new equipment to aid in the treatment of Female Disorders. Be- cause of our experience in a clinic specializing in such disorders, together with the new equipment, we are now well-qualified and prepared to diagnose and treat most of the female disorders relative to the period cycle and meno- pause. * | Dr. John M. Menigomery, D. C. Main and Front Sts. Juneau Phone 477 his contribution to the March of Dimes fund. This is announced by erans of Foreign Wars which is sponsoring the campaign. It was further announced that local schools, toth the public and parochial, and the schools in Doug- las, have received a thousand tags and are taking active part in this drive to combat the dread disease the Women's Auxiliary of the Vet- ! of rpolio. motor-driven 500-gallon-a-minute Friday will be “Tag Day” and|salt water pumps for use, along| residents are reminded that any;with hose; but the Coast Guara hands in an effort to get just a/ St wee drap of water—they'd wrung More than 4,800,000 American everything else in town to get mois- | farms have electricity. is a guest at the Be ture and their hands, were all they 5 |ha(l left. | The fire hazard was so great that) late last week townspeople con-| tacted Lew M. Williams, Secretary of Alaska, for aid—and he con- ; tacted the Army and Coast Guard { The Army here released two large Diesel Division, NATIONAL METAL & STEEL CORP. Dept. JE, Terminal Island, Cal. Phone: Los Angeles NE 6-2517 3 RTINS g BEFORE YOU MAKE ANY DECISION-LET US SHOW YOU THESE BEAUTIFULLY YLED 'NEW CARS § Mrs. | | amount, from ten cents up, will pur- | couldn’t furnish transportation. chase a tag for this worthy cause.| The Alaska Steamship Company Also, special contributions, as was|came to the rescue, picking the| Mr. Connor’s can be mailed to Buxl pumps up and depositing one on| 1539, Juneau. Wrangell's dry Front Street last| = | night, along with 750 feet of hose FROM SEATTLE The Denali played Gunga Din in L. J. Runnel of Seattle is re-|the drama. gistered at the Baranof Hotel. | The other they left with Peters- G-E SUNLAMP Now owney V. Keep that Summer -tan look| wba—dlo-PWMdiduithdeiulNl Alaska Electrie Light and Power Co. 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