The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, March 6, 1950, Page 8

PAGE EIGHT ANNEXATION | ELECTION i$ TOMORROW residents of Real estate-own eau and the Highlands, which! on the northern limits of the | city, will go to the polls tomorrow to decide whether or not the High-! lands will k inexed to the city.| Prop i for annexation is all| of the Highlands and the por- tion of the small boat harbor out- | side the city limits { Polling places, at the Church of | Christ in the Highlands and at the City Hall in Juneau, will ¢ en | at 8 am. and remain open until 7 pm In a letter to the residents of the Highlands, Mayor Waino Hend- rickson stated the advantages to be gained by both the city and the residents of the Highlands through annexation to the city of the area He listed police protection, proved street lighting, street sewer maintenance, d lower insurance rates as be gained if the area 13 annexed | to the city. “The city of Juneau will benelit through the addition to the city of a large area for future expansion in home building,” he stated. Taxable property in the area to- tals approximately $600,000, he pointed out. The special election is limited to owners of real estate in the city and the Highlands. To put the annexation two-thirds of those people in the Highlands and a majority of those voting in the city must cast ballots in favor of the move. In the City Precinct, election| clerks will be Mrs. Julius Heine- man and Mrs. Mary Hagerup. Judg- es will be Mrs. Bert Lybeck, Mrs. Charles Hooker and Mrs. Gudmund Jensen. Election officials lands will Mrs. Art Mantyla and Mrs. Thomas Rudolph, cle and Mrs. George Clark, Mrs, JWil- liam Manthey, and Mrs. Ernest Ehler, judges. DOUGIAS NEWS HAYES RETURN Mr. and Mrs. Howard Hayes and three children returned home last week from a five weeks vacation visit in Washington, Oregon and California. The eldest son, Howard Jri, remained here dur his parents absence attending school FAGLES MEET ‘ | | im- | and fire | o advantages { through, in the High- Tonight at 8 o'clock FOE No, 117, will meet in their Douglas Eagles' Hall for a regular meeting, accord- i ing to W. P. Guy A. Russo. voting | ~ ,of Thomas Hardware Co., at Ju-|red by falls, those | tion { { | | \ THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA will Appeal Senlence Mrs. Robert A. Vogeler, whose American husband was sentenced to 15 years in prison by a Hungarian people’s court in Budapest, sits between her sons, Bobby (left), 9, and Billy, 8, in Vienna, where she announced she would appeal to the Hungarian government to free her husband “because I love him, I need hix and our children need him.” Vogeler, 39, an assistant vice-president of the International Tele- phone and Telegraph Company, was found guilty of sabotaging and spying for western powers. (P Wire- photo. neau, returned home the fore part of the week, after a buying trip for his Company, and with son Pat- rick will keep the home fires burning, during their vacation. MASONS MEET TUESDAY Lodge 124 F Gastineaua AM will hoia a Tuesday eve 7:30 o'clock in Eagles Hall. There will be work in the FC Degree according to the announcement. D.LW. CLUB WEDNESDAY The Dougias Island Women's Club will meet on Wednesday eve- ning at the home of Mrs. Leigh S. Grant for a regular meeting. Mrs. Wm. Kerns and Mrs. Fred Cunningham will be hostesses dur- ing the evening. INTER-CLUB SKI MEET BRINGS OUT CLASSY RACERS future in ski compet- ood yesterday as Class Juneau's tion looked B and C racers went through their | paces over good snow during the P. E. CLUB DANCE | Juneau Ski Club’s annual inter- The Girls Physical Education|club meet yesterday. Club of the Douglas High School | held a public dinner last Saturday |1 evening in the Schocl gym, with Charles Werner heading the three c piece orchestra According to school reports, dance was a successful event the |1 iature for | six-tenths The meet was held on the Doug- as Island ski sl(»pv Cless C Jur , the youngest f the racers 1 an intricate min- giant slalom. E: Kohl- ase came out on top by three and seconds George over the Club. | Tapley. Richard Smith was third. i : Class C youngsters finished HONEYMOONERS IN | their racing on the slope at Second Mr. and Mrs. Eli J. Post arrived 1 after two runs of their giant in town last week end from a fives months honeymoon, camping trip,| and trapping venture at their se-[slalom and downhill. race ended in a steep sch cluded wilderness domain on Ad-| mirality Island. The couple report- alom. But both ownhill classes Thi all other ran foot of the jumping ed a fine winter with no Taku|off the Do Nearly and no water pipes to freeze. If 1t|50 spectators were on hand to wasn't for Clark Squire and his|watch the schusses—and falls—on March 15 deadline, they sazid, they |the final of the mile still would be in hibernation. {and one | Betty Tapley 1e honors in TAILORING CLASS TONIGHT |the Class B Junior Gir heats women were reminde class to be held with Douglas of the tailoring this evening in the City Hall, Edyth Walker to be in charge of| instruction. | ON VACATION TRIP | Mrs. James Wellington and her daughter Edyth were PAA passen- gers last Saturday p.m. bound for a six weeks vacation trip in the states. They will visit Mrs. Welling- ton's folks in Seattle and other Oregon and California cities before returning here. This is a first trip outside in ten years for Mrs Wellington, who is a member of the Board, and clerk of the Doug- las Independent School District James Wellington, vice president | | second d | with two smooth slalom runs and 1 d four sh. Her com- minutes 15.4 a quick dow bined time s. Roberta Messerchmidt was and Molli McSpadden was winner of the “Men's B competition, his d time 12 and three-tenths is better than Dale Stew- art’s who was second. Jim Meyers ran third in the men’s division. Top material for future races ap- peared to be in the Class B Junior through division, the tr Working est slalom cour yesterd: the youngsters—all of them u 18, showed remarkable form ar great competitive spirit. ‘While nearly all runs were mar- BURROWS wnbmc co. JUNEAU, ALASKA PHONE 289 by Leroy West, Jr,, were without flaw and were fast enough to give him first place with a combined time of three min- utes, 55.9 seconds for two slalom runs and the downhill jaunt. Rob- ert Kohlhase was second, and Rob- | ert Osterman was third. Margaret Pearce came out winner of the Class B Women with a t combined time of six minutes 38.8 seconds, Etheldean Yetter was se- |cond and Elizabeth Taylor was | third. | ‘stanley Baskin, aprearing for the | first time in Jun ski compet- ition, turned in a good downhill run after disqualifying on one of his slalom runs by missing a gate. He ran in Class B Men's Di- vision Ski meet officials expressed dis- | appointment that a strong con- |tender in the Class B Mens division was unable to race. Dr. J. O. Rude was busy on a hospital call. The courses for yesterday’s com- petiticn were set by Bill Dean, Ju- neau High School ski team coac! The inter-club meet set the stag for the biggest ski competition in this part of the country—the South- east Alaska Championship meet which will be held here Saturday and Sunday and will attract top racing talent from as far away as Anchorage. CASUAL GARB FOR MEN “The trend in men’s fashions this year is towards the casual and the leisure type of clothing,” said Cec er, just returned from a three- week buying t in the States. Casler, owner “of Casler’s Men's Wear, visited the markets in Seat- le, San Francisco, Los Angeles and Hollywood. He said that while more :omfortable styles were in vogue, here have been no radical chang- »s in men’s clothing. “The quality and workmanship aas improved considerably, with no ncrease in cost,” Casler said. “How- ever,” he added, “there is no chance of a price decline this year on socd merchandise.” Casler said he bought a lot of .nappy new spring merchandise which will be here in March, April nd May. He sald that the most interest- ng and enjoyable part oft his trip | vas a visit to San Francisco’s fa- mous Chinatown during the Chin- ese New Year celebration. THIS YEAR SAYS CASLER | i ;(MOOSE LODGE PLANS PETERSBURG TRIP FOR The Juncau Moose degree team has selected March 25 as the time to travel to Petersburg to conduct initiation ceremonies there. The trip will ke made by boat, with sailing time set for the evening | pefore, Friday, March 24, leaving here between 8 and 10 p.m. i | ! to make the trip. A full urged itainment is promised over that weekend in the “Shrimp Capital.” Wives of Moose members, as well as Women of the Moose, to go along and enjoy the trip. “The more people who make the trip, the less the expens Fermonsen, secretary, said. “It; is hoped we will have a good turn out. lTo date, many members have in- dicated their intention of going.” He added further, that those making the trip should take their own lunch to eat aboard the boat. Coffee will be furnished. He said| the trip would take a')ploxml'itcly 11 hours. At Petersburg a dance and social *heck of $2,400 to Elton Engst He was one of the Moose Lodge’s first stock holders and when hand- >d the check said: “I was very py to give money to a cause a worthy as the Moose Lodge.” | visitors at the meeting ! Mayor Wetche, of Pelican and Mrs. Louie Stitch, who was the first puilding. Both were welcomed with applause. Other business of included nomination of a tenta- tive list of candidates for the year 11950. Also, the Moose degree team was authorized to make the ersburg trip to aid tion of new members of the ersburg Lodge. Brother Zenger cents for address to Governor ( XN e | NEW COMMAND HEAD | Lt. Gen. Lauris Norstad, 42, is [scheuuled to take over the Alaska | Command this spring succeeding Lt. | Gen. Nathan Twining, chief of the combined Alaskan command and the senior air commander in Alaska. the meeting Pet- was Ladely. 20c¢ a pound for the first five pounds. Alaska Laundry Phone 15 Laundry Service I5e a pound for each additional pound. INITIATION, MARCH 25 As many members as possible are | schedule of lodge work and emter- | are urged " Walter | included | |bend holder of the present Moose | Pet- | in the initia- | fined 251 failure to make proper | 'TWO SERVICE CLUBS 70 TANGLE IN GAME . FOR JUNEAU LIBRARY Rotary-Lion Fun Promised in Lion-Rotary Benefit Basketball March 24 A sports event unequalled in the istory of Juneau—and perhaps of is promised in the Juneau sium at 8 p.m., Alaska High School gymn: March 24. This boastful statement scarcely vill be challenged by anyone who ows about the two service clubs ived. The event will be a one-game urnament between teams of Ro- and Lions Clubs. There still s some question as to the age limit »f the players. The challenge was presumably, on the basis of ear-olds, but each club claims not to be able to produce five such isters. tarian Keith G. Wildes and Lion Alva Blackerby are co-chair- men of the Rotary-Tion fray. Team captains of the lLion-Rotary game ill be Ear! Forsythe (L) and Stan ett (R). In charge of s © charge of Al Zenger d Peter Wood (L). admissions will be handled by Val Poor and the Rev. Walter Soboleff (L) and the Rev. Sam Mc- Door Phetres and Howard D. Stabler (R).] Joseph Shofner (L) is arranging band music for the event, and Don Zkuse (R) is in charge of finding 1 suitable trophy. On the costume committee thus are George Danner and Andy wobinson (L), and the Lions’ clean- ip squad, to be ‘completed by a imilar number of Rotarians, in- cludes Bill Wood, Bill Feero and Al J. Boutin. Both team captains hope to have a minimum of 15 squad members each. The first announcement of the lineup lists two doctors as cen- ters: Dr. Joseph O. Rude (L) and . William P. Blanton (R). Posi- tions may be changed before the game, and the two teams will prac- tice together for three evenings pre- ceding the big game. Players as well as everyone else will be expected to pay the admis- sion fee, and the co-chairmen state that all receipts, including medical and surgical charges, will 20 to the Juncau Memorial Library. Proceeds will be split 50-50, each club receiving the proportionate | credit toward its pledge. | The joint committee has sched- uled a preliminary game between | Mike's Nite Owls of Douglas and the | Juneau Columbians—*purely inci- dental to the main basketball event, | of course,” say the planners. | Edinburgh is the center of the ‘Brmsh printing mdustry dinner is being planned for the ' Juneau Vi | At its last regular meeting, the| lodge presented an indebtedness Phone | CITY DRY CLEANERS - “The Beauty Treatment The engineers office emphasized that it is recommending the pro- OK $50 MILLION FOR, ™ ANCHORAGE POWERBUBBLES -BEAU et e oo | 15 NAME OF NEW :\ppl‘oximately‘ sso.oogf(‘)oo ;;:;::: SOUA!E_DA"(E (luB for power development and naviga- tion and flood control work in the Anchorage vicinity in Alaska was For suggestifig the name, “Bub- ziven an OK. today by the North |bles and Beaux,” to designate Ju- Pacific division office of the Corps!neau’s newest square dance club, Mr, and Mrs, Alex Young rcceived two complimentary tickets at the of Engineers. The survey report, prepared orig- second meeting of the group Friday. “B and B” club meets first inally by the Alaska district engi- neer, recommended hydroelectric| The power developments at an esti-|and third Fridays at 8:30 p.m. in the Baranof Hotel Gold Room. mated cost of $45,654,000; navigation improvements to cost $4,400,000 and flood control work costing $46,000. Col. O. E. Walsh, division engi- neer, said a public notice regarding the advisability of the projects is being issued. I is part of a comprehensive study of the entire Territory by the Corps. It is an interim report cov- Membership is limited to 30 coup- les, the present number. Nearly 50 persons went through the strenuous paces Friday, with Carl M. D'Epiro calling the squar- es. Mrs. D’Epiro assisted, as did Mr. and Mrs. D. McG. Morrison and Comdr. and Mrs. Edward P. 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