The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, July 5, 1950, Page 2

PAGE Two MANY FLOATS RATE SPECIAL MENTION, JUNEAU'S FOURTH yesterday’s parade task, | tk Few persons watct colorful Fourth « could envy the clever ar us July their were es d rated car so nun indivi ditionally ou ade was called by m lined tra- par- June: holiday and better’ who With w's of the downtown loop” in the line of parade was half &n any given point | fe and he float, making charn Queen Rob- erta Messerschmidt, in a turquoise- green gown with a bouqu flow was entl h dais, attended by Pr y Casperson, wearing aqua-colored frock; Nella Jerr w, and Carmen Mz extra court Q‘l.. and on # tyla Color bearers leading the parade | were Oscar Pearson E. Alm-| quist and George Clark. At Front and Seward streets, they and other | marchers had to step carefully, as| 1 llon cartons of ice cream mix had been spilled when | an enthusiastic truck driver was getting out of the way in a hurry. i Four bright red fire trucks all but spilled over with happy youngsters who threw \dy kisses to the | crowds. Bes two trucks Irnn:“ the Juneau Fire Department, the, Douglas truck paraded, with smiling | Maycr Mike Pusich aboard, and the | Corps of Engineers truck added to| the impressive group sev ove; ho e noted Thlingit chief, | walked alone, wearing tradi- tional costume of T skins and was applauded the way. | Instruments of the Juneau City | Band sparkled in the bright sun-| shine, and their music from the| Front and Seward intersection | timed the marching of other units | the second time around. Led by three pretty drum majorettes bandsters wore their attractive blue and gray un Moose Lod in charge made an impre: nen of the parading ir forms betw The Teer Clu anizations having although not inners. All t graduate grouped around ¢ the Liberty Bell No digestive Jimmie Fox the fox al i ng 700, which was | rade details showing, t Moose drill > and white uni- outstanding | among the of teen- | et were replica of ypes agers | la ge casualties were re- | ported in connection with the entry of BP.O.E. Lodge N. 420, although the Elks iloat portrayed a younz- sters’ camp, the gang eating all the way to the ball park. “Service Above Self,” the International motto, was | high on the entry of the Juneau Rotary Club, with another slogan, | “This is no bull undern Ralph Sherwood rode the jackass a Shetland mule, from his farm which kicked 1 stomped between the two ban Among ot} Rotary lettere: effective floats were those of the American Federation of Labor, its identifying worts spaced across an enormous Alaska map; the clover-theme float of the Auk Bay 4-H Club, and the Amer- ican Legion. Outstanding commercial floats were the three-unit silvered entry of the E. Tharpe Construction Company, and the Union Oil Com- pany display in which an oil well was being pumped Kimball Jensen headed the Moose | committee which made all parade arrangements, assisted by Kelly Larson and John Moser. Judges, none from the Moose Lodge, were Mrs. R. J. Sommers, Lisle Hebert and Sid Thompson P. H. Brooke, T tered from Phoenix, Arizona, is staying at the Baranof Hotel. From Tulsequah, B. C. Joe | time FOUR VESSELS UNLOAD [tied up at the small boat harbor| ppy,geipnia, and will be here for | | | | | Guard INSURANCE MAN PLANS OPENING JUNEAU BRANCH K. C. Hawkes, manager in Seattle § PICNIC ON NEXT SUNDAY AT RECREATION AREA of | 'AC unit stem, | .| of New York Personnel of the local the Alaska Communication S: their families and invited friends. will hold a picnic Sunday, July 9 at Auk Bay recreation area, the to be from 1 to 8 p.m., to|here. all shifts to enjoy the event.| Already Gormley is general chair- | proud of with Bert Fisher in charge | Anchorage entertainment, Willie and Fred | | | | ‘nr Mutual Life Insurance Company in Alaska, Hawkes Iis the business written since a branch allow oy Mat man of transportation refreshments. This is one picnic where moth: to worry about lunch Dawley, | Juneau have convinced him t s | Southeast Alaska should do as well r wives won't have | He has been with his company what to pack for r entire refreshments and | New York to the West Coast. Orig- for hing pr all |glad to be in the west again in | charge of the Seattle office which | covers western Washington and | Alaska. | ife Insurance of New York. 51,000 LBS. HALIBUT | r vessels, returning from their | ™ final trips to the A Three fish- |15 1 g § ing grounds, landed a total of | said. He is staying at the Baranof. 51,000 pounds of halibut here today. | 20,000 | vewss| YESTERDAY AFTER boat. The craft brought pounds to port. Other ! landing fish were the Norsel of | Poulsbo, the Princess of Seattle, | TRIP DOWN HIGHWAY and the Avona of Juneau. | Prices remained at 25 cents for| mediums, Large sold for 1850 qaughter Ann and brother, Tom cents, and chickens 18 cents. Stewart, arrived home Tuestlay af- Area Three fishing ends at mid- | yornoon by ferry from Haines after night tonight | driving from the east coast and o wn the Alaska highway, to Ju- STOCKTON | tired Commissioner of Mines. AT SMALL BOAT HARBOR : do YACHT DOCKS -2 hey are daughter, granddaugh- juis CrAfsm gLl nave Swarthmore University, near Mrs. Robert Fellows, her small i 1 | ter and son of B. D. Stewart, re- Among at Guithe summer vacation, ast about September 1. Young Stewart graduated last | month from Yale University law i o Dol iy, aPbarnohnl. | Sonoal, s13. Sioden SEURACR E28 The boat was to remain several| 4 ecently is the 83 foot Happy Lucky of Stockton, Calif. The craft, a reconverted Coast | cutter, has been cruising Southeast Alaskan waters and tied returning ton ¢ Seattle AT eturns to xpected will August Capt. Adams said that much fish- ng had been done and that the| aalibut fishing had been better | han the salmon. He added that| the weather in Alaska had been| wonderful. Everyone seemed to be| agreed that Alaska was a swell| slace, he said The yacht is all electrical and 1as two deep freezers to store food. [n addition, it is equipped with | many of the latest navigational| aids and devices. i who left with Mr. and Mrs. Stewart until at lays. ‘ ly fall The ten men aboard are all from | 1°85¢ early fall lifornia. The owner is Guard| Darrah, Stockton atworney. Ken- | JUNEAU'S PAA TRAFFIC 1€th A. Adams is captain. Ov.herfii woard are Jimmy Darrah, Guard| BREAKS ALL RECORDS Darrah, Jr., Geor Ernie | Bryant, Robert jA“uARY To ju“[ Jones, P. Verkayl and Merle Smith. The Happy Go Lucky left Stock- June 9, and has visited | More passengers were handlec Vancouver, Ladysmith m]d;b)' Pan American World Airway: Alaskan towns. A visit will | I and out of Juneau in the fi made to Sitka before the boat! S months of 1950 than in an} 5 h it is|Similar period since the compan S‘l;'lf}";"\:m‘;g“i:”.l'\( i | started its Seattle-Juneau opera s | tion just ten years ago, accordin |to John W. White, regional direc- tor of PAA for Alaska today for Ketchikan after a briet business visit here. “Juneau’s record is so outstand- ing that I came here to try to find the secret of the city’s en- terprise so that it might be ap- plied to other stations,” Mr. White said before leaving, by PAA, of course, today. Fred Dunn, PAA district traffic manager, with whom Mr. Whiie | consulted while he was in Juneau, | modestly gives some of the credit (HAMBER WILL HAVE | "SUGGESTION FORUM” The Juineau Chamber of Com- | merce will hold a “Project Sugges-| tion Forum” when it meets at noon| tomorrow in the Gold Room of the For the 3rd t l i | Baranof Hotel, | “n 5 merlcan CUTS FARES!? Suggestions for new projects will be presented by the members for approval of the organization. Color slides of the recent Cham- | ber of Commerce Haines-White- | horse-Skagway Goodwill Tour will! also be shown, according to F. O Eastaugh, secretary. FROM EATTI Guests from Seattle, registered at he Baranof, are: R. A. Arvidson, | Frank Stanton, M. D. Moiri; K.| C. Hawkes, Ray Erickson, Francis 3. Craven. HERE FROM ILLINOIS Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Feirish, of Choeneyko, is registered Baranof at the Carbondale, Ill, are registered at the Baranof Hotel. Your Deposits ARE SAFE BUY and HOLD UNITED STATES SAVINGS BONDS FIRST NATIONAL BANK one DEPOSITS IN THIS BANK ARE INSURED ONLY THE FARE IS C American, you still get all TO SEATTLE * HAWAI i — of JUNEAU, ALASEA MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSTRANCE CORPORATION is in Juneau looking | transportation center,” | over the town with a view toward | opening a branch of his company |ation rates we have arranged wiin iny was Lewis, | opened there in October of last | year and stops in Ketchikan and |MacKinnon, aboard the Hyak. Both | day s 4 for the | “the oldest in the United States,” v vi‘ies, | 1ocal dot-and-dash boys are fur-|for nine years and in offices from fto both admirals and Capt. Whi gram promises lots of fun|inally from Idaho, he said he is While in Juenau he is interested in finding someone to sell Mutual b 1 4 e town is as good as I think it t should be a good job,” Hawkes dependable 4-engine planes...the most experienced crews... fine, free food...and stewardess hospitality, * ROUND -THE-WORLD * KETCHIKAN JUNEAU * WHITEHORSE * FAIRBANKS * NOME WogLp AIRWAYS THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA WRIST WATCH TURNED IN TO POLICE for the traffic record “out of the Juneau office to its passenger con- nections with Alaska Coastal Air- lines which provides Pan American service to and from the states to| | Sitka, Pelican, Skagway, Angoon, Hoonah and other towns and vil- > | lages in this area. “Juneau is really RING, 167 TRAVEL WTH ALASKA COASTAL juneau police department re- ported today that it had one gold iing ring and one Gruen ladies’ watch turned in. The wr¥st | h has initials inside the band.carried a total of 167 persons be- ners of the above articles may , tween Juneau and other Southeast them by going to the police | Alaska points on July 3 and 4. Yes- and identifying. terday 35 were taken from Juenau and 39 brought here. Arriving in Juneau from Rob- erts Island was Henry Paavo. we wri wat C | have tatior becoming a | Dunn said {“and the connections and combin- REGISTER FROM IRELAND jAlaska Coastal have contributed to i th Carter, registered from Vir- ] [ our incresed busines: E White’s trip to Juneau included | ginia and Sheila Maher, registered | Here from Sitka are R. L. Piatt, are J. Ripley, Alice Johnston, C. Johns- i l xpedition with his fof- | fr comrade, J. Simpson |st County Cork, Ireland, hing at Juneau Hotel for a few visit in town. They arrived on st Printess boat from Van- a, fishing mer Na tone, MabeY Rovze, Art Littlefield, M. Ylanan, S. Westover and Ger- ald Long. From Chiixat Laxe: B. Hanford, N. Banfield and F. Nagel. From Petersburg: Martha ~ Wendling, Herbert Wendling, Jack Daum from Angoon: Mrs. Davie Johnston: from Haines:» J. M. Hanson, Tex White, Oscar Jensen, Lew Nuna- maker, Ken Martin, Mrs. K. Mar- tin, T. I. Ravines and Olive Trower Arriving from Chichagof: Ole B Twedt; from Hoonah: J. McNa- mara, Happy Jackson, Sid Benson from Baranof: Flo Mansey; from Hawk Inlet: W. Klinefelter, R. M. Costlaw, William Tucker. Here from Excursion Inlet are Agnes Johnson and Ray Johnson; from Pelican: Reverend Lewis, Rev- erend Vogler, K. Y. Ramseyer and Fred Emerson. Leaving Juneau on yesterda flights to Petersburg were Murlin Spencer, Jack Daum, N. F. Weber; to Sitka: Dr. Murray and Mrs. D. Woods; to Baranof: Joseph Pippin; to Ketchikan: Joe Dunlap; to Sitka: SALMON LANDINGS Cpl. G. Luen, Mr. and M B H. Hellan found a .38 caliber aufs-| Troll-caught salmon landed at|Hansen and Maxim Schapiro. matic pistol on the bed where Le- |the Juneau Cold Storage Company | For Skagway: Darlene Jacobs, W. Baugh was lying. An empty shell |today totalled 2,000 pounds. D. Campbell, Lester Frick, Mrs. L. case was also on the bed. Frick, Loren Frick, Maverne Frick: —— Martha Hundley, a nurse from!to Gustavus: William Keep, Mar- | San Francisco, Calif., is registered | tin Neilsen, Marshall Keep, Martin at the Juneau Hotel. Antonsen and B. Ibertson. To Pelican: Janet Simpson and Carlos Blanco; to Hawk Inlet: Fred Nelson; to Superior: M. Chilton and Mrs. Chilton; to Tenakee: Georgian Heins. Monday's flights took 40 people from Juneau and brought 53 here. were captains on the staffs of Ad- | the |mne|l\ Whiting and Wood in the | couver, B.C., and expect to return [ Aleutians during World War IL |, that Canadian city on the next | Capt. MacKinnon was chief of staif | southbound sailing of the CPR. was in charge of operations. ‘ CORONER'S JURY FINDS SHOOTING TO BE SUICIDE | VISITOR FROM CAPITAL Miss Elsie Guerney of Washing- | ton, D.C., will leave Juneau tomor- ?rmr after a two-week visit here where she was a guest of Mr. and Mrs, Carl M. D’Epiro. Miss Guerney with the National Capital Park ervice in Washington. It is her Herbert Leo LeBaugh, 40, An- t visit to Alaska. chorage lopgshoreman found dead in a room at 208 Main Street Fri- day, was judged by a coroner’s jury to have “died of a gunshot wound apparently self-inflicted.” | Cleveland, Ohio, is stopping at the The inquest was held Monday | Baranof. afternoon in the U. S. Commis- | sioner’s Court with Commissioner Gordon Gray acting as coroner. | LeBaugh was found dead with a | FROM CLEVELAND Mr. and Mrs. F. M. Darier, of HERE FROM SITKA Two guests from Sitka are regis- tered at the Baranof. They are Junshot wound in his forehead by |W. Westovo and C. H.. Johnstone. Roff H. Shaamoth, manager of | The latter is a son of Mrs. Russell the apartment building at 208 Main | Clithero of Sitka Street | Deputy U. S. Marshal Walter G. EPISCOPAL RECTOR IS VISITOR FROM PARISH | IN ATLANTIC ("T"; M. Glancn, member of the per- . | sonnel of the Coast Guard Cutter home | Hemlock, of Ketchikan, is a guest Kev. C.|at the Baranof. of St.| On a vacation trip from hi in Atlantic City is the Canterbury Corbin, Rt Sl Augustine’s Church the Ne V| Two guests from Yakima, ‘Wash., Jersey resort town. |are registered at the Gastineau Father Corbin had hoped 8| Hotel. They are A. A. Mun‘z and travel further north, to see the J. McGilvray. idnight sun, but found distances greater in Alaska than he had thought possible—and his time lim- ited | While here, he has visited with | the Rev. Samuel McPhetres, of Juneau’s Trinity Episcopal Church. | Father Corbin will return south| today. ‘ | rector in Fresh Herring—Sturm’s Locker. 42-1mo SARL LANE, FORMER UITE V! TS SISTERS | | Pearl Lane left Juneau 40 ago but she still finds old riends here dnd is enjoying her visit with her sisters, Mrs. Alma | Hendrickson and Mrs. John Tor- | vinen, 5 Mrs. Lane came here first in| 1901 from her home in Finland to| visit her sisters who were already | king their home here. She was | married in Juneau and lived here antil 1910. Her last visit north was | in 1923. Her home is now in| Aberdeen, Wash. | Mrs. Hendrickson and Mrs. Lane | *plan to spend a month at Tenakee Hot Springs before the summer is over. Assorted Hand Bags Many Styles - and Colors ime in 5 years to choose from. Ladies’ Shoes ** ¥ High, Low and Medium Heels Plenty of Wedgies 'UT! When you fly Pan the Clipper* extras: Big *Tvade Mark, Pen dmerican World dirways, Ine. Flights of Alaska Coastal Airlines WEDNESDAY, JULY 5, 1950 | MRS. GENE SLOAN IS GUEST ‘ | oF TeE ToM PETRICHES | [ESLeYs fusver, 1 | b Mrs. Gene Sloan, wife of Pan | closer shaves, j American Capt. Sloan, is visiting | [ENGeRet 137 SR ToY !in Juneau at the home of Mr. and | Get GLIDER Mrs. J. T. Petrich. A friend of | Mrs. Keith Petrich, who is also| visiting here and whose hu band‘ is another Pan American pilot, Brushless Sloan is enjoying her second ti'ip to Alaska. The visitors have bedn | fishing — successfully — and have | been guests at holiday parties here, | ) \ DR. TED OBERMAN Optometrist EYES EXAMINED VISUAL TRAINING TELEPHONE 266 SiMPSON BLDG., JUNEAU Make your floors shine this easy way! . vse GLO-COAT-it stays bright up to 4 times longer! H l Keep your tile, linoleum or wood' floors bright and gleaming with Johnson’s Glo- Coat. It's so easy to use! Just apply—it dries in twenty minutes to a beautiful durable finish. And now Glo-Coat is positively water- repellent! Even when you spill things, they wipe away without marring the shine! Save money—buy larger sizes. Get won- derful water-repellent Glo-Coat today! 137 Pairs Broken Lots A1$1.00 Anklets 3 Pairs $1.00 only! 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