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PAGESIX 4 TALKS AND MUSIC ENTERTAIN BWPS TODAY'S LUNCHEON Mrs. Robert Steward, medical secretary of the Board of Methodist | Missions, spoke briefly at the Busi- TEACHER GROUP GETS LOW DOWN ALASKA METHODS A group of 107 teachers from various parts of the United States arrived in Juneau on the Chilcotin last evening on a tour of Southeast ness and Professional Women's luncheon in the Terrace room at|Alaska. The group is on a charter noon today. Miss Carol Ann Bacon, | trip to study teaching methods in gifted school girl pianist, delighted ' Alaska as well as to study and see the luncheon members and gueststhe country itself. with two selections Chopin’s Black| The party, head by Alvin Roberts Key Etude and Cy Scott's LO[\}.\]UX Macomb, Illinois, arrived in Ju- Land. Mrs. Elton strom intro- |neau at 6 p.m. and were immedi- duced these guests. ately taken on a trip to Mendenhall Dr. Frank Maresh, government | Glacier. hospital tuberculosis specialist, in-| They were taken to the Territorial troduced by Dr. Karola Reitlinger, Museum in the Federal Building spoke on his experiences in the field | where Dr. J. C. Ryan explained of this disease. Mrs. Frances Paul |the funcfion and operation of the presented Miss Agnes E. Gerding, | Alaska school system. who will be in the territory for a| Members of the commission of month as consultant in the fight | education and Miss Marjorie Tillot- against tubersulosis. | son, president of the Alaska Educa- A most interesting guest from | tion Association, were introduced tc Bagdad, now a student at the Uni- | the group by Dr. Ryan. ity of California, was presented | Culture of this part of Alaska and Olive Montel. She was Miss | items in the museum were explained Zahawi, who is spending | by Edward L. Keithahn, museum a few days in Juneau while realiz- ' curator. ing the dream of her life to visit| The party has just finished at- Alaska. Accompanying her on the| tending the national convention of trip is her University room-mate, the National Education Association Miss Betty McNelly, who also at-in St. Louis and is on one of five tended today's meeting | government planned tours which Other guests today were Mrs.|are held each year for teachers. Harold Foss, Mrs. Lorraine Gentry, Nellie Feare, Mrs. Margarct‘ Mrs. Joyce Howell, Mrs ‘F IR E DES "‘R 0 v s Intolubbe and Miss Goldie | " ' DEL MAR CANNERY; et { [] DOUGLAS | $250,000 DAMAGE | (] NEWS | | ning a Velme Busko, BPW member from Ketchi- kan ASTORIA, Ore,, July 24—®—Two units of the Del Mar Fishing Can- NO-HOS: DINNER Company’s Columbia River | plant There will be a no-host dinner |F e ‘:‘m‘; ”;‘l",“}::y lg:::;ytf‘wbi honoring the Most Worthy Grand |\r¢ Saturday night. sl |estimated at $250,000. Matron of the Order of Eastern| : : e Biar, at Mikes Plage, Tesday eve- |, ConpeDy Bresident Bdyard DAy ning at 6:30 o'clock for all officers id said the fish reduction unit and B . |the cold storage facilities burned. and escorts of Nugget Chapter NO.| g, o of the fire was unexplained 2. All other members ity i wishing to at-{ “p.p)icion of butane gas and am- tend are most cordially invited. Fol- B ‘ o il : monia tanks hampered work of vol- lowing the dinner, the party will| Drocesd fo- the Eagles HAI where | Loteer firemen from nearhy War a irenton and Hammond Fireman Nugget Chapter will hold a speciallpyy.y Holton, Hammond, was meeting for the Worthy Grand Mat- | \oopeq down when one blast ron's official visit at which time He| there will also be initiation of three | candidates into the order. The spe- cial meeting will begin at 8 o'clock | sharp, according to Alma Cuthbert, | Worthy Matron of Nugget Chapter. | DY RCOLRR IRME | MRS. SCHOONOVER HERE Boy Scouts John Jensen and| o O LB Bk ohbiar alitha Thgmas Cashen returned home|, i G e o Sunday on the Alaska along \\ilh‘i"x:"“‘l’?‘l)z;l:kl;x :0:2::“ A S;\lll;:l the other Alaska Scouts returning!.\ y. o jieon motel i home from the Scout Jamboree! : held in Valley Forge: Tom Cashen | ft';'cmBs:niz"“:h:‘E‘;i‘;r ":‘ Douglu.;‘m;"m of Mrs. Trevor Davis, 114 d ys as one of g R, & the leaders in charge of the Alaska | SR N e R school gymnasium, at 7:30 o'clock ed a portion of a wall sufiered head cuts. A brisk northwesterly wind credited by firemen with helping save a larger canning plant. was | | | | Creative writers will meet at the THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA 'SCOUTS RETURN HOME (ON ALASKA FROM VALLEY JOEMcDONALDTO coock ba JAMBOREE left Juneau earlier this month to SEATTLE, July 24 —(® — RoMry | 4¢teng the Scout Jamboree at Valley for Joseph A. McDonald, pioneer | po..o pa. returned home on the Alaskan ](‘Rlvs]fll()l‘ and marshal will ‘ Alaska Sunday morning. be sald tonight and requiem mass| ppoce returning were Robert and will be :c.ald tomorrow “’"‘""”“-v‘Gregox‘y Ripke, Richard Klingbeil both in Sacred Heart Chux:ch, |and Chester Zenger of Explorer McDonald, 76 years old, died sud- Unit 713, Juneau, and John Jensen denly Thursday in Fm_manks( wf‘”e‘and Tommy Cashen of Unit 610, ;r;r sfl:;ncz\tk:nf trip Wl"_‘ ’;:-‘le“‘;l | Douglas. They were accompanied by past four years they had |y 0o cocren. lived at the Ciaremont Hotel here. | Five Juneau scouts, Donald Mac-] ILAST RITES FOR Maurice Kelly, and one “un-identi- fied party.” All members of the organization | are urged to attend a brief meeting on Tuesday evening, July 25, at 8 o'cle in the penthouse of the light company, using the entrance across from the Baranof hotel. Some, changes and novel ideas Wwill be! presented. | 46 FLY ONPAN AM | CLIPPER SUNDAY! | | Besides passengers carried be-! tween Seattle and Ketchikan, the ;] Pan American World Airways clip-{ A native of Waltham, Mass, MI. |gynon g Dull, Art MeKinnon,|per brought 21 persons here yester- McDonald came here in 1889. ; Ernest Kronquist and Thorleif | qay and carried 25 southbound. Moved to Fairbanks a year later > ) and fn' 19380 wak . discted to. the Snaring, remained in the States! Arriving from Seattle were Mil-! | whe! e re visiting re T rtha T, T, House of Representatives of the/| Dere they a g relatives | qred Barron, Bertha Ellinger, M | and friends. \ Also on board were several Scoutsl from Sitka and a number from An-j chorage, Fairbanks, Palmer and Ko-| | diak. The latter are being accom- ‘panied to their homes by Maurice | F. Powers of Juneau ahd Assistant | Scoutmaster Ed Brown of Fair- Alaskan legislature. He was elected speaker of that House in 1932. He operated a general store in Ester Creek, Alaska for many years prior to his appointment as United States Marshal for the Fourth Ter- ritorial Division in 1934. He held that position until 1944 when he retired. banks. " i o5 Widow and four sisters sur-| he Scouts left Juneau July 6 on | the Alaska for Valley Forge to at- | tend the Scout Jamboree there. Over 47,000 Scouts from the United | States, Canada, the British Empire and other countries were present at the meet in addition to nearly 3,000 scoutmasters and supervisors. While in the States, the Juneau MERCE, BUREAU OF PUBLIC | party also spent some time in New ROADS JULY 17, 1950 SEALED york City, Rochester, N.Y., Salt BIDS will be received at the office | Lake City and Seattle. of the Bureau of Public Roads, 419 | Federal and Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska until 9:00 A.M. on July 31, 1950, and then publicly op- ened for furnishing the materials and performing the work for con- | structing Alaska Forest Highway Project 31-Maintenance (Bridge Painting), Douglas Highway, Ton- | gass National Forest, First Judicial Division, Territory of Alaska. The project located adjacent to the town | of Juneau, Alaska consists of paint- |day. The trip was the most stren- ing two bridges. The Juneau-Doug- | 1ous of any yet attempted, being last bridge over Gastineau Channel |14 miles long and climbing five consists of a 3-span cantilever | mountain peaks including Gast through truss bridge 1,120 feet in | neau, Roberts and Sheep Mountain length. Total weight of steel, in- | The trail was reported to be good cluding about 20,000 pounds of cast | with beautiful views of the Devil's steel shoes, is approximately 1,610,- | Thumb, the Canadian Rockies, Ad- 000 pounds. Work involved consists | miralty and Chichagof islands. Con- of sandblasting approximately 280,- | siderable wild life was seen, includ- 000 pounds of stringers, floor beams, | ing black and brown etc. and hand cleaning the remain- | ptarmigan with their young. ! ing steel. Two coats of bitumino The “shutters” had a real work-j paint are to be applied to the sand- | out. All members of the party came | blasted steel and one coat of bi- |back in good shape and reported a tuminous paint to the remaining | never-to-be-forgotten experience. steel. The Lawson Creek Bridge Those making the trip were: Rev. consists of a 4-span rolled beam | H. E. Beyer, leader; Malcolm Hardy Closed all day Saturday—Derby Day E. J. Eggert of Seattle is regis- ered at the Baranof Hotel. U. S. DEPARTMENT OF COM- HIKING CLUB ON MOUNTAIN CLIMB Sixteen hardy members of the “Shank, Ship and Shutter” club made the Mt. Roberts hike Satur- structure 30 feet in length. Total | (“hardy” members!) Mrs. Louise —F: weight of steel is approximately Stonehouse, Caroline Hoff, Betty|p= 254,000 pounds. Work to be per- | Corey, Jean Kee, Bill Kivland,\== formed consists of sandblasting and | Thordis Larson, Mr. and Mrs. Ten- -applying one coat of red lead paint | gesdal, Dick Keithahn, Mary Ellen| and one coat of bituminous paint. Bond, Robert Alger, June Elhson,l Specifications may be examined by ‘ Ales Lty prospective bidders at the Bureau | of Public Roads, 419 Federal and | d Mrs. Linn Forrest, Agnes Gerd- {ng, Mrs. Robert Gibson, with Rob- | ert Jr, and Henry; Jack Hack-} man, Pete Nordstrom, Miss H. Pan- | nebaker, Steve Pytel, Dora Sweeney, Anne Whealdon, Bonnie Fleming, Mr. Desmond and Mr. and Mrs.} Mahlon B. Wallace Jr., with Wallace | 3rd and Audrey. E. J. Eggert boar-{ ded at Annette Island. Outbound, J. M. Walker went to Ketchikan and these passengers to Seattle: Marion Trave Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Thomas with Joey and Anita; Mrs. Charles Buttrey and Mike; Martha and Irving Giberson, Rose Rabb, Mrs. A. Hackbart, Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Beattie, Lisle He- bert, Ruth Adams, H. W. Starling ! Mr. and Mrs. Art Kronsbein, Wil- liam Hancock, Leota Smith, M. Mc- Adams, Mrs. Hal Graves, Mrs. J. Hoskins and Mrs. Glenn St. George, with Dixie Lee. HOSPITAL NOTES -how ail, Worth Graves, Shappell, and Charles Jim to St. Ann’s Hos- weekend Mr: Veidell were admitted pital over the enneth Lowe Jr., Mrs. George Everest and her infant daughter, and Eugene R. Mi‘chell were dis- missed Richard James of Petersburg and Dawrence Natkong of Skagway were edmitted to the Government Hos- pital; and Cynthia Hanlon of Hoo- nah was dismissed. ! | { [ i { ! t | ALASKA BRINGS 54 22 TRAVEL WITH FROM SOUTH; 2 0UT| The Alaska docked here yester- day at 8 a.m. bringing 5% persons from the south. From Seattle to Juneau were Ed- ward Bach, Mrs. E. Bach, Gary; Bach, B. B. Beck, Mrs. B. B. Beck, william Beck, Joel Baines, Nathan Butcher, Thomas Cashen, Ens. John K. Byerlein, Thomas Cashen, John Jensen, Dick Klingbeil, Mrs. Nellie Feare, John H. Gaffney. . George Honsinger, E. Lack Mrs. E. Lackey, Robert Loidhamer, Mathew Martin, Gregory Ripke, Robert D. Ripke, Ben Salmon, Mrs. Ben Salmon, Janice Salmon, Dr. J. Stewart, Mrs. J. Stewart, John Ste Cary Stewart, Archie Stewart. Owen Stanbro, Mrs, Owen Stan- 0, Wallace Volz, Jr., Donna Ward br Mrs. H. Williams, Elmer Woods Mrs. Elmer Woods and- Chester Zenger. To Juneau from Ketchikan were Earl Cox, Mrs. Earl Cox, Mrs. John Mills, Mrs. Fannie Oclaray and in- fant. From Petersburg were Mrs. Mih- nie Colp, Mrs. Henry Grindrod, Mrs. Ole Olson, Ronald Sarft, James Swendson, Mrs. Thomas Thompson and infant, Gil Rich, Don Styke, Mrs. Berger Wasvick. When she sailed north at p.m. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Ky were aboard bour” ior Valdzl PIANO TUNING and repairing. Factory trained— r 35 years experience. Call George W. Wigg, Gastineau Hotel, Phone 10. 55-tf ONLY ‘ (,. DAYS i UNTIL i '] n Battleground” || COMES TO THE CAPITOL vear, and|( ——— DOOGAN JANITOR SERVICE —— Windows washed, storm w blinds, overstuffed furniture, walls, woodwork, floors cleaned, waxed and polished. Rugs shampooed. EYES EXAMINED Second and Franklin Ml DR. D. D. MARQUARDT OPTOMETRIST PHONE 506 FOR APPOINTMENTS group of 40 Scouts making the trip.| Gone from Alaska about five weeks, the group was afforded all sorts of sights and tours during their trip. High points were Presi- | tonight Mr. and Mrs. ». D. Reeder oi Hollywood a.e stopping at the Bar- anof Hotel. Territorial Building, Juneau, Alaska | and Associated General Contractors | of Americay 304-306 Central Build- | ing, Anchorage, Alaska. Specifica- | dent Truman’'s visit and speech,| Gen. Ike Eisenhower's visit and talk, | sgeh Century Super Market Coney Island, New York City andlcjoseq anl day Saturday—Derby Day the Zoo. i 5 BIRTHDAY TODAY William Durance Jr. is celebrat- ing his fifth birthday today at the| 3 Store Buildings for Rent I Goldstein tions may be obtained at the office | of Bureau of Public Roads, 419 Fed- | eral and Territorial Building, Ju-| neau, Alaska. H. A. Stoddart, Divi- | sion Engineer. . \ First publication, July 22, 1950 Last publication, July 25, 1950. family home and is inviting several| of his young playmates to share a | party during the afternoon. He is' the son of Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Dur- ance. Plumbing FROM FAIRBANKS Ida M. 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