The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, November 4, 1950, Page 3

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 4, Newsy Nofes Fr_om Skagway (Special Correspondence) SKAGWAY, Alaska, Oct. 26— Mrs, Cecil Abrains, Mrs. William, Dewar and Mrs. Roy Eagle werel co-hostesses at a buffet supper at' the Eagle residence Sunday evening, October first, to compliment Dr.} and Mrs, P. 1. Dahl' who were vis- | iting friends while the Louise was in port. Baked ham and roast caribou were the main features of the -supper. The guests were Mr.! | Catati, Calif. 1950 son, Vickie Lee Finnigan, Elaine) Mr. and Mrs. Willilam Wagner of Jones, Ellen Kay Briggs, Nancy Petersburg, Alaska, were guests of Hestnes, Donna Bolin, Jatty Maki,| Mr. and Mrs. Roy Surbrook for Rita Burgess, Sharon Hermans and | the two days the Louise was in JoAnne’s sister Carole. Games | port. They were on their way to were played and birthday cake and | visit relatives in New York and ice cream enjoyed by all. | Miami, | many Mrs. Art Larson and Mrs. Art | two years in Skagway. She will be Simmons were co-hostesses at a | remembered as Erma Fitzpatrick. surprise birthday party October 10 The Wagners adopted a baby girl to honor Mrs. J. D. True. The at Prince Rupert. guests called at the True residence | i and presented Mrs. True with a Mrs. Inez Jones visited in Skag- number of lovely gifts. Afterwards| way for a week with her parents, delicious refreshments were served. | Mr. and Mrs. H. Soldin. Mrs. Louis Selmer returned home | Mrs. Betty Sorrells and her by Alaska Coastal from a three|daughter Charlotte, visited several weeks' visit in Everett, Wash., and | days with Mr. and Mrs. Jobn { Dodge before leaving on the boat | for the states. Mrs. Sorrells will Mrs. William Wagner made | friends- during her stay of' THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ' Mayor ,Morgan, Reed and Mrs. the Skag High School. Walt Reed went to Juneau by plane fo!Wwill make his home with the' Van meet with the members of the, 6 Zantens U. S. Senate Armed Services sub- | R committee which is mvestlgnnng; Alaskan defenses. ‘(iViI De'ense PlanReceived By Nat. Guard A daughter was born to Mr. and | Mrs. Howard Sawyer Friday at/ 8:45 pm. at the White Pass Hos-' pital. The baby, who weighed 8, | pounds 4 ounces, has been nnmed" , Mary Katherine, She Copies of the federal masier plan | for organizing civil defense against | air and atomic attack throughout the United States and its tories have been received for joins an older sister Patty, and a brother David. 'I | The first card party of a series to be sponsored by the Florence Circle this winter was held at the . Masonic ‘Hall Saturday evening. | Winners of prizes for pinochle for and basic would be expensive, adding that! this agency was preparing a de- tailed cost budget to be sent to the | President. | Parts of Plan The plan is in three parts, pre- senting 1. Over-all policy, basic concepts responsibilities. 2. Specific functions of civil fense necessary to fulfill described concepts. he chapters in this part analyze existing services in the nor mal peacetime governmental struc-, ture which may be erted to civil defense. Also outlined are new services necessary and the proced ures of integrating these with the existing services. | 3. Translation of policy and con- cepts into operation. It answers the question “How d owe star | de- ! co | C. and Hawali have mends that the family be educated locally in: iirst aid training, fire | prevention and fire-guar, ice, emergency health and sanitation and related subjects sponsored by | the local Red Cross or other agen- cies in the community Thirty-five states, Washin, civil 1 on, D. lation. 'FOREIGN OWNERS MUST REPORT BY NOVEMBER 15 Regulations issued by the Office | of Alien Property, Department of | Justice, just released, require the PAGE THREE Tonight? Mayhe! T()Nl(;HT . . after you ladies were: 1—Theo Eagle, 2— Dorothy Johnson, 3—Barbara Kal- and Mrs. Walter Self, Mr. and Mrs. | George Willesvik, Mr. and Mrs.| Mrs. Robert Smithson celebrated Tehdriing on Farm’ CAPSUIEBE Wi foreign-owned property in the Uni- | | ke remembered as Betty Bennetts, | a nurse at the TB Sanatorium and serves as a check-list for those e programs are already started tribution by Col. Joseph D. Alexan- | have turned off the radio 1—Chuck Clark, der, territorial dirsctor of civil de-|who Max Kopanski; Mr. and Mrs. MaXiher daughter Christine’s third Steffen; Mr. and Mrs. William'pirthday with a party Friday after- | Wasser; Dr. and Mrs. Smithson, poon, October 6. The table was | Mr, and Mrs. Clff Rogers, Jr.!gecorated in yellow and white with | Mrs. J. Keller; Mr. Dewar, Mr. gmall train engines for favor cups. Eagle, and Mr. Abrams, and the'pach small guest was given paper guests of honor. Dr. Dahl had hgts and balloons. Birthday re- spent the summer as doctor at the ! freshments of ice cream and chke cannery at Chignik, and Mrs. Dahl| were served. The guests were Max- had joined him at Juncau to make | ine Kopanski, Peggy Si Maki, Jan- the trip to the states where they, jc. Martini, Mike O'Daniel, Frances will spend the winter visiting their’ gukil Janice Larson, Billy Bent-f when it was stationed just north of Skagway. Mark Lee, D. D. Cox and Bill Beitinger vacationed recently at Tenakee. Mrs. Lee made the boat trip with Mr. Lee and visited in' Juneau while he was at Tenakee. The Clifford Matthews family is most happy to have young Jerry three sons and heir families. i three sons and their families. ! A special council meeting was called Wednesday evening, October 4, by Mayor Hooker to have the minutes of the regular meeting of October 2 read and to install the officers elected October 3. Mr. Hooker thanked the retiring Coun- cil for the cooperation given him, and listed a few of the things accomplished during the year—the purchase of a steam thawer, the new airport, and the reassessment « of the city. *Joseph J. F. Ward, Notary Public, installed the newly elected mayor and councilmen, and Owen P. Flynn, who had been appointed city clerk, magistrate, and treas- urer. Mayor Morgan Reed ap- pointed George Lingle as city street commissioner, and Dr. H. C. An- derson, as city health officer. He recommended that the officers of the Volunteer Fire Department re- ceive the following salaries—Fire Chief, $25 a month and two fore- men $10 a month. He recom-' mended that Howard G. Stabler be reappointed as city attorney, sal- inger, Buddy True, and Darla Jean Bolin. Mrs, Max Kopanski, Emil Maki, Mrs. Guy Sipprell, Mrs. John O’Daniel, and Mrs. Willlam Wasser were guests for the after- neon, also. Dr. Robert Smithson ieft Sunday on a business trip to Anchorage where he will be in charge of Dr. McKinley's office for one month while Dr. McKinley is in Washing- ton, D, C. Mrs. Clifford Matéhews gave a party Wednesday afternoon, Oct- cber 4, to celebrate the fourth birthday of her son Gary—"Butch.” The guests were Mrs. J. D. True| and her children, Buddy and Linda Lou; Mrs. Art Larson and her children, Timmie, Janice and Rus- sell; Mrs. Art Simmons and Bobby; Mrs. William Bigham and her two children, Billie and Donna; and Mrs. Donald Beitinger ‘and her two sons, Billy and Gary. A regular meeting of the Ladies' Auxiliary, F. O. E. No. 25, was Mrs. | home with them. Baby Jerry had to be left in Juneau at St. Ann’s Hospital until he gained enough | to| weight to be safely brought Sxzagway. He caught a slight cold on the plane flying home so Mrs. : Matthews took him back to St.! | Ann’s for a re-check. Now every- | one is doing fine at the Matthews’. | ' Miss Norma Warner is now em- ployed at the White Pass Commis- | sary. Walt Gordon and Joe Gerzina left by plane Tuesday, October 19, to go to Seattle and Portland to i visit friends. From there they ! plan to go to Cory, Penn, for the winter, | Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Taylor and | their two small sons have gone to |v relatives in Minnesota and Virginia for several months. Mr. Bozeman, who had been em- 'ployed at the White Pass Shops this past year, returned to his home in Seattle. enkosky; for men: 2—Roy Eagle, 3—Howard Johnson. In Canasta the winners were, ladi 1—Vivian Finigan, 2—Pauline Pri bernow, 3—Olice Talbot; for men: 1—Harold Pribbernow, 2—Cecil Ab- rams, 3—Dr. H. Anderson. | i and Mrs, John R. MacMillan Mrs. Mr, Ketch MacMillar father, Mr. Rogers, Sunday and Monday. They came to attend the Elks' Dedica- { & had the first heavy snowfall Monday evening and Tues- day morning, Oct. 23-24. The hills were unusually beautiful since many of the trees still held their foliage and looked like golden torches in the soft white setting. Lou Jacobin, editor of “Guide to Alaska” went to Juneau Monday | evening on the Princess Louise. ) Mrs. Nina Crumrine and her daughter Josephine, wellknown Al- askan artists, visited in Skagway Sunday and Monday. They came from Haines and left on the Prin- cess Louise. Father Gallant, Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Blanchard and Harry Church were passengers to Juneau on the Princess Louise. Skagway continues to get hahd—! some new additions to its cars— Mr. and Mrs. Max Kopanski are fense, | As conceived in the plan, opera- | tion of the civil defense system | weuld level tart at the state government | The Civil Defense administra- | tien would not exercise operationa! but it would coordinate de- operations in case of natonal| ey and establish and super- | air-raid warning systems and | requisite communications net- i T plan calls for an effective air raid warning service that would make possible evacuation in part from critical target areas and the prctection of remaining populations in pre-constructed personnel shelt- ers “These advance actions, combined with prempt and efiective post-at- tack actions,” it is stated, “would reduce casualties to a 1l per- centage of what they would othe ral &gency would have,wise be.” thority, however, over funds, rn-; Pending asumption of cilitics, materials and grants that |sibility of civil-defense ¢ | Congress might authorize it to|a provisional warning s igive to the states and territories.|been established and is being op-! | Federal regional offices would be |crated by the Air Fo The plan set up to maintain close coopera- | cifies, however, that individual !tion with the state and territorial |states and territories must establish | agencies. | precedures for dissemination The plan was prepared by the warnings from key receiving points Civilian Mobilization Office of thz|to threatened areas within their} National Secruity Resources Board |boundaries. | lof which W. Stuart Symington is| The plan specifies that responsib- the chairman, In Charge of prepar- |ility for the shelter construction ing the plan was Paul J, Larsen, di- | program must be shared by federal, rector of the Civilian Mobilization | state, territory and local authorit. works | The fe respon- athoritiés, stem h of office but who resigned this posi- tion recently. | The plan, based on present avail- | | able supplies and facilities, will be | isubject to continuous modifcation, | i but will provide the working basis |10r civil defense until 1952 or 1953. | At that time, it is estimated, there will be sufficient supplies and fa-; cilities at hand to draw up a com- | plete and final plan. Responsibility Placed Beginning at the state level and | working down through counties, | held Tuesday evening, October 10. driving a new tan Chevrolet Deluxe ‘ municipalities and localities, the| Mrs. Charles Burnham was elected ' to membership. Refreshments were | served by Mrs. John St. Martin| and Mrs. Dorothy Tufts. The eve- ning was spent in bowling. ary on fee basis. Former Mayor Hooker suggested that a day be set aside to dedicate the airport and invite planes from other cities to participate. He stated that the Alaska Airlines had DC-3's which ! ! might be persuaded to attend. The Skagway Women’s Club met | It was reported that Mr. Metcalf Thursday, October 12, with Mrs. ! had recommended -putting in dirt g A Rasmuson and Mrs. John| at. the Barge Ramp and that the podge serving refreshments. Mrs.' y Alaska Road Commission would Hans Soldin gave a most interest- | probably do the work. ing talk on her European travels.| 3 f’l"here was considerable discussion ! At a special meeting of the on the Penny Art Gift and it was Common Council of the City of gecided that the members make | Skagway on October 9, the follow- ' penny donations at each meeting. | | Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Roehr have)Sedan; Harlan Mahle a grey Chev- plan places ultimate responsibility | received word that their daugmer‘mlst Deluxe Club Coup; and Mr.ion the governors for civil-defense Paula will receive her training in the WAAC’s in Richmond, Va. The Parcel Post Sale and bazaar | ., i spent traveling in the states. | plan, with accompanying policy, | sponsored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church at the Community Center Saturday eve- ning, October 14, was a huge suc- cess. The many parcels which had been collected all summer sold out early in the evening. There were candy hooths, cooked foods sale, and booths for needlework and and Mrs. Ray Carder a tan Jeep. Mr. and Mrs, Maurice Wheaton | returned home Sunday from a va- Mrs. Owen P. Flynn went to Ju neau Monday evening. ‘She “en tered St. Ann's Hospital for meg ical attention. l Friends have received word that Miss Esther Boguslawski and Mr. Donald Ripley will be married ,operation in their states and terri- tories. The Federal Government uccepts‘ ibility for establishing the | | | responsi jand issuing informational and ed- ucational material about both. It| )wm provide courses and facilities | ffor schooling and training and fur- nish some essential equipment. It will deal directly with the state | governors or, if their responsibility is delegated, the state and civil defense directors, Mr. Symington declared in his lzuggcsi,cd that, before mass evac- Such a program, the plan sug- gests, should be designed to provide | shelter in spots where they are most needed—that is in the critical target areas which have been deter. ! mined to be the most likely ob- jectives of enemy attack. It is recommended that, before construction of new shelters, a sur- vey be made of existing structures. Detailed plans for practical and in- expensive family shelters and mrl more elalyrate communal-type shelters are also being prepared. Evacuation A caution against mass evacua- tion before attack is offered. It is uation is considered, all other means of insuring mass safety be evaluated. The responsibility for planning and cal ng out evacu- ation rests with state and territorial civil-defense organizations, In organized self-protection the family unit; aecardihg to the plan, will constitute the basis for indi- viduel and family civil defense. To- ward this end the plan recom- 1 States which was blocked as of October 2, 1550, 1 Every person In the United States | holding, or having custody, controly or possession of property in | which on October 2, 1950, a blocked national had an interest re- | quired to file a report. In addition, | American issuers and obligators are also required to report bonds and other securities issued by them in | which a blocked foreign national | had an interest, October 2, 1950. | No filing is required with r i pect to property valued at less than $1,000 or property unblocked before October 2. Form OAP-700 for reporting, and further information, may be secur- ed at the office of Secretary of Alaska, Lew M. Williams, Federal Building, Juneau, Alaska. is and put out the cat .. . can you go to bed with the comfortable feeling that your property is pro- tected by Burglary Insur- ance? Shattuek Agenecy Phone 249 Seward Street JUNEAU Alaska Coastal offers you a mew service—to speed you on your way. Through your local ACA agent you can reserve your seat on Pan American to the States . . . and then fo any spot on the globel And now, for its patrons in Sitka, Hoonah, Tenakee, Skagway, Haines and similar communities ACA holds a special block of seats on Pan Am, . giving them equal priorities with those who buy their tickets in Juneaul BIOURTEM M | o » @ 9 {rummage. A baby's carriage robe Thursday morning at Holy Name | ing committees were appointed:iqhe “white elephant” was won by i Finance and taxation, Charles Cof- | fey, chairman, and Everett Smith; health and police, Marvin TBylor,‘ chairman, and Leland Gauit; fire| 'and water, Lyle Orbin, chairman, and Charles Coffey; public warksi and public property, Leland Gault, chairman, and Walter Self; schools and playgrounds, Walter Self,! chairman, and Lyle Orbin; judlc- iary and election, Everett Smith, chairman, and Marvin Taylor. Sam- uel Nelson was hired for police and fire patrol during the winter months beginning November first. He is to be subject to call at any time during the twenty-four hours. He was hired permanently as chief iand asked for food donations for | Mrs. Hans Soldin, was auclioned. Miss Irene Ryan, Tony Schwamm, Felix Toner, Mr, Fisher, Mr. Cald- well and Shell Simmons were in men for the various committees for tskn%wa;;i “llednesdayl, ‘gcs‘zb" ans' the Elks' Dedication Ceremories,| o §1V¢ final approva i | new airport. The Emblem Club met Friday,| October 13. The President, Mrs.| Marie Hoyt, appointed the chalr- the planned tea and buffet supper.! i Paper games were played by the The Florence Circle of the East- members under the direction ol‘,emmsmk: foce ‘W!;dne::ay ;{:er:‘;fi? Mrs. Lenora Moe. Refreshments| 2% the home of Mrs. Max Kopa £ were served by Mrs, William Feero, | Fi0al Pplans were made for the ) S, seri f card parties sponsored Jr.; Mrs. Roy Eagle and Mrs. Wil-| S¢S © liam Dewar. each winter by the Circle. Superintendent Barney Anderson Percy Colton is spending a month | went to Juneau by plane Wednes- of police, Mrs. Isabel Flynn was hired as assistant to the City Clerk. A'wire from Delegate Bartlett stated that $145,000 had been appropriated Ior] {'the members of the Ladies’ Auxili- the dike project, was read. The clerk was instructed to write ' 'met at the home of Mrs. Joseph {Mr. Caldwell concerning the dike and see what plans were’ made to refill a chanbel along side the dike ‘made by Munter and Co. with the dragline while getting the fill for the airport. The agreement was that bulldozers were to refill this channel but high water had pre- vented, and now there is danger of the same undermining the dike. The Skagway Cjty Council went on record as requesting support from Haines and the Juneau Cham- ber of Commerce in asking the; Alaska Road Commission to con- struct a road from Dyea to connect with the Alaska Eighway. Jo Anne : Pribbernow celebrated her ninth birthday Saturday after- mocn, October 7, with a party at her home. The guests were Joan ‘and Barbara Schibi, Mary Anne in Vancouver, Wash., visiting rela. | tives and receiving medical atten- tion, schoo] superintendents. ‘Wednesday afternoon, October 11, ary of the Presbyterian Church | | | Sheleby to make final preparations for the Parcel Post Sale which they were to hold Saturday eve- ning. They sang “Happy Birthday” to Mrs. Emil Maki, the secretary and, just before refreshments were served, Mrs. Howard Sawyer was presented with a beautifully decor- ated basket filled with many lovely | baky gifts. Small Patty and David were delighted to open the pack- ages for “my baby sister”—no— “my baby brother.” (Patty was right—it was “my baby sister.”) Mrs. Donald Mackay and her brother, Harry G. Ask, left on the Princess Louise Thursday to go’to Seattle where Mrs. Mackay will| visit with Mr. Ask’s family. Mrs. Marie Ryberg, who had been visiting the Hans Soldin family, and Colleen Rafferty, Sheila Nel- I've got news for Bar-B-Qued Turkey with all the trimmings SUNDAY beginning LAURA LEE'S BAR-B-Q 318 Willoughb returned to her home in Tacoma. you: at6 P. M. y — Phone 962 day to attend the convention of | Church in Ketchikan. Miss Wanda Adkins will be one of the attend: ants, and the bride will be given in marriage by Mr. John R. Mac- Millan. Both Miss Boguslawski and Miss Adkins were nurses in Skag- way at the White Pass Hospital. Fred Young of the steamer “Whitehorse” was an outgoin passenger on the Princess Louise Monday evening. Rev. John Dodge is attending the Youth Convention at Sitka. Waldeman Otto of Cowley, Y. T has returned to Skagway to cor tinue his work as a sophomore in Protect Yourself Against a COLD winter Overhaul Your Heating Unit and Plumbing NOW! / ... 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