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PAGE SIX WOMAN ATHLETE OF YEAR BEACH, Fla,| great thing to of the | it sin=- | | PONTE Jan. 8 be named 1lete year!” Babe Zaharias mean cerely. The Babe has been a big in women’s athletics since as a 16~ year-old kid from Dallas she won two events in the 1932 Olympics The award in the Associated Press poll as women athlete of the yéar is hers for the fifth time for 1950. She also got it for 1932, 1945, 1946 and 1947. A year ago she was selected woman athlete of the first half of the 20th century Yet every time is a thrill to this| friendly, completely unaffected | woman. She goes right on trying | to win them | “If I can impress sports writers and the sports public 15 or 20 years more I'll enjoy it,” she said. “In fact I'm working on the sec- ond half of the 20th century.” | She's off to a good start in 1951. | Yesterday she won the Ponte Verda | Club Women's Golf Open with a 54-hole score of 228. In the last round Mrs. Zaharias met and turned | back a stiff challenge from 17- year-old Marlene Bauer of Mid- land, Tex. Miss Bauer, who was top woman | athlete of 1949, and her older sister Alice tied for third place of the 1950 poll. Gussie Moran, tennis player with the lace panties, fin- ished second. DORCAS SOCIETY T0 MEET TUESDAY NIGHT The Dorcas Society of the Sev- enth-day Adventist Church will meet at the home of Mrs. Don Compton, north Douglas road, Tues- day evening at 7:30. Those desiring to attend and wishing transporia- | VERDA P It's a man a name | figure of sport, will thrill the 1 he performs with the great Harlem | greater than ever. Six feet, two | linches tall and 24 years of age, the| Onermed ager e_reTueday ing no quarter. He handles hin on the court better with one than many cagers do with two. Boyd starred at J. C. Carbon Hizh School in his home town of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. He averaged 18 points a game for four seasons. In his senior year he captained the preps to 18 consecutive victories and was selected as all-state. Later he was every bit as bril t One-armed Boyd Buie, amazing fans at Juneau High School gym when Globetrotters basketball team against the All-Stars of Juneau to- | morrow night starting at 8 o’clock. Playing his fourth sexson in the | Globetrotter organization, Buie is THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA ™ HUSKIES LEAD ND CAGE PACK (By the Associated Press) The University of Washington Huskies are leading the pack in the northern division Pacific Coast | conference basketball scramble but lonly by virtue of a narrow 61-60 win over Oregon's Webkfoots in the second game of a two-game season opener in Seattle Saturday night. Coach Tippy Dye’s Huskies swept the series following a 73-49 victory over the Webfoot’s Friday night at ington pavilion. State’s Beavers were -4 second place in circuit | standings following a split in a me series with Washington defending champions at Pullman teserve center Bob Edwards made |14 points Saturday night to give | the Beavers a 57-46 victory over the | Cougars. WSC won the opening | contest 49-42 Friday night. | The Idaho Vandals, tied with | WSC in the third slot, had a com- | paratively easy time in defeating | Gonzaga University 55-41 in a non- | conference game at Spokane Satur- day night. 'BETA SIGMA PHI ing in Delta Chapter, the local exemplar [ chapter of Beta Sigma Phi, will hold its first meeting of 1951 at the home of Dorothy C. Farrell in the Knight 1 Apartments at 8 o’'clock, Tuesday, January 9. All active members are requested to attend. The theme as usual for this year's work will include a program con- _ | cerning the present day leaders of | ;China, This will be accompanied by |a display of Chinese works of art, clothing and refreshments with an | Oriental flare. The program is the | responsibility of the hostess, Dor- |othy C. Farrell. Any ritual of jewels chapter mem- | ber interested in the program is in- | vited to attend. MEETS TOMORROW tion should be at the church at 7:30 or call Blue 332 or 241. Mrs. A. L. Zumwalt will lead in the devotionals. A colored film will be shown of the history of the Dor- cas Society and Dorcas activities a'l over the world. All members and friends are invited to attend. {crack forward with only a right arm —his other was amputated after an | | auto accident in his youth—appes to have hit the peak of a meteoric | career this season. Buie’s eye for the basket, passing | and general all-around floor play are delightful to watch. The fans| are for him a thousand percent, | especially since they see him get by | on sheer athletic brilliance and ask- | 1 RAMSAYS VISIT JUN FRIENDS O WAY § David Ramsay, Alask. steamship Company agent at Sitka and Mrs. Ramsay visited Juneau friends while the Baranof was in port southbound Sunday afternoon. They | ore going to Seattle where Ramsay | Northwest cities. going south to, will attend the annual conference | Portland, Ore., and expects to re- | of company agents. | turn to Juneau ir. about two weeks. The Ramsays are former Imm-" time Juneau residents and Raiasay £y a0 ey was assistant agent for the Aleska JOHNSONS RETURN 1 Steamship Company here several| Mr. and Mrs. Wayne Juhnwnxl years prior to his appointment to |owners of the City Cleaner: nave. the post of agent at Sitka. returned to Juneau after s ..u'mnn} | trip of several weeks in the states. CASEY MORAN IN TOWN |'They visited with relatives in the Casey Moran, Alaska Highway West and central states. Patrolman from Ketchikan is at| S S the Baranof Hotel. SOUTH ON BUSINESS Mrs. Beulah Lee, co-owner the Connors Motor Company, left on the Baranof on a business trip | to the states. She will visit Pacific| | i | | SCHWINY BIKES AT MADSEN'S ‘ " Another (lipper‘* Extra! You get st Frequent Service like this ! === Every day... seven days a week. .. the Clippers fly on fast schedules to and from Seattle, Ketchikan, Juneau (connections to Anchorage) and Fairbanks. Clipper service twice a week to Whitehorse and Nome. Alaska is only hours small when you go by Clipper! And they're all big 4-engine planes! You get extra speed, extra power, extra dependability. Our flight crews know their planes, know their routes thoroughly. Pan American, remember, has been flying the Alaska skyways for 18 years! For reservations, just call:.. Baranof Hotel — Juneau Phone 106 LPav AMERICAN WorLp AgwArs WORLD'S MOST EXPERIENCED AIRLINE | *Trade Mark, Pan American World Airways, Ine. ]‘ . There is no substitute for Newspaper Adveriising! playing three years at Tennescez State College. With the collegian he averaged 16 points a game a led the quintet to the Midwesi Conference tournament champion- ship in his senior year. Buie came |clock. to the Globetrotters direct from the campas. His quiet demeanor and pleasing perscnality have made him a great favorite with players and fans alike. 0.E.S. INSTALLATION Juneau Chap. No. 7 and Masonic Lodge holding joint installation of Officers, Monday, Jan, 8, 8 o'- ALICE BROWN, Secretary AT HOTEL JUNEAU Russ Magli! of PNA is livirg at the Hotel Juneau now. HOTPOINTSz= DISHWASHER with FRONT opening and ELECTRIC drying! Now you can banish dishpan drudgery . . . save seven hours & week %. . for only four cents extra a day! Come in and see how the amazing pew Hotpoint AUTOMATICALLY washes dishes hygienically clean and dries them electrically. All you do is load racks which are specially designed to prevent breakage, add detergent and turn the dial. Average dish-handling time is cut to seven minutes! Quick—Easy—Clean—Safe! Dishes are double washed, double rinsed and dried electrically. Self-cleaning, Hotpoint Dishwashers even tura themselves off. Convenient front-opening feature eases loading, pro- vides permanent top work surfece and permits Motpoint's eflective top-spray action, #VERYBODY'S POINTING TO AUTOMATIC ELECTRIC Dishwashers Alaska Electrie Lightand Power Co. T e ey T P e R T s FE S , 702-1t | | i | PETIT JURY IS IMPANELED FOR JAN. TERM COURT, ‘A petit jury panel of 35 persons was examined, qualified and sworn in for duty in the January term of the U.S. District Court in Juneau by Judge George W. Folta in the morning session of court which convened at 10 o'clock today. Of the 42 persons summoned for jury duty, two were excused and five did not report. Excused were N. E. Bolshanin of Sitka and Carl Williams of Kake. Not reporting in court were Maxine Allen, Mrs. Rose Cockran, Erma Daisy Hayes and Lane S. Roff of Juneau and Roberta Johnson of Douglas. After being impaneled the jury was excused to report in court at 10 a.m. next Monday, January- 15. One case was on the court cal- endar for today, the Womens Divi- sion of the Methodist church, op- erating the Sanatorium at Bart- lett, Alaska, versus the Alaska In dustrial Board, set for 2 o'clock this afternoon to be heard before Judge Folta. Attorney R. E. Robertson represents the plaintiff and the de- fense is represented by Attorney William L. Paul, Jr. | The case of Ernest Paddy, rep- resented by Attorney John C. Dunn versus A. J. and E. Martin, repre- sented by Attorney William L. Paul, Jr,, is set for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. FROM CORDOVA Alma Masterson of Cordova is gistered at the Baranof Hotel res HOME FROM VISIT Mrs. Mabel Rouze of the Alaska Federal Savings and Loan Associ- | ation, has returned from Seattie where she spent the Christmas holidays. THOMAS STEWART IS NAMED LAW CLERK IN DIST. COURT OFFICE The appointment of Thomas Stewart as law clerk in the Ju- neau office of the U. S. District Court is announced by Judge Geo. W. Folta. Stewart will take over his post January 15. He replaces Will- iam Krasilovsky, Stewart is the son of Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Stewart Sr, pioneef family of Juneau. He was reared here and attended the Juneau schools. Stewart is a graduate of the Law School of Yale University. He served with the Armed Forces in World War II, Krasilovsky resigned the post to accept a position with the law firm of Hellenthal and Cottis of Anchorage. He and Mrs. Krasilov- sky and their little daughter Alexis plan to leave this weekend for An- chorage. CONSTANT FAMILY HERE Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Constant and daughter, Jean, of Anchorage, ar- rived here from Seattle on PAA and are stopping at the Baranof Hotel. SUNDAY FIRE CALL The 3-8 fire call Sunday after- noon was for the Rocovich Apart- ments on Seventh Street for an overloaded electrical wiring. Iio damage was reported. PETERSON TO KETCP.:KAN ! Edward G. Peterson of the FHA Jfice here left today for Ketchi- (kan to inspect the Ferris Apart- | ments, an FHA construction pro- | ject, | 0 VR, Tha ST FROM HAINES Robert E. Lee of Haines is at the Gastineau Hotel. MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 19514 A | Louisiana State 76, Miss State 51. | Utah 57, Colorado A. and M. 43. Denver 42, Brigham Young 41. | Southern Methodist 66, Baylor 37. | Texas Christian 42, Arkansas 31. RESERVE (ORPS IRAIN'“G u"' | Texas 56, Rice 54. | Oregon State 57, Wash. State 46. Lt. Col. James H. Mahoney irom: Washington 61, Oregon 60. Headquarters U. S. Army, Alaska, Southern Cal 68, California 44. at Ft. Richardson is in Juneau | Stanford 74, UCLA 7l. until Thursday for the purpose of , Army 54, Brown 49. contacting army reserve utficers.fkhode Island State 93, Maine 59, It is hoped that an Ofiicers’ Re- |Connecticut 71, Vermont 43. serve Corps training unit can be|Toledo 48, San Francisco 35. established in Juneau as a result | Beloit 65, Washington (St. Louis) 59 of these meétings. Virginia Tech 60, Virginia 59. Col. Mahoney, who is the sel\mr‘N:\v,v 58, George Washington 54. army instructor for the Officers’ |Idaho 55, Gonzaga 41. Reserve Corps in Alaska, will be | available at the regular National Guard meetings in the armory on| HO(KEY GA“ES Monday and Tuesday evenings. He will also be glad to meet any in- | - terested officers in his room at the | (By the Associated Press) Baranof Hotel, The New Westminster Ru_vn]s‘ He will be accompanied by Mast- | continued their winning ways and er Sergeant Norman J. Still, also|the Portland Eagles dropped their from Ft. Richardson. seventh game in eight Pacific Coast Hockey League starts in weekend | play. g | The Eagles lost to the Van- RE& | couver Canucks 5-4 in a game » 1 | played in the Oregon city Sundajy! | Ll | Goalie Jerry Cotnoir Seattle BASKETBALL‘(‘:l\lu!f—xh\:t out his former team-* mates for the second time in nine |days as the Victoria Cougers de- | feated the Ironmen 3-0 in a game at Seattle Sunday night. basketball games played ov<. the| The Seattle loss was the second weekend: ‘(luring the weekend as the Iron- Columbia 85, Cornell 45. jmen lost 5-3 to New Westminster Princeton 49, Harvard 47. |in a Saturday night contest in thea! Pennsylvania 96, Yale 61. Canadian city. Illinois 70, Minnesota 62. | The Tacoma Rockefs rolled up an Indiana 77, Ohio State 62 8-0 shutout victory over the Van- 4 Towa 73, Purdue 63. | couver Canucks in the Washington Wisconsin 61, Michigan 52. city in another Saturday night Michigan State 67, Northwestern 62, | tussle. 9 Kansas State 60, Missouri 43. | Kansas 66, Nebraska 41. i AN FRANCISCO Towa State 48, Oklahoma 44. | Florence E. Ullrich of the Ameri- N.C. State 77, Duke 71 (overtime) |can Red Cross office San Fran- Alabama 56, Tennessee 55. J‘r:isco is in Juneau for a few daysg is stopping at the Baranof Vanderbilt 61, Auburn 51. “She 'a | Hotel. PLANS T0 SET UP P f . » . Here are tinal cories of lescing v .2 % FIREB | g #ae o DON’T DON'T OBEY THAT IMPULSE to drive, helter skelter, at the first fire alarm, packing the streets, raising a taffic hazard, to satisty curiosity and watch a spectacular show, at the firesidle. DON'T GO TO THE FIRE, for Safety Sake, UNLESS YOU ARE A FIREMAN! It's common senseto STAY AWAY FROM FIRES. Juneau has a good record for putting out fires. That record can be made better if YOU, TRAFFIC CODE OF JUNEAU Ordinance No. 337 Section 31. Operation of Vehicles During Fire Alarm and on Approach of Auth- orized Emergency Vehicles. During the alarm signal upon the approach of any authorized emergency ve- hicle giving nal by bell, siren or exhaust whistle, the a police offi time any fire of the Fire is sounding, or an audible sig- Enacted A pril 17, 1950 motor vehicle, other than an authorized emergency vehicle or a vehicle in which riding in response to a fire alarm or other emergency, shall, unless otherwise di- rected by a police officer or a member of the Fire De- and YOU, and YOU will give your Volunteer Firemen a better break. Wait until the Fourth of July for your fireworks. City of Juneau partment, drive such ve- hicle to a position as near as possible and parallel to the right hand edge or curb of the street, roadway or alley, clear of any intersec- tion, and stop, and remain stopped until such author- ized emergency vehicle or vehicles shall have passed. operator of a cer or member Department is For Your Own Safety IT’S COMMON SENSE to stay away from fires. Many times last year work of the fire fighters has been hampered. Injury hazards are always increased. A crowd of spectators, prescent for the sake of “the thrill” does not help and USUALLY DOES HINDER efficient operation of the Fire Department. Therefore we ap- peal to your better judgment, and ask you to cooperate. For Yor Own Safety Stay Away from Fires! Published in the interest of Public Safety by Juneau Volunteer Fire Department