The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, April 30, 1951, Page 2

\CF 'F\\'fl JIUGLAS LIONS served to members and d and pledge « and invocation by Soboleff. Poor, w Lions Club, and d club, and int Alva Blackerby. dress of the of the Mt nd deputy d foundix 1917 unt:il o in club mbers in 8,0 and has bee rowing ser world. He advised s o its re ny nspiration and " expected for the Club was esented to Ed © th ived the Lions to ecm Letterment. nee of Officer eau Ed Tom N. dent; Tan T Joe cf the new Lion Jo by ree C SLIPCOVERS A SHIRTS mor st order of business, was called erald Williams, u Lions C the recent president of | organizers gave evening, 25 % tub, in THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASKA Fred W. Alberts, Douglas Blanch-| william Boehl, James Burns, af- | ThomasN. Cashen, William Cuth- to or- | bert, Elwyn Dell, Edward Dietz. Presi- | William Dore, James Dogle, Wil- lub, the | liam Dunham, Chris J. Ehrend- f alleg- | reich, George E. Fleck, Stephen F. Rey. | Ford, Clarence Gildersleeve, Rich- ard Godman. | e than| guests, [ ard, Charles M. Gray, Eckley Guerin, Henkins, Leslie Hoisington, of | Robt. Issac, Marcus Jensen, Wil- the | liam Johnson, Edwin C. Johnson, roduced | Leonard Johnson, Joseph A. Kend- |1ex ar. | Willia:a ®erns, Ralph Kibby, Forty-second in a Series “arold Kruger, George Matson, Ian * |an Oge. | THE PIONEERS’ HOME B 3 | Today is the 38th birthday of| g, art.r: Pederson, Val A. Poor, | the Alaska Pioneers Home, the first P f.ke Pusich, Michael Pusich, Rud- | public institution created by the and v Pusich, Lawrence Richards,| Alaska Legislature m Roberson, Arne Shudshift, It was on April 30, 1913, that wrence Wilcox. Governor Walter E. Clark signed Cuests of the evening included | House Bill 94 of the First Alaska ctritorial Treasurer Henry Roden|Legislature. The bill became Chap- Mrs. Roden; George Sund-|ter 80 cf the Session Laws of that who represented the gover-|Year and provided for the estabs 1.5 wr’s office, and Mrs. Sundborg, ishment of the Home. Louglus‘ Mayor and Mrs. Waino Hendrick- ‘The bill itself and some prelim- by My, |son of Juneau; Rotarian president inary.arrangements for the Home i is Reynolds and Mrs. Revnolds; were largely the work of Arthur | Kiwanis president Larry Parker|Glendenning Shoup, Representative and Mrs. Parker. from Sitka. ! Trom the Juneau Lions club were I:hc.\r- members and their wi L. (dled | Avrit, Sterling Sears, Wes Overby, r‘elc Wood, C. Rusher, Dr. Rude, Danner, R. Wright, Jack Gue- Robert Scott, Alva Blackerby, vpe. M. Ransome, Walter Sobolelf, An- “yic» Gy Robinson and J. Nyman and yetary: ' Pocsident Jerry Williams. The Douglas Licns Club, first service group to be formed in one of | Clancy a carpenter shop and The new barracks ned on January 15, A few years later a residence mmandant was added, 's first electric plant was i at the Marine post about Edge- 30 ) 1908. whole establishment faced a ground, approximately an in extent, which forms the grou.‘ ds of the present Pioneers' Hom« In December, 1912, Snoup, with the assistance of Delegate James Wickersham, persuaded the Navy Department to let the newly crea- ted Territory of Alaska use the Marine barracks as a home for pioneer men. Title to the buildings and grounds was not granted to the Territory until some years la- ter. By March 3, 1913, when the First Legislature convened T)h Dey 1, Early in 1912 a contingent of the United States Marine Corps which had been stationed at Sitka since 1880 was ordered to duty on the Mexican border. The Marines nevér returned to Sitka and the barracks and other buildings of the post stood emply. Dariner ident: cr, ate the Pioneer’s Home, to set up @ koard of three trustees, including the Governor, to administer it, and to appropriate $10,000 for its op- It was a fairly sizeable establish- ment. When the Marines were first sent to Sitka they were quartered Shoup had prepared a bill to cre- Tail Poor, 1 Douglas, was assisted in its organ- ization by Gordon Smith, traveling and William Boehl. \xcp‘esenmtwe of Lions Interna- of the new club are:|tional recently in Alaska. 7 Household furnishings look 2 8 @ MEAT BLOCKS 4 FOR SALE al $25.00 each They're used, but in good condition 20ih CENTURY SUPER MARKET n Dell Members and feel like new after our expert, finer drycleaning! FTRIANGLE CLEANERS “for better appearance” Pllon:@ 307 in a three-story log building that had been the barracks of the Rus- sian troops. After 1884 this building also housed the District Court and the Commissioner’s Court, the of- aska—there was then only one Marshal for the entire Territory— and some other offices, and ¥t was badly overcrowded. In 1891 the Navy Department au- thorized construction of a new barracks building and picked a site where the quarters for the Russian officer: that were occupied by American army officers during the army's rule of Alaska. signed to accommodate 40 men, and near it were constructed a boiler house for the steam heating plant, fice of the U. 8. Marshal for Al-/ had once stood, quarters| ‘The Marinc barracks was a two- | story frame building, 40 by 70, de-; eration Shoup was particularly assisted in the House by Rep. Frank A.Ald- rich, then of Nome, and in the Benate the bill was supported by Henry Roden, who is one of the Home's present trustees. of the first Board of were Governor J. F. A. Strong and George Kostrometinoff end W. P. Mills, both of Sitka. Ar- thur G. Shoup became the first superintendent and served in thal capacity the first two years witin- out pey. The Pioneers’ effective July 4, Home Act became 1913, and by the had moved in. couple of years, revenue laws were being fought out in the cour the Federal govern- ment ed with the support of during the first biennium.| i first of October, 12 old prospectors | st During the first| while Territorial | jno The story of a faith that paid off YOU KNOW IT’S TRUE BECAUSE IT'S HAPPENED TO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS ROBABLY YOU'VE never thought of P)uursclf as a maker of history. But you are. And here is how you, as a citizen of the United States, are creating the greatest success in all history. Remember back in 1941 when the Defense Bonds you were buying sud- denly had to become War Bonds? How you and your neighbors pitched in to buy them in ever-increasing numbers, to back our fighting men and to help achieve the victory of World War 1I? After V-J Day, when those bonds became Savings Bonds, you continued to buy them because you had learned how regular saving could build secu- rity and contentment for yourself and those you love. The face of the land has undergone some dramatic changes in those years since V-J Day. Now the landscape is dotted with new homes that Savings Bonds built. Thousands upon thou- sands of new automobiles travel the highways—Savings Bonds cars, bought with the product of individual thrift. On the iarms, Bond- pu.rchased equlp- Brae— ment has helped produce bumper crops and prosperous years. Everywhere in America, man’s urge to get into busi- ness for himself has become a bright reality. So has the ambition of loving parents to send their children through college. Time and time again, Savings Bonds have made those dreams and many others come true. You KNOW they’ve come true, be- cause it’s happened to you or to some of your own friends. And this is only the beginning of the ‘story, Even after accomplishing so much, ‘millions of American families still-enjoy the financial security of owning more than fifty billion dollars— fifty thousand million dollars in Savings Bonds. More than at the peak of war-time Bond holdings! ! How much money is that? It’s enough . to build a new $10,000 mortgage-free home for every family in San Francisco —and Sacramento—and Salt Lake City—and Denver—and Kansas City— and St. Louis—and Indianapolis—and Cincinnati—and Pittsburgh—and New York City—and the whole state , of Texas! And every week, everywhere in Amer- ica, new millions of dollars are added to the total—as crisp new Savings Bonds are typed up wnb your name on them. Kind of a king-size success story, isn’t it? Your success story because you and thte millions of your neighbors are living it right now. Your own faith in America—your own desire for the warmth of family security and in- dependence—have made the story of United States Savings Bonds the thrift miracle of all time. For your security, and your: country’s (00, save now - through regular purcl&m g US. Savlngc flondo i S. Government does not pay for this d-'m.. The Treasury Dcpcmuuu thanks, for their ‘donation, the pebriotic Mvertising' Council The Daily Alaska Empire WATER FRO Lic_ St. Petersburg, Fla,, CL the Home. Since then d entirely y mber 1, in the 2 had 1 the total for which t Leen desig crowded in, years various to incr on the of G place on the x;en.~.au hen Scott ¢ or of Alas W. De Armond ¢ innon to the and they contin George A. Park ernor in 1925 became superintend 1, 1921, 1920 a mew buildin structed for the hospital dry and this, with other increased the t to about 100. The Home ren pacity until the concrete Plone endent wl r Hi present Superintende: Znigh nust wait 8 AT ’}'H" nd Mrs. Wilbur E. tive annexes to the main GASTINE couple For guesis refreching welcome. For the Eamiw Colce is (:Swazm a1t BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY 3 JUNEAU COLD STORAGE COMPANY Copyright 1951, The Coca-Cola Cu.