The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, June 13, 1951, Page 2

PAGE TWO DOUGLAS NEWS TO TORONTO Mrs. Matt Haro and daughter | Caroline are passengers on the Princess Louise enroute to Toron- | to to spend the summer vacation | with Mrs. Haro's relation there. | This is Mrs, Haro's first visit home. Mother and daughter plan to re- turn here in August. STUDENTS HOME Three Douglas students have ar- rived from the states on vacation from college. Lyle Riley has been attending | Washington State at Pullman, by the ANS during vacation. Elmer Savikko has been attend- ing the University of Washington ending his fifth year there. He is preparing his boat for another summer’s fishing. . | noon was spent visiting and with served TO BOISE, IDAHO Mrs. William Dore and children left on the last trip of the Baran- of. They will visit in Seattle and then continue to Boise, Idaho. Mr. Dore will join them there later Ithls summer. Herbert Bonnett, also was en- rolled at Pullman this year. He intends tor be employed with the Hayes and Whitely contractors dur- ing the summer vacation. SELMA SARNISTO IS ELEVEN eleven years | was given a home of her Oliver Sar- GOES TO SEATTLE Milford Marshall, Douglas City Councilman, left Monday via PAA |for Seattle where he will receive | medical examination and care for [a back and leg condition. Selma Sarnisto was of age yesterday and birthday party et the parents, Mr and Mrs. nisto. Invited to her party were Susan and Judy Neal, Clarice Eversen TONSILECTOMY Dorothy Dell underwent a tonsil- | ectomy yesterday afternoon at the | Juneau Medical and Surgical Clins Yjc. She is reported getting alohg very well this morning. She is the eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Elwin Dell. f . TO KODTAR Jack Means and Robert. Picker- fing left yesterday via PNA for Ko- digk, where THE DAILY ALASKA EMPIRE—JUNEAU, ALASRA | Washington. He will be employed |and children Bobby and Jerry, and | for the Bureau of Land Manage- the summer |Selma’s brother Donny. The after- ment in that area. Until housing is located at Ko- | games. Ice cream and cake were | diak,s Mrs. Pickering is a house-|The Ve guest of the Means family at Doug- Newsy fioie's From Skagway (Speécial Correspondence) ‘SKAGWAY, Alaska, June 8— Skagway Unit Auxillary to Post No. 7, the American Leégion, met with thirteen members = present. Mrs. Myrtle Terry acted as secretary dur- ing the absence of Mrs. Sheila Brena. A letter from Edith Davis, Department Rehabilitation Chair- man—stated that she would visit and help with any problems the Auxiliary might have. A tea, a no- host dinner, and a special meeting were planned for her visit. It was reported that the poppy wreaths were made and sold during Poppy Week. Since the longshorémen con- stitute a majority in the Post they were granted time off from twork ey will do surveying' Memorial Day to présent the Mem- — e ~ The Pertect Giff For Fathet's Day Here's the shirt Dad wants$ for those lounéfng- around days. : Eagles’ Hall. The Grand Officers | orial services. The Auxiliary P“l‘:’ Worthy President—William Fini- chased six arm bands for use in gan (by proxy Willlam Heidel- | parades and patriotic assemblies. | berger), Worthy Vice President— 1lain—Paul Alexander (by proxy IGeorgc Keller); Worthy secretary— The 4-H girls sold poppies to the | Daniel Bolin; Worthy Treasurer— fownspeople; Mrs. John O'Daniel {Harold Pribbernow; Worthy Con- and I\:[’rs. David Ohler sold poppies ' ductor—John Wright; Worthy In- at the dock when thé" Princess side Guard—Harry Bigoff; Worthy Louise and the Prince George ar-| Outside Guard—Sam Destell; Trus- rived. tee (3 years)—Roy Eagle. | Madame President—Dorothy Self; | Madame Vice-President—Anne True; Mrs. Beulah Ward and her daugh- | yroq0me Chaplain—Toni Blanch- ter Donna Lee left May 20 by Alas- | ., 4. nagame + Secretary—Pauline ka Coastal to go to Seattle to Visit| prpyernoy: Madame Treasurer— | Mrs. Ward's mother, Mrs. HeOIrY wpry jane Matthews; Madame Con- Williams. The Gordon Blanchard | g, frece’ e 'Maki; Madame In- lfnmi]_v are living in Mrs. Wards;gme Guard—Birdie Roehr (by proxy home during her absence. —Ethel Villesvik); Madame Out- | side Guard—Delia Mason; Trustee— i (3 years)—Lenora Moe. Following the installation 'cere- ;muny an amusing skit “School | Days” was given by Helen Clark, Mr. and Mrs. John St Martn pgyine pripbernow, Sye Maki, Mary :e“s”}‘t 2:1:2‘;‘?th‘:“:: ';";0 | Jane Lingle, Lenora Moe, Dee Mason, 0 Salt L@ i g STV " |Doris Boyd, and Carla Hansen. tin's cousin, Miss Therma Gm""Dsncmg followed the delicious accompanied them. ‘lunch. lunch. | Camillo (McGee) Brena has en- tered the Veterans’ Hospital in Port- land, for medical attention. Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Johnston | : of Anchorage, and Mrs: Don Ingles | At the meeting of Naomi Chap- and her son Hallet of Palmer, visited | ter No. 9, O. E.'S. Friday, June 1. Mr. and Mrs. Hal Johnston lastgifts were presented to Mr. and week. They drove over thé Cut-Off | Mrs. Arnold Gutfeld, past patron to Haines and came to Skagway by | and past matron, who are leaving small boat. The Johmstons I6ft|soon to move to the States. Mr. June 2 to return to Anchorage. Ken | Gutfeld, a Charter member and the Lamoreaux made the trip with first marshal of Naomi Chapter, was them. Mrs. Ingles plans to visit with | also presented a Life Membership. her parents and her sister, Mrs. | Lamoreaux, for a month. { Phillip Eagle celebrated his seven- | teenth birthday, with a hamburger Mr. and Mrs. Hal Johnston, Jr.| supper at the fireplace.in the yard have moved to Anchorage from of his home. The guests were Pat- Seattle. Mr. Johnston is employed |ricia Anderson, Shirley Cooper, in an accountaint office in Anchor- Maxine Brown, Leada Sheleby, Ran- | dy Hubbard, Stan Brown, and Terry = | Eagle. Ed Kalenkosky made a trip to | Juneau by Alaska Coastal for den- tal attention. A special meeting of the City Council was held May 28. A special election will ‘be held Juna 19, in order that the citizénd vote whether or not to purchase the Skagway Service Company. A special hearing on the same will be held June 12. { The water tank at the old Sani- tarium was sold to E. A. Hosford. | A letter was read from Mr. Arget- singer, District Engineer, which stated the additional cost of the proposed water and sewer exten- sions requested would nmount fo 1$35,000. At the present time he did Saturday evening, June 2 a joint Installation for the officers of the Skagway Aerie No. 25, F. O. E. and their Auxiliary was held at the for Installation were: Installing Of- | ticer—William Dewar; Conductor— William Burfield; Chaplain—M. E. Rogers; Guard—Charles Clark. The officers installed for the ensuing year were— F el - We'll share with you a large assortment of lovely lamps . . . styles for every room in your home. Includ- ed are: TABLE LAMPS MANTLE LAMPS DESK LAMPS BRIDGE LAMPS FLOOR LAMPS BOUDOIR LAMP and many others on dIspIéy. with and withou! shades. SPECIAL SAVINGS, foo, as these are priced from $1 up Alaska Eleétric Light & Power Co. not know if the existing appropria- | tions would cover the same. He | will advise the City at the earliest date possible. { The Princess Louise—C.PR.—was in port Wednesday and Thursday. from Seattle. H. G. Ask came to spend several months at his busi- ness in Skagway. Miss . Joyce Riewe, who has been attending school in Seattle, came to spend the summer. S. Distell returned from a vacation trip. Tom Tunley, who has been Mines, was a passenger from Jun- the bridge gang. The Prince George—C.N.R.— was in Skagway Wednesday on a char- tered cruise,—the Portland Journal tour party. The first Days of '98 Dance of the tourist season of 1951 was held | Wednesday evening at the Eagles’ | Hall —Maurice Wheaton master of | ceremonies. “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” was given with Mrs. Gail Budd giving the reading. Mrs. Joseph Sheleby as the “Lou”, Bruce Boynton as “Dangerous Dan Mec- Grew”, Philip Eagle as “the stran- ger from the creeks”. Dave Coffey acted as Soapy Smith. | Mr. Schumaker, a retired lumber- man from Pittsburgh, spent several days visiting in Skagway. He had a 1951 Packard sedan with him and he | plans to travel throughout the Ter- ritory in a leisurely fashion doing some bear hunting in Kodiak, and | going to the Arctic Circle. He has a | movie camera especially built to be fitted on his gun so that he will |have a permanent record of his shooting. He plans to go to Africa | this fall. He left on the barge ‘Thursday to go to Haines. NEW' Sensational ! Wax-Starch, far better {than old-fashioned \starching ! Johnson’s BRISK Marvelous new Brisk is much easier to use than old-fashioned starch. And it gives your dresses and clothes a “brand-new” look—a wonderful Jast- ing smoothness and luster. Dresses stay crisp and fresh all day long. And men’s shirts won’t wilt and crack, and never “scratch,” either! It’s because Brisk contains DRAX, the new miracle fabric wax! Dirt won'’t penetrate, and washes out eas- ily. Get new Johnson’s Brisk today. | Economical, because it’s highly con- | centrated. ECONOMICAL — CONCENTRATED JOHNSON’S IS Made by the makers of Johnson's Wax 5 i | ning ended with @ nice ' Herbert Richardson; Worthy Chap-| Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Downey returned; attending the Colorado School of | | eau. Tom will spend the summer on | WEDNESDAY, JUNE 13, 1951 Mrs. Roland Burrows and her two sons, Douglas and Stanley of Juneau, were guests of the Rev. and Mrs. John Dodge for a week. They returned to Juneau by Coastal. I ; The Rev. John Dodge is at Haines (with the Senior High Summer Camp. This year there are 39 campers. None of the young people from Skagway were able to attend since all of them are working this summer. Wednesday, May 30, at 10 a. m. special Memorial services were held at the Cemetery by the members of the Ladies’ ‘Auxiliary to Skagwuy Aerie No. 25. F. O. E. for Sister Vinta Phelps: A floral wreath was placed on the grave and the Serv- ice was given by Madame President —Helen Lee; Madame Vice-Presi- dent ' Dorothy Self; Chaplain — Ethel Villesvik; and Past Madame | President—Gertrude Beitinger. Memorial Day Services were con- ducted Wednesday afternoon by the members of Pést No. 7 of the American Legion. The Rev. John Dodge gave the prayers, Mrs. D. W. Stevenson sang “My Buddy” and Mrs. Gordon Blanchard sang “God Bless America”. From the hall the crowd went to the wharf where services were held for the Marine and Navy dead and a wreath cast on the water. At the cemetery a service was held for the Army dead and a wreath placed on the Legionnaire plot. Gordon Blanchard was in charge of the firing squad. W. Swick and Charlie Roehr played echo taps at all three services. Mrs. W. W. Patterson gave a party Friday afternoon at her Skag- way home to celebrate her son Collins’ tenth birthday. The guests were Gary and Danny Cox, Alex, George, and Gordie Blanchard, Monty Fuler, Albert Judson, David Edwards, David Stevenson, Jay Frey, Lee Hartson, Brooks Smith. Gdmes were played and birthday refreshments were enjoyed. The Club Scouts had a busy day Ssturday cleaning yards and digg- ing gardens. They made an excel- lent addition to their treasury. D. D. Cox was in charge. Mrs. C. L. Anderson gave a party I saturday afternoon to celebrate her son Mike’s sixth birthday. The afternoon was spent in a treasure thunt, and enjoying ' birthday te- | freshments. The guests were Janice ‘and Timmy Larson; Jimmie, Kennie, {and Sylvia Boynton; Bill and Don- {na Swick; Elaine. Genevieve and | Ellsworth Jones; Mary Anne and i Colleen Rafferty; Mott and Tony | Fuller; Terry Mason; Dennie Bird; ,‘Patty Budd; Dolores Sheleby; Bon- dy Patterson; Brooks Smith; George | and Gordon Blanchard; Bobbie Cof- fey; ‘Butch’ Lingle; ‘Coke’ Foster and Nova Warner. Mrs. Roy Eagle | assisted Mrs. Anderson. Skagway’s teachers during vaca- tion:— Mr. Anderson is driving truck for Palmer Construction Company on i dike work. Mr. Swick is longshoring and giv- ing music lessons. Mrs. Anne Briggs and her daugh- ter Ellen Kay are spending the sum- {mer in Haines, where Mrs. Briggs 1is employed at the Haines House. ! Miss Gail Brimhall is leaving to visit with her folks in Colorado, drive with them to Florida, and from there to Quito, Equador, to visit Miss Frances Fell who was formerly in Haines. Mrs. Macchia has gone to Jun- eau to join her husband. Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Battles are enjoying housework at home and gardening. The William Miller family is out- jside on vacation. Mrs. D. W. Stevenson has been appointed tax assessor for theCity. Tad Hillary's 1929 Model A Ford Sedan was sold by sealed bid Sat- urday. Harry Church bought the car and irq:nediutely resold it to Herbert Richardson’s son. Miss Kitty Alexander of Belling- ham, Wash., was guest speaker at the Presbyterian Church Sunday morning. She arrived on Saturday —coming from New York. Miss Alexander has just finished five years of Missionary service in Iran and leaves in September to return for a seven year period. After a pot luck luncheon attended by about 75 at the Community Center Miss Alexander left on Andrew Gamble’s fishing boat from Kake to go to Haines and Sitka. The Legion Post and the Unit are jointly sponsoring a Midnight Picnic on June 22 at the abandoned Sanitarium at the ‘end of the road’. The old garage floor will be used for a dance and the Post P. A. system will furnish the music, Hot dogs, coffee, and soft drinks will be sold. On Monday, June 4, the twenty- first birthday of his only child, W. T. Mulkey, a boilermaker at the White Pass Shops, received word that his son, Bill T. Mulkey, of Spokane, Washington, with the Ninth Infantry Regiment, had been Kkilled in action in Korea, May 20th. BERGSETH HERE Oscar Bergseth of the New Eng- land Fish Co. Seattle, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. WRANGELL VISITOR Elmer Bakke of Wrangell is stop- ping at the Gastineau Hotel. NEW SOVIET BLOCKADE IN BERLIN AREA BERLIN, June 13 — (P—Ignoring Allied protests, the Russians turned back hundreds of West Betlin ex- port shipments today in a move which threateaed to become an eco- nomic blockade of this Soviet- sur- rounded eity. vy Western Allied officials talked of | shutting off vital supplies to East | Germany in retaliation, if the Rus- ns refused to yield. ‘But we are still hopeful,” one high Awnerican official said. “We are just sitting tight waiting for a Russian veply to our protest.” The protest was against tre new Russian regulation requiring West Berlin manufacturers to show the origin of their strategic raw ma- terials before they can ship their finished products through the Rus- sian zone to the west. The United States, Britain and France declared two d'ays ago that the Russians had no right to de- mand such information and told the West German city government to refuse it. "MR. LABOR" OF AUSTRALIA'IS STRICKEN, DIES CANBERRA, Australia, June 13— (M— Former Prime Minister Joseph B. Chifley collapsed and died to- night. ‘The former railroad engineer, a longtime leader of Australia’s Labor party, was prime minister from April, 1945, until December, 1949, when the Labor government was succeeded by a Liberal-Country par- y coalition. He was 68. Chifley’s death came as the Aus- tralian nation was celebrating the 50th anniversary of the Common- wealth Federal government in which he had played a leading part in war and postwar years. The son of a blacksmith, Chifiey was “Mr, Labor” in Australia. FINED $50 FOR HUNTING WITHOUT LICENSED GUIDE Ray Callahan pleaded guilty in U. 8. Commissioner’s Court yester- day afterncen of hunting without a licensed guide and was fined $50. Callahan, a resident of California, had a non-resident license hut had not complied with the law which re- juires that non-resident hunters must be accompanied by a licensed Zuide. A large bear he had shot was confiscated ' by ‘the Fish and Wildlife Service. The complaint was signed by Blake Kinnear, FWS agent and prosecution for the government was shandled by P. J. Gilmore, Jr., U. S. District Attorney. PASSEY IS NEW DOCK FOREMAN, COLD STORAGE Wwilliam Passey is now dock fore- man at the Juneau Cold Storage plant He replaces ‘M. L. MacSpad- den who resigned to go with the Alaska Department of Fisheries for the season. SPEEDERS FINED Three automokile speeders drew fines in City Magistrate’s Court yesterday for exceeding the 20-mile- per-hour city limit. Ludwig Gus- jaas and Jean Pearson drew $36 fines each and Gerald Beason was ° ‘ined $28. FROM OGDEN Dean F. Redford of Ogden, Utah is stopping at the Hotel Juneau. BOB LEWIS HERE Robert Lewis, representative of the Southern Cotton Mills, Anchor- age, is registered at the Baranof Hotel. FROM OKLAHOMA Ray Campbell of Oklahoma City, Okla. is at the Baranof Hotel. e FROM SEATTLE | Bert Chapman of Seattle is stop- ping at the Baranof Hotel. FROM KETCHIKAN D. M. Herr with the U. S. Coast Guard from Ketchikan is at the Gastineau Hotel. C. R. Barnhill of Ketchikan is registered at the Baranof Hotel. Martin Cordes Lumkter Co. is stopping at the Gas- tineau Hotel. TIDE TABLES June 14 Low tide . 15 am. 3.1 ft. High tide .. :14 am. 12.0 ft. Low tide 06 pm. 39 ft. High tide 9:30 p.m. 156 ft. e e )00 u d 92 3 y i 15 11 Bt 2014 wa w A 3 ot i i 1 Bt i iq! iB ai H i il of the Haines - ' . W 2y v