- Society and Clubs -
FORMER SJJC STUDENT
WEDS IN JUNEAU
Miss Marie Johnson, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel G.
Johnson of Angoon, and Mat
thew Garcia, son of Mr. and
Mrs. John Garcia, Sr., of Jun
«au, were wed in Juneau at a
double rinjg ceremony Nov. 19
at the Memorial Presbyterian
Church. Rev. Walter A. Sobo
£@if (performed the ceremonv.
The church was decked with
baskets of white and yellow
chrysanthemums for the can
dlelight ceremony.
Given in marriage by her
lather, the bride wore a gown
of white, fashioned with a ny
lon lace bodice and a full ny
lon tulle skirt. The lace motif
was carried out in the tiered
veil. She wore a single strand
©f pearls, the igifit of the bride
groom, and carried a white
Bible topped by an arrange
ment of red roses.
Mrs. Roy Brown, cousin of
the bride, was matron of hon
©f in a pale green ballerina
length gown. She carried a
nosejgay of pink carnations.
The bride’s mother was in a i
pale blue suit with mauve ac
cessories, and a corsage of
pink carnations. Mrs. Garcia, j
Sr., wore a grey afternoon
dress with matchinlg accessor- i
ies, while her corsage was of
red carnations.
Marcella Gamble, cousin of '■
the bride, was flower girl in
a frock of white taffeta, with
a s(pray of baby roses in her
hair. Candlelighters were Pe
dro Barril and Daniel Johnson
“I Love You Truly,” and
“Through 'the Years” were
sung by Richard Newton, ac
comipariied Iby Mrs. Jack Pope
joy, while traditional wedding
music was played by Miss Lois
Sorenson.
George Mercado was best
man, While Simon and Daniel
Johnson, brother of the bride, j
and Pedro Barril and John
Garcia, Jr., brothers of the
groom served as ushers.
A reception followed at
Waggonor Hall. Mrs. Joseph i
Kahklen served cake, while
the Mesdames Cat a lino Barril,
Jr. and Pedro Barril poured.
Assisting with the serving
were the Mesdames Cyril Zu
boff, Albert Clark, John Gar-,
United States
Department of The Interior j
Bureau of Land Management
Land Office
Date: September 28. 1955
Serial No. 026048
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that
Robert Osbaugh Brown, entry
man, together with his wit
nesses, Georp .• Bernardi and
Jack Duane Phillips, all of
Sitka, Alaska, has submitted
final proof on his homestead
entry, Anchorage Serial No.
026048 for land embraced in
U. S. Survey No. 2571, situated
on the southerly side Sitka
Highway and fronting on Thim j
"bleberry Bay 3 miles east of,
Sitka. Lat. 57 degrees 02 min-:
utes 28 seconds N., Long. 135
degrees 16 minutes 20 seconds
W.. containing 9.23 acres, and
it is now in the files of the
Land Office, Anchorage. Alaska
If no protest is filed in the
Land Office within the period
of publication or thirty days
thereafter. 9aid final proof will
be accepted and final certificate
1QQ11 An
WALTER E. BECK
Asst. Manager
Date First Publication: Oct.
5. 1955.
Date Last Publication: Nov.
30, 1955.
ROTARY PRESENTS $500
TO HOSPITAL
Ait the weekly Rotary Club
luncheon yesterday, a check
for $500 was presented to the
equipment fund of the Sitka
Community Hospital.
Lin Thielke of the club hos
pital committee spoke briefly,
handinlg the check to cluib pre
sident Leslie Yaw. Mr. Yaw in
turn presented it to Ernestine
Veatch, president of the hos
pital committee, wiho gave it
to Sii tea’s mayor, Earl Shen
nett. Sister Ruth Poetzsch, Lu
theran deaconess who is to be
director of nurses at the new
institution, also was present
in the group as was the Rev.
Henry Chapman, who offered
a special prayer on the occas
ion.
John Robertson, assistant
attorney general of Washing
ton, who resides at Olympia,
Washington, was present as a
guest at the meeting.
LUTHERAN WOMEN TO
MEET THURSDAY
Women of the Lutheran
Church will meet Thursday at
7:30 ip. ih. at the center, with
Mrs. Harold Jenny as hostess.
Prolgram will include slides
of Rocky Boy Mission and
Lawrence Porter will spea'k
on Rocky Boy Mission, w.here
he lived for several years.
ACCA MEETING
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Mon.hly meeting of the Sit-j
ka chapter of the Alaska Crip-1
pied Children’s Assn, is plan- j
tied for Wednesday at 8 p. m.
at the home ef Dr. and Mrs.,
Dean Fraiser . alt Mt. Edge- j
cumbe. Sitka members are re
minded to take the 7:30 o’clock
shore boat.
Everyone interested in the
work of the ACCA is urged to
attend this meeting.
WOMEN OF MOOSE WILL
NOT MEET TONIGHT
Due to a mixup in dates, the
Women of the Moose will not
meet tonight, Wednesday, Nov
ember 30, tout will hold their
meeting next Wednesday, Dec
emlber 7th.
CHAMBER DINNER WILL
HONOR VISITING MAYORS
In compliment l.o visitors at
the Southeastern Alaska Con
ference of Mayors, to be held
here Dec. 1, 2 and 3, the Sitka
Chamber of Commerce has an
nounced a no-host dinner Fri
day evening at 7:30 p. m. at
the El'ks Clubrooms.
The usual Friday luncheon
meeting has been cancelled.
Those wishing to attend the
dinner should make reserva
tions prior to Thursday eve
ning by (phoning 7 in Sitka,
between 10 a. m. and 6 p. m.
cia. Jr. and Qharles Gamble.
Miss Virginia OBarril was in
charfge of the guest book and
the Mesdames Simon Johnson
and Daniel Johnson arranged
gift tables.
The bride is a graduate of
Sheldon Jackson Junior Col
lege and Griffin-Murphy Busi
ness College. She is employed
by the Alaska Department of
Health.
Mr. Garcia graduated from
Wrangell Institute and is em
ployed by v.'he Alaska Native
Service.
The couple are making their
home in Juneau at the Klein
! apartments. 235 Gold Street.
1.
Gil Nettinqs
by Gil Truitt
The Bananof loop failed Iasi
year to repeat its 1954 sweep
of hij°h school basketball’s top
prize, but the cradle of the
peach-basket siport will have
no reason no apologize for the
1955-56 performances of its
standard bearers.
The local prep circuit, long
known for its topsy-turvy bas
kefball, appears talent laden
this year and begins a season
that looms brightest since 1954
wthen (the local Sitka Timber
Wolves gained territorial pro
minence by first upsteeing Jun
eau’s heavily favored Bears
and then whacking Anchorage
in the All-Alaska playoffs.
This unpredictable loop was
right in character last season
when Edgeoumibe, rated no bet
ter (than third in pre-season cal
culations, powered its way to
the Lions pre-season tourney
championship and to a credit
able showing before bowing to
a good Ketchikan high team in
the all Southeastern show-down
Meanwhile, heavily favored
Sheldon Jackson didn’lt quite
play up to its potential and fin
ished the season in a real shock
er, losing to Douglas in the SE
tournament.
The local Wolves, lonlg a weak
sister in the Baranof stronghold
started 'the cage wars a year
ago with a young crew and did
as well as was expected. If new
coach Bill Marsh and his up
and coming proteges don’t
crash the charmed circle this
season, Timber Wolves follow
ers shouldn’t be too disturbed.
Experts (?) figure this year the
Sikkans should do better than
break even. But next year (as
they say in Brooklyn if it isn’t
this year — watch out!
The rise of Sitka to a position
of territorial prominence was
rapid, but no; noticeable un
til the 1950 season when the
Wolves began its upward trend
giving Edgecumlbe land SJS a
real run for their money.
The loss of the Southeastern
crown by a single point to Dou
glas in the 1952 playoff was
quickly forlgotl en when SE fans
everywhere thrilled as the Wol
ves stages a rags-to-riehes cake
walk to the 1954 All-Alaska
championship.
And now, under the tutelage
of Marsh for the first time, the
Wolves belgin a season in which
die-hard fans of the Blue and
White are sitting back in ecst
acy. hoping that the new men
tor will deliver the goods a
head of schedule.
Notoriously a slow starter in
early season games, the Wolves
will be a factor all ihe way if
they can readily adapt to the
Marsh system. Well groomed
in basketball wizardry, the new
coach should unveil an exciting
team which will be a thorn in
the side of foes with champion
ship aspirations.
In Terry Nelson and Norman
Wood, Marsh has an his disposal
two of the tallest men in local
prep captivity. Jerry Smith,
Gary Paxton and Sammy Mar
tin should be fine running
mates.
All is quiet at the Wolve den
—something big must; be brew
ing.
The Sitkans will come out in
the open for the first time on
Thursday might at the Edge
oumbe field house when they
pair off with John Boiforidge’s
SJS quint in the opening round
of '.he Lions’ annual tourna
ment. The game time is set foi
8 p. m. with a preliminary sci
eduled to precede it.
Edgecombe, the defending
titlist, will meet the winner oi
Thursday’s opener for local suip
remacy Saturday night.
History shows that the Lions
tourney means little as far as
pre-season predictions go. Sit
ka, which has never won the
top prize, has invariaibly look
ed sharpest at season’s end
while the winner of the early
season tourney went nowhere
in particular thereafter.
.The writer took up the role
as a roving reporter all of last
week, with one question: “Who
do you think will win the Lions
tourney?” The answer 9-times
out of 10 was: “It will be
close.” Too close for comfort
to those with a weak heart.
Bill Marinson, Kavhi coach,
wasn’t too optomistic when we
talked to him but he was pro
bably playing it cagey. He does
however expect trouble from
the three 'local srhools .
Wonder where Juneau continu
ally digs up so many skyscrap
ers. They now have one who is
6-7. They say the Phila
delphia Giants, a colored team,
are better than the original Har
lem Glbbetrotters. That’s say
ing a lot.We don’t have
i have any money, and even if we
i did, we wouldn't bet on any
one team in the Lions tourney. .
... . The Sitka ANB plays a re
turn series with the Rockets in
the First City next month. ...
A bald man’s mot.o is filled
with sorrow: Hair today, and
gone tomorrow.
Sports Trail
good. They might rate Cary
Middlecoif the best driver. >
Snead is just as good.
“The poim is, he can do any
thing as well as anybody else.
They say he’s a poor putter.
Snead is a great putter on long j
putts. His only trouble is the
short ones.
‘Tl'l tell you something. I
was lined up on a practice tee
next to Sam. A crowd, as us- j
ual, gathered around him. I;
| said to my caddy, come on,
I let’s go to the other end of the j
| line. I didn’t want to be so close j
! to him there would foe a com- j
parison of our shots. He makes ]
everybody look bad.
“You know, of course, the
i only big tournament he never
won is the National Open, and!
' if they called it the Hoopsville
i Open he’d win ihat.
I “I doubt if he ever wins it. j
1 If he had won it back in 1937
at Oakland Hills, when he first
; finished second, there is no j
telling how many times he
would have won it — four, six
times. Or if he had won in 1937
when he blew it with the big
eight on the last hole £t Phil
adelphia.
“But now it’s to the point
where he seems resigned to
failure. Not meaning he does
i n’t try. He tries too hard. He
goes to the scene a week or
two before the event to prac
tice, really trains for it. Con
sequently he’s all wound up
when the tournament starts. If
he entered the Open with the
same carefree attitude as he
does other tournaments, he’d
win.
| “Sam’s over 40 now, but he’s
still the best I ever saw. Fun
ny thing, most of the best golf
ers are now over 40. I could
pick a team of over-40 players
and beat any team of players
under 40.
v continued ->n page four)
Notice of Hearing on Final Ac
count and Report and Petition
for Final Award and Distribu
tion
In The United States Commis
sioner’s (Ex-Officio Probate)
Cour,. for the Territory of Al
aska, Sitka Commissioner’s
Precinct
In the Matter of the Estate )
of )
AUGUST E. NELSON, )
sometimes known as )
AUGUST NELSON, and )
also as GUST NELSON, )
Deceased. )
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that on November 22, 1965,
ERNEST O. SWANSON, ex
ecutor of the Last Will and
Testament of AUGUST E. NEL
SON, sometimes known as
AUGUST NELSON, and also as
GUST NELSON. Deceased,
made and filed in the above en
titled Court at Sitka, Alaska,
his Final Account and Report
and Petition for Final Award
and Distribution, and that on
said day this Court entered its
Order directing that a hearing
be had upon said Final Account
and Report and Petition, for
Final Award and Distribution
before it on the 25th day of
January, 1956, at 10:00 o’clock
A. M. of said day a! the office
of the said United States Com
missioner and Probate Judge,
in the Federal-Territorial Build
ing, in Sitka, Territory of Al
aska, and requiring all persons
to then and there appear and
make their objections, if any,
thereto, and to the settlement
•.hereof, and, to the final award
and distribution of the residue
of the assets of this estate share
and share alike to Ernest O.
Swanson and Ruth Swanson,
husband and wife of Elfin
Cove, Alaska, in accordance
with the Last Will and Testa
ment of deceased.
Dated at Sitka, Alaska, this
22nd day of November, 1955.
/s/ Frank H. B. Richards
United States Commissioner
and Ex-Officio Probate Judge
First Publication: November
23, 1955.
Last Publication: December 14,
1955.
SITKA CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
NO-HOST DINNER
i
Friday—7:30 p. m. j
Elks Clubrooms
Complimenting Visitors to S. E. Alaska
MAYOR'S CONFERENCE
$2.50 a plate — By reservation only
Phone 7, between 10 a. m. and 6 p. m. for
reservations, prior to Thursday evening