Newsman Dies.
Funeral Services were
held on Tuesday afternoon
foi Clinton Rowley who died
on Monday at the Pioneer’s
Homo.
Mr. Rowley came to the
Home about si v w eeks ago
and while there arrange
ments were made with him
to contribute a column for
tlu Barn-'of banner with
news from the Pioneer
Home. His illness made this
imnessihle.
Born in South Prairie,
W ashi teton on Nov. 17,
1887, Mr, How lev came to
Alaska in 1940. He worked
with newspapers in Anchor
age and Valdez as well as in
the states.
Surviving are his wile and
a son, John, living in YVar
renton, W ashington and two
daughters, Mrs. Joy Morgan
ol Copper Center, Alaska <N
Mrs. Lorraine Pars ol Taco
ma.
Elect Officers
The Alaska Presbyter)'
i‘ruled its sessions in Peters
burg with the election oi
officers.
Rev. Henry Hartmann of
flames was elected modera
tor of the organization which
represents 19 Presbyterian
parishes in .Southeastern Ala
ska. as well as several miss
ion vessels and the Sheldon
jackson school and radio
station,
The office1 of vice-moder
ator went to Rev. Richard
'burner of Soagwav, and Rev.
Don Schwab is clerk.
In the women’s organiza
tion of the Presbytery, Mrs.
Leslie Yaw of Sitka contin
ues as nresident as does Mrs.
Dick Nelson of junean in her
office as vice president.
There was no election for
(las ‘ offices as both women
an serving four vear terms.
Preshvterial officers (Wo
mens group) elected were
Mrs, Richard Stussi and Mrs.
Gertrude Zeigler, both o!
lunean. recording secretar
les. Mrs. Arthur Johnson of
I ioonah, foreign missions
seeretarv; Mrs. Martha (ne
ed, Haines, Christian educa
tion secretary; Mrs. Charles
Heir Lake, continuing sec
retary; and Mrs. lister Car
tel of Juneau, literature and
missionary education seere
tan.
Mrs. Marvin (Alpha) Kinberg, Hostess of the Week,
photographed in her home. Story on Page 5.
Sitkan Honored
Sofia Strand, daughter of
Ms. and Mrs. |ohn Strand ol
Sitka, has received a bid to
the Phi Epsilon chapter of
\iu Phi Epsilon, national
music sorority.
The invitation was earned
by Miss Strands fine scho
lastic record, her musician
ship, her character a id her
personality. The elder Str
ands received notification of
the hid through the mails.
Miss Strand is a music
major at; th • College of Em
poria; Emporia. Kansas.
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Campus
Visitor
Mr. Robert Mayokok from
interior Alaska will visit the
Sheldon Jackson Campus on
April 29th. lie will show a
display of his art work. One
of the finest Eskimo crafts
men, his work is especially
sought after.
Mr. Mayokok will also
show movies of the Arctic at
8:00 P. M. in the SJ auditor
him, April 29, This showing
is sponsored In the senior
class and then1 will he a
small charge. The artist has
traveled widely in the Arc
tic regions and his films are
t \eeptional.
The Tackle Shop
For
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lunch in this department?”
Modernize Your Sewing
Use the Singer Slant-o-Matic, the greatest
Zigzag machine ever built. See and try
it at the R & R Paint & Repair Shop in
the Cathedral Building.
Other Singer Sewing Machines avaiable
include the ever-popular Featherweight,
the speedy Slantneedle, as well as the
regular standard machines popular
throughout the world for over a century.
Trinidad, the most southerly of
the West Indies, is closer to New
York than to New Orleans. The
Caribbean resort, roughly the size
of Delaware, is 2,057 miles from
New Orleans, 1,939 rniler from
New York.
Nickel, which was first isolated
as an element only in 1751, has
been found to be present in sig
nificant amounts in certain bronze
tools and implements made al
most 6,000 years ago.
Among the smallest political
bodies in the world are Vatican
City (890 inhabitants in 1948). An
dorra 15,000). Monaco (22,000),
Liechtenstein (14,000), and San
Marino (13,000).
Lake Superior is the world’s
largest fresh-water lake. It is 603
feet above sea level. Its waters
drain into the Atlantic through
Lake Huron, Erie, and Ontario,
and the St. Lawrence River
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Films of the Arctic
Shown By
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Sheldon Jackson Auditorium
April 29 small donation 8:00 P.M.
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