October 2, 1958
BARANOF BANNER
Sitka, Alaska
10<t a copy
Vol.l No. 12
New Stamp for Alaska
Delegate Bartlett has been
advised by Postmaster Gen
eral Summerfield that the
Department would welcome
suggested designs tor the
proposed Alaska statehood
eommerative stamp.
Such a stamp was f irst ad
vanced by Delegate Bartlett
at the suggestion of Homer
Thompson of Homer at the
time the statehood bill was
signed into law and has the
support of many individuals
and organizations through
out Alaska and the rest of the
country.
The Department has ap
proved the issuance of a one
color, four cent stamp with
the design to be selected by
the Citizens’ Stamp Advisory
Committee which handles
such matters.
The stamp will be 1.44
Watermelons
Among tin* many inquiries
that have been received by
the Sitka Chamber of Com
merce recently perhaps the
most unusual one is from a
man in Chico, California, who
is interested in bringing seven
ton of non—irrigated water
melon to Sitka and Juneau.
Just how this gentleman in
tended transporting the fruit
to these1 towns was not out
lined but perhaps when he
learns of the freight rates to
Alaskan ports he will give up
the' scheme. However, to his
question, “Is the market o
pen?’ a hearty “YPS would
certainly seem in order.
Agriculture
Tht‘ 1958 Agriculture Year
book entitled “Land' has
been published and a rela
tively limited supply will be
available to Delegate Bartlett
for distribution on a 'first
come, first-served basis, lie
or Just Being Human
I BELIZE A FATHER \
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inches by .84 inches and any
designs submitted may be en
larged to any desired size it
in the proper proportions.
The design should contain,
Delegate Bartlett was inform
ed, the words “U.S. Postage ,
the denomination and an in
scription referring to Alaska,
such as “Alaska, the 49th
State or “Alaska Joins the
Union'7 or other approgriate
designation.
The Department has select
ed Juneau as the? f irst Day
sale site of the new stamp to
be issued at the time Alaska
is proclaimed a state.
Designs should be submit
ted to L. Kobe Walter, Spec
ial Assistant to the Pos mas
ter General, Post Office De
pa rtment, Washi ngtoi i 25.1).
C.
quests should be addressed
to E. L. Bartlett, 1013 House
Office Building, Washington
25, D. C.
Mt. Edgecumbe
School News
by the Mt. Edgecumbe Jour
nalism Class
How many students are
enrolled at Mt. Edgecumbe
School? On Friday, Septem
ber 19, the students totaled
657. The largest class Is the
treshman class with 187 stu
dents. The smallest class in
the high school is the senior
class with 108. Close behind
the freshman in numbers,
come the sophomores with
1S2, and the juniors follow
with 164. There are 16 pupils
in the eighth grade.
It is interesting to note that
the boys outnumber the girls;
boys, 868: girls, 289. Boys out
number the girls almost two
to one in all but the freshman
class in the high school divi
sion, while in the eighth grade
the girls outncmber the boys
two to one.
I This is not an official count,
but a survey made by this re
porter. Students are still com
ing in. from the replacement
list, and a full accounting will
i be written when the school’s
I quota of 660 students has
been reached.
The nine students who
graduated from Mt. Edge
cumbe School of Practical
Nursing recently are being
• assigned work in hospitals
throughout Alaska. These
students are: Emma Ohur
-*chill from Wrangell, Anna
Denny and Fred Lewis from
-»Ketchikan, Virginia Jackson
from Glovin, Pelegia Krukoff
* from St. Paul Island, Amy
Nelson from Angoon, Della
Oomittuk from Point Hope,
August Seton from Hooper
Bay, Ada Tega from Tok
Junction.
Thirteen students of the
School of Practical Nursing
have received their caps, and
four of this number were hon
or students. Patricia Pratt had
* the highest honors of this
class, but Katherine Wallunga
Maxim Dolchok and Lliza
beth Ahnaktook were also on
the honor roll. The other
members of the class are:
Patrica Bnnyan, Raymond
I)uga<jua, Margaret Hadley,
Henry Ivanoll, Vera Luko
x fteli, Ann Moore, Parolee
Russell, Agnes Stepan and
Vassa Stepetin. Henry Ivan
off will be the reporter for
tliis class.
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Bowling News
The Womans Classic
Bowling league will start the
‘58-‘59 season Monday even
ing, Nov. 17, at 7:30. This is a
change in schedule and each
team member should check
with either her captain or the
leagi ic secretary regarding
new rules and dues.
Reeds
D. Kiielm — Captain
B. McDonald
I, Marks
M. Ward
M. Tedin
D. Wires
Vi’s
A. Johnson — Captain
\ Thomson
B. Bauglm
J. Wayinan
S. Johnson
I. Slade
Market Center
If. ilands — Captain
\. Doran
W. llolie
B. Bauer
B. Larsen
\\ortmans
\r Crews — Captain.
P. Sarvela
j. Brandon
M. Morgan
L. Tilson
L. Niekolson
Alaska Coastal
A. Pigling — Captain
L. Cornell
J. Hogins
B. Hanlon
M. Blankenship
Shennttts
M. Manning —■ Captain
S. W'renn
Ai. lay lor
\ Sarvela
M. King
(The Moose Club Bowling
Alley's are going to put in
a i itoniatic pi nsetters before
the season gets under way.
Watch for opening dates.)
General Election
Octobet 7th
For Mayor
()ne-year term
Dan R. Doyle
M.S. “Duke Mitrovitch
J. Fail Shennett
Conrad A, Kraut/.
For Board of Control Sitka
Public Utilities
Two-year term
Genra<t A. Krantz
L.E. Thielke
Five-year term
Ernest D. Handy
For Members of the Common
( ouncil
T\\o-year term, three to be
elected
1 irn 1 larrigan
Howard Hoi 1 ings worth
Hopewell Rands
Ivan E. Rezek
jack Stair
B.D. “Ben" Stewart
Adolf Thomsen
Stanley Westover
Proposition
Municipal utility revenue
bonds not exceed $1,000,000
and interest not to exceed six
percent per annum.
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Uniqne Gift
A radio station in the 48th
State of Arizona is making a
welcoming present to the 49
th State of Alaska . KHAT in
Phoenix is rasing the funds.
The present? An 18-inch, sol
id gold diaper pin.
Foster Mills leave
Mr. and Mrs. Foster Mills
left Saturday, Sept. 20, for
Phoenix, \rizona having
Vets Mail Baa
From time to time we will
offer this column to you, the
veteran, to help keep you up
to date on veterans affairs.
If you have any questions
they can he sent: to ‘Veterans
Administration, Information
Service, Tower Bldg, Seattle
1, Wash." or direct to the
Baranof Banner.
Q— —My Gi schooling was
interrupted more than a year
ago when my father was sick
and 1 had to take a job. 1 un
derstand I may now continue
my schooling under a liberal
ization of VAs regulations.
What do I have to do?
A— —You should receive soon
an application form from the
YA. Fill this out completely
and return it. YA will send
von a certification authoriz
ing yon to return to school.
(,)— —I'm about to start on
the-job training under the
Korean GI Bill. How many
hours a week are considered
to be full-time training?
A— —Full-time training iscon
sidered to be the standard
work-week of the firm where
you are taking your training.
However, it generally may
not l)c less than 36 hours a
week.
O-I’m a World War Two
veteran and I understand that
a new law now gives me un
til July 25, 1960, to get a GI
loan. Has the deadline also
been extended for direct VA
loans?
A— —Yes. The direct loan
program, which was to have
ended June 30, 1958, also was
extended to July 25, 1980.
Q— — Im a Korea veteran &r
my deadline for starting
school under the GI Bill will
come next summer, August
1959. Can I make application
as late as next August for go
ing to school, and then start
class in September?
A— —No. You must actually
be in school, within three
years from the date of your
discharge. It is not enough to
apply on time, until the in
tention of beginning after
vour deadline.
spent approximately five
months in Sitka visiting their
son, Mr. Russell Mills.
The Millses came to Sitka
in 1924 and left in 1954 when
they retired and took up resi
dence in Phoenix. During the
30 years spent here Mr. Mills
was custodian of the Sitka
Post Office for twent v years.
Ten years before they left
Sitka Mrs. Mills also went to
work at the Post Office; start
ing out as a clerk but was
assistant Postmaster when
she left.
Russell Mills is now a
clerk at the Post Office re
sides in the family home on
Princess Street.
Alaska Day
The Alaska Day Festival
Committee met Wednesday
Evening at 8:00 P.M. at the
Fire Hall. The Alaska Day
Rail, scheduled for Saturday
Oct. IS was discussed, with
special emphasis on the fact
it is semiformal or to dress
in costume.
A ticket to the five main
events is $5.00 and will be on
sale soon.
Invited Guests to the Fest
ival will be met by Hostesses
dressed in costume depicting
chc 1867 period, 1 here are 14
hostesses in all, 6 high school
girls and S women and will
help welcome the guests to
the Alaska Day Festival.
Hie Pageant is proceed
ing along very nicely and is
predicted to be far better
than any we have had in the
past. It has been rewritten
and rearanged and rehearsals
are being held regularly.
Arrangements are being
made for the completion of
the Speaker’s Stand on Cap
ital Hill. A hand rail is to be
put up around the Speaker's
Stand and also for the Flag
Pole to be permanently set.
This work is being done bv
Bill McComber, Superinten
dent of the Pulp Mill Build
ers who is donating his ser
vices.
We close with a reminder
to Trim up those beards the
time is drawing near, too
late or too little.
Weather
Southeast Alaska from 6 A.
M. Thursday to 6 P.M. Fri
day, cloudy. Rain with exten
sive drizzle and fog today.
Occasional rain with patches
of fog tonight and Friday.
Gusty south to southwest
winds southern portion and
northern channels.
The Book Worm
The Baranof Banner now
offers its readers the Book
Worm. Though this column
we will keep von lip to date
on new books and at the
same time you may buy these
books for your own library,
by placing your order order
with the Baranof Banner.
A delightful novel about an apartment house that adopts a
Baby
by Nathaniel Benehley
All the world loves a baby
but perhaps nowhere with
more devotion, more sincer
ity, and more frenzied activ
ity than in one old apartment
house on New York’s upper
east side here lives a pretty,
young tiling named Anne
Waters, fresh out of a small
i o w n in Pensylvania, and
now a decorative secretary
in an advertising agency. But
with Anne there’s a differ
ence. She is going to have a
baby and she is not going to
have a husband.
When Anne’s plight be
comes known, only one of
her neighors bridles with in
dignation. The others show
first interest, then sympathy,
then enthusiasm,, and finally
wild infatuation. The baby
only Anne wanted suddenly
becomes the baby nobody
can do w ithout. A houseful of
oddly assorted "neighbors”
unite to shoulder the burdens
of unmarried motherhood.
Anne’s unusual neighbors in
()ther current best sellers
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It All Started with Marx by
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Scat, the Witch’s Cat, by
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But the baby remains in the
eye of this hurricane, and the
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Nathaniel Benchley comes
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further enhances his reputat
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14 days to the Alaska Day Festival