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RICHARD BROCKMAN NOW
SPECIALIST THRIRD CLASS
FORT RICHARDSON —Spe
cialist third class Richard O.
Brookman, son of Mr. and (Mrs
Albert J. Brookman of Sitka,
was promoted to the rank of
specialist third class this month
while serving in uhe Alaska
Command at Fort Richardson,
near Anchoralge.
Assigned to the training de
tachment at Fort Richardson,
the 21 year old Alaskan works
as company armorer. He is re
sponsible for the maintenance
of the company’s ligh. weapons
including rifles, machine guns
and mortars.
Living with his wife, Mar>
Leverne, off-post in Mountain
View, Brookman has been sta
tioned at Fort Richardson since
January 1955. After basic train
ing at the Alaska post he was
sent to Fort Benning. Georgia,
for light and heavy weapons
leadership instruction.
Prior to entering the service,
Brookman attended Sitka High
School. His civilian occupation
was fishing.
An accomplished boxer, Bro
okman was victorious in his
first boxing match of the young
season, gaining a (technical
knockout in the first round of a
scheduled three-rounder in Fort
Richardson competition.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
WEDNESDAY
The regular immunization
clinic will be held Wednesday,
Nov. 30, at 11 a. m. at the of
fice of Dr. William C. Charter
is, health officer. •
Children 4 months to 5 years
may receive diphtheria, whoop
ing cough and tetanus immuni
zations (1 shot) and smallpox
vaccinations.
ANCHORAGE {/?) Virgil
Porter Reimer, 61, Alaskan di
rector of the Federal Housing
Authority, died Saturday at
Providence hospital following
an illness of only two days.
MRS. ROY SVENDSEN’S
FATHER STRICKEN
Death came to Ray Hall, 68
at his home in Seattle, Sunday
following a lingering illness
He was the father of Mrs. Ro\
Svendsen of Sitka, who hac
spent the last month in Seait
I' tie at the family home.
He is survived by his wife
Hold is, and two daughters
j Mrs. Connie Svendsen of Sitkc
and Mrs. Selma Poletti of Se
| attle. 'Mr. Hall, prior i.o the
| illness which had forced hh
retirement for the past few
! years, was a (building contrac
tor.
j Funeral services will be
j held Wednesday in Seattle
| Mrs. Svendsen is expected tc
return home within a week,
-
! THIRD GRADERS HEAR
^ FROM MRS. EISENHOWER
| Students of Miss Nona Bol
ander's 3-B at Sitka Grade
school have received a reply to
the note of sympathy they
sent Mrs. Dwight Eisenhower
at the time of the critical ill
ness of President Eisenhower.
The card read:
“The President and I are
deeply grateful for your ex
pression of good wishes and
prayerful concern in his ill
i ness. I assure you your mes
! sage has been helpful to him.”
j It was sijgned “Mamie Doud
Eisenhower.'”
! __
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
j Arriving Monday:
B. Marman, J. Robinson.
Bessie See, Ken Turner and B.
C. Canoles from Juneau.
Leaving Monday:
| DeWayne and Virginia
Sharp, Paul Buck. Dr. Moore,
Wayne Morgan, Cecelia. Kah
ryn, Richard, Peter, Marlgaret
and Dick Kelly, W. R. Reeves,
William F. Murray, Ole Swan
Iberg and G. H. Rongren for
Juneau. &MW
Help Fight TB
1955 CHRISTMAS
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- In and Around Sitka -
HARRY GOERING ILL
AT ISLAND HOSPITAL
Harry Goering was taken
Sunday to Mt. Edgeouinlbe hos
pital, Where he iwas admitted
for treatment of pneumonia,,
Mr. Goering is a painter em
ployed at the island and resid
ing in Sitka.
MRS. EARL SHENNET
LEAVES FOR CONVENTION
(Mrs. Earl Shenne.t, presi
dent of the local district of the
Alaska Nurses Assn., left 'Fri
day for Seattle enroute to the
midiwest where she will attend
lihe national convention of the
Nurses Assn.
(She also plans a brief visit
to relatives at Omaha, Nebras
ka enroute home.
During her absence (her po
sition as school nurse is being
filled by Sister Ruth Poetzsch,
Lutheran deaconess who will
be director of nurses at the
new Sitka Community Hospi
tal which will open here this
spring.
MRS. MARY JOHNSON
NOW IMPROVING
Mrs. Mary Johnson, pioneer
resident of Sitka who was
stricken with pneumonia fol
lowing her return from the
! states lasit week, was reported
to be somewhat improved.
Mrs. Johnson had been south
several months for medical
treatment. Enroute home she
caught a cold which later turn
ed into pneumonia.
She is (the mother of Miss
Anna Bong.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
j Admitted Friday to Mt, Edge
cum.be hospital were Betty Moy
Irene Jimmy and Ralph Hans
on of Sitka and Doris Fleming
| of Mt. Edgecumibe. Harold Cha
| rles and Aaron PaneoEk of Mt.
Edegcumlbe were discharged.
There were no patients ad
mitted or discharged on Satur
day.
On Sunday Billy Blaueaflor
j ^ the boys dorim, Lawrence
j Sherlock of the Coast Guard
j cutter Sorrell and Harry Goer
ir*g of Sitka were admitted.
Ralph Houston to Sitka and El
ijah Rock and Walter Johnson
to the boys dorm were discharg
ed.
"THE NEW YORK LIFE AGENT
IN YOUR COMMUNITY
IS A GOOD-MAN-TO KNOW”
MRS. L. E. "STEVE” THIELKE
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FAiJRiBAiNiKS (/P) The sum oi
$3.98 and the matter of proper
grammar were the worries of
the Alaska convention delegat
es Monday as they launched
! their fourth week of proceed
ings.
Herb Hilscher, delegate from
Anchorage, suggested the mon
ey he spent on asking musician
Fred Waring hy telegram if he
would do a rendition of the Al
aska Flag Song and have it re
corded.
The convention approved the
idea but wondered if the ex
pense would he setting a pre
cedent.
After some ten delegates had
their say, the delegates approv
ed Hilscher’s proposal toy a
voice vote. -
The thorny woe of grammar
popped up when a suigjgea.ed
draft of style was presented tc
the delegates toy a commiutee
on style and drafting. It propo
sed that the constitution be
written in the present tense,
not the future perfect as in the
case in other like documents
Ralph Rivers of Fairbanks urg
ed against what he termed a
“hopeless editing i ask.” He sup
ported the pattern set by oth
er constit utional framers.
I W. O. -Smith of Ketchikan ev
en resorted to reading ahe de
■| finition of “shall” from a law
dictionary, and Mildred Her
mann of Juneau declared that
the present tense would give
the constitution greater dig
m y.
The roll call vote to return
the suggested draft to the com
mi tee on style failed by a 34
19 vote.
A report from the resolutions
committee (branded Homer de
legate Y-ule Kilcher’s proposal
asking for the renaming of Mt.
McKinley as “no business of
the convention.” Kilcher then
withdrew his proposal.
Statehood not *
included by ;
Democrats
ANCHORAGE (IP) The De
mocratic leadership in fthe sen
ate has failed to include state
hood for Alaska in its prelimin
ary agenda for the coming ses
sion, Senator William F. Know
land revealed in an interview
here Monday.
However, Senator Knowland
explained the agenda may have
not included all the Democra
tic objectives.
Sen Knowland said in check
ing over the preposals of Demo
cratic majority leader Sen. Lyn
don Johnson of Texas, he found
no mention of statehood.
‘1 do not even know how he
feels on the question,” Know
land said.
Knowland continued the sta
tehood issue further with a
proclamation he /will do every
thing within his power for sta
! tehood for both Alaska and
! Hawaii.
When questioned on Presi
dent Eisenhower’s statehood
views for the territory, Know
land said he does not believe
the /president “objects” to sta
tehood but is very intere&.ed in
the national defense portion of
the proposal.
The question in the eyes of
the president appears to be how
much of Alaska should be with
in the boundaries of a state,
Knowland said.
After speaking to an Anch
orage high school assemby in
the morning. Knowland left for
*Ft. Greelv & Fairbanks with
Lit. Gen. Joseph Atkinson, com
m'ander of all Alaska military
installations and forces.
JUiNEAU (/Pi Watches and
other merchandise valued at
upwards of $4,000 were stolen
; from the Nugget Shop some
time last night, Mrs. Bella
Simpson, owner, reported yes*
terday. She said her losses
were not covered by insurance
A dentist’s office in ithe
'building was also entered and
a desk ransacked but notthir^g
of value tahen. #
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