BARANOF BANNER
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April, 24 1958
This Week
'Round the
World
(by REX KING)
EXPERT COlfXSEL . . . Elder statesman-financier Benia, d
Baruch night) chats with Sen. Harry Byrd (Va.), advising fne.>
ing v.ages, prices and profits, with no tax reduction.
The week in review' pre
sents much the same picture
as last week. Recession con
cern here at home grow
ing bitterness between Wash,
and Moscow and a thousand
and one little pinpricks of
tension here and there that
make for anything but a
clear picture of the world
situation.
Israel
As we go to press the
State of Israel is celebrating
its tenth birthday. While the
celebrations continue the
Arab wordl rumbles around
her. One can only wonder
over the future of this mira
cle of a state whose people
have literally carved for
themselves a home out of
the desert. Two millon Jews
apposed by over eighty mil
lion Arabs who are slowly
but surely feeling the weight
of the Arab empire being
built by Egypt’s Nasser.
What of the next ten years
for Israel? Her economy oper
ates in the red even with
heavy support from the U. S.
and from German repara
tions but these cannot be
expected to last forever.
Israel supports an army of
over a hundred thousand
trained soldiers who face
south ever watchful of three
unfriendly states Syria,
Jordan and Egypt.
Russia
Foreign Minister Andrei
Gromyko met with Ameri
can Ambassador Llewellyn
Thompson and what they
talked about was top secret
. .but the meeting held out
some hope of closer under
standing over the proposed
summit conference. The
world took a little hope, but
it was blasted when Gromy
ko gave out a press blast at
the U. S. for sending planes
over the pole toward Russ
ian Territory. He charged
the planes were armed with
nuclear weapons and thus
were a dangerous provoca
tion against peace" A formal
charge was placed before the
United Nations.
Washington replied by de
nying the charges, but agre
ed that our planes have
flowTi over the Arctic, but
that such flights could not
be construed as provocative.
World Figures
France is still without a
government. President Rene
Cot\- faces once again the
monumental task of finding
an acceptable man to form a
government, and acceptable
men in France, politically
speaking are few and far be
tween.
The health of Winston
Churchill, Britan s Grand
Old Man, has occupied much
attention in the world press.
First ill in Southern France,
then well enough to go home.
Ill once more at his estate in
England and now well
enough to have resumed his
seat in Commons a day or
two ago.
Herbert Hoover under
went an operation and lost
a gall bladder in the proceed
ure.At 83 he is doing very
well. The former president
was feeling fine.
Harry Truman w as feeling
fine also Politics were in
the wind and he was in
Washington. He was vocal
on several subjects both pri
vately and in public all had
to do with the state of the
nation and what should be
done about it.
Canada
Unemployment hit out out
of every ten members of Ca
nada's labor force, and the
Dominion is feeling the
pinch of recession. But in
spite of this, predictions of
Canada’s eeomonic future
are bright, very bright.
The Congress
In the Senate death brou
ght the democratic majority
to just one. 48 democrats .
47 republicans. Democrat
W. Kerr Scott of North Caro
lina died following a heart
attack. These statistics point
to even more power for Nix
on.
The President
Ike battled wi n the re
cession, with Moscow and
with opponents of his plan to
i''organize the defense sys
tem of the country In order
to plan and think he follow
ed a normal spr . g urge and
went trout fishing. The fish
w ant vey ©operative
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NEW FIRE ALARM SYSTEM READIED
TELEPHONE MEN PREPARE NOVEL SYSTEM
Hie Sitka Telephone Co.
Ints worked out a new and
novel fire alarm system that
will be a boon to the whole
town as well as to our volun
teer fire dept. This new sys
t< in will go into operation
in about ten days.
We are advised by the tele
phone company that the pro
eeedure to be followed in the
event of a lire will be to sim
ply dial 717-3434. From there
on in the new system takes
over,
W hen that number is dial
ed, ten special instruments
placed in different firemen’s
residents or business places
as assigned by the chief will
ring simultaneously. The
Calvin
Transferred
The Forest Service has an
nounced the transfer of
James A. Calvin from the
Sitka ranger district to as
sistant ranger of the Ketchi
kan ranger district. The new
appointee is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Calvin of
Sitka.
Harold L. Simpson repla
ces Calvin here in Sitka.
Simpson was with the Forest
Service in Juneau &r arrives
in Sitka this week.
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CITIES TO SEE
F ARR TO PARK SERVICE
Jack Farr, retiring princi
pal at the Sitka High school
has received an appointment
from the national park ser
vice as ranger-historian for
Whitman National Mon
ument at Walla Walla, Wash
ington.
rifle; will be a long steady
one instead of the familiar
intermittent sound. The first
fireman to answer will then
act as dispatcher. He will
take the location of the fire
and dispatch the other fire
men as they answer their
phones. He will also blow the
siren by pressing a special
button on the phone itself.
The phones will be red in
color and equipted with a
special hook switch to pre
vent accidental busy lines.
This new system, worked
out by trie telephone com
pany, should answer a long
standing problem and give
Sitka fast protection against
fires.
Lions Sell
Light Bulbs
The Lion’s Club will have
a light bulb sale on Tuesday
evening. May 6th in Sitka.
Members of the club will go
born door to door selling the
light bulbs and you can ex
pect them between the hours
of 6:30 and 9:00 P. M. The
sale has already been held
on the Island and it was
most successful. Funds rais
ed by the projects are used
for the various Lion’s club
charities.
S.P.U. ACCEPTS
RESIGNATION
The Sitka Public Utilities
Board accepted with regret
the resignation of hoard mem
her William Sarvela after a
term of very excellent ser
\ ice to the community. The
resignation was offered for
personal reasons that make
it impossible for him to con
tinue his work,
dered at the regular board
meeting Tuesday evening
Mr. Sarvela has served three
years of a five year term. No
one has been appointed to
take his place as yet.
Track Scores
The results of the inter
school track meet held Wed.
at Mt. Edgecombe showed
these standings: Mt. Edge
combe came first with 574
points, Second was Sheldon
Jackson with 384 points,
Third, Sitka Hi with 28
points. In the girls track ev
ents: Mt. Edgecumbe, first
with 39 points, Sheldon jack
son second with 23 points,
Sitka-Hi third with 5 points.
This should be a preview of
things to come.
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PRECINCT
ADDED
' Another evidence of the
*4dro\vth of tin’s, Our Town is
1 the announcement that for
the first time Sitka will have
JStrvvo’mg preeiiiets.
O casiont'd by the pop
uta ioh grow dp of the city the
two precincts will be number
ed one and two.
Th 1 city has been divided
h\ Swan Lake and the creek
that drains it All residents
living west of the dividing
!i k' (Cathedral) side) are in
Precinct One & will vote
in the Fire Hall. All residents
living East of the dividing
line (Sheldon Jackson is East
of the line) are in Precinct
Two and will vote in the
Carpenter’s Hall.
The Territorial election
will take place Tues. April
29th.
Qualifications for voting
in this election require the
voter to have lived for one
year in the Territory of Ala
ska, 30 days in the precinct in
w hich he or she is voting, to
be able to read and write
the English language, to be
a citizen of the United States
and to be 21 years of age.
Polls will be open from
8:00 A. M. to 8:00 P. M.
FLASH
Jaycees Approve
Crescent Site
The Baranof Chapter of
tlie Junior Chamber of Com
merce, after a lengthy meet
ing, voted to go on record
as approving the Cresent as
the best site for the small
boat harbor.
It was voted to send a tele
grant to the Moderator of the
Presbyterian Board of Mis
sions in New York voicing
this stand.
The telegram read as fol
lows: “Sitka Jaycees are deep
ly concerned with the need
for a boat harbor. Cresent
Bay site has been approved
by Congress and Army Engi
neers favor that site. We feel
it best to have the coopera
tion of all parties concerned
‘ As an organization we
feel that the Crescent site
will be an added attrection to
the scenic beauty of Sheldon
Jackson. As parents essen
tially interested in the wel
fare of our children ensure
that it will be well maintain
ed and supervised. We urge
you as leaders to give your
cooperation.”
signed (Baranof Chapter Jr.
Chamber of Commerce)
Other actions stemming
from the meeting included a
decision to tear down the
bleachers behind the Russian
orphanage. Long an eyesore,
this project will be a boon to
the town and the Jaycees are
to be congratulated for their
plan to clean up the area.
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CHARITY
CAR WASH
Car Washing will be the
order of the day Sunday,
April 27 from one to five in
the afternoon as the Sitka
Junior Chamber of Com
merce members drag out the
hoses and prepare to wash
the ears in Sitka.
, A fund raising project of
the Jaycees, you are invited
to bring your car down to the
Co’uvav dock and avail your
self of this service for the
nominal charge of two dol
lars.
Funds raised will go to
wards the Jaycees project of
buying shelves for the Sitka
Public Library.
Jaycee members will do
the washing and they will
have vacumn cleaners on
hand so that cars will be
cleaned inside and out. A
bang-up job is promised.
They invite you to include
your car in a spring clean up
campaign!
scraps from
Father Gander's
notebook
Baa, baa, Black Sheep
Have you any pull?
Yes, sir. yes, sir,
1 pull the wool.
Once for the party,
Once for the vote,
Once for the moolah,....
Now ain’t that a note?
Sure have a little League
of Nations in foreign cars in
town, French, German, Eng
lish, Italian to say nothing
of that pint sized scooter
that put in an appearance the
other day. “Hay, Scoot,
where you goin’ with that
man?”!
Speaking of cars, hope no
body gets the idea of send
ing bills to the city for chuck
hole damage to said vehicl
es.
Somebody said it. “A house
divided against itself cannot
stand”. The city Fathers de
cided that unless they divide
Sitka we’d stand. in line for
hours to vote. Good showl
Two precintcs! Hope nobody
sets up housekeeping on
Swan Lake.
A course Sheldon Jackson
ought to teach this summer
is Parliamentary Proceedure
bet they’d have lots of
takers.
Heard about a little boy
named Jose from Mexico
who got his life long ambit
ion granted with a trip to see
the N. Y. Yankees play? Un
fortunately his ticket entitl
ed him to standing room only
and he was a very small boy.
An usher took pity on him
and boosted him up a flag
pole so he could have an un
obstrurted view’.
When he got home he re
lated his adventures with
much gusto to all who would
listen:
‘ this nice man got me a
place on a pole where I
could see everything, and
you know what? Just before
dose great Yankee baseball
mens begins to play all dose
thousands people stand up
and look right at me and sing
“Jose, can you see?"
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