THE BARANOF BANNER
Published weekly on Thurs
days by the Pioneer Press in
Sitka, Aiaska0 • • ° * ° 0 0
Publishers
Richard S. Calhoun
Paul B. Pelker
Editor
Rex King
Business manager
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EDITORIAL
As this first issue of the
Baranof Banner reaches you
we who have done the work
to produce it breathe some
thing of a sigh of relicl. It
has been said that the first
one of anything is always the
hardest and we most cer
tainly agree at least we
trust that subsequent issues
will be produced with less
travail!
The pages of this weekly
publication will be devoted
largely to the Sitka-Mt. Edge
cu m be scene and we hope to
become a friendly visitor
each Thursday in your home.
We cannot hope to please
everyone but we shall cer
tainly try to please as many
as possible, ensuring you fac
tual coverage of the news.
We hope that you will feel
free to send us any informa
tion that you feel is of inter
est. Especially we are inter
ested in the' people of this
our town. \\ hat they are do
ing, where they are going,
what they are planning. We
feel that you are interested
in these things also.
Jeanne Pelker
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j ik* miranor nanner, now
a reality, will always attempt
to fairly present both sides
of any issue, and though we
ourselves may from time to
time take a stand on one side
or the other, this does not
mean that these pages will
not he open to the opposing
view.
The personnel of this
paper believe in Sitka and its
future. We look forward to
being a part of a community
that is, and has been able to
plan for tomorrow and bring
those plans to completion.
These are beginning boom
times and elements of a
of a negative sort seem to
follow booms. We shall, with
you, constantly be alert for
those negative signs and
shall do our best to see that
they gain no foothold in the
permanent life of our com
munity.
We see Sitka as truly the
capital of an Island Empire
with its natural resources
geared to an expanding econ
omy that will benifit all its
citizens. We see Sitka as a
potential crossroads of the
air bringing to our doors the
peoples of the world to view
our scenic glories and to re
tread the historic paths that
are part of our heritage.
These things won’t come
quickly, but we believe in
their potential and shall
strive, in-so-far as we are
able, to assist in making
sound hopes become perrnan
nent realities.
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MEET VICKIE ELLIS
Victoria Ellis, or Vickie as
everyone knows her, will be
editing the Womans Page
in the Baranof Banner and
we are sure you would like
to know something about
this attractive and versatile
young woman. Any day she
may stop one of you and
ask for your favorite recipe
Vickie loves to cook, both
plain and fancy and she
learned the art by watching
her mother who was famous
in their home area as an ex
cellent cook.
Home was a 160 acre home
stead in Manitoba in an Ice
landic community. Vickie re
members the vastness of the
quiet lakes and forests, the
wild and domestic animals
and going to school in win
ter by dogsled.
In her teens the family
moved to Vancouver, B. C.
where she attended high
school and the University of
British Columbia. At the Un
iversity she studied drama
and fashions.
The next move was to the
nation’s capitol when* Vic
kie joined a small repertoire
theater group for fun and
worked (for money) as man
ager of a small fashion
agency. This entailed co-or
dinating a weekly TV fash
ion show called "Fashion
Figures” and commenting on
the fashions themselves.
The Big City called her
next and in New York she
worked as personal secre
tary to Miss Toby, editor of
Toby Guide and in other re
lated fields. In New York
Vickie met Lars Ellis of
Stockholm, Sweden and in
due course they were mar
ried. Lars is the son of the
famed Swedish actor, the
late Elis Ellis.
In 1957 Vickie and Lars
came to Ketchikan where Vic
kie worked at Radio Station
KTKN where she did a daily
women's program and a
breakfast show with Bob
Olson called “Breakfast With
Vickie and Bob,
A little over a year later
saw Vickie in Juneau doing
the same type of work as
well as a children’s fashion
show in TV.
Now Vickie and Lars are
in Sitka where they have
built a charming home at
Halibut Point and Vickie is
busy homemaking both
for Lars AND The Baranof
Banner!
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LIBRARY ASSN. MEETS
The Sitka Library Associa
tion elected its new board
Monday evening. Over 50
members attended the meet
ing, marking what is prob
ably the first time in the
history of the association
that any of the member
ship has turned out for an
annual meeting and election.
Elected were Mrs. Ed Spen
cer as library director, Mr.
William Sutter field, Mr. Ben
Stew art to fill out a two year
term and Miss Althea Calvert
to fill out a one year term.
Old members still in office
are treasurer Mrs. L. E.
Thielke and Clyde Hager.
A vote of thanks was ex
tended to the outgoing board
and the following letter of
thanks was sent to Mrs.
James Charming for her work
with the Mt, Edgeeumbe
branch of the library. The
Channings are leaving the
Sitka area:
“As a corporate body and
individually, we want to
thank you for your splended
and successful efforts % help
ing to establish and main
tain the Mt. Edgeeumbe
branch of the Sitka Library.
“Without the hard work of
women such as you, who
serve without thought of gain
or reward, civic and cultural
services would fail.
“We, in the1 sister commun
ity of Sitka, arc sorry that
you are leaving and hope
you will enjoy your new lo
cation in lucky Gustavis.”
Signed
Sitka Public Library Associ
ation (Board Members)
The first meeting of the
new hoard will be held Mon.
April 1 1 at 7:30 P. M.
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PASSOVER WEEK
jews all over the world
are celebrating the Tesach'
or Passover holiday, which
this year began at sundown
on Friday,April 4th and lasts
for eight days until sundown
April 12th.
Historically, Passover com
memorates the anniversary
of the liberation of the Is
raelites from Egyptian bond
age about 1450 B. C.. It is
the birthday of the Jewish
nation the Festival of
Freedom.
Passover is primarily a
home celebration. Special
foods are eaten including the
familiar matzohs or unleav
ened bread and other foods
symbolic of the slavery and
ultimate freedom of the Jews.
The first two evenings of
the festival called the ‘seder’
or “order of the service” are
conducted in the home and
this is a time of home-coming
and family reunion, lor the
holiday the use of every
day dishes is not permitted
and another set is used which
is generally kept from year
to year tor this purpose.
During seder' the Hag
gadah or the story7 is used.
This book contains the order
of the service with extracts
from the Bible, the Talmud,
the Psalms, special prayers
and songs.
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The Mt. Edgecombe Bowl
ing Club held it’s annual ban
quet April 3rd in the Home
Economies building of the
school. Trophies were award
ed and officers elected for
the coming year. 63 members
and guests attended.
Trophies were given to the
following: Hi Game, men
Robert Modrell with a 267;
for women, Mable Pike with
a 201. Hi Series for men,
Keith Cornell with a 660; for
women, Mvrt Hall with a
506. First place team awards
went to the Ascenders, and
The Woodchoppers placed
.second. Most improved a
LION OF THE YEAR
Charles Bennett, nurse’s
assistant at the Mt. Edge
combe hospital, has been
honored by the Mt. Edge
combe Lios’s Club by being
named their “Lion of the
Year”.
The honor was given to
Bennett for his service to the
club as program chairman
and for his unfailing good
spirits.
The following citation
naming him to the honor was
read at the recent Lion’s con
vention held at Fairbanks:
“The Mt. Edgecombe Lions
Club is proud to honor Chas.
Bennett by naming him mil
lion of the Year. To us he
is just that. He has been al
most solely responsible for
all progranii lg in the club.
This includes programs every
week at our lunches, as well
as three special programs at
ladies nights.
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great variety and have
been of constant interist ;
this in a location difficult
of attainment of such ister
esting programs. Lion Char
les has not acted as if this
were a chore. He has al
ways been brinihil 1 of good
spirits, and happy if we
Were pleased. To simply put
this on paper is not to convey
truly to the delegates tit the
convention the spirit and
joyfulsess manifested at all
times by our Lion of the
Year.
“And, it we were to let our
statement end here we
would do injustice to Lion
Bennett. He never refused
an assignment for the good
of Lionisrn. He actually lives
Lion ism all day ... every day.
No club could have a better
Lion for this award. It Mt.
Edgecombe had thirty mem
bers like Charles Bennett our
club would be thirty times
stronger/'
11 espect fully submitted
Murlin Day
Secretary
Besnett is well known for
his slide showings at the Vol
cano club, his management
of that club for S. A. F. E.,
his work with youth and his
programs for the Alaska Day
Ball.
The 1958 Lion of the Year
leaves for state-side vaca
tioning early in May and
plans to visit many of the
Lion’s clubs during his trip.
He will return to Mt. Edge
combe in mid-June.
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For information leading to the Arrest
& Conviction of the person or persons
who robbed the Sitka Cold Storage
safe on the night of February 21,1958
L.T. Peterson, Mgr.
Sitka Cold Storage Co.
mong the men was Gordon
Crispin and for the women
was Barbara Jahsman.
Officers elected for the
coming year are: Robert
Modrell, president; Henry
Langfeldt, vice president;
Mike Lekanoff, secretary;
Albert Nelson, treasurer.
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