Daily Sitka benunei a Arrowhead Press
Page Two Tuesday, November 1, 1955
DAILY SITKA, ALASKA, SENTINEL
and The Arrowhead Press
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The Arrowhead Press, 41 Lincoln Street, Sitka, Alaska
Telephone.Nine, in Sitka
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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Sitka Community Hospital equipment
list given okay by federal government
Given the “go ahead” signal
by Dr. Hargett on behalf of
Hill-Burton act funds, equip
ment for the new Sitka Com
munity Hospital is now being
ordered as rapidly as possible.
Two items will take as
much as 90 days or more for
delivery after orders are plac
ed — the equipment for the
x-ray room and the Simmons
bedroom furniture for the hos
pital rooms. Other items need
ed before the hospital can be
opened should arrive some
what sooner,
A number oif individuals
and organizations have con
tributed money to the City of
Sitka hospital fund to be used
to match Hill-Burton funds
for the needed equipment.
Contributions received to date
include:
Women of the Moose, $600
to be used to furnish and e
quip a 2-bed room ward.
Sitka Woman's Club. $200
for equipment or supplies..
•Mrs. Kathryn Beach $335
to equip the Bill Beach Mem
orial Room.
American Legion Auxiliary
$1'12.50 to be used for lobby
equipment.
Mt. Edgecumioe Lions C'lulb
$750 for unspecified use.
Mrs. Mary A. Whittemore
$400.15 to be used to equip
‘‘Grandimfa’s Room.”
VFW Auxiliary $216.50 to be
used for the childrens room.
Mr. and Mrs. Edwin L. Reed
$500 for an ambulance or wher
ever needed.
St. Peters Guild $60 for un
specified use.
Soroptimist Club of Sitka
$335.00 for equipping a 2-bed
room.
In addition Beta Sigmia Phi
sorority has already equipped
one 2-bed room; the furniture
is unpacked and arranged at
the hospital. The Emblem Club
has furnished the nursery and
this equipment is also unpack
ed and in place.
Pledges include $500 each
from the Rotary Gluib of Sitka
and Sitka Elks Lodge; also the
Ml. Edigecumibe Business and
Professional Women’s Club is
working to raise money for
! use at the hospital.
| Other groups should be re
| cognized as having contributed
greatly to the new hospital.
The Central Labor Council has
pledged manpower for repairs
. and has already undertaken
(the repair of certain equip
} ment received by the city from
army surplus; John Dolenc.
who recently inspected the re
frigerators on hand to deter
mine their condition; the Bar
t anof Paint Store which has
. volunteered to spray-paint the
metal beds on band to match
, the green shade of the new
i furniture.
! Sister Ruth Poetzsch. direc
tor of nurses for the hospital,
has been working with Mar
garet Fedoroff, city clerk, and
Ernestine C. Veatch, president
of the city’s hospital commit
tee for several months and a
complete list of equipment
was sent to the San Francisco
office charged with admini
stration of Hill-Burton funds
for approval. Until that ap
proval was forthcoming, no
equipment could be ordered if
the city wished matching
funds for the costs.
i
Opening date is tentatively
set for March 1, with the
strong possibility that it may
have to be advanced should
j all requisite equipment not be
available for shipment here
j by that date.
' However, as the City of Sit
ka purchases the equipment,
install it and must await in- j
spection by Hill-Burton offic
ials before being reimbursed,
on a 50-50 basis for these ex-1
pendi :ures — any contribu
tion made to the Sitka Com- :
munity Hospital fund can still
be used for matching purposes
for at least the next 90 days. .
- In and Around Sitka -
CIVIL SUIT STILL
PENDING IN JUNEAU
!
I
The trial of the civil suit
brought by J. H. Engleman a
gainst Clel Bird, Commodore
Bird and Glenn Bird d/b/a Sal
viage Lumber Co. was conduct
ed Tuesday, Wednesday and
i Thursday in district court in
Juneau, with oral arguments
'being heard Saturday morning
Briefis were requested by
the judge, who heard the tes
timony without a jury, and a
decision will be rendered after
briefs are submitted.
In the action Ithe plaintiff
asks $11,500.
Witnesses for the plaintiff
were Vern Joyer, Jim Lantry,
Phil Hokteworth, L. B. John
son and Jake Engleman, while
Mr. and Mrs. Commodore Bird
Max Rogers and Fred Geeslin
were witnesses for the defend
ants. * mu
POLICE COURT BLOTTER
Oct. 31 — Charley Jacobs,
drunk and disorderly conduct,
$100 fine and 20 days in jail.
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Catherine Grant of Hyda
fburg and Hilda Jackson of Mt.
Edgecumibe were admitted Fri
day to Mt. Edgecumibe hospi.al
Mary Jim and Charles Wal
ters of Angoon were discharg
ed.
No patients were admitted
Saturday; discharged were
Rose Hammer and infant son
to Sitka and Gloria Koenig to
M:. Edgecumibe.
| Robert James of the boys
dorm was admitted Sunday,
while Emily Bezezkoff of Mt.
Edgecumibe was discharged.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
(Arriving Monday:
Wiliam Edmiston. Victor
iRovier, Vincent Payne, Axel
; Osberg. Robert OampibeLl. Ro
beri Hughes, Mur fin Day, Ken
neth Hunt. James Wenbau,
iJack Holt. Ernest Baughn and
Gil Joyntt from Juneau.
Leaving Monday:
Gertie Berggren, Ida Her
manson. Peter Kinsey, Benja
> min Joseph, Mr. and Mrs.
I Tony Murray and Ed Reed for
I Juneau.
| Emma Michaelman to Wran
gall.
j So that other organizations}
\ and interested citizens may
| contribute, if they choose, an
I appeal is made for all dona- (
■ tions o«f any size. Each wild be .
| matched dollar-for-dollar by,
| Hill-Burton act funds. Contri- |
1 but ions should be made pay
! able to the Sitka Community |
j Hospital and may be mailed to
1 the city clerk or left at the
f city offices.
I Sizeable equipment costs —
1 approximating some $53,000 in
all — are caused by two fac*
1 tors: (1) that the city meet
minimum requirements laid
down by the Hill-Burton act
if matching funds are to be
1 forthcoming; and (2) the nec
i essity of having complete fa
cilities at the local hospital if
local residents are to be able
j to get extensive treatment in
| Sitka, rather than goinlg to
! Juneau or Seattle as they now
do.
These contributions and con
tinning pledges indicate the j
real interest otf the people of i
this community in their new
hospital which, when opened!
for use in a few months, will
provide a new service both
badly needed and sincerely ap
preciated. ,
WALTER BUTLER FOUND
BY SEARCH PLANE
Once again the value of
search planes in rescue work
was demonstrated yesterday
when pilot Dick Pherson spot
ted Waiter Butler, local fish
erman, on the beach at Naqua
sina after he had become sep
arated from Ms hunting part
ner Sunday.
Mr. Butler and John Shot
ter had gone ashore Sunday
morning at Cedar Cove in Rat
lean Bay and split up to hunt.
Sometime during the day, Mr.
Butler, an experienced hunter
in that area, became confused
as to direction and spent most
of the night walking about.
Coming in to town yester
day morning, Mr. Shotter re
ported Butler’s absence and'
an aerial and (ground search
was immediately undertaken.!
However, Mr. Pherson spotted j
Butter about 2 p. m. on the
beach at Naquasina before the (
ground badly, under the lead-1
ership of David Gangle, reach
ed the scene. Mr. Pherson flew
Butler to the other side of the
; island whre he boarded his
'own boat.
Butler, aside from being
1 cold, stiff and hungry, was un
; injured from his experience.
Participating in the search
was 'the search and rescue
group of the Sitka Sportsmen’s
Assn, as well as the boats
Ronny and Pauline.
BISHOP MEREJKO LEAVES
FOR NEW YORK CITY
Bishop Amvrossey Merejkoj
left this morning by plane for
New York City to hold confer
ences with the Metropolitan
of the church and other offic
ials.
HERE FROM ANCHORAGE
Victor Rovier of the Pioneer
Insurance Agency in Anchor
age arrived yesterday for a
stay of several days.
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GOVERNOR WILL OPEN
CONVENTION NOV. 8
Governor B. Frank Heintzle
man wall preside at the Nov.
8 opening ceremonies of the
Alasika Constitutional Conven
tion at the University of Alias
toa.
The convention oiffitaualily
will commence at 10 a. m. in
the university gymnasium. Af
ter Gov. Heintz'ieman opens
it, Waino Hendrickson, secre
tary of Alaska, will read the
certification of the delegates
and oa'il the roll. The dele
gates then will take their oath
of office.
Dr. Ernest N. Patty, presi
dent olf the University of Al
aska, will present a short wel
come address as will the pres
ident df the Associated Stud
ents of the U of A and the
mayor of Fairbanks.
Gov. Heintzeman will deliv
er the main address with oth
er speakers including Dele
gate E. L. Bar.ilett, the Hon.
Ernest Gruening. former gov
ernor and Robert B. Atwood,
chairman of Alaska State
hood committee.
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