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WOMAN’S CLUB NAMES
COMMITTEES
At the December meeting of
the Sitka Womian/s Clutb held
last Friday eventing, Mrs. Luel
Smith, president, appointed
the following committee for
carrying on club projects:
Gifts: Mrs. C. L. Berg, Mrs.
Car*! Mankinen. Mrs. Judson
Learner, Mrs Jesv'tie Price and
Mrs. Grace Chase.
Food: Mrs. John Salskov, Mrs
R. L. SfoaJckelford and Mrs. L.
C. ©twig
New chairman o>f the proper
ty committee is Mrs. Grace
Chase.
The program for the evening
included several selections by
a quartet composed of Miss
Phyllis Lowe, Mrs. Oliver Hall
man, William BufliMck and
Ftrank Laftita, accompanied by
Mrs. Fetter iSyT.e. A Christmas
dtory told ibv Mrs. Willliaim Ar
thur. and the lilghtinig-of-the
oandlles ceremony.
FoMoWing the program re
freshments — plum pudding,
coffee and tea, and nulls—were
served,
P. T.-A. TO HAVE
PROGRAM THURSDAY
No business will be transac
ted at the Thursday evening
meeting of tthe Parent-Teach
ers Assn. The meeting is scthed
uled for 8 p. im. at the multi
purpose room of the grade
school.
An unusually fine program
of entertainment as to be .pre
sented. Miss Annie Gordon of
Mt. Bdlgecumibe will present
her beginners .ballet class, and
a Christmas reading will be
given by Robert Sibley.
Mrs. R. H. Cameron is
chairman of the sixth grade
mothers group which Will .pro
vide refreshments.
All parents of school chil
dren are urged and invited to
attend^.
VFW AUXILIARY TO
MEET TUESDAY
Business meeting of the VFW
Auxiliary will be held at eight
o’clock Tuesday evening at the
VFW hall. Nomination and el
ection for conductress and trea
surer will be held.
Members are reminded to
bring Christmas tree ornaments
All iare invited to attend the
meeting.
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LEGION AUXILIAY HEARS
REPORTS THURSDAY
Siltka unit, ’ No. 13, of the
American Legion Auxiliary met
Thursday, Dec. 8, at the Legion
annex.
Mrs. Howard Trent, rehabil
itation chairman, rieiporited that
the gifts for the Veterlan’s Gift
Shop were sent to Ortirig,
Wash. The value of the gifts a
mounted to over $300. AW those
who donated gifts for the gift
shop wifi tenow that they have
helped to make some Veteran
and his famiilliy happy at Christ
mas time.
Money was donated to the
Firemans Clothing Fund and
to the Brace Shop arid Shoe
fund at the Orthopedic hospit
al ait Mit. Edlgecumibe.
Mrs. Ed Van Horn gave aj
very interesting report on her
trip to the convention of the
American Legion that was held
in Miami, Florida.
This year the members of
the unit are donaing gifts for
I he patients ait Mt. Edge
oumfee hospital. Members are
asked to bring their gifts ‘to
the party Thursday might.
These gifts are to be gift wrap
ped and are not to exceed $1.
All those who can are asked lio
be at the Legion' Hail at 8 p.
m. on Thursday, Dec. 15.
The unit ordered 4,000 pop
pies for Poppy Day.
Members are reminded to be
sure and leave their donations
for the ChriiStmas Food Bas
ket at Che Anchor 8 Galb not
later than noon on Friday, Dec
ember 23rd.
The next regular meeting of
the unit Will ibe on Thursday,
December 29th. Mrs. Ed Van
Horn and Mrs. Charles Tuengel
will be hostesses.
CHRISTMAS MEETING SET
FOR TUESDAY
Christmas meeting of Pres
byterian Women will be held at
8 p. m. Tuesday alt the home of
Mrs. Hendrick Van Dyke. Gifts
for Haines House are to be
brought at this time.
Hostesses include the Misses
Cora Houk. Olga Helgesen, Jes
sie Frasier and Mary Clayton.
BETA SIGMA PHI
MEETS THIS EVENING
A regular meeting of Beta
Sigma Phi sorority will be held j
at 8:15 ip. m. this evening at the
home of Mrs. James Channing
of M)t. Edlgeoumibe.
Annual Christmas .party for
members wiilll be held at this
time.
ST. PETER’S GUILD
MEETS THIS EVENING
Members of St. Peter’s Guild
wfflll hold a meeting at eight o'
clock this evening ai the rectory
Sitka Elks Lodge
No. 1662
MEETS 8:00 P. M. EVERY
Wednesday
CLUB OPEN DAILY
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B.D. Stewart one of
three "wise men'
at convention
by Florence Dauthiitod
FAI'RJBANKjS (#) The dele
gates to Alaska’s consltiituifcilan
al convention are a varied lot.
They are familiar now wi)jh
their hid .tory-making assign
ments and definite personal
ities are coming to the fore.
Take Yule Kilcher, a farmer
from Halines who would
rather split theories than logs!
and who thinks I.the city slick
ers at the 'convention need
some spurring. He’s the only
delegate who has drawn two
of Ms own amendments. Kiil
cher wears a wool siMrt, wea
ther-ibeaten canvas parka and
yellow raiin ha: to the proceed
ings.
Undisputed queen mother of
the convention' is Juneau’s
Mildred Hermann, lawyer, for
mer teacher and a stickler on
precise and proper wording.
She has been a memlber of the
Alaska statehood committee
since ilk inception in 1949.
She’s a big woman, a tact
she jokes about often1. In a
low, firm voice, she often urg
es her fellow delegates to hur
ry with ground1 work and move
more quickly to decisions. Of
the “be prepared” school, Mrs.
Hermann reserved her room
ait the Nordale hot el ih Fair
banks before she knew She
had won the constitutional con
vention race.
The three “wise men” of the
convention are Fairbanksan E.
B. Collins, Nome’s Mike Walsh
and Sitka’s B. D. Stewart.
Bach feels that framing a con
stiltution for their 'beloved Al
aska is a final and bounded
duty. They are white haired, |
quiet and bast 70. Their years
in Alaska total over 130. They
don’iti address the delegates as
a body often, but when they do
there is no compromise in their
pleadings.
Two of the convention’s mosit
persuasive talkers are Anchor
age lawyers John HeMenithal
and George McLaughlin. Color
ful, hard driving and sensitive
to principles. they both addretes
convention delegates as though
they were one unit.
Hellentihlail wears a worried
ilook. Hi's pro ted s are never
half-hearted.
The authority on rules is
Burke Riley, Haines attorney—
smooth, highly expressive and
nensomable.
Juneaus George Sundborg is
the dhiief guardian over the
style of the const'll /ution docu
ment. The only delegate who
makes his living by writing,
Sundborg iis somewhat nervous
ly hiding his time until the
miainy articles of the constfcitu
'tion start reaching Ms desk.
The convenltii'on’s brothers,
Ralph and Victor Rivers, rare
ly cast the same votes
Their appearances are also
are opposite. Ralph Rivers, a
Fairbanks lawyer and politico,
is thin anid Short. Victor Rivers
Anchorage engineer, stands ov
er six feet tall.
The brother stilt one seat apart
during plenary sessions. In be
tween them is Helen Fischer,
(the convention's best dressed
delegate.
Now -that subject matter of
(the convention is being chan
neled from commit tee to plen
ary session for approval, more
expression is expected from de
legates with no legislative
background who have remain
ed quid1, waiting for real is
sues to emerge.
ISRAELI TROOPS ATTACK
JERUSALEM <&) IsraeU
troops attacked Syrian out
posts overlooking the Sea of
Daily Sitka Sentinci
Tuesday, December 13, 1955
Galilee during the night, kill
ing 55 Syrian soldiers aigaiinsl
i.the loss Of four Israeli®, offic
ials siaiid Monday.
Israeli sources said 29 Syr
ians were taiken prisoner in
tihe fog-shroudeld haittle on the
northeast shores of the lake
where many events in the life
of Jesus Ohrid.1 took place.
Twelve Israeli soldiers were
wounded.
The attackers occupied four
Syrian outposits, blew them up
and then withdrew. The action
was launched on an eight-mile
front to silence gun positions
Israel claimed fired on fishing
boats and an Israeli police
launch Sunday. No one was
hurt in that incident.
Israeli military sources said
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army units moved in a four
pronlged advance aimed at four
j Syrin positions aflorng Jhe east
! ern bank of the Sea of Gail/ldee .
, The positions were in the Kutr
; ai Nia/quart and 'Bath Haibeq
i sector and iln the sector where
the Jordan flow® into the Sea
of Galilee.
The attacking Israelii units
were supported iby two detach
merits to block the approach
of Syrilan reinfforcemenl.s.
'Miilliftary sources said the Syr
ian opposition was heaviest in
the Jordon River sector.
U. N. truce observers rush
ed to the area (to investiig'al e
at the first word of the Israeli
attack. A U. N. spokesman
said the situation in the area
was quiet now.
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