' Statehood Passes Election
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W.T. Kegley Announces
New Bank Opening
The Sitka Branch of the 1st
National Bank of Juneau will
open Monday, September
15th, according to a statement
made b\ W.T kegley during
his visit to Sitka this week.
Mr. kegley is President ot
the 1st National in Juneau.
The fiorne of the new bank,
in the Yaw Building on Bin
coin Street, is being Complet
ely re-decorated and will be
appointed with the latest in
equipment, e o u n t e r s and
desks, offering a new and
modern banking room.
Although this is in name a
Branch ot the Juneau institut
ion, it will oiler a complete
banking service, featuring all
facilities ot the 1st National
in Juneau.
Mr. James Thomason, ot
Seattle, has been appointed
Manager and assistant vice
president of Sitka's new bank.
A bachelor Mr. Thomason has
been with the Seattle 1st Nat
ional Bank for the past eight
years.
Oth e r s members of the
staff include Air. W illiam Bo
gan who has been with 1st
National in Juneau for three
years and will transfer here
and Mrs. Dolly Paterson who
has been with the Juneau
bank for seven years. Mrs.
Paterson arrived in Sitka last
Tuesday7 to join her husband,
Mr. Dave Paterson who has
recently taken over manage
Poor Richard's
Almanac
What an Election!
Last week someone asked
me how much a 1944 dime
w as worth, to be honest 1
don’t know, but 1 understand
they should be saved.
19 star in the Flag and 49
days’til Alaska Day but I'm
sorry to report 1 haven't seen
19 beards.
Seems the deer are running
in packs ol: twenty. Wish
snnione would tell me where.
merit and is part owner of the
Sitka Hotel.
An exciting "Open House
is planned for Saturday, Sept.
13th between the afternoon
hours of 1 and 4. Orchids,
flown in from Honolulu, will
he presented to the ladies and
the men will receive memos
a n d h a 11-point pens, and
coffee and cake will be serv
ed. \h% Kegley expressed the
hope that everyone in the
Sitka area would attend the
affair and acquaint themselv
es with the new bank.
All directors of the Juneau
Bank and their wiles are ex
pected to fix to Sitka for the
occasion.
Candy Sale
The Community Hospital
Auxiliary is planning a candy
sale at the Conway Insurance
Agency, Saturday Morning,
\ugust 30th. This is the hrst
fund r a i s i n g project the
group has sponsored for the
hospital and everyone is urg
ed to donate candy and to
bring it to the Conway Agen
cy not later than 11 A.M., Sat
urday, August. 30th.
Edgecumbe
Personalities
Marlene Keene
M a rlen e Keene, a 1954
graduate of Mt. Edgecumhe
High School has recently visit
ed Sitka and her mother, Mrs.
Helen Keene.
Marleene is a registered
nurse and took her training at
the St. John’s Nursing School
in Tulsa, Okla. Miss Keene
expects to leave for Tulsa
shortly but will return to Sit
ka and has plans of working
either in Sitka or Mt. Edge
combe. She is from the fish
ing v illage of Klawoek.
Isabelle Brady
Mrs. Isabelle Brad)', has re
cently been employed as re
creational d i r e c t o r at Mt
Edgecombe High School.
Mrs, Brad) is a member of a
pioneer family of Sitka and is
the grand-daughter of the late
Peter Simpson, one of the
founders of the Alaska Native
Brotherhood.
Mrs. Brady is a 1942 grad
u a t e of S h e 1 d o n Jackson
School and graduated from
James ton College in North
Dakota. Mrs. Brady is a for
mer teacher of Sheldon jack
son School.
Alaska Day Plans
Wit h approximately six
weeks to g< , Alaska Day Fest
ival plans are fallisg into
place and it is expected that
this will be the biggest cele
bration of its kind it Sitka.
Many dignitaries are expect
ed to arrive here for the fest
ivitie including General Arm
strong, Commander-in-Chief
of the Alaska Command who
has been invited to deliver
the address on Castle Hill.
General Mudgett has indi
cated that he and his wife
may attend. Bob Bartlett,
Mike Stepovitch and Earnest
(denning are also expected to
be on hand.
A parade of inarching units
beginning in Jamestown Bay
will be lead by a forty-two
piece military band from the
famed Maiichu Regiment
the second most decorated
regiment in the U.S. ARMY
Their attendance is historical
ly significant, too, since a
Company of that regiment
was dispatched to Sitka on
October 10th, 1867 to assist in
operating the newly acquire
territory and were on hand
for the purchased transfer of
Alaska.
Tt is hoped that everyone
The Stork
Report
Arrivals at Mt, Eilgecumbe
Hospital:
Baby Boy Henry to Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Johnson of Sitka.
Baby Henry arrived a 3:26
P.M, on the 23rd of August
and joins a brother and sister.
He weighed in at 6 pounds
and 5 oz.
Arrivals at Sitka Community
Hospital:
A Baby Boy named Richard
Gregory” born to Mr. and
Mrs. Elmer Nord on Tuesday
August 26 at 2:30 A.M. Rich
ard weighed in at 8 pounds
12 oz. This is the Nurds first
child. Father i s a safety en
gineer at the Pulp Hill.
A Boy “John Clay” born to
Mr. and Mrs. Jack D. Phillips
on Thursday, August 28th at
4:30 A.M. Baby weighed 7 lbs.
and 13 oz. at birth. This is the
Phillips first child. Mr. Phil
lips is a commerical fisher
man.
in the Sitka area will actively
participate in making this as
colorful and atmospheric a
celebration as possible, by
wearing authentic and excit
ing costumes. The judging of
costumes, incidentally, will
not take place, as in previous
years, at the Ball but instead
the costumes will be judged
and observed throughout the
entire three days so it will be
importast to remain in cos
tume during the Festival in
o r d e r to make the prize
awarding effective.
A covey of beautiful police
women is needed to keep
things in check at the Kanga
roo Court. Anyone interested
is asked to contact Mrs. H.
Smith. (Uniforms are provid
ed!) Volcnteer Musicians are
n e e d e d, too, for several
dances are planned. The per
son to contact on that is Mrs.
Charles Stedman.
This is not only Sitka’s cel
ebration, it is Alaska’s cele
bration. With Sitka playing
the role of host, it will need
the support of the entire com
munity to make it a truly ex
citing affair.
Happenings
Around Town
Myrth B. Sarvela
M y r t h B. Sarvela, formei
Mayor of Sitka and candidate
for the State Legislature, letl
Monday for Juneau. She re
turned yesterday.
The purpose of the trip was
to meet w ith the Director ol
Territories for the Interim
Dept., Mr. Lausi and Mr. MC
Edwards, Attorney for the
Interior to clarify confusioi
regarding the fish trap quest
ion.
The Kinberg's
Mrs. Marvin Kinberg, Sr. anc
Mr. Tom Kinberg left SitL
this morning for Corwallis
Oregon to visit Mrs. Kinberg’:
parents, Mr. and Mrs. R.C
Barclay. They will also visi
Mrs. Fay Works, Marvin Kin
berg’s Mother who lives a
Anacordis, Wash. Upon vitit
ing his grandparents, Ton
will return to Anapolis Nava
Academy. Mrs. Kinberg i:
expected to return home h
two weeks.
Earl Peters
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Peter:
plan to leave soon for Seattle
where they will spnd the win
ter. Mr. Peter is Superintend
ent of Construction for the
Sitka Pulp Mill Builders.
Record Vote for
Statehood Election
Although an official count
is still unavailable it seems
fairly certain that another star
\v ill be a d d e d to t h e
American Flag in 1959 as a re
sult of the overwhelming vote
in faver of statehood,
In the Sitka area exactly
1500 voters turned out at the
polls and it is estimated that
there were approximatly 125
a b s e n t e e v oters. A quick
glance at the figures from the
April Primary in this area 510
went to the polls and the
11 absentee ballots) indicates
that a good precentage of the
adult population took an act
ive interest in the Statehood
propostion. Although a final
count has not yet been made,
unofficial word has is that a
trend has been established
and that Alaskans voted ap
proximately five to one ter
Statehood.
Here are the unofficial re
turns from the 4 precincts in
this area:
For Governor: Egan (D)
710, Rivers (D) 222, Williams
(D) 249 Butrovich (R) 232.
F o r Secretary of State:
Greuel (D) 610, Wade (D)
541, Dewey (R) 216.
For U.S. Senate Term A:
Bartlett (D) 1,183, Robertson
(R) 225
For U.S. Senate Term B:
Gruening (D) 694, Stepovich
(R) 658.
For U.S. House: Plummer
(D) 308, Rivers (D) 687, Ben
son (R) .360.
For At Large District A
Senate r for 2 year term:
Laiblin (D) 336, Nolan (D)
951.
For At Large District A Sen
ator for four year term: Leer
(R) 4.37, Peratrovich (D) 929.
District C State Senator for
a fouryear term: Barnes (R)
407,
Bradshaw (D) 844, Veach (R)
HI.
State Representatives for
two year trm: Cashel (D), 749,
Gamble (R) 197, Hope (D)
795, Sarvela (R) 420, Van
Horn (R) .336
Cecil McClain
Returns from
Fairbanks
Cecil McClain, proprietor
Russell’s Men’s Store, return
ed to Sitka Tuesday having
attended an executive meeting
of the Alaska Sportsmans
Council in Anchorage. Mr.
McClain is vice-president of
the Council.
Mr. Jim Lake of Fairbanks,
P resi d e n,t of the Council
called the executive meeting
to which were invited isteres
. ted parties from the Fish and
, Wildlife Service, the Territor
ial Fisheries, candidates lor
public office and the press.
The purpose of the meeting
was to air the ideas of the
people interested in Alaska’s
long range programme of
l game and sport fish resources
l and the commerieal fisheries.
, Present also at the meeting
; w e r e Charles Callison and
. “Pinky” Gutermuth of the
t National Federation of Wild
. life, Washington, D.C. who
t are advisors to Secretary Seat
. on sonservatios matters as
i well as foremost conservation
[ authorities in the country.
; The group is attempting to
i arrive at a workable solution
to gurantee a s o u n d. long
range administration policy
which would be in he public
interest.
It has been indicated by
5 Sec. Seaton that these man
1 agemen problems must be re
- solved before the Interior
- Dept, will transfer the mas
1 age m e n t authority to the
.state.
Dog Inspection
A statement was given by
Chief of Police, Glen Bying
tos, that, beginning Wednes
day morning, Sept 3rd, the
Police Dept, will be inspect
ing all dogs in the City of
Sitka to determine whether
their license is current. Any
dog that is running at large in
the city streets to the annoy
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licensed will be impounded.
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49 days to the Alaska Day Festival