111 it. KAJiANUE KAN NEK
Pul dished weekly on
Thursdays by the
Pioneer Press
in Sitka, Alaska
Richard S. Calhoun
Editor & Publisher
Viki Ellis *
Associate Editor, Woman’s
Editor & Advertising
Manager
Sports Editor
Gil Truitt
! I istore Editor
George A. Hall
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EDITORIAL
Now that tlii- Election is
over the Baranof has gone
I iek to the home town type
of news you Want. Last
weeks edition was to have
' even a complete coverage ot
both the election and back to
school, hut the election just
Tout pushed everythingel.se
out of the paper.
Now for this week, we w ill
continue with the hack to
school ideas, and as more in
humation conies in il w ill he
published. The Hostess of the
week and a column by
(Gorge flail art* back in print
avail) so tilings are just about
back to normal.
However there is a lot hap
pening every day that no one
overhears about it. Most of it
little things, what the Jones
are doing, maybe a hunting
trip. We would like to have it
all, just call us at 747-3319 or
mail the copy to the Baranof
banner or, if you wish, stop
by the shop with it.
P 1 i * a s e remember this is
vour paper, while we have a
frill time reporter, it is very
hard to giv e a complete cov
erage without leads. On the
smaller news items you can
in most eases give us the
( o n p 1 e 1 e stow the larger
news items, you not'd only
ive us the leads and as much
inh n mation as v on m i g h t
have and we will follow up.
If some group is having a
special ev cut let us know
ahead of time so we can give
a complete before and after
new s coverage.
\nyone having interesting
news stories for the A task a
Day G a z e I l e please send
them to us, they should be at
least 20 years old.
Any time you, the reader,
have an item that you should
like to air in a “letter to the
Editor’ just send it in besides
b e i it g of general interest it
may also lead to a good news
story.
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for
Your Hunting Equipment
Sitka Streets
Historically
Named
The Sitka Planning Com
mission project called "Street
Naming1 was approved re
cently and the importance of
this project makes it worthly
of a few paragraphs. During
the present period of devel
opment new subdivisions are
being plotted and the streets
are being named as a legal re
quirement. An utter lack of
imagination began appearing
w here A B E L, BAKER,
CHARLEY, etc. were chosen.
In one of the older sections of
town, B, C and!) streets were
already used, in choice over
old names in some cases. The
need for revamping was ob
vious and immediate.
The plan was presented on
the basis of simplification and
association The old system
was not poor, but simply out
of control and the need was
for a simplified naming in or
der that the old residents and
the new people could bene
fit. The names must show his
t o r i e a 1 association with
e\ eh is and persons in Sitka s
rich p ist. The first step was
to put clown the c o r r e e t
names and when lixiswas done
the committee found one
road had three nicknames, re
placed proper names and in
mam eases the St re »t names
no organized association with
Sitka.
t nder the new system the
original name * of Sitka has
been permanently recorded
in \ EVV ARCHANGEL
STREET. This name was
chosen because the Russians
believed the Archangel St.
Michael to he the heavenly
protector of the whole town.
Of course BARANOF seem
ingly the earthly protector of
the town during the early
days, appears on anot her
street O’CAIN STREET,
north of the v illage, is remin
icent of Captain Joseph
O’Cain, one of the colorful
American fur t r a d e r s who
carried the name “Boston
Man’ to Alaska. It was his
CUTIES
y _
‘‘All right! So I’m discouraging a future scientist!—
but he’s not sending rockets to the moon thru this
living room!”
urging that brought about the
development of the hunting
grounds in California waters
and under an agreement with
Baranof lie used the Com
pany hunters in return for a
share of the furs.
Of the fourteen managers
who directed the affairs of
the company from 1804 to
1867, only Etolin and Maks
outofi are named, while the
Russian families who lived in
the area are repressnted by
KASHFVAROFF AND KOS
TROMETINOFF, old fam
ily names in both Alaska arid
Sitka. KRUZOF STREET
facing the island has a Hus
sian name, however it was
named by Lisiansky in honor
of the Admiral to whom he
was indebted for his prefer
ment and there has only a lo
cal association to the island.
Only the last Russian Man
ager, Prince Maksoutolf, was
given the title of Governor
and he brought his wife, one
of tile few titled ladies to live
in the colony. They found
Sitka’s surprising social life
an overwhelming strain and
it finally claimed the Princess.
Her grave is north of the of
Pioneer Home at the end of a
short street named PRINC
ESS W AY. The Prince remar
ried and on October 18, 1867
it was his second wife who re
ceived the Russian flag from
Captain PESTCHOUROFF,
the Russian Commissioner at
the ceremonies. Her tears
symbolized the sorrow of all
the Russians in Alaska who
now had to choose between a
new land or return to a home
land many had never sees.
The old GOVERNORS
WALK became LINCOLN
STREET and although it was
undoubtedly named for the
P r e s id e n t, a Yankee ship
builder named Lincoln built
main ships in the yards once
located on the site ol the
Pioneer Home lawn. This man
performed ... vital service for
the company unci should be
w ith the name of the street.
The street facing the chan
nel is KATLIAN and the se
cond street in the Ranche is
KOKWANTAN, while a cross
street above the village is call
ed TLINGET W AY. These
names memorialize the strong
Tlinget culture in Sitka In the
period follow ingthe transfer
new names became familiar.
General Jefferson C. Davis
\\ho commanded the army
garison in 1867-68 is recalled
by JEFF DAVIS STREET
which borders Sheldon Jack
son and leads to the site of
the old post eemetarv he es
tablished and which is now
the Sitka National Cemeatry.
DE GROFF, MILLS AND
HIRST wane business men
who shared in the develop
ment of this new territory.
De Groff and Hirst were part
of the Chichagof! Gold Mine
Company while YV. P. Mills
seemingly ow ned or shared
is every Sitka business at
some time.
BRADY STREET in the
M < )ore M emoria 1 Subdi vision
recalls the powerful figure of
the Gold Rush" governor.
The hand of John G. Brany
left an indelible impression
on Alaska.
A critical period in 1880 is
recalled hv OSPB FY
STREET When the army was
w ithdraw n in 1879 a period
of t e n s e n e s s followed in
which it seemed the native
people might try to take back
this land apparently aband
o n e.d by our government
Appeals to Washington fell
on deaf ears and finally an
appeal to British Columbia
b r o u g h t the gunboat OS
PREY and peace was restor
ed. The name of the Canadian
Gunboat appears <>n a street
above the former Military
Hoad.
In following this pattern
our s t r e e t names reflet a
justifiable pride in Sitka. The
e o 1 o r f u 1 past, the violent
times, the sad moments and
the development of new in
dustries are all blended in
our names.
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S.J.J.C Opening
New High School students
will begin to arrive at Slid
don | a e k so n on Monday,
September 8th from many
towns and villages in Alaska
from Point Barrow on the
Arctic Ocean and as far west
as St Lawrence Island. On
Wedneday, September 10th,
High School classes will com
mence and all High School
students will lie expected to
be on campus.
Registration for Junior Col
lege w ill be on September
15th and classes will begin on
the* 16th.
The school year will began
with approximately 125 en
rolled in the High School di
vision and 22 in the junior
college. Junior college stu
dents will live in the new
dormitory, Condit H o u s e,
which was completed this
spring.
There will be several new
members on the the staff this
year. Miss Jo Alice Callison of
DeKalb, Texas will be the
commercial teacher in the
High School. Mrs. Angia Gil
bert will assume the respon
sibilities of housemother for
the older high school girls in
North Pacific Hall. Mrs. Gil
bert comes to to us from Oak
land, California where she
has been housemother in the
Ming Quong Home. Mrs. and
Mr. Warren Wagner have
1) e e n on c- a in p u $ since
the latter part of June, coin
ing to Sheldon Jackson from
■Superior, Montana. Mr. Wag
ner assumes the duties of
h o u s e father for the older
high school boys in Home
Missions Hall and Mrs. Wag
ner will supervise the laun
dry. Mr. George Beck, who
has w o r k e d with younger
hoys inboth Anchorage and
Juneau, is to be the house
father for ninth and tenth
grade boys in Fraser Hall,
Miss Myrtie McKnight of
Concord, North Carolina, the
assistant dietitian, arrived on
campus on July 31st. Miss
Callison and Mrs. Gilbert are
expected on the 24th. Mr.
Donald Bright up will teach
English, He was formerly
with Sitka High School.
Sitka Public
Schools Opening
1 he Sitka Public School
will open on Tuesday, Sept
ember 2, with an addition of
five teachers to the staff arid
with ten replacements which
will mean we will have a to
tal 15 new teachers employed
Total professional workers
will number 47, an increase
11 within two years. Indica
tions are at this time that our
enrollment will have increas
ed from 700 to 1100 within
the past two y e a r s which
e q u a 1 s an increase of 300
youngsters.
Faculty members are as fol
lows:
Kindergarten-Ada Serivner
and Mary Vanderhiden. Miss
V a n d e r h i d e n is new and
comes to us from Menasha,
a tribute !
to American
workers.'
It takes courage to stick
your neck out. To have a be
lief and to stand up for that
belief . To set a course and to
be willing to follow it thro
ugh. But what do we have
brains tor it not to use them
to do our own thinking? What
do we have feet for it not to
stand on them firmly? What
do we hav e necks for if not to
stick them out to see where
we are heading? Think back;
We have Unions because a
few men were w illing to stick
their necks out for industrial
Freedom. Wgained recog
nition because there were
hundreds more willing to
stick their necks out and to
face hardships in order to
have better things for our
children.
W e have grown and pros
per ed because thousands
more were willing to stick
their necks out and fight for
contracts, for better wages
and working conditions, for
security.
What of those who stuck
their necks out asd lost their
jobs in the course of organiz
ing? What of those who stuck
their necks out on picket lines
to secure these benefits?
W hat we needed in the
e a r 1 \ days we need even
more today. W e need people
who will stick their necks out
for what they believe to be
right; w ho can see a goal
ahead and move toward it,
avoiding the devious path
w ays that lead into the
morasses of compromise or
the blank walls of indiffer
ence; w ho are not swayed by
either the hisses or the plaud
its of the mob.
A man w ith c o u r a g e to
stick his neck out is a man of
faith; and he knows that the
best way out of a difficulty is
straight through.
It is pretty well agreed, we
think, that never before have
we so needed men and wo
men willing to stick their
necks out for what is right;
but would you on this labor
day?
SITKA CENTRAL LABOR
COUNCIL.
D.R. Don le
Wisconsin.
(hack1 One Edna Swearin
gen, Dorothy Jean Wick, Mrs.
Thelma Fenner, Ethel Sellers,
and Christa Swanson. Miss
Wick comes from Marshall,
Missouri, Mrs. Fenner comes
from Moose Pass, Alaska,
Mrs. Selfors comes from Win
slow, Washington.
Grade Two-Martha Robert
on, Zoana Jensen, Audrey
Nielson, Dell Marquard. Au
drey Nielson is new and
comes from Excelsior, Min
nesota; Della Marquard is
new and comes from Yakima,
Washington,
(Wade Three Dorothy
Hetle, Joan Brandon, Jean
Moulton, Patsy Holder. The
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