- Society and dubs
FIRST FALL MEETING OF
SITKA WOMAN S CLUB
Forty four guests and (mem
bers were present at tlhe first
fall session of the Sitka Wo
man s Club on Friday evening.
Miss Myra Heeren reported on
enjoyable program has been
arranged for the October meet
ng, when Michael Ossorgin
will give an illustrated talk on
his recent European trip, with
musical interpretations of his
experiences.
Plans ifor the annual Com
munity Fair of Saturday, Sept
17. and for the annual Smor
gasbord of Oct. 7 at the Moose
Hall were discussed. Mrs. Roy
Svendsen, chairmlan of the fair
board, said volunteer help
would ib e needed Thursdey
night in setting up booths. Joe
Ashby will be in charge of the
“hammer and nails” crew.
Additional assistance to the
library board also was discuss
ed. Mrs. Jessie W. Price and
Mrs. A. P. Franklin will be in
charge of the muib-up for the
Alaska Day celebration.
Mrs. Henry Chapman told of
plans* for an “Art in Alaska”
project — art in general and!
religious art, and asked local j
people who may have an inter
est in such a project to contact
her.
Program consisted oif a get
acquainted session, each wo
man present telling why and
when she came to Alaska, and
Sitka in particular. The rea
sons were varied and amusing.
One member, Mrs. Lillian Burk
hart, said she came in 1913 for
a two-week stay, and has never i
left. Several have had exper
iences dn isolated areas in the;
Interior and were happy to
have settled in Sitka.
Hostesses were the Mes
diames Luftlla Smith, John Sal
skov, A. P. Franklin, C. J. Man
kinin and Henry Schmidt and'
Miss Phyllis Lowe.
B. P VV. BOOTH AT FAIR
TO AID HOSPITAL
Proceeds from the sale of
articles at the Business and
Professional Women’s Club
booth at the Sitka Community
Fair will go to the fund the
group is raising to help supply
needed items at the Sitka Com
munity Hospital.
Members are urged to at
tend and bring saleable arti
cles such as pies, cakes, jams,
jellies, cookies, art objects,
etc. Any article which may be
sold will ibe appreciated.
Also there Will ibe a movie
and slides shown depicting ac
tivities oif the clulb.
FIRST FALL MEETING
OF SORORITY TUESDAY
Beta Silgima Phi sorority
will resume meetings after the
summer adjournment tonight
at 8.T5 p. m. at the home of
Mrs. Gail Bagley on Finn Al
ley
CHAMBER OF COMMENCE
COMMITTEES NAMED
Standing committees of the
Sitka Chamiber of Commerce
,were named at the Friday lun
cheon of the (group by presid
ent Ed Reed as follows;
Tourist, George Beacom; pulp
mill, Leslie Yaw. Ernestine C.
"Veatch and Cecil McClain; boat
.harbor, Joe Ashlby; Blue Lake
^development, M. S. MitrovitCh;
.transportation. Hope Rands;
legislative, Warren Chistiianson
Historical research, Joe Ash
by: Alaska Day, Barbara Odd
,son and Ruibye Rottluff; pub
licity, Ernestine Veatch, Harry
Lanz and Carmen Tubby; plan
ning council. Clarence Rands;
,retail trades, Harry Lanz, Bar
bara Odd son and Ediwin Reed;
Airport, Charles Kidd; Rus
sian Church restoration. Fred
VanHorn, Warren Christianson,
Joe Asihiby, George Beacom and
Esther Clithero; hostess, Rubye
Rottluff; hospitality wagon
Carmen Tubby; mayor’s Ihospit
ality. Lloyd Hames.
A contribution of $100 to
,ward a sound color movie to
be made at a cost of $1600 by
the Juneau Chamiber in the in
terests of promoting tourist
travel wtes voted, providing
scenes oif Sitka are included in
the film.
To promote Sitka as the site j
of any Alaska mental hospital,
should the mental health to ill
toe passed, the president named
Leslie Yaw, Ernestine Veatchj
and Roland Wurster to a com-|
mi'totee to contart Dr. Sdheele,
surgeon general of the U. S.
Public Health Service during
his weekend visit.
Myrth Sarvela, who will
speak at the fisheries hearing
scheduled for Saturday, told of
her visits to Peterstourg, Jcneau
and Ketchikan. Charles King
was named Chamber represent
! ative to the healing. Carmen
Tufbtoy announced Chamber
meetings will be broadcast in
the future on a trial basis.
President Ed Reed told memj
bers that rumors of the open-i
ing of a commissary at Mt. Ed I
gecumbe had come to’ the atten
tion of the board Of directors,
| which Was working on the pro
\ blem with Dr. Carl Mankinin
' and Maurice Borders. While
they have the authority to set
i up such facilities, Mr. Borders
I had assured Mr. Reed and the
| directors of full cooperation.
\ Russell Clithero reported 75
I visitors during the American
Legion convention, with be
tween $12,000 and $15,000 spent
here by the group.
VFW AUXILIARY
MEETS TUESDAY
A business meeting of the
VFW Auxiliary will be held
at eight o'clock Tuesday eve
ning at the VFW Hall.
Read Sentinel Want Advts.
j Want Advts. Bring Results.
DR. WALTER MASSEY
Juneau Optometrist
Will Be In Sitka from Sept. 16 through 18
to conduct eye examinations
Call Sitka Hotel for Appointment
Phone 200
Dr. Massey will fit contact lenses for
those who are interested
MT. EDGECUMBE
SCHOOL NOTES
With a Ibeginninjg! enroll
ment of 541 students, Mt. Edge
cunfbe opened the 1955-1956
school year on Tuesday, Sep
tember 6. More students are
still expected (from the north,
and from the three commun
ities of Ketchikan, Metlakatla
! and Hydaiburg where an out
I break of polio has prevented
the students from leaving.
In the school administration
'Alfred F. Lawrence is princi
pal; Lawrence C. Porter is ad
ministrative assistant; Law
rence A. Widmark, Jr., and
Mrs. Lila Crosby are clerk
typists; Hay S. Nielsen, Sr. is
property and supply clerk; and
Henry Katasse is janitor. A
secretary for Mr. Lawrence is
expected.
In the academic department
Manning C. Rider replaces Mrs
Laura Jones as department
head; Charles S. McFaddon
teaches arts; Dyrdie McNeill,
L. Frank Cross, and Robert
Booker, commercial; Annie P.
Gordon and William C. Patter
son, iphysoal education; Lee E.
Rahfeldt, band and Michael
Osorgin. chorus; Charlie O.
I Owens and LeRoy W. Benson,
[ science; June M. Abell. Doro
j thy Johnson and Darlene Vow
I els, English; T. Teresa Ripley
I and Conrad Mather, social
studies; Ernest B. Gurley,
mathematics (Edward T. Bar j
rie is expected shortly); Tau
iio Salo, Librarian; Verna A.
Jensen and Joseph iM. Kahk
len, elementary; Melita C.
Day, Myrtle L. Hall and Vir
ginia Powell, hospital sana
torium; Dorothy Cucchiari,
Thema Cross and Hixie A.
Ashe, orthopedic hospital.
J. Loyd Ripley is depart
ment head of,the school shops
Herbert Boroughs. John T.
Westphal and John K. Ballard
are industrial shop teachers;
George A. Nelson, carpentry
instructor; Ernest D. Handy
and Paul V. Jacoby gas and
diesal instructors; Charles W.
Switzler, mill and cabinet in
structor; Andrew P. Johnson,
crafts instructor; and Joseph
N. Pike, boys’ cooking instruc
tor.
j Miss Louise M. Davis, de
j parturient head in home eco
I nomics, has been prevented
by an automobile accident
from reporting to duty as yet:
Mrs. Alee Peterson cif Sitka is
substituting for Mrs. Evelyn
Ballard: Mrs. Helen Godwin
is serving as temporary de
partment head in Miss Davis’s
absence; 'Miss Earnestine D.
Baker is teacher: Mrs. Flora
D. Peterson’s position has been
changed1 from seamstress to
instructor of vocational sew
ing; Josephine Schenderline
and Ruth Weaver are waiters.
| The Practical Nursing Soho
I ol is staffed by Mi's Mvra H.
j Heeren. director: Wild a M.
! Rhubright. assistant director:
! Rebecca S. Hocker, clinical in
1 stnUfltor; Ruth H. Westphal.
j home eonomics and guidance;
Mary C. Otier. clinical instruc
tor; Mildred Haley, clerk-sten
ographer; Elsie A. Marshal and
Wreath a B. Stilwell. dormi
tory attendants; Bertha PI our
de and Blanche Pool, recrea
tion assistant's, m lacoma.
Mrs. Mvrtis Hansen is the
department head, iguidanee, in
the girls’ dormitory; Mrs. Vy
ola Belle MadHale and Miss
Margareit A. Newell, teacher
advti^ers; Bonnie Jean Adams,
Christine D. Hope, Dorothy
MeCafTehty. Charlotte Groves,
Alice R. Peltier, Grace Chase,
Claire H. Carey and Ellen
Lang are attendants. In the
bovs’ dormiory, Wedell E. A
bell is department head, guid
ance: tS. Benoy Godwin and
Ivan D. Fleming are teacher
i advisers; Elizabeth Baines. Le
in Lemon. Jane Cunningham.
Mary Worthington and James
Klushkan are attendants.
Manning C. Rider, new de
partment head, academic, is a
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graduate of the University of
Florida; Ihe taught in Orlando,
Florida for 17 years and is
known for his hot trumpet
playing. For the last four
years Mr. Rider fyas been at
Pine Ridge Agency as head of
boys’ and girls’ guidance pro
grams. Mrs. Manning is from
Minnesota. The Riders have
one child, their son Richard.
Miss Annie P. Gordon, a
graduate of Howard Univers
ity in Washington D. C. is the
new instructor of girls’ physi
cal education. During the past
year Miss Gordon was a stu
dent of dancing in Hollywood,
California and plans to incor
porate dancing into the gym
schedule.
Miss Margaret A. Newell is
a graduate of the University
of Omaha and was an instruc
tor at the Bancroft School last
year. Miss Newell is the new;
teacher-adviser in the girls’
dormitory and iis in charge oif
recreation. She has been work
ing towards an M. A. in guid
ance at the University of Wash
ington.
Charles W. Switzier, teaching
mill and cabinet work in the
vocational shops, comes from
Seattle, Washington, where She
graduated from the Broadway
Edison School. He and his
.tviife. Gloria, have one child, a
daughter. SlhClley.
Lee E. iRahfeldt graduated
from St. Olaf’s College in Min
nesota. He was teaching mus
| ic last year in Clarksville,
j Iowa. Mr. Rahfeldt is making
' an innovation this year in Ithe
. regular instruction on stringed
| instruments. His mother. Mrs.
; Mehlow, accompanied him to
I Mt. Edgecumlbe.
; In the 'commercial depart
[ ment, Robert Booker, a gradti
1 ate of Suffolk College in Mas
' saehusetts, has been most recent
Iv in Seattle. Before that time,
Mr. Booker had spent some
years teaching commercial sub
1 jects at Flandreau Indian Voca
tional High 'School, among oth
er assignments.
Mrs. Thelma Cross (Mrs. L.
Frank Cross) is now teaching
in the orthopedic hospital. Corn
ing to Edgecuimlbe from iSpok
ane, where she Ibad taught for
many years, she married Mr.
Cross last December.
Ivan D. Fleming, teacher-ad
viser in change of the boys’
contmupo on cage four)
Seattle Sept. 23 for Sitka
D. M. Ramsay — Phone l1?
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
When Yon Go Back To School
Boys and Girls
HERE'S YOUR CHANCE
To Get in The Band
NEW BAND INSTRUMENTS
ON RENTAL PURCHASE PLAN
MR. ARTHUR SAGORSKY
Will Be At The
SITKA HOTEL
SEPT. 14th and 15th
Complete Selection of
INSTRUMENTS
ON DISPLAY
ALASKA
MUSIC
SUPPLY
"Everything
Musical"
139 Seward St. Juneau. Alaska