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No-46
DANGS TOUORIiOV/ NIGHT ,/ILI. BE /ELL ATTENDED; OVER 150 TICKETo SOLD ALREADY
Ihe benefit dance to be given tomorrow (Saturday) evening in the A*B»
hall to raise funds to pay the rent on that hall for the Tost Basketball
team, promises to have the largest attendance of any similar affair ever
given here* Already more than .150 tickets have been sold here and in Skag
way.
Tlie harbor boat will leave this post at the usual time tomorrow and
will leave Skagway for the return trip at 6 ;45 p.nu, arriving at the Haines
dock at 8:15* The landing at Haines will be made to accompdate the large
crowd which has purchased tickets at Skagway.
Refreshments will consist of sandwiches, cup cakes and coffee. Mrs.
Hern’s Bakery, at Haines, i? manufacturing the cup cakest and Private
Burch, formerly in charge of the P*A. Restaurant, is dwvxsmg the sand
wiches and concocting the coffee*
The Kootie Orchestra, in an effort to repay for afternoons ’ shore
leave granted this week to practice, will toot their tootinest. So date
they have mastered the following new and snappy selections in addition
to their usual repertoireJ- Fox Trotsi ’’Pesticatin1 Hama1'; ’’Midnight
Rose1'; ’’Down on the Farm”, and ’’Last Night on the Back Porch”. Nalzes:
”Indiana lloori. ” and _J’J/h_en _yjDU walked out... j^cMi^ne^lse.^jalkgd, In. \ .
QUARTERMASTER CORPS BANQUETS III FAMOUS SIUG'/AY HOTEL:
bearers of the buff hat cord dined sumptiously last Saturday evening
at the Pullen House in Skagway, a hotel kno’vn far and 'vide to those who
have entered the North as the hone of Alaskan Hospitality* Mrs. Pullen,
on the eve of her idparture for the U.S. for a visit, had prepared a feast
which started out with grape fruit, cream of tomato soup made from real
cream from the Pullen ranch, fresh salmon, breaded veal chops, and went
on through a seemingly endless series of delicacies until it wound up with
coffee and smokes.
1st Lt. L*E.Edwards, quartenaaster of this post, acted as toastmaster,
and Major Maddox, commanding officer responded with a toast on the subject
of "Service to the Line", the motto of the Q.M.C. Other speakers were
Captain Cook, Lt. Ungethuem, Mr. Nilson, Mr. Sorrels, and Lt* Maertens.
Among those present were Major Maddox, Captain Cook, Lt. Edwards, Lt.^
Ungethuem, Lt. Maertens, Mr. Sartin, Staff Sgts. Klein and Stevenson, Pvts.
l/cl Mumby, Pvts. Crocoll, Beard, BuYea, Fulton, Gibson, Gerard, Hopkins,
Lawrie, Levine, Roberts, Simmois, Cellar, all of the Finance Corps or QMvl.C.
Sgt. Gerhert of the Ordnance Dept., Mr. K.O.Johnson, Mr. Morris, Mr.Hopkins,
Mr. Nilson, Mr. Sorrels, Captain Stidham, Chief Engineer ’/alkley, Mr. Sloan.
Sgt. McCall and Cpl. Russel, and Pvt. Hoffman of C0.F, Pvt. Kishter and Pvt
Clarke of C0. E, and Cpl. Glover of the Signal Corps.
Mr. Pries, of the Bank of Skagway, Alaska, represented the civilian
population of Alaska at the banquet, and made an address much enjoyed.
After the banquet, many of the guests attended the dance given at the
Elks' Club, an affair which will live long in the s.ocial annals of theNorth
MAIL SCHEDULE: Adral. Rodgers Monday with 12 days1 States Mail. Estebeth
Tuesday wth Alaskan Mail only.