DOUGLAS
NEWS
TO TORONTO
Mrs. Matt Haro and daughter
Caroline are passengers on the
Princess Louise enroute to Toron
to to spend the summer vacation
with Mrs. Haro's relation there.
This is Mrs. Haro's first visit home.
Mother and daughter plan to re
turn here in August.
STUDENTS HOME
Three Douglas students have ar
rived from the states on vacation
from college.
Lyle Riley has been attending
Washington State at Pullman,
Washington. He will be employed
by the ANS during the summer
vacation.
Elmer Savikko has been attend
ing the University of Washington
ending his fifth year there. He is
preparing his boat for another
summer’s fishing.
Herbert Bonnett, also was en
rolled at Pullman this year. He
intends to- be employed with the
Hayes and Whitely contractors dur
ing the summer vacation.
SELMA SARNISTO IS ELEVEN
Selma Sarnisto was eleven years
of age yesterday and was given a
birthday party r.t the home of her
parents, Mr and Mrs. Oliver .Sar
nisto.
Invited to her party were Tutsan
and Judy Neal, Clarice Eversen
The Perfect Gift
For Father's Gif
Here’s the shirt
Dad wants for
those lounging
aroutid days.
$2.95
UMEHREni^.
j and children Bobby and Jerry, and
| Selma’s brother Donny. The after
! noon was spent visiting and with
games. Ice cream and cake were
served
TO BOISE, IDAHO
Mrs. William Dore and children
left on the last trip of the Baran
of. They will visit in Seattle and
then continue to Boise, Idaho. Mr.
Dore will join them there later
this summer.
GOES TO SEATTLE
Milford Marshall, Douglas City
Councilman, left Monday via PAA
for Seattle where he will receive
medical examination and care for
a back and leg condition.
TONSILECTOMY
Doiothy Dell underwent a tonsil
ectomy yesterday afternoon at the
Juneau Medical and Surgical Clin
ic. She is reported getting along
very well this morning. She is the
eight-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Elwin Dell.
TO KODTift
Jack Means and Robert Picker
ing left yesterday via PNA for Ko
diak, where they will do surveying
i::___- ——
for the Bureau of Land Manage
ment in that area.
Until housing is located at Ko
diak,' Mrs. Pickering is a house
guest of the Means family at Doug
las.
Newsy Notes
From Skagway
(Special Correspondence)
‘SKAGWAY, AlTskaT^June g__
Skagway Unit Auxiliary to Post No.
7, the American Legion, met with
thirteen members present. Mrs.
Myrtle Terry acted as secretary dur
ing the absence of Mrs. Sheila
Brena. A letter from Edith Davis.
Department Rehabilitation Chair
man—stated that she would visit
and help with any problems the
Auxiliary might have. A tea, a no
host dinner, and a special meeting
were planned for her visit. It was
reported that the poppy wreaths
were made and sold during Poppy
Week. Since the longshoremen con
stitute a majority in the Post they
were granted time off from work
Memorial Day to present the Mem
THE Mill AND RIU COMPANY, LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY • 14 T1Q01
orial services. The Auxiliary pur
chased six arm bands for use ii
parades and patriotic assemblies
Tf\e evening ended with a nici
lunch.
i The 4-H girls sold poppies to th<
townspeople; Mrs. John O'Danie
and Mrs. David Ohler sold popple;
at the dock when the Princes;
Louise and the Prince George ar
rived.
Mrs. Beulah Ward and her daugh
ter Donna Lee left May 29 by Alas
ka Coastal to go to Seattle to visil
Mrs. Ward's mother, Mrs. Henry
Williams. The Gordon Blanchard
family are living in Mrs. Ward's
home during her absence.
Camillo (McGee) Brena has en
tered the Veterans’ Hospital in Port
land, for medical attention.
Mr. and Mrs. John St. Martin
left on the Princess Louise to go
to Salt Lake City. Mrs. St. Mar
tin’s cousin, Miss Therma Green,
accompanied them.
Mr. and Mrs. Rodney Johnston
of Anchorage, and Mrs> Don Ingles
and her son Hallet of Palmer, visited
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Johnston last
week. They drove over the Cut-Off
to Haines and came to Skagway Dy
small boat. The Johnstons left
June 2 to return to Anchorage. Ken
Lamoreaux made the trip with
them Mrs. Ingles plans to visit with
her parents and her sister, Mrs.
Lamoreaux, for a month.
Mr. and Mrs. Hal Johnston, Jr.
have moved to Anchorage from
Seattle. Mr. Johnston is employed
in an accountaint office in Anchor
age.
Ed Kalenkosky made a trip to
Juneau by Alaska Coastal for den
tal attention.
Saturday evening, June 2 a joint
Installation for the officers of the
Skagway Aerie No. 25, F. O. E. and
their Auxiliary was held at the
Eagles' Hall. The Grand Officers
for Installation were: Installing Of
ficer-William Dewar; Conductor
William Burfield; Chaplain—M. E.
Rogers; Guard—Charles Clark. The
officers installed for the ensuing
year were—:
It ••
AT SPECIAL
CLOSE-OUT PRICES
Well share with you a
large assortment of lovely
lamps ... styles for every
room In your home. Includ
ed are:
TABLE LAMPS
MANTLE LAMPS
DESK LAMPS
BRIDGE LAMPS
FLOOR LAMPS
BOUDOIR LAMPS
and many others on display with and without shades.
SPECIAL SAVINGS, too, as those are priced Irom $1 up
Alaska Electric Light & Power Co.
Worthy President—William Fini
gan (by proxy William Heidel
berger), Worthy Vice President—
Herbert Richardson; Worthy Chap
. lain—Paul Alexander (by proxy
I George Keller); Worthy secretary—
Daniel Bolin; Worthy Treasurer—
j Harold Pribbernow; Worthy Con
| ductor—John Wright; Worthy In
iside Guard—Harry Bigoff; Worthy
j Outside Guard—Sam Destell; Trus
I tee (3 years)—Roy Eagle.
| Madame President—Dorothy Self;
1 Madame Vice-President—Anne True;
Madame Chaplain—Toni Blanch
ard; Madame Secretary—Pauline
Pribbernow; Madame Treasurer—
i Mary Jane Matthews; Madame Con
ductress—Sye Maki; Madame In
j side Guard—Birdie Roehr (by proxy
|—Ethel Villesvik); Madame Out
ride Guard—Della Mason; Trustee—
i (3 years)—Lenora Moe.
j Following the installation cere
; mony an amusing skit “School
1 Days” was given by Helen Clark,
Pauline Pribbernow, Sye Maki, Mary
Jane Lingle, Lenora Moe, Dee Mason.
’ Doris Boyd, and Carla Hansen.
Dancing followed the delicious
lunch.
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At the meeting of Naomi Chap
! ter No. 9, O. E. S. Friday, June 1.
| gifts were presented to Mr. and
Mrs. Arnold Gutfeld, past patron
and past matron, who are leaving
i soon to move to the States. Mr.
1 Gutfeld, a Charter member and the
‘ first marshal of Naomi Chapter, was
' also presented a Life Membership.
! Phillip Eagle celebrated his seven
! teenth birthday, with a hamburger
1 supper at the fireplace in the yard
I of his home. The guests were Pat
1 ricia Anderson, Shirley Cooper,
Maxine Brown, Leada Sheleby, Ran-|
dy Hubbard, Stan Brown, and Terry J
Eagle.
A special meeting of the City
Council was held May 28. A special
election will be held Juna 19 in.
order that the citizen^ tote whether
or not to purchase the Skagway
! Service Company. A special hearing
] on the same will be held June 12.
! The water tank at the old Sani
! tarium was sold to E. A. Hosford.
| A letter was read from Mr. Arget
j singer, District Engineer, which
I stated the additional cost of the
I proposed water and sewer exten
| sions requested would amount 'o
: $35,000. At the present time he did
not Know 11 tne existing appiupna
tions would cover the same. He
will advise the City at the earliest
date possible.
The Princess Louise—C.P.R.—was
in port Wednesday and Thursday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. D. Downey returned
from Seattle. H. G. Ask came to
spend several months at his busi
ness in Skagway. Miss Joyce Riewe,
who has been attending school in
Seattle, came to spend the summer.
S. Distell returned from a vacation
trip. Tom Tunley, w'ho has been
attending the Colorado School of
Mines, was a passenger from Jun
I eau. Tom will spend the summer on
the bridge gang.
The Prince George—C.N.R.— was
in Skagway Wednesday on a char
tered cruise,—the Portland Journal
tour party.
The first Days of '98 Dance of
the tourist season of 1951 was held
Wednesday evening at the Eagles’
i Hall —Maurice Wheaton master of
ceremonies. “The Shooting of Dan
McGrew” was given with Mrs. Gail
Budd giving the reading. Mrs.
Joseph Sheleby as the “Lou”, Bruce
Boynton as “Dangerous Dan Mc
Grew’’, Philip Eagle as “the stran
i ger from the creeks”. Dave Coffey
acted as Soapy Smith.
Mr. Schumaker, a retired lumber
man from Pittsburgh, spent several
days visiting in Skagway. He had a
1951 Packard sedan with him and he
1 plans to travel throughout the Ter
ritory in a leisurely fashion doing
some bear hunting in Kodiak, and
! going to the Arctic Circle. He has a
I movie camera especially built to be
| fitted on his gun so that he will
I have a permanent record of his
•j shooting. He plans to go to Africa
j this fall. He left on the barge
! Thursday to go to Haines.
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Wax-Starch, far better
than old-fashioned
starching!
Johnson's BRISK
Marvelous new Brisk is much easier
to use than old-fashioned starch. And
it gives your dresses and clothes a
"brand-new” look—a wonderful last
ing smoothness and luster. Dresses
stay crisp and fresh all day long. And
men’s shirts won’t wilt and crack,
and never "scratch,” either!
It’s because Brisk contains DRAX,
the new miracle fabric wax! Dirt
won’t penetrate, and washes out eas
ily. Get new Johnson’s Brisk today.
Economical, because it’s highly con
centrated.
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ECONOMICAL - CONCENTRATED
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; Mrs. Roland Burrows and her
two sons, Douglas and Stanley of
' Juneau, were guests of the Rev.
and Mrs. John Dodge for a week.
They returned to Juneau by Coastal.
The Rev. John Dodge is at Haines
with the Senior High Summer
Camp. This year there are 39
campers. None of the young people
from Skagway were able to attend
since all of them are working this
summer.
Wednesday, May 30, at 10 a. m.
special Memorial services were held
at the Cemetery by the members of
the Ladies’ Auxiliary to Skagway
Aerie No. 25. P. O. E. for Sister
Vinta Phelps. A floral wreath was
placed on the grave and the Serv
ice was given by Madame President
—Helen Lee; Madame Vice-Presi
dent Dorothy Self; Chaplain —
Ethel Villesvik; and Past Madame
President—Gertrude Beitinger.
Memorial Day Services were con
ducted Wednesday afternoon by the
members of Post No. 7 of the
American Legion. The Rev. John
Dodge gave the prayers, Mrs. D.
W. Stevenson sang “My Buddy”
and Mrs. Gordon Blanchard sang
“God Bless America”. Prom the
hall the crowd went to the wharf
where services were held for the
Marine and Navy dead and a wreath
cast on the water. At the cemetery
a service was held for the Army
dead and a wreath placed on the
Legionnaire plot. Gordon Blanchard
was in charge of the firing squad.
W. Swick and Charlie Roehr played
echo taps at all three services.
Mrs. W. W. Patterson gave a
party Friday afternoon at her Skag
way home to celebrate her son
Collins’ tenth birthday. The guests
were Gary and Danny Cox, Alex,
George, and Gordie Blanchard,
Monty Fuller, Albert Judson, David
Edwards, David Stevenson, Jay
Frey, Lee Hartson, Brooks Smith.
Games were played and birthday
■refreshments were enjoyed.
The Club Scouts had a busy day
Saturday cleaning yards and digg
ing gardens. They made an excel
lent addition to their treasury. D.
D. Cox was in charge.
Mrs. C. L. Anderson gave a party
Saturday afternoon to celebrate her
son Mike’s sixth birthday. The
afternoon was spent in a treasure
hunt, and enjoying birthday le
freshments. The guests were Janice
and Timmy Larson; Jimmie, Kennie,
and Sylvia Boynton; Bill and Don
na Swick; Elaine. Genevieve and
Ellsworth Jones; Mary Anne and
Colleen Rafferty; Mott and Tony
Fuller; Terry Mason; Dennie Bird;
Patty Budd; Dolores Sheleby; Bon
dy Patterson: Brooks Smith; George
and Gordon Blanchard; Bobbie Cof
fey; ‘Butch’ Lingle; ‘Coke’ Foster
and Nova Warner. Mrs. Roy Eagle
assisted Mrs. Anderson.
Skagway's teachers during vaca
tion :—
Mr. Anderson is driving truck for
Palmer Construction Company on
dike work.
Mr. Swick is longshoring and giv
ing music lessons.
Mrs. Anne Briggs and her daugh
ter Ellen Kay are spending the sum
mer in Haines, where Mrs. Briggs
is employed at the Haines House.
Miss Gail Brimhall is leaving to
visit with her folks in Colorado,
drive with them to Florida, and
from there to Quito, Equador, to
visit Miss Frances Fell who was
formerly in Haines.
Mrs. Macchia has gone to Jun
eau to join her husband.
Mrs. Jones and Mrs. Battles are
enjoying housework at home and
gardening.
The William Miller family is out
side on vacation.
Mrs. D. W. Stevenson has been
appointed tax assessor for theCity.
Tad Hillary’s 1929 Model A Ford
Sedan was sold by sealed bid Sat
urday. Harry Church bought the
car and immediately resold it to
Herbert Ricnardson’s son.
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Miss Kitty Alexander of Belling
ham, Wash., was guest speaker at
the Presbyterian Church Sunday
morning. She arrived on Saturday
—coming from New York. Miss
Alexander has just finished five
years of Missionary service in Iran
and leaves in September to return
for a seven year period. After a
pot luck luncheon attended by
about 75 at the Community Center
Miss Alexander left on Andrew
Gamble’s fishing boat from Kake
to go to Haines and Sitka.
The Legion Post and the Unit
are jointly sponsoring a Midnight
Picnic on June 22 at the abandoned
Sanitarium at the ‘end of the road’.
The old garage floor will be used
for a dance and the Post P. A.
system will furnish the music, Hot
dogs, coffee, and soft drinks will
be sold.
On Monday, June 4, the twenty
first birthday of his only child,
W. T. Mulkey, a boilermaker at the
White Pass Shops, received word
that his son, Bill T. Mulkey, of
Spokane, Washington, with the
Ninth Infantry Regiment, had been
killed in action in Korea, May 20th.
BERGSETH HERE
Oscar Bergseth of the New Eng
land Fish Co. Seattle, is registered
at the Baranof Hotel.
WRANGELL VISITOR
Elmer Bakke of Wrangell is stop
ping at the Gastineau Hotel.
NEW SOVIET
BLOCKADE IN
BERLIN AREA
BERLIN, June 13 — (J’l—Ignoring
Allied protests, the Russians turned
back hundreds of West Berlin ex
port shipments today in a move
which threatened to become an eco
nomic blockade of this Soviet- sur
rounded city.
Western Allied officials talked of
shutting off vital supplies to East
Germany in retaliation, if the Rus
ilons refused to yield.
“But we are still hopeful," one
high American official said. “We
are just sitting tight waiting for a
Russian reply to our protest.”
The protest was against t1"? new
Russian regulation requiring West
Berlin manufacturers to show the
origin of their strategic raw ma
terials before they can ship their
finished products through the Rus
sian zone to the west.
The United States, Britain and
France declared two days ago that
the Russians had no right to de
mand such information and told the
West German city government to
refuse it.
"MR. LABOR" OF
AUSTRALIA IS
STRICKEN, DIES
CANBERRA, Australia, June 13—
(i'P*— Former Prime Minister Joseph
B. Chifley collapsed and died to
night.
The former railroad engineer, a
longtime leader of Australia’s Labor
party, was prime minister from
April, 1945, until December. 1949,
when the Labor government was
succeeded by a Liberal-Country par
y coalition. He was 65.
Chifley’s death came as the Aus
tralian nation was celebrating the
50th anniversary of the Common
wealth Federal government in which
he had played a leading part in war
and postwar years.
The son of a blacksmith, Chifley
was "Mr. Labor” in Australia.
FINED $50 FOR
HUNTING WITHOUT
LICENSED GUIDE
Ray Callahan pleaded guilty in
U. S. Commissioner’s Court yester
day afternoon of hunting without
a licensed guide and was fined $50.
Callahan, a resident of California,
had a non-resident license but had
not complied with the law which re
quires that non-resident hunters
must be accompanied by a licensed
quide. A large bear he had shot
was confiscated by the Pish and
Wildlife Service.
The complaint was signed by
Blake Kinnear, FWS agent and
prosecution for the government was
(handled by P. J. Gilmore, Jr., U. S.
District Attorney.
PASSEY IS NEW DOCK
FOREMAN, COLD STORAGE
William Passey is now dock fore
man at the Juneau Cold Storage
plant He replaces M. L. MacSpad
den who resigned to go with the
Alaska Department of Fisheries for
the season.
SPEEDERS FINED
Three automobile speeders drew
fines in City Magistrate’s Court
yesterday for exceeding the 20-mile
per-hour city limit. Ludwig Gus
jaas and Jean Pearson drew $36
fines each and Gerald Beason was
fined $28.
FROM OGDEN
Dean F, Redford of Ogden, Utah
is stopping at the Hotel Juneau.
BOB LEWIS HERE
Robert Lewis, representative of
the Southern Cotton Mills, Anchor
age, is registered at the Baranof
Hotel.
FROM OKLAHOMA
Ray Campbell of Oklahoma City,
Okla. is at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
Bert Chapman of Seattle is stop
ping at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM KETCHIKAN
D. M. Herr with the U. S. Coast
Guard from Ketchikan is at the
Gastineau Hotel.
C. R. Barnhill of Ketchikan is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
Martin Cordes of the Haines •
Lumber Co. is stopping at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
June 14
Low tide . 3:15 a.m. 3.1 ft.
High tide . 9:14 a.m. 12.0 ft.
Low tide . 3:06 p.m. 3.9 ft.
High tide . 9:30 p.m. 15.6 ft.