SPRING CONCERT
IS BIG TREAT; IS
ON AGAIN TONIGHT
The spring concert given last
night in the Juneau High School
gym by the Juneau Public school
choral group and band was a most
spirited event and what the attend
ance lacked in numbers certainly
made up in enthusiasm for each
selection of the two organizations
was given merited applause. The
concert will be repeated again to
night starting at 8 o’clock and now
just a word as to the meaning of
the concerts. The choral group, sel
ected. and the band will participate'
in the Southeast Alaska Music
Festival next week at Ketchikan
and the proceeds of the concerts
will go to the transportation of the
young musicians.
The cause is a most worthy one
and when the Juneau Elks get be
hind the concerts and sponsors J
them like they are doing, the pub
lic should do its part and not only ,
purchase tickets but attend the
function. The musicians have been
working for weeks on the program
and have really accomplished
splendid results.
Now to the program, first part,
which is given by the choral group.
Ninety two members of this group,
under the direction of Miss Mar
jorie Iverson, gave diversified selec
tions which went over big. The
mixed chorus sang The Donovans
and Madame Jeanette, voices in
perfect blend. The boys chorus
came up with You’ll Never Walk
Along and She’s Fooling Thee. The
girls’ chorus gave Ten Little In
dians, which was a brilliant num
ber, O Sing Your Songs and Lift'
Thine Eyes. As closing selections
the 92 singers gave Were You
There? and Open Our Eyes. The
half hour of song was given with
out any delays and each number
was given genuine applause.
It takes band music to arouse
latent spirit in any audience and
the opening number, the march
God Bless America, played with a
vim by the 49 musicians under the
baton of Lyle Manson, really got
the listeners. The band then played
Johann Strause’s Emperor Valse,
went right into Largo, from the
New World symphony, with Nor
man Lister taking the cornet solo,
Sousa's El Capitan was another
rousing number, roundly applau
ded. Payanc, Slavonlk Rhapsody
and A Night at the Ballet, were
three selections that were given
with effect. The march, Stars and
Stripes closed the band's part of
the program but the concert was
not over.
A thrilling climax came when fof
the first time in Juneau, a full
chorus and complete band joined
in one selection. This was the
Battle Hymn of the Republic given
as only such a combined group
cculd put across. The audience
gave this number a big hand and
could easily have heard the entire
selection again, as the applause
vibrated.
This same concert will be re
peated starting at 8 tonight and
the gym should be packed to show
that Juneau, as concert artists ap
pearing here in the past several
years have said, is the real music
center of Southeast Alaska and ap
preciate every effort of local mu
sicians especially and also uphold
the city's musical reputation.
ELKINS RETURNS
AFTER SURVEY OF
ALEUT. SEA OTTER
W. A. "Bud” Elkins, biologist and
Wildlife Supervisor for the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service, returned
Thursday from the Aleutian Islands
where he has been on a survey and
investigation of the sea otter sit
uation there. Elkins flew out the
first of March to join the Brown
Bear, FWS vessel, which has been
working in the area since January.
Aboard was Dr. Robert Rausch,
veterinary and pathologist from
Anchorage and Russell Hoffman,
Paul Adams, Kenneth Cowan. Jim
Peterson and Kim Clark, biologists
from Juneau. •
Main purpose of the Brown Bear’s
investigation is to try and diagnose
a disease which has been killing
off sea otter in the region. Elkins
said the plague has taken about
20 per cent of the herds and that
he saw many dead along the
beaches. *
Dr. Rausch, who has returned
to Anchorage is now carrying on
experiments in an attempt to con
trol the disease.
Sea Otter Herd Study
This is the first study of the sea
otter herd made since 1949. At that
lime the FWS counted 1300 on one
island and groups of about 100 on
other islands. They are most abun
dant horn Tanaga on the east to
Kiska on the west. This week the
Blown Bear is at Attu surveying
the sea otter in that vicinity.
Elkins said lack of funds has
made it impossible to do any work
on the sea otter since 1949 and
that, to the best of thc-ir knowledge,
the area from Tanaga eastward
appeared to be the sea otter coun
try. However, he asked that if
anyone has seen them In other ar
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having the information.
An interesting sidelight was poin
ted out by Elkins in his work
there. He said about 38 sea otter
were caught and put in fenced
pools and cages in order that Dr.
Rausch could carry out his studies.
Various capsules were given the
animals, buried in a piece of hali
but, and Elkins said that after be- |
ing captured the sea otter quickly
became tamed. Sea otter have al
ways been supposed to be especial
ly shy. One old male they released,
Elkins said, swam away but re
turned every day at feeding time
for his halibut.
Pelts and skulls of the dead ani
mals picked up from the beaches
are being sent to the National
Museum in Washington, D. C., for
mounting.
Study Emperor Goose
Another study made by the biol
ogists was on the Emperor goose,
which is about the size of the Snow
goose which is familiar in this part
of the country.
The Emperor geese winter on the
Aleutian chain from Attu westward
to the Alaska Peninsula. In the
summer they nest around the
mouth of the Yukon. Banding op
erations are being carried out to
determine if those from the regions
nearer Alaska go to the Yukon
district in the summer and those
from the outer Aleutians to Siberia,
or if they all winter on the Yukon.
Others aboard the Brown Bear,
of which Capt. Linn Jorgenson is
skipper, are Robert Jones, biologist
and refuge manager of the Aleu
tians, of Cold Bay; and crewmen A1
Milton and Chief Engineer Arnold
Cruikshank, of Juneau; Sam Swen
ning and Jack Moulton, of Ketch
ikan.
Elkins added that rats are num
erous on the islands, probably
brought in by ships during the war
days. They may be a contributory
factor in the parasite which has
attacked the sea otter and FWS is
taking steps to exterminate the
rodents.
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN. I
That on April 20. 1951, in the Com
missioner’s Court for Juneau Pre
cinct, at Juneau, Alaska, Cedric M.
Davis was appointed executor of the
Estate of Cordelia M. £arlson, de
ceased, situated in the Territory of
Alaska. All persons having claims
against said estate are required to
present them, with verified vouch
ers as required by law, to said exe
cutor at the office of his attorney
Howard D. Stabler, Shattuck Build
ing, Juneau, Alaska, within six
months from the date of the first
publication of this notice.
CEDRIC M. DAVIS,
Executor.
First publication: April 21, 1951.
Last publication: May 12, 1951.
BIDS RECEIVED ON
ANS ANCHORAGE
NURSES BUILDING
Word was received this morning
at the Alaska Native Service office
on the opening of two bids Thurs
day in the office of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Washington, D. C.,
for the construction of a three-story,
reinforced concrete quarters build
ing to house more than 200 nurses
and help for the Alaska Native Serv
ice hospital at Anchorage.
The two companies bidding were
the Boe.spflug-Kiewit-Morrison Con
struction Company and S. Birch and
Sons Construction Co., both of
Seattle.
The B-K-M base proposal is
$2,093,521. The alternate first bid
is $2,013,160 and the alternate sec
ond bid is $2,157,349. For S. Birch
and Sons, the base proposal is $2,
468.982. The alternate first bid is
$2,384,404 and 'the alternate second
bid is $2,560,328.
Plans for the project were pre
pared by Foss, Malcolm and Olson
Juneau architects and Laurence J.
Johnson, associate architect, Wash
ington, D. C.
They call for a structure that it
roughly H-shaped, with three-storj
wjngs on the long sides for nurse -
and helpers’ quarters. The centra)
portion of the H will be one-story
and will contain facilities at each
end for nurses and help, including
vestibules, main lobbies, main din
ing rooms and a cafeteria.
Listed as the deductive alternate
number one in the bid call is a two
story central wing to contain an
assembly hall.
The second alternate calls for ad
ditional construction of a reinforc
ed concrete, 100 by 56-foot garage
at a distance from the quarters
building.
The entire contract, including
grading, curbs, walks and on-site
utility connections including elec
tric and telephone lines, is to be
completed in 550 days.
The three-story wings on the
building are to be 288 feet long by
S2 feet wide. The structure will
measure 202 feet from door to door
across the central, one-story por
tion. The kitchen wing of the cen
ter will be 38 feet wide and assem
bly hall wing 41 feet wide.
Some excavation is required for
the structure, although the base
ment will not extend throughout
the entire covered area. Steam heat
will be provided later by the Alaska
Railroad plant via an off-site line.
Construction is expected to start
this spring.
C. L. McCoy of Anchorage is at
the Baranof Hotel.
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SCHOOL PROBLEMS
Dr James Ryan returned Friday
from Sitka where he wrent to meet
Dr Paul T. Jackson, special repre
sentative of the U. S. Office of Ed
ucation. Dr. Jackson, and Mrs.
Jackson who is accompanying him,
will come to Juneau Monday on
the North Star.
Dr Jackson is in Alaska to confer
with Dr. Ryan on school problems
as connected with the Federal gov
ernment.
Under Public Laws 874 and 615,
passed by the 81st Congress, appro
priations were made for Federal
assistance for school districts and
areas where government activities
have been established. Five majn
areas are Sitka, Kodiak, Anchor
age, Fairbanks and Palmer. The
territory has been operating
schools in these Army, Navy and
rtir Force areas as well as schools
.or the Alaska Road Commission,
Alaska Railroad and Civil Aero
nautics Authority. Operation was
earned on through a re-imburse- j
aient basis, the Territory advancing
„he money and the Army, Navy, j
air Porte or federal agency re-im-]
juismg the Territory.
Due to increased enrollment and
wOsts at these schools, Dr. Ryan
pointed out that the Territorial
^tpartinent oi Education is no
.ouger in a position to handle the
^osis and, as Public Law 874 pro
nues lor Federal support of these
schools under the U. S. Office of
education. Dr. Jacksons visit is
.cr tlie purpose ol ironing out the
difficulty.
Dr. Hyan plans to accompany
Dr. Jackson to Anchorage Tuesday
where they will confer with the
military and will probably go to
Fairbanks on a similar misson. |
1 I.eota Smith has filed for dlvcrre |
from Joyce D. Smith in U. S. Dist
rict Court charging cruel and in
human treatment.
The couple was married June 8,
1943 and separated two years ago.
Judgment oi $18,500, plus attor
ney's fees and court costs is asked
by the plaintiff alleging such sum
to be reimbursement for money;
paid for maintenance and estab- j
lishing the defendant in dental i
practice. I
BARANOF BEAUTY SHOP
SOLD TO RUBY BLACK
The sale of the Baranof Beauty
Salon to Miss Ruby Black is an
nounced today by Mrs. Ilah Par
menter. Miss Black takes owner
ship Monday.
Mrs. Parmenter leaves a week
from Sunday for Anchorage where
she joins her husband, John Par
menter. Parmenter recently bought
the Alaska Seed Co. grocery there
and has renamed it the Save Mora
Grocery.
The Parmenters were Juneau resi
dents for a number of years.
Miss Black originally came from
Scotland and recently arrived from
California where she spent three
years in the better beauty salons,
said Mrs. Parmenter.
Territorial Treasurer Henry Ro
den returned Friday from a vaca
tion trip to Petersburg. lie reports
that that town is a bee-hive of
activity with trollers and hali
buters getting ready for the com
ing season.
He was gone about three days.
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