DOUGLAS
NEWS
HEALTH COUNCIL MEETING
A Douglas Health Council meet
ing will be held this evening at the
home of Mrs. Ray Rice.
WELL BABY CONFERENCE
The Douglas Well Baby conference
will be held on Wednesday after
noon between 1:30 and 4:30 o'clock
at the Health Center in the Gov
ernment School.
Mrs. Angus Gair, Public Health
nurse superintendent, will be in
charge. It was also announced that
an Immunization Clinic would be
held on Thursday between the
hours of 10 and 11:30 a.m. with Dr.
C. C. Carter in charge.
SPECIAL COMMUNICATION
Gastineaux Lodge No. 124 will
hold a special Communication on
Tuesday evening, December 11 and
another on Thursday Decembei 13
according to, announcement. Work
will be in the E. A. Degree on both
evenings.
MRS. McCORMICK HOME
Mrs. Richard McCormick return
ed home last week after a month’s
visit with her parents at Valley
Ford, Calif., and was present to
help them celebrate their golden
wedding anniversary. She reports
a good trip except disappointment
in not being able to see her son
James, a Marine stationed in San
Diego. However, Jimmy plans to
be home on the Christinas holidays
she said.
SHUMAN TWINS ARE NINE
Dale and Dennis Shuman, twin
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Richard Shu
man, were nine years of age last
Saturday and were given a dinner
party by their parents at home.
Twelve young friends were invited
to dinner and an afternoon of
games, with a circus motif, besides
friends of the family, including Mr.
and Mrs; L. W. Richards and Mrs.
Eugene Hahn.
MRS. MOE SOUTH
Mrs. Katherine Moe was a pas
senger Thursday by PAA enroute
to Tacoma. She plans to spend
Chrsitmas with her two sons in
the states and also attend to pio
perty transactions there.
FROM HOSPITAL
Gordon Kilday returned home
from St. Ann’s Hospital in Juneau
over the weekend after being con
fined for medical examinations for
several days.
Miss Kathleen Means also return
ed from the hospital earlier in last
week, and is now resting at home.
HUGE CROWD TURKEY SHOOT
The residents of the Channel sup
ported the Douglas Volunteei Fire
Department most enthusiastically
last Saturday evening, keeping the
Eagles Hall continually filled with
people shooting for turkeys, hams
and chickens. The shooting was
kept at a fast pace by a committee
headed by Glenn Franklin.
PAT AND EDITH RETURN
Pat Bishop and Edith Wellington
returned home last Thursday from
an extended visit in the states,
working part of the time in San
Francisco. The third member of the
trio that went out to see the world,
Miss Phyllis Andrews, sister of
Pat, remained on her job in Cal
ifornia. The girls had a wonderful
time, but were glad to be able to
come home for the Christmas holi
days.
VISITOR FROM HAINES
Frank R. Young of Haines is
staying at the Baranof Hotel.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
Signs
Bodil Miller, 13, has been waiting;
two j'ears ever since her gradua
tion from Copenhagen’s National
Theatre, to come to Hollywood
and pursue a movie career. At
that time Universal-International
studio offered her a contract, but
it wasn’t until a few days ago
that she was able to enter the U.
8. from Mexico under the Danish
quota and sign it. Studio officials
aay they plan to groom her for
important dramatic roles. UR Wire
photo.
Another Hibok Hibok Bias!
r:
A huge atomic like cioud pushes up through a layer of cumulus a few
minutes alter a fourth explosion reeked the cratgr ol the volcano
Hibok Ilibok ni the Philippines (12-6). The death toll stands at
266 known dead and perhaps another 5C9 buried in volcanic ash.
DPI Wirephoto via radio from Manila.
Last Riles Tuesday
Tot Mrs. A. Wallers
Funeral services for Mrs. Annie
Walters will be held Tuesday morn
ing at 9 o’clock at the Catholic
church
The Rev. Robert Whelan will give
the eulogy. Burial will be in Ever
green Cemetery.
Mrs. Walters died Dec. G. She
was born at Tenakee on Aug. 3.
192G and is survived by two daugh
ters, Adeline of Angoon and Fran
cine of Sitka. Also surviving is a
sister, Martha Pasqua, of Tenakee.
SPENT WEEKEND HERE
Fred Bryant of Ketchikan spent
the weekend here at the Gastineau
Hotel.
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FROM WASHINGTON, DC.
H. A. Morris of Washington, D.C.,
is registered at the Baranof Hotel.
FROM SEATTLE
D. R. Shane of Seattle is regis
tered at the Baranof Hotel.
SKAUGE RETURNS
A. Olaf Skauge, construction in
spector for the Federal Housing
I Administration here, returned ye ;
terday from Ketchikan, Petersburg
and Wrangell where he had been
inspecting housing projects and
single family homes. He reports
that Ketchikan is getting ready to
meet the expansion expected as a
result of a pulp mill to be built
there.
JUNEAU VISITOR
Dr. Milo Fritz of Anchorage is
stopping at the Hotel Juneau.
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Stricken Family Reunited
For the iirst time nines six children of Mr. and Mrs. Donald I)e
Mars were stricken with palio, tsur of them wnre well enough to
visit the two boys who arc ;li:l in respirator.; a! Rancho Dos Ami'O;
ct I-C3 Angeles. Richard, 1. in left respirator, and Donald, 10, at
right. Others from left arc David, 1; Shirlov, 5; Patricia, 12, and
Audrey, 7. Th' 'imily lives in Van Nuys, Calif, iff) Wirephoto.
STUDY DEMOCRACY
SYDNEY —(M—Twenty-two Pakis
tan government servants have ar
rived in Australia to learn various
aspects of running a democratic
country. They want to learn ways
of handling traffic how to prevent
erosion, how to curb the black mark
et and how to bring culture to
backward areas.
"We’re building a brand new na
tion. a friendly nation, and we’re
in a hurry,” said Khafiul Azam,
spokesman of the party.
Library for Dartmouth
HANOVER, N.H., Doc. 10-./P)—
Dartmouth College has acquired the
Vilhjalmur Stefansson collection —
one of the world’s most complete
Arctic libraries — President John j
Sloan Dickey announces.
The library which includes 33,000
books, 18.000 pamphlets and many I
rare manuscripts and maps has
been compiled over 40 years by Dr.
Vilhjalmur Stefansson, noted ex
plorer and Arctic authority.
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Air Transports Associated, Incor
pcvai: i. went into U.S. Pt-trict
Cel t*! vrr the weekend in ,<n effort
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from pidlinj it out of bu tness.
Alabama voters express them
eiv ■ ■ on U3 constitutional nmcml
mcm’.s in a spefcial election tomor
row. Among them is one tightening
regu -aments for voting.
The General Electr o Company in
West Lynn, Massachusetts, ha an
nounced development of an alarm
that discloses dangerous radiation.
It is designed for atomic eat :y.y
plants and other places where dan
gerous radiation might be present.
For the first time. Miss America
will ride a float in Pasadena Cali
fornia's Rose Parade on New Year's
Day. That’s the announcement
from the parade authorities.
President Truman’s reappearance
in Washington has given rise to
talk that he may net in the ever
widening tax scandal. But nothing
on that from the president. What
he says is that his return to the
capital is for the purpose of a reg
ular meeting with the military and
diplomatic lenders.
FROM CORDOVA
Mr. and Mrs. R. E. Reimer of
Cordova are stopping at the Bnra
nof Hotel.
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