MINER LIVES OFF
BEACH FOR MONTH,
ADMIRALTY ISLAND
The past two months haven't been
exactly good weather for travel in
a row boat, Jack Higgins, 75, ad
mitted today. He left the south arm
of Port Snettisham sometime after
the first of October to row to Ju
neau in a 9-foot skiff. He’d been
prospecting and doing assessment
work on the Barney Hines property
there.
After some rough going he made
35 miles to the north end of Ad- j
miralty Island where he went
ashore to Stink Creek and then to
Bob Cowling’s cabin at Falls Creek
where he ran out of grub. For the
past month he’s been living off the
beach, mostly kelp, he said. His
friend, Kenneth Martin, Juneau
troller. became worried and notified
the U.S. Coast Guard here yester
day. The 83-footer was dispatched
to search for Higgins and brought
him to Juneau last night. He was
found in a starved and weakened
condition.
“I might have shot a deer,” Hig
gins mused, “That is. if I could have
hit him. but my eyes aren’t as
good as they were and my knees are
kinda giving out on me. I was sure
glad to see that Government boat
yesterday.”
Higgins comes from the mountain
country of South Carolina and has
'ived in Alaska for the past 33 years.
He thinks maybe he’ll get a pension
"or something” to tide him over
until he can get work and plans on
^oing up into the Interior to do
»me prospecting next summer. He
1 is recuperating at Ken Martin’s
home here.
AT HOTEL JUNEAU
Harry Johnson, Bureau of Re
■lamation, is at the Hotel Juneau.
Can’t-kick-off-scuffs at Nina’s
Nick Nack. 689-2t
SPEECH MADE ON
HOT LUNCHES FOR
SCHOOLCHILDREN
In his second speech before the
Taku Toastmasters Club, Willis B.
Avery last night made a strong plea
for a hot lunch program for the
Juneau schools. His five-minute
speech entitled “The Case of the
Missing Hot Plate” brought out the
fact that the reason given in the
past for not serving hot lunches to
‘the pupils was lack of room. This
is being corrected in the plans for
the new school building, but will
not solve the problem for children
in the other schools. Those children
riding the school busses are the
ones most in need of such a pro
gram, and are now in the best posi
tion to get something done about it,
as they no longer represent a fi
nancial burden to the schools since
coming into the Juneau School Dis
trict.
Mayor Waino Hendrickson gave
some interesting historical back
ground of Alaska in his five-minute
speech, “This Might Have Been
New France.” He pointed out that
I as early as 1762 French exploratory
ships had sighted the coast of
Alaska and that in 1786 an ex
I peditionary force was sent to Alaska
by France.
A. F. Ghiglione was given the
difficult impromptu subject of
Resolved: That Hawaii should be
come a state before Alaska,” and
made a convincing three-minute
speech.
J. A. McLean presented his eighth
speech before the club, a five-min
ute dissertation on “Woman, a word
picture.”
The ten-minute speech of the eve
ning was given by A1 Ransome on
the subject, “Caught Short," in
which speech he demonstrated voice
modulation.
The meeting was under the able
toastmastership of Bud Elkins.
Toplcmaster was Ellis Reynolds, who
presented the subject of Herbert
Hoover’s speech regarding the
United States’ foreign policy.
Jerry McKinley was General
Critic, assisted by Commander Dpn
Morrison. Linn Forrest, Commander
E. C. Hawley, Pete Warner, Leo
Saarela and grammarian Com
mander Ed Chester.
TROOP 8, CHRISTMAS PARTY
We had our Christmas party
Tuesday evening, so we didn’t have
our regular business meeting. The j
Rase Patrol was in charge of the
games. It was fun watching blind
folded people walk across the room
and shake hands with each other.
After the games we wrapped our
Christmas presents that we had
made for our mothers and fathers.
The Women of the Moose furnished
the cookies and Koolaide for our
party.
MAUREEN AVERY, Reporter
Leonard B. Johnson of Anchor
age is at the Baranof Hotel.
(5 CARRIED ON
ALASKA COASTAL
THURSDAY TRIPS
Alaska Coastal Airlines carried a
total of 65 passengers on Thurs
day flights with 33 arriving and 32
departing.
Departing for Skagway were: Dr.
Catherine Nelson, Mrs. M. W. Ol
son, Art Dennis: 'for Haines: Ida
Fahy, Ed Koenig; for Hoonah: Mrs.
Ericson, Charlotte and Perkins Er
ic.ion, E. Skaflestad, Kenneth
Sohoono'^er, Mr. and Mrs. Joe
Moses, Loraine Howard. A. E. Seton.
For Sitka: Lydia Tilsor., Gertrude
Donnery, Jack Reed, Alice Porter,
Roy Evanson, Mrs. L. Sarvela, Mr.
Bigley, Mr. Seeverst, Mr. and Mrs.
H. Schaefer, Don Van Buren, C. D.
Liebhart, R. V. Dotson, E. Soldin,
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Brown and
son, Ronnie Brown.
Arriving from Sitka were: Elmer
Armstrong, Mavis Adams, O. S. Mc
Adams, Dorothy Olson, Jimmy Ol
son, J. Rinehart, L. Hopkins, Ted
Johanson, Mr. and Mrs. G. Sher
man, Georgene Smith, Herbert Oja,
Mr. and Mrs. Andrick, Kathleen
Cushing, Alvin Weston, Lucille and
Rudy Hole, David Light, R. Beach,
Hazel Ivy, Eva Cowan.
From Funter: Robert Warfield,
Joe Skorik, Harry Johnson; from
Haines; Delbert Kelly, Billy Kelly,
Mr. and Mrs. Carl HeinmiJler; from
Skagway: Mr. and Mr;. W. R.
Biart, R. N. Murray, Ferry Wil
liams.
FROM SITKA
R. C. McDaniel of Sitka is re
gistered at the Baranof Hotel.
CORDOVA VISITORS
Mr. and Mrs. Toby Perry of Cor
dova are stopping at the Baranof
Hotel.
LION’S CLUB
Cabaret Dance at the Baranof
Gold Room Sat. night. 690-2
ROYAL ARCH MASONS
ELECT OFFICERS TO
PRESIDE DURING r51
Last evening, at a regular meet
ing of Taku Chapter Number 6,
Royal Arch Masons, held in the
Scottish Rite Temple the following
officers were elected to govern the
Chapter for the year 1951.
M. L. MacSpadden, High Priest;
Val A. Poor, King; Jatnes M. Wel
lington, Scribe: Edward Sweeney,
Secretary, and Oscar Elisen, Trea
surer.
Installation of the newly elected
officers will take place at the next
regular meeting of the Chapter,
January 19, with Wallis S. George
retiring High Priest, as installing
officer.
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