Pioneer of Siika,
W. P, Mills, Passes
Away is California
SITKA, Alaska, Dec. IS—(Special
10 Empire)—William Park r Mills
died Saturday, December 15. ir Los
Angeles, at the age of 89.
Mr. Mills, for generations Sitka's
leading citizen, came to Sitka when
he was 21, from Mas-achu , its. with
hie father, W. R. Mills, hi:, mother
and his sister May. Father and : on
i farted a store in the log build ng
which is now the Triune Service,
across from St. Michael's Cathedral.
The business prospered and grew.
They fcuijt the town’s water system,
light and power system and sawmill.
After the father's death Mae Mills
joined the company which grew to
include the dock now owned by the
Standard Oil, an in.ere - in the
cannery and, with ether siockhjld- I
ers, Uie Sitka Cold Store go wk ch
van bought from Booth Fisheries.
They also owned a large number of
houses which put them inco the
real estate business as well.
For themselves the Mills built
live large homes. The original fam
ily heme is now the Salvation Army
quarters. For his bride W. P. Mill:: |
I uil'; what is new Clyde Haskins
heme and business premises. Later |
ho built the home on the rock, now I
owned by the John Cushings.
For herself Miss Mills built what I
i: now Kate Banvards home,* then
the heme now owned by the Art |
Franklins.
Anchorage Section j
Power Soe* Shori j
ANCHORAGE, Alaska, Dec. 18—
* powt r failure*' last night b: ought
about the darkening of the Anch
ovnee business district and powei
rationing throughout the city.
The action vs: taken after the
iailur f a major generator at El
: ; sort Air Pr e and one unit of
the Anchorage public utilities sys
tem.
l.*«dic • tatiors broadcast appeals
\> rc tent to voluntarily ration
their use l Brer to prevent pos
iblo damage other generating
unit and a major shortage.
Tin* busit i dM-rict was darken
ed immediately after the break
downs were reported.
:t early forties Mr. Mills
. t.. .1 L-llii'.a his local interests,
in 'Did he sold the utilities to the!
city and the following year sold his;
in the Cold Start Com- j
. any. Xii : sure ho 1.1 to Tom Til- j
;!,n and his dock io tlie Northland
Tim poiration Company. He and
his v -fe moved to Scoi.ile fora time,
then to Los Angeles.
Mia, Mills followed a few years
Jr.:;:. tn ikin'*, lor home in Zenith,
Washington.
Hr. Mill.: . ;reived by his wife,
Florence, in Angeles; an only
. on, Waldo of Oakland, Calif., a
. <>jam-; who lives in Eu
i ■ a^d in .• i ter, Miss L. M.
Mills.
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IN FO RA 1 AT 10 X and R E S ERV A T IONS
Earana* Hoiel-Fhene 71S ,
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Alaska Education
Program Discussed
A! P-TA Meeting
Revi ion of ths course of study
for the territorial schools was dis
cussed by members of the Terri
torial Department of Education at
a Parent - Teachers Association
meeting last night.'
Dr. Dorothy Novatney, deputy
. emmi: sioner of education, explain
ed that the course of study was
first written in the early 1920's
and that the course was changed
n he 1030' and again in 1941. A
; 1 nifiraticn was needed in 1947
v th the actual work just begun, she
said.
• There are to be four handbooks
in the course of study,” she said.
here are to be handbooks for the
primary, intermediate and upper
lades and one for ine teachers,
making a total of four books."
Kenneth S. Clem, education sup
ervisor, discussed the course of
: tuciy revision for the upper grades.
Concern Whale Cnild
“Education is concerned with the
whole child," he said. “Develop
ment of the whole child is more im
portant than just one or two phases
for the child. More is expected of
the more able and less of the less
able stud; .its. We are concerned
with children and their develop
ment."
Clem in d that reading and
writ;, have been changed to prac
tical use and that arithmetic is no
longer an abstract thing but will be
taught from the.practical use view
point. Spelling is now more closely
associated with actual use in as
sociated subjects. This practical
viewpoint will be carried through
out the balance of the subjects
taught in the upper grades.
Miss Lois Moiey, education sup
ervisor in the department of ed
ucation, is working on the revision
of the toursc of study ror the ele
mentary grades.
(hanger in Course
"Changes in the course of study
arc based on observations and re
search carried on for a period of
years on tile mental and social de
velopment of tlie child, she said.
“Each child must take his own
speed in development and provis
ion must he made for this in the
revision of the course of study."
The revision must meet the needs
cf all localities in Alaska so that
the same revision can be used in
places such as Anchorage or Mary’s
Igloo.
A short discussion oi interna
tional relations through the stu
dent exchange was given by Miss
tPafttein Oakes. She asked that for
eign exchange students on the cam
puses be given a chance to see
mere of America than just on the
campuses.
Max Lewis, art teacher for the
Jur.eau public schools, announced
that the Colonial Art Exhibit will
b: open Wednesday evening from
7 to 8:30 o’clock in the grade school
gymnasium. An admission of 25
tents a person will be used to pur
chase more pictures for the schools.
Group singing of Christmas car
et; and a violin solo by Mrs. Cor
i me Kenvvay opened the meeting.
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NAKNEK NEWS ITEM
The Naknek Civic Club met
'Monday night, December 4, and
made considerable progress on
community projects for improve
ments that are in the planning
; rage at the moment but which
aic being taken care of one by
tne.
Three new members were added
to the growing list of Naknek
residents who are trying to make
this community a better place in
, which to live.
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AT THE BARANOF
Henry H. Lally of Anchorage is
m Istered at the Baranof Hotel.
Children's Christmas
Party Held by Rotary
More than 50 children, grand
children and small friends of Ro
tarians enjoyed the club's annual
Christmas party at the Baranof
Hotel Gold Room Tuesday noon.
Mothers conferred in the lobby.
Santa Claus, alias Dick Williams,
appeared with candy and gifts. He
directed the singing oi Jingle Bells.
Gail Park delivered her letter to
Santa in person.
Several small voices asked, "Did
you get my letter, Santa?”
Entertainment was provided' by
the small visitors. Tommy1 Blanton
played an accordian number. Ste
phen and Rosemary Sundborg sang
,a song accompanied by their
mother, Mrs. George Sundborg.
Susan easier calmly borrowed
Tommy Blanton's accordion when
hers stuck and played her numbers.
Shutter bug Rotarians took flash
pictures of the occasion.
Rod Darnell was in charge of
the party.
Guests were Lawrence P. John
ston, Washington, D. C., architect;
Philip Hale. El Cajon, Calif, en
gineer; and Tom Parke.
The next meeting will be Janu
ary 8. .... ^
Pan Am Brings 14;
U Fly Southbound
Pan American World Airways
carried on its regular flights in and
out of Juneau yesterday despite a
ground crew strike throughout the
system. Seven passengers arrived
from Seattle, six from Fairbanks
and one from Whitehorse. Twenty
three flew south.
From Seattle: Jack Melquist, Ru
fcen Moon, J. B. O'Neill, Olive
Trower, Roy Webster, M. Weinrick,
Hal Genest.
From Fairbanks: Jack McQuire,
Lloyd Essig, Minnie Williams, John
Ackerman, Minnie Thomas, D. Ku
wata.
From Whitehorse: Mrs. M. Hod
ges.
To Seattle: Millard Kresge, Ber
nie Hulk, Doris Golden, Doug
Sharp, C. Holland, Mrs. Burkes
and two children, Louis Inscho, C.
Goldstein, Mrs. Eve Whitehead,
J. H. Gordon, J. Phillips, V. H.
Setro, Frank Cashill, Flo and Mar
go Fitzgerald, D. N. Cameron, Don
Marshall, M. C. Humphry.
To Ketchikan: W. E. Brown, J.
T. Brown, Ray Butler.
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Clift Gardner Elected
Bartenders President - *
Cliff Gardner was elected pres
ident of the Bartender's Union at
a meeting Sunday. Other officers
named were: vice president, Vic
Kelso; secretary-treasurer, Gene
Lockridge; recording secretary, T.
P. Newell; chaplain, John Pee; re
cording secretary, T. P. Newell; in- j
spcctor, L. V. Tate; and business
agent, Cliff Nordenson.
Christmas presents for the child
ren at the Miniield Home have been
purchased and the bartenders aie
meeting at various times this week
to wrap them.
They will meet at the Baranof
Hotel at 7 o’clock Christmas morn
ing to take the presents and Santa
Claus (Cliff Gardneri to the Home.
IMMUNIZATION CLINIC
The regular monthly immuniza
tion clinic will be held at the Ju
neau Health Center, Wednesday,
December 19, at 10 o’clock. Immu
nizations will be offered by your
! City Health Officer, Dr. C. C. Car
! ;er, and will be given to protect
i children against diphtheria, whoop
; ing cough, tetanus and smallpox.
The Juneau Health Center is
J located at 122 Second Street. For
information parents may phone the
I Public Health Nurse 218.
iPOUGLAS
NEWS
j ANDERSON TALKS TO LIONS
The Douglas Lions Club heard C.
' l. Anderson, head of the Alaska
1 Department of Fisheries, at their
j dinner mating last evening at
‘ Mike; Place. He told of the Depart
i ment since it was established by the
I Territorial Legislature in 1919 with
an appropriation of $230,000 and his
subsequent arrival to head it in
June, 1949. He said the Department
! was not new, as every state of the
! union has -one besides the work
j of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
| vice and that the two organizations
I work in co-operation with one an
| other, so as not to duplicate any
! work.
Anderson stated that even the
original 13 states, had their state
department' of fisheries. During the
past three years of its existence,
the Department has worked pri
; marily towards enforcement of regu
lations, having loaned from 15 to 20
temporary men to the FWS dur
ing the fishing seasons, assisting
the enforcement to the tune of ap
proximately $110,000 during that
1 time.
His department now is interested
in the biological research of fish
species, including the •troll King
salmon and black cod and the first
! year’s research has definitely prov
ed that our noted King salmon,
| migrate from Alaska to the south.
By tagging method it was discover
ed that one third of the tagged fish
! caught were from the Columbia
River, whereas the cohoe salmon
were from 80 to 9C percent local
origin. •
Another main interest of the De
partment is the watershed manage
ment program and the protecting
of the Alaska salmon from the evils
of civilization, such as stream pol
ution. With proper advance plan
ning, he stated, Alaska can have
industry and fish too. To the people
of Alaska, particularly the sports
fishermen, Anderson says his de
partment will devote quite a bit of
effort, in checking streams, lakes,
etc. He said Alaskans want what
they haven’t got—Southeast sports
men who have rainbow trout want,
the grayling, westward Alaska who
have the grayling, want some rain
bow trout. Anderson was introduced
by program chairman Arne Shud
shift.
NEW SAFETY SIGNS
Harold Krueger, reported that he
had installed two street signs, one
at the entrance to town and an
other in the school zone. He an
nounced that the school safety sign
was a gift to the club by Lion Mike
Pusich.
NEW TAX EXPLAINED
Lion C. J. Ehrendreich, who by
profession is an accountant an dtax
council, explained to members the
workings of the new tax laws which
will be effective with the filing of
the 1951 income taxes. He told of
the new social security laws which
covers all self employed persons
now.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
Lions Ehvin Dell and Steve Ford
were Santa’s helpers and distributed
and exchange of Christmas gifts
among members. Lion Clancy Hen
kins, reported on his recent trip
over the Alaska highway. President
Johnson, appointed Ed Dietz next
meeting's program chairman and
announced next meeting as January
7 with a board meeting on the same
evening.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Both Stevens Stores open Thurs
day, Friday & Saturday nights
until 9 p.m. Closed December 24 at
6 p.m. 993-2t
FROM ANCHORAGE
T. W. Cusick of Anchorage is
registered at the Baranof Hotel.
Vote can get ..... _
those handy, useful and
much-needed
SCRATCH PADS
in assorted colors
and sizes at only
45c a pound
EMPIRE OFFICE
CLASSIFIED ADVERTISING
REAL ESTATE .
6 BEDROOMS, large homc’on Dix
on. Large living room, tiled kit
chen and two baths. Full base
ment. Garage. Channel view. Fur
nished. .Owner financed.
COMMERCIAL properties — two
buildings, central locations. Com
pletly occupied, one with large
store location. Both showing net
returns of over 10 percent.
■1 BEDROOM residence in High
lands
1 BEDROOM near hospital, new
price. „
BELLES CAFE.
Office: Room 14 in Sliattuck Bldg.
William Winn-Phone 234
MURPHY & MURPHY
REALTORS — ACCOUNTANTS
Phone G73 over First National Barit
MISCELLANEOUS
HOPES SECOND HAND STORE
We buy, sell end trade. 214 2nd
St, Rhone act). 793-tf
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• ROOM AND BOARD «
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• Responsible, steadily em- °
• ployed man desires room «
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o beginning January 1st. Best °
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Befhel Hospital Plans
Being Alfred with
Bids invited Laler
Plans on the Bethel hospital oper
ated by the Alaska Native Service
are being altered so that the invi
tation for bids may be extended in
late winter, said Huge Wade, area
director of the service.
Bids were previously opened Cc -
ber 23 but were rejected at that
time since they were greater than
the monies allotted for construction
of the hospital. The hospital burn
ed In November, 1350. Since then,
an emergency hospital has been op
erated at Bethel by the service.
The hospital will be of a differ
ent design but will hold 79 beds
as originally planned, Wade said.
Architects for the hospital Foss,
Malcolm and Olsen, Juneau.
Wade with Charles Mountjoy, na
tive resources division director, Wil
liam Kimball, associate area direc
tor, and Walter Walsh, area attor
nel, attended a meeting last week
at Seattle of personnel from the
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Washing
ton, D. C.
Operational problems of 1931 of
the cooperatively owned native can
neries at Kake, Hood Bay (Angoon),
Hydaburg, Klawock and Metlakatla
were also discussed at the meeting.
The financing and managers’ con
tracts for 1952 were brought up at
the meeting. The managers’ con
tracts have previously been negoti
ated with the villages but are now
subject to approval by the Alaska
Native Service, Wade said.
!Albrecht Asks for
! Alaska Radical
Supply Depot
Commissioner of Health Dr. C.
Earl Albrecht said today that while
attending a meeting in Washing
ton, D. C. he met with civilian
defense officials and pressed for
the establishment of a regional
medical supply depot for Alaska.
He attended an annual meeting
of state and territorial health of
ficers which was called by the sur
geon general.
Other civilian defense matters he
discussed related to the water and
sewage needs in the three critical
areas of Fairbanks, Anchorage and
Kodiak.
Dr. Albrecht reported that sub
stantial funds were to be granted
from the Children’s Bureau for
special attention foi eye, ear, nose
and .throat defects; chronic dis
eases; further development of the
mid-wife program in isolated areas
and the purchase of certain supplies
‘and equipment.
The BCG program vaccination
for tuberculosis, is to be continued,
, he said.
Doctor Albrecht is on the fed
eral relations committee of the
j health officers organization. It
Ideals with the establishment of
regulations for the handling and
administration of grant-in-aid
funds for all states and territories.
Enroute to Washington he stop
ped off at Morningside, Poitland,
Ore., where Alaska's insane per
sons are cared for. He made an in
spection of the institution and a
report to Secretary of Interior Os
car Chapman.
SPECIAL NOTICE
Both Stevens Stores open Thurs
day, Friday & Saturday nights
until 9 p.m. Closed December 24 at
G p.m. 993-2t
REAL ESTATE
MAGNIFICENT view, large 3 bed
room home, recently remodeled,
steam heat, cdmpletely furnish
ed, Basin Road.
LOVELY large home, three baths,
steam heat, four bedrooms or two
plus two bedroom apartments
now rented at $125 monthly, full
basement, wonderful view, excel
! lent furnishings, Douglas Island,
i MODERATE price 2 bedroom home,
i furnished, garage. Douglas,
j SPACIOUS 5 bedroom home, furn
I islied. view, basement. Star Hill,
i DELUXE trailer, sleeps 3 adults.
| BEACH cabins, $3,800 top price.
! SM^LL 2 bedroom furnished home,
| South Franklin, near sawmill.
‘ISLAND, 230 acres, useable year
round, excellent facilities,
j BOAT SHOP, moderately priced.
APARTMENTS and commercial
! buildings
MANY OTHER LISTINGS
Boh Ds'man-Phone 891
Juneau—123 Front Street
Auke Bay—Glacier Highway
mi SALE
GOLDEN Retriever male pups, 4
months old. Registered, distem
per immunized. Fine water dog
and pet. Price $40. Write Jim
Leckley, E-ox 314, Petersburg.
993-3t
GOOD washing machine, small ma
hogany . coffee table, knitting
table, badminton game. Phone
i021. 92-3t
1949 AERONCA t :ttan on floats, D
series engine, appr. 400 hrs, on A
and E since new. Extras. $3150.00
per Daily News. Box 79, Ketchi
kan, Alaska.
00030300006
o LOW DOWNPAYMENT — 5 a
* apartments bring $203, month, o
3 room for mere. Always full. a
® price $8,400. MUST GO SOUTH ®
® FOR XMAS. Down-payment »
c reduced to only $1500. Inquire o
o 319 Willoughby, cr see or call o
® Peter Wood Agency, Phone ®
« 911. 992-3t»
BUY a Christmas refrigerator. Ex
cellent condition. 7 foot Gibson.
$100X0. Phone Green 611. 91-4t
USED refrigerator—splendid con
dition. Phone Blue 30G. 91-4t
SAVE—Royal OB7118 lamp sets, 70
cents and up—spare bulbs. Alaska
Radio Supply, 307 Seward. 3-tf
ELECTRIC range—Nugget Shop.
953-tf
ELEVATOR—Complete with, motor,
switches, automatic stops. Terms.
Gearge Brothers. 943-tf
REFRIGERATOR — Excellent i
condition. Contact Parson’s El
ectric. 10th and C SSS-tJ
FOB BEST
2 ROOM steam heated apartment.
Phone Red 708. 91-tf
ONE bedroom furnished apart
ment, with electrically equipped
kitchen. Price $55.00 month. Phone
Douglas 2571. 89-3t
FURNISHED ! ! u •.rooms,
living room, kitchen and bath, on
Fritz Cove Road. Brownie the
Barber. 84-tf
OFFICE space 'for rent. Klein
building. Phone Black 763. 51-tf
STORE space heated. 1000 square
feet. George Brothers. 943-tf
FURNISHED ROOMS, adjoining
bath. Phone 1008 after 5 p.m.
940-tf
FOR RENT OR LEASE — Two new
buildings at entrance Small Boat
Harbor. Across from new school,
on City bus, one block from Gla
cier and Douglas busses. Will di
vide into stores, offices, and res
taurant. Also space for other
bldgs or businesses. Call or see
Peter Wood, 911.
STEAM heated rooms, 315 Gold St
735-t!
AVAILABLE now. Space for rest
aurant or other Dusiness. Phone
452. 882-tf
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STEAMHEATED Rooms, weekly n*
Monthly, colonial Rooms. 69-tl
WURLITZER Spinet piano for rent
Anderson Piano Shop. Ph. 143
WANTED TO BENT
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• WANTED TO RENT «
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• Couple with two children in e
• urgent need of two or three o
• bedroom house or apartment. •
• Reliable family, no-smokers, *
• non-drinkers. January 1 oc- «■
®. cupancy. Please reply care •
• of Box 3051, Daily Alaska o
• Empire. 987-tfo
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VISITOR FROM YAKUTAT
Mrs. G. W. McMillar of the CAA
at Yakutat is staying at the Gas
tineau Hotel. *
BEAL ESTATE
i PETER WOOD
AGENCY
—$$$$$$—
EACH MONTH—EACH V EAR
V/E SELL IrtORE HOMES THAN
ALE OTHER AGENTS COMBINED
—$$?$$$
I challenge them to list their sales
each month-Peter Wood
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JUNEAU
Ni,Vv LISTING—INCOME property.
Six apts on Willoughby Ave net
$W0 monthly. Price $1,400; only
$2,400 down, owner Will finance.
5 1-bedroom apts and one 2
bedroom. Also small cafe fully
equipped, rent $30 per month.,
cue person can operate. Net over
$200 monthly. Price $S00. Down
I payment of $2,400 will cover both
I properties.
j NEW LISTING — Fritz Cove, two
bedrooms, furnished, new refrig.,
oil range, about 3 acres on beach!
I Very good water supply. $0,800.
STAR HILL—$3,150 for 1-bdrm.
house with basement. Terms.
, CARROLL WAY—$3,400 for 1 bdrm
house, wotkshop in basement, new
dec equip, clean house on steps.
HARRIS ST.—N'-ar St. Ann's Hosp.
Full bsmt. $7,850.
EAST ST.—Near St. Ann’s. 3-brdm
with nice livingrocm and dining
room Hot water heat, bsrnt. $12,
500.
DOUGLAS
HOUSE with concrete bsmt, 100x100
lot, view, near school $6,500.
NEW basement, 3-bdrtn furnished,
garage, next to school. $7,850.
LIVE ON YACHT
BUILT in 1946 and appraised $13,•
000 then, the VETERAN, a roomy
cruiser-yacht, sleeps 3, wonderful
hunting and fishing boat. Details
upon request. $7,500.
CHICKEN RANCH—Shores 5-acre
farm 7 mi Glacier Highway. Small
warm house, can bo added onto.
Garage. Concrete-floored chicken
house 20x116. Acreage cleared for
subdividing, all view lots. Only
$9,500. ; • ■/ ■ ,T
CHICKEN RANCH—Shores 40-acre
farm 13 mi Glacier Hwy. 1 acre
cleared, small trees on remainder.
3 chicken houses 2Cxl00 each. 45
acres includes Dredge Lake turn
eff corner. Only $6,000. Terms
NORWAY POINT—Four very large
lots with view. Next to Ed Keitn
ahn. One or all. $1000 each.
.HAINES building lots for jnycst^ri
GLACIER HWY lot in town $1850.
OFFICE, store spare for rent, en
trance tr Small Boat Harbor.
KAKE ge; ■: . jl store, same owner 4C
years.
PETEK WOOD
AGENCY
No. 3 Klein Bide. Tel. »H
USED CARS
IP ANY one is seeking a truly out
standing bargain in a used car,
here it is to inspect and drive.
Cr'l Piue C24. A Dodge sedan in
very good condition throughout.
First reasonable cifer takes it. 6t
11051 FORD pickup, radio and heat
1 er. C1530. Phone 123, A1 Painter.
SSO-tf
DODGE 4 door, new engine, new
tires, excellent condition. See
Trevor Davis. GCO-tf
KELP WANTED
HELP WANTED-Alaska Laundry.
. 758-tt
t WAITRESS & 1 Fountain Girl.
Percy's Cats 755-tf
ALASKAN TO WED
SEATTLE, Dec. 18— i.PI —Notice
of intention to wed was filed here
yesterday by H. C-. Tillman, 38, An
Viorage, Alaska, and Bettysue
Clough, 25, Des Moines, Wash.
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Af/!rf£S- • ALL MODUS
UMpik ^ .
SPECIAL I
1919 DODGE
4-door Sedan
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1937 PLYMOUTH
4-door Sedan
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1950 DODGE
4-door Sedan
E.W.CowHngCo.
115 Front Street
PIIONE 57