U. S. Citizenship
Papers Look Good
To One Local Girl
When asked, if she was happy
abut just becoming a citizen of
the United States, Mrs. Walt
Johnson had a quick answer.
•'I just couldn't be happier,” she
replied enthusiastically.
Mrs. Johnson, Margot to her
friends, and with those she works
with at the Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice, was one of six Juneau per
sons who received Uncle Sam’s
blissing in district court Thursday.
Margot thinks she has special
reasons to be happy about her for
tune after arguments and delay
over papers and passports for
years.
6he was born in India and was,
therefore, a British subject during
the first part of her life. But when
she married her first husband, a
Hollander, she automatically be
came a Dutch subject.
She went to Shanghai in 1939
with her husband, and ran into
one of her first difficulties short
ly before the Japanese took that
city in 1941. It was evident that
war was imminent and she tried
to be evacuated along with Brit
ish subjects. She was told "no
soap" in effect, but she did have
a chance to go to Java as a Dutch
citizen. She is still profoundly
thankful she didn’t take that of
fer. Java became poor sanctuary.
However, she had cause to won
der at her decision shortly after
when the Japanese swept through
Shanghai and she was interned in
a concentration camp. And there
she remained with hundreds of
others for the duration, although
a good number of her companions
in the camp—Ambricans, British
and some others—were exchanged
through the efforts of neutral
countries.
Her four years of experience in
the concentration camp were any
thing but pleasant. While she says
her two cupsful of "dirty rite" a
day did not hurt her as it did
many ,she remembers the wonder
ful packages of food that were
parachuted down to the prisoners
as soon as the war ended.
She was heading for England
and Scotland after she was freed
but liked New York City and de
layed her trip. She then decided
to visit relatives in Canada. She
found that they were in British
Columbia, thousands of miles from
New York, but was not dismayed
after her other travels and came
to Vancouver.
Margot was working for Canadian
Pacific when she met Walt John
son, now with Juneau motors.
Again it was delay after delay be
fore she could get her papers
straightened out so she could
marry him.
And after waiting for two years
after her marriage to get her citi
zenship papers, she has reason to
be relieved—and happy.
6 Juneauifes Made
U. S. Citizens
In Court Ceremony
In an impressive ceremony in
U. S. District Court Thursday, six
Juneau persons became full-fled
ged citizens of the United States.
These six' were admitted and
given the oath of allegiance by
Judge George W. Folta: Sammy
Quejada, Philippino; Arthur Van
Humbeck, Belgian; Ernest Philips,
British, Evelyn Vinson, Canadian;
Margot Johnson, Netherlander;
and Charles Dinsdale, British.
Following the oath of allegiance,
the colors were advanced by an
American Legion color guard com
prised of George F. Christman, Ken
Thibodeau, William Clark, and
John Tanaka. H. L. Faulkner, Ju
neau attorney, delivered a patriot
ic, address to the new American cit
izens, and they were given pamph
lets, “Welcome to Naturalization.”
Judge Folta made a short talk,
and the colors were retired.
Soroptimisf Club
Has Luncheon Meet
Miss Patricia Oakes was the fea
tured speaker at the regular Friday
luncheon meeting of the Soropti
mist Club at the Baranof Hotel.
Other guests were Mrs. Glenn
Oakes and Mrs. Robert Hoopes, who
is here from Fairbanks visiting her
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ray Stev
ens over the holidays. President
Gertrude Wetzel announced a
Board meeting for Thursday noon,
January 3, in Room 103 of the
Territorial Building.
Miss Oakes is a member of the
Cosmopolitan Club at Washington
; State College where, in addition to
the members of American nation
ality, 38 foreign countries are rep
resented. These students are in the
United States on a scholarship or
exchange basis principally for an
indoctrination in the American
way of life and are mainly of post
graduate standing. Most of them
are not due to return to their own
homes until the late summer, *nd
Miss Oakes made an appeal to
Alaskans to open their homes to
some of these you g people for sev
eral weeks so that they may see
what life in Alaska is like. Their
travel expenses and remunerative
employment must be guaranteed.
The members of the Cosmopolitan
Club have made this appeal their
vacation project.
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1SJILK NOTICE
There will be milk delivery Janu
ary 1st, as usual if your bottles
are out.
Wm. Flint, Juneau Dairy Pro
ducts. 002-2t
TOT-TO-TEEN SHOP
We will close Monday lor annual
inventory and will be open Wed
nesday, January 2. 003-lt
Rose Blooms in Time
For Christmas at
West Juneau Home
During the pre-Christmas snow
and wind storm a rose bloomed on
the Channel side of the Douglas
Highway.
No miracle, it blossomed in the
home of Esther Commet of West
Juneau. But, if not a miracle, it
was at least a surprise and in Miss
Commet’s opinion, a well-timed
one. The bud opened into full bloom
just in time to be the Christmas
dinner table center piece.
Miss Commet had moved her
bucket-planted bushes into the base
ment for winter hibernation about
the first of November. At the time
she had noticed one of the bushes
was just beginning to bud. But
it wasn’t until the Christmas holi
days that she learned how hardy
the buds were.
It’s a possibility. Miss Commet
says, but not a probability thut the
first rose may be followed by a sec
ond New Year’s Day flower.
All of the other buds have aban
doned hope in the basement cli
mate.
Hospital Notes
Admitted to St. Ann’s hospital
Friday were Mrs. John Dawson,
Mrs. Angelo Astone and Tom S.
George. Discharged was.Jack All
man.
Admitted to the Government hos
pital Friday was Michael Harry, of
Yakutat. Discharged today was
Daisy Phillips, of Haines.
MILK NOTICE
There will be milk delivery Janu
ary 1st, as usual if your bottles
are out.
Wm. Flint, Juneau Dairy Pro
ducts. 002-2t
JUNEAU MOOSE LODGE No. 700
Wishes All Its Members
A HAPPY NEW YEAR
AND
Welcomes You lo Refreshments
New Year's Day
Starting at 3 P. M., January 1st, 1952
NEW CHAIN SAW
SEVEN HORSEPOWER
Ata.
55 POUNDS s,
TOTAL WEIGHT
It’s the 7-55, built by McCulloch, the world’s largest build
ers of power chain saws. Come in for a demonstration—
THIS IS THE SAW YOU’VE BEEN WAITING FORI
JUNEAU BRANCH
North of Small Boat Harbor
Phone 867
Regular Saturday Night Dance
I
December 29
MOOSE LODGE
$100-00 REWARD
For information leading
to the name or names
of those who pul sugar
in the gas tanks of our
oil trucks.
NORTH TRANSFER CO.
123 Front Street Phone 81
Two Basketball
Games in Douglas
Tel for Tonight
Two Columbia Lumber Co., basket
ball teams will take the floor tonight
at 7:30 o’clock at the Douglas high
school gym. Juneau’s Columbians
tangle with the Imperials in a non
league game. The barnstorming Sit
ka Columbians will play Mike’s of
Douglas in the second game of a
dbuble header.
Thursday night's games found
.Mike's winning a rough and tumble
contest from the strong Imperial
team by a score of 48 to 43.
Sitka Columbians took an ear'y I
lead over the Juneau CLCA team
and after piling up a 22 point lead
in the third quarter, went to win
50 to 38. Both teams were in eesoni
place in their respective leagues by
virtue of a 4- point loss. The Ju
neau Columbians lost to the Juneau !
high school Crimson Bears and the
Sitka Columbians losing the first j
game of the season to the strong
Sitka ANB.
TO HAINES
Josephine Bonkowski arrived here
yesterday on PAA from Seattle and
stopped over at the Gastineau Hotel
enroute to her home at Haines.
Rent Office
Being Moved
ro Anchorage
Dorothy D. Tyner, Area Rent
Attorney for Alaska, has been
temporarily designated as Acting
Area Rent Director for Alaska ef
fective December 21, it was an
nounced in San Francisco by O. H.
Peterson, Regional Director of the
Office of Rent Stabilization.
A. Bandettini, who has headed :
the rent program in Alaska since |
last April, has been reassigned to:
new duties in California Peterson
said.
Robert S. Furst has been appoin- |
ted Deputy Area Rent Director for |
Alaska and the area rent office'
will be moved to Anchorage from i
Juneau. The area office is being
transferred to Anchorage because
cf the designation of that area as
a critical defense housing area.
'j he Jum au office will continue
to administer the rent program
for the Juneau area. Dorothy C.
Farrell, Examiner-Inspector, has
been reclas.ified as Associate Area
Rent Director, stationed in the
Juneau Branch Office.
AT THE BARANOF
Gail Brinhall of Skagway is at
the Baranof Hotel.
A Lilting
New Year
May the singing bells of the mid
night hour send their melody of
New Year gladness resounding
through ihe year ahead for you.
A joyous New Year!
OPEN TO SERVE YOU
Sunday, December 30
12:00 noon lo 0:00 p. m.
PROFESSIONAL PHARMACY
SAVINGS INSURED TO $10,000
I
.. .TO SAVE HERE!
We pay our savers twice yearly, so we are mak
ing an earnings payment again December ;51st!
Every year more and more people are realizing
that having a savings account here has a two
fold purpose . .. savings means SECURITY and
EXTRA INCOME. To benefit from a full six
months’ earnings payment next July, open your
account now. Earnings start the 1st of the
month on accounts opened by the 5th.
We have never
LESS than
lVi%
on Savings
Alaska Federal Savings & Loan
Association
OF JUNEAU
SAVINGS INSURED TO $10,000
JVctc Year’s Day Celebration
in The Scottish Mite Temple j
2:00 to 5:00 p. sei. {
TUESDAY -JANUARY 1, 1952 j
-☆
All Masons, Easlern Siars,
Rainbow Girls and De Molay
Boys and Families are
Cordially Inviied
Visiting Masons Especially Welcome
BASKETBALL
TONIGHT
■■■■ tit E®“ai
DOUGLAS
SITKA COLUMBIANS vs.
MIKE'S
Saturday-Dee. 29-ai 8:80 P.M.
Douglas High School Gym
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Admission 59c
The Central Lah&r Council
Offers its Members
the Annual A. F* f
FREE DANCE
Saturday—December 29
Starting—10:00 P. >1.
A. F. L. HALL-JUNEAU
The music for this occasion is provided by
the cooperation of Local No. G72 of the
American Federation of Musicians, through
a grant from the Music Performance Trust
Fund of the Recording Industry.
The Music Performance Trust Fund is an
extension of a program of public service
originated by the Recording and Transcrip
tion Fund of the American Federation of
Musicians, James C. Petrillo, President.
A
All Members and Invited Guests Welcome
Free Refreshments