This is one of these lovely, fur iri:: coals! They're Ihe
far.hion blessings of this win
der end fcr many a winler io
come - Absolulely perfect for
we filler braving her . . .
We also have a nice se
, lection of casual coats
for the Junior-Miss or
Mom.
Open till 9 P. M. Tonite and
December 22 and 23
f\ sM. j&slhsncL Co.
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ARC ROADS IN
FINE CONDITION
NOYES REPORTS
—
The Alaska Road Commission j
roads are in the best winter con
dition this year he has ever known
them to be, declared Col. John R.
Noyes, Commissioner, says.
Col. Noyes returned to Juneau
Tuesday afternoon on the Paciilc
Northern Airlines plane from An
chorage after a road inspection
trip through the interior and to
Nome. Conferences with District
Engineers concerning the work
planned for next season were also
held by the Commissioner.
Traffic by truck is heavy out of
Valdez over the Richardson High
way but is light over other road
ways as is usual this time of the
year, Colonel Noyes said. No stop
pages or difficulties of transporta
tion have been encountered at any
point this winter.
Work On Schedule
Winter maintenance is being con
tinued successfully on schedule, ac
cording to the road Commissioner.
Work is being progressing in en
larging and improving the tunnel
in the Keystone Canyon at Mile
16 on Richardson Highway. Traf
fic over this section has been re
stricted to the night hours, and
this rountine has proved to be sat
isfactory all around, Col. Noyes
said. Work on the tunnel is per
mitted to go forward without in
terruption during the daylight
hours and this time is preferred
by the truck drivers for loading
their trucks at Valdez.
At Thompson Pass the mainten
ance work is going along smoothly .
The bunkhouse and garage being
const rud^edl at that point are
nearly completed and are suitable
for occupancy now.
Colonel Noyes said the use of
house trailers on the highways by
married employees has proved high
ly satisfactory and has solved an
important housing problem. The
trailers are large and comfortable
and are well insulated. Equipped
with modern conveniences they ih
ciude built in shower rooms and ■
the newest devices for kitchens. The
Road Commission purchased 20
trailers last year. Fourteen are now
occupied in the Valdez district and
six in the Anchorage area.
In Nome the road Commissioner
reported the new seawall is virtual
ly completed. The Marks Air Force
Base is still operated with a lim
ited personnel, he said.
In Anchorage Colonel Noyes con
sulted with military authorities re
garding Alaska Road Commission
construction and maintenance plans.
He also spoke over radio station
KENI of the Road Commission pro
gram.
The ARC Commissioner attended
the meeting held by the District
Engineer of the U. S. Army con
cerning future road construction in
the Defense Program for Alaska
and he participated in the meeting
called in Anchorage recently by
Kenneth Kadow. Coordinator of In
terior Department agencies in Alas
ka, for a discussion of non-defense
roads and building construction
plans. While not classed specifi
cally as defense construction a
large portion of this work is im
portant to the defense program,
Colonel Noyes said.
Drives Over Roads
In Fairbanks Colonel Noyes was
joined by George M. Tapley, Chief
of ARC Engineering Division who
accompanied him on an automol/.e
inspection trip over the interior
roads to Tok. Valdez, Glenn Allen,
Thompson Pass and Anchorage.
Tapley v(as parliciularly unv
ested in the inspection of five new
bridges recently completed under
contract.
Joining the officials at Anchorage
for the return trip to Juneau were
S. L. Lundwall and R. J. Crofton,
cost engineers who have been as
sisting with the installation of a:
new cost accounting system at all!
the ARC stations. Also returning
from Anchorage were Miss Lois
Smith and Miss Alice Riley of th»
local office staff who have been
in Valdez and Anchorage to assist
with a back log of office work in
the stations at those points.
THREAT OF
STRIKE IN
PAA RANKS
NEW YORK, Dec. 21—OPI—'Threat
of a strike by 4,500 mechanics an<^
ground service employees hung
over the network of Pan American
World Airways today.
A union official said demonstra
tions would occur today at “various
stations” of the air system which
operates flights into 71 countries in
six continents.
The official, James F. Horst, di
rector of the air lines division of
the CIO Transport Workers Union,
declined to say when a strike would
take effect.
He announced the “possibility of
a strike to enforce our demands"
when wage negotiations broke off
yesterday.
•Negotiations ceased, Horst said,
after a ten-day period of bargaining
at the company's Long Island city
offices.
The union seeks a pay boost of
eight cents an hour above the pre
sent scales of $1.16 to $2.08 an hour.
A company spokesman said the
present union contract runs to Nov.
1, 1951, and has no wage reopening
provision.
For the lovely gift—a reindeer
original—made by Nina at Nina’s
Nick Nack. 689-2t
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COMMUNITY EVENTS
TODAY
At 6 p.m.—Taku Toastmasters meet
in Gold Room. Baranof.
At 7:30 p.m—Juneau Rifle and Pis
tol Club meets in AB Hall.
At 8 p.m.—Christmas Play at Bethel
Tabernacle.
December 22
At 7:30 p.m.—Doubleheader basket
ball in Douglas Gym.
At 8 p.m.—Christmas concert by
band and singing groups in High
School gym.
December 23
At 1 p.m.—Elks Christmas party for
children at Capitol Theatre fol
lowed by Santa Claus at Elks
Lodge Room.
At 4 p.m.—Community Christmas
tree celebration at Seward and
Front sponsored by JWC.
At 7:30 p.m.—Annual Moose party
for children.
At 7:30 p.m.—Skating at AB Hall.
At 9 p.m.—Lions Club dance in Gold
Room, Baranof.
December 21
At 11 a.m.—Sunday School Christ
mas program, Bethel Tabernacle
At 7 p.m.—Christmas program at
First Baptist Church.
December 25
From 2 to 5 p.m.—Juneau Volunteer
Fire Department annual Christ
mas party in Fire Hall.
December 26
At noon—Rotary Club, Baranof.
At 8 p.m.—Annual Christmas party
of American Legion and Auxiliary,
Dugout.
December 27
At 8 p.m.—Elks Lodge.
At 9:30 p.m. — Annual Christmas
Ball by Rainbow Girls in Scot
tish Rite Temple.
December 28
At noon—Chamber of Commerce.
Baranof.
December 29
At 8 p.m.—Pioneers and Auxiliary
to have Christmas party, Odd Fel
lows Hall.
At 9:30 p.m.—Teen Age Holiday
dance and entertainment. Teen
Age Club,
December 31
At 8 p.m.—Shriners annual dinner
dance, Baranof Hotel. Cocktails
at 7 p.m.
At 10 p.m.—Elks annual Hi-Jinks,
New Year's Eve dance.
CHRISTMAS PAGEANT.
HOLY TRINITY CHURCH
The children of the Holy Trinity
:hurch school will present their an
nual Christmas pageant Sunday
morning at the 11 o’clock service.
The pageant follows the Scrip
tural scenes of the Nativity and
there will be a cast of fifty child
ren.
The public is cordially invited to
go and enjoy this Christmas pa
geant.
MIDNIGHT MASS AT -
HOLY TRINITY SUN.
* Holy Trinity Church will hold its
annual midnight service Sunday
night—Christmas Eve — beginning
at 11:30 o’clock.
The church decked in Christmas
greens, the singing of favorite carols
and special Christmas prayers are
all blended to worship the Birth of
Jesus.
DAVIS TO ANCHORAGE
Lieut. C. J. Davis of the Terri
torial Highway Patrol left yester
day afternoon on the Pacific North
ern Airlines plane for his Anchor
age headquarters. He has been here
on patrol duty the past several
weeks while local patrolmen were
on annual leave.
FROM MT.’ EDGECl'MBE
Alyce Porter of Mt. Edgecumbe
is stopping at the Baranof Hotel.
jlinl
Enjoy the excellent appoint
ments, the delicious food,
and the courteous service.
Special round trip winter
excursion fares now in effect.
Vancouver, Victoria, or Seattle
$108.40 from Juneau
JUNEAU SAILINGS
Southbound
Friday, Jan. 5
Tuesday, January 23
Tuesday, February 6
For Information and reservations
contact
Win. K. MeFarlane, Agent
Juneau
GoJMu&JM®a*i\pC
Confusion Mounts for
Alaskan, 'Outside' for
First Time in 15 Years
MR. AND MRS. NEIL F. MOORE
Alaskans went shopping in parkas
The above picture, airmailed to
The Empire by courtesy of the
Seattle Times, and the following
story accompanying it is from the
Sunday Times of December 17:
Neil F. Moore, who hasn't been
out of Alaska for 15 years, is in
the middle of a trip “outside"
which will last him for a long time
because “everything happened at
once.”
Moore and his wife arrived in
Seattle yesterday. Today he will re
turn to Juneau and tomorrow he
will return to Seattle. Then the
couple will go on to Los Angeles
their original destination.
For the past 11 years Moore
has teen deputy territorial auditor.
Half an hour before Moore’s plane
left for Seattle the auditor, Frank
A. Boyle, died. Moore was appoint
ed to fill out the 30 months left in
Boyle’s term. Moore is returning
to Juneau to attend the funeral.
Several weeks ago, Moore won
two tickets to Los Angeles and the
Rose Bowl game, awarded by the
Territorial Sportsmen, Inc., of Al
aska. The couple arranged with
friends to take care of their four
children so they could make the
trip. j
“We had to promise the chil- j
dren two Christmases to make;
them happy, and then they were j
glad to see us go,” said Mrs. Moore.
Last night, attired in parkas fur
nished them by the Alaska Native
Service, the couple was shopping
for toys for Michael, 5, Thomas, 4,
Deloris, 3, and Earl 18 months.
Moore will deliver the toys tonight.
GANTTS WILL SPEND XMAS
IN SEATTLE WITH CHILDREN
Christmas at home is always
most pleasant, and Mrs. P. S. Ganty,
in Juneau on her way to Seattle to
spend the holidays with her child
ren, regrets that she will not be in
Pelican for the Christmas season.
Mrs. Ganty arrived by Alaska:
Coastal Tuesday and will be joined
here by Mr. Ganty who is expected
today in his own plane.
Their children, Wallace and
Mary Jane are attending Lakeside
and Helen Bush schools in Seattle.
New assortment of craft strips1
at Nina’s Nick Nack. 689-2t
HERB ROWLAND NEW
PRESIDENT JUNEAU
CHAMBERC9MMERCE
Herbert S. Rowland was announ
ced as the new President of the Ju
neau Chamber of Commerce at a
regular meeting today at the Bara
nof Hotel.
Other officers selected were: First
Vice President, O. F. Benecke; Sec
ond' Vice President, Henry Green;
and Secretary, O. F, Eastaugh.
Retiring President Robert Booch
ever automatically becomes a mem
ber of the board. The other two
board members are Franz Nagel and
Alva Blackerby. All will take office
at the first meeting in the new
year, January 4.
Tom Dyer, chairman of the air
port committee, reported that an
encouraging letter had been re
ceived from Tony Schwamm, Di
rector of the Alaska Aeronautics and
Communications Commission, say
ing that the proposed extension for
the Juneau airport is on the 1951
program.
Engineering on the project could
begin now, Schwamm stated, but he
wished to wait until the project had
been screened through CAA.
Secretary Eastaugh reported that
the official population of Juneau is
now listed at 5,818 and is 15,373 for
the district.
Robert Cowling said that it is
now believed that the Governor’s
Trophy, given by Gov. George Parks
at the time of the first capital-to
capital ygclrt race, was in the vault
of the Tacoma Yacht Club and ef
forts were being made to bring it
to light. The cruiser race is set lor
next June from Bremerton to Ju
neau. and there is much enthusiasm
in, the Puget Sound area over the
race, he said.
Fred Dunn and Pat Carroll, with
Fran'r marker at the piano, led
the group in singing Christmas
carols.
Fly to Seattle
at new reduced
Clipper fares
m.m0NE WAY
.'2 ES? Oft ROUND TRIP
a isij.mj (Plus Tax)
Again Pan American cuts Alaski
fares — the third time in five
years! But only the fare is cut.
You still get big, dependable 4
engine planes . . . fine food . . .
the most experienced crews and
stewardess hospitality.
For reservations, call Pan
American at...
Baranof Hotel
Phone 106
Pan A/iffrrow
Z&r** IVorto Airways
fr\vRT +Tmd* Mark, Pan Amahomm
'O&r World Airways, Ima.
GT YEARS WFVE FLOWN ALASIP
When Yen Think About
Toinf and Jerrys
Think About Percy’s
Tom and Jerry Bailers
To® and Jerry Mixes
itsms — Brandies
Tom astd Jerry Bum
and Brandy
(i0% Rum — 60';; Brandy)
PERCY’S
GIVE HIM THE GIFT THAT WILL MAKE HIM SAY:
66 tt 1 ¥»1 P ictf*
Just what fa pick lor myself l
HE’D PICK CALVERT RESERVE
for himself, because it always has
the smooth, full-bodied taste most
people like most.
The odds are he has compared
Calvert’s smoother flavor with
other whiskies.
v If not—you can be sure he, too,
will prefer Calvert, because we
blend Calvert Reserve to a specific
taste selected by a “Consumer
Jury” made up of thousands of
folks like you.
That's why Calvert is the per
fect gift for so many names on
your list. But don't take our word
for it! Make your own taste test be
tween Calvert Reserve and any
whiskey you choose.
Were confident that you will
switch to Calvert for giving and
serving this holiday season.
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Calvert
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