--- Skagway News—
SKAGWAY, Alaska. Oct. 19 —
(Special Correspondence) — John
O'Daniel received a telephone call
Monday from Department Com
mander Van Horn in Sitka astir
Mr. O’Daniel to attend the national
convention of the American Leoim
held in Miami, Florida. Mr. O’Dani ■
was promised "a voice and a vote”
nice going!
The first frost this year in Skag
way — Tuesday morning, October 2.
At the regular Lions’ club lunch
eon meeting the topics for discus
sion were the Boy Scouts, the youth
program, and the proposed Ska -
way-Carcross road. After the
luncheon the Lions went in a group
to attend a Court of Honor held
by the Boy Scouts in the A B. Hall.
Mrs. Ina Eville was ill in the
White Pass hospital for a week.
The Princess Louise was in port
Wednesday and Thursday.
Returning home on her were Mr.
and Mrs. C.,J. Rogers, Sr.; Mrs. W.
W. Patterson and her two children,
Collins and Bondy, coming from Al
bany, California. Mr. Patterson had
joined them at Juneau. Skagway
is delighted to see young Collins
recovering so nicely from the severe
burns he received last June. Mr.
Ludwig Frolander returned from a
medical checkup at Virginia Mason
hospital in Seattle; Mrs. Max Ko
panski and her daughter Maxine
returned from a short vacation in
Vancouver and Seattle.
A. L. Finegan arrived from
Tampa, Florida, to visit his son, ,W.
Finegan, and his family at the
Tank Farm.
Two nurses arrived to join the
staff at the White Pass Hospital.
They are Miss Etrulia Derrick of
Bates, South Carolina, and Miss
Viola Griffin of Jordan Valley,
Oregon. They came to Skagway
from Boise, Idaho.
Major and Mrs. "Rocky” Rhodes
and their daughters, Lynn and
Lorna, from Big Delta visited in
Skagway several days. They drove
from Big Delta to Haines, came to
Skagway on the barge, then went
by train to Carcross. From there
they planned to drive through the
Atlin country before returning to
their home.
A meeting of the Skagway Cham
ber of Commerce was held Thurs
day evening following a dinner at
the Grill. President Calkins in
troduced the guests, Mrs. E. A.
Rasmuson and the Rev. Paul
Prouty of Juneau. Very interesting
talks were given by the three men
who went to Vancouver, B.C., to
work for a road connection from
Skagway with Carcross, Y.T. Mayor
Morgan Reed gave a resame of the
trip and contacts made; Mr. Kent
Fuller gave a statistic report—con
trasting the costs, grades, type of
road work needed, rainfall, etc., on
three proposed roads — Haines ex
tension, Taku, and Skac way
Carcross ; Mr. Max Kopanski spoke
on the effect such a road would
have on the city and on the rail
road. Mr. John O'Daniel told that
he planned to leave on thn Louise
to Juneau, then by plane to Dallas,
Texas, where he would contact the
Texas Legionnaires, then drive to
Miami from Chicago. At the con
vention in Miami each state has
pledged him a portion of the time
they are allotted on the floor in
order that he may present the re
solution which was passed at ihe
Legion convention held recently in
Seward. Texas has offered all of
I its time. From the convention in
Miami he hopes to carry the resolu
tion to national headquarters in
Washington, D.C.
Max Kopanski was appointed to
act as a member of the executive
board of the Chamber of Commerce
for the remainder of the year.
Before the Louise sailed Thurs
day evening in a ceremony held on
“ the wharf Johnny O'Daniel was in
stalled as commander of Post No. 7.
the American Legion. Mr. O’Daniel
will not have returned in time for
the installation of officers to be
held October 20.
The Ladies’ Auxiliary for • the
Presbyterian church met Wednes
day evening at the home of Mrs.
Joseph Sheleby. Final plans were
made for the parcel post sale and
a collection was taken for the for
eign missions. Fourteen members
and two guests, Miss Gail Brim
hall and Mrs. Ed Kelankosky, were
present.
Friends have received word that
Sgt. and Mrs. Robert Simons are
making their home in San Antonio,
Texas.
l Mr. and Mrs. Forrest Bates and
small daughter, Barbara, left on
the Louise for a vacation in Seattle
and Portland.
The Rev. Edgar Gallant returned
Thursday by Coastal from Anchor
age.
j The Rev. Harley Baker visited his
mother, Mrs. Chris Larson, for two
days before returning to his home
‘ in Anchorage.
A very successful game and danc
ing party was given at the Eagles
Hall Saturday evening, October 6
j, A hillbilly revue was presented by
members of the Ladies’ Auxiliary.
The cast with homemade orchestra
instruments consisted of Mrs. H;ler.!
Clark. Mrs. Gertrude Beitinrrer. Mrs.
Anne Lingle, Mrs. Doris Boyd. Mrs. j
Gloria Yglesia, Mrs. Pauline Prib-:
bernow, Mrs. Marie Brown, Mr I
Sye Maki, and Miss Agnes Powers.
The program took place in the j
‘ Eagle’s Saloon” with Mrs. Dorothy j
Self acting as bartender and m -:
ter-of-ceremonies. Mrs. Maki air’ j
Mrs. Brown danced a comical num
ber set to Turkey in the Str w,
Miss Powers recited “How Pa and.
j Ma Spent Their First Paycheck";
| Mrs. Yglesia, Mrs. Lingle and Ms . I
Pribbernow sang “Sweet Vi
Mrs. Yglesia recited “Twelve Bot
tles on the Shelf”: Mr . Pribbar
now sang “The Weeping Willow
Tree”; and the entire orchestra ren
dered “Show Me the Way to gc
Home.” The two ^prizes given fci
high scores were won by Peter Van
Zanten and Gutherie Lingle. Re
freshments and dancing finished
the events"
Johnny O’Daniel has been ap
pointed chairman of the Boy Scout
for Alaska for the American Legion.
Joe Gerzina who has been in
Pennsylvania the past six months
has returned to be in charge of the
Mission Dairy.
Ed Bloom and his mother, Mrs.
R. Bloom, have moved into their
new home at Thirteenth and State
Street. Mr. Bloom took the north
half of the old Deverell house —
built in 1898 — and converted it
into a charming modern ranch type
home. Wherever possible he used
the old materials — especially sev
eral unusual window groups — with
most interesting results. The in
terior, with wooden walls and ceil
ings, illustrates how attractive
modern paint color combinations
can be.
Immediately following the reg
ular meeting Monday afternoon,
October 8, the Cub Scouts served
ice cream and cake to welcome Col
lins Patterson back to their group.
• Mrs. Patterson and Bondy were in
vited guests. .
Judge J. J. F. Ward has installed
the new members of the school
board into their respective offices.
They ore Mrs. Edna Rapuzzi, E. J.
, Fairbanks, Kent Fuller and Gail
! Budd. The fifth member of the
: board is Mrs. Marie Hoyt.
:
The Women’s Club gave the an
I nual reception .for. the. teachers of
I the Skagway Public School Thurs
j day evening at the clubroom. Mrs.
Osborne Selmer introduced the
j program which had been arranged!
j by Mrs. Ed Kalenkosky. Dr. M.
| Kepler played a piano solo, “Ava
. lanche”, Heller; Daie Simms played
I several Scandinavian numbers on
i his accordion; Mrs. Edna Rapuzzi
introduced the teachers. Superin
tendent C. L. Anderson gave a short
address. Dr. Kepler gave a brief
report on his visit to the cancer j
clinic in Portland, Oregon, and in
troduced the two new nurses, Miss
Etrulia Derrick and Miss Viola Grif
fin. Refreshments were served by
Mrs. Paul Alexander, Mrs. Loren
Brechbiel, Mrs. H. A. Dedman, ar.d
j Mrs. Hartson.
At the regular meeting of the
Ladies Auxiliary to Skagway Aerie
No. 25, FO E. a dance was planned
to be held early in December to
raise funds for the Christmas tree
party. Refreshments were served
by Mrs. Dorothy Self and Mrs.
A _ 'T'... . „
A regular meeting of the Emblem
Club was held Friday, October 12.
with 23 members present. Lists of
the children at the Orthopedic Hos
pital at Sitka have been received
and plans were made to order the
Christmas gifts for them. The
Elks asked the Emblem Club to
assist them in giving a benefit ball
in the near future for Freddie Mar
lowe who is ill at Mayo Clinic. The
following lunch committee was ap
pointed, Mrs. Patty Wheaton. Mrs.
Gladys Welch. Mrs. Norma Fraser,
Mrs. Hazel Haney, and Mrs. Mary
Kopanski. Mrs. Tom Cooper and
Mrs. Wm. Beitinger showed colored
slides of Hawaii, Guam and Japan.
These slides had been sent home
by Mrs. Beitinger’s son, Gordon.
Patty Wheaton was awarded the
“dime kitty.” Refreshments were
served by Mrs. Evelyn Boynton.
Mrs. Jackie Budd, and Mrs. Helen
Clark.
Curtis PurJy has recently pur
chased the house on Seventh and
Spring Streets from Harry G. Ask.
The Purdy family moved to their
new home and are busy remodeling
•it.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ken Lamorenux
held “open house” Saturday eve
i ning so that their friends might
enjoy the beautiful fireplace which
has just been completed at their
attractive cabin in Dyea.
Monday. Skagway was honored by
a visit from Delegate and Mrs. Bob
! Bartlett and their daughter, Susan.
; Arriving on the Coastal plane they
i were met by W. E. Feero, Morgan
i Reed, F. D. Calkins and Kent Ful
I ler. They were taken for a ride to
i Dyea, then to a luncheon at the
' Grill with the members of the road j
committee, Mr. Reed, Mr. Fuller,1
Max Kopanski and several invited
guests, Mrs. E. A. Rasniu: on. Mrs.
E. Richter. Mrs. Ken' Fuller, Mrs.
H. Johnston raid Mrs. Hazel Kirmse.
Mr. Bartlett was then riven a car
and toured the city as he wished,
visitin'; the public school where he
spoke to (lie pupils and the Pius X
Mission. From 5 p.m. to G pan., a
cocktail party sponsored by the
Chamber of Commerce was held in
the cocktail lounge at the B.F.O.
Flks hall where the public was in
vited to meet Delegate and Mrs.
Bartlett. Following this a dinner
was held at the Grill to which the
outgoing mnyor and his wife, with
i he members of the outgoing coun
cil and their wives, the incoming
mayor and his wife, with the mem
ber of the new Council and the'r
wives, the presidents of the Cham
ber of Commerce and the Lions
Club, their wives, the member ef
the executive board* of the' two
organizations with their wives cr
husbands and the member- of the
road committee and wives were in- '
vited. Mr. Morgan Retd we;; task
master.
Delegate Bartlett {•pik-* on tl",
general development of Skagv.eyj
and was hopeful that the road pro- j
jeet was in the near future. He
also assjured tho«e present that the
Taiya Project was far from a deed
issue.
‘A “Blessed Event” Shower to com- :
pliment Mr *. Johnny O'Daniel was j
held Tuesday evening at ihe home 1
of Mrs. Jo.-eph Bheleby with Mrs.;
Sheleby. Mrs. Dwight Han-on and
Mrs. D. D. Cox co-hostcs e*. Mrs. i
O'Daniel was presented with a
large basket decorated with pink
and blue paper filled with many
lovely gifts. The guests were Mr*.
Jeanette Hillary. Mrs O'Daniel's
mother; Mrs. Wm. Burfield. Mr. C.
Clark, Mrs. George Villesvik, Mrs.
Joe Martini. Mrs. J. D. True, Mrs.
Bob Snider, Mrs. Dave Older, Mrs.
W. E. Feero, Mrs. C. L. Anderson,
Mrs. Wm. Swick. Mrs. Max Steffen.
Mrs. Connie Battles. Mrs. E. Fair
banks, Mrs. Wm. Bigham, and Mrs.
Bruce Boynton.
The Mission Auxiliary held a very
successful pie sale Tuesday after
noon. •
The annual parcel post sale spon
-ored by the Ladies’ Auxiliary of the
Presbyterian church-was held Sat
urday evening at the community
renter. Mrs. E. Richter and Mrs.
E. *Maki who were in charge of the j
post office sold 118 parcels. Mrs. j
W. Self and Mrs. A. Briggs were in'
charge oh the baked goods; Mrs.!
Dwight Hanson and Mrs. Joseph
Sh-leby sold the needlework; and
Mrs. Wm. Dewar and Mrs. George
Villesvik served coffee, cookies, and
cupcakes. The evening was a huge
success.
Mrs. Jack Lee was called to
Whitehorse because of the illness
of her sister. Small Jackie is vis
iting Mr. and Mrs. C. Rapuzzi until i
her mother returns home.
Mrs. Hans Soldin went to Juneau j
Sunday by Alaska Coastal to visit;
her son, daughter and sister for j
ten days.
Fresh snow on all the mountains
— north wind blowing — early win
ter in Skagway!
Outgoing passengers on the Prin
ce's Louise October 15, were H. G.
Ask returning to his home in Se
al tie after spending the summer in
Skagway; Mrs. Hazel Kirmse, Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Kirmse going to1
their winter home in California;
Mrs. Clifford Matthews, her two
eons, Gary and Jerry, and her j
mother. Mrs. George Lingle, going;
to California for the winter; Mrs. |
E. A. Rasmuson going to Palm!
Springs, California; Mrs. Cumillo
Brena going to join Mr. Brena in
Seattle; Mr. and Mrs. Tom Port-j
lock and child going to Vancouver.
B.C., and. about twenty of the men j
from the river boats going to Van-!
couver or Victoria for the winter.
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C'iiilty or noi?
Oil can lose your home,
your automobile, your sav
ings, and all that you value,
if you have to pay a judg
ment awarded by a jury for
injuries sustained on your
properly.
Comprehensible Personal
Liability Insurance will de
fend you in such an action
and pay the damages up to
the limit of your insurance.
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Seward Street
JUNEAU
The Ring Splice was In port this
week bringing three more reasons—
pood, new ones—why Skhgwny must
have n road connection with Cnr
c ross. Mr. and Mr , George Vdlo,\
received a blue Buick sedan; Mr.
end Mrs. II. A. Dedman a maroon
Chevrolet redan, and Mr. and Mr?.
J. L. McVey a preen Chevrolet,
Sedan.
Mark Lee left by Coastal Tuesday
to ro to Bellingham. Wash., where
ills mother. Mrs. Annie Lee. a former
Skap.way resident, is seriously ill.
Herbert Richardson (A.C.S.) went
to Juneau Monday ty Coastal. He
entered SP Ann’s for an appendec
tomy. Dr. Kepler made the trip
with him.
The Fir rente Circle ot the O.E.S.
met Wednesday afternoon at the
home cf Mrs. J. St. Martin. The
ladies gave a cash donation to
Naomi Chapter No. 9, O.E.3. to cover
winter charities and Christmas gif.-.
Deli'tous refreshments were served
by the hostess.
A party to celebrate the birthday
of Mrs. Gladys Welch was held
Wednesday evening at the homo ef
Mrs. T. Mason. The guests, Mrs.
Welch, Mrs. II. Church, Miss Agnes
Powers, Mrs. F. Boyd, Mrs. J. Heid
elberger, Mrs. C, Hermans. Mrs. L.
T McOuane, Miss Vi Griffin and
Mrs. T. Cooper, played a gypsy
game and enjoyed delicious birth
day refreshments.
A special meeting of the City
Council was called Tuesday, Octo
ber 16. by Morgan Reed to install
he new officials. Judge J. J. F,
Ward installed the mayor and
council elect—Mr. W. E. Feero,
mayor; councilmen, W. E. Dewar,
Walter C. Self, Max T. Kopanskl,
Richard B. Hubbard, Orrin Ed
vards, John E. Heidelberger. Mayor
Feero" made the following appoint
ments: •
Finance and Taxation: Kopanski,
chairman, Edwards and Hubbard.
Fire and Water: Dewar, chairman, J
j Held:1 op! ', and Hubbard.
He. i:h and Police: Hubbard,
! chair; :i, Dewar and Kopanski.
I Pu! lie Works and Public Prop-1
I erty: Pelf, chairman, Heidclbrr er
I and Edwar.is.
| ;
Bcnrols and Playgrounds: Ed-:
ward chairman. Self and Dewar.
Jf ry :.»id Elections: Heidcl-;
berger. chairman. Self and Kopan-,
sk<
C •' and City Treasurer: O. P.
FI.- nr..
Tm Municipal Telephone System
has I- sold to the Alaska Tele
phon System. A discussion was
held on hiring two men to do die.
city' work and notices are to be
| posted reading as follows: starting
1 salary S375 per month, plus over
1 time (approval of the committees
in charge*. After thirty days, if
work : • at i-factory, raise would be
granted.
I
| A resolution was presented that
| the city through the council ae
sired to make formal application to
i the Auditor of Alaska whereas uii
its eli ib’.e employees would be cov
ered by the Federal Social Security
Act.
I
| It was decided that copies of the
minuir be mimeographed and
mailed to the citizens. \
Th following officials were np
point I: Magistrate, J. J. F. Ward:
i City Attorney. H. Stabler; Assistant
] City Clerk, Isabel Flynn; Health
j Officer. Dr. M. Kepler; Fire Chief,
; and two fire department foremen to ,
be appointed by the fire depnrt
men i
DOUGLAS ANB-ANS
ELECT NEW OFFICERS »
At Monday night’s Joint meet- 1
ing of the Douglas Camps, Alaska *
Native Brotherhood and Sisterhood; 1 g
the following members were electee! j I
to office • f"
ANB—Thomas Bowman, Prcsi- if
dont. Willis Peters, Vice President;; I
Sandy A. Stevens, Secretary, re-cl- I
ected 26th term. George Stevens Sr., I
Treasurer, re-elected, Henry Stevens M
II, Sergennt-nt-Arms.
ANS Sarah Bowman, President, fl
Julie Stevens, Vice President; Leu- "
ora Bowman,'Secretary; Anna Jack, I
Sergeant-at-Arms. SI
Delegates to Convention: ANB— I
Sandy Stevens, and George Stevens
Sr. and ANS—Mrs. Sarah Bow;
man. j
A special meeting will be held
Thursday evening, Nov. 1, for the J
purpose of Instructing delegates,
and to draft resolutions and all
other arrangements necesary, in
preparation for attending the ANB
and r No A’-miRl Convention to be
held at Ke:;h.'.kan.
OPENS PUBLIC STENOGRAPHER I
DESK AT CURTIS OFFICE
Nn/iine Thompson has set up a \
public stenographer desk at the |
Curtis Accounting Service. She,
came here last month from Okla- j
homn City, Okla. She -attendee!
Harding College at Searcy, Ark. This
is Miss Thompson’s first trip to the
Territory.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
T. O. Dickinson, division super
visor, Railway Express Agency, ar
rived on Thursday’s train to spend
several days in Skagway on busi
ess.
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