Residence Awards
For Decorations
Are Announced
Woodrow Triplette at 101 Eeh
rends Ave., copped top honors In
the residence division with Santa
and his sleigh flying behind six
reindeer led by Rudolph with red
nose (light bulb). A spotlight wa.
on creation and a lighted Christmas
tree nearby.
Second place went to Edward Dick
at 1169 Evergreen Ave., for a 60-foot
well lighted tree heavy with glist
ening snow. It was flanked on either
side by two huge red candles with
large yellow light bulbs.
John Maurstad at 306 Seventh
Street took third with an effectively
decorated entrance. Two lighted
trees on either side of the doer,
a fireplace, a Santa, two red candles
and evergreen boughs with "Merry
Christmas in white against a red
background over the doorway made
up the ensemble. Christmas carols
drifted from the house.
Fourth, honorable mention went
to Robert Faulkner at .242 Seventh
St. for his ingenuity in making
one side of his house appear to be
a huge lighted Christmas card. Even
unscheduled icicles added to the ef
fect. The windows. were plastered
with Christmas cards and the entire
creation was neatly edged with lights
tucked among evergreen boughs.
Others worthy of mention were
•Henry A. Harmon’s lighting, Hugh
Wade’s lighted hedge, John Ken
nedy’s big lighted tree and Jack
Clark’s effectively decorated en
trance.
Mrs. Jessie McCrary, chairman of
$60,000 Fire
Levels Wildes
Heme Saturday
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near impenetratable traffic block.
Wildes said the loss of a lifetime’s
accumulation of articles made the
loss almost inestimable and that
damage would run higher than he
at first thought. Part of the loss
was covered by insurance.
Wildes is agent in Juneau for the
New York Life Insurance Co. with
the Shattuck Agency. The Wildes
moved into the basement apart
ment of the home last January,
later moving into the ground floor
part of the home.
NOT SERIOUSLY HURT
IN FALL AT P.O.
Mrs. C. A. Carroli, who fell on the
postoffice stairs Saturday noon, was
reported not seriously hurt. Blie in
jured a leg in the fall and it wa
at first thought she had received c,
broken leg. She was taken to the
hospital for X-rays, but later re
leased.
I-ROM SIT. UDGLCUMBE
Alberta R. Bakke of Mt. Edge
cumte is stopping at the tiastin
eau Hotel.
the Chamber of Commerce civic
affairs committee delivered the cer
tificates to the winners.
reetingd
We extend to our many
friends our wishes for
a Christmas that
will he rich In joy
and good health.
Harry Race
Druggist
Inc.
Warmer than ever
And Merrier too
Are these sincere wishes
We're sending to you
A Joyous Christinas ..A Happy New tear.
(aslers Mens Wear
Many Weekend
Christmas
Parties Held
The weekend was gay with a var
iety of house parties in various hom
es and apartments, organizations
and spontaneous get-togethers.
Following a free show given by
Ted Heyder at the Capitol Theatre
Saturday, more than 1,000 youngs
I ter.; of the Gastineau Channel area
I were, guests at an Elks Club party.
! Christmas goodies were given to each
small visitor. Stanley Duke served
as Santa Claus.
Saturday night approximately GO
employees of the Alaska Electric
Light and Power Co., enjoyed a big
iced and dancing at the Eagle's hall
in Douglas. Arne Shudshift was
Santa Claus.
The Juneau Ski Club, 50-strjng,
serenaded with well rehearsed
Christmas carols at the governor's
mansion, various apartment houses
and the hospitals before having their
party at the Legion dugout last
night. Most of the participants had
Leen skiing yesterday and report
ed the hill in good shape.
Employees of the Baranof Hotel
had a party at the Hotel last night
with Cliff Gardner as Santa Claus
and candy-nut-fruit stockings for
the children. Refreshments were
served and entertainment provided
by Johnny Gocttel and Leonard
Garr. Manager E. J. O’Brien made a
short speech and was presented with
a gift from the employees.
Early tomorrow morning the Bar
tender's Union will go to the Min
ficld Home with Santa Claus and
gifts for the children there.
Twenty-nine persona arrived from
the westward on Pacific Northern
Airlines Sunday and 12 flew out.
Freni Anchorage: B. Adams, A.
Maechia, F. Williams, H. Maruin,
B. Austin, D. Larson, A. Martin,
B. Toaso, J. Simpson, L. Grunden,
W. H. Loesher, Mr. and Mrs. Roy
j Downing and son Ronald and
daughter Joan, Tim Casey, Harvey
Hildre, Frank Marshall, A. H. Good
ing, Albert Shaw, E. L. Rountree,
S. M. Kerr, James Dogan, Don Rut
ledge, Mr. and Mrs. John Hilyard.
I From Yakutat: IC. L. Morgan,
Cdr. Scheilter.
To Anchorage: Jean Boyd, Henry
. W. Lally, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Lind
holm, Steven Simeon, E. Sw’enson.
i John H. Anderson, Alice Davis, Ada
; Prather, R. A. Beissner.
To Yakutat. Mrs. Glenn Jacobs.
To Cordova: Rita Ludtke and two
I children.
| tag Dairy Hand,
j Hurl fey Angry Bull,
savsd by 19-Year-Old
j Gored by an angry bull at the
, Glacier Dairy Saturday, Russell
! Brown, 15, is in St. Ann’s hospital
j with injuries which could have been
I much mere serious if it had not
(been for the quick-thinking brav
! cry of his small companion, Kenny
“Butch” James, about 10 years old.1
The Brown boy was in a pen at
the dairy handling another bull
when the bull which attacked him
broke loose. Brown was reported to
have been leading the bull away
with its nose-ring when it attacked
him and pinned him to the ground.
He was unable to get free and the
James boy first prodded the bull
with a long stick in an attempt to
drive it back, then threw a rope
to the injured youth and pulled
him from the pen.
The Brown boy suffered a broken
arm and bruised chest. It is be
lieved he would have been killed
by the enraged animal if help had
not been given by little "Butch.”
Bob Ellis Named
Resident Alaska
Visitors Assn.
O. F. Benecke returned Sunday
from Anchorage, where he had
attended a three-day meeting of the
Alaska Visitors Association at which
permanent officers and three new
board members were elected to serve
until the next meeting in Februarj
Jim Chadwick of Seattle, lately ol
Anchorage, was named executive
secretary. His headquarters are to be
,n Juneau, Bcnecke reported.
Permanent officers named were:
President, Bob Ellis of Ketchikan;
First Vice President, Ed Coffey of
Anchorage; Second Vice President
A. Polet of Nome; Secretary, Henrj
Cuffel of Anchorage. Treasurer, Phil
Johnson of Fairbanks; directors, Bob
Ellis, Ed Coffey and Larry Moore
of Anchorage.
Chadwick has lived in the Terri
tory for the past five years and has*
an*impressive background advertis
ing and promotion.
Tl* place of the February meet
ing is to be announced.
FIDDLER AT GASTINEAU
Clarence Fiddler of the Bureau
of Public Roads has taken up res
idence at the Gastineau Hotel.
AT THE BARANOF
Dolores I. Crosson of Seattle ar
rived on PAA yesterday and is reg
istered at the Baranof Hotel.
'Christmas Heart
Hunger,' ta, New
“Christmas Heart Hunger,” a
little story appeared in the Fair
banks News-Miner on December
18, 1930. It was written under the
byline of Kay J. Kennedy, now a
I member of the staff of the Daily
j Alaska Empire, and as it is up to
I date now as then, is reprinted as
| follows:
Alaska is a land of many lonely
| souls. In late December that lone
liness begins to hurt. Because
Christmas is a homing time and
many Alaskans are men—miners,
trappers (’bachelors, too many of
them) out in the hills or in little
towns; and because Christmas
means trees and toys and little
kiddies; and because memories
crowd back along the trail of
i years, December restlessness hits
! Alaska. Christmas Is a time bf shar
ing. But one can't “share” alone.
Abcut mid-December folks start
moving to places where they can
share Christmas. Those men—
salesmen, mining operators, busin
essmen and others who have fam
ilies outside, rush, pack up to catch
the boat or plane that will take
them home for Christmas — to
warmth of hearth and sharing.
Then there are those fellows who
have their homes and families in
! Alaska and many of them invite
a favorite bachelor in for Christ
mas. Unhappily there are more
bachelors than families.
But those lonely souls without
hearth, home or warmth of fam
ily, come flocking into Alaskan
towns. Everywhere they are moving
by dogteam, airplane, train, boat
and afoot. Everywhere the vibra
tion 01 restlessness fills the air.
You can't hear the drums of hun
gry hearts beating—but you "feel"
that they are—a hunger that is
not fed with turkey and cranber
ry sauce nor drowned in liquors.
Men are seeking, seeking an in
tangible something that cries so
loudly for fulfillment at Christmas.
I Each trying to lose himself in fel
lowship to escape that awful hol
I low feeling inside him. Each at
| tempting escape in his own way.
TEEN AGE PARTY THURSDAY..
Rod Pegucs, Teen Age Club
; president, reminded members to
day that the holiday party will be
held next Thursday at the Teen
Age Club. It will begin at 9:30 in
| the evening. There will be dancing,
' refreshments and special entertain
: meat.
The Azores arc among the few
: urface-piercing peaks of the sub
merged mid-Atlantic mountain
: an e, according to the National
! Geographic Society.
— EMPIRE WANT ADS PAY —
Juneau Young Hardware Co., Inc.
■ Percji’s
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joy a| ^ristnjas
It’s Christmas again!
Mag it be a merry one for
you and yours...and may
the warm spirit of the
holiday season touch each
day of the coming year.
THOMAS HARDWARE
and FURNITURE
Baranof Brings 21;
Takes Out Eight
The S. S. Baranof came In south
bound Sunday bringing 19 passen
gers from Sitka, two from Seward
and took out eight to Seattle,
Arriving from Seward were: R.
Grosvoid Jr,. C. A. Smith.
[ From Sitka: Jack Albyo, Mrs. A
Bakke. Miss Carol Baines, Mrs. T.
S. Baohelder, Pedro Bogo, Dorothy
and Jodie Brown, Bernard DeAsis,
Lucrecia Eldemar, Leona Frederick
son. Verna Johns, C. A. Krantz, A.
A. Rhoten, Stephan and Rose Ma
rie Smith, Ken Ubbelohde, Beatrice
| Wilson, Lola and James Young.
To Seattle: Mr. and Mrs. Pres
i ton Sandbo and infant; M. Gemoff,
I James Eddington, Mrs. Sign! and
j Steve Homer, G. E. Otto.
j A chain of towns in the Ruhr
j valley of Germany is called the
■"Wuppertal" (witches’ valley) be
cause of the eerie glaie of its
steel mills.
! The mono-railway of Germany’s
| Ruhr valley is balled the “Schwe
jbebahn" (hanging railroad).
i
and best wishes
for the New Year
Thibodeau's
Business Houses'
Christmas Awards
For Decorations
First prize in the business dist
rict. window Christmas decorations
went to Pan American World Air
ways. The contest was sponsored
by the Juneau Chamber of Com
merce. t
Second award went to the Jun
eau Florists, third to Cowling Me- j
tors and fourth as honorable men
i tion to Kami's Bon Marche.
Other honorable mentions were
rated by the Vanity Beauty Sa-»
ion, Alaska Federal Savings and j
Loan, the Baranof Gift Shop and .
j Vic Power—all Nativity scenes. I
I The Baranof and Gastineau Hotels
. were commended for well lighted
Christina strees and the Alaska ,
Electric Light and Power rated I
the largest and best decorated win
dow Christmas tree.
Pan American's window contain
ed two lighted Christmas trees, a
winter scene of a gingerbread
church covered with cake frostlngs
and candies, with tiny frosted
trees around it, a lighted world and
two small aircraft suspended over
the world and church. The decor
ations were done by Mrs. Pauline
Sanders.
The Juneau Florists showed the
Nativity scene with a white ca
thedral nearby. Cowling Motors
presented three small Eskimo girls
with a sled loaded with a bag of
letters to Santa Claus, an igloo
post office and a striped candy
North Pole.
, Kann's Bon Marche showed a
tiny log ski cabin with small fig
ures, a truck loaded with spruce
trees and a cotton blanket carry
ing the season’s greeting.
— EMPIRE WANT AB3 PAY —
We salute St. Nick .
bringer of gifts and bright
symbol of holiday cheer. May he
make this Christmas a merry one for you.-.
and have many happy landings
on the rooftops of all our friends.
Ludwig Nelson
Jeweler
9
Christmi
associate
FRED HENNING
Complete Outfitter