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The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
First Thanksgiving 50
 Years Without Turkey

For the first time in at least 50 years, WrangeIl celebrated Thanks giving yesterday without the tra- ditional turkey being available for dinners
 The City Meat Market had an or der Of 29 cases Of turkeys and chick ems for shipment on the Yukon. The shipping tie-up held the vessel in Seattle and as a consequence. Wran- gell Thanksgiving menus were short 34S turkeys and chickens.
 The most popular substitutions were moose and Yenison roasts, local chickens and rabbits and baked ham, roast pork and leg of lamb. There were enough provisions in town for Thanksg wing but not much longer. Butter was exhausted Wednesday and all staples were running low and most items in fresh fruits and veg etables depleted, the merchants hay ing depended on weekly supplies to arrive on the Northland and Yukon scheduled to be in port here last Monday.
 k. Curtis replenished his meat market stocks by Canadian meats and dairy products which were ship ped in on the Princess Norah. in port this morning.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
DR. CARLSON WILL VISIT
 HERE EXECUTE TO STATES

pr. Rae Lillian Carlson, well known Juneau optometrist will ar rive in Wrangell on the North Sea southbound and remain here until the sailing of the Yukon.
 This is a special trip which pr. Carlson is making in order to take care of the people whom she missed on her visit here last month.
 Following her Wrangell visit pr. Carlson is going to Portland to at- tend the Northwest Congress of Op- tometry which convenes in that city on December 12 and will be in ses- sion until and including December IT. After this Congress is over she is going to Seattle to take up ad- vanced work in Orthoptics.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
REDMEN HOSTS TO LADIES
 AT THANKSGIVING DINNER

Redmen lodge members were hosts to their ladies Tuesday night at a Thanksgiving dinner which has been an annual institution for several years. but until this year reserved for the men, alone.
 The kitchen crew, composed of Arnt Sorset, Chas. Williamson and John Arola, competently served the 50 diners with a delicious dinner. Pork and beef roasts held the place of honor on the menu, instead of the turkey planned by the committee before the shipping tie-up in Seattle.
 Following the dinner, card games were played in the lodge room, tables of rummy, poker, pinochle and whist being in play.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
Anchorage Schools
 On 6-Day Work Week

Anchorage public schools went on a six-day work week on November IS, and cut short holiday vacations to speed up completion of the school year in connection with the build ing program to be started next spring.
 The school board voted to hold classes each Saturday. The Christ mas vacation was cut out and ar engagements made to wind up the school year April 23 instead of June 8.
 Superintendent w. K Keller said Thanksgiving Day. Christmas and New Years Day would be the only holidays for the remainder of the term. A half-holiday will be allowed on Friday. December 24.
 Students when advised of the new schedule were reported to have given hearty approval of it. The desire to lInlsh the school year early in the spring more than offset the prospect of having classes on Saturdays.
 Work Of demoilShlng the old gym nasium behind the grade school and of sinking four test holes on the school grounds must be started by December IS as official proof that the project is underway The PWA requires that projects be started within 90 days after funds are pro- vided. After doing this preliminary work the project will be idle until next spring.
 The city has dispatched wire to PWA officials at Juneau asking per mission to remove the old gymnasium to another lot instead of destroying it. They suggested it might be used as a warehouse. The building is now in use for primary gymnasium work.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
COUNCIL STOPS STREET WORK
 UNTIL SPRING

.A meeting Of the harbor commit tee of the city council was called at the city hall yesterday morning. Present were Mayor Hanford and Councilmen Cunningham. Hansen, Mcbride and Gunderson.
 Hansen, chairman of the harbor committee. opposes further street fills at this time, with the exception of the north portion of Church street which is dangerous for traffic but is too important a street to be closed, and in this other council members concur.
 City trucks and three private trucks have been hauling gravel for several days and filling in front Of the Wyatt-Cramer store on lower Front street. Eight hundred twen- ty-four yards had been hauled up to Wednesday night at a cost of $43S, for labor and truck hire alone. said Hansen, today. Private trucks could not be secured for less than two- dollar all hour minimum, on ac- count Of the long haul and wealth CT conditions. he continued and at this rate the Front street fill. alone, would cost several thousand dollars"
 An estimate given to the Council before the present street improve ment program started, was that 1900 yards would fill all of Front street. At that time 1t was planned to use city trucks only to haul the material dredged from the new harbor basin and the cost of good streets was ex- pected to be comparatively low.
 Work on the Church street Till started this morning. Stringers from the present planking on that street will be brought down to Front street and used as a safety curbing to en- close the thrilled street between the sidewalk and the road. Next summer with good weather conditions. the council will take up again the mat ter of street improvements.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
HELLENTHAL WANTS COURT
 HOUSE FREE FROM DRAFTS

Anchorage the drafty quarters in the Anchorage court house, the federal district court has joined the throng of house hunters in Anchorage and has announced it's desire to rent court room facilities for the term opening here December IS.
 Judge simon Hellenthal, who left today for Seward said he wanted to find quarters for the court and juries that would not cause illness because of drafts
 The judge disclosed that he has made it a practice of wearing sheep skin shoes during sessions in An chorage and despite his precaution has contracted colds at almost every sitting here during the winter.
 We don't need a beautiful place to hold court but we do need a more healthy place." Judge Hellenthal said. Smoky walls do not bother the court but drafts do."
 Judge Hellenthal appointed Com missioner Thomas c. Price as "ren' tai agent" for the court.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
J.B. BliCk Dies From
 Cerebral HemOrrhage

J. B. Blick died at II o'clock Monday night at Bishop Rowe Gen eral Hospital where he had been ta- ken a few hours earlier, suffering from cerebral hemorrhage.
 Arnt Sorset found MT. Blick un- conscious in the Lemieux dock ca bin which he had occupied for the past two months. The ambulance was summoned but death came without his having regained consciousness.
 Efforts to contact relatives have so far been of no avail, and the body is being held in the Lindman Under taking Parlor. If no word has been received by Monday, burial will be made here.
 MT. Blick for many years was prominent mining operator in The Yukon and Alaska. About ten or twelve years ago he became interest ed in McDames creek properties into which he sank all of his money with very little return. He came to Wran- gell two months ago and planned to spend the winter here.
 He was a tragic figure in his mis- fortune, aged and moving with diff fculty but courageous at all times, though life must have seemed bleak to the man who had known years Of affluence, brought about solely through his own efforts. He had many friends here who regret that the going was so hard at the end of the trail.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26

The Chamber of Commerce met Friday evening at the city hall, in what President F. c. Hanford hopes will prove to be the resumption of . regular meetings.
 The secretary's minutes of the meeting read as follows:
 November l9, 1887
 A special meeting of the Wran- gell Chamber of Commerce held in the city hall at 7:30 D. m. this date Present. F. G. -Hanford. president R. Curtis. Neil Grant E. NJ Camp bell. Geo. Fabricius. [, Nj. Bradford. Brigadier Carruthers. F. s. Barnes, T. J. Mcbride. Troy Morrow. Leo Osterman. The minutes of the pre- Ivious meeting held on May 31 were read and approved.
 Meeting called to meet with Bob Barringer. representative of KlNI, radio station Of Juneau. regarding contract for three half hour weekly WTangell programs at a cost of $50 per month. Mir. Barringer stated de- tails in all respects and also that the station was expending approXi- mately S10.000 in new equipment to increase it's capacity.
 MT. Barnes suggested that a portion of this expense be solicited from the liquor stores and beer par Iors. to which Mir Barringer replied that such was against the policy of the company. Barnes further sugges- ted that any contract relations should be conducted through the. chamber. including supervision of news items It was suggested that R. J. Suratt would be the proper person to take charge of news items on behalf of Wrangell, if he would accept.
 MT. Campbell moved that a com mittee be appointed to solicit and make full arrangements for a one. half hour three times per week Wrangel program. Mir. Curtis sec onded the motion. The motion being placed upon vote, it was carried un- animously. The president appointed as such committee: F. S. Barnes. T.. J. Mcbride, Leo Osterman.
 Road Improvement
 Tt was mentioned that there was surplus fund available for public road improvements, whereupon Mir. Mcbride moved that the secretary be instructed to write to NJ. D. Will Hams. of the United States Bureau of Public Roads at Juneau, for ap- proyal of widening the road to the head of the bay Curtis seconded the motion. A vote being taken up on the motion as made, it was car, ried unanimously.
 Truck Complaint
 Barnes registered a complaint. and which was confirmed by other members present. as to the reckless manner in which the Wrangell In-l
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
LOCAL UNION
 APPEALS FOR
 INVESTIGATION
Wrangell. Alaska
 Nov. 25. l937

Nov. 25. I937 To The Public:-
 We. the Cannery Workers of Wran- gell, Independent of utilization with any organization, do hereby critisize the attitude taken by the Labor Del egates seated in the convention in Juneau by placing shipments of pro ducts in Wrangell on the unfair list
 Whereas, we the workers of Wran- gell, had been perfectly satisfied with the wage agreements drawn up between the Workers and Packers. At a mass meeting last night, In ion members of the Cannery Workers Union went on record loo percent 10 withdraw any utilization that we have had in the past with any or ganization. We have never paid one cent of the money taken as initiation fees to any outside organization or Local Organization. All moneys col lected are intact in safety deposit box in Bank. pending an Independent
  Delegates in Juneau has been re- pudiated by the Cannery Workers in Wrangeu. in regard to placing pro- ducts on the unfair list. as the Can nery Workers in Wrangell, have ney- CT called a strike
 And we appeal to the Maritime Federation and it's components to delay any action that they may take In regards to Wrangel in the Pe- tersburg controversy. until such time as the maritime Federation of. the Pacific be instructed to investigate the condition that really exists in WTangell.
 CHAS. SADLER
 Acting Business Agent
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
CANADA TO CUT DUTIES
 FOR AMERICAN FISH BOATS

The department of commerce at Washington. D. c. has announced the Canadian government will per init American halibut fishing yes- sells to enter British Columbia ports next year if they have obtained a S1 license.
 Holders of this license will be able to purchase provisions and supplies for their boats and land their catches duty free for trans-shipment tS AmeTieaH parts.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
APPROPRIATIONS ASKED
 ANCHORAGE MAIL ROUTE

WASHINGTON, D. c. - Officials of the post office department dis closed that they had requested the budget bureau to approve an ap- propriation for the establishment of air mail from Tanacross (Tanana Crossing) to Anchorage, Alaska. The route would connect with the regular air mail service between Ju- neau and Fairbanks, affording the people of Anchorage and vicinity speedier delivery service from the states.
 At the same time, the officials said they would open bids Decem- Der 15 for air mail contracts be- tween Juneau, Whitehorse an Fairbanks.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
CHACON DISABLED WHEN
 LOG CAUGHT IN PR0PELL0R

The west coast mail run of the Williams Transportation Company was filled this week by the SalvoT of the Alaska Pacific Salvage Com pany.
 The Chacon was disabled on the west coast on Thursday of last week when log was caught in its prop. ellor with resultant damage to the tail shaft, propeller and stern post.
 The boat was lowed by the Quill cene of the Juneau Logging Com pany to Craig and from there tc Ketchikan by the coast guard cut ter Cyane.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
OF COMMERCE SPONSORS
 PROGRAMS OVER JUNEAU STATION

stitute truck is being driven, and that he, on one occasion had been obliged to take to the ditch to avoid accident.
 This subject being proper sub ject for regulation by the city coun- eil, the secretary was instructed Co write the director of the Institute, as from the city council.
 Chamber Takes Adv. Unit
 Barnes moved that the chamber assume one unit of expense of con ducting a Wrangell program, sharing equally with as many other sub scribers as can be obtained. Me Bride seconded the motion. A vote being taken it was carried unani- mously.
 Bills Authorized
 The following bills were present. ed for payment: cash disbursements made by the secretary, $36.00: Mary. l. Grant for entertainment of Ex-| plorer officers, $141O; 1887 dues owing Territorial Chamber of Com merce. $10.0O Barnes moved the bills be paid Mcbride seconded the motion A vote being taken it was. carried unanimously.
 Luncheon Meeting
 "The suggestion was made that the chamber undertake to conduct in connection with the Women's Ci- vic Club a monthly luncheon meet ing in the Elks lodge rooms. pro- vided such arrangement can be made with the Civic Club and the Elks lodge committee The president ap- pointed on such committee of ar. rangementts Brigadier Carruthers, R. Curtis. Geo. Fabricius.
 Skating Pond
 Bradford suggested the pOssibil- ity of converting the lot adjoining the city hall into a skating pond which could be done at reasonably small expense. The presidents stated in this connection that the city. council had available for that pur-. pose the funds received from the sale of the playshed to E. C. An derson. and also that he had writ ten to determine if such a project. could not be considered under a CCCI program and that this subject had been referred to the Women's Civic Club for any suggestions it might have to advance.
 Mt. Dewey Trail
 Barnes suggested for cOnsidera- tion as a CCC project the building of permanent trail to Mt. Dewey; that from his observations a suffi- cient number of persons made trips to the mountain top to warrant con- sidering it a worthy project.
 There being no further business the meeting adjourned.
 "L. B. Chisholm, secretary. !"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
MARTIN . OLSON

Sidney Martin and Miss Ann Ol- son were married Wednesday night Ae ceremony being performed by r. s. Commissioner Suratt in his of fire. Witnesses were Mir. and Mrs Roy Frazer.
 An informal reception was held later in the evening at the home oi MT. and Mrs Charles Sadler.
 The bride is the daughter of Mrs Agg'e Dubke. The groom is employ - on Henry Ronning's boat Andrea now engaged in shrimp fishing.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26

The tender Marguerite, operated by the Ketchikan Sea Foods com pany, H. R. Coulter captain, brought in to Ketchikan last week what is beleived to be mackerel shark. Ii was seven feet long and weighed ap. proximately 300 pounds. It was har- pooned with a pike pole by John Talstead, engineer on the Marguer. ite. The shark was swimming off URl0R Bay.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
COLORED WOMAN DROPS
 DEAD FROM HEART DISEASE

Mrs. p. E. Graves, a colored wom- an, dropped dead from heart disease Friday night while hanging up clothes on the Lemieux dock where she had occupied a cabin since com- ing here from Hyder about two months ago
 Little is known of her past life. It is believed she was between 55 and 50 years of age and a native Of Texas. When local authorities failed to locate any relatives, burial at Wrangell was ordered "Wednesday afternoon.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26

The body of Edward J. Mcintyre, 92- formerly cook on the lighthouse tender Hemlock, was found in Pu- get Sound recently by a group of boys at Alki beach. He was last seen October 30 by his room mate and apparently fell off the fishing boat Gestina on which he was cook. He was a member of the Elks lodge and Eleventh Hour club at Ketehikan.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
WRANGELL ELKS SPONSOR
 TRIP TO PETERSBURG DEC. 1

Wrangell Elks, who are going to Petersburg on Saturday, December 1, to initiate a class are sponsoring 2 trip to include their friends.
 It is hoped that at least 75 will make the trip. Several larger boats will be available with a nominal cost of transportation. Those interested are asked to leave their names at Cunningham's Liquor Store.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26
". S. BINKLEY BUYS.
 HOME AT WRANGELI

". s Binkley this week bought the John Roach place on Wrangell highway near the old A. P. A. can- nery and one of Roach's gasboats.
 For the past sixteen years MT. Binkley has lived at Farm Island, where he bought the land home steaded by Loyal Binkley.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26

The Pioneers held their annual Thanksgiving dinner Monday night in Redmen's Hall. Ten oldtimers were present to enjoy the bounti- ful spread prepared by Charles Roos, who for several years past has acted as chef en ahGze OseasiGnE
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26

NJ E. Blanc, for many years rep resentative in Alaska for the New York Life Insurance Company, died recently in La Jolla, California, at the age of 80. MT. Le Blanc visited Wrangell frequently and his sales of insurance policies here amounted to many thousands of dollars.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1937-11-26

FOUND-New shotgun and rifle. Owner can recover by identifica- tion of property and payment of this advertisement at U. S. Mar shal's office.
Evening star., 1937-04-15
BRUTAL|TY0F WAR
HELD UNCHANGED
Confederate Veteran, So,
Describes Suffering He
Witnessed.
by the Assoclateo Press.

os hoooSldteO HISSS.
RALEIGH, N. C.-Silver-thatched
Samuel Acourt Ashe, who rs years
ago fought under the Stars and Bars
Of the Confederacy, isn't so sure that
modern warfare, as demonstrated by
the present civil strife in Spain, causes
more suffering than the type employed
In this country's Civil War.
death is quicker today" the &C.
year-old captain, who is clerk of the
Federal District Court here, said in
an interview. During our war l saw
mems legs amputated without anes-
thetic. l saw men die from sheer
pain in improvised hospitals. Pos
sibly the development of modern sur
gerry almost counteracts the new hor-
rors OF air raids and machine gun
IRE"
Capt. Ashe, North Carolina histo-
rian and former newspaper publisher
and lawyer, was sitting by an open
fireplace at his home here. Before
him was card table on which he
had been playing patience. Two black
cats curled asleep at his feet.
At times, as he talked about "the
war" his memory was alive, vivid.
Then the table became a battle-ground
or fort and the playing cards the
Northern and Southern forces.
Capt Ashe says he is mot as young
As was once" but the fine aquiline
Evening star., 1937-04-15

without shot being fred and sent
to Washington. where he was released
after being held prisoner a.month.
After the war, Capt. Ashe served
nearly a year on the Wilmington IL
Weldon Railroad and. a. conductor,
rode with the first sleeping cars from
Wilmington to West Point, Ga. It
took two days and a night to make
the trip, each way.
He obtained his license to practice
law in January. 1867, and was elected
to the State House of Representatives
In 1870. In 1879. he bought the
Raleigh Observer and two years later
consolidated 1t with Inc Daily News.
Subsequently, he merged the Chron-
icle with the News and Observer, but
later sold the newspapers.
He served for a time as postmaster
here and in 1909 was appointed an
expert for finance committee Of
Congress. He has written two histories
Of North Carolina and numerous his
torical sketches.
Evening star., 1937-04-15

profile is still there. Hts eyes are
sunken deep behind shaggy. expressive
eyebrows and his skin grows close TO
the pockets Of his skull.
Nevertheless, the veteran regularly
goes about his duties rs clerk, q posi-
ton he has held the last 20 years.
And although he fell and fractured
his hip last December, the member
mended perfectly and he says he Is
feeling hardy and fit again.
Capt. Ashe has no recipe for those
who would live century. Living got
to be habit with me-" he chuckled.
Always temperate, he stopped smoking
when he was a mere STRIPPING OF IS
and swore of chewing seven years ago.
Born at Wrightsville Sound, near
Wilmington, he entered the United
States Naval Academy in 1855 and
although he stood second in his class,
resigned three years later because
try what I might, every time I put
one foot on a boat became seasick."
Promoted to Captaincy.
Returning home, he studied law
two years and joined the North Caro-
lima forces after Fort Sumter, at
Charleston, S. c., was attacked. He
served at Fort Caswell and at Charles
ton. being appointed a lieutenant by
President Jefferson Davis and finally
being elevated TO the rank OF captain
and adjutant general on the stan of
Gen. Pender.
Even now, when Capt. Ashe says
Yankee" his brow contracts the
least bit into frown.
But I don't believe they ever
treated prisoner any better than
they treated me-" he said
The card table became battle
field again, as the veteran described
the fight at Cedar Run and told how
we whipped the Yankees for three
days, by hockus," at Second Manassas.
1t was Immediately following the
second affray that, while taking dis
patch to headquarters. he rode Into
a camp full Of Yankees" was captured
Evening star., 1937-04-15

1000 Natives Drowned.
Two thousand natives were drowned
in the recent Mozambique food in
South Africa.
Evening star., 1937-04-18
CHEVY CHASE GROUP
PLANS SCHOOL NIGHT
Entertainment by Students and
Tax Bill Consideration II
Set for Wednesday,

The next meeting of the Chevy
Chase Citizens Association, scheduled
for Wednesday at pm. in the E. v.
Brown School, will be Woodrow VIII
son night, Edwin S. Hege, president
of the association, announced yester-
day. He has invited every one In
terested in the Woodrow Wilson High
School or other schools in the neigh
borhood to attend the meeting,
whether members Of the association
or not.
The first half Of the program will
be conducted by pupils from the
school, he said. It Is planned TO have
music and dancing by several choruses
Of pupils. and a squad from the cadet
corps will run through . manual Of
arms competition.
During the business part Of the
meeting several tax bills, introduced
in Congress by Representative Collins,
chairman Of the Subcommittee on
District Appropriations, viii b con-
sidered Il am especially anxious to
have an expression of opinion on these
very important matters" Hege said
when announcing the meeting, "and
hope that there will be large turn
out"