The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-08-29
NEWS ITEMS
 FROM SITKA

SITKA, Alaska, Aug. 28-(Spec- ial CorreSpondence)-Mr and Mrs. Lawrence Freeburn returned Tues day by plane from two days visit in Juneau.
 Kenyon Mclean, representative of the Harri Machine Shop of Ju- neau, arrived Thursday to install a heating plant in the new residence
 being constructed for MT and Mrs. J. J. Conway.
 MT. and Mrs. Arthur Mantyla and three children arrived Friday aboard the M. s. Estebeth from Tenakee to make their future home. They have taken a suite at tie Tilson Apartments
 Miss Peggy Schrey was a pas senger aboard the North Sea for Seattle to visit before going to Pullman where she will enter Washington State College. Miss Schrey is a daughter of MT. and Mrs. Fred Schrey, of Sitka, and graduated in June from the Sitka Territorial School
 Miss Doris Stuart, daughter of MT. and Mrs. G. c. Stuart, faculty members of the Sheldon Jackson School, who is taking a five-year course in nursing at the Providence Hospital, Seattle, will arrive in Sitka August 30 for a visit with iher parents.
 Mrs. G. c. Jones, wife of It. Com. G. c. Jones, commanding of ficer of the U. s. Coast and Geo. detic Survey ship Explorer, and Mrs. J. s Waugh, whose husband also is an officer aboard the EX- plorer, left on the Yukon Tuesday | for Wrangell where the ship will be stationed for a short time Dr. J. H. Condit, former superin- tendent of the Sheldon Jackson School, who has been acting as curator at the Sheldon Jackcon museum during the summer, with Mrs. Condit will leave August 30 to spend the winter at their home in Pasadena, Cal
 Mrs. P. G. White and son Gar net, plan to leave next week for Seattle after spending the summer here with MT. White, who is at tached to Sqaudron VP-19 at the Naval Air Base, Japonski Island.
 Mrs. c. E. Brunton and Mrs. R. WigeliuS, wives of naval officers attached to Squadron VP-19 which has been stationed at Japonski Air Base since June l, left on the North Sea for Seattle where the sqaudron will proceed September l.
 Mrs. w. Leslie Yaw, accompanied by her parents, Dr. and Mrs. F. c. Witziman who have been visiting here for the past month, and who are enroute to their home in Olwein, Iowa, left Tuesday on the Yukon for Seattle. Mrs. Yaw will meet her husband, w Leslie Yaw, Super intendent of the Sheldon Jackson Presbyterian Mission School here, who has returned from the East where he attended summer school. They will return here next week.
 Mrs. William c. Chareris and Mrs David c. Gaede were hostesses at a one o'clock bridge luncheon Monday at the home of Mrs. Gaede at her residence in the Oja apart ment. The occasion was in honor of the wives of naval officers and officers of the U. s. Coast and Geodetic Survey ship explorer who have been spending the summer in Sitka, and who left last week for Wrangell and Seattle. Covers were laid for Mrs. D. c. Allen, Mrs. c. E. Brunton, Mrs. R. Wigelius, Mrs. c. c. Jones, Mrs. J. s. Waugh, Mrs. Joseph Cronin, Mrs. H. E. Ober- holtzer, Mrs. J. J. Conway, Mrs Jack Calvin, Mrs. P. s. Ganty, Mrs. Robert Gebhardt, Mrs. H. J. Hod gins, and the hostesses. Mrs. Con- way held high score at cards, and Mrs. Wigeliass, llow
 MT and Mrs. Clarence Bands and family, and Mrs. Bands mother, Mrs. Mary Whittemore, have chang ed their residence to the Russian church house formerly occupied by MT. and Mrs P s. Ganty.
 Elmer Sticht, of Missoula, Mon tana, is expected to arrive here next week to take up duties as instructor at the Sitka Territorial High School. MT. Sticilt will fill the position formerly held by Ralph Davis.