The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-06-06

VCWO IbEMO
 FROM SITKA
 SITKA, Alaska, June 2.-(Special Correspondence)-- Mrs. c. G. Jones, wife of Capt. c. G. Jones of the Coast and Geodetic Survey boat Explorer, arrived on the Denali to join her husband whose ship is sta- toned here for the summer.
 Walter Skaris, who has been spending the winter with his grandparents at Blaine, Wash, and attending school, has returned to Sitka to spend the summer with his parents, MT. and Mrs. Joe Skaris.
 Mrs. Clarence Bands of Juneau arrived on the plane Monday to join her husband who is manager of the retail department of the Sitka branch of the Columbia Lum- Der Company of Alaska.
 MT. and Mrs. R. c. Mellor have returned from Juneau where Mrs. Mellor received medical attention at St. Ann's Hospital. MT. Mellor 5 mother, Mrs. M Mellor, arrived on the North Sea from California to visit her son and daughter-in-laW
 Mrs. George Baggen and daugn- ter Betty left this week for Juneau where they will make their home, and join MT. Baggen who moved there recently from Sitka. Ihey were passengers aboard the North Sea and were accompanied by MISS Gertie Jackson.
 MT. and Mrs. Ron Elliott and son Billy changed their residence this week from the telephone apart ment to the apartment over the K. Raatakinen residence, formerly occupied by MT. and Mrs. A. E, Patterson and family.
 Mrs. John Hollywood and daugh- ter Miss Myrtle Hollywood, returned this week from Seattle where they spent the winter and where MISS Hollywood attended Wilson's Busi- ness College.
 The home of MT. and Mrs. w. Leslie Yaw at the Sheldon Jackson Presbyterian Mission school here, was the scene of a pretty wedding ceremony, Wednesday, June l, when Miss Genevieve Ross and MT. Wal ter Soboleff were united in mar riage. the Rev. Jackson L. Webster reading the service. The bride, who was given away by MT. Charles Stuart. was attended by Mrs. Har- old Donnelly, and Cecil Torgram- sen acted as best man. Betty Jo Yaw and Mary Ellen Webter were flower girls. A wedding breakfast was served following the ceremony. MT. Soboleff recently returned from Dubuque, Iowa, where he graduated last June from the Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Mrs. Sob- oleff has been acting as assistant nurse at the Sheldon-Jackson Hos pital. They will spend their honey moon on Alkire Island.
 The annual Young Peoples Con- ference of Southeast Alaska will begin Saturday, June 4, to last six days, at the Sh d on Jackson School, with Miss Ruth Bernice Meade, of the Sheldon Jackson fac ulty, acting as dean.
 Bishop P T. Rowe, of the diocese of Alaska of the Episcopal Church, arrived in Sitka Tuesday for a weeks stay. He will conduct serv- ices Sunday at St. Peters by the Sea.
 Mrs. 'S E. Wigaelius, wife of It. s. E. Wigaelius, attached to soaudron VP-19, arrived in Sitka this week aboard the North Sea to join her husband, to reside here during the summer.
 Commander Joseph Cronin, U. $. Navy, and Mrs. Cronin and two children have arrived here from San Diego, California, to reside for two years. Commander Cronin has been placed in command of the navy air base at Japonski Island.
 A prettily appointed one o'clock luncheon was given Tuesday in honor of Miss Ada Sears, at the home of Mrs. J. Barbeau. Miss Sears. who has been teaching the past year at the U. s. public school here, left on the North Sea for Seattle enroute to her home in