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The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24
EVERY MONDAY NIGHT

Every Monday night between 8
and l0:45 o'clock the USO Forum
meets. And each week it seems to
continue to merit the place of top
affection it has been holding in
the hearts of the men and girls
who have belonged to it the longest.
AS has been conceded since its
start, the Forum Club is concerned
only incidentally with discussions.
II Is designed mainly to afford its
servieemen members the chance to
be the guests of local family with
whom they may enjoy home-cooked
food and the companionship Of
girls. In fact it has been suggested
by one member that it might better
be designated The At Club" with
the motto Food, Femininity and
Family Hospitality We're For
'Em!"
On the past three Monday nights
OF February it surely was a fact
that the Club was extended the
most cordial of hospitality by the
Rev. and Mrs. Willis Booth, Mr..
and Mrs. r. E. Robertson, and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Harmon. And we
ere confident that the food and
the feminine comradeship will be
remembered long after the sub
jects of the discussion will have
been forgotten. I'm the past at For
UNI Club meetings there have been
fellows In attendance who had not
been inside any private home, and
who had not had any food but Gil
meals for as long as 10 months.
Nevertheless, the discussions also
have proven highly enjoyable. Last
week the group talked of Friend
ships, How to Make Them and to
Hold Them" while on Monday the
scheduled topic was THE Mechanics
Of Politics; or How to Become
Successful Politician and to Remain
One" No matter what subject may
be selected for discussion, it is the
invariable practice of the Club to
digress sharply from it within a
short while, and almost Immediate
~ thereafter to debate third sub
ject having no relation whatever to
either Of the others. This tradition
al and popular practice. with var
iation. may well be illustrated by
what happened at the Harmons
home on Monday of this week The
first half of the meeting was de-
voted to special and unexpected
treat IN the form of some of Hanks
fine movies of animals;
the next twenty minutes were given
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24
PROGRAM

THURSDAY. February "a, 900 p.
irregular Thursday night dance
in USO &.
FRIDAY, February 25. TOO p. m.
Meeting of Servicemen's Council
in USO; 7:30 p. m.--Movies in USO
lobby; $3.50 p. m.--Game party, with
candy making and popcorn.
SATURDAY, February &c. $3.50 p.
m.-Movies in USO lobby; 1000 p.
m.-Informal party and dancing in
USO lobby.
SUNDAY, February 81, 1880 p.
m. COR later at convenience of SER
vicemen) Trip to Mendenhall Gla-
cier: 500 p. m.-Coffee and cook
les, with music; $50 p. m.-Vesper
Service in USO: 1000 p. m.-Sing-
ing around piano.
MONDAY, February %, 800 p.
m.-Forum Club meeting at private
home; $3.50 p. m.--Movies in USO
lobby.
TUESDAY, February 30, $3.50 p.
m. = Quiz contest, broadcast over
KINY; $50 p. m.--Customary Tues
day night games in USO.
WEDNESDAY, March /, tbs p.
m.-Movies in USO lobby; $3.50 p.
m.-Card party on second floor Of
Club; 900 p m. Old fashioned
dances in USO lobby.
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USO SERVICE BARS

A famous writer. long an invalid
wished desperately to express hei
appreciation to one whose devotion
had meant much to her. But the
scope and the depth of that devo-
ton were such as to make it SEEM
ingly impossible to put that apprec-
iation into words. She exclaimed
in her letter to him. How does
one go about thanking another fol
the gift of a part of his very life!'
The USO wishes to express in an
appropriate manner its gratitude
for the services of its Girl Service
Organization members who have
been SO faithful to its interests for
many months. 1t, too, finds it an
impossible task to put its thanks
into fitting terms. However, the
Club can at least periodically place
itself on record by acknowledging
its Indebtedness for their contribu-
ton of a generous portion of their
very. hives in its service. On these
occasions it proposes to present
them with USO Service Bars and to
place on an honor roll the names
of the girls who have contributed
totals of $50 hours of service, $50
hours of service, or 500 hours, re-
spectively. Each such bar is slight
ly over an inch in length and bears
the letters ESQ in gold, the ribbon
on the bar being red for $50 hours,
red and white for $50 hours, and
red, white, and blue for 500 hours.
tSince last April the Club has kept
a record of the time investment by
all the ESQ girls)
Last Friday night the presenta-
ton of the first Service Bar was
made by the Director of the Club.
1t went to Luise Nielsen-and it
was a red-white and blue ribbon
that she rated! Both the presenta-
ton and the fact that her total had
amounted to any such figure as 500
came as complete surprise to the
modest LuiSe. In his remarks at
the. presentation the Director en-
phasized the significance of her en-
thusiasm and her loyalty as con-
slant inspiration to the Staff, to the
ESQ, and to all the servicemen,
and he stated that the value of
her contribution to the Club was
quite beyond measure.
Among the other ESQ members
several have totals exceeding $50
hours; and at least ten have put
in more than $50 hours. Their
names will be announced in this
column next week. The award of
their pins will take place at spec
ial ceremony to be held during the
first week of March.
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lessly jaded. the young man accept
ed the soffer of a newly-found pal
the latter would compose
the letter to the girl-accepted the
offer despite the fact that he well
knew said so-called pal was possess
ed of broad sense of humor, con-
siderable ingenuity in the use oil
language, and an excess of time on
his hands. And so, when the young
man agreed that he would sign and
post the letter without reading it,
there certainly was in legal parlance
"a voluntary assumption of risk. ;"
For over an hour he sat by the
typewriter, answering questions put
by his friend who meanwhile kept
on composing page after page of
manuscript The letter was then
duly signed by the young man with
out reading it; and off it went via
air mail. Almost by return post he
received reply in tone surpris-
ing cordial for a young lady who
heretofore had been bit reticent;
and she's been writing him regular
~ and frequently ever since. Just
suppose we decide to buy that book
Tor the Club: Our friend still
won't know whether to turn to
How to Discourage the Too Ro-
mantle Friend" or whether he will
need the assistance of nothing less
than How to Help Keep His (Owm
Chin Up OF course he may even
yet discover that he will need the
assistance Of first-rate attorney
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24
Sons Of Norway
Hold Final Card
Party Saturday


The fourth and last in series of
public card parties was held Sat
urday night in the Odd Fellows
Hall, sponsored by the Sons of Nor
way. All awards were donated by
Mrs. Signe Karki, and were given as
follows:
High for pinochle, Mrs. Heydek
and Ed Peyton; low for pinochle
Marie Oswald and Wallace Ras-
musson; grand prize. Mrs. F. Fol-
lette. For bridge, high, Mrs. L. p
Dawes and John Oberg; low for
bridge, Mr.. and Mrs. George Jor-
censor. The door prize was awarded
to John WHITTIER.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24
ANOTHER BOW TO TED
CHRESAND

Last weeks column carried a
notice that Friday night would be
featured by an exhibition of weight
lifting and feats of strength by
Ted Chresand, Soldier from Min
neapolis, MINI. Contemplated for
some weeks, the show was arranged
lust in time, for within two days
our popular friend had left for a
furlough in the States and pre-
sumably) re-assignment.
The exhibition was intensely in
teresting and seemed to surpass by
far the expectations of the large
crowd of fellows and girls who at
tended il. Ted's strength is phen-
omenal! He will long be remember
ed by all of us at the USO for that
exhibition and equally long for his
genial personality and his many
sided good companionship.
One amusing angle to our story
in last weeks column: Many are
the journalistic typographical errors
that have become famous because
they weren't discovered until a
paper had reached the streets. In
reading our proof we discovered
one in time that would have been
funny We were referring to the
muscular development of Ted and
other powerfully built weight-lifters.
We said it was truly AWE-inspiring
to us ordinary people. On the
proof, however, we found it was
Z. which, If
read aloud, would have sounded all
right, for those muscles surely do
thrill everyone of us: they are both
YOU-inspiring and ME-inspiring
But EVE is baby lamb. So it
seemed to us that it might well
have become a classic example Of
understatement if we'd just left
that copy as it was!
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24
LOVE-LETTER WRITING
SIMPLIFIED 1--WE HOPE

The amount of stationery used by
the servicemen during a month is
one of the statistical items upon
which each USO must make a
monthly report to National Head
quarters. During January and the
first two weeks of February there
has been quite q falling off to be
noted in the number of letters and
postcards written from our Club.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24
LOST AND FOUND

FOUND-Wedding ring, owner may
have same by identifying and
paying for this ad at Empire
LOST = "Longines" wrist watch.
j. Finder please call Douglas Is. Re-
ward. Alex Stepetin.
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24

WANTED-Office girl with some
knowledge of bookkeeping and
tipping. Call at office of Alaska
Laundry from 7:3o am. to 1915
pm.
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BEST WISHES TODAY from the
USO for two of it's ESQ members:
All happiness to Dorothy Fors and
her husband, Lenord Cziok, married
on Monday, and to Helen Ander-
son and to Jim Robinson. who are
to marry tomorrow night!
The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1944-02-24

q ROOM furnished apt. oil stove
and bath. Inquire 513A Will
loughby.
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FOR RENT-F'ur. Apis. Easily kept
warm. Winter rates SIS a month.
Lights, water, Dishes Also bath
and use of Electric Washer and
Wringer in Laundry room. Sea-
view Apis.
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FOR RENT

4 ROOM furnished house, oil heat,
newly renovated. Phone Blue 275
after pm.
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WANTED-Typing employment, to
be done at my home. Phone 452.
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FOR RENT-FOur room BaroumeS
Apt Steam heat, completely fur
nished with electric range, hot
water day and night, laundry
conveniences and garage-$30 per
month. Phone Douglas 1872 after
o'clock pm.
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WANTED

Portable typewriter cleo
trio iron. Phone Red 245.
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WANTED = 2 bedroom furnished
apt. Phone Red 20 Room 214.
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to the announced topic, and as soon
as the refreshments We're served we
abandoned that political subject en-
tjrely and entered with no pre-ar-
rangement into one Of the best de-
bated and most keenly-enjoyed per-
iods in all Forum Club history on
the topic of THE Comparative
Chances of Long-Range Happiness
in Marriages Entered INTO During
War Time and Marriages Postpon-
ed for the Duration"
You who are reading this item
If you are a serviceman or a ESQ
girl, you are invited to join the
Forum Club any Monday night
(leaving the USO at 5000. How
about accepting for next Monday?
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WANTED TO BUY-Baby crib, s
yr. size, solid ends preferred.
Mrs. j. T. Mclaughlin, Green 10
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WANTED Used tricycle.. Phone SIT.
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4 ROOM furnished apt. Steamboat
ed, hot and cold water at all
times. Phone $50.
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FOR RENT or lease for l year.
Three-room apt with extra
rooms and bath, partly furnished.
Upstairs, separate entrance. Close
to business district. Only reliable
persons need apply. Write Box
1922 Empire.
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WANTED--to rent-by adults, fur
nished house or apartment with
2 bedrooms. Phone Blue 213.
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FOR RENT
FOR SALE
LOST-FOUND
MISCELLANEOUS
WANTED
DEADLINE FOR DISPLAY ADS
is IL A. nj. ON DATE
OF INSERTION
FOR SALE
1910 DODGE y ton Pickup, good
condition. Phone Douglas 1865.
1888 CHRYSLER, good tires
Phone Blue 657.
FOR SALE Blue Fox scarf, like
new Phone Black 1879.
CEDAR CHEST, china cabinet,
mirrors, end table, pictures, pyrax,
"a volumes of Mark Twain and
numerous items. Phone 773.
FOR SALE-Piano. Phone Blue 795
between 6 and pm.
2l8-B LIGHT weight deer gun, will
make excellent gun for the brush,
new, with plenty ammunition.
Priced to SELL Call Green 1876
after pm.
BARGAIN for quick sale. 1887
Pontiac, good condition $3.50 242
7th st.
FOR SALE-Large trolling boat,
fully equipped, inquire Harbor
Master
FOR SALE - Because of illness,
Bonnie Jean Beauty Shop, Cor
dova, Alaska Box 1853.
ONE 9 #. SKIFF;; one 8ft. flat
bottom duck boat Will sell or
swap for one #. shore boat
Red 483.
1887 CHEVROLET, heater, radio,
two new tires, reasonably priced
for quick sale. Inquire Cowling-
Davlin Motor Office.
LATE 1910 Packard Sedan, driven
$4,000 miles, 5 good tires, uphol- /
stery like new Call 523 or write
Box A, Empire.
SPICKETT APIS. Terms, Inquire
Apt. 10 or Phone Green SIS.
80 and SO GALLON barrels. Phone
638.
MODERN four room house, two
bedrooms, furnished, one year
old Il mile from bridge on Doug
las Highway. $500 down, balance
easy payments. Phone Juneau 458.
WANTED |
Portable typewriter cleo
trio iron. Phone Red 245.
WANTED-Typing employment, to
be done at my home Phone 49, +
| WANTED-Office girl with some /
knowledge of bookkeeping and
tipping. Call at office of Alaska
Laundry from 7:3o am. to 1915 |
pm.
WANTED = 2 bedroom furnished
apt. Phone Red 20 Room 214.
WANTED-Use tricycle.. Phone SIT.
WANTED TO BUY-Baby crib, s |
yr. size, solid ends preferred.
Mrs. j. T. Mclaughlin, Green 10
WANTED-to rent-by adults, fur
nished house or apartment with I
2 bedrooms Phone Blue 213
WANTED - Electrical equipment,
sewing machine, ETC., that need
repairing. Hollywood Shoe Parlor
VANTED-Used furnirur, 306 VII
loughby Phone 788.
WANTED = 1000 Hair seal hides.
Write Emil Knudsen, Kodiak,
Alaska.
NANTED-Washer; also dry clean
erman at Snow White Laundry
Good pay. Phone 299.
MISCELLANEOUS
ROBERT LIGHTS Barber Shop IS
open again. Old Prices, Hair cut
65 cents. shave IS cents. Drop in.
PIANO SERVICE, Anderson Music
Shop.
r.TJhr, NT,EEn paolt.k,~ ns |
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WANTED - Electrical equipment,
sewing machine, ETC., that need
repairing. Hollywood Shoe Parlor.
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
WEDDINGS
CAMPER vINYARD

CAMPER VINYARD
In historical Barratt's Chapel,
near Frederica. on Friday after
noon. February II. at two O'Clock,
Miss Mary Camper. daughter OF
Mrs. Bertha B. Camper, of HOus-
ton. became the bride of David y.
Vinyard. son of Mrs. Edgar VI. Vim
yard. also of Houston. Rev Nicklas.
pastor of the church. ofiiciated The
bride chose a afternoon dress of ice
blue crepe with navy accessories,
with cOrsage of pink rose buds.
Mrs. Charles Dutton acted as ma
tron of honor. wearing an after
noon dress of olive green crepe
with brown accessories. Mr. Dutton
acted as best man for Mr.. Vinyard.
The bride is a graduate of Milford
High School. class Of 1871. and is
associated with the Masten Truck
ing Company of Milford. Mr. Vim
yard is associated with the Ninyard
Shipbuilding Company OF Milford
After a reception at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. Charles Dutton. near
Houston. Mr.. and Mrs. Vinyard left
for a wedding trip South. They will
be at home in Houston after March
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
MILLSBORO 4-H GLIB NOTES

The Millsboro Boys ,4-H Club
held it's regular monthly meeting
at BIS D. m. in the school build
ing on February s. The subject for
this meeting was National Live
Stock Conservation" Points con-
sidered were: % Care of the ami
mails. (2) Their proper feeding, 81
Prevention of diseases as far as
possible: such as cholera, masti-
tis. scrubs. etc Under chickens
"pullorum clean" was discussed.
Two of the members. Donald Col
bourne and George Rogers. are en-
tering the Poultry Contest At
the close of the meeting each boy
was given a All Club window
sticker. The joint food sale held
Saturday. February IL. was sue
cess. The proceeds amounted to
S37 90 which will purchase a bond
for each of the two clubs: Boys
and Girls.
We wish to thank the parents and
friends who so generously donated
the good foods.
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
MOTHER-DAUGHTER BANQUET

The Odd Fellows auditorium was
beautifully decorated last Friday
evening. the occasion being the
Mother Daughter Banquet given by
the Milford Business and Profess
sional Girls Club with &C in at
tendance.
The color scheme carried out the
traditional red and white of St.
Valentine Day. Upon arrival each
mother and guest was given a cor
sage. The invocation was given by
Isabelle Kinks. Following this. the
president. Grace Sharp. welcomed
the girls. mothers. guests. and. two
WAC recruiting officers. Mrs. Clyde
Nelson led the group singing ac-
companied by Mrs. John Tease. Mrs.
Nelson also sang two selections in
her charming manner, accompanied
by Mrs. Franklin NAPLES.
Mrs. Charles Heisler was the
guest speaker of the evening and
gave a very interesting account of
her return trip to the United States
from Tunis
Mrs. Marshall Townsend intro
duced the two WACS who each gave
a short talk on the need of re-
cruits in the Woman's Army Corps
The Rebekahs served the ban
quet which was enjoyed by all.
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
CHURCH SCHOOL TO
CELEBRATE 9th BIRTHDAY
CONTINUED from First PaseJ

Continued from First Page
The Sunday school anniversary
this year will be observed in the
traditional manner with represen-
tatives from each class participat-
ing.
The outline of the program fol-
lows:
Welcome by the superintendent.
Hymn, congregation.
Flag salute. intermediate boys.
Prayer, Rev. DeChant.
Selections, beginners.
Piano solo. Marlyn Jamison.
Selections. primary group.
Bible quiz, juniors.
Accordion solos, Clydia McGin-
mes.
Historical skit. intermediate girls.
Reading, George Marshall.
Vocal duet, Mrs. Wright and Mrs.
Gordon.
Our circulating library, Miss Ed
ma Barker.
Award of attendance pins and
bars, Mrs. FoOks.
Address, Rev. DeChant.
Offering.
Mizpah benediction.
A social hour will follow the pro-
gram during which refreshments
will be served by the adult classes
Members and friends of the
church and Sunday school are cor
daily invited to the celebration.
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
New Century Club Notes

The Milford New Century Club
celebrated its fOrty-sixth anniver-
sary of the founding of the club on
Monday. February II, by having
the members enjoy luncheon to-
gether. Out-Of-town guests were
also present. The affair was held
in Odd Fellows Hall and the lun-
cheon was served by the Order of
Rebekahs. Mrs. Thomas d. Mylrea
of Newark. the state president; Mrs.
Arthur Wilkins of Wilmington. vice
president of New Castle county. and
Mrs. Charles Lee Sipple. of FELTON,,
vice president of Kent county. were
the honOred guests present. At
1890 p. m. Mrs. Herman Phillips.
the club hostess, asked the bless
ing, which followed the pledge to
the flag and the singing of Amer
lea Mrs. NJ. Haswell Pierce. the
president. welcomed the guests and
told of the beginning of the club
under the leadership of Mrs. J. s.
Willis forty-six years ago. Charter
members of the club. seated at the
speakers table, were Mrs. Mary
Titus. Miss Ida Draper. Miss Ida
ROOsa. Miss Anna Ratcliff and Mrs.
George H. Hall. Unable to be pres
ent were Mrs. Clara Deputy. Mrs.
Charles d. Abbott and Mrs. J. Lynn
Pratt. also charter members. Mrs.
Pierce after her welcome, presented
Mrs. John Fry as tOastmistress for
the occasion. who had chosen
Courage" for the theme of the
talks that followed. Beside the Wis
iting officers. Mrs. Walter X Bar
rett. chairman of program, Mrs
Clement Nutter. state chairman of
legislation. and Mrs G. Marshall
club director. responded
A silent tribute was paid 10 Mrs.
Davis Watson and Mrs. Harry
Southard. members who had passed
away since the last anniversary.
Mr.. Robert Rudolph was soloist for
the afternoon, singing a group OF
songs which included "Smilin'
AT Dawning" and Lit
tie Gray Home in the West Mrs.
accompanied him. Mrs.
August F. FaiX. club chairman of
music, then read two selections
which concluded the program and
the luncheon. Assisting the hostess
with the arrangements were Mrs.
Thomas Davis and Mrs. David Sills.
Next week will be Art Day. Mrs.
Leslie March will have some inter
esting things on display and Mrs.
Herman Phillips. Mrs. Charles
Heisler and Mrs. Frank Conlin will
contribute to the program with
talks and displays
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
MILFORD SCHOOL NO. 3

The Senior Parent Teacher Asso-
citation gave an interesting program
on its third topic, Juvenile De-
linquency Through Health" at its
meeting on Wednesday, February
3. At the opening of the program
three numbers were given, based
on negro history A general dis
cussion was carried out through
the question method in which we
found various health reasons for
Juvenile delinquency. The Parent
Teacher Association adopted plan
to have a Clean Block Campaign.
The manner of conducting the cam
paign is as follows: First divide the
city into blocks, let each block
have a chairman and co-chairman
The chairman will select his COM
mittee. A call meeting was held
on Wednesday, February 16, to fur
ther plan this project. Four junior
Parent Teacher Association MEM
bers visited our meeting and
brought to us their needs to aid
them in health, recreation. etc
They expressed their willingness
to aid us when needed. Along with
a well planned program there was
a large attendance in which this
project was started.
Milford chronicle., 1944-02-18
LOCAL AND STATE NEWS

Don't forget the turkey supper at
Calvary Methodist Church on Fri
day, February rs.
"a
The Junior class of the Milford
High School is holding a bake on
February 10, in Thad's Taxi Service
Store.
Circle No. 2 of w. S. C. S. will
meet in the Social Hall of the
Church this Friday night at s
O'Clock. The committee has ar
ranged a short program with re-
freshments in keeping with Wash
ington's Birthday. Those in charge
are Sarah Walls, Alice Webb, Emma
Bennett. The leader will be looking
for you.
Circle No. 4 of the w. S. c. S.
will meet in the Social Hall of Cal
vary Methodist Church on Tuesday
evening. February %, Washing
toms Birthday. Please remember
the change of date. reserve the
night and come. Committee as fol-
lows: Mrs. George Cohee. Mrs.
Roma Mariner, Mrs Earle Worth
ington and Mrs. Joseph Webb.
Leader of circle. Mrs. NJ. E. Hung
erfOrd.