The Daily Alaska empire., 1944-12-12

were Annie Melby, Vonnie Melby, Maureen Bradshaw, Pat McGraw, Diane Nygaard, Kay Fletcher, Alice Gillis, Natasha Calvin, Loisann Calvin, and Wake Andersen. It being stormy evening, the guests were delighted to be sent home {, in cab after the party.
 Miss Dolores Hunter celebrated her twelfth birthday December 2 by inviting eight of her school friends to the show, then to the home of her parents. MT. and Mrs. Howard Hunter, for ice cream and cake, followed by games.
 The Beta Sigma Phi held their regular meeting at the home of Miss Dorothy Vanzante and Miss Adelaide Lomen on November 30. ! To represent the sorority in the Bond Sale Drive, the club named NIS. Mdi Ilii lCii6St AAos Beauchamp, Mrs. Frank Hennessy and Mrs. Robert Gaylord.
 Mrs. LaMoine Peterson resigned as corresponding secretary with the appointment of a successor being postponed until a later date. The sorority voted to give their backing ! to the Teachers Pension Plan, which will be presented at the next meeting of the Alaska Legislature. For the cultural program, which followed the business meeting, each member gave three-minute talk on an assigned subject.
 The Sitka Women's Club has scheduled a special Christmas Pro- gram for their monthly meeting on Friday, December 8. A Christmas story related by Miss Genevieve Mayberry; a description of her travels through Palestine by Miss Gladys Whittemore, and special musical program under the direc- ton of Miss LaVerne Seagram, were on the program.
 Hostesses for the evening were Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff, Mrs. Vincent Beachamp, Mrs. w. R. Carter, Mrs. Harold Veatch, Mrs. Katherine Banvard and Mrs. [ Claude Rhodes.
 The Economies Class of the Sitka High School, under the direction lcf Miss Barbara Rudnick, gave a dinner for the members of the School Board and their wives re- gently, in their class room in the High School building.
 Born, to MT. and Mrs. James i O'Brien, on November 29 second son, Joseph Kiven. The new conner weighed pounds, ounces.
 Sitka meat markets closed Sat urday, December g, following an announcement that they would be unable to operate under present OPA ceiling prices. Those sospend- ing operations included: Sanitary Market, Sitka Cold Storage Com pany and Sitka Mercantile Con- pang.
 1 It is hoped that one of them will take this opportunity to open a first-class fish market. Sitka, being basically a fishing town, the impossibility of purchasing fresh fish is an incongruity. With meat unavailable, those who think they don't like fish may acquire a taste for it, as many have for olives oysters and avacados.
 ] Robert N. DeArmond left on the Tongass for Ketchikan on a busi- ness trip, hoping to return for the Christmas holidays.
 ] The Women of the Moose met Wednesday evening and heard re- ports from the following commit tees: Library, Moosehaven, Moose heart, Membership, Publicity and Social Service. They voted the sum of $25 to both Mooseheart and Moosehaven for Christmas. Mrs Don McGraw, chairman of the Mocsehaven committee, was put in charge of the next meeting, which is planned as a Christmas party with members to bring box lunches and gifts not costing more than $1 each.
 MT. and Mrs. E. M Goddard were dinner hosts Wednesday evening to MT. and Mrs. Jack Littlepage, MT and Mrs. Frank Hennessy, Miss Thelma Makeig, It. V. s. Carrier and It. Comdr. L. L. Willard.
 Mrs. Louis G. Scharpenberg had as guests at an informal bridge luncheon w d n e day afternoon Mrs. Frank Calvin, Mrs. Elliott Fletcher, Mrs Stockton Webb and Miss Pat O'Brien. Mrs. Calvin won