The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-10-24
TENTATIVE PLANS
 ON ENTERTAINING
 NAVY MAPPED OUT
Dances, Sightseeing Trips, Dinners Being Arrdng-
 ed for Visitors

ed tor Visitors
 With the U. s. s. Panamint, the Gunboat Charleston and the De- stroyer Halford in port with more than l,200 Navy men aboard, last minute plans for Gastineau Chan nel's all-out celebration of Fleet Week took concrete shape last night when II members of the Mayors special committee for the event met with him in the Juneau USO.
 Although City Fathers have had only a few days in which to pre- pare for the Navy's visit, discus sions and decisions reached last night showed that officers and blue jackets aboard the Navy ves- sels will not lack for Alaskan hos pitality and entertainment during the week of Navy Day commemora- tion Oct 27) here.
 Main Events
 There will be series of dances to be held at the Elks Ballroom at 9 D. m, Thursday, under auspices of the AWVS; at D. m. Friday, auspices of Sons and Daughters of in A. B. Hall, auspices Sons and Daughters of Norway; 9 D. m. Sat urday, Elks Ballroom; an officers dance at D. m, Saturday, in the Scottish Rite Temple, under the auspices of the Shrine Club, and a tea dance Sunday at D. m, with waffles and coffee, at the USO The American Legion Dugout will be open daily from 3:30 D. m. onward. and a special square dance will be given Friday night in Union Hall.
 flames And Movies
 Movies of Alaska's game and fishing sports will be shown by the Fish and Wildlife Service in the Juneau Grade School auditorium, and in at least two additional places during the Navy mems stay here.
 Henry Harmon. High School Principal, is in charge of special rifle range on which Navy teams may compete against local talent for craftsmanship prizes. Ammuni- tion and rifles will be supplied by the Juneau rifle range. The High School gymnasium will be open for basketball from 7.30 o'clock tonight, Thursday and Friday of this week, and Monday and Tues day nights of next week, and local bowling alleys will be cleared for Navy personnel. Private cars are to be stationed at the Baranof Hotel to carry servicemen on sightseeing trips to the Glacier Gray Line busses, charging $50 for each serviceman instead of the usual s4, and Army trucks, carrying ser vicemen free of charge, will make approximately three trips each day to the Glacier. AWVS hostesses will be in the Baranof lobby to ar range for Glacier trips and to dis pense information to the visitors.
 Museum Open
 The Territorial Museum will be open every day, including Sunday, and from T to 10 o'clock each night The Juneau Library will also re- main open extra hours including evenings and Sunday.
 A blanket invitation to attend Sunday services has been extended to the fleet personnel by all local churches. Invitations to join local families at Sunday dinner i'll their homes will be extended after church services by women of the congregation Celebration Commit tee Chairmen and Juneau pastors have requested that as many per sons as possible extend this home cooked Sunday dinner hospitality to the visitors.
 Navy Talent Show
 Monday night, the men of the fleet will be given an opportunity to present a Navy Talent Show" at 8 o'clock in local movie house yet to be designated. After the show, open house will be held at the Governors House and in vari- ous homes throughout Gastineau Channel.
 During all liberty hours for the Navy, the USO will remain open and active, with various types of and snacks for the visiting Navy men.
 Mayor Ernest Parsons yesterday afternoon supervised the raising of American flags throughout the downtown section of Juneau as the first act of official decoration of the town Last night the mayor an- nomced plans for Fleet Week are now well under control with only