The Daily Alaska empire., 1945-03-13
k SITKA NEWS k

On Friday evening, March 2, the town caucus was held atthe Fire Hall. Nominated for mayor were Clarence Bands by the Rev w. A Thomas; Jess McGraw by Orville Paxton; E. M. Goddard by Leslie Yaw; D. R. McGraw by George Pet 1 erson. Goddard and McGraw de- clined nomination, Jess McGraw withdrew, leaving Bands alone on the ticket.
 Nominated for the three vacancies on the Council were: Lawrence Wid mark, John Hollywood, Howard Bradshaw, Frank Price, Mrs. c. G. Stuart, Mrs Glenn Morgan, and Art Franklin. Franklin declined and Hollywood withdrew
 For the single vacancy on the School Board the following were nominated. Bob Gaylord, Mrs. Elizabeth DeArmond and the Rev. Arthur N Billy. Billy declined and Mrs. DeArmond withdrew.
 For the vacancy on the Utilities Board, those nominated were: Har- old Schaefer c. E. Pearl and Oscar Tilson. Tilson declined
 Mayor E. M. Goddard and City Clerk Tal Guppy presided at the caucus and were thanked by unani- rmous vote of those present at the end of the meeting.
 The Sitka High basket ball team returned from Ketchikan after an absence of two weeks. In the Flames with Ketchikan High our boys lost all three times With Harold Hodgins cut of the game with an injured knee and Lee Rhoades out with the flu, the going was tough. The scores were 46-l6, 49-21, 41-12.
 The boys report having a wonder full time because of the hospitality received in both Petersburg and Ketchikan.
 Mrs. c. B. Hodgins gave surprise dinner party for her husband on Thursday night of last week. The guests included MT and Mrs. Joe Skaris, MT and Mrs Barney Haw- kins and MT. and Mrs Harold MeI- by.
 MT. and Mrs Sam Troutman and MT. and Mrs. Harold Donnelly en- tertained on Friday evening of last week at the Donnelly home, with a showing of home movies and koda- chrome slides. Their guests were MT. and Mrs. Jess McGraw, MT. and Mrs. Reuben F'raki, MT and Mrs. Trig Strom, Donna Gale McGraw, MT. and Mrs. John Holic, Miss La- Verne Seagren and Charles Post.
 Mrs. L. E. Thielke gave birth to daughter, Eleanor, weighing seven pounds, eleven ounces, on February g. MT. Thielke Is manager of the Ska Public Utilities.
 Born to Mrs. Ivan Rezek, March 1, was a daughter, Ruth Ingrid, weighing seven pounds, twelve ounces. MT. Rezek is local me- chanic
 MT. and Mrs R. H. Dawson have their entire family home for the first time in eight years. David Dawson arrived from Hollywood some months ago; Mrs. John Das- SOW, assistant editor of the Alaska sportman in Ketchikan, arrived with her son Dickie on the North Sea; and Corporal Harold Dawson, former City Supervisor, and now at tached to a medical corps in the Aleutians, arrived home on fur tough. With him was his wife, who lives in Anchorage Mrs DaSsow plans to return to her home in Ket- chikan on the Northland.
 Sgt. w. Lee Burkhart, son of Mrs. Lillian Burkhart, left last week af- ter spending ten. day furlough with his mother and his sister, Mrs. James O'Brien. Sgt Burkhart is with the Pontoon Engineers at Camp Swift, Texas.
 MT. and Mrs Wm. A. Boyd were hosts at cocktail party on the af- ternoon of March 4. Their guests were Chief and Mrs. Wm. Sarvella, MT. and Mrs. George Sarvella, MT. and Mrs. Charles Wortman, Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff. Mrs. La Moine Peterson, MT. and Mrs. James