The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-30

about that Thursday was her birth day. Tea, cake and cookies were served by the hostess.
 Mrs Everett Snider and sister, Mrs. Marie Rogers, will return to Skagway next week to settle their fathers estate. All the property will be sold MT. Tropea owned the Broadway Theatre, the Golden North Hotel, Skagway Bakery and the Tropea home. He came to Alaska first in 1899.
 MT. and Mrs. A. c. Logan have purchased the Byrd residence on State and 9th streets.
 Ray G. Day and wife asked to be remembered to all their old friends in Skagway. The Days are now Wrangell residents. MT. Day was formerly with the Customs Service here.
 Complimenting Mrs. Noel Pen- nington and Mrs. William R. Sut- ton was the dessert bridge given by Mrs. Mavis Soldin and Mrs. Mark Lee at the Soldin home last We'd nesday evening. The party. one of the most attractive of the several social affairs this spring, was at tended by Mesdames Noel Penning- l ton, William R. Sutton, Mary Me- Cam. Arnold Gutfeld, Phillip Ol- sen, c. A. Carroll, Charles Rapuzzi, iP. l. Dahl, Kent Fuller, L. Mc- Guane, Charles Tunley, David J. Mulcare, L. H. Johnson, Harry Honius, and the Misses Lottie Gaf- fey and Mary Pullen. Prizes were won by Miss Gaffey, Mrs. Tunley, Mrs. Mulcare and Mrs. Gutfeld. Mrs. Pennington is leaving for her home at White Pass next week after spending the winter in Skagway, and Mrs. Sutton will be leaving when her husband, with the en- gineers, completes his assignment here.
 Flora Jean Wright, small daugh- ter of MT and Mrs. Ben Wright, was baptized in the Presbyterian Church on Sunday morning.
 It's. M Moscrop, c. DesBiens and J. M Chipman are registered at the Pullen House while enjoying a few days in Skagway. The young ladies are nurses.
 Among the guests at the Pullen House this week are c. D. Allen, San Francisco; Louis E. Vogelovich, Washington; R. B. Linbockerm, Santa Monica, Calf; Jack w. Smith, Oklahoma City; Okla; J. S. Fly, Seattle, and H. B. Thornquist, l Wrangell
 MT. and Mrs. J. B. Ward Of Haines spent several days in Skag- way.
 l A. c. Kirkman and c. M Jones, Juneau residents, were in Skagway this week
 i Skagway residents were invited to attend a public farewell reception for the Fredsell family on Mon day evening at the Recreation Center from 830 until 10:30. The affair was planned by the Church officials and the Ladies Auxiliary.
 The City Council met in regular session Monday evening. In addi- tion to the regular business trans acted, two applications for cocktail bars were disapproved. The second reading was made of the ordinance which provides that until the pop ulation of Skagway shall reach 1900 or more there will be no more liquor licenses or cocktail bar li- censes granted. Ttcre are now four liquor stores and three cock i tail bars Gilbert Koffel was ap- pointed town clerk and treasurer on a full time basis.
 H. B. Thornquist, manager of the Bank of Alaska at Wrangell, is combining business with pleasure while in Skagway MT. Thornquist was last here in 1943 and has a host of friends. He has also been helping out in the Skagway bank. MT. Thornquist was guest of the Chamber of Commerce and com- mented approvingly upon it's pro- gram.
 Eighteen schoolmates were invit- ed to partake of a picnic supper and wiener roast on Monday eve- ming at the home of Phyllis Olsen, the occasion being her eleventh birthday. Supper was served in the yard and the youngsters had a wonderful evening.
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