The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-10-03

Sullivan, Les Powell, Louise Livesly Royce Crial, Mrs. Lyman Reynold son. ST, Mrs. Gardiner, Vera Kirk ham and Lulu Fairbanks.
 Ticken Olsen and mother have purchased a home on Magnolia Bluff in Seattle The Olsens arc former Skagway residents.
 Patrick Henry Kalenkowsky ar rived at the White Pass Hcspita Tuesday morning about 330 o'clock He weighed nine and one-hal1 pounds and father. Edward J. Kal- enkowsky was passing out cigar; during the day. A sister, Betsy, is the only other child
 MT. and Mrs. L. E. Bigham be- came parents for the first time with the birth of fine eight-pound boy Wednesday night. MT Big hams mother arrived on the Norah Wednesday morning just in time to welcome her grandson.
 Tuesday morning, October the first, Lawrence McGuane began his duties as Acting Postmaster of Skagway MT McGuane has been here the past several years and has been working for the White Pass. He has many friends who wish him success in his new undertaking. He replaces Mrs. Alice Selmer, who has been acting postmaster for the past year.
 Pvt. Jack Dixon came over from the Juneau Office of the ACS on the Estebeth last Tuesday and will be stationed here.
 "Sharkey" Stiles has sold his home on 12th street to MT. and Mrs. Paxton, who sold their home on Third to MT. and Mrs. Max Stephen.
 Mrs. Wm. Feero, ST, left on the Louise for Douglas where she will visit her daughter, Mrs. Tom Jen- sen, who has been ill.
 Mrs. Ruth Nelson is taking the place of Mrs Virginia Stephen at the Igloo Snack Bar. Mrs. Stephen left cn the last toat for Oakland, Calf, where she has been award ed the custody of two young girls, ages eleven and thirteen, whom she will bring back with her to make their home here.
 The Skagway Post of the Amer ican Legion has announced a dance for Saturday evening, Sept 28, at their hall on Broadway. pr. Pol ley's orchestra will furnish the mu- sic for the evening.
 Many residents of Skagway took advantage of the opportunity to try out the new telephone service between here and Juneau and re- ported themselves as delighted with the facility. This telephone was recently installed by the ACS.
 Mrs. Mavis Soldin arrived home Tuesday afternoon on the train af- ter a wonderful two weeks trip over the Alcan Highway She left here on the Estebeth on a Tuesday for Haines, where she met retired Sgt Charles E. Behrens and wife of Les Angeles. Sgt. Behrens was sta tioned at Chilkoot Barracks for nine years and Mrs. BehrenS and Mrs. Soldin were friends twenty three years ago They had their car which they had driven from the States and the party left next day for interior points.
 After crossing the border they saw a multitude of game and birds and also tracks of various animals There were wolves, moose, foxes bears, grouse, ducks, geese and ptarmigan all along the highway into Tok Junction. From there in- to Anchorage they saw no game but plenty of hunters.
 After leaving the Junction they took the Salina cutoff to Santa Claus lodge at Gulkana where they spent the night They were three days making the trip between Haines and Anchorage Mrs Sol din reports that building along the Glenn highway has more than doubled in the past year.
 After spending several days in Anchorage where friends provided a place to stay, they retraced their route to the Richardson highway, where they stopped at Copper Cen ter and Valdez. They found the new road through Keystone Can yon wonderful and nearing com pletion. The Road Commission is working on completing the tunnel through the mountains to eliminate the dangerous slide area. Mrs. Soldin says that part of the Rich ardson Highway is beautiful be- yond description.
 After spending the night in Valdez they returned over the