The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-28

absence from her duties as a clerk in the post office.
 Elmer Rasmuson, who has been in 1 Skagway for the past two weeks checking the affairs of the Bank of Alaska, left on the Princess Norah on his way to his home in Anchor age.
 The Skagway TIE sanatorium now has a staff of 68. A fourth ward is being opened which will make available 100 beds.
 The teen age group here has or ganized Top Hat Canteen' pro- gram which they hold every Friday evening at the Community Center. Cokes and sandwiches or cake are served after the program. The group held open house for the boys on the Liberty ship which was in port three days last week. Cake was served.
 The Chamber of Commerce lunch en was again prepared by the Wo- mans Auxiliary with Mrs. Shirley Olsen, Gladys Pennington and T. Sutton acting as hostesses. These home-cooked luncheons are proving quite drawing card for the Cham Der.
 The remains of Fred Sall sec ton laborer at Clifton, were buried on Thursday afternoon in the local cemetery. Sall, subject to epileptic attacks, was thought to have suf- fered ore on his return to Clifton after spending the day in Skagway His body was found alongside the tracks of the White Pass about 5 1-2 miles from town, the next morning. It was frozen. There were no marks of violence upon his person, but the fact that coat and shirt had been torn open as though striving for air was grounds for the belief that heart attack had occurred. He had worked for the White Pass for the past 25 years.
 Mrs. Mark Lee returned on Tues days train from Whitehorse, where she had spent the weekend with her husband, White Pass employee.
 Mrs. Dave Mulcare is victim of the epidemic of colds and influenza which is giving Skagway residents most unpleasant time the last two weeks.
 The epidemic of measles and chicken pox is very light and not many cases. The youngsters affect ed are all getting along fire.
 Mrs. Alma Everson arrived home on the Princess Norah Saturday. Mrs. Everson, wife of the Deputy Collector of Customs has been in Cordova for several months. Mrs. Everson was the guest of MT. and Mrs. Wm. Harrington while in Ju- neau
 Mrs. c. B. Coffey and baby son and daughters Geraldine and Billie Bell were returning passengers on the last boat, having spent the past two months in Howe, Texas, visiting relatives. Mir Coffey is an en- gineer at the TB Sanatorium.
 The Chamber of Commerce held a meeting January 21, at the Com munity Center with an attendance of g members and two visitors. The main topic of the day was the con- struction of a new TB Sanatorium in Southeast Alaska. The group agreed that all organizations should get be- hind the project and push hard, then argue over the site later. Of course Skagway is going after the sanatorium, feeling that the city has much to offer in the way of sites and climate.
 President Policy made strong plea for development of additional recre- ational facilities for the present staff of the sanatorium.
 Elmer Rasmuson gave a splendid talk on the Bartlett bill and also some interesting information on the Statehood question as he had found it in Anchorage and Juneau.
 The proposed tourist lodge on the Dyea Trail came up for discussion, the President having received in- formation that plans for the same will soon be submitted to the Cham Der.
 The project of the small boat har- bor, which is badly needed here, is well under way and has been favor. ably reported.
 The small attendance of the business men was deplored as it is hard for a few to do what would be fairly easy for all of the merchants and other men interested in the welfare of Skagway.
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