The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-06-20

LoulSa for a visit with relative. in Kalamazoo, Mich. Perry. as ht is better known, having lived il Skagway over 40 years, stated tha he had written all of his relative! to plant an extra large crop O.
 watermelons and canteloupes fol
 him.
 Wilbur Irving, Juneau bushes,
 man, made short trip to Skag. lway. He came over in the Leota last week and returned on tn. Louise Monday.
 Eddie Gibbons, who has beer
 working for the White Pass, left , for Juneau on the Norah. Arthur Tunley was a passenger i for the States on the Norah. He
 will spend his vacation in Cahfor- mia.
 Gordon Chandler was passenger for Wrangen on the Norah
 A Vacation Bible School will be conducted at .tE,e Full Gospel Mis- sion June 20 to 20 The Rev and Mrs. Stanley Cronkhite from White horse will conduct the school.
 Dr. P. N. Hester, eye specialist from Ketchikan, is in Skagway and is very busy taking care of Skag- way and Haines residents He has his office at the Pullen House.
 Cora B. Durbin, Mrs. Blake Gray, Charles Gray and Mrs. Orma Long, all from Fairbanks, came over the Alcan Highway to Whitehorse, and to Skagway by train, where they registered at the Pullen House un- til the departure of the Norah for Seattle.
 Mrs. o. T. Levin, Sarah M Edcs and James A. Young, Haines resi- dents, were guests at tEa Pullen House while in town.
 Mrs. Ruth Alley, victim of the knifing last Wednesday evening at her rooming house on Second Avenue, was released from the hospital Saturday afternoon.
 Mrs. Bowie and two children came in from Carcross Friday eve ming and will remain in Skagway several days for dental attention. MT. and Mrs. Bowie raise Chin chilla squirrels and are Gevelop- ing very profitable business.
 June 10, the w. E. Feero family enjoyed their first reunion in nine ysars, when Clarence and Geneva Walters and children, Jean, Con- nie, and Billy, of Douglas, Tom and Wilma Jensen and son, Tommy, also of Douglas; Robert and Dora Feero and Elissa, of Huntington, Oregon. were visitors at the Feero, Sr., home Orrin and Myrtle Ed wards, Shirley Marie and David, live next door to Mrs. Edwards par ents. William Feero, Jr., and sis-i ter Evaline, live at home, as does younger brother, John. Tie eve ming of the tenth covers were laid for nineteen at a turkey dinror given in the private dining room of the Skagway Grill. Also a guest at the dinner was Donald Egbert, of Burlington, Wash, whose mar riage to Evalina will occur June 19. A toast was proposed by Robert Feero ito Dad and Nom, the folks who made this reunion possible" A second toast was also drunk to the happiness of the prospective bride and groom. On June "A, the senior Feeros will celebrate their 33rd wedding anniversary. They are the parents of seven children and have seven grandchildren
 Mrs. Walters and family and Ml'. and Mrs. Robert Feero and daughter plan to remain here for some time. Mir. Walters and MT. Jensen left by plane for Douglas June II.
 Miss Mary Pullen has achieved tt.e nearly impossible in the pre- pairing fer opening 20 rooms in the old Golden North Hotel, which has been closed for months. Many said it couldn't be done, but she did it. Skc had to bring in plumber from Juneau, she recruited every rerscn who did not seem to have a
 job and talked them into laboring for her, and all 20 rooms have been scrubbed from top to bottom, bedsteads painted and the lobby made presentabla. In addition to all this work which she not only had to oversee but help do, she ran the Pullen House as usual. She has quite a lengthy list of reserva- tions for the Hotel for the summer