The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-02-11

Mlo. " RlSllNSt- n iioAAAiA"oAA-o 70 committee was appointed for the election of officers which will be held in, March Mrs. Edna Policy, Juneau clubwoman and past Dept. President of the American Legion Auxiliary, started the proposed club study of Alaskan Statehood, by reading and commenting upon the recent article by Attorney General Ralph Rivers. A delicious buffet style luncheon was served at the close of the program.
 Chairman Kent Fuller and com mitteewomen Mrs. Christine La moreaux and Barbara Kalenkow- sky have started the ball rolling for the selection of a Queen to rep resent Skagway at the Winter Car nival at Whitehorse in March. Nomination blanks have been mail ed to all residents and Queen will be balloted on at the "Queeh's Ball' to be held at the Eagles Hall on February Is.
 The public card party which was to be held by the Eastern Stars on February Is. has been postponed until March 9, in order to give the Chamber of Commerce the hall for the selection of a Carnival Queen.
 The Eagles Lodge is having a formal opening of their new bowl ing alley on the evening of the 9th. The affair is being advertised under the slogan, Be an Eagle First Nighter," and is in the na- ture of a membership campaign. The affair is invitational.
 William E. Feero, Jr., was elected a member of the Board of Trustees of the Presbyterian Church at a re- cent meeting of that group.
 Patsy and Donna Jean Byrd, young daughters of MT. and Mrs. Merle Byrd, were confined to their beds for several days because of illness with the flu.
 MT and Mrs. Martini, Mission Dairy employees, flew to Juneau last week for brief visit.
 MT. and Mrs. Howard Ballinger, who were married in January, have taken one of the Pullen apartments.
 The Rev. c. w. Ward of the Church of England, at Whitehorse was a Skagway visitor for a few days this week.
 ! MT and Mrs Roscoe Elder are newcomers to Skagway and have taken up residence at the Pullen House apartments. Mrs. Elder, the daughter of the railroad foreman at Cowley, met her husband while he was stationed there in the Army during the war They were mar ried in Skagway last fall MT. Eld- CT recently received his discharge in the States and returned to Cow ley. They came to Skagway the first of the week to make their home. MT. Elder is employed in the railroad shops.
 i E. J. Linscheil, representing a group of contractors and specula- tors, flew into Skagway last Sat- urday and was here for three days, looking over the town for building sites. He registered at the Pull len House.
 Two Knights of the Grip" F. Phelps and A. Van Mavern were in Skagway this week, guests at the Pullen House. Van Mavern is a passenger on the Tongass and will proceed as far at Ketchikan on her, taking care of his customers en- route.
 Miss Imogene Ward, Extension agent from the Alaska University at Fairbanks, arrived on the Don jac from Haines Friday morning. Miss Ward was here for the pur- pose of organizing garden group, preparatory to the visit of Harold Rice, garden specialist, in April. She was guest speaker at a meet ing of the All Club on Friday af- ternoon. This is Miss Wards first visit to Skagway since last June. She is now the only agent left assisting Miss Lydia Fohn Hansen, Chief Agent.
 A. R. Evans and wife and daugh- ter from Haines. Alaska, are guests at the Pullen House until the de- parture of the Princess Norah for the States where they will enjoy a vacation.
 John H. Bode of Westfield, N. J., and Warren Sturjoham of New York City enjoyed a few days stay in Skagway while awaiting trans -A.-