The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-04-16
KEITHAHN NEW PRESIDENT OF
 JUNEAU ROTARY
Officers for '46 Announced Rodent Control Talk
 Given at Meeting

Election of Ed Keithahn as President of the Juneau Rotary Club for the coming year was an- nounced today at the regular noon luncheon meeting of that organ ization in the Baranof Gold Room Other officers elected by the Board of Directors and announced at today's meeting were: pr. Will jam NJ. Whitehead, ice-President The Rev. G. Herbert Hillerman, secretary-Treasurer; Joe Mclean, Assistant Secretary; Hank Harmon: Sergeant at Arms.
 The new officers together with the l946 Board of Directors will take office July l. Directors for the coming year are: Ben Benecke, Dick Burns, Mir Keithahn. James McNaughton, Ralph Rivers, and Dr. Whitehead.
 Stone Talks Rats
 James Stone, Sanitarian, Terri torial Department of Health, was featured speaker on the days pro- gram. In introducing two movie reels on the detrimental habits of rodents and their nationwide prevalence, MT. Stone explained briefly the Juneau Rodent Control Program.
 Stressing the point that the pro- ject is not a rat-killing cleanup campaign, but 8 long-term pro- gram of education as well as war against Juneau's rat harborages, Stone expressed his departments desire that city residents become actively interested in seeing for themselves the harm rodents are doing locally.
 He called for, and received six new volunteers from the club for aid in making a cross section sur vey of the citys rodent problem.
 Spot Playground"
 Previous to Stones talk and the showing of the two Rodent Con- trol films, it was also announced that the Board had taken favor able action on the Spot Play ground" project. The three chair men in charge of the project, Vic tor Powers, Lisle Hebert, and Ernie Parsons, will meet this week to divide the club into groups to cov- CT the different sections of the city. Each group will be headed by a "key man" and will be re- sponsible for all purchasing anc building connected with erection o1 an adequate playground. All bill. will be paid from the clubs play ground fund.
 Soap Boy Derty
 Dr. Whitehead asked that all per- sons interested in obtaining infor- nation about the Soapbox Derby to be held here, contact Monty Chisholm at Harry Races Drug Store. Entrance fee for each con- testant will be $10 to be paid to the sponsoring firm.
 < Contestants will be divided into three groups, to be known as A, B, and c. A and B, pr. Whitehead said, will be composed of entrants from II to IS years, with the winner being awarded trip to Akron, Ohio. c group will be for children from to 10. No prize will 1e of fered to the c Class, but these con- testants will receive excellent ex- perience in building and operating tkeir soapbox racers, and will be better fitted to enter the A and B groups when they are older, White head said.
 Socpbor Derby
 Also announced was the Library Boards success in obtaining the deed to a favorable site for the Juneau Memorial Library. In mak- ing the announcement, Semes Ryar called all members of the Rotary: Library Board for a business ses' sion following the meeting. Hs said preliminary negotiations fol the deed had been completed ane the next step was payment fol the actual property following con sent of members of the Board.
 Guests at today's meeting wer' Jack Fly of Seattle and Marvin Nelson of Juneau.