The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-07-09

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 pr. Fred Langsan will return to Bethel this weekend after a short visit in skagway and the T. B. san- atorium.
 For over week SkagWay resi- dents have had strawberries from their own gardens, the earliest the berries have been ripe here in many years, according to several old tim CTS.
 The freighter Tongass is due and is supposed to have some meat fol the town, which has been without for many weeks.
 i Miss Mary Rose Stuclley returned ' to her home in Seattle after a sev- eral months visit with her sister Mrs. M " Rafferty, and family Miss Stuckey has been employed at ] the Skagway sanatorium while here
 
 ] MT. and Mrs. Green and family who have been working at the T B. sanatorium for several months have resigned and will leave on the first available transportation.
 Miss Phyllis Stephenson has ac- cepted position with the Alaska Transfer Go.
 The regular meeting of tEe Chamber of Commerce was held last Monday evening in the pri- vate dining room of the Skagway Grill with 24 present. Jerry Fitzgerald was chosen to play the part of Soapy Smith during the three days celebration. Pres. Policy announced that authorization had been granted to brush out the trail to Dyea and build q foot bridge and notices asking for men to do the work were posted about town. The Road Commission will build a permanent steel bridge next year. Terrace, B. C., wrote asking that the local Chamber send a delegate to meet with them in August, if pos sible. to talk over highway matters of interest to both the American and Canadian localities. A hearty vote of thanks was offered to Shar- key Stiles and Harry Bigoff for the long hard h6urs they spent at smuggler's Cove preparing it for summer picnic parties. Mary Pullen was also commended for the suc- ccssful opening Of the Golden North Hotel.
 Major General Harry c. Ingais, Chief Signal Officer from Wash ington, D. C., arrived on the Norah and left a few hours later for Whitehorse. He returned to Skag- way Monday afternoon and made brief inspection of the local sta- tion before leaving for Juneau on the Norah Gen. IngalS is on a tour of inspection, and while here he informed a member of the Chamber of Commerce that he is working for a telephone cable hook up between Juneau and Skagway, and asked for their support. The cable is here, a big item toward such a project, which would con- meet Skagway by telephone with the States, via Juneau.
 1 The fire department was called cut at 6.30 Tuesday morning to ex- tinguish a blazing mattress in the apartment of Mae McCracken in Perry Hern's building. Smoking in Led and dropping off to sleep while the cigarette was still burning was the cause of the blaze.
 Mrs. Edna Rapuzzi left by train for Whitahorse Sunday morning and from there planned to fly tc Minneapolis, Minn. Her ultimate destination is Wadena, her former home, where she will spend several weeks with relatives and friends.
 Mrs Rose Knudsen and small daughter have been the guests O! Mrs. A. Tunley the past week. Theil home is at Lake Bennett.
 MT. and Mrs Noel Pennington and daughter, Patsy, were tht guests of MT. and Mrs. Hans Sol. din Wednesday night. They re turned to White Pass on Thurs days train.
 Mrs. Florice McClaren, sister o. Mrs William Dewar, spent the weel end at Carcross and Whitahorse visiting with old friends Mrs. Me Claren formerly lived there. Mrs. Mavis Soldin, Irene Soldin and Mrs. Wm. Sutton and son Tommy, Miss Barbara Chandler, re- turned home Monday aftelhoof from the All Leaders conference at Fairbanks. They reported 2 marvellous trip over the Alcan High way.
 In honor of her house guest, Mrs Katherine Rosenkranz from Tieton