The Daily Alaska empire., 1946-01-15

FIRE JUNEAU, ALASKA i the club rooms over to High School teen-agers on Saturday evenings for dancing and games. It is hoped that fathers will enjoy the evening as well.
 Mrs. D. A. Hope entered the Pioneers Home Hospital Thursday for medical treatment.
 i The SJS II was scheduled to sail for Seattle today with MT. and Mrs. L. T. Doig and two youngsters and Leslie Yaw aboard. The Doigs will vacation while MT. Yaw will attempt to raise the remaining fund neces- sary to build the SJS Junior Col lege.
 The Chichagoff. Frank Calvin, skipper, left for Fish Bay Tuesday with passenger Ottar Johnson, For est Service log scaler who arrived by plane from Juneau that day. The boat returned to town Thursday with MT. Johnson and Wally Vest fall, who caught the plane to Ju- neau, and left again immediately for Fish Bay for tow of logs.
 Walter and Willard Johnson have abandoned plans for rebuilding their boat the Nora after discovering the hull full of dry rot. The Nora was bought by the Johnson's in '43 from Carl McCorkhills of Everett, Wash, and used two seasons for fishing. A new boat will be built for the John son brothers by the Sitka Marine Railways.
 Robert Wheeler of the Sitka Ma rine Railways returned from the States by plane Thursday with the announcement that he had succeed ed in hiring several experienced boat builders for his company.
 The Sitka Cold Storage Company have announced their purchase of the Walton property adjoining the Cold Storage. The plans for the im- provement of this property call for the construction of new building suitable to accommodate at least 300 modern steel cold storage food lock- CTS as well as several larger cold storage compartments. It is also planned on moving the hardware and gear department to new location in this building Space for an of- flee for the store will also be pro- vided, as well as additional storage room.
 When completed it is anticipated that ample room will be available for the sale and display of marine hardware, fittings and gear of all kinds, household appliances, fur niture and provisions. The install lation of modern cold storage food lockers has long been the aim of the Sitka Cold Storage Company, and 1t is felt that present plans will provide the people of Sitka one of the most modern and up-to-date facilities of this kind in Alaska.
 An announcement has been receiv- ed of the marriage of Helen Ellis ton. former clerk at the Sitka Ba- zaar, to Jack Garrett, former skip per of the CAA boat here, on Jan. 3 at Anchorage. where the couple plan to make their permanent home Attendants at the wedding were MT. and Mrs Art Bodine.
 P s. 'Ganty, recently discharged from the Navy where he served as a Commander in the Intelligence Department, arrived in Ketchikan on the last North Sea and is expect ed in Sitka by plane on Saturday. Retiring on the North Sea were: Carl Wollenberg, fisherman, from a vacation in the States; Clyde Franks, who had been called to Colorado some weeks ago by his fathers illness; MT. and Mrs. Haa- kon Hansen, parents of Mrs. Harry Bell, to spend some weeks visiting their daughter and son-in-law, a Sergeant in the local ACS office.
 MT. and Mrs. Vic Rogers have closed the Sitka Cafe for two months and left on the North Sea for a va- cation in the States.
 Rudolph Walton has purchased the Earl Frederickson home on Bar- anoff Street.
 George Baggen, local skipper and owner of the Sampson II, is in Seattle visiting with his sons. George Jr., and Louis, and his daughter and .~.. s.- t~... nH~ NH~r Y;x~~ vy~nr