The Wrangell sentinel., 1946-08-16
THROUGH THE SENTINEL PERTSCOPE


 of the Pioneers Home to succeed Eiler Hansen, long time Superin- tendent who passed away last week. has met with considerable concentrations for the new Home Board. Knight has been U. s. Com missioner at Sitka for the last 12 or 13 years and was credited with being one of the best Commission CTS in the First Division. He's a veteran of Wordl War I and long resident of the Territory.
 Knights appointment writes the final chapter to an opus which had it's inception some years ago, but which was climaxed in the 1945 Legislature. Some Of the lawmak- CTS at that time visited the Home in Sitka and made a report to the session, suggesting rather strongly, virtually to the point of reeom-I mendation, that a change in man agement should be made TheI Home Board at that time was made up of the Governor, H. R. Wander Leest of Juneau and Charles Wortman of Sitka. The latter two held out against the re- moval of Hansen, who had been in ill health for years, with the re- suit that when the special session met last March a bill was popped in to change the Pioneers Home Board. It passed the same Legisla- tue which had suggested the l change and became law. Coy. l Guening, who was given power of appointment, named Charles Car ter and Henry Roden of Juneau and Jack Conay of Sitka to the Board Last week the new Board | named Knight to succeed the late Superintendent, closing the book |
 Filler Hansen had done an excel lent job of managing the Home during his more than ten years of tenure in office, but i'll health had plagued him in recent years, and it was on that score that his re- moYal was sought by the law makers. Some thought a more physically able person should be in charge. Hundreds of Alaskans mourn the passing of Filler, par ticularly in the American Legion | in which he had been active through the years. He was the sort of human being who made the world a brighter and happier place to live in.
 Southeastern Alaskans will have two opportunities to discuess Alas ka problems with Interior Secre- tary Julius A. Krug next week while he is on his 10-day visit to the Territory. Next Monday after noon at 2:15 public discussions will be held in the Elks hall in Juneau and at 10 o'clock Wednes day morning, the 21st, similar dis cussions will be held in Ketchikan, according to the Secretary's itin- erary. 4SBR
 The Secretary and party arrived in Fairbanks by air last Monday afternoon and spent this week oa a swing through that region, to Barrow, Nome, Anchorage, the Matanuska, Kenai and way points and were due to arrive in Juneau on Sunday night Monday will be spent in the Capital City, Tuesday in Sitka and Hydaburg and We'd nesday in Ketchikan before re- turning to the States. a public re- ception will be given for the group Monday evening at the Governors House in Juneau.
 With the Secretary are Warner Gardner, ssistant Secretary of the Interior; Creekmore Fath, Special Assistant to the Secretary; Carl ton Skinner, Director of Informa- tion; Joel Wolfson, Acting Asso- ciate Director, Bureau of Land Management; Edwin Arnold, Dir ector of Territories; Albert Day, Director, Fish and Wildlife Serv- ice; William Zimmerman, Assistant Commissioner, Office of Indian Af- fairs; Felix Cohen, Associate Sol- fcitor; William Wrather, Director, Geologic Survey; Dr. Roy L. Sex ton; J. J. Krug, father of the Sec Tetary; Wesley McCune, Time mag azine; George Sundborg. author of Opportunity in Alaska;" Con- gressmen William R. Poage of Tex as and Harold D. Cooley of North Carolina, members of the House | agriculture committee.
 
 Recent decision of the Civil Aeronautic Board in the Pacific | case granting Northwest Airlines a certificate for an air route from Chicago to Anchorage and from Seattle to Anchorage and thence to the Orient and assuring Pan- American continuation of its Seat tie Fairbanks service while help full toward Alaska air development
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