The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-11-04

brush for guessing the weight of rock; and Mrs. Christine Lamer eaux who won set of pyreX bowls for winning the box prize.
 The Broadway and Coliseum Theatres and many of the business houses closed for the carnival. l Manager Bill Feero, Jr., of the Broadway Theatre, showed the first pictures to come out of the liar poem production last Sunday ! Monday and Tuesday evenings at i his theatre. He had the short skit of Mayor Carroll greeting the Governor of Alaska, on the set of "Harpoon" in Skagway.
 Miss Gail Brimhall and Miss , Helen Gregory entertained the members of the faculty of the skagway Public School. with their wives and husbands, Saturday eve i ll4llB, NUVeHlDeT l.
 ! The P-TA held its regular meet ing Wednesday, October 29 at the school. Mrs. Arnold Gutfeld, Mrs. P. E. Olsen and Mrs. O. Selmar served doughnuts and coffee dur ing the short social period. In the business meeting superinten- dent c. Anderson gave a report on the carnival. Mrs. Lottie Gaffy, who had been in charge of the food concessions, thanked the wo- men who helped in the kitchen and candy room. Mrs. A. Briggs asked the ladies for donations of potholders and dishtowels for the kitchen. The award which is giv- en each month to the classroom having the most mothers present at the meeting was given to the third and fourth grade room. Miss Gregory, teacher. The President asked Mrs. c. Roehr, Mrs. H. Prib- bernow and Mrs. c. A. Carroll to act as the refreshment committee for November.
 The School Board has been no- tified that the new typewriters for the commercial department of the Skagway High School have been shipped They will probably arrive on the Alaska
 Mrs. Marvin Hildebrand, who has been visiting her sisters, Mrs. w Burfield, Mrs. c. Clark and Mrs J. O'Daniel, has gone to Ten akee to visit her father, Tad Hillary. She plans to return to her home November 5.
 F. c. Caldwell, heao repair man for the Standard Oil Company of California, and Mrs. Caldwell, left Monday, October 27, by plane for Juneau. MT Caldwell has been in Skagway several weeks install- ing the rev pumps and fill stands for tank cars and tank trucks for the Standard Oil Company. He also helped put in the new remote control system. He will do similar work in Juneau.
 Douglas Blanchard, Customs Off, ficer for the Taku District, left on the Princess Louise, October 25. He had been visiting relatives in Skagway and Dyea.
 John Gibson returned to Juneau by the Alaska Coastal plane Octo- Der 28
 MT. and Mrs. Ed Feight and Mrs. Bea Barlow, with her dog Friday, returned to Skagway on the Donjac October 28 from Por- cupine. They reported a wonderful summer spsnt in gold digging and gathering berries. They plan to spend the winner in Skagway.
 At 2:30 a. m. on October 22, en- zine No. 4, which had been sent to the wharf to do switching on the face, became entangled in the rigging of the steamer Nootka which was in port unloading coal and the cab was completely torn off. The engineer, Mark Lee, and the fireman, Richard Sullivan, es- capped without injury.
 Ms Blair Read and Mrs. Dolores Hvisdock entertained Tuesday eve- ming October 28, with a Hallowe'en bridge party. Black and orange decorations were used in the Hal- loWeen manner. Delicious refresh