The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-26

1 Irwin Dale True, weighing seven pounds, ten ounces, arrived in skagway to make his home with J. D. and Mrs. True, at HOO a. m, July IT at the White Pass hospital Mother and baby are doing well and father J. D. is looking forward to having them home soon so he may get acquaint- cd with his first child.
 , Mrs. John King, niece of Mrs. F. J Ward, and Mrs. Lulu Wright, sister-n-law, of Denver Colo, left on the Alaska for Seattle, after spending the past month here as the guests of the Wards.
 ! Mrs. Chandler, mother of Gordon Chandler, left on the Alaska for Seattle and her home in California after a several weeks visit with her son and family.
 Mayor c. A. Carroll flew to Ju- neau Sunday on his way to Se- attle to attend the annual Sour doughs Association at the Hotel New Washington He will display 'Sparky," the mechanical horse created by Vic Sparks, Skagway's talented artist, as an advertise ment of the pack horses that went over the trails here in the old days of gold rush fame. The horse was taken to Juneau on the Gold en Voyager and was to be flown to Seattle in time for the conven- ton. MT. Carroll will try to se- sure the next convention for Skag- way where it 1ighly belongs, for it's fiftieth celebration.
 Mir and Mrs. Mac Moe have 30 young and thriving turkeys which seem to be enjoying life in Skag- way
 MT and Mrs. William Wasser had as their guests while the Nor ah was in port, MT and Mrs. Don Minter of Seattle and MT and Mrs. Ryan of Chicago. Mrs. Mint CT and Mrs. Wasser were associated p years ago in Seattle when beth were working for the telephone company. Winters father was one of the men who travelled the trail in '98 and his mother was the first bride to travel over the White Pass railroad on the first train to Whitehorse. Ryan is an employee Of Swift and Company in Chicago.
 A. E. Rasmuson, local banker, was a Skagway passenger on the Louise after a several weeks busi- ness trip in the States.
 MT and Mrs. I. Chilbeck be- came the parents of a baby girl, Margaret Louise, last Friday night at the White Pass hospital.
 The past ten days nave been al- most perfect in skagway, and so hct that there have been three tEunGsr storms, tlle one yesterday lasting oyer 114 hours and accom- panied ny very loud ard prolong- ed peals og thunder and flashes of lightning. It was the worst thunder storm Skagway can recall for many years. Heavy showers accompanied each of the storms.
 Mrs. Sybil Delaney and sons are visiting the Hugh Tierney family. Mrs. Delaney is a sister to MT Tierney. Delaney joined the fam fly here Sunday. Mrs. Tierney and Mrs. Van Rafferty went to Whitehorse last Thursday and were accompanied home Friday by Mrs. Delaney and sons.
 Mrs. Ruth Pederson of Aberdeen, Wash. has arrived in SkagWay and will spend the summer with her daughter and husband, MT. and Mrs. Freddie Marlowe. A group of All girls under the supervision of Mavis Soldin, left Monday morning fer Lake Marsh, at Carcross, to spend a week camping A group of Whitehorse girls planned to meet them there { A group of hikers left last Sat- urday afternoon for Denver Glac- fer, and returned shortly after midnight. Making the trip, an approximate 20 miles, were MT. and Mrs. Robert Forth, Miss Alice Tyer, Gene Coombs, Wm. Deering, Mike Tierney and Wm. Henritz of Roanoke, Virginia The ages of sthe group ranged from Is to 70 .----------.-..----.-- 1l