The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-09-11

HE Wa lIlt AldShd.
 Mir and Mrs. A. E. Rasmuson left by train Thursday morning on their way to Anchorage They will travel by bus from Whitehorse. Af- 1 ter a visit there with their son and daughter and their families, they will return to Skagway for about two weeks, after which they will leave for the States where they will spend the winter.
 Snow fell on the mountain tops Monday night, and came down to Upper Lake.
 I Mrs. Ella Ramsey was an out going passenger on the Princess Louise for Massachusetts, where she will spend two weeks visiting her aged mother Mrs Ramsey has not been home in the past Is years and has been anticipating the trip with a great deal of pleasure. Her mother is 82 years of age. Miss Cotton is, looking after the boys during their moth CTS absence.
 MT and Mrs. William Bigham have purchased the home belonging to Mrs. Edith Costner, and will move in soon.
 ! Mrs. Mary Sheldon, mother of Bill DeWar, is now in Seattle visiting her sister Mrs. M E. Mo- Claren. Mrs Sheldon left Glas- gow, Scotland, after trying the past two years to get passage to the States to visit her son and other relatives, last month. She will ar rive in Skagway in a few weeks for an extended visit with MT. and Mrs. Dewar. MT. Dewar's aunt and Mrs. Dewars sister are mar ried to the McClaren brothers. Mrs. HenrieUua Ward was nost- ess to the Womens Auxiliary of the Presbyterian Church last Thurs day afternoon. A dozen members and visitors were present to en- joy an afternoon of visitation and refreshments. The rext meeting in October will be with Mrs. Henry Williams at the Talbot home. MT. and Mrs. L. McGuane, MT. and Mrs. c. A. Carroll, MT. and Mrs. Walter Self, and MT. and Mrs. Arnold Gutfeld, took the Ben My Chree trip over Labor Day
 Hugh Tierney, Superintendent of the White Pass Railroad, and Charles Roehr, at the dock, left here Friday morning on the train for Whitehorse where they plan ned to catch a plane for Seattle.
 MT. and Mrs. Bill Harrington are visiting MT and Mrs. Wm. Harrington and children in Ju- neau.
 Sixty-five Skagway residents en- joyed very pleasant excursion to Ben My Chree Saturday and Sunday. According to the boat crew it was the best weather this season. It was clear and cold The excursion was an annual affair given for White Pass employees and other in Skagway who cared to go.
 The City Treasury had two generous contributions this past week when Louis Poss of Alberta, Canada, was fined $84 for being drunk and disorderly and break ing a large plate glass window in the White Pass ticket office He thrust his fist through the thick glass and cut his wrist quite badly He created quite dis : turbance on the dock and on Sec } ond street. He was bai,sd out by a friend and allowed to proceed on his trip on the Princess Louise. ) The second fine was that assess , ed against R. K. Bloom for being drunk and disorderly. He hurled ! rocks through the plate glass win idows of the Derby Inn and broke several small panes of glass. He was also given suspended jail sentence of thirty days besides a $33 fine. The damage to the Inn was settled out of court. He plans to leave soon for Anchor age. The cases were tried before the City Magistrate.
 The nurses at the tuberculosis : sanatorium at Annette Island re- gently held a benefit dance in Sitka for Miss Ruth Hunsicker, who had her back broken in an automobile accident in Juneau sev- eral months ago. It is reported from Juneau that Miss Hunsicker' s --~ ---------- -.-.---.---- N HA ID Hn