The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-07-16

shippers from Seattle. The pilots were 0. J. Murray, E. Langstrom R. Kameron and Ben Joyce, who had teen mate on the Northern Coast before the war The pilots returned to Seattle by plane
 Myron Lunadin, Harold Gibbons and Harry Goering who have been visiting with the latter's sisters Mrs. Charles Peterson and Mrs. W c. Charteris, left by plane Friday for their home in Sherburn, Minn Before leaving, all three expressed a desire to move their businesses to Alaska, which they were visit ing for the first time.
 I Mrs. Charles Peterson is conval- escing at the home of her brother in-law and sister, pr. and Mrs. W. c. Charteris. is improving stead fly and was taken for a brief car ride Friday.
 Mrs. Frank Wright, Jr., who has been confined to her home the past two weeks with a foot injury, has discarded her crutches and is again enjoy ing her vacation.
 Pros Ganty and Jack Templin, Hoonah businessmen, arrived Mon day by private plane flown by Mr. Ganty for a two day visit with friends
 Mrs. Arnold Curtis arrived by plane this morning from Juneau to spend a month with her husband and friends, after an absence of fifteen months which she spent with her daughters in Washington and Oregon. While here, she will te a guest at the home of Mrs. Marie Brightman.
 Mrs. Alice Ccle, who has been visiting the past month with her son and daughterin-law, MT. and Mrs. T. J. Cole will leave Monday by plane to visit in California and North Dakota before returning to Seattle, where she is associated with the Helen Bush School.
 Mrs. Neil Anderson is expected home Monday from months visit with her mother, Mrs. Maud Wake field, in Seattle.
 Mrs. Margaret Baldwin head nurse at the Pioneers Home Hos pital, resigned this week and left by plane for Juneau, where she plans a vacation before going south.
 Mrs Ole Sunde was taken to the hospital Tuesday morning for treatment of shoulder wound re- sulting from the handling of load cd revolver Her condition is re-  ported to be not serious. Mrs. Sun de is a clerk at Neil Andersens Store
 Hugh Faces pleasure cruiser built by the Marine Railways, was launched Monday afternoon, after being christened Silver Foam I by Mrs. Pace The cruiser is p feet long with an eight foot beam and it painted blue and gold. With it's Chrysler Ace motor, the boat made 16 miles on its trial run, and is -ex- pected to make 20 after being broken in.
 July 20 has been set for the Sitka Soap Box Derby trials, to take place on Jeff Davis Street. Sitka has only five entries this year due to the shortness Of time allowed for Building. They are Jimmy Price, sponsored by the Sitka Mercantile; Justin Ripley, by Neil Andersen; Gregory Ripley, by Nordby and Shennett; Terry Troutte, by the Sitka Mems Store; and Wilfred Williams, by J. J. Conway
 All the entrants will be sent to Juneau to compete in the July 27th Derby This will give tEe Sitka boys some idea of what is expected in the way of construction and operation, and promote en- thusiasm for next years competi- tion.
 Frank Martin, son of Don Mar tin, and graduate of Sitka High School this year, has joined the Forest Service as skipper of one of the Ranger boats which will service crews working on mountain trails in the districts between Sitka and Skagway. Frankie lived on, built and skippered boats even be-
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