The Daily Alaska empire., 1947-08-13

by plane last weekend after a visit | of several weeks with Mrs. John sons parents, MT. and Mrs. George Baggen at their home on the Crescent.
 Mrs. Johnson and Miss Hamil- ton enjoyed a trip to Ketchikan aboard the Baggen's tug, Samson II, while Elsa and Ann remained with their grandmother and were guests at several social events giv- en in their honor.
 Mrs. Warren Green left by plane last weekend to join her husband in Anchorage The Greens have been Sitka residents for sev- eral years during which time Mrs. Green was an employee at the Alaska Drug and Jewellery Com pany.
 Mrs. Christine Sunde and Roy Grover were married Thursday by US Commissioner Ernest Dennis in the Court Rooms, attended by the brides daughter, Sharon Sun de, and the groom's son, Don Grover. MI. Grover is owner and manager of the Fishermans Cafe. 
 At the Elks dance last weekend, over S200 was raised for the Li- brary Building Fund. A large crowd attended the party and had such good time there was little difficulty in closing the club at reasonable hour.
 The one-man rubber life raft, awarded during the evening, went to Fred Geslin, Administrative Of ficer of the ANS on Japonski.
 It is rumored that two Japon- ski nurses accepted dare to pad- dle the raft to town later in the week, conveyed by more nurses in a skiff After making cred- itable start, the raft started spin ming in circles; the Coast Guard attempted to rescue the maidens hut was scorned, whereupon the brave lads stood by and coached the lassies on navigation and the trip ended successfully.
 Ms Dick Crueger was honor guest at a no-host luncheon We'd nesday at the Sitka Cafe. Twenty Jamestown Bay neighbors and Sit ka friends joined in celebrating Mrs. Crueger's birthday in the private dining room. Table decor ations, place cards and the birth day cake were arranged by the hosts.
 Mrs. Charles Whittimore and Mrs. Frank Richards were host csses at a tea Friday afternoon Fat the Wnittimore home in James, town Bay in honor of Mrs. Arnold Curtis. Over fifty friends called during the afternoon.
 Presiding at the tea table were Mrs. Marie Brightman, Mrs. Mary lNVhittimore, Mrs. Joel Campbell, Mrs. Robert McCracksn, Mrs. Ken Nordby, and Mrs. Paul Morgan. fdrs. Lick Crueger and Mrs. En1- i me. t Hodges assisted the hostes- ae5 in serving,
 Mrs. Curtis was honor guest at samovar tea last week given by i. Mrs. Marie Brightman, with whom Mrs. Curtis is spending her vaca- i ticn. Mrs. Shura Watson presid- led at the samovar.
 The Kun Double Klub held their gathering this month at Halibut Point Tuesday evening and en- ioyed weiner roast followed by baseball game and community singing. At the brief business meeting officers for the coming years were elected; Keith Snow den, president; Chester Latta, vice president; Helen Little, secretary Mrs. Hubert Gilbert, treasurer.
 The next months meeting Is planned for Labor Day with MT and Mrs. Hubert Gilbert and MT
 and Mrs. Clarence Bands to plar
 arrangements.
 The charter yacht Vermaco
 Art Kinnan skipper, was in port
 last weekend with six passengers
 MT. and Mrs. Joe Patton ot Se-
 attle, MT. and Mrs T. Jensen 0.
 San Francisco and MT. and Mrs
 George Rogers of Juneau.
 MT. and Mrs. Clyde Franks have
 received a clipping from the Cleve.
 land Press containing a picture O.
 their son Robert, who is attend
 ing the World Jamboree of Bo.
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