The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-21

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 the National Federation of Woman's Club in Portland. She will act as representative of the Sitka Wo- mans Club. Before returning to Sitka she plans to visit with her daughter and -in-law, MT. and Mrs. John Osseward in Seattle, and other relatives and friends along the coast.
 Harold Veatch, owner-editor of the Sitka Sentinel, returned by plane this morning from a weeks stay at Virginia Mason Hospital, in Seattle, for medical check up.
 Pat Campbell, nurse at Ortho- pedic Hospital since it's organiza- tion resigned and left last week end, to spend the summer in the States. With Miss Campbell was her mother, Mrs. w. Segersun, resident of California, who had spent two weeks visiting here.
 Miss Campbell plans to return in the late summer or early fall to marry the owner of the South eastern Logging Company. The couple will make their home at Sitko Bay where the logging camp is being moved f.om Camp Cou- gan Bay, and where they expect to operate for the next three years.
 Mrs. John Cushing, owner of the Sitka Telephone Company, left by plane Wednesday for Kodiak, to in- spect the installation of her new company, The Kodiak Telephone. 1 The Kodiak system, under con- struction for the past two years, was finished by her brother-in -in-law, Ed Cushing.
 Mrs Cushing plans to return in about four weeks.
 Katherine Freeman, teacher in the Sitka public grade schools the past year, left by plane Wednes- i day for her home in the states, on receiving word of the death of her mother. Four months ago she re- ! ceived word of the death of her father. This was Miss Freeman's first year away from home. | Mrs Russ Clithero flew south Thursday to attend the graduation of her son, Dick, from Annapolis. 1 Hubert A. Gilbert and Joseph R. Eisenstein have dissolved their 1 business partnership in the Sitka 1 Realty and Insurance Company 1 MT Eisenstein will retain the firm name, representing the Equitable Life Insurance Company and the Mutual Benefit Health and Acci- dent Association. MT, Gilbert, will retain the American Home Fire In- surance Company and the Ameri- can Casualty Company agencies,
 Nels Drugg, resident of Sitka many years ago at which time he was engineer at the Sawmill Creek power house, returned to Sitka this week aboard his fishing boat Chief and plans to fish in this vicinity.
 Graduation exercises for the Sitka High School class of AS were held Wednesday evening at the high school gym with large audience attending. Both valedictorian Norval Peterson, and salutatorian Jim Calvin gave excellent address es. The invocation was given by the Rev. Elwood Hunter, the commencement address by H. A. Gilbert, presentation of the class by T. J. Cole and presentation of diplomas by School Board President Wally McDonald Music was pro- vided by the school band under the direction of T. F. Jones. In presenting the class, MT. Cole made special mention of honor awards won by two of the students. Alfred Lawrence won a Pepsi Cola scholarship, being among the top ten percent of the thousands throughout the U. s. who competed. Al also had received word that he had passed the entrance exams at West Point.
 The other honor winner was Jim Calvin, who was presented with the American Legion medal for best all-around student and citi- zen. Among the other medals won by Jim were the Honor Society award the basketball medal and medal as Past President of the Student Governing Association.
 After the commencement exer- cises the parents of the graduat- ing class were hosts to the Seniors
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