The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-07-24

l for S38.50 Mayor Carroll told the Council that he had made an emer- gency decision when it was discover ed that there was not sufficient dirt , on the City Park lots to allow them to be leveled correctly and had auth- orized the construction of a wading , pool west of the Molly Walsh statue Van zanten asked that all vacant buildings be boarded up The Mayor asked him to contact the owners iand see that this be done. He was also instructed to he on the alert at am. and between the hours of Il am. and noon for truck driving between the town and the sanita- i rum. Complaints have been made that this truck has been driving at these hours at approximately 60 mi , lec an hour
 7'he clerk reported that two per- sons had appeared befor the Magis- trate's Court on charges of druken- ness and discrderliness. One was charged $l0 and costs; the other had fine and sentence suspended pro- vided he leave town after paying cost of $31 tF
 letter was read from Art Lar con asking If building might be ob- , tained for roller skating for the | youngsters and teen-agers. This was , not possible at present because of u the help given the swimming pool ; project
 ; MT. Brena was offered the job of extra policeman-on call for "A hour : duty hut no agreement could be l made on salary Frank Boyd was r suggested as a possible candidate S for this three month job.
 The Council increased the clerks 1 salary
 . letter was read from Mrs. c. A. 9 Carroll asking that the Mission - Auxiliary be permitted to use the A. B. Hall for bazaar this fall This - was granted.
 The Mayor gave slight resume of the trial of the City of Skagway
 vs Skagway Public Service Company.
 No decision was made by the Judge as the lawyers for 10th sides had 10 days to place briefs.
 At a Telephone Board meeting 'held June 29, o. P. Flynn was in-
 structed to obtain full information on the dial system and it's installa-
 tion.
 Mrs. J. D. True and small son went
 to Whitehorse, July l, to visit friends They returned home Sunday after
 neon
 Mrs. Mary McCann gave tea Thursday afternoon, July l, to hon.
 CT the Sister Superior of Plus x
 Mission, Sister Mary Claude, who is
 being transferred from iSkagway
 in the near future. Besides the guest
 Of honor, the guests were Sister Mel
 fridge, Sister Mary Amy, Sister Mary
 Florence, Mrs. V. Sparks, Mrs. M. ".
 Rafferty, Mrs Albert Hall, Mrs.
 Bruce Roynton, Mrs o. P. Flynn and
 Mrs. George Burgess.
 MT. and Mrs. Olaf Olsen of An iohorage arrived in Skagway on
 Thursdays train to visit Mrs. Olsen's
 sister and brother-i in-law. MT. and
 Mrs. Charles Rapuzzi. The Olsens flew to the States in May and have
 driven back over the HiWay from
 Minnesota to Whitehorse. They plan
 to visit in Skagway until July when
 they will return to Whitehorse and
 drive from there to Anchorage.
 Mir and Mrs. Mark Lee enter
 tertained MT. and Mrs. Olaf Olsen
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Rapuzzi and
 Mir Bob Rapuzzi at dinner Thurs
 day evening.
 A fire alarm was sounded Thurs
 day morning at 9:30 because of a chimney fire at the Roy Eagle home at Second and Alaska. No damage was done.
 MT. and Hary Harry Fraser, MT. and Mrs J. c. Hoyt, and John Hoyt went to Portage July 2 to spend four days there fishing. Miss R. L. Racket of Emporium, Pa was the guest of Will Flynn for several days last week. MT. Flynn gave a dinner at the Golden North Hotel Tuesday evening to compli- ment Miss Racket. MT. and Mrs O. ] p. Flynn and Mary Ellen Flynn were guests.
 Vacation Bible School closed on 1 Friday evening with a short pro- gram and an exhibit at the Pres byterian Church Each class was represented The Beginners Class taught by Mrs. John Dodge with
 Mavis Irene Soldin and Mrs. w
 Flnegan as assistants, demonstrat-
 ed it's Rhythm Band. The Primary
 Class, MT John Dodge, teacher
 with Mrs. George Villesvik and | Dbyllic Olcor, oc .c.cfantS had