The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-02-13
EIiin Cove
 News Notes
Especial correspondence)


 Mrs. Mary Graves.
 The P.A.I.C. from Pelican City came in this afternoon to be here few days.
 Bob Brown and son Bud are leaving for Sitka after the mall boat Forester gets here from Ju- neau. Brown hopes to buy a larg- CT boat than the one he has now.
 MT. and Mrs. Don D. Foster en- tertained at dinner Saturday eve ming for MT. and Mrs. George Williams.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Hubbard entertained Sunday evening. Din- ner, guests were Mrs. Marguerite 1 Butts and Jim Lingard. There were ten ladies attend- i ing the Sewing Club at Mrs. Don D. Fosters. Mrs. Mary Graves was guest of honor and new member. Mrs. Graves was making a rug of dyed stockings. Mrs. Elliott Frem- ming was back in the circle after having been absent for several weeks and others were Mrs. Glen Parker, Mrs. Charles Hubbard, Mrs. Pete Brunger, Mrs. Marguerite Butts, Mrs. Ernest Swanson, Mrs. Walter Larson and Mrs. Del Vim CT. On a very colorful table Mrs. Foster served assorted sand wiches, olives, pickles and stuff ed celery, Boston brown bread spread with cheese and for des- sert a pineapple blanchmange, and a chocolate iced sponge cake and coffee.
 Mrs. Glen Parker left on the mail boat Forester for her home in GustavuS.
 Mrs. Mary Graves, cur perman- snt teacher, comes to Elfin Cove with seventeen years of teaching i experience She taught in the i state of Montana in grade and Junior High Schools. Mrs. Graves likes Alaska and thinks Elfin Cove an ideal place in which to live. George Fullbrook raised his boat which sank during the storm of January 5. Assisting him was Wal ford Mortensen.
 At an informal gathering at Mrs. Marguerite Butts WedneS- day evening were Mrs. Pete Brung- CT, Mrs. Walter Larson, Mrs. FL lott Fremming, and Mrs. Del Vim CT. A few games of Chinese checkers. were played and a few records on the photograph were enjoyed by all
 Clell Hodson with his son Clell, Jr., have gone to do the assessment work on their mining claims.
 The Sewing Club held at Mrs. Ernest Swansons' was very jov- i ial occasion. Records were played ] on her electric record changer. ], Mrs. Pete Brunger was knitting an afghan, Mrs. Mary Graves was making an afghan of squares cut of dark wool material for centers and she was crocheting several rounds of bright colors of wool around the material, making squares; Mrs. Don Foster was knit ting a hat; Mrs. Charles Hubbard crocheting edgings; Mrs. Walter Larson and Mrs. Del Winner were knitting sweaters for their hus- bands of the same pattern, the horseshoe cable stitch; Mrs Elliott Fremming, embroidery; Mrs. Mar guerite Butts and Mrs. Carl Strum hemming; Mrs. Ernest Swanson, just mending. For lunch, rolled meatslices filled with combination salad on shredded lettuce, relishes, pickles and beets, cream puffs and a chocolate filled cake and coffee was served.
 Pete Brunger has completed an addition to the wheelhouse on his boat, 31B3. making room for a table with built in seats at the sides. putting a window at the rear and two doors, one on each side of the wheelnouse. Skipper Frank Thomas stopped in the Cove on his way to his home in Hoonah from Sitka, leav- ing Mrs. Thomas, who is i'll, in Sitka.
 Skipper Ross Peterson on the boat Celtic, has arrived in the Cove.
 ANCHORAGE VISITORS Sigfus F. Sigfussen of Anchor