The Daily Alaska empire., 1948-05-10

Mont. Coyotes chased the deer into i Alaska and held hearing on natu- ralization of four Sitkans; Mrs. John Dolenc, Samuel Hartley, Olaf John sen and Jenny Laakso.
 The Masonic Club of Sitka honor ed District Deputy Grand Master J w. LieverS with a banquet at the Bayview Hotel. Thirty-five members attended, to hear an address by the honor guest.
 The regular monthly meeting oi the Alaska Crippled Children's As- sociaticn Chapter was held. at Com 1 munity House Wednesday evening with President Katheryn Webb pre- siding. After routine business was finished, the Chapter was addressed ky Miss Grace Burley on the need ot volunteer helpers to work with the children at the Orthopedic on han dicrafts and school subjects. Miss Burley is assigned, by the Health i Department, to work with patients at Alice Island Sanatorium but has been giving all possible spare. time to Orthopedic patients which, ob- viously, is too great task for one person and falls far short of pro- yiding either an education or occu- i patton for the children.
 Several members volunteered tc work during the month of May and the Chapter decided to suggest to other chapters, through Anchorage i headquarters, that a full time, com petent rehabilitation program teach CT be hired if the ACCA chapters could guarantee her wages. 1 Dr. Phillip Moore, head surgeon of Orthopedic, informed the group that first permission of both the Health Department and the ANS must be obtained for such a move i and offered to write Juneau head- quarters for information on theil attitude toward such a program i Dr. Moore also spoke on the new medical program through which i two crippled Alaska children will he taken monthly by the University of Chicago Hospital one of the fin est institutions in the world. He stated that there had been some I misunderstanding of reasons for ] the program. He explained that Both the Chicago Hospital and Alaska benefited; the first becauss in the States tuberculosis of the Eone is a rare thing; the second be- cause the disease is so prevalent ir Alaska children that all of the cases cannot possible be cared for here leaving hundreds without medica attention. The program is financed through special grant which pro- vides for the transportation of the patients. Another benefit of the program is that doctors from the Chicago institution will come to our Orthopedic for study-thus pro-
 yiding the finest addition to tht
 hospital staff.
 After adjournment of the meet
 ing coffee and cake were served. Mrs. Carl Rusher arrived by plane
 from Juneau Monday to visit hel
 parents, MT. and Mrs. A. G. Dex,
 ter for two weeks. She has sold theil home on D Street to Mr.and Mrs
 o. Rutherford. He is new office
 manager of the Gid Storage Com pany.
 MT and Mrs. George Beck wer, , round trippers aboard the Alaska from Ketchikan on a combined busi. : ness and vacation trip. While hert they visited. with many old friend from Ketchikan and paid visit tt : the Orthopedic Hospital being takel across aboard the Webh's yacht
 ROmany III.
 Mrs. Theodore Kettleson lief
 aboard the Alaska to see an cyl
 specialist in Seattle for a seriou
 eye affliction.
 Mrs. Joel Campbell and younl :. daughter Martha left on the Alaski on five weeks visit with relative in Texas and Florida MT. Camp
 bell is Observer in charge of tn
 local Coast and Geodetic Surve station.
 l Howard Wood, nephew of the Rev Y Elwood Hunter, and student il : Sitka High, underwent an emer t gency appendectomy at the hospit 9 al Friday.
 Art Franklin, Clyde Franks am : Andy Johnson have formed a com : pany for the contract construction e business. Their business headquar D ters will be at the Franklin office ol e Maksoutoff Street.