The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-08-03

at a tea July at Mrs. Rapuzzi's $
 home to compliment Mrs. Gladys
 Brown of Minnesota.
 Mrs. Howard Perchie of White horse, VT, spent the week as houseguest of MT and Mrs. William
 Burfield.
 HING. Athahaskan and HING.
 Crescent were in port July 8-l1. A Days of '98 Dance, several base ball games. and roller skating en- tertained the boys while here.
 The Skagway Emblem Club held it's regular meeting July 8, With g members present. The Club wei comed back their Madam President, Mrs. Dorothy Dewar. She thanKed the members for the flowers ana many cards and letters sent her during her recent illness in Juneau. The Club planned a candy sale to be held July 18 in the lobby of the Golden North Hotel. Thirteen books of award tickets to te sold to aid the scholarship Fund were re- ceived from the Supreme Emblem Club. The Club purchased $5 and members individually bought the rest of the tickets. The Club do- mated $50 to the Swimming Pool Fund. The Emblem Club was com plimented on the Drill Team win ming the second prize, $10, in the July 4th parade. The following committees were appointed by the Madam President: ways and Means Committee, Mrs. Adele Mc- Guane, Mrs. Marie Hoyt, Mrs. Theo Eagle, Mrs. Teen Cox, and Mrs. Ingrid Nord. Membership Com mittee: Mrs. Barbara Birren, Mrs. Jacqueline Budd, and Mrs. Norma Fraser. Welfare Committee: Mrs. Gertrude Beitinger who is to chose her own committee Mrs. Dorothy Carroll submitted her resignation from the position of secretary. Mrs. Theo Eagle was elected to this of- flee. The refreshment committee appointed for August is Mrs. Fran ces Gutfeld, Mrs. Marie Hoyt, ana Mrs. Dorothy Dewar Mrs. Dewar was the winner of the dime kitty Refreshments were served by Mrs. Fraser. Mrs. Gentle, and Mrs. Moe. The evening was spent in bowling.
 Dr. J. w. Rude, Dr. and Mrs c. L. Policy and family from Juneau were weekend visitors in Skagway' They made the trip in pr. Rude's toat, the Do-Boy. Louis Dean Sel- mer came to Skagway with them to visit relatives for a week.
 w. w. Patterson and Lloyd Sul-
 
 livan hiked up over the Chilkoot Trail leaving Dyea Friday morning to meet Dr. William Demon, MT. William Brace and MT. Fred Bar ker, geologists, who were coming south from Whitehorse making an examination of engineering possl- bilities and geology for the pro posed hydroelectric plant, the pos sible dam site at Miles canyon, and other features of the project. The men spent the first night at Sheep Camp, then went on to Lake Linderman where the geologists had made a base camp. They To- cated the party at Long Lake ana guided them down the Pass. It was a miserable trip coming down for the weather was bad with cola rains and much of the trail had been wiped out by a slide. In Skag- way they joined Dr. James Grow den, Chief Hydroelectric Engineer and President of Alcoa and pr. William Meade of the Boston Institute of Technology who had come in from Whitehorse by tram. On Saturday MT. Growden ana MT. Meade flew over the Chilkoot in the Alaska Coastal plane-almost as far as the camp at Lake Linder- man. The weather was excellent on Saturday so they were able to see much of the surrounding com- try. No decisions have been made on the project, and MT. Meade sald that none would be made for some time.
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