The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-01-14

fast becoming a self-suff cient or ganization and their energy in for warding their independence is hi h. ly practical and praisewort ny. L S. week they advertised a showing at the Community House of Grant .Paarson's solor films of the Wash burn Expedition to Mt. Mex nley, with 50 cents and 25 cents admis- sions. On Friday night the place was well filled and they took in a substantial sum which will go to- wards defraying their Christmas ex- penses and leave something in the treasury for future needs.
 Carl Johnson, formerly of the Eorthland Transportation Co.,, has gone to work as wharfinger for the Conway Dock Co.,, agents for Alaska Steamship.
 At a meeting of the Alaska Ma tive Brotherhood last Monday eve ming, Mark Jacobs Sr., was elected President for the coming year. David Toward was elected Vice President:
 ndrew Hope, Treasurer; George
 nderson, Rec ording and Core
 0onding Secretary; and Albert
 avis, Cyrus Williams and Frank oaul, Camp Councilmen.
 T he Alaska Native Sisterhood get cn Monday night for the r an- lIal elections, and those elected
 re President, Mrs. Cyrus Will
 ms V;ce-President, Mrs. Law
 nee Widemark Treasurer, Mrs.
 .a-les Benson; Rec ording ana
 oresponding Secretary, Mrs. Chas. Iittlefield; Financial Secretary, Mrs. reank Paul; and Camp Council
 omen, Mrs Frank Kitka, Mrs. An 3lew Johnscn and Mrs. Scotty
 ames.
 he Kum-Dubble Club, .ormcd
 lree years ago as part of the Pres 2 terian Lad es Aid, celebrated it's
 ird anniversary Tuesday night with potluck dinner, square danc- ing and cards at the Mt. Edgacumbe Service Club. The group, originally of only nine couples now has membership of more than 80 members and is no longer a denomi- national organization. Some 70 peo- pie turned out for the anniversary affair and the committee in charge, Miss Louise Davis, Mrs. Kate Rob- ertson, Mrs. Jessie Price and MT. nd Mrs. Cecil McClain, is being congratulated cn it's fine handling Of the plann ng and arrangements. President of the Kum- bubble Club IS Mrs. George Nelson of Mt Edge cumbe, with Miss Dorothy Krentz as secretary and Mrs Iris Smith as reasurer.
 The Women's Club, Beta Sigma Phi and Emblem Club combined
 tanning committee for the March oe Dimes drive the last two weeks n January met Friday night at the nonle of Mrs. Ben Bil-o, Women's Jluh president. Ther schedule WIS gnnounced today and includes a public card party to be held at the Community House the afternoon of January 17-Tag Day cn the after noCn O. the 29th and the March ot Dimes Dance at the Community House the evening of the 29th They will start selling dance tickets on the 22nd. Fifty percent of all do- nations will be sent to the Warm
 brings Infantile Paralysis Foun- 5ation and the talancing fifty per- oent will go to the Alaska Crippled CAildren's Association. Elm b l e n Club representative is Mrs. Carl Johnson: Beta Sigma Phi is Mrs. Harvey Brown; and Women's Club representatives, are Mrs. O. R. Ruth
 ford, Mrs. L. F. Richard, Mrs. julius Ferney, Mrs. LeRoy Ca shold and Mrs Ben Bilbo.
 Inbound on Totem today were Chick Hembree and family, Gordon Hall, George H. Lloyd, Tony Her man and P. F. Borodish.
 After a ten day run to cut an Army order which was shipped by
 arge to ward, the Columbia
 CT Company mill is again
 .osed down because of lack of
 ansportation. Roy Avrit, mana
 CT of the Sitka Mill, estimates
 at he has more than two million feet of lumber stacked n the mill gard, in the Forest Service grounds, on the school playground, and around Pioneer Square, awaiting shipment.