The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-04-18
Happenings
 Ali H dines
Special Correspondence)

HAYNES, Alaska, April l2-The Rev J. Earl Jackman, DID,, and Miss Ellanore Ewing, officials of the Presbyterian National Board of Missions visited Haines last week to confer with Church, Mission and City officials on mutual prob lens. The community is most in terested in the proposals which are now being negotiated to extend Third Avenue across Mission prop erty to connect with \he Haines Highway, and the proposals to open Mission land on the south side of Main Street for business and resi- dential property.
 Mayor Ira Powell disclosed that new survey of the city's main street has been completed. This preliminary work establishes grades for streets, sidewalks, curbs and and is preparatory to blacktopping Main Street within the City Limits drainage for the entire length of this street within two years. The Board of Missions has granted easements so that Main Street can be widened and Third Avenue be extended across Mission property. Another easement from the Mission is being prepared so that drainage from the Third avenue extension can be handled over Mission prop erty to Portage Cove.
 pr. Jackman met with Elders and Trustees of the Haines Presby- Gerian Church to discuss plans for cemodeling the church. The Rev. Kenneth Fox, Minister of the Church, announced that plans for making a full basement ceneath the church were approved. This basement will serve as an activity room for. parish activities and as Sunday School.
 Miss Ewing arrived in Haines on Saturday. April g on an official visit to the Haines Mission. It was Miss Ewing's second visit to Haines in 13 years She was honored by a reception at Haines House on Sat- uiday evening given by the Haines House staff. Miss Ewing left for Juneau by plane on Monday after noon.
 Mrs. Gertrude Jurgelheit, Public Health Nurse, suffered slight cuts on her face when the Jeep she was driving ran off the highway last Sunday. Mrs. Jurgelheit was returning from Klukwan and skid ded on loose gravel at 4-Mile, Haines Highway. There was very little damage to the vehicle, and no other persons were involved in the accident.
 The Haines City Council at it's last regular meeting, discussed an agreement to be entered into be- tween the City Council and the Haines Hospital Committee regard ng the action necessary to consoli- date the interests each body has in a temporary building on Dalton Street. It was planned to use this Euilding as hospital, but surveys nave shown that it is inadequate. The City owns the land on which the building is located and the Hos pital Committee owns the building itself. The Council has proposed that one of the organizations con- cerned should become sole owner so that both the building and land could be leased or sold to one of several interested businessmen.
 A complete set of traffic ordi- nances were presented to the city for its use by Highway Patrolman E. 0. Koenig, Jr..' of Haines. The Council discussed the ordinances and sent them to N. c. Banfield, City Attorney, for approval. It Is expected that action will be taken on the ordinances at the next regular meeting of the Council. Although it is not one of the regu-