The Daily Alaska empire., 1949-10-22
NEWS ITEMS
 FROM SITkA
ESPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE


 SITKA, Alaska, Oct. 15.-The re-
 tiring Mayor. Charteris, and Coun-
 cilmen met briefly Tuesday to trans act final business before turning over the city's administration to the newly elected Mayor, Doyle, and
 new Councilmen
 Bills totalling $9,l08.23 were ap- proved: current correspondence was read and election results were approved and recorded. Mayor Charteris thanked his fellow coun-
 cilmen for their work during the
 past year and recommended to the
 new council, three city employees for their outstanding service; City
 Clerk Frank Calvin, Chief of Po- lice Stormy Doran and City Super visor Bill Ward
 After being sworn in by City Clerk Calvin, the new councilmen were called to order by Mayor Doyle who announced all city employees would be temporarily retained, ap- plications for the new year to be reviewed at the next meeting, Oct ober 25. A rising vote of thanks was rendered the retiring council before the meeting adjourned. First official act of the new may or was proclamation, making October IS a public holiday for the dedication of the statue, The Pros pector.
 Station KALA will be on the air two weeks after arrival of equip ment according to statement made by Walt Welch who arrived last week to manage the station for
 Baranof Enterprises. The announce ment was made at the Rotary luncheon Tuesday where MT. Welch was guest. Exact time of arrival
 of equipment is indefinite, but it is already enroute from the east.
 MT. Welch added the informa-
 tion that Capt. Lathrop of Fair
 banks is affiliated with station KALA and will provide technical
 assistance.
 Triune Service Company, owned by MT. and Mrs. Art Franklin, MT.
 and Mrs. Andy Johnson and MT.
 and Mrs. Clyde Franks, has pur-
 chase the Mercantile Building and
 are tusy with alterations for nov
 ing the retail Sitka Electric Shop
 and part of the office into the sec- ton formerly occupied by Sitka
 Mercantile Part of the building they formerly occupied will be re- tained for office space and the rest will be rented.
 Bob DeArmond and Jack Calvin have bought the building occupied. | by their business, Sitka Printing Company on Maksoutoff Street, from w. P. Mills. The first floor is print shop; the second, two apart ments.
 The Market Center-a grocery store in the new Bands Building on the corner of Oja and Baranof Streets opened for business today. Located in the residential district, across the street from the rear of the High School Building, the store will be open from nine am. to 10 pm daily, including Sundays.
 Manager of the store is Frank Wit timore. A soda fountain and laund- srette will be added in the near fu-
 ture. The second floor of the build- ing will have two apartments. A new float is being built at the
 Cold Storage Dock, replacing the
 old one. The work is being done
 by a company crew and during con- struction all boats have had to find new berths.
 Darned if he hasn't done 1t again! pr. Sharpenberg, we mean. Every time he goes hunting he has some outstanding experience with bear. Usually it's something he prefers not to tell hut which his hunting companions tell with great gusto, brightly embroidered. He's been treed so many times he has callouSs- es between his knees.
 Now he has a story he can tell. He and Dr. Harry Hodgins returned this week from three weeks hunt ing trip in the Skeena River Coun- try with an albino black bear, the first one reported in over 30 years. Also bagged were moose, sheep, a goat and three other bear.
 Other members of the party were Keith Snowden and Howard Brad shaw. Snowden returned after a weeks hunting and Bradshaw isn't nack yet-having gone to Ketchl-
 kan for the big Elks doings ana
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