The Daily Alaska empire., 1950-02-22

group at their next meeting which will be scheduled to the convent ence of the guests.
 Wayne J. Plumley, a p year old fisherman, has been bound over to the grand jury with bail set at $5OO0 on charge of alleged stat utory rape.
 The town received a bad scare Friday morning when a fire broke out at the Columbia Lumber Mill. A strong wind threatened the mills safety. The two nearest fire hy- drants were frozen. Mill employees and firemen got the fire under control quickly with CO.'S.
 The engagement of Charlotte Na- dine Langsford to Howard Law irence Trent has been announced. Miss Langsford is the daughter of MT. and Mrs. Ray Langsford of Terre Haute, Indiana, and has been a nurse at the Orthopedic Hospital for the past ten months. MT. Trent, son of Mrs. Joe Scars, is a local fisherman. The marriage will take place April II.
 Marie Adele, a daughter weigh ing four pounds, was born to MT and Mrs. Marvin Kinberg, Jr., early Tuesday morning. MT. Kinberg is an ANS employee. The mother was formerly a nurse at the Ortho- pcdic Hospital.
 Announcements have been re- ccived from MT. and Mrs. Toni Sojka on the birth of their second daughter, Pauline Lee, February 4, in Los Angeles, The Sojkas were Sitka residents until last fall.
 Pete Haugen, owner of the Mar inc Supply Company, left by plane last week end on a two week busi- ness trip to Seattle.
 MT. and Mrs. Charles Wortman, owners of Wortman's Drug Store, returned aboard the Denali We'd nesday from a visit of several months along the coast. They miss ed few former Sitka residents be- tween here and San Francisco where they spent some time with MT. Wortman's sister.
 MT. and Edwin Reed return- ed by plane this week from stay of several weeks in Seattle where MT. Reed was patient at the Vir- ginia Mason Hospital. MT Reed is manager of the Sitka Cold Stor- age store.
 Roy Rutherford, manager of the Cold Storage office, returned this week from a brief vacation in the states. Mrs. Rutherford is expected to return next week.
 ] Mrs. L. c. Berg left by plane this week to join her husband in Portland, Oregon. The Bergs plan to return the end of March.
 The Board of Directors of the Sitka Public Library met Saturday afternoon to elect new officers. Off, ficers elected were-Robert De- Armond, President; Mrs. Charles Wortman, Treasurer; and Mrs. Pu- get Faulk, Secretary. Other board members are Mrs. Foster Mills, Mrs. William Arthur and Mrs. Jack Cal month was chosen for regular meet win.
 The third saturday of each ings hereafter
 New Officers elected by the En- blem Club Monday evening were Mrs. Vincent Beauchamp, Presi- dent; Mrs. Kenneth Nordby, Past President; Mrs. Carl Johnson, Vice President; Mrs. Carl Nelson, Fin ancial Secretary; Mrs. Louis Me- Gee, Recording Secretary; Mrs. Russell Clithero, Corresponding &c., cretary; Mrs. Mark Rigling, Trea- surer; Mrs. Frank Guertin, three year Trustee; Mrs. E. c. Tibbetts, Historian; Mrs. Chris Larsen, Press Correspondent; Mrs. Vienna Rhoad- es, Organist; Mrs. Fred Davenport, First Guard and Mrs. H. T. Doran Second Guard.
 Officers appointed to office were: Mrs. Jack Culbert, Chaplain, Mrs. Josephine Carter, Marshal, Mrs. Ed Gushing and Mrs. Jack Cough, As S.stant Marshals.
 Officers will be in5talled on Monday evening, Feb. 27 with Elks as guests.