The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-07-13

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put the whole town out of cleo
tricity for over an hour. The fire
siren couldn't be sounded so fire
J men we're rounded up by phone
and cab. Several freak fires were
istarted nearby from the jolt of tht
short but were taken care o.
promptly.
Mrs. j. H. Gilpatrick passed
away this morning after a brie
illness. Born in Wisconsin in 1870
she was married in 1893, went TX
Juneau with her family in 1915 anc
moved to Sitka in 1918.
She is survived by her HUSBAND
and three daughters, Mrs. Georgis
Littlepage, Mrs. Louella Smith ane
Mr.. Josephine Carter; four grand
children and ten great grandchil-
dren.
A National Guard unit is being
formed in Stika Here for ar
rangements are Maj. E. L. Roun-
tree, End 1t. Allan c. Markum and
Sgt. Ralph w. Brasher, Jr.
A meeting at .ne American
Legion Dugout was held Thursday
Ievening and was attended by theirty
seven men interested in the Guard
Others are expected to join shortly
The Mt Edgecumbe Lions Clut
held a dinner and dance at the
Totem Club last Saturday evening
to celebrate the installation of new
officers. A Chinese dinner was
served with Pat Caniff in charge
of arrangements.
! Officers installed were: Dr. Fred
Coddington, President; Father Law
renee Nevue, First Vice President
Roland Wurster, Second Vice Pres
idert; AL Eherhardt, Third Vice
President; Max Workman, Secre-
tary; Wendell Abel, Treasurer; Pat
Caniff Lion tanner; Charles Butch
er, Tail twister; Directors: Emil
Fisher, Dr. Robert Shuler, Richard
Pherson and Fred Geeslin.
Speakers during the evening were
AL Lawrence who presented past
president Glenn Green with an
office pin, Glenn Green and DR..
Coddington.
| AL Lawrence and Everett Calhoun
acted IS installing officers.
The Soroptimist Club this week
started a series of card parties at
members homes in a drive to raise
funds for the clubs activities. First
party was held at the home of Mrs.
John Cushing, acting president in
| yhes absence of President Dorothy
Bilbo who is attending the Sorop-
timist convention in Seattle.
d. E. Skinner, G. S. Duryea, H.
S. Ream, Alaska Steamship Com
pany officials, and w. w. Killings
worth, vice president of the Ketchi-
kan Wharf Company, were visitors
for few days in Sitka this week
on company business. They were
entertained at the home of Mr..
and Mrs Dave RamsaJ local Al
aska Steamship agent.
l.. H. Basket, owner OF the
troller Marilyn, flew to Olympia
to spend the Fourth with Els
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. James O'Brien and
three sons left aboard the Denali
| to spend a year with his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Michael O'Brien in
Seattle. They will be met there
by Mrs. O'Brien's mother, Mrs.
Lillian Burkhart, who is on her
way home after spending several
| months in the states.
Norval Peterson left by plane
returning to st. Louis University
| in Illinois where he is studying
laeronautical engineering, after
spending a few days visiting his
parents Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Peter
son.
Lloyd Ripley, ANS instructor at
Mt. Edgecumbe Vocational School,
has left to attend the summer
session at Chemawa School in Ore
gon.
His wife and son Justin will
leave for the States aboard the
North Star next week and will be
| joined in Seattle by Gregory Rip
ley who has been attending the
Scout Jubilee at Valley Forge. The
| Ripleys plan to return on the next
northhound sailing of the North
Star.
w. d. Gross and Zalman Gross
/ are in town this week arranging
| for the rebuilding of the Cook