The Daily Alaska empire., 1951-11-12

CClNlCe Collpdlly, 1ootil 1llldiliy ', members of Headquarters and Headquarters, of the Alaska Na- tional Guard; the Veterans of For eign Wars colors guard; the Am erican Legion color guard; and the Women of the Moose drill team.
 The parade units lined up in front of the Memorial Library and fell out after the band played Stars and Stripes Forever" directed by Hermann Kuhlmann.
 Dedicatory Services
 The crowd went to the basement of the library, where dedicatory services were held. The girls of the nigh school chorus led the crowd of about 500 persons in the singing of God Bless America" The girls If the Triple Trio of the chorus sang In Flanders Field"
 B. Frank Heintzleman made the opening remarks and introduced Mrs. Saxon Snow, Juneau American egion Post commander; Jack Sur tevant, Auke Bay American Legion rost commander; and James Burn ette, Juneau VFW post commander. lIeintzleman, chairman of the lib- tary board, introduced R. E. Rob- frtson, who made the dedicatory beech. He complimented Robert sss for his long career of public service.
 Robertson quoted Seneca in say ing, There must be a bond be- tween you and others readers of good books"
 T hope all. of you will take ad- vantage of its (the library oppor- tunities. I am so convinced good use of a public library is vital in- centive to the progress of our coun- try" Robertson declared. T am confident wide knowledge gained through reading the thoughts of the great who have registered them in writing, or on whose behalf others have registered them, will never permit us to foresake the doctrines of freedom upon which our nation is founded" he said
 DedIcated to veterans
 The speaker reminded the audi ence that the very principles of the library are dedicated to the veterans of both World Wars. He concluded by saying:
 May this library's facilities be used by you and me, by all of us, in such manner and to such good end that the sacrifices made by those veterans-by all who have fought for freedom-sha not be in vain"
 The granite tablet was presented by VFW Commander Brunette who said he was sure z. our comrades would approve of the time and money spent in this memorial built by our people,"
 The dramatically sealed, copper box filled with items of interest of the times was presented by Elmer Friend, of the Empire. Heintzle- man said the box would be placed in the walls of the new building to be uncovered by later generations.
 Heintzleman then made his talk presenting the building to Juneau through Mayor Waino Hendrickson and members of the city council. The mayor thanked the board for it's hard work and said, We know this is fitting memorial, living memorial, to all of those who served thair country from the Gastineau Channel area"
 In presenting the building to the city, Heintzleman announced that money-$71 ,000--is available to pay in full the 50 percent of the building cost under the contract with the Alaska Public Works. He said the total amount raised was $82,000.
 Payment Tn Full
 Due to our belief in the value of this library in making Juneau Douglas, Thane, Auke Bay and the surrounding areas better place to live, we tmembers of the library board) enjoyed the work the project entailed,' Heintzleman said.
 Heintzleman paid tribute to his two associates of the board, B. D. Stewart, who is in Europe, and James c. Ryan, who is now super intendent of schools in Fairbanks.
 He quoted from a letter to the Empire of two years ago which stated that Juneau was undertak-