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The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
CITY COUNCIL CONTINUES
 RATE HEARING TO JAN. II

City Council at its Tuesday night meeting recessed the telephone rate hearing until Jan. n 10 allow time to contact the Alaska Telephone Corporation relative to the possi- ble sale of it's holdings here 10 the city.
 After reviewing the corpora tion's figures on its operation and studying a report of it's city attor- ney and auditor. the Council found that even with the S2 flat increase as now proposed by ATC. the company would show a Loss at the end of the year of $5,92S.27 on it's Wrangell operations.
 In view of what the Mayor label cd a "hopeless' situation the Coun- cil voted unanimously to continue the hearing and try To work out solution which would provide the community with adequate tela- phone service al reasonable rates.
 No representative of the com pany was present at the Tuesday night hearing and the matter of negotiating with Are as to possi- ble sale to the city was turned over to the light and utility com mittee, headed by Councilman Fin ar OttesOn as chairman.
 City Attorney Howard stabler advised the Council in his report that under ordinance 149 enacted in March l952 the city established a rate base and fixed an allowable irate of return 10 the company of l six per cent on its investment. He i pointed ont the present rates do not provide this return and neither does the now proposed B increase.
 Wrote Che city attorney.
 The city should not sacrifice any of it's rights under the Terri- torial statutes to regulate rates. In the present instance We think the Common Council was acting within it's rights in disallowing the in- crease requested in July. The cor poration had the right, and should have carried Che matter to the courts if they deemed it necessary. instead of arbitrarily raising the rates as was done on Sept. 1 with out either Council or Court sane tion."
 The City Attorney and Auditor C. J. Ehrendreieh recommended to the Council that tt accept the g increase for 1854 and through 1855.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
GIIY BREAKS EVEN .lR IEAK 5 OPERATIONS AUDlr REPORT SHOWS

Auu.t oI lne eIty books as of September 90 reveals the town broke even in it's last years opera tious. il was shown in a report to the City Council at it's meeting Tuesday night. The annual audit report, prepared by C. ]. Ehrend- releh, certified public accountant of Juneau. was reviewed by the Council aud accepted.
 The report showed a balance in the general fund at the close of business OH Sept. 90 of $20,45740 against which were bills outstand- ing Of S6.S53.14 and indebtedness Of sl2.00O in red warrants in es- crow in the bank to pay the city E cost of the north end fill.
 The Hght fund showed a bal ance ot S4,62319. against which there were outstanding bills of $6.- fo5.b1. 4he water fund had a bal auee of S5.637.79 with. outstand- ing bills of $1.U6S.76 and the health and education showed a bal anee ot st,t2s.97 with outstanding bills of S2.673.99
 The report revealed the city had collected $34.319.57 in real pro. perty taxes. $2,947.16 in personal property taxes and S29.23736 in sales tax Light department reven. }ues totaled So3,799.01 and other income including vehicle licenses mercantile licenses. liquor licenses etc. brought the city's total in. come to $1S0,693.86 to September 90. To the same date the city's ex. 'penditures totaled $144,566.52 in .cluding administrative costs such as salaries and general overhead of 5 S40.373.80, operation of the light plant $59.447.36, cost of schools and health service $24.8OS.39 and operations of the various depart ments such as fire, police. streets. etc, bringing the total expenses for the year 10 $144,566.52. leay- ing a balance in all funds of S36,- 12734. After the city paid it's Sep tember bills in October totaling $17.351.56 and retired the $12.0OO in red warrants. the actual bal ance for the year in all funds would be $7127.34. most of which was ill the water fund
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
ELMER BAKKE HOME
 FROM VACATION IN EAST

Elmer Bakke, well known Wran- gell man, returned home yesterday from Minnesota where he has been visiting his brother, E. N. Bakke, also formerly of Wrangell.
 Elmer was gone two months and visited other states but spent most of his time in Virginia, Minn., where his brother lives, talking about WrangelI. He said q spawned out salmon, which his friends at the local cold storage sent him caused quite stir in Virginia. A hardware store there displayed the fish and had people write down their guesses as to what it was. The guesses were many and varied Elmer said.
 While there Elmer enjoyed mar motor trips and soi9 the weatP 7 was perfect - until Nov. II whe the mercury went down 10 IA a. bove. "Then l came home" Elmer said.
 He reported his brother well but misses Wrangell and added: He sure enjoys getting The Sentinel"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26

reces 'a in the Conservatory of Rio de Janeiro; as a guitarist, she mastered the art of classical guitar with Andres Segoyia. spain's fam ous master.
 Of special interest on her pro- gram of varied music will be a group arranged for her by the great contemporary composers - Nilla-Lobos and Gamargo Guanferi The program will culmfnate in a series of guitar-inspired Brazilian songs which are Olga Coelho's own arrangements.
 Said the New York Herald Tribune after Coelho's recent con cert in New York Town Hall:
 "Olgo Coelho is one of those artists who occupy an entirely per sonal, utterly unique position in oar musical life. At her Town Hall recital last night she again dem onstrated how richly she is endow- cd both as a singer and as a guit- arist. yet it is the art that con- 1 ceals these arts, her stylized nat lnralness. that commands affection ! md admiration She has brought folk art to the level of the sophis- ticated arts, and without losing any of it's original quality. She sang Peruvian pieces. Col ombian pieces, songs from Brazil. Argentina and Mexico. She also sang some Dowland, Searlatti and Nilla-Lobos, and in each the charm of her beautiful and highly-trained voice, the snap and crackle of her brisk or sumptous guitar playing beguiled the ear. Miss Coelho is an indispensable figure on the worlds musical landscape"
 Miss Coelho is accompanied on her tour by Mrs. Maxim Shapiro
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
JAPANESE MILL uuEN# N#vloIf HERE
 Uu lUmbER# SURREY

Iakuu Usnlma. executive director ot lae Alaska Lumber and Pulp company. accompanied by k. Ku- bolo, head of tne Toyo Spinning aIIl.s company of Japan, one of lnat couutrys largest rayon and cotton processing concerns, were yIsuors m Nrangeu yesterday en route 10 Juneau and thence to Sit ka wnere Alaska Lumber is sur yeying possibilities for a pulp mill.
 Mmle nere they looked over the local sawmiL. now operated by AL asKa Lumber and Pulp as the MrangeL Lumber Company in com paus elu ghet Neill, construction superintendent in charge of the To- cal plant.
 4nie. tor Oshima, a frequent visit or in Nrangelf. expressed satisfae- uon with the progress being made at the local mill and genera. pros
 pscg for early production He was enthusiastic about his eompany's future in Alaska's timber industry
 AIr. INuboto had been recently in London and a few days ago had been the luncheon guest of Presi- dent Eisenhower and State Secre- tary Foster Dulles. He is interested in the timber of Alaska as a possi- ble source of raw material for carrying on his rayon and other enterprises.
 The Japanese industrialists flew to Juneau yesterday afternoon for conferences with the Governor and i [. s. forest officials.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
ALASKAN WILL GET APPOINTMENT TO
 AIR FORGE ACADEMY

Alaska will be allowed one ap- pointment for the first class enter ing the Air Force Academy in 1855. according to Delegate E. L.. Bartlett who is authorized to nom mate 10 candidates to compete a. mong themselves for the one va cancy.
 Delegate Bartlett, who stated he would welcome applications, point ed out that a candidate must be at least IT and must not have reach ed his 22nd birthday by July 1, 1855. Candidates must be citizens of the United States, no shorter than five feet four inches and no taller than six feet four inches.
 Alaskas appointee will be selec- ted by the Air Force from among the 10 candidates as the result of mental and physical examinations. Any Alaska boy interested should send me a letter of application to 1929 House Office Building. Wash ington, D. G." Delegate Bartlett said, giving me his full name and date of birth" Further details are available in Delegate Bartlett's office.
 Three hundred cadets are to be admitted in the first class, the ap- pointees apportioned among the states and Territories according to population. The Air Force Academy was authorized by .he S3rd Con- gress and until such time as the permanent academy is constructed at Colorado Springs, Colorado, the cadets will attend school at Lowry Air Force Base. Denver.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
sss ass WRANGELL SCHOOL.
 NFW7C
By c L. Anderson Superintendent of Schools


 To those people who are worried about Alaska schools all being cast in the same mould, their fears can 1 be stopped by attending the Super intendents Advisory Conferences in Juneau. Thirty-one school heads represented thirty-one different types of schools, had many differ ent problems and as many differ ent ideas concerning them
 It is an encouraging sight to see so many men engaged in Alaskan education still able to speak freely and work to the best of their own 1 thinking without any coercion 1 from any direction Many problems were discussed some answered and some legislation suggested. It was considered by all to be highly sue , cessful
 Hoop Tourney
 The annual high school basket ball tournament will be held this year in Mt. Edgecumbe on the week of March to F. The actual dates have not as yet been determ- ined, but the tournament this year will be d single elimination, seeded entry affair, with the smaller schools being forced to play in or der to enter the tournament. Many problems will have to be ironed out and in all probability they will be- Music Festival
 The music festival for the South east Alaska Activities Association will be held in Ketchikan on April 28, 29 and 30 and it is hoped that | Wrangell can take the place it de- serves with the schools in South east Alaska with which we are as soeiated. It has been many years since Wrangell High School has participated in a music festival be- cause they had no band to send. Now all that has been changed and plans will be underway shortly to raise money for sending the kids to Ketchikan.
 School Carnival The annual school carnival has been delayed a number of times for many reasons, but will be held on December 4, at the old school gym at S:00 D. m. Everyone is invited to attend. Please be there and bring your purse. The receipts are used for expenses for our basket ball team and this year they must travel before they have a home game, so the receipts will be very welcome.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
FLATS DISASTER EXPLAINED AS
 MOTOR FAILURE

Bob Sawyer, returning from the Henry Wells place at Camp Island , this woak reported to The Sentinel
 that ne had found out who the persons were in the boat he thought had swamped on the flats several weeks ago
 The boat was from Yank Island on its way to Le Conte Glacier with two men in it when the motor threw clutch and left the boat wal.owing in heavy water. Sawyer and Jeff Anderson saw this and presumed the boat had swamped from the heavy seas.
 They saw the men in the boat but at the distance couldn't deter mine that they were rowing. Searching for the "swamped" boat later, they failed to find trace as the men had made their way to bight behind the beacon at the end of Mitkoff Island.
 Sawyer learned these details from Henry Wells who had talked to the men. Sawyer didn't get their names.
 According to Wells the men had been hunting at Le Conte when a piece of an iceberg fell off the g1a- cier with the resultant swell mash ing their boat on the beach, break ing a hole in the bottom and swamping the motor.
 They managed a patch on thel boat and padded with boards, hav- ing forgotten to bring oars. to the Wells place. There they were pick ed up by Art Hiebert in his plane and returned to Vank Island. They were returning for the damaged skiff in another boat when Sawyer saw them and they lost their mo- tor.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
SENATOR DORIS BARNES LEAVING FOR ANCHORAGE

Senator Doris Barnes is leaving the first of the week for Anchor age where she will attend Terri torial7wide meeting of insurance agents scheduled for Dec. 2 to 4.
 Joe Mclean, of Juneau, is pres ident of the insurance agents as- sociation in Alaska.
 Following the Anchorage sessions Mrs. Barnes will fly to Seattle to spend Christmas with her daugh- ter, Miss Dorianne Barnes of Seat tie and Mrs. Clarence Henning and family in Anacortes. She will re- turn home immediately after Christmas.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
TERRITORIAL HEALTH DEPT. MAY OPERATE NATIVE HOSPITALS

JUNEAU - A motion recom- mending that Alaska Native Serv- ice hospitals be operated by the Alaska Department of Health was passed by the Alaska Board ot Health at it's annual meeting here
 The action followed a confer enee with Gov. B. Frank Heintzle- man on Alaska health matters, in eluding the forthcoming transfer of Alaska Native Service hospitals to jurisdiction of the U. S. Public Health Service which is set fol July 1 1855.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
To. K. RUDE WINS FIRST PLACE IN
 aMMlLAI-nEER nERRY

AAAN ~ D AAA1 OAAAiAA 4LAk0 q
 o. k. Rude captured first place in Che Stikine Sportsmen's Associa- ton annual Deer Derby this year. For his 161--pouud buck, Rude will be presented with a Model 76O Gemngton gun in his own choice Of calibre.
 4 15S-pound buck taken by Tom Teller put him in second place and Tommy needn't worry about com ing cold winter nights = his a. ward Tor his hunting prowess gets mm a sleeping bag Third in line is Eddie Pat Churchill. who should be well set up to bring in another big one nsXt year for his l5O. pound buck this year won him 100 rounds of ammunition.
 Honorable mention goes to Don kangas with a 141-pound buck: ginl Miller, 140-pounder: c. D. Fisher. 12912 pounds and Lucille Fisher, the only woman to enter in Che derby. did almost as well as her husband by shooting 1211a pound buck.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
WRANGELL INSTITUTE
 NEWS
BY J. Lester Minner

l@ m
 The children living in the Boys Dormitory were thrilled and de ngnted recently upon receiving a personal letter from Bing Crosby and twelve of Bing's and Gary choice recordings Tor Thanksglv1 ing. It appears that children here wno DOCK print and paint totems have fans in Hollywood. One can not disagree with Bing's evaluation of the children's work, and neither can a person fail 10 be warmed by i thoughtfulness of this type by a busy Hollywood star.
 Guests for Thanksgiving
 The children living in the Wran- geI1 Boarding School invited Thanksgiving dinner guests from a. mong members Of the staff and their families and religious teach CTS contributing regularly to the school program
 The turkey dinner. with all the traditional trimmings, was taste fully served at noon. The children, often two to q guest. sat with the persons invited and made the most delightful hosts and hostesses i'm aginable. It would i ndee be diff cult to find children better behav- ed, better dressed, or more obvious ly happy and at ease than those who this year shared their Thanks giving feast with friends and teachers. Sharing, always a source of happiness. has added much to the chi4dren's pleasure, and those responsible for the dinner deserve much credit
 Recently to re-enter Wrangell Boarding School were Forrest and Plamer Fienry, two brothers from the Interior of Alaska near Palmer, and Frank and Feckla Tretitoff of Egegik. Feckla lived for time in the home of Virgil Newman and is well known by the children in Wrangell. New entrants are Sarah and Rosie Nicolai from Nebesna, Alaska.
 North Star ill Wrangell
 The USMS North Star docked at Wrangell Saturday, Nov. 20, to discharge cargo for the Alaska Ma tive Service. A member of the crew indicated that the North Star had encountered some rough weather and delays on the present voyage Children at Wrange1l, many of whom came to school here on past voyages of this vessel, look for ward with pleasure to it's arrival Nurse Gaddie, formerly stationed at Wrangell Institute for a time, is known to many of the children from her work here. She is perhaps better known for her visits to out lying villages. When she comes the children, many of them. feel they have seen someone from nome Forsens Leave
 Carl Forsen and family left Wrangell Saturday for Seattle via the North Star. MT. Forsen is res- , ently on leave from his job as head of maintenance at Wrangell Board ing School.
 Gus Zimmerman Is heading the maintenance department du ring Mir. Forsen's absence.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
PRELIMINARY SESSION GAME COMM. DEC. 8

Doug Swanson, enforcement agent of the Fish and Wildlife Service. in Juneau, was in town this week on official business. He reported the Alaska Game Commission is hold ing a preliminary session in Anch- orage on Dec. 8. Earl Dinner, Pet ersburg shrimp king, is chairman Iof the commission. The commits mission will meet in regular ses- sion in February.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
OLGA COELHO. BRAZILIAN SOPRANO-GUITARIST. HERE TOMORROW

An unusual and brilliant person. ality will make her bow before Wrangell music lovers tomorrow evening at the high school gym nasium at s o'clock when the AL aska Music Trail will present Olga Coelho, h e Brazilian soprano guitarist. in the second gala con cert of the current concert season
 Her training as a vocalist was
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
IT'S Az PARAKEET!

Sex unknown but at 12.30 D. m. on Thanksgiving Day, baby para keet kicked out of the shell at the home of Mr and Mrs. Frank Webb, local parakeet faneiers. The birth" brought to 12 the number of in- hahitants on the Webb parakeet tree
 Haven't named it yet" report ed Frank, but it probably will be Thanksie, as 1t arrived on Thanks giving"
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26
THANKSGIVING IN JUNEAU

The Lennie Engstr0m family flew to Juneau Wednesday to spend the Thanksgiving holiday with Mir Fngstrom's brother and family, the Elton Engstroms, in the Capital City. They expect to return home Sunday.
The Wrangell sentinel., 1954-11-26

Too late To Classify -
 LOST Hand-toOled leather bank book with initials T. V. Con- tains valuable papers. $5 reward.
 53-1tc
Evening star., 1954-10-05
Mrs. Hobby's Counterpart in India Is Here

The only Indian woman of
cabinet rank, Rajkumari Am
rit Kaur. Minister of Health
for India. arrived here yester-
day for her first visit to the
United States.
Today Indian Ambassador
G.. L. Mehta gave a luncheon
in honor of this distinguished
woman who has held her posi-
ton since 1947 when India
achieved it's independence.
During Nine. Kaur's five
day visit in Washington. she
will be honored at a series
of parties given by various
Government officials.
DR.. Leonard A. Scheele,
Surgeon General of the United
States Public Health Service
will be host tonight at a dinner
at the Dupont Plaza Hotel.
Nine. Kaur will be accom-
panied by Ambassador Mehta
and Professor M. S. Sunda-
ram. Other guests will in
clude members Of the staff of
the Public Health Service,
officials from the State De-
Evening star., 1954-10-05

partment and Foreign Opera
tions Administration.
The visitor will address the
staff of the Department of
Health, Education and We'll
fare at 11::30 tomorrow morn
ing and afterwards Mrs. Oveta
Culp Hobby will entertain
Nine. Kaur at luncheon.
Other entertaining being
planned is a dinner to be
given for her by Under Sec
retary and Mrs. Nelson A.
Rockefeller tomorrow eve
ming, and a luncheon Thurs
day to be given by Mrs. Lu-
cille Petry Leone, Chief Nurse
Officer of the Public Health
Service.
Nine. Kaur will meet with a
number of leaders of women's
organizations in the United
States at a dinner on Thurs
day given by DR.. Marth M.
Eliot, Director of the Chill
dren's Bureau of the Depart
ment of Health, Education and
Welfare.
Assistant Secretary of State
Evening star., 1954-10-05

Announcement Of this years
official White House social pro-
gram. traditionally the start
ing gun for the Washington
social season, was made here
yesterday.
The list. compiled in Denver
where the Eisenhowers still are
vacationing. includes several
departures from past practices.
The entire season has been
clustered into four active weeks
allowing for a one-week re-
spite in November and a long
respite between December 8
and January IA,
Events win be run OF at a
rapid clip. two a week. during
November and December. In
January the President and his
wife will polish of the four
final functions within an eight
day period-probably a record.
The usual II functions
have been pared to 10 by
throwing together the military
and departmental receptions,
Evening star., 1954-10-05

a step which seems bound to
lead to the elimination Of some
names from both invitation
lists.
The order of events has been
considerably shifted around.
The diplomatic reception, for
instance, which traditionally
is held before any of the
other receptions, this year
will close the season.
The diplomatic corps has no
reason to feel sighted, how
ever. The diplomatic dinners
(held on two different even
ings because there are too
many chiefs of mission to be
accommodated all at one time) I,
usually were held about mid
way in the season. This year
they will open the season.
Probably the most startling
innovation of the Eisenhowers
is the scheduling Of events so
close together.
In the past, the big formal
functions generally have been
Evening star., 1954-10-05
White House AnnouncesProqru

scheduled at least q week apart,
with sometimes a gap Of two
weeks. The season usually am
bled along slowly from the be-
ginning of November until just
before Lent - with the last
function actually being sched-
uled some years on Shrove
Tuesday, the day before the
beginning of Lent.
This year, the two diplomatic
dinners will be on successive
evenings. a Tuesday and q
Wednesday. The military and
departmental reception will be
held the evening after the Cab
met dinner, the judicial recep-
tion will be the night after the
Supreme Court dinner.
The final burst of speed in
January calls for the immense
congressional reception to be
held on a Friday, the Vice
Presidents dinner the follow
ing Tuesday. the Speakers
dinner the next night, and the
massive diplomatic reception,
largest Of them all. just two
nights later.
White House aides, who ad-
nit the close schedule will
complicate their lives, are phil
osophical. "At least we can use
the same flowers two nights in
q row." shrugged one.
Evening star., 1954-10-05

or the Venezuelan Ambassador
and Sonora de Gonzalez.
Although the Ambassador is
out of town at present, he will
return on october 9 in time for
the big reception he and Sc
nora Gonzalez are giving on
October IL for the visitors.
Yesterday Mrs. Gonzalez
gave a luncheon for Sonora de
Guerrero and on Thursday the
Ambassadors wife will be hos
tess at a reception at the En-
bassy from 4 to 6.
The reception will follow the
luncheon at the Mayflower
to raise money for the Building
Fund of the Country Day
School of the Sacred Heart,
which Is where 8-year-old
Dolores Gonzalez attends
school.
Evening star., 1954-10-05

Walter s. Robertson was guest
of honor at a buffet dinner
last night given by DR.. Jose P.
Laurel, chairman of the Phil
ippine Economic Mission.
The party for over 100 guests
was held at the Philippine En-
bassy and co-hosts with DR..
Laurel were the other members
of the Economic Mission.
Among those invited were
Deputy Assistant Secretary of
State Everett Drumright, Mr..
James M. Langley, chairman
of the United States Delega-
ton, Philippine Trade Negoti-
ations,
Venezuelon News
The Chief of the Venezuelan
Air Force and Mrs. Jose S.
Guerrero have arrived in
Washington and are the guests