Digital Bob Archive

14 March 1980 issue

MARCH 27, 1919-John Spickett of the Palace Theater has announced plans to reopen the old Dream Theater in the Opera House Building at Second and Seward Streets. It will be rechristened the Orpheum and will be managed by Ben Burford.

NOVEMBER 13, 1926-Jame Martin, better known as ?Gambier Bay Jim,? and said to have been the last ?medicine man? in Southeastern Alaska, died on the 10th and will be buried at the old Taku village south of Dupont. He was about 70 and for the past 15 years has fished for the Hoonah Packing Company at Gambier Bay.

MAY 23, 1927-The new Gordon?s Apparel Shop in the Malony Building on Seward Street opened its doors this morning. Mrs. Winifred Jones is the manager.

NOVEMBER 5, 1927-George Don Beymer, landscape artist who has specialized in Alaska pictures for many years, expects to exhibit some of his paintings in Juneau next spring. He was in town early this week and has returned to Tenakee Springs where he is finishing a number of pictures. Beymer first came to Alaska 20 years ago and has visited regularly since then. He is a friend and admirer of Sydney Laurence.

JANUARY 2, 1928-A fire in Fred Matson?s boarding house, formerly the Finnish Hall, on Gastineau Avenue completely gutted the building this afternoon. The alarm sounded shortly after 1 p.m.

JANUARY 14, 1928-Frank Aldrich was the installing officer last night when Pioneer Igloo No. 6 installed new officers. They are: F. Wolland, president; J. P. Morgan, first vice president; H. R. Shepard, secretary; John Reck, treasurer; L. V. Winter, historian; William Dean, chaplain; Louis Van Lehn, sergeant-at-arms, and G. Fagerson, trustee. Mrs. Anna Webster, a past president, installed the new officers of the Pioneer Auxiliary. Mrs. Katherine Hooker is president;, Mrs. Lottie Spickett, vice president; Mrs. Agnes Manning, secretary; Mrs. Mary Monagle, treasurer; Mrs. Clara White, historian; Mrs. Ella Rowe, chaplain; Mrs. Katherine Berry, sergeant-at-arms, and Mrs. Katherine Franks, trustee.

JANUARY 19, 1928-The College basketball team from Fairbanks, here for a three game series, defeated the Juneau Firemen 37-36 in the first game. Playing to the Firemen were Hollmann, Blake, Mangan, Campen, Garnick and Barrager. On the College team were Loftus, Romig, Connors, Smith, Boswell, Moyer and McDonald. The College coach is K. W. Abell. In the second game, the Juneau High School defeated the College, 21-18, with J. Orme, Livie, Nielson, Bergren and Burke playing for the High School. Douglas High School was defeated 35-10 in the third game. Playing for Douglas were Martin, Carlson, Cashen, Johnson, Fox and Savikko.

MARCH 9, 1929-Another dairy is to start here soon. Frank Maier and Tony Reiss have closed a real estate deal for the Anderson tract of 88 acres near the Mendenhall River. Equipment for the dairy has been ordered from Seattle and a barn to hold 18 cows will be built. A new one-ton Ford truck has been ordered from Juneau Motors to handle deliveries. Reiss operated a small dairy at Douglas four years ago and both men have been employed at the Alaska Juneau mine.

APRIL 3, 1929-Thomas B. Judson, incumbent, running on the Citizen?s ticket, defeated People?s ticket candidate Henry Roden 580 to 382 in the mayor?s race in yesterday?s city election. Lockie MacKinnon and Charles G. Warner from the Citizen?s ticket and G. E. Krause from the People?s ticket were elected to the City Council. M. L. Merritt was unopposed for the School Board seat.

At Douglas, L. W. Kilburn was high man with 105 votes and will probably be chosen mayor by his fellow councilmen. Others elected are J. O. Kirkham, Robert Bonner, Axel Kromquist, A. F. Granberg, F. A. J. Gallwas and H. McConnell. Mrs. Charles Fox was elected to the School Board.

APRIL 14, 1933-The Admiral Watson, long a familiar caller on the Juneau waterfront, will be the last vessel of the Pacific Steamship Company to sail for Alaska. She will sail from Seattle on April 19 in command of Captain S. K. Gilje and with Charles Miller as Purser. She will be on the Southeastern Route on this trip, calling at Juneau, then Skagway and Sitka before returning to Juneau southbound for the last time. The Admiral Evans is making the company?s last run on the Westward Route. When the Watson sails from Juneau on April 27, with three long blasts of her whistle then Admiral Line green will disappear from Alaskan waters.

APRIL 3, 1934-Final work is now in progress on the Ninth Street bridge across from Gold Creek. The last concrete has been poured and it is expected the bridge will be open in the near future. A section of Willoughby Avenue will then be closed while the old wooden bridge there is replaced by a concrete structure.

NOVEMBER 28, 1940-A spectacular blaze last night destroyed two boat houses and a small dwelling near Norway Point on the Glacier Highway and cut the communications cable between town and the tuning station at mile 7. Totally destroyed was Ralph Thompson?s boathouse in which a 42-foot halibut vessel for Everett Kirchoffer was under construction.

JANUARY 25, 1941-Juneau High School defeated Douglas High by a score of 41-32 in last night?s basketball game and thereby become the champions of Gastineau Channel with the right to represent this district in the Southeast Alaska tournament.

Playing for Juneau were D. Murphy, Rice, Bavard, Nordling, Martin, McDaniels, Faulkner, Miller, Lucas, Pasquan, Nelson, DeLong and Thibodeau. On the Douglas team were H. Cashen, Kronquist, F. Cashen, Krsul, D. Wahto, D. Fleek, R. Fleek, J. Devon, Savikko and Doogan.