Digital Bob Archive

11 July 1980 issue

JUNE 11, 1921-A kindergarten room will be added to the Juneau Public School at the beginning of the next term, according to J. E. Lanz, superintendent of city schools. Miss S. Maye Henry has been hired for the new position.

JANUARY 9, 1922-V. A. Paine has been appointed United States Commissioner for the Juneau precinct, it was announced today by District Judge T. M. Reed. Mr. Paine succeeds H. B. LeFevre who had served in the office since January 1, 1921.

NOVEMBER 16, 1928-Two years ago William Taylor and Charles Rudy planted eight Chinese pheasants at Rudy?s place in the Mendenhall Valley. Now the flock numbers between 90 and 100 birds. Mort Truesdale and a number of other local sportsmen recently purchased eight sacks of feed for the birds and hope it will carry them over the winter.

AUGUST 4, 1930-After a weekend of moving fixtures and transferring stock, A. E. Goetz opened his grocery store in a new location this morning. The new store was formerly the Gallwas garage, which has been remodeled and has a new foundation. The store was moved from the O?Connor Building which had housed a grocery store for about 30 years.

SEPTEMBER 2, 1930-The entry of a new aviation company into the Juneau field was made known today by Roy Jones, general manager of Pioneer Airways. He arrived here in one of the firm?s two planes, the Northbird, piloted by James Dodson. The second plane, the Sea Pigeon, is now at Sitka. Both are four place Stinson cabin monoplanes which have a 42-foot wingspan and 210 horsepower engines. Top speed is 130 miles per hour. The Sea Pigeon is piloted by Jerry Smith. Jones is well known in Southeastern Alaska. He brought the first Northbird to Ketchikan from Seattle in 1922 and later visited Juneau with the ship.

SEPTEMBER 23, 1933-H. R. VanderLeest is now the sole owner of the Butler Mauro Drug Company here, having purchased the interests of W. B. Kirk and Mrs. J. B. Guffey in the firm. VanderLeest, Kirk and the late Mrs. Guffey were all associated with the firm at Nome in early days and came to Juneau in 1913 to establish the local store.

SEPTEMBER 25, 1933-Work on the Willoughby Avenue fill, recently approved as a Public Works project, commenced today. The fill is being started from the Main Street end of the avenue and rock will be trucked from the Alaska Juneau dump. The Alaska Road Commission is handling the work. It is estimated that 100,000 cubic yards of rock will be required and the fill will be 30 feet wide on top. Rate for hauling is 22 1/2 cents a cubic yard and 21 trucks have been signed up for the job.

AUGUST 28, 1934-William H. McPhee, an early resident of Juneau, died yesterday at San Francisco at the age of 84. In Juneau, he was one of the builders of the Opera House, now known as the Winn Building, in 1887. From here he went to the Forty-mile, then to Dawson and on to Nome where he was a member of the first city council. From Nome he moved to Fairbanks when that camp opened and in 1910 he grubstaked the Pioneer Party, the first one to ascend the north peak of Mount McKinley.

OCTOBER 5, 1936-Gambling, at least in public, was at a standstill in Juneau today and the cardrooms around town were empty as a result of an edict of the City Council at its Friday night meeting, ordering the closing of all gambling in the city.

OCTOBER 15, 1941-Alaska?s newest magazine, ?The Alaska Woman,? has appeared on the news stands. It is edited and published by Mrs. Calvin Pool of Douglas.

AUGUST 14, 1942-The Juneau Public Schools will have only 29 teachers when school opens, five positions having been eliminated because of the scarcity of teachers. One more position, that of band instructor, may also be dropped. Grade school teachers so far hired are Miss Elsie MacManigle, Miss Dalma Hanson, Mrs. Carmen Yates, Miss Mabel Monson, Miss Velma Bloom, Miss Allison Swanson, Miss Margaret Abrahamson, Miss Irene Jones, Miss Esther Boyd, Mrs. Helen Webster, Miss Emma Olson, Miss Margaret Maland, Miss Alice Johnson, Gerald Williams and Floyd Dryden.

For the High School the teachers are Miss M. Celeste Holtom, Henry Harmon, Miss Edna Harpole, Mrs. Pauline Monroe Pedersen, Miss Leila Sturgis, Harold Roth, Mrs. Marjorie Tillotson, Mrs. Merle Janice Pitts, Richard H. Byrns, Mrs. A. B. Phillips, and A. B. Phillips, superintendent. Miss Evelyn Ohlson is the secretary and Mrs. John Monagle the school nurse. No athletic coach is available and unless Mr. Harmon or Mr. Roth can be persuaded to coach athletics, the programs may be eliminated.

FEBRUARY 6, 1943-The Cliff Apartments, just off Calhoun Avenue on Dixon Street, was almost totally destroyed by fire this evening, with the loss set at $30,000. Of the 27 apartments in the building, 22 were occupied and 31 persons are now homeless. The apartment building was owned by Mr. and Mrs. Garland Boggan. A fire in 1928 had badly damaged the building but it was repaired. For a time during the present fire the Boggan home, next door, and the Feldon Apartments, just above the Cliff, were in danger. The two upper floors of the three story building were completely destroyed and the lower floor was severely damaged. (Note: The endangered Feldon Apartments is now the Kendler.)

APRIL 5, 1944-The Juneau city election yesterday, A. B. ?Cot? Hayes was elected mayor over Herb J. Waugh by 734 to 392 votes. Dan Skuse, Harry Lea and Dr. W. M. Whitehead were elected to the City Council. Dr. J. O. Rude and Mrs. C. L. Popejoy were elected to the School Board. The total voter turnout was 1,154. In Douglas, James Parsons was elected mayor over E. E. Engstrom, 64 to 51. Earl Miller, William C. Anderson, A. J. Balog and Lewis Wagner were elected to the City Council. Alfred Bonnet was re-elected to the School Board. The total vote was 125.