Digital Bob Archive

18 July 1980 issue

JUNE 25, 1921-With yesterday?s issue, the Douglas Island News announced its retirement from Douglas. With the shutting down of three large mines because of the cave-in in 1917, and the prospect that the remaining Ready Bullion Mine will close in the near future, the population of the town has dwindled to 919 at the last census and will no longer support even a weekly paper. The paper will resume publication in Juneau under the name Stroller?s Weekly. E. J. ?Stroller? White is the owner and publisher. This will be the second move and change for the paper which first saw life in Wrangell on June 8, 1898, as The Wrangell News. The first issue as the Douglas Island News was on November 23, 1898.

JANUARY 14, 1922-Charles D. Garfield, secretary of the Territorial Fish Commission, was elected Superintendent of Territorial Hatcheries, succeeding A. J. Sprague whose term expired on January 1. The commission also voted to combine the positions of secretary and secretary. Mr. Garfield is presently in the U. S. Customs Service here and will resign that position.

NOVEMBER 16, 1928-Gordon?s Inc., the women?s apparel shop, according to Mrs. Winnifred Jones, manager of the Gordon interests here.

AUGUST 6, 1930-In the 1930 Gastineau Channel ?Little World Series? the Moose baseball team took three straight games from the Legion club, winning 10-2 2-0 and 2-1. Playing for the Moose were B. Schmitz, P. Schmitz, J. Schmitz, Andrew, Kearny, McSpadden, Lansing and Shaw. On the Legion club were Vale, Sabin, Coughlin, Brown, Haines, Manning, Roller, Niemi, Thomas, Keaton and Koski.

SEPTEMBER 12, 1930-Through the cooperation of the City of Juneau and the Alaska Electric Light and Power Company, ornamental street lights will be installed on Fourth Street in front of the new capitol building. The standards are of bronze and about eight feet high and there will be four in all, two on each side of the main entrance. Plans for the building did not include street lights. The light and power company is donating all materials for the installation and wiring and will do the work, while the city will furnish current for the lights.

AUGUST 5, 1933-Two ordinances regulating peddlers, solicitors and itinerant merchants have been adopted by the City Council. Solicitors and peddlers are now prohibited from entering upon private premises or residences, ringing doorbells or knocking upon doors without the permission of the owners of the premises.

OCTOBER 20, 1933-Under the direction of N. Lester Troast, architect for the Office of Indian Affairs, preparation are under way for the building of an industrial training school for Natives in Douglas. The Douglas City Council has transferred to the federal government a site for the building and the work of clearing it is now under way. Hans Berg is contractor for the construction of the building. (Note: The building is now owned by the City and Borough of Juneau and is under lease to the environmental Protection Agency. It is known as the Mayflower School building.)

OCTOBER 30, 1934-Juneau?s new movie theater, The Uptown Theater, at the corner of Third and Seward Street, will open tomorrow night with a showing of ?Youth and Beautiful,? with William Haines and Judith Allen. Eric Paulson is the manager.

OCTOBER 30, 1934-Vern M. Sley, manager of Race?s Drug Store, was severely burned around the head and face in an early morning fire at the Grand Apartments on Triangle Place. The fire broke out in an apartment shared by Jack Metzgar and Edward Townsly, where Soley was asleep on a sofa. Furniture and clothing in the apartment were destroyed.

OCTOBER 6, 1936-William O. ?Bill? Johnson was installed as Commander of Alford John Bradford Post, American Legion, at the Dugout on Second Street. Other new officers are Leo Jewett, first Vice Commander; Bob Graham, second Vice Commander; Andy Tyler, service officer; Jack Holler, sergeant-at-arms; George Gullufson, Adjutant; and Walter Bacon, Chaplain.

OCTOBER 22, 1936-Mr. and Mrs. Hugh J. Wade and small son Jerry will arrive in Juneau on the steamer Alaska this week and he will establish the Social Security Administration of the National Recovery Act.

NOVEMBER 7, 1941-J. J. Connors, U. S. Collector of Customs and owner of the Connors Motor Company, today announced the sale of the auto firm to Herbert J. Waugh, the company was established by Connors 25 years ago.

JULY 25, 1942-Mr. and Mrs. George A. Norlander have arrived to take charge of the government school in Douglas. They will live in the school apartment. He succeeds P. Hopgood as superintendent of the school.

MARCH 12, 1943-Just 50 years ago today Lloyd V. Winter arrived in Juneau to make his home. He went into partnership with George Landerking as Landerking & Winter, Photographers, but soon afterward bought out his partner?s interest. When his boyhood chum, Percy Pond, arrived they formed Winter and Pond which has remained in business here ever since.

APRIL 1, 1943-A water color portrait of John Murphy, said to be Alaska?s oldest known living pioneer, has been presented to the Territorial Museum by the artist, Joseph W. Kehoe, a member of the Territorial House. The painting is titled ?December Day.? An interview with Murphy was published in the Empire on March 20.

MARCH 7, 1944-Jack O?Conner has been named executive officer from the Alaska Game Commission, replacing Clarence J. Rhode, resigned. The position had been offered to Rhode following the transfer of Frank DuFresne to Chicago. He has been assistant to DuFresne but resigned to engage in commercial flying with Alaska Coastal Airlines.