Digital Bob Archive

10 October 1980 issue

OCTOBER 10, 1919-The Rev. Dr. H. E. Greening will have charge of the Juneau Methodist Church and will preach his first Alaska sermon next Sunday evening. Dr. and Mrs. Greening and their little daughter Marguerite will occupy the parsonage next to the church on Fourth Street.

AUGUST 4, 1921-Completion of the branch road from Glacier Highway to Mendenhall Glacier was announced today for the Alaska Road Commission. The branch leaves the main road at Duck Creek near Mendenhall Dairy and runs to the glacier. The road forms part of an eventual loop which will cross the Mendenhall River and run past Auk Lake to Auk Bay.

JULY 1, 1922-The Glacier Trail at Mendenhall Glacier will be completed by July 10, according to Frank A. Aldrich, foreman. This will include guard rails at exposed points and open air ovens at the foot of the glacier for picnickers. The trail is on Nugget Creek side of the glacier.

FEBRUARY 2, 1923-The Rev. Richard Decker, who will take a seat in the territorial House of Representatives next month, has been temporarily assigned to take over the pastorate of the local Methodist Church. The church has had no pastor since the departure of the Rev. W. A. Allen several weeks ago. The Rev. Decker has been in charge of the Nome Methodist Church for the past three years.

MAY 31, 1923-Three shifts were put on yesterday at the Ready Bullion mill by the lessees, Anderson and Swarva. This is the first time three shifts have been worked since the mill was closed down last fall by the Treadwell Company. Only 30 stamps are now in operation but more will be added as fast as they can be put in shape until all 150 are dropping.

SEPTEMBER 21, 1927-The Alaska Fish & Game Club will plant 25,000 Colorado brook trout fry in Auke Lake in a few days. The fry were presented to the club by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries and were hatched at the Bureau?s Yes Bay hatchery near Ketchikan and brought to Juneau on the Bureau vessel Widgeon. Two years ago the club planted 12,000 cutthroats in Auk Lake.

DECEMBER 5, 1934-George Bros., Juneau merchants, have announced that their Leader Department Store is being discontinued. He has been operated by the family for approximately 25 years. The space occupied by the department store and the adjoining Payn?Takit Grocery will be remodeled for a huge grocery and market to be operated as George Bros. The building is at Front Street and Ferry Way.

DECEMBER 14, 1935-The City Council last night voted to make several changes in local street names. Lower Front Street will become South Franklin Street, while the portion of Willoughby Avenue between the Totem Grocery and Home Grocery will become West Willoughby. The portion of Gold Street south of First Street will hereafter be known as Gastineau Avenue.

NOVEMBER 13, 1936-The Auk Bay Inn, a large two-story building that was formerly the mess hall for the Auke Bay cannery, was totally destroyed by fire early this morning. The inn was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Ed Janke. The fire started in the kitchen area while Mrs. Janke was outside the building and was soon totally out of control.

OCTOBER 24, 1942-Miss Mildred Maynard of Nome has been appointed Court Reporter for the U. S. District Court here. She will take the place of John Newman who recently resigned to enter the armed service.

MAY 26, 1943-Reorganization of the Douglas Public Library Association was effected last night at a meeting at the home of Mrs. Mamie Jensen, who is president of the new board. Mrs. Thomas G. Cashen is vice president, Mrs. Norman Rustad is secretary-treasurer, and other board members are Mrs. James Barras, Mrs. Charles Tuckett and Miss Eleanor Warren.

JANUARY 7, 1946-The Douglas Camp of the Alaska Native Sisterhood has elected the following officers for the coming year; Mrs. Sarah Bowman, President; Mrs. Bertha Stevens, Vice President; Mrs. Anna Murphy, Secretary; Mrs. Bessie Jimmie, Treasurer, and Mrs. Mary Willis, Sergeant-at-arms.

JANUARY 16, 1946-O. S. Sullivan, Territorial Tax Commissioner since the Tax Department was created by the 1945 Legislature, has resigned effective at the end of the month because of poor health. M. P. Mullaney will take over as acting Commissioner. He recently came here from Palmer to become chief of the Division of Accounting and Auditing in the tax Department.

FEBRUARY 16, 1946-Articles of incorporation for Alaskan Arts & Crafts, Inc., a non-profit organization, have been filed here. Main purpose of the organization is the holding of an annual arts and craft show in Juneau. The incorporators, who are also members of the first board of directors are: Alice Brandebury, Chairman; E. L. Keithahn, Mrs. Joseph Werner, Mrs. Jack Fletcher, Henry Harmon, Mrs. William L. Paul, William Paul, Jr., Donald Burrus, Mrs. Robert Henning, Mrs. Scott Murphy and Miss Ann Coleman.

APRIL 1,1946-Mr. and Mrs. Fred Eastaugh and small son Bobbie arrived yesterday on the Pan American plane from Seattle to make their home in Juneau. He has been with the traffic and accounting departments of PAA in Fairbanks, Juneau, and Seattle for the past five years and has now joined the law firm of R. E. Robertson and M. E. Monagle as law clerk. Both Mr. and Mrs. Eastaugh were born in Alaska ? she in Juneau and he in Nome.

APRIL 2, 1947-Waino E. Hendrickson was reelected mayor in yesterday?s city election, defeating Leo L. Lazetti 933 to 282. Elected to the City Council were J. A. Thibodeau, W. Burr Johnson and Edward S. Neilsen, all of whom ran on the same ticket with Hendrickson. Overwhelmingly defeated were three proposals to buy local public utilities: Alaska Light and Power Company, Juneau Water Works and Nelson Water Works.

JANUARY 2, 1948-A log raft containing 250,000 board feet of timber broke up near Lena Point during the storm yesterday. It was being towed from Reid Logging Company camp at Eagle River to the Juneau Spruce Corporation sawmill in downtown Juneau.