Digital Bob Archive

14 November 1980 issue

JANUARY 3, 1905-The beautiful new lodge building erected by Silver Bow Lodge No. 2, Improved Order of Oddfellows at Second and Franklin Streets, was dedicated yesterday afternoon with nearly 300 people in attendance. Charles Carter, grand sire, presided at the ceremony.

JANUARY 24, 1905-While a crew of the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company was laying a new electric cable to Douglas yesterday, it had an encounter with a whale. At first the big mammal merely showed curiosity in the proceedings, but after watching awhile it moved in and grasped the cable in its mouth and took a couple of twists. It was either unwilling or unable to let go-until the electricity was turned on in the cable. Then it immediately released its hold and took off down the channel.

JANUARY 11, 1908-The 1887 Pioneers Association will hold its first regular meeting on January 28, it was announced today by John Olds. The association was recently organized following the death of Richard Harris and is open to men and women who were in Juneau before 1887. Nearly all of the 130 present members who now live in Juneau have had their pictures taken for the big group photo.

JANUARY 11, 1908-A cabin on Observation Hill above Franklin Street was badly damaged and the contents destroyed yesterday afternoon. The firemen responded to the call promptly but had to string hose from the nearest hydrant on Franklin Street. By the time the water reached the blaze, the damage had been done.

NOVEMBER 15, 1921-At the annual Grand Camp meeting of the Alaska Native Brotherhood, held this year at Douglas, Louis F. Paul of Wrangell was re-elected president for the coming year. Others elected were George Haldane of Hydaburg, vice president; William L. Paul of Wrangell, secretary; Andrew Hope of Sitka, assistant secretary; Henry Stevens of Douglas, treasurer, and George Ward of Sitka, sergeant-at-arms.

MAY 4, 1922-A complete radio telephone broadcasting outfit is being assembled at the Bremerton Navy Station and will probably be installed at the Juneau Naval Radio Station. The installation must first be approved, however, by Navy radio officials in Washington. The proposed installation is largely the result of efforts by O. E. Schombel, chief operator of the local Navy station.

FEBRUARY 13, 1923-Remodeling and refurbishing of the Alaskan Hotel throughout above the first floor will be started within a short time, according to Mike Pusich, proprietor and manager. Every room in the hotel will be rehabilitated, Pusich said.

JULY 13, 1923-The Glacier Fur Farms Company has filed articles of incorporation, the second local fur farming company to do so. Incorporators are John Reck, H. S. Graves, D. A. Housel, H. F. Dott and George W. Mock. The company farm will be in the Mendenhall Valley on a homestead claim of Mr. Mock. It contains 115 acres and is near the Rudy homestead and not far from the Pete Carlson homestead recently purchased by the Goldstein Glacier Fur Farms.

OCTOBER 17, 1923-Miss Dorothy Haley, who has been a reporter for the Empire for the past two years, has resigned to accept an offer from the Anchorage Times. She is a graduate of the Juneau High School and attended the University of Washington where she was on the staff of the daily paper.

JULY 7, 1943-Jack Fletcher, an experienced hotel manager, has arrived from the south to succeed Dave Patterson as manager of the Baranof Hotel. Patterson recently resigned after having been with the hotel since it opened in 1939. For the past 13 years Fletcher has been manager of the Marysville Hotel in California.

MAY 2, 1944-Edwin Johnson has been appointed to fill the seat on the Douglas City Council vacated when Councilman A. J. Balog resigned to take the position of City Marshal.

MAY 31, 1944-Juneau?s Case Lot Grocery, owned and operated by Marshall and Vivian Erwin, reopens tomorrow after being closed for a year and a half. The location is the same - 240 South Franklin Street - and it has been refurbished and improved. It was recently turned back to the owners by the military. The business was started by the Erwins six years ago.

FEBRUARY 18, 1946-M. W. Saseen, a pilot in Alaska for the past 14 years, has joined Alaska Coastal Airlines here. He has been with Pacific Northern Airlines since October and prior to that was in the Air Corps, stationed at Nome and Fairbanks.

APRIL 3, 1947-J. S. MacKinnon, Sr., owner of the Alaska Laundry, has succeeded Norman Banfield as president of the Juneau Chamber of Commerce. Banfield resigned the presidency but retains his place on the Board of Directors of the Chamber.

MARCH 5, 1948-The Rev. Samuel A. McPhetres will take over the administration of the Church of the Holy Trinity officially as Rector on Sunday, March 7. He was accompanied to Juneau by Mrs. McPhetres and their sons Samuel, David and Stephen.

MARCH 18, 1948-Joseph Sadlier has been chosen to succeed Victor Power as Exalted Ruler of the Juneau Lodge, B. P. O. E. Other officers are F. Dewey Baker, Esteemed Leading Knight; Darrell Nash, Esteemed Loyal Knight; Wallis S. George, Esteemed Lecturing Knight; William H. Biggs, Secretary; William Franks, Treasurer; John Walmer, Trustee; Herman M. Porter, Tyler and Howard E. Simmons, Alternate Delegate.

JANUARY 13, 1950-The new president of the Juneau Emblem Club is Jennie Rusher who succeeds Betty Casperson. Other officers are Alda Winther and Irene Moore, vice presidents; Mary Westfall, Bernice Westfall and Gladys Vuille, secretaries; Hazel McLeod and Margaret Burke, assistant marshals; Beulah Lee, press correspondent; Dorothy Nelson, historian; Bid Peterson, trustee; Marie Wingerson and Barbara Mills, guards.