Digital Bob Archive

26 December 1980 issue

NOVEMBER 4, 1919-C. B. Hauthorn, superintendent of the John L. Carlson cannery at Auk Bay, reports that the cannery closed last Saturday after packing 9,000 cases of kippered herring.

SEPTEMBER 9, 1922-Orders that have been received from Bremerton, Washington will close the local Naval Radio Station to all local business, effective October 1. It is expected that the force at the station will be reduced to one man who will maintain communication with ships at certain hours.

SEPTEMBER 1, 1923-John A. Davis has been elected City Clerk and Magistrate to succeed A. E. Gurr who has resigned. Davis is presently assistant bookkeeper at Goldstein?s Emporium.

NOVEMBER 2, 1923-The two story house belonging to Andrew Brown, on his homestead at Fish Creek, was destroyed by fire last night and Brown died as a result of burns he received. James Horrie was also severely burned in the fire and was brought to town by the Forest Service boat Weepoose, Captain E. Thompson. Brown had lived at Fish Creek for about 15 years.

DECEMBER 10, 1923-Liquidation of the First Territorial Bank of Douglas and its virtual absorption by the First Territorial Bank of Juneau was made public today by Harold H. Post, cashier of the latter institution. The Douglas place of business was closed several weeks ago and headquarters of the Douglas bank were moved to the First National Bank office of Juneau. Both banks are controlled by the Bradley interests, which are the largest stockholders.

OCTOBER 9, 1943-Zack Gordon, who has been assistant director of the USO here for several months, will become director on October 15. Sid Cowgil has resigned the position to take a job with the YMCA in San Francisco.

SEPTEMBER 11, 1944-Elton E. Engstrom has purchased the Dr. Stewart house at Seventh and Gold Belt and his family will move there from their Douglas home on October 1.

JULY 9, 1945-Robert L. Jernberg, who has been acting as United States Attorney for the First Division since last November, has resigned the position and will enter private law practice in Ketchikan. Mr. Jernberg has been connected with the Department of Justice for the past eight years.

JULY 28, 1945-Inaugurating a new air service for Southeastern Alaska, co-managers Alex Holden and Sheldon Simmons yesterday flew Alaska Coastal Airlines? new Grumman twin-engined amphibian to Ketchikan and returned on the ship?s maiden commercial flight. Regular service will be maintained between the two cities.

MAY 15, 1947-Dr. and Mrs. Clayton Polley and their sons Roger and Ernest have arrived here from Skagway and are establishing their home at 711 Eleventh Street. Dr. Polley will open dental offices in the Simpson Building on Seward Street as soon as the building is finished.

MAY 19, 1947-In the opening game of the 1947 baseball season on Gastineau Channel, the Elks defeated the American Legion by a 9 to 6 score. Cantillion and Guy pitched for the Elks and others on the team were Palmer, Werner, Rustad, Snow, Huston, Wood, Tyvoll, Hagerup and W. Palmer. Pitchers for the Legion were Jensen and Rollinson and other members of the team were Mierzejewski, Ferraro, McDaniels, E. Nielsen, Cope, J. Nielsen, Powers and Vuille.

MAY 1, 1948-L. A. Sturm has gone to Seattle where he will pick up equipment for the cold storage locker plant he is installing in the Arctic Brotherhood Hall on Third Street. He plans to open the plant no later than May 20.

MAY 10, 1948-Frank Gordon, Fairbanks businessman, today purchased the stock and fixtures of Yvonne?s and is making preparations to reopen the ladies? apparel shop in the Baranof Hotel Building. Gordon is well known in Juneau. For many years he was proprietor of Gordon?s which he sold in 1935 and which is now known as Stevens. The stock and fixtures of Yvonne?s were sold at U. S. Marshal?s sale for $23,000.

JUNE 3, 1948-Hundreds of Gastineau Channel residents greeted the steamship George Washington when she arrived this afternoon from Seattle and tied up at the Alaska Steamship dock. The ship is operated by the Alaska Transportation Company and is making her maiden voyage to Alaska. She formerly operated on the New York-Bermuda run for many years. Captain Larry Parks is skipper and Tom Keating is purser.

JUNE 16, 1948-The first helicopter to fly over Juneau and said to be the first commercial helicopter in Alaska arrived yesterday by Pan American Airways and was assembled at the Juneau airport. Manufactured by Bell Aircraft, it is owned by Central Helicopter Inc., of Seattle and has been leased by the U. S. Geological Survey for use in topographic mapping near Pelican this summer. Carl Brady is the pilot.

MAY 4, 1951-J. L. McNamara, city engineer for the past six and half years, has gone to Haines where he will be resident engineer for the U. S. Engineers Corps. Among his first jobs will be flood control work at Skagway and the construction of a dock near Haines.