Digital Bob Archive

13 March 1981 issue

OCTOBER 5, 1923-With a total pack of 46,000 cases of salmon for the season, the Alaska Consolidated Canneries plant at Tee Harbor has closed its operations for the year according to Al Dano, the superintendent.

NOVEMBER 8, 1923-Tom Shearer has purchased a portion of the John Wagner homestead at Salmon Creek for use as a fox farm. He has two pairs of silver foxes for a start. The place will be known as the Silver Box Fox Farm. The sale to Shearer does not include Wagner?s mineral land or water rights.

NOVEMBER 17, 1923-The crew of the Alaska Pulp & Paper Company plant at Speel River has arrived in town with the shutdown of the mill. About 1,000 tons of pulp is now on hand awaiting shipment south. The plant first started operating early in 1921 and has run intermittently since then.

MAY 15, 1947-Ted Jones has been named Juneau Harbor Master, succeeding A. F. Bixby who has resigned. For the past eight years Jones has worked on J. V. Cole?s pile driver. Prior to that he trolled in Southeastern Alaska waters and was employed as a boatman at various canneries.

JULY 28, 1947-Arrangements have been completed for the Juneau Lodge of the Loyal Order of Moose to purchase the building on South Franklin Street formerly occupied by the Nugget Shop, which has moved to Seward Street. (Note: The building is now occupied by Miner Publishing Company.)

AUGUST 2, 1947-The City of Douglas has taken over operation of the Douglas government school from the Alaska Native Service. Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Allen, who have been in charge of the school, have transferred to the Mount Edgecumbe School at Sitka.

AUGUST 11, 1947-Subject to FCC approval, radio station KINY has been sold by Edwin A. Kraft to William J. Wagner. Also involved in the sale is station KTKN at Ketchikan. Kraft has owned KINY since it opened in 1935 and acquired KTKN in 1942. The total price of the two stations is $140,000.

MAY 13, 1949-Last this afternoon a jury brought in a verdict awarding the Juneau Spruce Corporation $750,000 damages in its suit against the International Longshoremen?s and Warehousemen?s Union, both local and national. The Union had refused to unload company barges at other ports because they were loaded in Juneau by members of another union, the International Woodworkers of America. The case was heard before Judge George W. Folta.

MAY 20, 1949-Henry E. Harmon, Juneau High School instructor in industrial arts and vocational education, was named Director of Public Welfare today by the Territorial Board of Welfare. The resignation of Russell Maynard, the present director, will be effective on May 31 and Harmon will take over the office on June 1. He has been with the Juneau School system for 14 years.

JUNE 23, 1949-In a spectacular blaze, the $75,000 Salmon Creek Country Club burned to the ground early last evening. When the blaze broke out at 7:30 the tables had just been set for 200 diners, members of the National Federation of Federal Employees, who were holding their annual banquet. The fire started in the kitchen and was quickly out of control. Proprietor Tom George estimated his total loss at $200,000 with $20,000 insurance. George said he owned about seventy-five percent of the business, having recently purchased the interests of several others.

JULY 3, 1949-The new Douglas Community Methodist Church was dedicated today with Bishop Gerald Kennedy in charge of the service, assisted by the Rev. Robert Treat, pastor of the church. The present congregation of the church was organized in 1946 and the building was begun that fall and winter. Hans Berg Construction Company built the foundation and basic framework of the church and it has been finished by volunteer labor.

MARCH 6, 1950-A rash of icebergs dotted Gastineau Channel over the week end, moving in and out with the tide and providing a hazard for small craft and landing airplanes. Some of the icebergs stood more that 20 feet out of water.

MARCH 16, 1950-Fire driven by a strong wind swept through three apartments at the Seaview Apartments, 434 Calhoun Avenue, last night. Sixteen families living in the building fled into the icy wind, carrying their belongings with them. Firemen were able to extinguish the blaze after a short time and all except five families were able to return to the Seaview.

JANUARY 11, 1951-The Miner Publishing Company of Juneau was sold yesterday morning at U. S. Marshal?s sale to J. W. Gucker of Juneau for $2,800. Gucker was the judgment creditor for the company holdings.