Digital Bob Archive

5 June 1981 issue

OCTOBER 23, 1945-One of the oldest established business firms in Douglas changed hands this week when William Fleek sold his Fleek?s Machine Shop to his sons, Albert and Irvin. They will continue the business in conjunction with Fleek?s Transfer and Hauling Service.

OCTOBER 8, 1945-Douglas High School juniors and freshmen have elected class officers for the school year. Leonard Harju is president of the juniors with Noreen Andrews as vice president and student body class advisor. Phyllis Andrews is president of the freshmen; Tom See is vice president and student body representative; Edith Wellington is secretary and Robert Wagner is class advisor.

SEPTEMBER 6, 1945-The U. S. Forest Service force in Juneau has been increased by the arrival of Lawrence W. Zach who will assume the position of District Ranger in charge of Forest Service work on Glacier Highway. He will work under Division Supervisor John Brillhart. Zach transferred here from Missoula, Montana, where he was in timber survey work. Mrs. Zach and their three children will soon join him here.

OCTOBER 1, 1946-A change in the ownership of the grocery department of the George Bros. Supermarket became effective today when Tom Hutchings and K. G. ?Doc? Merritt took over as the new owners. The establishment will operate under the name H & M Grocery. Not affected by the transaction is Hutchings Economy Market, the meat department owned and operated by Hutchings. George Bros. was founded in 1908 by Mike George, father of Tom, Joe and Gus George. Gus recently sold out his interest in the business. Tom and Joe will continue to operate George Bros. Liquor Store, adjoining the grocery, and will devote considerable time to the new Salmon Creek Country Club. Hutchings has been in Juneau 12 years and came here as a manager of the former Frye-Bruhn meat market. For the past 22 years Merritt has been with Union Oil Company, including 9 years as resident manager at Juneau. He resigned from the company this year at which time he was Area Representative for Western Alaska.

AUGUST 23, 1948-Mr. and Mrs. A. F. Ghiglione and their daughters Ann and Kay have arrived from Anchorage to make their home here. Ghiglione has been appointed Assistant Chief Engineer of the Alaska Road Commission with headquarters at Juneau. He replaces Hawley Sterling who recently retired. The Ghigliones are former Juneau residents. He was resident engineer during construction of the Juneau-Douglas bridge and Mrs. Ghiglione is a former director of music and art in the Juneau schools.

MAY 23, 1950-The 1950 season of the Gastineau Channel Baseball League will open Sunday with four teams. They are the Moose, managed by Gene Shepard; Elks, managed by Bill Palmer; Douglas, managed by Red Halloway, and the Coast Guard, managed by John Erbland. Stan Grummett is president of the league with Ernie Lincoln as vice president and John Morrison as secretary. Art Stephens will by Official scorer for the season.

MAY 27, 1950-Mr. and Mrs. W. S. Pullen will leave Juneau tomorrow after having lived here for 46 years. They were honored at a dinner last Tuesday by 60 employees for the Alaska Electric Light & Power Company, where Pullen retired March 1 as vice president and manager. The Pullens will first visit Yarmouth, Maine, where he was raised, then plan to make their home in the Santa Barbara area of California.

JUNE 21, 1950-An ordinance setting up a one percent sales tax for the City of Juneau was approved yesterday by Juneau voters. The ordinance requires that it be approved by at least 55 percent of those voting in the election. The actual vote was 57.9 percent of the 1,028 voters who went to the polls. This is Juneau?s first sales tax ordinance.

DECEMBER 31, 1945-Today marks the end of active duty for Assistant Collector of Customs Maurice S. Whittier who is retiring after 43 years of service. Mr. Whittier first entered the Customs Service at St. Michael in 1903 as a temporary employee during the open season of navigation on the Yukon. He received a permanent appointment at Sitka on December 18, 1903, and has served at Sitka, Skagway, Cordova, Ketchikan and Juneau. He served under seven Collectors of Customs for Alaska. (Note: Whittier Street in Juneau was named for Mr. Whittier.)