E Street Sliding Hill Declared Official in Petersburg
Petersburg Mayor Edward Locken proclaimed E Street as the city’s official sliding hill at a Monday night council meeting. The action, urged by Councilman Jack Longworth, assigns 6 to 9 pm daily as a safety window with patrols by the school, Boy Scouts, and police assistance.
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E Street
Petersburg
Edward Locken
Jack Longworth
CAA
Longworth
Boy Scouts
Hill
Jim Rhodes
Best Hill
James Taylor
Juneau
Taylor
Denali
Genral Ser
H. T. Harstad
Seattle
Eleanor Roosevelt Tops AP Woman of the Year Honors
Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of the late President, named woman of the year in literature by the Associated Press for This I Remember. Other honorees include Mary Martin for overall woman of the year, Olivia de Havilland for movies, and winners in science sports beauty music politics radio business and education.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Mad. Roosevelt
Mary Martin
Olivia deHavilland
Margaret Mead
Marlene Bauer
Jac‘que Mercer
Helen ‘Traubel
Margaret Chase Smith
Marie Wilson
Georgia Neese Clark
Margaret Clapp
Community Party Plans Christmas Gathering At Sons of Norway
The Alaska Native Sisterhood and the Filipino Circle met at the Reyes residence to organize a joint Christmas party. The event at the Sons of Norway hall on Sunday December 25 will feature a community carol sing and dancing with a string orchestra.
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Reyés
Sons of Norway Hall
Raette
Petersburg Police Urge Driver Cooperation for Night Plow Efforts
Police Chief Jim Rhodes commends Petersburg drivers for keeping streets clear for night plowing and urges full cooperation with E Street as a sliding hill for kids. He notes few derelict cars and calls on motorists to heed school patrol signals at intersections and school grounds.
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Harstad
Acton
Taylor
Petersburg
Kenneth Welde
Welde
Rhodes
Council
Jim Rhodes
E Street
Tongass Tom Reports Holiday Rush and Local ship notices
Tongass Tom says he will not be in town until Christmas Day to help with holiday chores aided briefly by Rudolph the red nosed reindeer. Harbor Master Dick Hanson notes Land Otters back this week and Coastal Monarch freight due north while Lucidor loads fish south. Detachment of passengers arrived and departed Petersburg aboard the Denali from Seattle and Bet hKan. Ed Stringer reports trapping slow due to weather. Libby No. 1 assists Winnie B. for repairs. Tongass Tom asks if Oliver will put new sails on the Louise S. before sale.
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Paul
Antioch
Roman Empire
Holy Land
City of
David
Christ the Lord
Rudolph
le Conte
Tom
Santa
Dancer
Ed Stringer
Duncan Canal
Stringer
Hawthorne
Prince Rupert
Earl N. Ohmer
Ohmer
Alaska
Seattle Times
Queen City
Petersburg
Alaska Development Board
Juneau
Game Commission
Alaska Game Commission
Anchorage
Fish and Wildlife
Fall Creek
Methodist
Unclear fragment signals local notice or brief
Text appears as a damaged reading with scattered fragments about a person and time but lacks coherent facts or identifiable entities to summarize with confidence.
Santa Claus to Attend Elks Party at Coliseum Theatre
Bulletin reports Santa Claus will appear via Alaska Island Airlines around 2:30 pm and circle Petersburg before attending the Elks party at the Coliseum Theatre.
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Santa Claus
Alaska
Island Airlines
Etersburg
Elks
Oregon high school band to perform December 31 morning
The 80 piece Oregon high school band will arrive at 7 1 a.m. December 31 aboard the Princess Norah and give a morning concert at the high school auditorium under director Byron Miller. No tickets will be sold. the public is invited to attend.
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Oregon High Tei
Philip Jerauld
Byron Miller
Juneau
Arive
Princess Norah
Symington and Bob Hope Visit Alaskan Troops
Air Secretary Symington and comedian Bob Hope travel to Alaska to examine winter housing for troops and their families. Governor Gruening will join for a housing conference at Anchorage with plans to visit Ladd Field Fairbanks and Aleutian stations.
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Anchorage
Symington
Alaska
Bob Hope
Ernest Gruening
Ladd Field
Fairbanks
Aleutians
Air Force
Hope
Salvation Army Appeal Exceeds Goal by Over
The Salvation Army advisory council and Capt George Lloyd report the annual fundraising appeal topped its quota for the Petersburg post. Total to date is 1419.50 with closing tomorrow night. The drive is the sole support for the local post, which aimed for 1100 this year.
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Advisory Council
George Lloyd
Salvation Army
Captain Lloyd
Seach Post
Petersburg Post
Christmas Vacation Delayed for Petersburg Schools
In Petersburg the Christmas vacation plan faces disruption as classes begin again tomorrow. Officials note reopening schedules and potential adjustments for students and staff amid winter weather conditions.
Body rumor looms over Wrangell river rumors
Unconfirmed reports say a body was found near the mouth of the Stikine River but Wrangell Marshal and Julius Ferney of the Wrangell Sentinel cast doubt on the claim. The rumor tied to Arland Breese, a Dry Island trapper, whose boat was seen drifting near Coney Island and later anchored near low tide.
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Coney’ Island
Stikine River
Julius Ferney
The
Wrangell Sentinel
Arland Breese
Coney Island
Jim Bradley
Wrangell
Bradley
Breese
Mrs. Sarff Returns on Denali From Rehabilitation Conference
Mrs. Ernest Sarff, Alaska delegate and Petersburg Auxiliary rehabilitation chair, attended a three day Rehabilitation Conference for the Western Area in Seattle with Rocky Mountain and West Coast colleagues. She toured the American Lake veterans hospital gift shop and later visited her son Edward and his wife in Los Angeles, and Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Johnson in California.
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Denali
Ernest Sarff
Alaska
American Legion Auxiliary
Petersburg
Sarff
Rocky Mountain
West Coast
Seattle Land
American Lake
U. S. Veterans Hospital
Phone rates raised effective January first in local exchange
Troyd T. Swanson announced that telephone rates would rise January 1. He said the increase matches nationwide moves and is the first in 30 years. The new scale lists party line at 3.50 dollars per month private line 4.50 and business phones 6.00 per month.
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Troyd T. Swanson
The
Telephone Exchange
Swanson
Elks Open House Announcement Misspelled
Announcement from Petersburg Elks Club invites the public to an open house this week. The event runs in the afternoon with Elks members and guests in attendance at the club grounds.
Ereight Ferry Proposes Rail Freight Line to Rupert
James M. Hawthorne pitches a 3 million dollar company to run an eighty box car ferry line between Petersburg and Prince Rupert centering at Petersburg. Boats would move freight and fish from Southeast Alaska to Canada with docks and warehouses planned in Petersburg.
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Ereight Ferry, Co
Price
Rupert
Chamber
Prince
Petersburg
Low East
Alaska
Canada
Chamber of Commerce
James M. Hawthorne
Clausen Tours Mt Edgecumbe During Sitka Stop
Carroll Clausen former bank examiner returned from a Territory tour and alighted in Sitka on Sunday. He visited Mt Edgecumbe pediatric hospital and Alaska Cripnted Children's hospital with Harvey Brown of Sitka Bank, touring the school orthopedic hospital and a new facility nearing completion.
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Carroll Clausen
Clausen
Alaska
Gulart meeting of the Pan Canty Monaery
A local notice reports a meeting of the Pan Canty Monaery with details unreadable in the fragment. No clear date or location can be determined from the available text.
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Haligayang Bagong Taon
Gledelig Jul Og Et Hytoor
Associated Press
Mes
Eleanor Boqosevelt
Wey
Ercabytevicke
Kiro- Adl
Dick Hanson
Land Otters
Lucidor
Kuur Brekné
Esther’.Gremillion
Ruth Hagen
Capser ‘Hollingstad
J. Hollingstad
Frank Kaine
Robert Kinnear
Tom Lersten
Andy Mathisen
Jim Mortenson
Alma Nicholson
Ben Olson
Honey Lou Porter
Elisa Reyes
Betchikan
H. R. Coulter
Chet Otness
A. Reyes
John Bratset
Larry Cooke
C. A. Martin and Son
Evelyn Rhea
H. L.harstad
Thomas Thompson
Snend C. Hanson
William Anderson
John Wéason
Libby No. 1
Ernest Kirberger
Kake
Charles Wilson
Tongass
Olimer
Sefternoon
Wguld Carigons
Wigrepilenss Reer Sone Ee Bulletin
High School
Alaskan
Iffe
C. Clausen
Sitka
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