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By BARBARA D. KALEN News-Miner Correspondent June 19 — Skagway’s popula tion has increased in the past month with four new arrivals. On June 10, Richard and San dra Knapp became proud par ents for the first time with the appearance of a daughter, Dondi Sue, who weighed 4 lbs. 14 ozs. 4 dey earlier, on June 9, DeAnna Lynn Spry, 6 Ibs. 14 ozg, was born. Her parents, Sheron and Gene Spry, have a little boy, Da vid, who is now four. On May 29, a boy, Darryl Lee, who weighed 7 lbs. 3 oz5., was born to Kristin and Larry Jac quot. Jacquots have a daughter, Marla, who is 1 1/2. On May 16, Marilyn and Paul Wilson had a son, Duane Burk, who weighed in at 9 lbs, 2 ozs., and joined four older children. Last weekend was a busy time at the hospital, as Dr. Sammarmn conducted a ‘tonsil clinic,” and with Dr. Jack Hibbard of White horse assisting, spent the greater part of the day removing ton sils. Patients were Patty Jean and Hal Matthews, Randy, Aiben and Fred Jackson, all from Haines, and Larry Jacquot, Doris Jean Nelson, Dianne Mattingly, and Dale McNeil from Skagway. Dr. Samnann also volunteers the information that plans are under way both here in Skagway, and in Haines, for new hospitals, which are certainly needed. Many old friends will be inter ested to hear that Mrs. Abbie Sparks has gone back east with her son Peter, to live with him and his family at Falls Church, Va. She writes that the warm weather has not bothered her yet, and that they are enjoying sight seeing to various places of inter est in the Washington, D. C. area. Peter came up to Skagway late in May (while your reporter was in Anchorage to see 90n Dan ny Kalen graduate from East An chorage High School in a class of over 300 students). Peter con ducted an auction at the old Sparks property, selling furni ture, tools, and an assortment of miscellany which turned out to include several drawings and paintings by his father, Victor Sparks. The house and lots were sold to the City of Skagway, for inclusion in the school grounds, as this will now give the school the entire block —room for fu ture expansion. Every year’s tourists include a few former residents, come back to see what the old town looks like. This past week we had some who find Skagway much different now than when they were here — at the height of the war time boom when every square inch of Skagway was filled with either Army huts or civilian bar racks as supplies for the Alaska Highway, and the Canal pipeline were sent through here. Mr. and Mrs. Broadbent came up on the GLACIER QUEEN June 11 and Spent the day looking up old friends, Mr. Broadbent worked at the “Tank Farm'’ in 1942 and '$3, and was a very active member of the Presbyterian Church, leading singing at the Sunday evening services during his stay in Skagway. The ferry on June 15 brought the former Mrs. Rotenberry, whose hus band, Rev. A. G. Rotenberry was pastor of ‘the First Pres byterian Church in Skagway in 1941 and “42 Rotenberrys then went to Stillwater, Minn,and be passed away in 1962, with a heart attack. His widow is now married to Dr. A. F. Brainerd, who has recently retired from the faculty at St. Cloud State College at St. Clawd, Minn. The Brainerds stay ed overnight and left on the next ferry, after looking up many old friends.
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Fairbanks Daily News Miner
Fairbanks, Alaska, US
Tue, Jul 12, 1966
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