KARNESLEAVES
FOR KETCHIKAN
TO SPEND WEEK
To meet with the School Boards
of Ketchikan and Charcoal Point
at a joint session to be held by
them next Monday afternoon, An
thony J. Karnes, Commissioner of
Education, will leave here tomorrow
or Sunday, it was announced today.
He expects to be absent about a
week.
A movement is on foot to con
solidate the Ketchikan and Char
coal Point public schools. Efforts
to reach a satisfactory agreement
on the terms of consolidation so
far have been unsuccessful.
Mr. Karnes was asked by both
Boards to assist them in the mat
ter. He said the consolidation was
for the best interests of both
schools and expressed his con
fidence that a solution to Hie
difficulties so far preventing an
agreement would be reached.
EMERGENCY APPENDECTOMY
PERFORMED ON BABY DAY
An emergency appendix opera
tion was performed on little Har
riet Day, two and a half year old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E.
Day at St Ann's Hospital last
evening. The baby is in a critical
condition today according to Dr.
H. C. DeVighne,.
