Box PCA0465
Contains 152 Results:
1948 Sheldon Jackson School team.
L‑R Back: Patrick Verney; Martin Gall; Eddie Mercardo; Richie Benson. L‑R Front: Ken Leask; George "Tiger" Inman; Jack Booth.
1952 Sheldon Jackson School girls' team.
L‑R Row 3: _____; Douglas; Mary Alice Lord; Maggie Mercardo. L‑R Row 2: Lila Gray; Barbara Hamilton; Jessie Hamilton; Caroline Morrison; Marie "Honey" Carlson. L‑R Front: Colleen O'Brien; Eleanor O'Brien; Mavis Haldane; Gertrude Paul; Pauline Johnson.
1941 Pictured here is the famous Leask brothers of Metlakatla who all starred at Sheldon Jackson School. Three went on and played college basketball.
L‑R Back: Wally (Captain University of Washington: 1941; 1942 and 1943); Ronald (Willamette University); Bert (University of Dubuque). L‑R Front: David; Irving; Ken (Washington State University).
Pictured here is the famous Demmert brothers of Craig who all starred at Sheldon Jackson School.
L‑R: Bill; Art; Embert; Larry and Davel. All were skippers of their own seine boats and were considered "high‑liners". Art, Embert and Larry all became teachers of great repute.
1948 Herb Didrickson a member of the Sheldon Jackson Junior College Sitka championship team.
He is generally considered to have been one of the finest players in Alaska and was named to many all‑tourney and all‑star teams. As a member of the Sitka ANB team, he pushed that club to new levels of greatness.
1941 Robert "Jeff' David is pictured here as a sophomore and star at Sheldon Jackson School.
David is considered to have been one of the greatest.
1924 Dr. Walter Soboleff pictured here on the fine Sheldon Jackson School team.
Dr. Soboleff met his calling by going into the ministry.
1911 United States Marine Corps baseball team pictured in front of the Marine Barracks on Lincoln and Katlian Streets, Sitka.
While stationed in Sitka, the Marine Corps was an integral part of the Sitka community. None of the players are identified.
1938 Boy Scout Troop 643 basketball team of the BIA school on Katlian Street in Sitka.
The Troop and Team were organized by Raymond Wolfe, principal of the school. L‑R: Bill "Rudy Jackson" Brady; Jack Lokke; Walter Gray; Moses "Mighty Moe" Johnson; Charlie Didrickson; Jimmy Walton. Lokke, Johnson, Didrickson and Walton all reached stardom with great Sitka ANB teams after starring at Wrangell Institute or Sheldon Jackson School.
1939 United States Navy baseball team and Sitka Champions.
Melvin Payne, standing and second from Right; Harold "Pretty Boy" Morris and D. D. "Dick" Harper, kneeling and third from left, were stars of immense proportions. This was one of Sitka's finest teams but had to battle to hold off the Merchants and City Team.