SCHOOL NEWS
EIGHTH GRADE
The Eighth Grade elected offi
cers, who are as follows; presi- j
dent, Roy Gifford; secretary-treas-'
urer, Karen Fricke; reporter, Dor
othea Hudert; patrol captain, Ar
thur Outwater.
The Eighth Grade has been
quite busy these last few weeks.
In science we examined a cactus
to see how much water it held. In
art class we worked on turkeys
for Thanksgiving. Each week we
give a report in current events.
On November 15, 1949, we went
on an ice skating party with the
Seventh Grade. Willie Foster sent
one of his men up to the school to
drive us out to Halverson’s Pond.
Mr. Almquist came out to the
pond and pepped up the party. We
started home at 7:15 p.m.
We have started a “Pokey
Club” for members of the Seventh
and Eighth Grades who are behind
in their studies. Their theme song
is Bub Crosby’s version of “Hurry,
Hurry. Hurry.”
Last Friday, in history each of
us started to make a U. S. map
showing where most of our immi
grants settled. This is interesting
because our country has many
people of various nationalities, a
United Nations in one. If other
countries throughout the world
could only follow in the same
manner, peace would certainly be
attained throughout the world.
HIGH SCHOOL
The last Thursday in November
is set aside in the United States by
proclamation of the President and
by governors of various states for
a day of thanks to God for His
bounty and mercy during the past
year. The first Thanksgiving in
America was held byt the Pilgrims
in the autumn of 1621. Their first
winter in the new country had
been difficult, but they had sur
vived its sold and want to clear
and plow and plant their fields in
the spring. They had gratefully
watched the growing of their
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Marshall Plan
Saved West Europe
PARIS, UP)—Seven U. S. Sena
tors said today they are convinced
the Marshall Plan has saved West
ern Europe from communism.
“I am encouraged by what we
have seen and will so report to the
Senate,” said Senator Elmer Tho
mas (D.-Okla.), chairman of the
Senate appropriations committee’s
armed forces sub-committee,
which the group represents.
Thomas told a news conference
“I am proud of the people of Eu
rope for trying to stand on their
own feet.” He said some words of
praise for Sweden which he had j
earlier criticized for being inhos
pitable to his committee.
“Sweden,” he said, “is in the
best financial condition of any i
country in the world, to my
knowledge.”
crops through the summer and in
the fall gathered in an abundant
harvest.
Geometry students are studying
polygons with special emphasis on
the formula for the sum of all the
interior angles. Polygons are di
vided into two main groups, the
convex and the concave. If no side
of the povlgon, when extended,
enters the polygon, it is called a
convex polygon.
Mechanical drawing class is now
making an orthopedic drawing of
the tenon point. Special emphasis
has been made on proper size and
shape of arrow heads in dimen
sioning a drawing. Both over-all
and detail dimensions are placed
on the drawing.
On Friday, Nov. 13. the High
School played the A.A.C.S.. one of
the army’s outstanding teams this
year. After a long struggle, our
•opponents won by a score of 35
to 29.
George Bourdon, who is attend
ing Dunwoody Institute in Minne
apolis. is spending the Thanks
giving vacation in Rochester,
where his roommate lives.
The High School Thanksgiving
party given Wednesday evening
was enjoyed by all. After an eve
ning of recreation, we were served {
a delicious lunch.
Meteors are frequently seen on
clear nights during November. On
November 26. the meteors seen j
are called the Andromedes be
cause they appear to originate in
the area of Andromeda. It is now
well established that meteors are
merely shattered residue of for-!
mer comets.
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Scientists Dispute
Age-Old Theory
Of West To East
SEATTLE, (/P)—Two young sci
entists—a man and his wife—do
not believe the Aleutian Islands
were stepping stones for civiliza
tion to proceed from Asia to North
America.
If anything, they say that man
kind first went from east to west
along the chain.
The young couple are Mr. and
Mrs. Ted Bank, Jr. He is the son
of the former University of Idaho
football coach who now is presi
dent of the Athletic Institute of
America at Evanston, 111.
His wife is the former Janet
Fowler, daughter of Dr. and Mrs.
H. W. Fowler, of St. Joseph, Mich.
Both attended the University of
Michigan.
They spent the last 20 months
hopping from Aleutian island to
island. Bank is a botanical anthro
pologist from the University of
Michigan, and was field director
of a navy-sponsored scientific
team which explored most of the
major islands of the chain the past
summer.
“Greyer heads than mine will
add up the evidence,” the 26-year
old scientist said cautiously on ar
rival. “but I think our material,
when coupled with all that col
lected earlier, will show pretty
conclusively that the Aleutians
never were man’s stepping stones
from Asia to North America.
“Instead, it seems more likely
that the Asian migration came
across Bering Strait, drifted down
the coast, and part of it moved
back westward along the Aleu
tians. .
He reported discovery of an an
cient wooden mask typical of
Southeastern Alaska Indians, but
never reported before in the Aleu
tians. He unearthed it while ex
ploring a cave on Kagamil in the
Island of the Four Mountains
Group.
“It at least indicates some con
nection between the Aleutians and
mainland people, but we’ll have to
wait until* we find more of them
to be positive of its place in his
tory,” he said.
He said there were indications
that early man moved from the
Alaska mainland out along the
Aleutians. Ancient village sites
now being unearthed are buried
much deeper on the eastern end
of the chain than on the western
islands. This would indicates they
Transfer Gaffney
To Florida
FAIRBAT'fKS, UP) — Brig. Gen.
Dale V. Gaffney, Ladd Air Force
Base commanding general, an
nounced his transfer yesterday to
Eglin Field, Fla., where he will
become deputy commanding gen
eral of the Air Force Proving
Ground Command.
He and his wife and five-year
old son plan to leave here Dec.5.
Gaffney will be replaced as
head of Ladd Base by Col. John R.
Kane, Ladd chief of #taff.
The general, an expert on cold
weather flying operations, will
carry on his work in that field
with the new proving ground
command. The agency is respon
sible for testing all materiel and
equipment designed for use by the
U. S. Air Force, and includes
headquarters for the cold weather
test squadron stationed here.
Gaffney first came to Fairbanks
in 1939 on a special flying mis
sion from Washington, D. C., to
select sites for future air bases in
Alaska. A year later he was put
in command of Ladd Field, and
after an absence of several years
was reassigned here in July, 1943,
1 for a second tour of duty in charge
'of the base.
Tn 1940 he set a record that still
stands of 0 hours and 55 minutes
from McChord Field. Wash, t.o
Fairbanks in a B-17 bomber,
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were covered by succeeding vil
lages before the western groups.
Bank, his wife and a navy re
search team, flew over the entire
chain, discovering at least 15 an
cient vilages sites from the air.
They were marked by different
vegetation patterns and colors.
Tiie Banks were married in
Juneau in September, 1948. They
taught school in the tiny Aleut vil
lage of Atka during the winter,
then spent the summer on their
scientific work. Mrs. Bank is 21.
The Banks, who plan to return
to the islands next spring to con
tinue their research, said a major
direct result of their work will be
a detailed military information
about the still littleexplored chain.
MRS. THEODORE G.
GUSTAFSON DIES IN SEATTLE
Fueral services for Mrs. Chris
tine Gustafson, 73 years old, of
912 N. 48th St., were held last
week from the Johnson & Sons
Funeral Home, with burial in Lake
View Cemetery.
Mrs. Custafson was born in
Sweden and came to the United
States when she was 12 years old.
She had lived in Seattle the past
28 years.
Mrs. Gustafson was the widow
of the Rev. Theodore G. Gustaf
son, who was the pastor of Mis
sion Covenant Churches in Chi
cago, Portland, Ore., and High
Point, near Preston. Mr. Gustaf
son also established missions in
Alaska. He died in '929.
Rev. and Mrs. Gustafson lived
in Nome in the early 1920’s, and
left here to go to Siberia to estab
lish missions at East Cape and va
rious places. While establishing
the missions, it is recalled that
nearly a ton of Bibles in the Rus
sian language were shipped to that
area, all of which were later burn
ed by the Russians, according to
the record.
Mrs. Gustafson .vas a member
of the Mission Covenant Church
in Seattle.
Mrs. Gustafson is survived by a
daughter. Mrs. Katherine Sve
lander, Seattle, and a sister and
two brothers in Sweden.
HOSPITAL PRESENTED WITH
ELECTRO-CARDIOGRAPH
Lou Healy. well known Nomeite
who went outside due to his
health, returned this wTeek looking
hale and hearty, glad to be among
his many friends again.
While undergoing medical care
in Seattle he purchased an elec
tro-cardiograph for the M-M and
M Hospital, which has has pre
sented to Dr. Fred Langsam to aid
in cases of heart ailments.
Many of his friends are chip
ping in to help pay for this valu
able piece of equipment which
will be used to help many people.
—
Miss Opal Peterson arrived this
week from her home in Kelso,
Washington, to be employed in the
office of the Alaska Airlines.
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