Scissors Movement
Of Legs Used In
Skating Backward
(By Betty Lyle)
Backward ska :ng, despite its
title, is not for b ckward skaters.
It’s for those who have their for
ward skating pretty well under
control.
Backward skating is a matter of
balance and confidence, and here
is how you can get vou^elf a
Targe helping of both. You wan* to
learn merely how to roll back
ward on one skate at a time, and
it is done through a sensors m ve
Push
A
Pull '
PREPARATION!
FOR SKATING
BACKWARD
i
r s
ment of the legs wh'ch is master
ed very easily.
First, place the feet In p geon
toed position (toe- t age the", heels
ou >. Then press on the inside of
boht feet and push the feet apart a
short distance. YouT: st"at t > roll.
Now pull the feet into parallel
Morrow-Tail's
Plane To Be
Repaired Soon
a
FAIRBANKS, </P) — Mrs. Rich
ard M irrow-Tait, the would-be
world flier who won Alaskan’s
hearts, will soon get her plane
hack, all . repaired.
An airline official, Jim Dodson,
has agreed to disassemble her bad
lv-damaged aircraft, “Thursday’s
Child,” and truck it to Edmon
ton, Alta. It may be on the way
by the end of the week.
In recent weeks, Ladd Field
maintenance crews have also
worked to help Mrs. Morrow-Tait
out, after she cracked up near the
Alaska Highway in a forced land
ing while flying around the worl^
from London, eastward.
Two six-man crews removed the
wings and loaded the plane onto a
truck-trailer to be brought 235
miles here, in severely cold wea
ther.
At Edmonton. Mrs. Morrow
Tait said she had arranged with
customs officials to pass the plane
into Canada.
position, keeping them close to
each other.
When you find that you’re los
ing momentum, or slowing down,
repeat the exercise. It’s easy, and
when you’ve picked up a little
speed and grace, it looks good!
To keep yourself from appear
ing awkward, don’t exaggerate
the distance when you push the
feet apart—use just enough push
to keep rolling. Push smoothly,
not jerkily. Keep the knees flexi
ble, and your weight over the
middle of both skates.
Remember:
1. Place feet in pigeon-toed po
sition.
2. Press on the inside of both
feet.
3. Push feet apart a short dis
tance.
The principle behind skating
backward is the same as in ska -
ing forward—the good old clock
system that I used in my last col
umn. I’ll go over it briefly.
Skating is just one curve <or
ed'-te' after another. Imagine you
are standing on a » large clock
drawn on the rink floor. You are
at six o’clock, with your back to
nine o’clock. Apply the three s eps
outlined above, with your body
leaning toward the center of the
clock.
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MAIN 5
PA A Answers
Letters to Santa
“Dear Santa:
I want an electric train and a
football of course I would like
more but there are other kids who
want some things to.
Yours truly,
Jimmy .”
“Dear Santa Claus:
I would like a rocking horse. I
am six years old. Are your men
working hard?
Roy ." ,
These little notes and many
others, most of them combining I
childish desires, adult restraint1
and some pathos, found their way i
from Alaska into the offices of
Pan American World Airways at |
Boeing Field, though addressed to
Santa Claus at the North Pole.
The mistake was made after
Pan American sponsored a project
to have parents write replies to
children’s Christmas letters in
Santa’s name and to have these
answering letters cacheted, or
marked with the Santa Claus
North Pole stamp, at Fairbanks.!
Alaska, and returned to the chil
dren.
The letters quoted above, how
ever, came just as shown, from the
children only, without any replies.
Most of them came from the
Wrangell Institute, Wrang ell,
Alaska. Postmaster Everell R.
Sharnbroich of that city had sent
them to Pan American to be in
cluded with the letters going to
Fairbanks for cacheting. Pan
American went even farther, how
ever, and answered the notes.
The presents requested ranged
from expensive electric trains to
Mickey Mouse watches, ‘ink pens’
and fairy tale books. All the let
ters were polite and considerate of
Santa and his workers, but firm
and definite about what was
wanted. Some were written on
pretty decorated stationery, others
on colored construction paper, and
still others on wrapping paper.
Since there were too many let
i ters to ije answered individually,
i Pan American wrote a blanket let
ter which was sent ‘o each of the
, children with the Santa cachet on
i the envelope. The letter reads as
! follows:
North Pole, Alaska.
The week before Christmas
Dear
Mv helpers and I up here at the
Nor h Pole were very glad to re
ceive your letter, and to know
what you think about Christmas
and what you are hoping to re
ceive at Christmas time.
As you know, there are many,
many children all over the world
■who expect me to bring them
presents on Christmas Eve, and I
try very hard to bring them all
something, though it may not al
ways be axactly what they want.
The main thing we should all re
member about Christmas is the
idea of it, and not just the pres
ents we hope to find on Christmas
morning, though the presents arc'
very nice to have, aren't they?
Mftry Christmas, my little
friend, arid a Happy’ Mew Year! I j
will try my best to bring you what
you hope for, or something else
that will mafce p-ou-happy..
Love,
' Santa Claus
— ■ ■««■■■ >
• . Many people in the Middle Ages
wore “cramp rings,” jfresaed by
the king and believed to have spe
cial powers to ward'-off stomped
cramps.
Prof.—"Mr. Jones,* I Hate to
tell you, but your son is a rhoron.” J
Jones—“Where ii he? I’ll teach
that young pup to join a fratern
ity without consulting me.”
Army Proposes
Communications
System In Alaska
J
WASHINGTON, i/P) — Defense
Secretary Forrestal recommended
to President Truman today a bill
for submission to Congress which
would authorize the army to con
struct a communication system in
Alaska.
The brief reference to the pro- ,
posed measure, contained in For
restal’s annual report, did not ex
plain how extensive the proposed {
system would be or whether it j
would be an expansion of present j
army and air force telegraph and
radio systems in the Territory.
In another section of the report,
which covered the period from
September, 1947, through this fall, 1
Forrestal said in connection with '
geographical explorations:
“Scientific programs for two ex
peditions north of Alaska were
planned for the strategic air com
mand, and six other proposed ex
peditions advanced by non-service
sponsors were appraised by the
committee on geographical explo
ration *of the national military es
tablishment*.
“As a result of these latter ex
peditions, the services expec* to
gain useful information regarding
such little-known areas as the Yu
kon, Ungava, northern and cen
tral Alaska, central Africa, and
southern Arabia.”
i
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Some of the buses are so crowd- j
ed these days you even see the:
men standing up. *
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