Soldiers Build
“Miracle*” Home
For 60 Orphans
More than 60 orphans in Alaska
are living in a large, comfortable
new home—thanks to U.S. sol
diers stationed there.
The soldiers from Special
Troops, Headquarters, U.S. Army,
Alaska, helped build the new
Lazy Mountain Children’s Home
near Palmer and donated more
than $1,300 for building materials
and other necessities. The new
orphanage replaces one which
burned several years ago.
Soldiers and airmen in the An
chorage area donated free time on
Saturdays over a period of many
months to complete the three
storv, cement block structure.
Groups of 24 volunteers drove
more than 50 miles to the home
at their own expense to do the
work.
Final completion of the non-de
nominational orphange marked
the end of a three-year dream of
the Rev. Kenneth Hughes who,
with his wife, “adopted” the chil
dren some time ago.
After a 1949 fire destroyed most
of an orphanage at Valdez, Alas
ka, Hughes moved about half his
children into temporary quarters
on local farms. He put the others
in quonset huts at the site planned
for the new orphans’ home. Then
he drew plans for a 45 - room
structure to house his entire
“family.”
Contributions from Alaskan and
U.S. church-goers helped buy ex
pensive building materials, and
a tew local men began work* on
the building foundation.
But Hughes needed more hands
to speed completion of the build
ing, and he prayed for a miracle
to find them.
The “miracle” occurred when
soldiers exploring nearby Chu
gach Mountains came upon a dirt
road which led to the children in
quonset huts and their half-com
pleted future home ern Lazy
Mountain.
At the barracks the idea of
helping the orphans caught on
quickly, and a committee was
formed to line up work parties
and transportation for volunteer
Saturday construction work.
The orphans now are living to
gether as a happy family unit in
their new home. The soldiers still !
are donating their time to put on
finishing touches around the
house.
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VOTE FOR
W. W. "Chief" Laws
Republican Candidate
FOR THE SENATE
Plot to “Get” Judge Folta
Bared in Boy’s Testimony
ANCHORAGE, Sept. 20 — The
makings of a plot to “get” Judge
George W. Folta and the nature
of the “Black Angels” were re
vealed Thursday morning i n
Third District Court as the activi
ties of *an 18-year-old defendant
to charges of robbery and escape
came under the scrutiny of the
court.
The occasion was in the nature
of a pre-sentence hearing after
Beverly L. Stovall pleaded guilty
to both crimes. Stovall, as well as
Philip Kermit Hagler, another
young serviceman who pleaded
guilty Thursday to robbery and
escape, were to be sentenced yes
terday.
U.S. Attorney Seaborn Bucka
lew told the court that Stovall
and Jack Gunzelman a prisoner
convicted of robbery and now
serving a penitentiary term at
McNeil Island, had “entered into
a contract whereby Judge Folta
would be worked over, slugged
or whipped.”
Buckalew said Stovall agreed
to’ “take care of” the judge for
$100 and made a call to the base.
“Luckily, he said. “Gunzelman
escaped jail, spent the money
while he was out and the plot
never materialized.”
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Mostly cloudy today becoming
partly cloudy tonight and Thurs
day. Gentle northwesterly winds
becoming northerly 15-20 mph to
morrow. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight 38, highest Thurs
day 48.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Precipitation 0.21 in.
Temperatures: high 48, low 43.
Max. wind 23 mph from the ENE.
Sun rises 5:54 a.m., sets 5:55 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 50, low 28. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 57 in 1926,
low 19 in 1908.
Other stations. 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 26 Cloudy
Kotzebue 42 Cloudy
Wales 40 Fog
Gambell 41 Part cloudy
Nome 46 Cloudy
Unalakleet 46 Part cloudy
Bethel 45 Part cloudy
McGrath 33 . Clear
Anchorage 39 Cloudy
Fairbanks *7 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 42 Rain
Edmonton 44 Cloudy
Juneau 51 Rain
Ketchikan 55 Rain
Seattle 53 Fog
San Francisco 67 Part cloudy
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ALASKA LONGSHOREMEN
GET WSB OK FOR 17<* RAISE
SEATTLE, (/P)— Wage Stabili
zation Board approval of raises
for almost 1,000 longshoremen
this week set up nearly uniform
wages for work at most Alaska
ports.
WSB decisions gave raises of
12Vfe cents an hour to 273 mem
bers of the AFL International
Longshoremen’s Association a t
Petersburg, Valdez, Haines, Skag
way, Homer and Kodiak, and
llV^-cent raises to 140 I.L.A.
members at Anchorage and Whit
tier.
Longshoremen in all eight cities
will receive a straight time rate
of $2.73 an hour under the ap
provals.
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