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Vol. 21, No. 23
Wednesday, June 6, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
GRUENING LAUDED
ANCHORAGE—A reported $22,000
was collected Saturday when local
Democrats gathered at a $100 a
plate dinner to honor Alaska's Sen.
Ernest Gruening
Guests crowded the Elks Hall
dining room to hear Sen. Wayne
Morse, D-Ore., term Gruening as
“a personification of my definition
of a statesman.”
EGAN PROMISE
JUNEAU—A campaign based on
the record of the first administra
tion of the Alaska State government,
without “gimmicks or mud-sling
ing,” designed “to inform the peo
ple.” was promised by Gov. William
A. Egan in his address at a Demo
cratic dinner here last week.
MAJOR HUB
ANCHORAGE—Construction of a
major hub type airport and a ser
ies of smaller landing strips all at
various spots in the lower Yukon
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caught
in the
sluice
box
By Buckwheat Charley
Wal, the flood is over for
awhile, . . . and the lovely
beaches what line the Chena is
showin there faces agin. They
shore is purty, what with all
the landscapin folks in Fair
banks has been doin on em ever
since Cap Barnette landed in
this Camp.
Probably jist as well, too, cuz
this weekend millyuns of folks
will be trampin the shore line
to watch the 700 mile boat rac
ers zoom acrosst the finish line
in the big marathon.
Boy, with all the diffrunt
kinds of boats that is on the
Chena these days, the Coast
Guard is gonna hav to bring up
a Cutter to regulate the traffick.
They will probably put up a
stop sign at the Chena bridge
an ruin everybody’s fun.
IT WON’T BE LONG NOW:
Our editer bites the dust on
Saturday . . . which is also supt.
Harold Mansur’s birthday. (The
publisher has give em both the
day off.)
THE REAL REASON: The
reason they is havin so much
trouble on Wall Street with the
stockmarket is on account of
the Hoover administration. Jack
dint hav nothin to do with it.
Even so, he is trying to
straighten things out. In fact,
he even wrote to J. vie Rich
ardson here in town, askin for
his advice on the problum. Wal,
sir, ole Vic told him to go ahead
an slash taxes ... so we’ll jist
see how much juice vie has with
the boys back in Washington.
Ya, know, I is mad an jist a
little bit hurt that the city ain’t
ast me to be the new City mana
ger. Ole buck could straighten
this Camp out in short order.
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NECK DEEP IN SNOW —_Los Angeles was never like this — according to Mr. and Mrs. Bert Johnson,
leu, and Mrs. Rowena Bronson, center. Herb Bastion, right, Wien Alaska Airlines tour guide, showed
the Californians the sights at Kotzebue last week. There’s still lots of snow, but with the warm sun shin
ing 24 hours a day, it won’t last long. —Wien Alaska Airlines Photo by Frank Whaley
• THIS WEEK IN FAIRBANKS •
DOOGAN APPOINTED
Pat Doogan, 18-year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. James Doogan, 1012
Eighth, received word that his ap
pointment to West Point Military
Academy has been confirmed.
Doogan, a graduate of Monroe
High School, received his appoint
ment from Senator E. L. “Bod”
Bartlett. Young Doogan will enter
the academy July 2.
EGAN MANAGER
William Emmal, local attorney,
has been named as campaign man
ager for Governor William Egan
for the Central District. Egan is
again seeking the Democratic
nomination for the gubernatorial
post.
SEGBERS RECOVERS
Hiram (Hi) Segbers was dis
charged from St. Joseph’s Hospital
Tuesday where he had been con
fined for ten days with an injured
ankle.
Pioneer Auxiliary
And Igloo Initiate
At Monday Meets
Four new members were initiated
into Auxiliary No. 8, Pioneer Wom
en of Alaska, and one new member
was taken into Igloo No. 4, at their
regular meetings Monday evening.
Initiated into Auxiliary No. 8
were: Sue Gregory, Georgiana Ray
burn, Janie Calkins and Jean Cser
epes. George Rayburn of Wien Alas
ka Airlines joined Igloo No. 4, Pio
neers of Alaska.
Monday’s was the last meeting
for the summer for the auxiliary.
Their next meeting will be the first
Monday in September. is;
Igloo No. 4 will continue meetifag
during the summer on the first
Monday of each month.
Segbers returned to Big Delta
where he is employed as an elec
trician for the Budson Company.
BLM MEN VISIT
Five Bureau of Land Manage
ment officials made a brief visit
to Fairbanks last week.
The five: Jerry D. Callaghan, as
sistant director for Lands and Min
erals Management; Joe Tudor, as
sistant solicitor of the Department
of Interior; Fred Weiler, Arizona
State Director; Bill Redmond, re
gional solicitor for Alaska; and
Roger R. Robinson, State Director,
were here on a familiarization tour
of the Fairbanks BLM office.
The group arrived here last
Thursday and left Friday.
GODFREY IN TOWN
Sam Godfrey, oldtime mining
magnate, who took out millions in
gold in the Fairbanks and Liven
good districts from 1910 to 1923,
spent the past two days in Fair
banks and departed for Nome via
Wein Alaska Airlines this morning.
Godfrey now holds mining inter
ests in the Kougarok District on the
Set Development
Group Meetings
Special meetings of the 16th Elec
tion District Economic Development
Committee and the Tanalrich Devel
opment Corporation will be held
tonight at 7:30 in the Chamber of
Commerce Log Cabin on First Ave.,
according to James S. Couch, sec
retary of the two groups.
The Development Committee will
review progress reports of current
projects that are either undergoing
study, or have been advanced for
State and Federal approval.
The Tanalrich Board of Direc
tors will hold a special election to
name a president to succeed Ross
Miller, who has moved to Juneau.
Seward Peninsula and will spend
the summer there.
After the mining season Godfrey
will return to his home in Tacoma,
and later travel to Phoenix where
he spends most of the winter.
McGARVEY VISITING
John Franklin McGarvey, retired
railroader on the old Tanana Val
ley Railroad and Alaska Railroad,
returned to Fairbanks this week for
a short visit.
While here McGarvey is renewing
old acquaintances among his many
pioneer friends, and taking care of
business interests which he still
holds in this City.
McGarvey will leave via jet for
Seattle Saturday.
NERLANDS SOUTH
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Nerland left
yesterday for Los Angeles, where
their daughter Milesse will graduate
from UCLA. John Kildall. Mrs.
Norland's father, accompanied the
couple outside as he returned to
his home in Vancouver, B.C.
CAR WASH SUNDAY
On Sunday the Lathrop High
School Key Club will have a car
wash from 8 a.m. ’til 5 p.m. at the
Chena Union Service Station, lo
cated at 12th and Noble. Proceeds
are for the club's depleted treasury.
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THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 66, May 30, 31
Low Temp.: 36, May 30
Ave. Temp.: 52, 3 below normal
Precip.: .10, no snow
Outlook: Mostly cloudy with rain
Saturday and showers Sunday &
Monday; temp, near normal
Sunrise: 1:20 a.m.; Sunset 10:22 p.m.
21 hours, 7 minutes of daylight,
a gain of 5 minutes.
77 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
Outlook Good
For Passing
1959 Marker
By Colin Mick
Fairbanks is in for its biggest
tourist season yet, if the predic
tions of local tourist industry
officials hold true!
Robert Giersdorf, vice-presi
dent in charge of sales for Alas
ka Airlines and chairman of the
Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce's Tourism Committee, re
ported that advance tour book
ings at Alaska Airlines are up
800 per cent over last year.
“It looks like it will be a banner
year, even exceeding the banner
Statehood year of 1959,” he pre
dicted.
Giersdorf went on to explain that
Alaska Airlines began a full-bore
tour promotion program last year
and now has regional sales offices
located in New York, Washington,
D.C., Chicago, San Francisco, Los
Angeles, and Seattle.
Work All Year
These offices are constantly pro
moting travel to and in Alaska, he
reported. “We have our boys work
ing a year-round basis and it's
really been worth the effort,” he
said.
The first Alaska Airlines tours
began . May 21, and should reach
thei peak about June 15, accord
ing to Giersdorf. He predicts that
the peak will last through August.
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