'GOLDEN DAYS' PLANS MADE
“Saga of Alaska" will be the
theme of the 1962 Fairbanks Golden
Days celebration and the giant pa
rade which is being planned as part
ef that event according to Bob
Groff. General Chairman of the
Golden Days Committee. The 1962
Golden Days program will be under
the direction of Jim Couch, Man
eger of Fairbanks Unlimited, Inc.
The theme decision as well as
other elements of Golden Days was
made at a recent breakfast meeting
attended by 32 Fairbanksans who
will be among those taking an active
part in the conduct of the Golden
Days program.
Those attending the initial Golden
Days planning session besides Groff
end Couch were: Patricia Nelson,
Peggy Caffee, Laura Bergt. Bea
Steen, lone Groff, Eva Mossman,
Syble Ramsey, Doris Dooley, Bar
bara Milles, Margo Kniel, Albert
Hambright, Bob Caffee, and Bruce
Torbes.
5th Annual Scout
Exposition Slated
The 5th Annual Tanana Valley
District Scout Exposition will be
held Saturday, April 28th. in the
fifternoon and evening at the Na
tional Guard Armory in Fairbanks.
The District Committee said all Cub
Scouts, Boy Scouts and Explorers
will be taking part in this huge an
nual event. Scouting in Action.
Each unit will have a special
theme for their display booth. This
is a chance for the general public
to see their favorite Cubs or Scouts
in action.
The annual exposition also offers
the opportunity for each unit to
raise money, to further promote
Scouting in the Fairbanks area. The j
price of admission is only $1.00 and
tickets may be purchased from your
tavorite Cubs and Scouts.
Jim Muir, William Shaeffer,
Adolf Stock, John Madsen, Paul
Sorbo. Tom Carney, Bill Workman,
Merrill Hakala, James Thompson,
Andy Edge, Thorne Hubbell. Jack
Richardson, Edward Prince, Nick
Hackenberger, Norris Johnson,
Chris Chase, and Bernie Miller.
Further details of Golden Days
planning will be announced from
time to time. Couch said.
Pioneer Alaskan
Niels J. Hornum
Writes Jessen’s
Niels J. Hornum, former Fair
banks resident and early day coal,
gold, and oil miner, is not in good
health, Jessen’s Weekly learned this
week.
A recent impairment of sight from
a slight cerebral condition has been
suffered by the well-known sour
dough who has been living in Ever
ett, Washington since leaving Alas
ka. His home address is 3915 Colby
Avenue.
Niels says he has enjoyed a “rich"
life in that he has traveled the
world, especially in Europe, and in
particular, the Mediterranean areas
where he spent years sinking oil
holes.
He wrote that his travel days are
over and in closing, sent regards to
his host of Alaskan friends.
State Announces
Land Selections
The State of Alaska Division of
Lands announces current land
selection totals as follows: 11,584.687
acres applied for; 2,601.132 acres
tentatively approved; and 313,917
acres patented.
Around Town with First National
I
Trenton A. Johnson
A summer job and vacation in
Alaska turned into a lifetime
stay for Trenton A. Johnson,
Manager of Life Insurance
Company of Alaska, 129 Lacey
Street.
Johnson was born in Clear
lake, Washington, and went to
school through his sophomore
year in high school in Enum
claw, nearby.
The next summer he went to
Cordova to work for a few
months and enjoy a short vaca
tion in Alaska but he never left
the country and has been here
ever since.
He stayed in Cordova five
years and then moved to Anch
orage where he married anoth
er Washingtonian, Marie, in
1936. Johnson worked on the Al
aska Railroad as a brakeman for
a snori wniie and then the coup
le bought a roadhouse at Girdwood, just outside of Anchorage.
Five years later they bought another resort, this time at
Wasilla Lake, near Palmer.
In 1948 Johnson went into the restaurant and hotel supply
business as a salesman. Later he handled the Alaska Maid
Products sales in Fairbanks.
He began in the insurance business in 1956 when Life In
surance Company of Alaska started. In 1958 he was promoted to
manager, the position in which he is in now.
The Johnsons have four nearly grown children including
three sons and a daughter. Terry, 22 is now in Okinawa; Gary
20, works here for Alaska Airlines; Bobby, 13, is a student
at Main Junior High School and Joan, 16, is a sophomore at
Lathrop High School.
The family is building a cabin on Chena Hot Springs road.
For other recreation, Johnson who is “in Alaska to stay’’ likes
to hunt and fish.
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