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Vol. 15, No. 32
PRICE IN ALASKA. 10 CENTS
Thursday, August 9, 1956 —1 FAIRBANKS, ALASKA
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THE WEATHER
High: 70 on August 8.
Low: 43 on August 3.
Average: 55 , 4 below normal.
Precip.: .71 inches.
Weekend Outlook: Mostly cloudy
with intermittent light rain.
Temperatures ranging from
45 to 65°.
Sunrise Tomorrow: 3:20 a. m.
Sunset Today: 8:29 p. m.
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"Caught in
the Riffles'”
By V. Maurice Smith
Join the Fishing Fun
Valdez has joined the salmon der
by parade and George Nehrbas,
Fairbanks business man and sports
man, has nothing but praise for his
recent fishing trip to the coast
town.
George drove the easy 380 miles
to Valdez, boarded a boat and start
ed hauling them in. He not only
came back with fish but won a pair
of binoculars for catching the first
one.
The silver salmon had just start
ed to run and the fun was on. By
week’s end the run was good.
Valdez is giving a cash prize of
$500 for the biggest salmon caught
and weekly prizes as well. Anyone
may enter simply by going to Dirks
Variety store in Valdez and plank
ing down a $2 per day fee to enter.
Spinning lures are available at
Dirks, George said, and other tack
le as well. George was well pleased
with his trip, saying it was one of
the best he had ever taken.
Since it is a beautiful drive to
Valdez from Fairbanks and not a
difficult one many Fairbanksans
are expected to enter the derby.
Boats for hire are available at the
port
48 States
Walter Davenport, who does us
the compliment of repeating some
of the things found in Jessen’s j
Weekly in his 48 States of Mind,
Collier’s, came up with one the
week of July 20 that tickled us.
Seems a Londoner received a
card from an Australian mortician
which read: "Greetings from Down
Under."
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LONG DISTANCE
^ —Jessen’s Staff Photo
Mrs. Jim Binkley talks with Mayor Allen C. Thompson of Jackson,
Mississippi, at ceremonies marking the installation of the 5000th tele
phone ill Fairbanks. Her husband looks on from the left. Frank
Mapleton, general manager of the Fairbanks Municipal Utilities Sys
tem, is seated at the right.
Fairbanks Is -
Host To Many
Insurance Men
The Fourth annual Alaska Insur
ance Agents association convention
opens here today, marking the first
time the Fairbanks group has host
ed the Territorial organization.
Many courtesies are being extended
the group in order to make their
visit a memorable one.
Delegates began arriving early in
the week, and yesterday the guests
were taken on a tour of the Univer
sity and the local gold dredges. The
Howard Byrnes of 1104 Sixth ave
nue were hosts at a cocktail party
last night which was followed by
a dinner at the Country Club.
Featured speakers during the con
vention will include Ross Duncan,
Insurance Commissioner of Alaska;
Harry Sargent, Director of Wash
ington State Insurance association
and past president of that group;
F H. Hawkins, assistant general
manager of the Pacific Fire Rating
Bureau of San Francisco.
Underwriters and agents from Se
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LARGEST SET OF TWINS
BORN IN LOCAL HOSPITAL;
DELIVERED TUESDAY
The largest twins ever born in
St. Joseph's hospital arrived Tues
day morning and the very proud
parents are Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Wilson of 405 Seventh street in
Hamilton Acres.
Kurt Gregory arrived at 3:35 a m.
and weighed 7 lbs. 10 ozs while
Jeffrey Dale was born at 3:46 a m.
and weighed 7 lbs. 2 ozs.
Services For
'Mike’ Goranoff
To Be Tonight
Funeral services for Milo "Mike"
Goranoff, longtime Alaskan resi- j
dent, will be held tonight at 7 p.m.
by the Pioneers of Alaska and the
Eagles at Eagles Hall. Burial will
follow' in the Eagles plot at Birch
Hill cemetery.
Friends are requested to make
contributions to the Federated Fund :
instead of sending flowers.
Goranoff passed away at his home
at 754 Ninth avenue at 3:25 a.m.
Tuesday after a long illness. He is
survived by his wife. Maude, of the
home address.
Goranoff was bom November 25,
1881 in Bulgaria. He went to the
States in 1906 and came on to Alas
ka in 1909. He was employed by
United States Smelting, Refining
and Mining company for many
■ years. On June 1, 1941, he started
i to work at Ladd. He was injured
there six years ago and never com
i pletely recovered. On June 25, 1938
| he married Maude A. Moran.
He was a lifetime member of the
Pioneers of Alaska and an active
! member of the Eagles.
Pallbearers will be Adolph Stock,
Fred Seltenreich. Roy Hillman,
Clyde Burkett. Roy Ferguson and
Ken Murray. Ushers will be Paul
I Solka and Walden Dainelson.
Mrs. Martha Kessel, whose add
ress is Box 903, is in St. Joseph's
hospital recovering from major sur
gery. She was admitted to the hos
| pital on Monday. Her husband, Wil
I liam. is a mechanic for the Northern
i Commercial machine shop.
Union Investigator Says
There Is No Racketeering
In Fairbanks Labor Union
There is no evidence of malfeasance in office or of back
door dispatching, said Robert Sheets, regional director, Western
Division of the Laborers Union and a fourth vice president.
Sheets visited Fairbanks this week to investigate charges
made by Donald Holton and Homer Giddings, the latter a new
City Manager
Says Hospital
Is To Stay
“It is doubtful that Fairbanks
will lose its hospital,” said City
Manager Matt Slankard after a
tour of St. Joseph's hospital and
facilities on Tuesday afternoon.
Sister Regina Marie, Sister Super- j
ior at St. Joseph’s hospital, received !
a letter last Wednesday in which
J. R. Gainus, city building official,
listed several reasons why the build
ing should be condemned and fur- j
ther stated that according to a city ;
ordinance the building would have
to be rehabilitated or demolished
within 90 days.
Sistr Superior said that she had
forwarded the condemnation report
to the Provincial Superior and the
Board of Directors in Seattle with
no recommendations or suggestions.
She mentioned that it would prob
ably in turn, be forwarded to the
Mother General in Montreal.
The only solution to the problem
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Field Day To Be
Held At U of A
Experiment Farm
The annual field day of the Uni
versity of Alaska Agricultural Ex
perimental Station and the Agri
1 cultural Extension Service will be
• held Saturday from 9:30 a m. until
4:30 p.m. at the farm.
Displays of farm machinery, for
ages. potato scab plots, and potato
j variety trials: tours of gardens, live
I stock. Agronomy, and ornamental
nursery: and a discussion on "Re
search and the Farmers’ Needs,” a
picnic lunch, and introduction of
! honored guest, Dr. George Gasser,
! are featured on the program.
Director Don Irwin, Roscoe Tay
: lor, Garn Osguthorpe. Harold Balck.
[ Arthur Brundage, William Sweet
man, Walter Duffy, John Ri ins
made, and Charles logedon will be
j on hand to supervise the various
events.
Coffee, milk, ar.d ice cream will
be served free of charge at the
1 picnic. Guests are asked* to bring
| their own lunches.
The public is cordially invited to
attend.
arrival in me coumry. me pa r
charged local labor union officials
of back door dispatching and dis
crimination and a few other things.
Sheets said that he was perfectly
satisfied that the union was being
run in the best manner possible and
gave Joel Wiegert and Edmond Or
beck, local officials, a clean bill of
health.
He said that he had talked with
Holton and Giddings for 15 minutes.
They, he said, had even kept a let
ter he had given to them to refresh
their memories on points they had
written to the president of the In
ternational.
Sheets said that he felt that tha
situation had resolved itself. '
Accomplished
Horsewoman
Is Moving Here
Fairbanks. Eielson, and the Uni
versity of Alaska are soon to gain
a sparkling new personality, blonde,
beautiful, accomplished, young Miss
Martha Lehmann, arriving shortly
from Shreveport, Louisiana, by way
of Arizona and her original home.
Southern California.
Miss Lehmann is a girl of unique
talents. She is one of the country's
outstanding woman horse trainers,
having trained her trick horse,
Thunder, since she was 13 and the
highly intelligent horse was a mere
colt. She has shown him. as well as
her Palamino Quarterhorse, Tubae
Sue, at horse shows and rodeos in
California. Arizona, New Mexico,
and Louisiana. Her impressive dis
play of ribbons, trophies, and loving
cups attest to her ability as a horse
woman in showing, performing, and
instructing in both English ad
Western style riding
As to beauty, poise, and person -
ity. Martha comes fresh from w:r -
ning the runner-up prize in a fi“:d
of twelve young women in * •
Miss Barksdale of 1956 contest, h-> i
this Spring at Barksdale Air Fo
Base. Shreveport, Louisiana. un<; ?
the Miss America rules This cor -
test was a part of the annual "M.
Holiday'' in Dixie festival at
Shreveport.
In addition to horsemanship, t 1
versatile girl fills her spare time
with dancing, swimming, diving,
I skiing, ice-skating, basketball, v
1 leyball, tennis and golf. She ente:
the fail class at the university in
education, and will reside in Fa; -
banks with her parents.
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