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Vol. 21, No. 20
Wednesday, May 16, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
High School Seniors Graduate This Week
By Mary Halm
Lathrop, Monroe and Eielson
High School senior classes will
graduate at 8 p.m. Friday night
in their various school audi
toriums.
Some 202 seniors from La
throp: 17 from Monroe; and 29
from Eielson, or a total of 248
students, will graduate in the
annual commencement cere
monies.
Valedictorians and salutatorians
from the various senior classes are:
Kathy Duggan and Carolyn Brown,
Lathrop; Linda Louise Quinton
and Jo Ann Wyatt, Monroe; and
j Diana Wellborn and Roberta Han
sen, Eielson.
Outstanding Speakers
A variety of outstanding speakers
will give the commencement ad
dresses at the separate schools. Dr.
William R. Wood, president of the
University of Alaska, introduced by
Charles W. Lafferty, will deliver
the main address at Lathrop.
Monroe’s graduates will hear a
talk by the Honorable Raymond E.
Plummer, United States District
Judge who presides in Fairbanks.
Eielson students will hear a
| speech by John V. Sorenson, educa
tion director of aerospace education
for the Pacific Region of the Civil
Air Patrol after he is introduced by
the Eielson base school officer, Lt.
Col. John F. Velew.
The Reverend Oliver P. Everette
of the Evangelical Lutheran Church
will give the invocation at Lathrop.
and the Reverend Joseph Nosser,
chaplain at Ft. Wainwright, will
give Monroe's commencement in
| vocation.
Present Diplomas
Floyd Rcishus, senior class ad
visor will present diplomas to Eiel
son graduates, and Ralph C. Bailey,
Fairbanks School Board president
will make the presentations to the
Lathrop class. The Most Reverend
Francis D. Gleeson, S.J., D.D., vicar
apostolic of Alaska, will give diplo
mas to Monroe seniors.
The Reverend George T. Boileau,
S.J., will award honors at Monroe;
and Lathrop awards will be pre
sented by Mrs. Anabeth Hanlon,
senior class advisor of Lathrop.
Commencement at Lathrop will
| feature musical numbers by tna
: Lathrop band and choir, including
; performance of Irving Berlin's “Give
Me Your Tired, Your Poor,” and
“Born to Be Free.”
The Monroe girls’ quartette, “The
I Sophisticates,” will sing several
I selections for the Monroe cera
! monies.
The Reverend Neil K. Murphy,
S.J., will offer the benediction afc
Monroe and Rev. Everette will giva
the benediction at Lathrop.
THIS WEEK IN
FAIRBANKS
EIELSON PLAY
“Bell. Book and Candle,” the well
known three-act play, will-be pre
sented by Eielson High School at 8
p.m. Monday and Tuesday at the
North Star Service Club at Eielson
Air Force Base. \
Playing the lead, Gillian, is Can
dy Moke. Dennis Ryan is play di
rector.
No admission will be charged and
attendees may receive directions at
the base gate.
MUS WINS AWARD
The City of Fairbanks Municipal
Utilities System yesterday received
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caught
in the
sluice /
box -
By Buckwheat Charley
Wal, things has really picked
up since Kennedy got in the
white house. Back in 1898, eggs
was sellin in Alaska for 18
dollars a dozen. Since Jack got
in the price has gone way down.
Boy, folks around, here is git
tin so excited about the flood,
you almost gits the idee they
will be unhappy if’n we don’t
git one. (Really, all they really
wants to see is the dive bombers
in action, and they can’t wait til
Armed Forces Day.)
Speakin about that day, it is
Saturday. Someday, they is gon
na cpmbine it with National
Farm Day and have a row of si
los for us all to look at, but
meanwhile, we will hav to be
satisfied looking at them old
fashioned supersonic jet planes
and stuff . . .
Oh, there is many things hap
pining this week. Fer instance,
all the sweet little children will
all be on the loose agin, now that
the governmint nurseries is clos
in down for the summer.
All the big kids will be grad
uating this week, an then they
won’t be kids no more ... I
guess. Half of em will git draft
ed soon, an the other half will
wait for ’em to git back.
Shore wish them crisees would
end so our red-blooded young
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ORANGE TREES YET — Joe Shrewsbury of Charley’s Greenhouse
(Joe Is Charley’s brother) admires one of his miniature orange
trees. (See story this issue..)
LOCAL GIRL WINS CONTEST
Janet Keim, daughter of Profes
sor and Mrs. Charles J. Keim, of
the University of Alaska, is the win
ner of a nation-wide essay contest
conducted by the National Defense
Transportation Association.
Subject of the essay was “Trans
portation, a Vital Asset in War and
Peace.” The contest was open to
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
BOMB SCABE
ANCHORAGE — An anonymous
caller’s threat, “You’ll all be blown
up,” touched off a search by FBI
agents and airport security police,
delaying a Seattle-bound Pacific
Northern Airlines flight for more
than three hours last Friday at An
chorage International Airport.
CALL TO ANCHORAGE
KETCHIKAN—Rev. Norman H. V.
Elliott, rector of St. John’s Episco
pal Church here since July of 1958,
has accepted a call to Anchorage.
He made the public announce
ment following official announce
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any high school student in all 50
states where there are 122 NDTA
chapters.
Miss Keim will receive a $250 ser
ies E war bond sent from national
headquarters of NDTA in Washing
ton, D.C.
For winning locally, Miss Keim
will receive, in addition to the na
tional award, a $50 war bond and
a trophy from Pan American World
Airways.
Other local winners were: Terry
Krize, second prize winner, who
will receive a $50 war bond from
Alaska Overland, Inc., and George
iLindholm, third prize winner, who
will receive a $25 war bond from
Sourdough Express.
Major Edward Burton, transporta
tion officer at Ft. Wainwright, and
president of the local chapter of
NDTA will present the awards to
all three winners tomorrow noon at
the Travelers Inn.
All three winners are students at
Monroe High School.
The NDTA is an organization set
up to aid the military in the event
of war, and to work closely with the
Civil Defense and Red Cross units
to take care of any emergency in
peacetime.
Swimming And Playground
Programs Top Attractions
By Mary Halm
"With almost “’round tine clock’’ daylight, Fairbanksans have.
an excellent opportunity to enjoy a limitless variety of summer
recreational activities^ and the Fairbanks Depai tijient of PaiKsan-.
Recreation has taken advantage of thi*> in planning perhaps the
most extensive and well-rounded program in the City's history.
“We have a swimming pool
again,”—this is top news in the
Fairbanks area for after almost
two “dry” years, the YMCA public
swimming pool has been re-opened
by the City for a full summer’s use.
Tying for swimming in popularity
is the summer playground program
, which this year will feature activi
i ties for youths seven to 18 years
old on three City and one private
playground. Adults will also be
able to enjoy numerous indoor and
outdoor activities.
June 1, the swimming pool opens
for use with tickets on sale Mon
day. Rates for the summer are: 50
cents for high school age and
younger, and 75 cents for adults,
with special monthly and seasonal
rates available.
Monthly Rates
Monthly rates for youth are, $7.50;
military personnel and university
students, $10; and adults, $25. The
Recreation Department will also
offer a monthly family rate of $25,
or $50 for the entire summer.
During the week of May 21
through 28, seasonal memberships
will be sold at a discount of $2.
Tentatively, the pool schedule is
9 to 12 a.m. daily for youth; 12 to
1 p.m., a special businessman and
housewife program; 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.,
swimming instruction and open
swimming; 6 to 7 p.m., adult swim
instruction; 7 to 10 p.m., public
swimming. Family swimming will
be available on Sunday evenings.
Dick Strait, City Recreation Di
rector, stated that the public should
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 58, May 15
Low Temp.: 31, May 10
Ave. Temp.: 44, 2 degress below
normal
Precip.: .04; 0.2 snow
Outlook: Cloudy with widely scat
tered rain showers; temperatures
near normal
Sunrise: 2:29 a.m.; Sunset: 9:09 p.m.
18 hours, 40 minutes of daylight,
a gain of 8 minutes.
105 Earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
! thank the Recreation Commission,
j the City Council and especially
j ‘'Red” Boucher for their parts in
■ promoting and making possible the
1 program.
i Pre-registration for the summer
| playground program at Parochial,
Hunter and Denali Schools, is sched
uled from 9 a.m. to noon Monday
through Friday at the City Recrea
tion Hall.
A program for the youth of Uni
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