TABLE DISPLAY
—Jessen’s Staff Photo
Mrs. Paul Haggland, president of the Fairbanks Garden Club, shows
the Junior Women’s Club entry in the Garden Club table decoration
contest, held Monday at Nertand’s. Mrs. George Smith looks on.
Garden Club Has
Table Decoration
Contest Monday
The Presbyterian Ladies Aid won
first prize in the Fairbanks Garden
Club’s table decoration contest held
Monday at Nerland’s store.
Mrs. Maurice Johnson, chairman
•of the Presbyterian ladies' commit
tee, decorated the table that netted
the group $25.
Mrs. Jessie Anderson decorated the
table for the Soroptimist club which
took second place, winning $15.
The third place winner was the
cutty of the Business and profes
sional Women’s club. decoraU* by
SS'ancy Peterson
The beautiful liscum bowl of the
t’. S. Ninth Infantry was on display,
the only time it will be publicly
Shown In Fairbanks. The 85 pound
bowl, which will hold 14 gallons,
was decorated with flowers by Mrs.
Harry Pratt. Two armed guards
3cept constant surveillance over the
bowl while it was on display.
Organizations which contributed
do the display include: Alaska Crip
Sled Children’s Association: Alaska
furses Association; Amaranth; Arc
tic Toppers; BPW: Alpha Beta
Chapter, Epsilon Sigma Alpha;
Fairbanks Weavers Guild; Golden
jVorth Rebekah Lodge: Junior Wom
an's Club; Midnight Sun Chapter.
Order Eastern Star; Presbyterian
Xadies Aid: Soroptimist Club; WA
•AIMME: Icebreakers’ Toastmistress
■club: Ladd Officers Wives club, and
Westminister society, Presbyterian
•church.
Spends Silver
Anniversa r y Here
How would you like to spend
your silver wedding anniversary
■camping out?
That’s what nearly happened to
!Wr. and Mrs. Floyd Rohrbough of
Powell, Nebraska, who were mar
ried at the Sydney, Nebraska Meth
odist Church 25 years ago today.
The Rohrboughs. who are farmers
in the Powell area, have wanted
to come to Alaska for ar long time.
They had plans all made to make
the trip in 1950. but bad weather
conditions kept them at home.
But they made it this time, and
drove over 4.000 miles in five
weeks, camping out along the way
and living in a trailer.‘The couple
• have been living in an 8 by 10
tent pitched near the Northhaven
Cabins on College road since they
arrived in Fairbanks Monday after
noon. They have slimped their car
to McKinley park, and will spend j
the night at the Leveque home at
J13 Dunkel.
The couple are immensely enjoy
ing their visit in Alaska, having
taken their first airplane ride on
their arctic tour.
They will visit in Anchorage be
fore returning home.
Reception Held
At Pattv Home
J
Many Fairbanksans attended a de
lightful reception Tuesday evening
for Mr. and Mrs. Stanton Patty and
Mr. and Mrs. Art Mathis at the
home of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest Patty
on the University of Alaska campus.
Stanton, a Seattle Times staffer,
is the son of the Ernest Pattys and
is here with his wife visiting and
at the same time doing a series of
articles on northern defense.
Mr. and Mrs. Mathis are here for
the summer. He is well known in
the construction industry through
his long association with Lytle and
Green.
The Patty home, the university
president's residence, is particularly
attractive this time of year since
the couple has devoted considerable
time to landscaping and their many
flower gardens.
Pouring for the occasion were
Mrs. Ruth Barrack and Mrs. Eva
McGcwn. Accompanying Mrs. Bar
rack was her daughter, Mrs. Bar
bara Dickinson visiting here from
San Francisco.
Von Schneidaus
In Anchorage
On Way Horne
Christian von Schneidau, inter
nationally known artist, and Mrs.
von Schneidau are currently in An
chorage where he was called to do
portraits of a number of Anchorage
citizens.
The couple, after leaving Anch
orage, will go to the Yukon before
making their return trip to Los
Angeles after over a year spent in
the North.
Besides doing portraits of many
Fairbanksans, von Schneidau has
captured the spirit of the Arctic in
the. faces he has painted this past
year.
The von Seheidaus have made
many friends here.
Democrats Will
Nominate For
Senate Seat
The Fourth Division Democratic
Committee will hold a public nomi
nating meeting tomorrow night at
8 p.m. in Carpenter's Hall The
meeting will be held to select a
Democratic candidate for the sena
torial seat vacated when Ralph Riv
ers resigned to be a candidate for
the National House of Representa
tives under the Tennessee Plan.
The committee has set up rules
under which nominations from the
floor may be made for consideration
by the committee.
The rules are as follows: Those
desiring to nominate a candidate
must register with the secretary of
the committee prior to the .opening
of the meeting. They must give
their name and precinct in which
they last voted.
Only those who registered as
Democrats in the last election will
be recognized by the chair. They
will be recognized in the order in
which they registered at the meet
ing.
Those desiring to nominate must
have the assurance of their candi
date that he is available if selected.
Nominating speeches must be lim
ited to not over two minutes in
length.
Participants will be recognized
for nomination speeches only.
Final nomination will be made
by the Divisional Committee as out
lined by Territorial law and party
procedure.
Former Local
H es idea t K i 1 1cd
In Ait to Accident
Mrs. Jay Buzfoy of 14 Mile on the
Richardson highway notified Jes
sen’s Weekly that her daughter.
Mrs. Marion Buzby Crowell of
Southgate, Calif., and her son and
grandson. James and Patrick Crow
ell, were killed in an automobile ac
cident on July 2 at Oceanside. Calif.
Mrs. Crowell’s husband, Ewart,
and her daughter-in-law. Clara, are
still in critical condition as a result
of the accident. Mrs. Crowell’s
grandson Jimmy, 7, suffered a brok
en hip but is not in serious condi
tion.
John Pearson
Dies In Hospital
John Pearson. 65. longtime Alas
kan resident, died in St. Joseph's
hospitSl at 12:45 a.m. Monday mor
ning as a result of a basal skull
fracture suffered when he'fell down
a flight of concrete stairs at the
Salvation Army.
Pearson, who had been a resident
of Alaska for the past 50 years, was
unemployed at the time of his death
and made his home at the Salvation
Army. He is survived by one sister
in Vancouver, B. C.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Bob Parrish, local attorney, made
a brief ‘'over-and-back” trip to
Nome on business Tuesday. He flew
with Pan American Airways.
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City Recreation
Pet Show Is
'Slated Here
The second annual city recreation
| pet show is slated for Saturday af
i ternoon. announces YMCA director
! Rick Richstad.
j The pet show will he held at the
I Griffin Park playground, with jurig
1 ing to get underway promptly at
12:30 p.m. Entrants are asked to be
on hand at least 15 minutes before
the deadline.
Ribbon awards will be given for
the funniest dressed, the largest,
the smallest, and the most unusual.
Richstad emphasized that only an
imals used as pets are eligible: dogs,
cats, birds, and hamsters are wel
come.
About 70 young people entered
the show' last year, and a bigger
turnout is epected for this year’s
event. Parents are welcome to come
to the show, although all pets must
be shown by children 16 years of
age or younger.
MRS. WILLIAM CORWIN'S
DAUGHTER VISITING
Mrs. William H. Corwin is enjoy
ing a visit this summer with her
daughter. Miss Nancy Gray of San
Francisco.
Miss Gray will be a ^enior in high
; school, returning to the California
city this fall. Next year she will
enter the University of Alaska,
j While in Fairbanks she is par
ticularly enjoying the w’ater skiing
at Harding Lake and the many at
tractions of summertime Alaska.
Services For J
David Tucker
Tonight 7:30
Funeral services for David B.
Tucker, will be held at the Masonic
Temple tonight at 7:30 p.m. Private
services will be held at 7 p.m. Bur
ial will be in the Masonic plot in
Birch Hill cemetery. Masons and
members of Eastern Star are urged
to attend.
Tucker, 47, was employed as a
heavy duty mechanic for Puget
Sound and Drake at Point Barrow.
He died there Sunday night in his
sleep as a result of a heart attack.
He is survived by his wife, Ger
trude L., of their home at 810 Au
stin in Lemeta. The couple had no
children..
Tucker, who had been in Fair
banks since 1947, built and owned
the Lemeta garage on College road.
He recently sold the garage, and
went to work for Puget Sound and
Drake in March. He had been at
Point Barrow since July 14. He
sometimes worked as a guide dur
ing the fall of the year.
He was a member of the Masons
and of the Operating Engineers, lo
cal No. 302. Mrs. Tucker is em
ployed by White Swan laundry.
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