FAIRBANKS SPORTS LOG
Jan. 3—Basketball officials meet at Mag. Court. 7:00 p.m.
Hockey practice at Hockey rink. 7:00 p.m.
Women's basketball practice at Main. 8:00 p.m.
Badminton at Barnette. 8:00 p.m.
Jan. 4.—K&L vs U of A at Main. 7:00 p.m.
Mecca vs Honest John’s at Main. 8:30 p.m.
Skating lessons at Hockey rink. 7:00 p.m.
Jan. 5—Family night at Barnette. 7:00 p.m.
Hockey at Hockey rink. 7:00 p.m.
Church basketball practice at Hunter. 6:30 p.m.
U of A vs Rangers at U of A. 8: 00 p.m.
Jan. 6—Eielson vs U of A at U of A gym. 8:00 p.m.
Rangers vs Sportland at Ft. Wainwright. 8:00 p.m.
Youth basketball at Main. 1:00 p.m.
Youth hockey at Hockey rink.10:00 a.m.
Sledding at Lazelle slope.10:00 a.m.
Jan. 7—Eielson vs Ft. Greely at Ft. Greely. 2:00 p.m.
Manchus vs Sportland at Ft. Wainwright. 2:00 p.m.
Public skating at Hockey rink.
Sledding at Lazelle slope.
PLAN NEW PSNSKA BUILDING
Pinska's Mens’ Wear, one of the
pioneer clothing firms in Fairbanks,
will construct a new store at their
present location on 3rd and Cush
man, according to Robert Claus,
owner of the Pmska stores.
Claus stated that the mens' store
will remain open in its present lo
cation until some time in March,
when the stock will be moved to
the Pinskas' Outdoorsman Store at
2€6 Barnette. Until March, the store
will continue their sale, attempting
to reduce present stock down to
where it can all be moved into the
Outdoorsman.
The Outdoorsman, which is pres
ently closed, will be renovated
during the next few months, prior
to moving the mens’ store, according :
to Claus. After March, both the
Outdoorsman and the Mens’ Store !
it
will be housed in the Barnette
building.
As soon as the stock is moved
from the 3rd and Cushman site,
the building will be torn down
and construction of the new build
ing will commence.
The new building, which is sched
uled for completion in July will
house the Mens* Store and have
rental office space. The retail sales
area will be in the basement and on
the first floor. The second floor will
consist of rental offices. Although
plans are not yet complete, a pent
house apartment may also be con
structed for the Claus family, who
now reside on Badger Road.
Jessen’s Weekly is read seven
iavs a week. In every home when
Jessen’s hits the street.
Around Town will] First National
Charles W. Lafferty
“I like the Fairbanks school
system because it’s small enough
to know you and still large
enough to serve you.”
This is the feeling that Charles
W. Laffetry, the new Superin
tendent of Public Schools in
Fairbanks has about education in
this city.
Lafferty contends that the
Fairbanks school system is large
enough to provide for individu
alized types of special programs
and yet is small enough so that
people may know one another.
The personable educator at
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tended .urude school and high school in i\.ansas ana leceiveu
his Bachelors and Masters Degrees in 1937 and 1940 at Kansas
State Teachers’ C; liege. His graduate study was clone at Har
vard, Colorado and Columbia Universities, and he received his
Doctor 01 Education at Kansas University in 1957.
Lafferty married his childhood friend, Marguerite, in Kan
sas in 1537. That year he began four years of high school teach
ing at Fredonia in mathematics, history and speech. He also
coached basketball, track and debate.
With the onset of World War II he went into the United
States Army and served from 1942 to 1946 in the European
Theater oi operation, Parachute Infantry, 13th Airborne. He
attained the rank of Captain.
After he left the service Lafferty was principal of the
high school where he had taught. Four years later he was prin
cipal of public schools in Atchison, Kansas. After serving in
that capacity for seven years he was superintendent of schools
in Oak Park. Illinois for three years before coming to Alaska.
Lafferty said that when he was offered a chance to ccme
to Alaska he didn’t hesitate because he has always been inter
ested in this country. He also has relatives here. "Alaska is
everything I thought it would be,” he stated.
Lafferty is a member of numerous education associations
including several connected with the study of exceptional chil
dren. The latter is a field in which he is extremely interested.
In Fairbanks the new superintendent is a member of
Rotary Internalional and the Chamber of Commerce.
Communication is one of Lafferty's most enjoyed hobbies.
He likes to read, write and speak and as such, has written sev
eral magazine articles. He also enjoys outdoor activities, bowl
ing and coin collecting. Making natural wood furniture is an
other favorite pastime of Lafferty’s.
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First Nifim! Bank
“First In Strength, Size and Service Since 1905”
Banking Facility, Clear, Alaska
Banking Facility, Ft. Wainvrright
Member of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
Alaska Airlines
Sets New Record
Alaska Airlines established a new
record for total number of pas
sengers carried on its Golden Nug
get Jet between Fairbanks and
Seattle in a single day, it was an
nounced by Robert Giersdorf, Asst.
Vice President of Sales.
On Friday, December 15th, a to
tal of 204 passengers traveled on
the roundtrip operation between
Fairbanks and Seattle, and by in
cluding the Fairbanks/Anchorage
traffic the figure swelled to 301
passengers.
SALVATION ARMY AIDS 550
During the Christmas Season the j
Fairbanks Salvation Army assisted
more than 550 individuals and vis
j ited eight institutions, according to
Captain William B. Lynch, head
of the Army here.
The organization distributed 255
“Sunshine bags of candy, and gifts
to the Fort Wainwright Hospital,
Eielson Air Force Hospital. Fort
Greely Dispensary, St. Joseph’s Hos
pital. men's jail, women's jail. Bar
row Alaska Native Hospital and
Kotzebue Hospital.
Members of the Army assisted 29
families totaling 127 individuals,
PAUL LIEN JOINS JESSEN'S
New Advertising and Circulation
Manager of Jessen’s Weekly is Paul !
(Ip) Lien. He replaces Ted Angcao j
who left Fairbanks yesterday to at- ,
tend Federal Electric school in 1
New York.
Lien, who was born and raised
in Fairbanks, has a wide background
of newspaper experience,
i He worked as a printer's devil
I and reporter for the Fairbanks
Daily News Miner for several years
until 1936 when he began college
at the University of Alaska.
His interest in journalism took
him to Columbia University in New
York where he graduated in 1940.
During World War II Lien was a
Naval Air Priorities officer attached
to the staff of Governor (now Sen
ator) Ernest Gruening in Juneau.
In 1934 he came back to the An
chorage and Fairbanks area where
he has been in the insurance and
newspaper business until the pres
ent time.
He also worked for the News
Miner for the past several months
doing special reporting.
Service Section
Has Busy Time
During November, 19G1, troopers
assigned to the Service Section,
Alaska State Police, served a total
of 1071 civil and criminal process
and effected the arrest of 49 persons.
They traveled over 22,000 miles
during the month.
A total of 32 persons were trans
ported to State jail facilities to
await trial or serve sentences. Ten
persons were transported, in 5 trips,
to penal institutions in Seattle,
California and Kansas, and one was
returned from Oregon to Fairbanks
to face criminal charges. One men
tal patient was escorted within the
state.
and held two parties for underprivi
leged children. Eighty-three at
tended. Some 312 toys and gifts
were distributed to young people,
also.
Two holiday dinners were served
to 46 people bringing the total
count of individuals helped over
the holidays to 550.
Captain Lynch expressed his
thanks to those persons who “were
so generous and shared with others
and helped to spread a little happi
ness around Fairbanks.”
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