SECOND AVENUE
This team and wagon participated in a parade some 35 years ago
and passed down Second avenue where Fenton’s Pharmacy now
stands. The Ellis V’ariety store occupied the site at that time and
carried just about every conceivable type of merchandise.
Epsilon Sigma
Alpha Honors
Mrs. H. LaCasse
Mrs. Hugh LaCasse. president of
Alpha Gamma chapter of Epsilon
Sigma Alpha, was honored at a
pot luck picnic given by the sor
ity Sunday evening.
The party was held at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. James Wallace in
Lemeta.
Mrs. LaCasse and her husband
will be leaving soon for El Paso.
Texas, where he will be stationed.
He is now with the 74th Air Rescue
Squadron at Ladd.
In appreciation for her efforts
as president of the group, the sor
ority presented Mrs. LaCasse with
a plate, inscribed with the names
of the chapter members.
Husbands of the sorority mem
bers were also guests at the picnic.
Mrs. Henry Heuvel was food
chairman, assisted by Mraes. John
Armed Solicitors
Cover Garrison,
Federa ted Fu n d
Mrs. Phyllis Parris and her sis
ter-in-law Mrs. Ruth Parry solicit
ed for the Federated Fund in the
Garrison area last Thursday armed
with rifles.
Not that the pair had any inten
tions of holding up Fairbanksans
for contributions! The ladies had
heard that a mother bear and two
small cubs were loose in the area,
and they were protecting them- |
selvesjust in case.
They did see the bears—and a
fox and a lynx. Later the Fish and
Wildlife Service rounded up the
stray animals and sent them scurry
ing back to their forest home where
they belong.
The ladies collected $129.30.
Ashcroft. Dale Webb, Carl Borger
sen, and Wallace.
JACK McQUESTION
Whenever oldtimers talk of the Yukon and commerce the name of
Jack McQuestion always comes up. McQuestion, pre-dated the Klon
dike with his arrival in the North by over a dozen years and traded
on the Yukon. Me had a store at Circle City and was Northern Com
mercial Company agent for a time.
Over 40 Racers
To Set Out For
Nenana Saturday i
Over 40 entries are expected Sat- j
urday morning in the annual Fair
banks to Nenana marathon, spon- ;
sored by the Fairbanks Outboard
Association.
There will be six classes featured !
in this year's race instead of the
five offered last season. Entrants j
will register in one of the follow- !
ing departments: riverboats, pleas
ure craft, 36 inch craft. D utility, B I
utility, and unlimited.
The race is slated to start at 9 ;
a.m. from the new Chena bridge.
After a two hour engine tune-up
period in Nenana, the boats will
make the return trip, finishing at
the Cushman street bridge.
The marathon, which is approxi
mately 140 miles in length, requires
a total of about four hours.
Three members of the Fairbanks
Outboard Association, Harvey Sty
ken, Harold Gillam. and Sig Bred
lie, will be assisted by three as
sociation members from Anchorage
in judging the contest.
About 20 racers are scheduled to
arrive from the Anchorage area be
ginning tonight.
A banquet will be held at the
Fireside Club Saturday evening to
award trophies to the winners in
each class. Other prizes will be $100,
first place; $75, second; and $50,
third.
Sunday the Fairbanks racers will
vie with the Anchorageites in a
contest out to the^Vssociation's grav
el pit. The pit is located three miles
out on the Richardson highway op
posite Northern Ready Mix.
Thirty-one entrants participated
in last year’s classic, which saw
Marty Gray taking top honors in
the riverboat class. Leo Gagney
copped the unlimited group, and
George Muhir won the pleasure
boat department.
Stanton Patty
Vacationing
With Parents
Stanton Patty, son of Dr. and
Mrs, Ernest N. Patty of the Univer
sity of Alaska, is on an Alaskan va
cation with his wife and family,
visiting his parents at College.
But it's only “sort of" a vaca
tion for Patty, a staff writer for
the Seattle Times, since he is spend
ing his time away from his desk
doing feature articles on Alaska.
One of his selections, his descrip
tion of a trip over the Juneau Ice
Cap, appeared in last Sunday's
Times.
Patty conferred with Brig. Gen.
T. Alan Bennett at Ladd Air Force
Base Monday, in preparation for a
series of articles on Alaskan de
fense.
The Pattys, who have three chil
dren, Kay, Stanton. Jr., and Vir
ginia Carolyn, will visit here until
Wednesday.
Mrs. Genevieve Otteman of 404
Noble was admitted to St. Joseph's
hospital Monday for observation
and diagnosis. She will be in the
hospital for several days longer.
Mrs. Otteman is the owner of the
Do Nut Shop at 1245 Noble.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR THE
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
FOURTH DIVISION
FAIRBANKS PRECINCT
IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE ) i
OF I i
EDNA M MUNIASQUE. I
Deceased. )
No. I 8 II
NOTICE OF SALE
The undersigned duly appointed, quail- ;
lied and acting administratrix of the
above named estate, pursuant to an order
of the Probate Court, will on the 15th I
day of August, 1956, at the hour of 2 ;
o'clock P.M on the front steps of the
United States Postoffice in Fairbanks.
Alaska, will sell to the highest bidder
for cash the following described real
property, belonging to said estate, situ- j
ated in Fairbanks Precinct, Fourth Di- i
vision. Territory of Alaska, to-wit:
1. Lot Four (4) of the Linda Tract Sub
division:
2 Equity in Lots Seven (7) and Eight
(81 in Block Fifty-One i5H of the
Bjerremark Subdivision, subject to ap- ,
proval of title owners.
The undersigned reserves the right to
reject any and all bids.
Dated this 12th day of July, 1956.
/s/ Eva Kelly Williams
Administratrix
1st Pub: July 19, 1956
Last Pub: Aug. 9, 1956
PIONEER PRESBYTERIANS WORSHIPED HERE
This view of the First Presbyterian church of Fairbanks as seen in
1904 offers a distinct contrast to the modern church structure re
cently completed on the corner of Seventh and Cushman. This
early day picture was loaned to Jessen's through the courtesy of
Victor AJfsen, pastor of the church.
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OPEN 5:00 A. M. to 10:00 P. M.
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(Under New Management)
543V2 Second Avenue
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