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Vol. 21, No. 19
Wednesday, May 9, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
I THIS WEEK IN
I FAIRBANKS
GOP WOMEN MEET
The Fairbanks Republican Wom
en's Club will have their regular
monthly meeting Saturday, May 12.
y at the Travelers Inn Polar Room.
A salad plate will be served at 12:30
lor $2.35 and will be followed at 1:30
with a business meeting. Member
attendance is urged for balloting
on State Federation.
Mrs. Everette Mauger, author of
the book “Nation of Sheep” will
give a review of her book. There
will be a door prize. Guests are
welcome. Call reservations by
Thursday to Mrs. Davenny, GL 2
2311 or Mrs. Lomen, GL 6-4195.
SCHLOTFELDTS ON TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Schlotfeldt and
two children, Joseph and Ellen, left
last weekend for Seattle and Spo
kane. Leo, son of the owners of
Sourdough Express, founded 60
years ago. will attend an Oil Heat
Institute at Spokane, while his wife
will visit her parents in the World’s
Fair City.
STEINHARD SOUTH
Joe Steinard. well-known and
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caught
in the
sluice (
box
By Buckwheat Charley
Wal, we has kept our recerd
intact, but it was shore a close
call. If’n our city manager hadn’t
went an resigned, our all time
americun record for havin the
most city managers in the few
est number of years would have
been broke soon.
Them folks in Anchrudge al
most had us. They went an fired
there city manager last week
and was hot on the trail of our
recerd. (Them rascals down
there jist don’t want us to he
first in anything . , . even if its
bad.)
Ya know, it shore ain’t no fun
when the city manager jist ups
an quits. It takes all the fun
out of the game. Irving Call did
the same thing years ago, but
in between times we shore had
a lot of fun.
Maybe now the good ole days
kin come hack again, and we
kin hav roasted city manager
for Valentine’s Day every year.
(That is when “fire the city
manager fever” reaches the
highest pitch.)
I Now we km all hav fun de
ciding whether to hire locally
or buy outside agin. (Its them
ones we bring up from the out
side that is the most fun to
fire.)
SHas anybody seen a robin yet?
(How’s that for a change of
pace?) The first one was due
May 6th, but he musta got side
tracked. (Maybe it was Anch
rudge what did it.) Them geese
an ducks an cranes has shore
been pourin in tho.
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WORK SEASON STARTS — Construction season is here again!
Workers are shown here preparing ground for construction of an
addition to the University Park School.
Board Of Education Okays
Fairbanks Summer School
By Mary Halm
Summer school for fifth and sixth graders and junior and
senior high school students will soon be a reality in Fairbanks.
The Fairbanks Board of Education has authorized the establish
ment of a summer school program for the summer of 1962.
The program will offer opportunities for students to enrich
crowded winter schedules, develop skills in subjects of special
interest and ability and improve'
achievements in subjects of weak
ness.
Beginning Monday, May 28, the
summer session extends for five
weeks through Friday, June 29, with
all classes at Barnette School. The
school day for students will run
from 8:30 a.m. to 11:40 a.m. Three
classes of approximately 40 min
utes in length will be conducted
during the morning. There are no
scheduled afternoon sessions.
According to the school board,
students must provide their own
summer school transportation.
Tuition Fees
Tuition for classes in which there
must be a minimum of 18 students
is: $10 for one subject; $19 for two
subjects; $28 for three subjects.
Due to the nature of the concen
trated program, attendance and dis
ciplinary problems will not be
tolerated. The school reserves the
right to dismiss students who fail
to meet school standards in this
regard. No tuition payment will be
refunded in such cases. However,
if students enroll in a class and a
teacher is not available, the tuition
will be refunded in full. If the class
is established, refunds will not be
made.
Courses Offered
Courses that will be offered in
clude: arts and crafts, instrumental
music, remedial reading, remedial
arithmetic, enrichment science,
creative writing, and typing for 7th
and 8th graders. The courses are all
one hour in length with the excep
tion of typing which is three hours
per day. The fee for the typing
class is $28.
Students wishing to attend sum
mer school should contact Mrs.
Craft, Director of Summer School
at the Fairbanks School Administra
tion Office, Main School, telephone
GL 6-6616.
Pioneer Preston
Family Departs
For The ‘Outside’
Old time Alaskan pioneers, Mr.
and Mrs. George Preston, 731 Sixth
Ave.. left Fairbanks yesterday via
jet for Medford, Oregon, where they
plan to settle permanently.
In Seattle the couple will visit
two of their grown children before
they go to Medford where they will
see their youngest son, John Pres
ton. They also have two children in
San Francisco. Mrs. R. B. Livesley
of this city is their daughter.
Preston was manager of North
ern Commercial Company from 1918
to about 1948.
Before they left, Mrs. Preston
said that their home here would be
moved to make way for a new State
building.
The couple promised to write this
newspaper when they are settled so
that friends may write them at their
new address.
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
BOGGESS PRESIDENT
JUNEAU — Fairbanks attorney
William V. Boggess was elected
president of the Alaska State Bar
Association at their annual conven
tion here. He succeeds Robert
Boochever of Juneau.
NEW CITY MANAGER
KETCHIKAN — F. A. Daigle of
Anchorage has been named Ketchi
kan’s new city manager. The an
I nouncement was made by Mayor
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Council Majority Opposed
To Manager's Resignation
By Colin Mick
Speculation rose today that the Fairbanks City Council may
refuse to accept the resignation of City Manager Clifford Nordby.
In exclusive interviews, at least four of the six Council members
told Jessen's Weekly that they were not in favor of accepting
Nordby s resignation at this time *
They pointed out, in individual
interviews, that the large public
works program slated for this sum
mer would require the services of
a w'ell-trained Qity Manager ‘to
oversee its accomplishment.
Nordby submitted his resignation
at Monday's Council meeting. In a
letter, he told the Council that he
had made up his mind to resign
some time ago, but had deferred
it until his children finished the
present school term. He asked that
his resignation be effective on
June 2.
In a City noted for frequent turn
over in the Manager's post, Nordby
held the job longer than any of his
predecessors. If his resignation is ac
cepted, he will have been on the
.job almost four years.
Persuasion Seen
In all likelihood, the Council may
pull out all the stops to urge Nord
by to stay on a little longer, at
least until the summer construction
program is over.
Councilman Wilbur Walker said
he had tried to talk Nordby out of
submitting his resignation. “I’m not
in favor of it," he added.
Walker went on to say he wTas not
in favor of accepting the resigna
tion at this time. “I'd hate to lose
him between now and the end of
the summer," he added.
Councilman Ted Cox. who was
absent from the Council meeting,
took the same view. “I'm very sor
ry about it,” he said. “I think he's
been doing a very good job of it.
There’s a limit to the amount of
badgering one individual can take,”
he added.
Needs Assistance
When asked about accepting the
resignation, Cox said, “I don't think
it should be accepted.” He went on
to state that he had been intending
to suggest hiring an assistant City
Manager.
Councilman Tom Roberts said, “I
don’t think we should accept it (the
resignation) until we have the pros
pect of a new City Manager who can
fill the job.” He went on to state
that he felt Nordby had carried out
his job to the best of his ability.
Councilman Red Boucher also
supported Nordby. "If our measure
of success is the number of City
employees caused to be discharged.
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 42, May 5
Low Temp.: 17, May 2
Ave. Temp.: 35, 6 below normal
Precip.: .58; trace of snow; 2.2 snow
on ground
Outlook: Generally cloudy with oc
casional periods of rain. Temper
atures a little below normal
Sunrise: 2:50 a.m.; Sunset: 8:48 p.m.
17 hours, 58 minutes of daylight,
a gain of 8 minutes
77 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
then we have negative progress.”
“Just where does this leave us
with this tremendous public works
program this summer?" Boucher
went on to ask.
He said he would be opposed to
accepting Nordby's resignation until
the summer construction program i3
well underway.
Councilwoman Sylvia Ringstad
said she thought the Council ought
to have more time to consider it.
"I was very sorry to see it, particu
larly at this time.” she said. “The
whole thing is very sad."
Different Stand
Councilman Darrell Brewingtori
i took a different stand. “I see no
reason not to accept it," he stated.
Brewington did not feel Nordby's
I absence would bog down the sum*
I mer public works program. “I think
that business will go on precisely as
j usual,” he maintained.
“I think it’s rather inappropriate
at the moment,” said Mayor Joseph
Ribar. He said that he had tried to
persuade Nordby not to turn in the
resignation, but had failed.
Ribar said he would like to see
Nordby stay around and see the
i summer paving program through,
but if Nordby felt he couldn't con
tinue to carry out his job. then he
shouldn't be held.
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