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WINNERS, ALL OF THEM — Winners of the 1961 North American Championship sled dog races
Warner Vent, 2nd place; John Greenway, 3rd placd Miss Golden Heart City (Iaith Williams) after
pose with Miss Fairbanks (Georgianna Harwood) anght are: Dr. Roland Lombard, 1st place; Georgianna;
finishing the last heat on Sunday. From left to rie; Faith; and Billy Williams, 4th place.
PIONEER ALASKAN JOHN WIGGER IS DEAD
John Wigger, pioneer miner, pros
pector and fuel dealer, passed away
Saturday in St Josephs Hospital.
Wigger was 84 years of age, and
was born in Switzerland.
Arriving in the United States in
1897, Wigger came to Olympia.
Wash., where he had. a sister.
In 1898 Wigger came to Alaska
as a hard rock driller, and worked
in the mines around Juneau.
After living in Juneau for four
years, Wigger went to Dawson
where he worked in drift mines for
the next four years.
Continuing his mining activities
Wigger followed the strike to Fair
banks. arriving here in 1906. Be
sides mining and prospecting, Wig
ger hunted wild game for the mar
ket in the Bonnefield country south
of the Tananu River.
In 1915 Wigger followed the gold
strike to Livengood. It was in this
area he spent the next 15 years,
not mining, but operating a boat
service with a mail contract from
Nenana, up the Tolovana River to
Log Jam. He continued this opera
tion until 1930.
When he returned to Fairbanks in
1930, Wigger started a fuel yard on
310 Third Avenue, which he oper
ated until his retirement in the early
forties. He was the lirst to use a ■
caterpillar in hauling his wood
from the upper Chena country.
In his later years Wigger spent
most of his time hob-.knobbing with
his old friends Robert Bloom and
Martin Knuppe.
Surviving Wigger are his nephew.
Walter P. Wigger, 1085 Coppet St..
1 and a niece, formerly Hildegard
Wickie, and now Mrs. James Ver
netti, who lives in Olympia, Wash.
Student Overload
Heavy In Alaska
Alaska had some 5,530 students
in excess of her schools’ normal
capacities last fall, according to esti
mates recently released by the
U.S. Office of Education. The esti
mate went on to state that the
1,713 instruction rooms available for
Alaska’s elementary and secondary j
schools were 361 short of what is
really needed.
Funeral services were held today
at Memorial Chapel and were con
ducted by Igloo No. 4, Pioneers of
Alaska.
Band Concert Set
For This Friday
The annual spring concert by the
All Schools Bands, sponsored by the
Band Parents’ Club will be given on
March 30 at 7:30 p.m. in the Lathrop
High School Gym. The concert will
include selections by the Beginners'
Band under Mr. Kenneth Bowman’s
direction. Intermediate Band, Mrs.
Betty Fahrenkamp, and the All
School's Band under Mr. Gene Van
Zanten.
Proceeds from the concert are
used for musical supplies, not cov
ered by the school budget, and for
the purchase of musical instruments
in use in the schools by students
unable to supply their own.
Tickets may be obtained from any
member of the various bands, ad
mission is $1 for adults, 50 cents
for children.
Be Ready for
EASTER
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Phones: GL 2-3052 or GL 6-4665
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April 1 Through April 10!
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Savings Parade. Come on down, meet all your friends
over a cup of coffee and enjoy the surroundings of
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74 Pieces Rodgers Silverplate
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10, 10:30 p.m., during First Federal's
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