Fort Yukon Yews Notes
July 22, 1956
Mr. and Mrs. Ulak Hope of Bea
ver are parents of a son, Samuel
Lewis, bom early in July at the
Hudson Stuck Memorial Hospital.
Another new arrival is a son. Da
vid, for Mr. and Mrs. William Sal
mon of Chalkyitsik. also born here
in Fort Yukon at the hospital.
• • * •
The Episcopal Mission Church
held a Vacation Bible school for
the children which convened on
June 26. Teachers at the school were
Diane Hampton, Betty Marvin, Gail
Gelknap, Laura Chapman, Dawson
Teague and Mrs. Hannum. Sessions
were held for 10 days and a picnic
was held for the children at the
Mission after the school was over.
* • * *
Howard Weaver, C. E. Hogue and
Gary Fuqua of Weaver Bros., Inc.
visited in Fort Yukon the latter
part of June in connection with
their contract work for the mili
tary. They are handling freight ov
er the Circle road and downriver
into Fort Yukon via Alaska River
ways, Inc.
* • * *
Simon Grant, aged Indian orig
inally from downriver, died in the
Fort Yukon hospital following a
lingering illness and complications
frorq pneumonia. He had been a
resident of this area for many years
and was well known for the fine
work he did makingq canoes and
paddles.
Burial services were held at the
native cemetery on July 2, conduct
ed by the Rev. Walter Hannum of
the Episcopal Church.
• • • •
Jim Couch of Graehl near Fair- :
banks visited in Fort Yukon the
first week of July.
• * • •
Robert Virchow', of the Anchor
age Civil Aeronautics Administra
tion office, made an inspection trip
tc Fort Yukon July 2 and 3.
* • • * *
Father Jean . Marie Mouchet of
the Oblate Fathers Mission in Old
Crow, visited in Fort Yukon July
2 en route to Whitehorse. He |
planned to return to his station the
latter part of the month.
* * * *
Mrs. Corinne Jones of Valdez vis
ited in Fort Yukon for about ten
days during July. Her husband Ray
is working on one of tfie local con
struction jobs,
• • • •
Earl J. Thomas of the Bureau of
Land Management in Washington,
D C., visited on July 2, flying over
from Fairbanks with Richard Quin
tus, Dan Schmidt and Ed Thorsrud
of the station in Fairbanks.
Pat Lawlor and Sonia Loir of
the Fairbanks office of the Alaska 1
Dept, of Health spent several days
In the Fort Yukon area on the Salk
Vaccine program. They made trips
to Stevens Village, Beaver, Arctic
Village, Venetie and Circle City.
• * • *
Florence Rucer and Florence Rob
inson, geologists who have worked
in the Territory for several years,
and "more recently been in Wash
ington, D.C. arrived in town July
8 via float plane from Canada.
They had flown north through Can
ada to Aklavik, then across the di
vide and down the Porcupine Riv
er valley into Alaska, They plan
to spend the remainder of the sum
mer in Alaska.
■ • • •
Del Schrader of the Los Angeles
Times, and Allen Chandler of the
KTTV Studios in Los Angeles, came
to Fort Yukon July 3 to gather in
formation and pictures for their
weekly television show. They spent
many days in the Territory collect
ing items from many communities.
• • • •
Gilbert Stephens, who has been
employed at the hospital for the
past year, went into Fairbanks early
in July for an indefinite stay.
* * * *
Oscar Winchell, well known pilot
in the Anchorage and Kuskokwim
areas, visited in Fort Yukon brief
ly the evening of July 7. It is*al
ways a pleasure to meet the pioneer
bush pilots of Alaska.
* * * *
Seven scouts of the local Gfrl
Scout Troop No. 23 earned trips to
the Scout camp at Harding Lake,
south of Fairbanks. Those going
down July 1 included Bessie Strom.
Grace Peterson. Myrtle Peterson,
and Vera Field.
Hilary Melville and Klonda Kauf
man went down for the third ses
sion on July 15, and Robin Wil
liams, who lives in Central during
the summer, joined them at the
camp.
• • » *
Blake Gray arrived from Fair
banks on July to take over the job
of superintending the construction
of the new school for Waxberg Con
struction Co,
* « • •
|
Reuben C. Hack and Joseph T. j
Gay of the District Engineers office J
in Anchorage arrived in town July
9 via riverboat. Also with them were
Seichi Konno and Lyle Sachs. Mr.
Gay flew into Fairbanks and on to
Anchorage on the 10th, and the rest
of the party continued their trip
downriver.
• • • •
Percy Pringle, teacher for the
Territory in Southeastern Alaska
now, came through Fort Yukon Ju
ly 11 to visit friends in Stevens
Village. He formerly taught in the i
Alaska Native Service school there.
• • • •
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller of
Cleveland. Ohio visited in Fort Yu
kon July 11 and 12, They are fly- j
ing their own pdane a Cessna 180 on
floats on a vacation trip through
Canada and Alaska, and came into
town from Aklavik, Northwest Ter
ritories.
• • • •
John L. Buckley o* the Wildlife
office at College Stan Frederik
son and Henry Hansen of the Fish
and Wildlife Service were in town
for a few days the middle of July
on research projects.
Mrs. Kenneth < Bessie) Williams
moved into Fairbanks with her
small daughter to spend some time
with her husband who is working
in the area.
• • • •
John Robinson who is in the at
torney-general's office at Olympia. I
Washington, visited Fort Yukon and
Arctic Village the middle of July.
Mr. Rovinson spends his vacations
collecting information for newspa
per articles.
• • • *
Mrs. Althea Hughes arrived on
July 16 for a week’s visit with her
husband, Kenneth, who is working
on a research project for the Fish
and Wildlife Service.
* • • •
L. U. C. Kaufman and children
departed Fort Yukon via riverboat
on July 17, enroute to Circle City
and Central, where they plan to
settle down. Kaufman taught in the
ANS school last winter, and recent
ly resigned his position.
• • * *
Herm Porter of the Territorial
Dept, of Aviation visited in Fort
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A GAMBLIN' MAN
■ —Jessen’s Staff Photo
This is Bob Claus, who with his wife Mary, ("''n Fiixska's Store. In
the pioneer tradition of the store Bob dressed for the occasion last
week during’ the Golden Days celebration.
Yukon July 18. He was flying char
ter with Noel Wien and visiting
many of the interior Alaska air
fields.
• * • •
Mr. and Mrs. Richard V. Costello
and Ernest Grider of Los Angeles
visited overnight in Fort Yukon Ju
ly 18. They are traveling in a late
model Beech “Bonanza.’’ Mr. Cos
tello is in business in L. A. and 1
Mr. Grider is with the Howard
Hughes Aircraft Industries.
• • • »
Milton C. Boyld. of the Washing- j
ton office of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs visited in town July 19 and
20. Also on the trip wras Edward
G. Earle of the office in Billings, i
Montana.
• • * *
George Wilson of the Juneau of
fice of the Alaska Native Service
came into Fort Yukon on business
uly 18. From here he visited Ste
vens Village, Beaver and Arctic Vil
lage, and plans to visit Circle City
on the 23rd.
• • • •
William Husemeyer of the Coast
and Geodetic Survey, was in town
July 19 and 20 on business in con
nection with the Geophysical Year.
There will be a station set up here
for scientific observations to be j
made during the year.
• • • •
Bishop William Gordon made his
annual visitation to St. Stephen's
Episcopal Church and Mission this
past week. With Mr. Hannum he |
visited some of the outstations in
cluding Beaver and Arctic Village.
Archibald Hawvers Send
Greetings From California
John Simone, currently in Alaska
as a helicopter pilot with the USGS
on a mapping project, brings greet
ings from Mr. and Mrs. Archibald
Havcver to their many friends in
Fairbanks.
The Hawvers. both retired, make
their home in Santa Barbara. Cali
fornia. will be in Alaska for about
two more weeks.
Confirmation service was held on
Sunday evening. July 22. Mrs. Gor
don and their daughter, Rebecca, ac
companied the Bishop to Fort Yu
kon.
Boy
Scout News
Editor’s note—this column is
reserved for news of scouts and
scouting—its success depends
upon the articles turned in each
week for publication—the re
porter for each troop must hatte
copy in by Tuesday, 4 P.M. each
week—articles are invited from
scouts in every part of Alaska.
Boys from Eielson AFB left Sun
day for a six day stay at Lost Lake
Boy Scout camp. Attending from
Eielson are Jerry Eaton, Norven
Geister, Tom Monnett, Raymond Er*
tel, James Vanblarcome, James Par
sons, Donald Peterson, Ray J. Will,
Jr., Russell Howell, Martin Smith,
Joseph Peterson. A/2C Frank Stoll
and' Jerry Ravitz will be advisors
to the group at camp. The camp is
under the direction of PFC Willard.
E. McCracken of Headquarters Bat
tery, 450th AAA Battalion.
Fairbanks Scouter of the month
chosen by the District Committee
is Capt. J. R. Christensen, Cub
master of Pack 398 at Ladd. Due to
camp activities a further release on
Captain Christensen will appear in
next week's column.
BOB CHAPMAN WORKING
IN INTERIOR ALASKA
Bob Chapman of the U. S. Geo
logical Survey and former Fa^r
banksan, visited here early this
week en route to Anchorage for a
few days.
Chapman, who now makes his
home in Golden. Colorado, is doing;
some -work in Interior Alaska aneb
will be in the area until about the
middle of August.
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