Music- Festival Time in Alaska.
. The Alaska Festival of Music
mill be staged in Anchorage for the
eighth year during the period of
dune 12 through June 27. This year
the Festival is international in
scop e with artists from Norway,
France and Japan participating. The
program will be statewide in scope,
contributing to the prestige and
culture of our State. Everyone is
urged to attend this worthy and en
joyable event.
FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DESERVED.
An open house tea at the Al
askan Pioneers' Home in Sitka marksj
it’s fiftieth anniversary on June
2. The tea was supervised by Sarah
Roberts, who is soon to observe her
9 5th birthday, and has formerly
lived in Ketchikan for many y.ears.
The date set for the observ
ance coincided with the 99th birth
day of EmmettKoons, formerly of
Juneau,who has lived at the Alaska
'Pioneer Home since 1935 and is its
’oldest guest.
As originally established, ‘the
Home consisted of United States
Marine Barracks made available in
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1913 to the- then new Territory of
Alaska and accepted in one of the
first official acts of the Terri
torial Legislature of that year.
The present Home under Super
intendent James 0. Harrigan,, is a
modern three—story building in the
heart of downtown Sitka.
The Home's first' guest was;
Eduard Ludecke-, uho came to Alaska
on October 9, 1 86 7,, and' uas a mem
ber of the 9th Infantry color guard
which raised the United States
Flag on Baranof Hill, near the
site of the present Home, during
the formal ceremonies which trans
ferred Alaska from Russia to the
United States in 186-7.
Twenty-nine of the Home's
present guests have passed their
90th birthday.
CUE A HIRES (\1ELJ MANAGER
The Foard of Directors of
CUEA has hired G,N. Andriakos as
Manager. In addition to manage
m-ent duties, Mr. Andriakos will
also do the Co-op's accounting.
Mr. Andriaki-s has been in
Alaska 14 years, of which the last
seven were in Anchorage. His> last
job uas with the FAA.
Fir. Andriakos has no previous
REA experience, houecer, his back
ground in Industrial Engineering
and Accounting should provide him
with the ability to, handle' the j.o.b
very, wexi•j
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