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OCSO* IX tAwt
Manic Olson. Fi£i Creek miner,
fcr/lved in Fairbanks yesterday cm
i business trip.
Olson, who has mined in this area
Jor the part ?9 yeurs with Andy
Anderson. is operating a shovel and
v.ash;ne t>lant n Fish C:eek. They
employ a crew of eight men.
'■\Ve have been busy for the past
lew week? «-ri oping new ground;
eaid Olson “r-d we should be start
ing our acbj-l gold mining in the
r.ext couple cf weeks'
ha^woods visit
"Sir. and Mrs Jay Harwood were
irt Fa.rbank* last week on a short
visit. HerwSbd is business manager
of the Public Health Service Hospi
tal st Tanan?..
* SARGRNT* *IO COLORADO
Dean and Mrs. Charles Sargent
of the Univers.ty of Alaska left for
Seattle last week cn their way to
Colorado Sm-mgs, Colo., where Sar
gent will attend a conference of the
American Society for Engineering
Education at the US. Air Force
Academy. Sorbent is dean of the
College of Mathematics. Phvsiral
Science^ and Engineering at the
University.
SOI K AS VISIT HERE
Paul Solka. special assistant to
the office of Gov. William A. Egan,
.spent the oast week in Fairbanks
to 'supervise the awarding of con
tracts for p’o'-tion crinting. He re
turned to Juneau Friday.
Solka v's formerly associated
•with the P^irbanks Daily News
M:ner and Jessen’s Weekly, and also
at one time had hi1! own shop.
Accom^a^ving Solka was his wife,
Diilce. While here the Sclk^s vis
ited wi+h Paul's brother. Dick, who
is emoloy«d a« an electrician with
the Department of Highways.
S*a\ WITHDRAWAL
The .V-p'ouai Aeronautics and j
Suace Ad-moist ration has requested
svithdre”’"1 of aoorox’mctetv 9*63
seres of land near Fairbanks, fn*- ;
use in connection with a data acqui
sition f^c:,:fv. The lands rmuested
for wi*h'i’-mvoi pre located in the
Fox C^oek-Gilmore Greek ar°a
roGh o* ♦,'a inters»ct!on of the 1
S*eese end Elliott High wavs.
It w=w i-pniierted that the lands be
withdrawn f-om all for^ - of ar>.
prooriation under the public land
laws, in^uding the mining and
mineral leasing laws.
SLAGLE VISITS
John Slagle left Fairbanks late
last week after a short business trip. '
S!agl° formerly owner and oDerated
the Nenena power plant. He sold
the plant to the Golden Valiev Elec
tric Association last year and now
lives in Valdez.
M! SS YOUNG SETTLES
Elaine Young, of Las Vegas, ar- '•
rived here recently to settle. Miss
Young is the cousin of Mrs. Joe!
Caywood. 821 14th.
• THIS WEEK IN FAIRBANKS •
NEW ALUMNI SFCEETAKY
Mrs. Bet’y Harrop. longtime
Fairbanks resident left Seattle for
Fairbanks today. She will replace
Mrs. An dry LoftUs as secretary to ;
the University of Alaska Alumni
Association.
THIPPS RETURN
Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Tripp reamed
home last week e ft or a six weeks
vacation in'the Midwest. In, addi
tion. the Tripps stopped in Seattle
for the World’s Fair and to attend
the wedding of Mrs. Tripp’s sister
Joyde.
MePHEES VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Jack McPhee. long
time Fairbanks residents, returned
here from Douglas last week. Mc
P.nee was a freight agent with the
Alaska Railroad before his retire
ment. The couple plans to spend
some time in the Fairbanks area
and are presently visiting with
friends.
MRS. SOEOLEFF LEAVES
Mrs. Simon Soboleff left last week
for her new' home in Gig Harbor.
Wash. She will be joined by her
husband in the fall, following the
construction season. Soboleff. who j
retired last year from his position
as head of the Division of High
ways testing laboratory, was called
back by the department for an ad
ditional season.
The Soboleffs plan to keep their
home in Central.
GYMNASIUM UNDERWAY
Construction on the new’ S2 mil- j
lion Health. Physical Education,
and Recreation Building at the
University of /.task?, got underway
as the C and R Construction Com
pany of Fairbanks took over the
project. Preliminary excavation on
the building had been done by the (
university.
The building, v.’hich is scheduled i
for completion in October 1963. W’ill !
include classrooms, offices. ROTC
facilities, rifle range, swimming j
pool and a gymnasium with a seat- 1
ing capacity of 3.600.
The new building wHl be fi- j
nanced by a special SI.6 million gen- t
eral obligation bond issue approved
by Alaskans in I960.
DRAINAGE SPECIALIST
Ralph Rrov/nscombe, Soil Con
servation Service drainage special- j
ist from Portland, arrived here Mon- j
day for a two week visit. He will I
devote most of h;s time to drainage
projects in the Fairbanks-and Sal
cha-Big Delta Soil Conservation
Sub-districts. He will also assist
Andy Linn, local SCS engi-nee". with
the completion of the preliminary
drainage plan for the Bradway Road
area.
GALLOWAY APPOINTED
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pointed the new executive editor
and assistant to the publisher for
the Fairbanks Drily News-Miner,
according to an announcement made
last week by C. W. Snedden, pub
lisher.
Galloway. 35. arrived in Fairbanks
last week with his wife. Nancy, and
the couple’s three children.
Galloway served with the Imper
ial Valley Press and the Morning
P-st in El Centro, Calif., for C’fe
years before moving to Fairbanks.
WENDY BAGGEN BACK
Wendy Baggen. daughter of Dr.
and Mrs. E. I. Baggen of Coilege.
returned to Fairbanks last week
after concluding her sophomore
year at the University of Minnesota.
ambulance call
The City ambulance made an
emergency run to Fairbanks Inter
national Airport Monday evening to
pick up Maria Johnson. 26. of Ga
lena. She was taken ill in Galena
and was flown to Fairbanks on a
Wien Alaska Airlines commercial
flight. The City ambulance was
waiting at the airport, and trans
ported her to St. Joseph s Hospital
where she was reported to be in
good condition.
PATTINSON ELFCTF.D
T. Victor Pattinson of Fairbanks
was elected commander of the Alas
ka Veterans of Foreign Wars at the
Department Convention held last
week in Sitka.
Serving with Pattinson are: Ivan
Rezek of Sitka, senior vice-com
mander: Joseph Walsh of Anchor
age, junior vice-commander; Clay
ton Erickson of Ketchikan, judge
advocate; Paul Nievar of Norrth
Pole, surgeon; and James Brunette
Juneau, chaplain.
Joseph Hong of A.nchorage was !
recommended ss a national council
member, Gray S. Tilley of Fair
banks was selected as his alternate.
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WINTHER SERVICES
Funeral services were held last
Saturday for John Winther, pioneer
Alaskan.
Winther, who was born in Nome
in 1919, had lived in Fairbanks since
1953, after moving here from
Juneau.
Winther i~ survived by his widow.
Jane, and the couples three chil
dren, as well as many relatives in
ouneau and Washington.
CHURCH ELDER HERE
Elder Marc Oruman, a missionary
for the Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints, has been assigned
to work in Fairbanks with Elder
Dean Penrod, replacing Penrod's
previous companion, who has been
transferred.
The elders may be reached at 324
Minnie or by calling GL 6-4123.
WIFE IS FAIRBANKS AN
Airman First Class Walter H.
Lowe of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., is be
ing reassigned to Griffiss AFB, N.Y.,
following his graduation from the
Air Force Logistics Command
Noncommissioned Officers Prepara
tory School at Robins AFB, Ga. The
airman is married to the former
Frankie L. Purl of Fairbanks.
SHELDON RETURNS
Robert E. (Bobby.. Sheldon is
back in Fairbanks after a three
months visit to Seattle.
Sheldon said Mrs. Sheldon is un
dergoing medical treatment in the
West Coast city and will return in
July with her daughter, Mrs. Wil
liam Aley. They will drive over
the Alaskan Highway.
Sheldon is a candidate for the
State House of Representatives in
the Democratic primary.
GREET NEW EDITOR
The Farthest North Press Club
will meet tomorrow', June 21 at 7:30
p.m. in the Polar Room of Travelers
Inn to welcome David Galloway,
formerly of El Centro, Calif., and
Ufa
the new executive editor and assist
ant to the publisher at the Fairbanks
Daily News Miner.
ENLIST IN NAVY
Two 1562 Lathrop High School
graduates enlisted in the US Navy
at Kodiak last week. Enlisting were
David L. Barnett, 17, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Antwine Barnett of Fair
banks. and Ronald G. Harsh, 18. son
of Mr. and Mrs. Sander Peterson of
North Pole.
A FEATHER PER BOOK
The Readin® Club at the Fair
banks Public Library is st*ll open
*o children who were in 4th grade
during the past school year. Boys
and girls may join any day during
Tune or July. This is a reading pro
gram only. No meetings, but a fea
ther for your “cap” (Indian head
band* for every book read.
OIL BID DESCRIPTIONS
Legal descriptions of the Competi
tive Oil and Gas Sale No. 9 cover
j ing each leasing block, or tract,
and covering the offshore areas
scheduled for July 11 at Anchorage,
are available at Jessens Weekly to
; those interested.
RECEIVES DEGREE
Dennis E. Cook, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Earl E. Cook of 238 Well
Street. Fairbanks, received the
Bachelor of Science Degree in eco
! nomics, politics, and engineering
; at the 96th commencement exer
cises of the Massachusetts Institute
i of Technology, Cambridge.
Cook was a member of the Boat
Club for three years, and a mem
| ber of intercollegiate varsity light
: weight crew. He served as pledge
trainer and social chairman of Chi
Phi. and as president of the fra
ternity during the pas* year. He has
also been on the Dean's List.
BENEFIT DANCE
j A benefit dance' will be held
Saturday evening. June CO. in Car
; centers Hall by the Polarettes,
b"anch of a local organization. The
! Polarettes Slimmer Dance will be
gin at 9 p.m. and *erd at 1 p m.
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