' Mormon Organist
To Appear On
September 4
Roy M. Darley, organist at the
Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake
City, will appear in concert in
Fairbanks September 4 at 8 p.m
in the Church of the Latter Day
Saifits.
The church, located at Minnie
End Boundary streets in Slaterville,
will present the famed organist in
concert here.
Prior to his arrival in Fairbanks,
he will fulfill an engagement at the
Hollywood Bowl as a guest organist
fi a music festival, the second con
secutive year he has received this
honor.
On completion of his services as
® missionary, he went to Washing
ton, D. C. as organist and chapel
director of the fashionable Wash
ington Chapel on Embassy Row. He
served in the Pacific theatre of
World War II as an army champlain,
after which he received his present
appointment with the Mormon Tab
ernacle.
In addition to his recitals at the
Tabernacle on Temple Square, his
church activities, and concert play
ing. Darley teaches organ as an as
sistant in the school of music at the
University of Utah.
AUGIE HIEBERTS VISIT
ON WEEK'S TRIP NORTH
j Mr. and Mrs. Augie Hiebert drove
to Fairbanks this week end from
; their home in Anchorage.
i Hiebert, president of Northern
Television, Inc., with which local
station KTVF is affiliated, plans a
trip to Miller House wnth his wife
before returning to the Cook Inlet
city tomorrow. He is well known
throughout the Interior for his
many years at KFAR.
City Council
Holds Record
Short Session
A sheaf of miscellaneous busi
ness was conducted Monday night
by the Fairbanks City Council at
a record-short meeting.
A petition from Ada B. Wien, re
questing purchase of lot 21, block
138 in Weeks field subdivision, was
| approved and an ordinance was or
! dered drawn by City Attorney Eu
I gene Miller.
It was pointed out that only 12
lots in the Weeks Field area remain
unsold, and that a new area would
be ready for public purchase soon.
• The subdivision of block 145 is cur
rently pending. The price on these
lots will be increased from 20 cents
to 25 or 30 cents per square foot.
Ordinances approving the sale of
lot 8, block 140 to Merle W. Damer
on and lot 18 block 139 to George
j B. Rayburn were also unanimously
approved.
The proposed amended budget of
the Municipal Utilities System was
approved and filed.
A liquor license transfer, from
Chester Baake to George B. Powell
was approved, after a favorable re
port from the City Manager and
Chief of Police. The establishment
involved is the Dreamland Bar, 537
First.
Councilman George Sullivan re
marked that this was the third
transfer for the Dreamland in re
cent weeks, and asked if a $25 or
! $50 charge could not be placed on
| such transfers to cover the cost of
investigation by the various city
offices. The matter was referred to
the City Attorney for investigation.
Councilman Anderson complained
about the six minute parking meters
on Cushman street. “There's no bet
ter way to gum up traffic than to
have cars go in and out and in and
, out every six minutes,” he said.
“If you don’t have it that
1 way.” responded councilman Greuel,
Gene’s Service Station
MARKS THE ADDITION OF A
SPLENDID NEW FACILITY FOR THE
SERVICE OF THE GREATER
FAIRBANKS COMMUNITY
WE ARE PROUD TO HAVE HAD
CHARGE OF ITS CONSTRUCTION
GEORGE A. SMITH
BUILDING CONTRATOR
312 Minnie St. Phone 3945
FFF PERFORMERS BOOST
DRIVE, RAISE $1,400
Over $1,400 was netted for the
Fairbanks Federated Fund this
week when an entertainment troupe
flew to Barter Island and Barrow
to perform for construction work
ers there.
Troupe leader and Fund president j
Don McCune stated that $880 was
donated in a single performance at
Barter. The two performances at
Barrow netted $438.
The entertainers returned home
early Monday morning.
"They’ll park there all day.” Coun
cil members agreed to consider the
matter further.
“As long as people are bringing
up things,” Greuel suggested, “How
about establishing some more one
way streets. Third and Fourth
streets have worked out so success
fully, we might give it some
thought.”
Surveys to determine the feasi
bility of a sewer on north Cush
man street are continuing, Slank
ard told the council. A petition
will determine whether or not the
people of the area want an assess
ment district to pay for the instal
lation.
Jerry Claus and Paul Trichak of
the Sanfair Bakeries approched the'
| council wanting to build an addi
; tion to house their freezer on lot
i 4, block 24 Rickert. A zoning waiver
! would be necessary for such a proj
ect. and the matter was referred to
the City Manager and the Planning
and Zoning Commission.
The ordinances to rezone the two
areas approved at last week's meet
ing were unanimously approved. A
public hearing has been held on
each case in question.
O. H. SMITHS VISITING
SON, DAUGHTER-IN-LAW
Dr. and Mrs. O. H. Smith, ac
companied by their daughter-in
law, Mrs. Maury Smith, and their
granddaughter, Marjorie, arrived
Monday evening via Pan American
for a brief visit here.
The Smiths make their home in
Greencastle, Indiana, where he is
a member of the faculty of DePauw
University. This is Mrs. Smith's first
visit to Alaska.
They visited with their daughter
in Everett, Wash., where their
daughter-in-law and their grand
daughter joined them for the trip
north.
Mrs. Smith and her daughter
have been visiting friends and rel
atives in Indiana for the past sev
eral weeks.
COUNCIL GRANTS CAP
GILLAM WAY PROPERTY
A report from City Manager
Matt Slankard, granting a 15 year
lease on an 80 by 180 foot piece
of property on Gillam way to the
Civil Air Patrol, was accepted by
the Fairbanks City Council Monday
night.
The lease, with option to renew,
will allow the CAP to build a 24 by
40 foot building next to the bowling
alley being constructed at Gillam
way and Airport road. The group
plans to pour the basement this fall.
The lease will be issued at the
price of $1 per year, with no city
taxes being levied on the improve
ments.
PAGODA DRIVE-IN. 16th &
Cushman. Almond Breaded Chicken
on steamed rice. S2.75. Delicious!
(Paid Adv.)
Congratulations
GENE'S
SERVICE STATION
ON THE OPENING OF
THEIR FINE NEW BUILDING
WE ARE PROUD
TO HAVE BEEN
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS
CONSTRUCTION
LEONARD L SHAUNCE
PLUMBING & HEATING CONTRACTORS
BOX 632 PHONE 70*7 FAIRBANKS