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THE WEATHER
High: 79° on July 26
Low: 43? on July 25
Average: 50°. 1° below normal
Precip: .60 inches
Weekend Outlook: Mostly cloudy
with temperatures near normal
with little or no rain expected.
Sunrise tomorrow: 2:54 a m.
Sunset Today: 8:58 p.m.
"Caught in
the Riffles”
By V. Mauriee Smith
Girls
Down in Whitehorse there are
welcoming signs at the city limits
that proclaim greetings to visitors
traveling the Alaska highway, very
attractively done.
The other day a couple of White
horse visitors to Fairanks chuckled
over the sight of the first sign they
saw at the entrance to our city.
It read, in . five foot letters,
“GIRLS."
Guess it's the first time the
Whitehorse people had hoyt about
It
More Than Ever
Frank Whaley, director of the Al
aska Visitors Association said in
Fairbanks yesterday that a record
number of tourists had passed the
Tok customs station coming into
Alaska his July.
Twenty per cent more visitors
entered the Territory, Frank says,
which is an indication of the in
creasing volume of tourists.
What, Only one Head?
At the same time a Jessen’s re
porter was asked by a tourist the
other day if she and the other girls
with her were born in Alaska.
The reply was no but the next
Statement startled the group. “My,”
said the tourist, “you look just like
anyone bom in the States.”
New Uniform
Yesterday-thorning Johnny Knud
een, veteran elevator operator in
the Federal building, greeted his
patrons turned out in a natty, dark
blue uniform, wfhite shirt and dark
tie.
Johnny looked good and the uni
form gave everyone a lift.
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Nothing Broken
When DeSpain’s
Car Turns Over
Glenn DeSpain, well known Fair
banks sportsman and owner of De
Spain Plumbing and Heating, is in
St. Joseph’s hospital in good condi
tion today with no broken bones
and very few scratches to show for
a very narrow escape resulting from
an automobile accident Tuesday
noming near Snag, Y.T. He con
siders himself very lucky.
DeSpain, president of the Alaska
Sportsmen Council, and his family
aad gone to Juneau Thursday for
a short vacation and to take in the
salmon derby. While there they
were guests of A. W. “Bud” Body.
DeSpain and his wife were tak
ing turns doing the driving home.
He had driven to just this side of
Haines junction in their panel truck
when they decided to switch off.
DeSpain climbed in back with his
daughter, Barbara, 7, who was
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R. M. 'Bus' Boyd
Returns As NC
Store Manager
Back after a year and a half, B.
M. “Bus" Boyd took over this week
as manager of the Northern Com
mercial company store, replacing
Dudley Beck, who resigned to move
to the States.
— Illllll IHI
K. M. "BUS” BOYD
Boyd brings 26 years of experience
with the company to the manager
ship, He started as a shipping clerk
in the Seattle office in January of
1930 following his graduation from
the University of Washington.
For many years, as superintendent
of the stores in the north and as
traveling auditor, Boyd and his
wife, Kay, traveled throughout Al
aska and Yukon Territory.
Boyd was bom in Fairbanks and
lived in Chatanika where his dad,
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Tanano Valley Fair Opens August 16
And Is Dedicated To Armed Services;
Many Interesting Events Scheduled
The 25th Annual Tanana Valley Fair, which opens August 16 to run four days will be the
biggest and best of its kind ever seen in the Territory, according to Babette LaVoie, executive
secretary of the Fair association.
This year’s event will be dedicated to the“armed services of the Golden Heart of Alaska.”
Plans are nearly comolete now. Mrs. Lavoie said.
KEYS TO CAR
Mrs. Babette Lavoy, executive secretary to the Tanana Valley Fair
Association, receives the keys to the new Plymouth Fury car that
is being: sought after by all Fairbanks from Paul Greimann, owner
of the Standard Garage.
Tanana Fair
Cook To Win
National Honor
In a letter to the Tanana Valley
Fair manager, J. Walter Thompson
advertising company writes in be
half of Fleishchmann’s Yeast that
in keeping with their plan for pub
licizing fairs throughout the coun
try, should one of the prize win
ning cooks at the fair be selected
for advertising purposes by the
company, he or she will receive
$25 and a year’s supply of yeast.
The company also asked for lit
erature which would give them in
teresting data relating to the his
torical background of the fair and
of Fairbanks.
BILL VOSS WILL ENTER
JUNIOR SEMINARY TO
STUDY FOR PRIESTHOOD
Bill Voss who lives at Zender,
located west of the USSR & M powr
er plant, leaves Sunday for Minne
sota to visit his family. From Min
nesota he will go to Missouri to
enter the Junior Seminary, Oblate
of Mary Immaculate, to study for
the priesthood.
Juneau Engineer
Will Come To
Fairbanks Job
Robert L. Crow, who has been
city engineer at Juneau for the past
two years, has been hired for the
job in Fairbanks vacated by A1 Her
sey last Thursday.
Crow, who came to Juneau from
Kirkland, Washington, comes high
ly recommended by the Juneau
mayor and other officials in the
capital city.
Hersey was acting city engineer
following the resignation of G. B.
Conrad Frank who left to take a
position with Fairbanks Builders.
CHARLES EVANS' HERE
EN ROUTE TO OREGON
Mr. and Mrs. Charles J. Evans.
ANS teachers at Point Hope for the
past year, are in Fairbanks this
week, en route to their new assign
ment in Chemawa, Oregon.
Evans, who has been Jessen’s
Weekly’s correspondent in Point
Hope for the past several months,
will teach in the manual training
department of the Chemawa high
school.
> The special feature of the Fair
will be Kiddie Land, complete with
a merry-go-round, airplane rides,
Shetland ponies and special cartoon
movies, all for the youngsters.
Some of the proceeds of the Fair
will go toward providing two $500
scholarships to the University of
Alaska for a high school boy and
girl,
A 1956 Plymouth Fury sport coups
will be given by the Fair associa
tion to some lucky person at mid
night of August 19, final day of the
Fair.
A merchandise certificate of $100
will be given away each of the
first three days of the Fair.
Already about 25 firms and organ
izations have rented booth space at
the Fair and requests are rolling
in. One of the booths will be taken
by the Alaska Children’s Home. On
display and for sale will be handi
crafts which the children have made
themselves in their workshop. They
will also exhibit doll parkas and
take orders for them, as well as
larger parkas. Proceeds will go to
ward paying the mortgage of the
Home.
The College Women’s Club will
feature an Alaskan Dinner of baked
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Oil Leases Are
Filed In Nulato,
Koyu ku k A reas
Representatives of Texota Oil
company of Fort Worth, Tex., filed
44 leases in the Land office late
Wednesday afternoon, each lease
for 2,560 acres.
A total of 112,640 acres was leased
by Mary C. Henderson, Thomas C.
Hiestand, and David Stout in the
area between Nulatto and Koyukuk
on the Yukon. All three gave their
address as Denver, Colo,
USO OPEN HOUSE IS
SLATED NEXT WEDNEDAY
The USO open house scheduled
for last night was postponed until
next Wednesday. At that time the
| new USO staff members will be
| introduced to Fairbanksans.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hobek, Jack
j sonville, N. C.; Norman Levin, San
j Antonio. Tex.; and Miss Fern
Ledgerwood of the Hollywood,
Calif., USO staff will comprise The
new staff.
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