PIONEERS
These three men were well known in the early days of the Tanana.
At the left is Jack Tobin who mined at Dome City from 1906 through
1909, John White who once had a store at the mouth of Olnes and
Louis Larson, known as one of the best hoist men in the country.
4th Divisional
Demo Committee
Will dominate
The Fourth Divisional Democratic
Committee met Tuesday night to
plan a nominating meeting for the
purpose of naming a candidate to
fill the unexpired term of Terri
torial senator Ralph J. Rivers, who
resigned last week in order to run
lor the National House of Repre
sentatives under the Tennessee Plan.
The nominating meeting, which
will be open to all Democrats, will
be held on Friday, July 27, at 8
p.m. in Carpenter’s Hall on Fifth
avenue.
Rivers* resignation is in line with
Democratic party policy that no
j candidate should run under the par
ty designation for more than one
Territorial or national office in the
same election while holding one
or the other office, according to
party officials.
Because of the short time before the
closing date forballot printing nom
inations will have to be made by
Divisional Committees rather than
convention.
A. L. RICKER HERE ON
EMPLOYMENT BUSINESS
A. L. “Dock’’ Ricker, veterans
employment representative for Al
aska. was in town early this week
conferring with local officials of
the Territorial employment office.
He was staying at the Nordale ho
tel.
Ricker has his headquarters with
the Department of Labor in Juneau.
He arrived here Monday morning
on the train after attending the
American Legion convention in An
chorage last week.
Ricker left for the capital city
Wednesday.
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Rummage Sale To Be Held
Sat. At Salvation Army
The Young Peoples’ group of the
Salvation Army is giving a rum
mage sale Saturday from 10 a m.
until 1 p.m. in the basement of the
army parlors. 410 Fifth avenue.
Proceeds from the sale will go
for the young peoples' special band
instrument fund to help enlarge the
nucleus band they have started.
A committee for young people are
managing the event, their efforts
coordinated by Mrs. Gerald Hill.
BOB GREEN, AMBROSE
SOLOMON VISIT FROM
TANACROSS MISSION
Bob Greene. Priest in charge of
St. Timothy’s mission in Tanacross,
and Ambrose Solomon were in town
this week on a business and shop
ping trip.
Returning with the Tanacross pair
were Gail Belknap, Laura Chap
man. and Phil Bowles, who will
teach the Bible school programs in
Tanacross and Tetlin.
The Bible schools will last about
two weeks in each village.
Leland Cloud
Succumbs After
Appendectomy
Leland Cloud, 55 year old welder,
I died in St. Joseph’s hospital Tues
: day at 2:30 p.m. following compli
cations setting in after an appen
! dectomy.
Cloud was admitted to St. Jo
I seph's on July 9.
He is survived by his wife, Ida,
and six children who live at 7Vfe
Mile Richardson highway. He was
employed by Torgerson Brothers.
Funeral services will be held this
i evening at 7:30 in Fairbanks Mem
| orial Chapel by Rev. B. P. Wilson
of the Assembly of God Church.
Instead of flowers, it is asked that
contributions be given to the Heart
association.
Patty Youngster Has
Tonsils Out On Visit
Stan Patty, four year old grand
son of Dr. and Mrs. Ernest dST.
Patty, w'as admitted to St. Joseph's
hospital Tuesday for a tonsilectomy.
Stan is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
j Stanton Patty w'ho are visiting here
! from Seattle for the summer. Patty,
a reporter for the Seattle Times, is
doing some articles about Alaska
during his stay here.
Melvin Posey of 315 Third street
in Hamilton Acres was admitted to
St. Joseph's hospital on Monday for
observation. Posey is a carpenter
employed by Valley and Banson.
Larry Moore Here On Brief
Business Visit From South
I
Larry Moore, manager of the Al
| aska chapter of the Associated gen
! eral Contractors, is staying at the
| Traveler's Inn this week, conferring
| with union officials and contract
i ors on construction business.
Moore inspected several construc
j tion projects en route here from
| Anchorage, arriving in Fairbanks
Tuesday evening over the highway.
GRIS VISIT IGOES FROM
HOME IN SAN CARLOS
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Gri, who
have been the houseguests of Mr.
and Mrs. James Igoe of Ladd for
the past several weeks, left Sunday
with Pan American Airways.
Mrs. Gri is Igoe’s sister. The vis
itors, who immensely enjoyed their
visit to the Territory, make their
home in San Carlos, California.
The Gris three children, Deirdre,
Maureen, and Paul, accompanied
them on their Alaskan vacation.
News City Editor, Family
Camping Through Interior
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Whitaker and
young son were in town from their
home in Anchorage Saturday on a
camping trip through the Interior.
The family drove to Circle over
the week end, and will return to
Anchorage this week. Whitaker is
on vacation from his job as city
editor of the Anchorage Daily News.
Ralph Sheppard
Killed Over
$300 Debt
First degree murder charges have
been filed against Orville Coates,
52, who shot and killed Ralph Shep
pard, 43, at 5:55 p.m. Tuesday fol
lowing an argument over $300 which
the victim owed him. Bond has
been set at $10,000. Coates is await
ing preliminary hearing in the Fed
eral Jail.
The shooting took place at a cab
in which the two men formerly
shared at 203 Fortymile Street in
Graehl. Thomas N. Blackstone, 323 j
Third in Graehl. was an eyewitness i
to the murder for which Coates |
readily admitted being responsible, |
according to Lt. William Trafton of
the Territorial Police,
Sheppard was pronounced dead
on arrival at St. Joseph's hospital
at 6:10 p.m. He was shot with a
Winchester Model 1895 32-40 rifle
at almost point-blank range.
Coates told Territorial Police fhat
Sheppard drove up to the cabin at
approximately 5:50 p.m. Coates
said he went out to the car with
the rifle in his hands. He asked
Sheppard for half of the $300 which
he had borrowed last year for the
purchase of a washing machine.
He stated that he had seen Shep
pard just this past Sunday and had
asked him for part of the money.
Sheppard was still in the car and
made a move toward the glove com
partment as if he were going to
reach for something, said Coates.
It w'as then that he fired several
shots into Sheppard. He then wrent
to Blackstone's home and asked him
to call the authorities. Blackstone
immediately notified the Territor
ial Police.
Coates and Sheppard were both
employed by United States Smelt
ing. Refining and Mining company.
The victim was a deckhand on
Dredge No. 8 at Gold stream and
Coates wras a clean up man at the
dowr.towm power plant.
Sheppard is survived by his par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Sheppard
of Gastonia, N.C.
Boy Electrocuted
By Live Wire At
Fort Greely
Donald Turner, the 34 month old
son of a Fort Greely couple, was
electrocuted Monday evening when
j he touched a live wire outside the
. w'ashroom of the Little Delta Trail
, er Court.
; His parents, PFC and Mrs. Don
; aid E. Turner, rushed the boy to
i the fort Greely dispensary after
the tragedy, but he was pronounced
dead minutes later. The time was
5:05 p.m.
Territorial Police believe that the
child touched a live udre of either
110 or 220 volts. His feet were wet
when he contacted it.
Donald and his mother. Alberta
Turner, arrived at Fort Greely only
a weeg ago; Turner has been in
Alaska since April. Donald was their
only child.
The remains were sent to Ladd
AFB, until shipment of the body
to the family's home in Mobile. Al
abama can be arranged.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Hardin, form
er Fairbanks residents who now
make their home in Anchorage,
were visitors in town over the week
end. They stayed at Ladd during
their brief stop here. She is a
former kindergarten teacher in
Fairbanks.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
NOTICE OF NOMINATION MEETING
Notice Is hereby given that the Fourth
Division Democratic Committee bv vir
tue of authority vested in it by Terri
torial Law and Party organizational pro
cedure. will meet July 27 at 8:00 PM at
the Carpenters Hall. Fairbanks. Alaska.
Said meeting to be for the purpose of
nominating the Democratic candidate for
the unexpired term of Territorial Sena
tor. made vacant by the resignation of
Ralph J. Rivers.
Said meeting will also act to fill such
other party nomination vacancies as mav
exist at that time and to transact such
other business as may properly come be
fore the Committee
Paul Solka, Jr.
Chairman
Dated July 17. 1956
First Pub: July 19. 1956
HICKORY STICK HANGOUT
Many Fairbanksans stood sadiy by when th*s old building- burned in
the early '30’s. Two generations of Fairbanksans attended classes in
the antiquated school building, located at Eighth and Cushman, the
present site of the Main school. This picture was one of several glass
prints discovered by Bob Claus,
ALASKA GUIDE LINES
By L. J.
Compiler of Lou Jacobin’s GUIDE TO ALASKA
SHE was young and gay.
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A GIRL of the stage.
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WHOSE morals good folk.
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OFTEN wondered about.
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AND on the night.
OF which I write.
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SHE sat on the counter.
it
OF my father’s store.
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IN a boom town.
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ON the River Skagit.
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AND her legs (pardon. limbs*.
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WERE crossed.
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AND petticoats raised.
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ALMOST to her knees.
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DISPLAYING trim ankles.
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IN stockings of silk.
it
THE first silk stockings.
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SEEN in our town.
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AND she sang a song.
it
AND while she was singing.
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THE town idiot.
it
STUCK his head in the door.
it
AND shouted in gutteral tone.
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"OH you kid (with goo-goo eyes.i
“YOL’TIE the cat’s pajamas.''
it
AND she shouted back.
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“SKIDOO—23 for you."
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AND I heard someone whisper.
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"I’LL bet anything.
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SHE’S a high-flyer.
“AND smokes cigarettes.
“WHEN nobody’s looking.
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“THE brazen fluzzy.”
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ANYWAY, I'm hoping.
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AS I write this trivia.
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THIS girl so happy and gay
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IN the yesterday.
IS among the living ipday.
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AND I pray that the years.
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HAVE been kind to her.
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WHETHER her morals were good.
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WHETHER her morals were bad.
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IT made little difference.
it
TO an eight-year-old lad.
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FOR she was kind to me,
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AND memory of her lingers on.
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LIKE a dream out of the past
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AND though.
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IT was nearly 60 years ago.
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1 SEE her still sitting there.
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IN my father’s store.
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SINGING that popular song.
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OF the GOLDEN DAYS.
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"THERETL be a hot time.
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“IN the old town tonight.”
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AND the trim ankle.
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AND the silk stockings.
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HAD nothing to do with it.
*
I THANK you.
Alaska’s Yesterday ....
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