Joseph Peton Is
Promoted To
Agency Manager
Joseph M. Peton, who has rep
resented the Franklin Life Insur
ance company here for the past
year and a half, has been promoted
to the position of agency manager
in Fairbanks.
His promotion was made as the
result of his outstanding produc
tion record and managerial ability,
the company announcta.
Peton is a veteran of World War
11 and saw service with the Fifth
Army in North Africa and Italy,
and the Seventh Army in France
and Germany. He is well known
in bowling circles, having won the
1954 and 1955 Fairbanks Match
Game Tournament championship.
In his new position with Frank
lin. Mr. Peton will combine person
al production with agency devel
opment, working in cooperation
with the company's headquarters in
Anchorage. A note of congratula
tion was sent to Peton by Charles
E. Becker, Franklin President.
Ruth Rock, who has been gener
al agent here for the past several
years, will manage the company's
Alaskan headquarters office in
Anchorage.
Mr .and Mrs. John Lind of GTen
alien have left for Bellingham,
Wash, to visit with their parents.
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McKinley Park
Holds Program
Fourth of July
Opening a Fourth of July pro
gram at McKinley Park last
Wednesday was a flag raising cere
mony, led by two hotel staff em
ployees, Jerry Herron and Pat
Boles.
Manager of the Hotel. G. B Han
son, repeated "The American Creed" I
for guests, employees, and park j
personnel. Miss Imogene Policy
sang "Alaska’s Flag."
A history of the American flag,
given by Grant Pearson, was fol
lowed by the display of a 45 star
flag, the first to fly over the post
office of Fairbanks. The historical
banner will be given to the Univer
sity of Alaska for exhibition in the
museum.
The program was closed with a
prayer for peace by Dale M. Jones,
student minister at the hotel.
Mrs. Edythe Flower and her chil
dren of Gakona have been traveling
to New York. Mrs. Flower visited
in Chicago and was heard on the
Breakfast Club program broadcast
ed over station KENI in Anchorage
on Monday, June 25th.
Compeaus Feted
With Surprise
Party Saturday
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Compeau,
Sr., were guests of honor at a sur
prise party Saturday night cele
brating their Silver wedding anni
versary.
The party, given by their son
Bob and his wife, included about
40 friends, who gathered at the
Traveler’s Inn. The Compeaus, not
realizing that there would be a par
ty Saturday evening too, had in
vited more friends to their summer
cabin at Harding lake Sunday af
ternoon to honor their anniversary
and to say farewell to Compeau’s
mother, Mrs. William Compeau.
who left Tuesday.
Mrs. Compeau has been visiting
here for the past several weeks.
UNIVERSITY COUP1E
PARENTS OF A SON
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hartley of
University avenue became the par
ents of a son, Martin Clarence, born
in St. Joseph’s hospital at 6:45 a m.
on Friday and weighing 10 lbs. and
7 ozs.
Creative Arts
Workshop Open
House Saturday
The Creative Arts Workshop has
extended a cordial invitation to the
public to attend their open house
Saturday at Constitution Hall from
10 a m. until 12 noon.
About 30 children, selected from
the public schools on recommenda
tion from their instructors, have
participated in the six weeks’ cre
ative arts program. The open house
will climax the program. Mrs. Con
rad Frank of the workshop staff
announced this week.
All sections of the workshop will
demonstrate their work, including
art work, clay modeling, puppetry,
and dramatics. This is the first year
that such a program has been of
fered, and the AAUW, which has
sponsored the event, is hoping to
develop and expand the activity
next year.
Staff of the workshop includes:
Mrs. Soren Anderson and Mrs. Karl
Karlson, puppetry; Mrs. Earle Haus
mann, Mrs. Eudora Preston, and
Miss Jane Gascon, Art; Mrs. Irene
Wajda, clay modeling; Miss Sally
Carrigher, Writing; Professor and
Mrs. Lee Salisbury, Drama.
MRS. DALLAS WRIGHT,
TWO DAUGHTERS, VISIT
CONNORYS IN BARROW
Mrs. Dallas Wright and daughters,
Tekla Beckler and Muriel Hagberg,
returned early this week from a
week end trip to Point Barrow with
Wien Airlines.
Accompanying them on the trip
was Mrs. Beckler's young daugh
ter, Sheila. The four were guests
of Mr. and Mrs. John Connory at
Barrowr.
Although Mrs. Wright has lived
in Alaska all her life, this was her
first trip to Alaska's farthest north
village.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
UNITED STATES
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT
LAND OFFICE
Fairbanks, Alaska
Dale: December 6. 1955
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION
Notice is hereby given that Walter
Henry Belling. Fairbanks, Alaska entry -
man. together with his witnesses Law
rence H. Smith, and Shortland H. Har
bell, both of Fairbanks has submitted
final proof on his homestead entry.
Fairbanks Serial No. 08308 for the lot
1 in U. S. Survey No. 3129 Alaska
situated about a Mi mile westerly from
Chena Hot Springs Fairbanks Meridian,
containing 82.91 acres, and it is now in
the files of the Land Orfflce, Fairbanks,
Alaska, and if no protest is filed in
the Land Office within the period of
publicaUon or thirty days thereafter, said
final proof wiU be aocepted and final
certificate Issued.
Malcolm O. AUen, Manager
Date First Pub: May 30, 1956
Late Last Pub: July 26, 1956
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