A proud, hustling group of Little League All Stars from
Fairbanks battled their way into the finals of the All Alaskan
Little League Championship at Anchorage before being knocked
>ff by a tough Denali nine 4-0 in the championship game.
After blanking Palmer 8-0 in their opener and then rolling
»ver the Eielson All Stars 7-1, the Fairbanks lads were pitted
igamst Denali, a team composed of'
'".op sluggers from Fort Richardson
md Elmendorf AFB. for the crown
In the championship tilt Denali’s
brilliant hurler, John Haynes, threw
< neat one-hitter to shut-out thi
local stars. Besides his sterling
iound performance Haynes had a
perfect day at the plate belting out
i .double and two singles in three
limes at bat.
The winners picked up one run
m the first inning and then went
>n to clinch the championship with
i three-run rally in the third.
At the conclusion of the three day
neet an All-Tourney team was se
'ected with Fairbanksans Bill Bettis
md Richard Gahan getting the nod
Murie Speaks to TVSA
The Tanana Valley Sportsmen's
Association held their monthly
oeeting last Tuesday. Featured
peaker was Dr. Olaus Murie, pres
dent of the Wilderness Society,
vho has recently returned from a
wo month expedition in the Brooks
lange. Dr. Murie told the group of
iis many experiences during his
•xpedition and expressed hope that
he Brooks Range would be with
Irawn as a wilderness area.
August 12. the TVSA Rifle and
,'istol club held a turkey shoot at
he Mark Acres shooting range at
’-mile on the Steese Highway. Be
ween three and four hundred crack
oarksmen fired at targets rang
ng from water filled balloons to
.mall discs and before the compe
ition was over approximately three
lozen turkeys had been given away.
The next big event on the Associ
• tion’s agenda is a moose barbeque
*nd turkey shoot to be held some
ime in October.
JUIU1WI1 OWCCJIS aiUl'IV IV«u:C!j
Jarrin’ Jack Johnson made a
>ean sweep of Sunday's stock car
aces at the Rendezvous Speedway,
he steady pilot wheeled the K
>nd L, Distributer's sleek number 57
tround the quarter-mile dirt oval
o rack up wins in the Fast Heat.
\ustrailian Pursuit, and the action
•acked Main Event.
Besides these three prize winning
lerformances, Johnson placed sec
md behind Vem Fowler in the
rophy Dash. Don Ramsey wai the
•nly other wdnner of the afternoon
;aining top honors in the Slow
feat.
Taking the checkered flag behind
• ohnson in the Main Event were
'em Fowler and Chuck Hopper.
Another thrilling racing card is
<n tap next Sunday according to
speedway officials.
Civilians lake rony Crown
The civilian stars of the pony
eague sparkled for three straight
s ins to ice the playoff champion- !
hip between the civilian and mil- ,
tary all stars of the league.
After dropping' the first game of
he post season playoff to the mil
tary, the civilians outgunned their;
ipponents to take the best three of 1
ive game series, 3-1.
A fifth game was played and was ;
von by the military but this exhi
ition contest did not count toward
tie playoff championship
Pigskin Previews
With baseball activity slowly
•rinding to a halt it's time to focus
ome attention toward the local
gridirons and the pigskin sport.
The four top military football
.ouads in the Fairbanks area, the
.add Army Rangers, Ladd Flyers,
ielson Outlaws, and the Eielson
vrmy Warriors have been prep
ung for their season openers this
•Saturday sir-'e the middle of July.
The hard hitting but inexperi- j
-need Rangers will travel across the |
base to clash with a powerful Flyer
eleven in the renewal of the Gold
Pan Classic. Last year the Flyers
wrested the pan from Ladd Army
for the first time since the series
began. The Gold Pan is symbolic of
the history of interior Alaska and
represents the bitter rivalry be
tween these top calibre service
teams.
Eielson Army will host its arch
rival, the Eielson Outlaws, Satur
day as the Alaskan Command foot
ball schedule swings into high gear.
The public is welcome to attend
these Saturday afternoon games and
there is no admission charge.
Hunter Take Head
With the hunting season well un
derway we are reminded of the
few nimrods that without courtesy
or conscience take advantage of Al
aska’s bountiful game resources.
With this minority of hunters in
mind we quote the Tanana Valley
Sportsmen’s Association's Appeal To
Sportsmen.
“Alaska is not overrun with big
game. The herds are widely scat
tered. The rate of increase is lower
than in warmer countries. The win
ter death rate is higher Predators
i plague them from all sides. The
wildlife has held its own in the
past only because of the small hu
man population.”
“Now, with thousands of new
comers here in the interest of
national defense, many planning to
make their future homes here, the
game needs added protection. This
protection must come from you!”
“Do your part by killing no
game animal unless you need it
No shooting just to hang a pair of
horns on the wall, or to see a wild
creature fall dead No destroying of
birds and game fishes for which
you have no use. Na wanton waste.”
“Consult your conscience as well
as the game laws. Live up to the
regulations See that others do the
same."
"You have a stake in this country.
This is your Alaska, your game,
your heritage PROTECT IT.”
'Scuzit, Sir,
Wrong Plane
The woeful tale of two mighty
sportsmen, who nearly cached their
provisions for the winter in some
one else's plane was revealed here
this week.
The hopeful hunters were City
Manager Matt Slankard and City
Attorney Eugene Miller, who were
waiting all last week for Tuesday,
so they could begin a five-day
hunting trip in the Brooks range.
Slankard and the provisions were
slated to go on ahead with the plane
returning to pick up Miller and his
teen-age son. Frank. The citys chief
executive had planned to load the
bright red sea-plane early so ev
erything would be ready to go.
After much grunting and groan
ing Slankard had everything neatly
packed away, and cast his eye upon
a job well done. Everything was
there but the pilot, Marvin Jones,
who soon appeared in another red (
sea-plane, the one in which they
were going to make the trip
More grunting and groaning, and
this time with a few muttered
words.
But all the provisions, the Mil
lers, and a very sheepish Slankard
are now safely deposited in the
Brooks range, and won't be back
until Saturday
Edith Thostesen
Passes During
Sourdough Meet
Mrs. Edith Thostesen. 55. an early
pioneer of Fairbanks, died last
Thursday night while attending the
International Sourdough Reunion
and convention being held in Port
land.
Her sister, Blanche Cascaden of
Fairbanks, stated that she had been
quite ill, and passed away in a hos
pital after a tiresome trip by car
from Seattle to Portland.
Mrs. Cascaden and her brother.
Louis Johnson, also a Fairbanks res
ident. left Sunday afternoon with
Alaska Airlines for Seattle, where
funeral services will be held at the
Johnson-Hamilton Memorial Chapel.
Her son Clarence and a daughter,
j Mrs. Mel Borgersen, also survive.
Mrs. Thostesen was born in Col
orado, but moved to the Territory
in 1900. She was an early day resi
dent ef Cleary City, where she was
one of the first telephone operators,
and at Dome creek, where she mar
ried her husband, a mining engi
neer.
She was a member of the Ladies
of the Golden North in Seattle as
well as the Pioneer Women here.
Although she and her husband
left Fairbanks many years ago, she
returned for five years in 1940 af
ter he died. She has made her home
in Seattle in recent years
| Middle Aisle j
Marriage licenses were issued to
the following couples recently in
the US. Commissioner’s office:
August 17: Donald Wesley Cum- 1
mings, 34, laborer, and Frances El
len Wallis 33; Elmer Ray Paul Wal
lace, 23. student, and Helen Virginia
Cruver, 24, nurse: David Harold
Edstrom, 19. USAF Ladd, and June
Lorraine Ordahl, 19. Minneapolis,
Minn.; Frederic Allan Foster, 21,
service man for soft drink company,
and Sally Carolyn Wingate, 16.
LAUFER ON TRIP TO
TAFT, CALIFORNIA
Charles A. “Chuck” Laufer left
recently with Pan American Air
ways to visit his mother-in-law,
Mrs. Virgie Allen, in Taft, Califor
nia.
He plans to visit with friends and
other relatives in the area as well
During his absence, his wife. Mar
guerite, will run the Cellar Bar.
an establishment they operate joint
ly.
August 18: Charles L. John, 2J.
laborer, and Mary Madeline Crow,
18, student.
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