Incorporated
'The Phoenix of Fairbanks"
JESSEN’S WEEKLY Thursday. August 16. 1956
Published every Wednesday at Fairbanks, Alaska. P. O. Box 970
Editorial-Repo rtori at Departments. Phone 3511. Advertising, Commercial Printing,
Business Offices, Phone 2511; downtown Fairbanks. 529 Third Avenue or call printing
plant direct for job printing, etc., Phone 5292, located at north end of new Chena
bridge. •
Jesseh’s Weekly was established January 22, 1942
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Entered at the Post Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, as second class matter
under the Act of March 3, 1579.
In The Doldrums
The Federated Fund drive in Fairbanks appears to be dying
on its feet.
The total amount collected in the drive to date for the ten
participating agencies is $57,147.35. This is only about 45 per
cent of the $125,000 goal for 1956.
Rain dampened plans for a street dance to be held over the
week end. It was postponed Monday night when rain again ap
peared. Fund directors have not yet heard from the military, but
reports stated that those drives, too. are lagging.
The sum and substance of the situation seems to be that un
less the proposed goal is met by the end of September. Fair
banks will again see 10 seperate drives being conducted in an
effort to raise money for these organizations.
Don McCune, president of the FFF. is tentatively making
plans for a show to be taken to Point Barrow and Barter Island
in an effort to contact the men who are working at those places
who have r >t contributed to the drive. However, the transpor
tation problem is temporarily stymieing operations.
Fairbanks needs the Federated Fund to support these or
ganizations in their youth and charitable works. The Federated
fund needs Fairbanks and the support Fairfoanksans can give
if they just will.
Discovery Day Tomorrow
Tomorrow is Discovery Day in the Klondike. August 17. 1396
has been accredited with the date that gold was discovered in that
part ot the world.
The North lay sleeping and remote. The discoverv o' gold
set oft a stampede that brought men and women from all over
the world and from all walk;, of life.
Those who are remaining from that group oi gold seekers
will observe ihe day tomorrow in Dawson dome credit Robert
Henderson with the discovery. Others say George.Carmack was
the iirst and a story that has gone the rounds through the years
has it that Cat mack’s wife found nuggets while doing a washing
in a creek. <
Whichev a- Gory is the correct one, the fact remains that it
set off the development of the North and we'salute the Yukon
Territory.
Aceidents I; crease
l.ie quarterly ru>-al traffic acnc’erT report of the department
of territorial poll e shows accidents cn the increase, a trend
that is tempered, however, by a decrease in the number of per
sons killed. It is gratifying to note there were fewer fatalities
hut we believe that good luck 1 ,d i ,ueh to do \ :th th
The summary presented h the ■rrito ial shoe i f ,d for
thci ight. How < iten do we careles [\ i i t yfic < :ors ^
itn most frequent cuk oi tralfic -counts: Speed ig, failure
to held right o way to Low ng too close iy th* cai ahead there
1 ad to accidents that ca <e oath, hod ! i. jusies ,d pioperty
damage How often wou 1 thus* resp* tsible for si h accident,
yearn to turn back the clock and vo again through the ort
ieterv; n which two cars crashed. If t had the*chance, the
accident would neve, occur.
To\. often Yes i; v-k. tragedx to teach us a lesson? High
w ” siu s and trad c g d atoms • e m de for our own safety.
VV; en v.e iauor» th m ve in ite disaHei. 'Th face V
* scoped ac i icrus for year* doe-; not
fi t ■ i'. Taking ci-.anc- s s a da .- devil
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tr< and for
>eedomctcr
We no » tuat ttie Seattle baseball \ a ' u n* >r i -n ihe
same sit playing the 1' irbanks All St The former \C
league champs recently lost nine games in a row, ana Tuesday
tire manager was “fired.” The Alaskans will ha e to go easy
with them in the future.
John H. Lloyd
Appointed As
ARR Manager
John H. Lloyd, 39 year old assist
ant general manager of the Chicago,
Rock Island and Pacific railroad,
was sworn in as general manager of i
the Alaska .Railroad today at cere
monies in the office of Secretary of
the Interior Fred Seaton.
Lloyd suceeds R. N. Whitman who
| recently resigned the position to
| return to the Great Northern Rail
j way from which he had been on
! leave. Lloyd will be paid $18,000 a
| year and will have his headquarters
! in Anchorage.
I Lloyd has been an official of the
i Rock Island since 1951 with head
; quarters at Ei Reno, Okla. He is a
I native of Glasgow, Mont.
PAA Offering
Model Plane
j Some lucky newspaper reader in
I this area will win a perfect model
| replica of the Pan American World
Airways Stratocruiser on Septem
ber 17. according to A1 Polet, dis
trict traffic sales manager for PAA,
Ads for Stratocruiser service cur
rently appearing in local papers are
to be clipped out and dropped into
containers at the PAA office or
Arctic Alaska Travel service. Per
! sons entering the contest should
write their names and addresses on
the ads at the time they are put
j into the containers.
The drawing for the model ship
will be on the “Date with Don" TV
j show on September 17. The contest
! closes September 15.
Erlwa rd Pippin
Injured When
| Tow Cable Snaps
i
! Edward Pippin. 16 year old son
of Philip Pippin, suffered a frac
j lifted jaw and face lacerations -who i
; he was hit in th.n face by a tow
; line which snapped.
Ed and Walter I.indgren, Pippin's
| landlord, were working a; Ladd
| early yesterday morning trying to
■ move a house from the base hen
the tow line snapped. Lindgren said
Shat Ed did not want to ship his
work even after his severe facial
injury. He will be a junior at Fair
; banks high school net ye; r.
Maternal grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. J ames Tag a; of 301)
1 Church. Ed’s father is employed by
Matanuska Creamery.
Thieves Make
Away With
Over $3,COO
t ontra. Sup- ’y Company M Al
j nrka \; <> 1 a! el> ctrical sui plit
I located >n th" ra il an industrial
j area, was roi.bcd Tu-.-sda> night
of S3,‘40 in checks and ca.-h. The
theft ocem ed someuir r he;ween 7
p.m. Tue r ,/ ,r.d ; a.m. Wc-nes-'
day according t Thomas ' den
salesman for th . apsn
O'E ien discovered tl ■ t ..eft v h
he wet 11 the cash „ox to n , e
change for a customer Wednc tay
morm g Th ■ tsh box was are,
but iiaihijtg • i ' 1 s n t - sir . u
said.
"he ihi< .(n!i>u the bu < ng
th >ugl a wind, v to wh h tney |
lad tal • : a bar .o break th.- latch.
Terr .rial police ate irvestig •
ing.
HARRIS FOSTERS LEAV(
MON. FG3 SAN ANTONIO
\T- and Mrs. Haiti's ■» lor ,id
th ir tv r daughters. tvf j i .i
I hodi. In. will leave r ia
) le A asira big w ly aft( ’dine
t e p; t t' o tit’.is t* 1; r. -
i.y. Mar. an< frs. am;.-; |
uf 150 Fotirt . . vem:«
They will be lea ng for San An- j
tonic. Tc .as, but plan t > do some |
sightseeing in Canada en route. j
Pre-Registration Scheduled For
Wednesday In Fairbanks Schools
Complete details of the 1956-57
school year pre-registration, to be
held Wednesday, August 22. were
announced today by Dr. James C.
Ryan, superintendent.
Since it is important for school
authorities to obtain as complete a
count of pupils who will attend the
Fairbanks Public Schools for the
coming year as possible, this pre
registration applies to all pupils,
kindergarten through grade twelve,
whether they have attended the
Fairbanks schools before or not Dr.
Ryan emphasized that students who
were enrolled in school here this
spring must still register Wednes
day.
All elementary pupils, kindergar
ten through grade eight, will reg
ister Wednesday at Denali, Nordale,
or Main elementary schools. Regis
tration will be taken from 9 a.m. to
noon, and from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Any
child may register at any one of
the three schools regardless of
where he may reside or what school
he may attend. '
It is not necessary for the elemen
tary pupils to be present, provided
the parents or some responsible
adult registers for them. Anyone
registering for someone else should
make certain that they have all the
necessary information, including the
full name, age, date of birth, place
of residence, phone number, post of
fice box number and name and oc
cupation of parents.
The textbook deposit must he
paid at the time of registration. Dr.
Ryan emphasized that this is a de
posit, not a fee, and will be refund
ed at the end of the school year.
There is no deposit for kindergar
ten students: for first through third
grades. $2.50. fourth through sixth
grades, $3: and seventh and eighth
grades, $5.
All kindergarten students must be
1 accompanied by a parent.. It is not
necessary for the children to be
■ present No child will be enrolled
! in kindergai’on unless he will be
I five ye; , s of age on or before No
vonibcr 1, 1956. Birth certificates
| will be required for ail enrolling
kindergarten children.
Since parents must also register
foi first grade ehildrt w they, also,
need no; ' -* present. Bi ;h certifi
cates ill he required ot at! list
'graders new to the Fairbanks
schools.
A child younger than five years,
ten months cannot be accepted in
the school system. This is in ac
cordance with Territorial law.
There are several changes this
year in high school registration, ami
high school students are asked to
take special note of them, Dr. Ryan
said.
Grades nine through twelve will
register for three days,. Tuesday.
Wednesday, and Thursday. August
21-23 at the Lathrop High seiio !
only. Hours will be from 9 a.m un
til noon. 1 p.m. until 4 p,m. each
day. For the benefit of students
who are working or who are unable
to register during the day. a special
evening session will be held from
7 p.m. until 9 p.m. each evening.
High school pupils are strongly
urged to register for themselv«<.
since class schedules will be worked
out at the time of registration. This
is the direct contrast to the class
scheduling last year.
Students who will be out of town
should have their parents register
for them. A text book deposit of $7
will be charged at the time of reg
istration. A deposit of $10 is re
quired of mechanical drawing stu
dents.
For the benefit of parents and
students in rural areas, school bus
ses will operate on all routes on
Wednesday. The busses will leave
the end of the route at 9 a.m. and
leave the school buildings at noon.
Parents who are coming to school
to register for their children will
be allowed to ride the school busses.
School busses for pre-registration
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PIONEERS
of
ALASKA
MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
MONDAYS EVERY MONTH
Visiting Members Welcome
J. M. Jorgensen, President
R. J. McKanna, Secretary
MASONIC DIRECTORY
Masonic Temple, 805 First Ave. Dial 2836
Tanana Lodge No. 162 F&AAA
Stat 'd Communication. Wednesday, September 12, 8PM
Howard H. Kjhns, Worshipful Master
F. L. Balter, Secretary
Midnic/nt Sur Chapter No. 6, O. E S.
Nox* tepi iar Meeting—2nd Friday in Mont!
Esther Ward, Worthy Matron
Marj Hekn Chaddon, Secretary
A!aska Commandery No. 1 Knight: lemp'ar
William B. Bevingtor. Commander
Edward Letgh-Kendall, Recorder — f hone 5-1G9
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