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PASSFNQtR AGcNT IN FAIRBANKS
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j A, A. (Slim) Johnson, ".'ho has '6een "ith tlio
J Alaska Railroad for 25 years, has taken '
, over the permanent position of passenger
agent in Fairbanks left vac ait by the re
tirement of Guy Jennings.
I Mr. Johnson spent 12 years of his railroad
1 career at'Nenana, 7 at Palmer and 5 at
I Anchorage, and intends to remain at Fair
| banks until his eventual retirement W ich
he hasn’t begun to think about yet.‘Mrs.
Johnson is no-.: in Fairbanks with Mr. John
son and is comfortably established in the
apartment provided over the station.Their
son, Richard, has gone Outside to attend
Washington State College1 at Pullman, .and
thoir daughter, Lorraine, remained in
Anchorage '"hero sho is employed.
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i BOTTLE DRIFTS JO HAWAII
A sealed bottle tossed off the Tongass
■ dock in Eetchilcan last February r;as t-alccn
out of the -.nter bn Hananbu bay on tho
; south end of Oahu, Karaii, according to"
’ rord received by Stella Shirey of Kctchi
j kan. The bottle contained a blank chock
i and a note asking tho finder to notify*
Stella, Oscar and Ray Shiroy.
The finders -.ere tro young fishermen rho
complained that the bottle contained only
a blank che-k .and message instdel of a
drink, They suggested the no;rt time a
bottlo is dropped into tho ocoan that'the
mossago be dated and postago onclosod.
! ALASKA HIGHWAY ENGINEER DIES
! T7. Leonard Smith. Territorial Highway
! Bnginour ar.d Commissioner of Public 'Tories,
died last rock' ir. Seattle after an ox
tended illness.
Ho vas elected in 1946 and his term of
office had almost tro more years to run.
Governor Omening has not indicated who
••ill be appointod as his successor.
In a statement issued at Juneau last Ted
nosday, £he Governor paid a high tributo
to Hr. Saith saying:
i"The death of Leonard Smith is a groat loss
to the Territory. He has been a conspic
uously able and devoted public servant,
first in the legislature There he repre
sented the Second Division, later as a
member of the Territorial Board of Educa
tion and for the last tfro years as Terri
torial Highway Engineer, His service has
been marked by a high degree of conscien
tiousness, technical competence and a full
understanding of the problems involved.
Leonard'Smith mill be missed by his many
friends, but he loaves a permanent place
in the history of the Tt-rritcry. to the
adTjnearpn4, of "hich he con►'•itouted nota
| oly. Ho ccuid leave no finer legacy to