Fairbanks To
Nenana Marathon
Slated For Julv 21
Rules for the Fairbanks-Nenana
Marathon to be held Saturday, July
21. have been announced by Marty
Gray, commodore of the Fairbanks
Outboard association.
Each of the six classes of boats
entered will leave at 10-minute in
tervals with riverboats scheduled to
leave at 9 a.m.. pleasure boats at
9:10, B utilities at 9:20, 36 cubic
inch at 9:30, D utilities at 9:48 and
Unlimited boats at 10 a.m.
Entry fees for each boat entered
are $10 and must be paid a week
in advance. Boats must be at the
starting point at least one hour be
fore the start of the race for inspec
tion and instructions. Only unlimit
eds will be permitted racing fuel.
Starting point at Fairbanks will
be the new Chena bridge and the
finish line will be the old bridge.
The return trip to Fairbanks will be
made in the same order.
Riverboats and pleasure craft
must carry a driver and co-driver.
All drivers and passengers must be
14 or over.
Prizes in each of the six classes
will be $100 for first place. $75 for
second, and the third place winner
will take home $50.
The boat specifications are as fol
lows:
At least 24 teet or longer with bow
deck optional but not longer than
the length of the boat. All boats
must be powered by one stock out
board up to Mark 55 Mercury or 50
Evinrude, which shall be attached
to a lever action lift of individual
choice.
Minimum overall weight of. 1.250
pounds, including the weight of
lift, motor, driver and co-driver.
Dead weight may be used.
All motors over 36 cubic inch
will have a 30 minute handicap. All
pleasure runabouts must be at least
11 feet long. Every boat must be of
a semi displacement type hull with
a semi-V or round bottom. Racing
type fin and not trip chines will
not be acceptable.
No boat shall be less than 14 inch
es deep from keel to gunwales. En
gines will not be allowed to run
with quick silver units or other rac
ing lower units.
Class D or C utilities will con
form with APBA rules, as well as
boats and motors in the Class B
group. In the unlimited class any
type boat may be used, any out
board and fuel w-ith no passenger
required.
Walter Duffy, agent for the Uni
versity of Alaska Extension Service,
is in St. Joseph's hospital recover
ing from major surgery. His condi
tion is satisfactory. He resides at
the Polaris building,
A/1C Virgil K. Murray writes that
he is temporarily stationed in Lab
rador. Murray left Fairbanks last
year. He was with the Fairbanks
Fire department.
Dr. M. Moore
Speaks Before
Baptist Group
Dr. Merrill D. Moore, associate
secretaryand director of promotion
of the Southern Baptist Convention
executive committee, spoke Thurs
day and Friday at the First Baptist
Church. ■ 805 Sixth avenue.
Dr. Moore, who was in Fairbanks
last week on an official visitation
to the local church, is furthering the
stewardship program of over 8,500,
000 Baptists. He promotes the pro
gram of missionary work in the
church, and has. enlarged the
church's finance program.
Dr. Moore had a wide and inter
esting background in educational
i pastorate work before assuming his
present post in 1948. He has been
; the pastor of churches in Selma,
Alabama, Newport, Tennessee, and
Nashville, Tennessee, as well as
i president of the Tennessee College
for Women.
His missionary work has includ
ed experience in South America and
Cuba. He plans to launch a similar
program in the Orient next sum
mer.
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Taxes Go Up
A printed summary of portions of
the Highway Revenue Act of 1956
has been published by the Inter
nal Revenue Service. The summary
describes the floor stocks tax on
i gasoline, the increase in tax on
! tires used on highway vehicles, the
new tax on tread rubber, the in
crease in tax on truck and bus
chassis and bodies and tractors used
for highway transportation, and the
floor stocks tax imposed on such
vehicles.
For a copy of the summary re
quests should be addressed to In
ternal Revenue Service, Informa
tion Officer. 905 Second Avenue
Bldg., Seattle 4, Wash.
LUNDSFORD DICKSON
WELCOMED BY FRICKS
FAMILY ON SUNDAY
Mr. and Mrs. Pat Fricks of 516
Noyes are the proud parents of a
son. Lundsford Dickson, born in
St. Joseph’s hospital on Sunday at
11:22 p.m. He weighed in at 8 lbs.
5 ozs.
The couple’s older children are
Carol, 9; David, 7; and John, 1%.
Fricks is employed as a salesman
for Singer Sewing Machine com
pany. Mrs, Fricks is a part-time em
ployee of Taylor and Taylor at
torneys. She is scheduled to take
her bar examination sometime in
October.
Maternal aunt and uncle are Mr.
and Mrs. Gerald Shearer. Shearer
tis an engineer for Municipal Utili
ties system. Another uhcle. Brad
Shearer, is employed by the News
Miner.
Leland Cloud of Mile 7Ms on the
Richardson highway is in St Jo
seph's hospital recovering from ma
jor surgery. Cloud is employed by
Torgerson Brothers.
Let’s Celebrate Tonhe!
PAULINE'S
RAINBOW ROOM
with
Smilin’ Jack McAuley
Back From Barrow . . .
And Dishing It Out Behind the Barf
• Good Company • Good Drinks
• Good Music and Good Times
6*4 Mile Richardson Highway
Shrine Picnic,
Barbceue To Be
Held On Sunday
Serving will start at 12 o'clock
noon Sunday and continue through
out the afternoon at the Shriners'
annual barbecue and picnic, to be
held at the Shrine picnic grounds
at Harding lake.
Grover McCarty, chief chef for
the event, will be serving a menu
of barbecued beef, salads, and beans
to over over 500 persons expected
to turn out for the event. Ice cream
and soft drinks will also be on hand.
A special entertainment program
has been lined up for the kids, and
sports events for all age groups will
highlight the afternoon's activity.
Committees for the event include:
Bill Bevington, Bill Green. Oscar
Bredlie, Bill Boyle, and Vic Pat
tinson, barbecue: Dick Denver, Al
den Wilbus. Andy Edge, and Denny
Breaid, food; Ed Kendall, Cesar,
Roy Powers, and Bill Pearson, re
freshments; Dale Robinson and
other members of the drill team,
sports; Marvin Watts, transporta
tion; Ed Sanders, grounds; Maurice
Johnson and John Contento. collec
tions; and Dr. Merrill Forest, ad
vertising.
HUBERS IN ANCHORAGE
FOR CONVENTION; TOUR
SOUTHEASTERN ALASKA
Mr. and Mrs. Russell Huber re
turned home Saturday via the high
way after a brief trip to Juneau.
They visited in the capital city with
his son, Don, who is an engineer
with the S. S. Mullen Construction
company.
The Hubers went on to Anchorage
last week end for the American
Legion conference, and will spend
some time touring the Kenai pen
insula before returning to their
home on College Road.
Hubei- is a mechanical drawing,
student learner, and metal shop in
structor in the Fairbanks high
school.
Captain and Mrs. K. Loveland
from the Naval station at Kodiak
were in town this week end visit
ing on a brief Vocation. They were
registered at the Nordale and left
Monday morning.
Walter Sczudlo, Fairbanks attor
ney, left for the States via Pan
American Tuesday on business.
Schzudlo. who is manager of Fair
view Manor, is associated with Col
lins and Clasby here.
Casper Ellengen. pioneer Circle
district miner, visited Fairbanks
early this week, planning to return
to his home on Deadwood Creek
yesterday. He stopped at the Steel
hotel while here.
SECOND SON BORN
TO DOUGLAS FAMILY
Mr. and Mrs. William Douglas of
1101 Sixth avenue welcomed the
birth of their second son, David
William, born in St. Joseph’s hos
pital on Sunday at 6:32 a m. and
weighing 8 lbs. 61i ozs. Their older
son, Richard, is three.
Douglas is employed as a team
ster. Maternal grandfather is Leroy
E. Cowles who is currently visiting
the couple. He is employed at Cape
Lisburne.
NENANA COUPLE ARE
PARENTS OF THIRD CHILD
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Towne of
Nenana became the parents of their
third child, a daughter, Mary Shan
non. born in St. Joseph's hospital
on Sunday at 7:46 p.m. and weigh
ing 8 lbs. 5 os.
The couple have another daugh
ter, Clara, 3>4. and a son. Rolf. 2.
Towne is chief engineer on the
ship "Tanana" for the Yutana Barge
company at Nenana.
Maternal uncle is Steve Pederson
of Solomon.
MAAKESTAD EN ROUTE
HOME FROM CONFERENCE
The Rev. John L. Maakestad,
former pastor of the Fairbanks
Evangelical Lutheran church, passed
through Fairbanks last week en
route to his home in Shismaref.
Rev. Maakestad, who had been
attending the church's international
convention in Minneapolis for the
past several weeks, is pastor of the
Lutheran Mission station in the vil
lage.
Maakestad's family stayed with
Miss Bertha Stedje in Teller during
his absence.
Richard Ragle To Return
Saturday From Anchorage
Richard Ragle, director of mili
tary branches for the University of
Alaska, will return from Anchor
age Saturday after spending a week
there supervising registration for
military classes at Elmendorf AFB.
Ragle left for the southwestern
Alaska city Sunday with Alaska
Airlines.
LEGAL ADVERTISEMENT
Notice of Final Hearing in the Probate
Court for the Fairbanks Precinct, Fourth
Division, Alaska, Probate No. 1643. No
tice is hereby given that the undersigned
Administratrix with the Will Annexed of
the ESTATE OF JAMES HECTOR MC
LEAN. Deceased, has filed her final ac
count and report herein, including her
petition for order settling acount,, and
the Court has fixed 2:00 P M. on the
24th day of August, 1956. at the court
room of said Court, at Fairbanks. Alaska,
as the time and place for hearing and
settling said account of said Administra
trix. AJ1 persons having objections there
to should file same in writing or appear
In said Court at said time.
FLORENCE M RIVERS.
Administratrix with the Will
Annexed.
RALPH J RIVERS.
Attorney for Administratrix.
First Pub: June 21. 1956.
Last Pub: July 12. 1956.
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