Gene’s Service Station Opens
■New I1 airbanks Service Station
Completed Today On Barnette
Street Between First And Second
A brand new service station, to*
be operated and managed by Gene
Immel of Gene’s Auto Service, was
scheduled for completion today, af
ter months of construction on what
is destined to be one of the most
modern service stations in Alaska.
At least four pumps and two
hoists will be featured at the new
establishment, allowing for speedier
and more efficient service. Other
features of the modern structure
are the glassed-in front and sides,
the large paved area for customer
parking, and the familiar Chevron
red, white, and, blue color scheme.
Construction on the imposing sta
tion, which has already aroused con
siderable favorable comment thru
out town, is being done by George
Smith Building Contractors. Smith’s
sub contractors on the job include:
Leonard Shaunce, plumbing and
heating; Glen Wilson, painting: Bob
Bettisworth, masonry; Paul Hueb
ner, plasterer; Fairbanks Roofing
company; Paving Products^ Inc.;
and Wright Truck and Tractor Ser
vice.
Clean, modem rest rooms are al
so a feature of the new establish
ment.
Immel first established his busi
ness in Fairbanks in 1941, after
being employed by other dealers
here. He has operated at his pres
ent location. Second and Wicker
sham, as the authorized Studebaker
Packard dealer in Fairbanks.
He has since added a new show
room in his building, as well as
building a substantial business in
the service, repair, and maintenance
departments. Only the service de
partment will move, he stated; the
workshop will remain at the pres
ent location.
Immel will lease the new station
from Standard, becoming one of the
twelve such stations operating in
the city. He will also take on two
additional employees, raising his to
tal to 10.
Bob Sachs Returns From
Five Weeks At Demo Meet
Bob Sachs, owner of Sach’s Men’s
Shop, returned Friday evening via
Pan American for a five weeks’
trip to the States.
He spent several weeks in Chi
cago attending the National Demo
cratic Convention there, and brief
ly visited his family in New York
City.
Aldine Fowler Granted
Divorce In District Court
Aldine C. Fowler was granted a
divorce from Vernon D. Fowler by
Federal Judge Vernon D. Forbes on
Tuesday. The couple was married
on June 18, 1948 at Anacortes, Wash.
Mrs. Fowler was granted custody
of the three children, $200 per
month for care of the children and
I received their joint personal prop
! erty consisting of furniture and an
automobile.
| Middle Aisle {
Marriage licenses were issued re
cently to the following couples by
the U. S. Commissioner's office:
August 20: Harry Lee Collins, 21,
USAF, Eielson AFB, and Lottye
Geraldeane Moffett, 26, beauty op
erator.
August 22: Bruce Hobart Row
lands, 22, student, Spokane, Wash.,
and Marilyn Suzanne Morton, 19,
student.
August 23: Donald Robert Stein,
29, Territorial assayer and engineer,
and Evelyn Jean Fiske, 32, Lad^
AFB, secretary.
August 24: Harold Marshall
Hume, Jr., 23, teamster, and Jeanne
Harriet Burke, 23, Seattle, Clerk;
Arthur John Swenka, 18, USA, Eiel
ason AFB, and Elizabeth Ann Sims,
ONE MORE FINE ADDITION TO
FAIRBANKS:
GENE’S
Service Station
/
• AND ONE MORE
FINE, MODERN
STRUCTURE WHICH
OUR ORGANIZATION
HAS HELPED TO
COMPLETE.
READ'S SHEET METAL WORKS
General Sheet Metal Contractors
918 COLLEGE ROAD PHONE 3065
19, telephone operator, Oelwein,
Iowa.
August 27. Melford Lofthus. 32,
construction worker, Bagley, Minn.,
and Gladys Marie Engebretson, 23,
Bagley, Minn.; Phillip Ronald John
son, 34, farmer, and Beverly June
Carlson Johnson, 30, clerk.
August 28: James Lee Johnson,
18. USAF, Ladd AFB, and Mary
Emma Hart, 16, usherette, Tulare.
Calif.!; Allan Jones Holdsworth, 24,
USA, Eielson AFB, and Elsa Ma
rie Zimmerman, 25, proof reader,
Huntington, W. Va.; Gene Raymond
Murray, 19. USAF, Ladd AFB, and
Marilyn Joann Tebbett, 19, usher
ette.
FROM
HERE'S A BIG
SALUTE
On The
GRAND OPENING
of
GENE'S
SERVICE STATION
A REAL CONTRIBUTION
IN SERVICE TO THE
MOTORISTS OF FAIRBANKS
720 COLLEGE ROAD
PHONE 5212