Demo Women To
Elect Officers At
Monday Conclave
Members of the Democratic Wom
en s Club of Fairbanks will elect i
officers at their annual meeting !
Monday, January 22 at 8 p.m. at
tne Traveler’s Inn.
At a recent meeting of the group, |
the nominating committee presented 1
a slate of officers which will ex
pand later with nominations from
the floor. The committee nomina
tions included Mrs. Grace Schaible,
president; Mrs. Pat Cook, vice pres
ident; Mrs. Geneva Emmal, secre
tary1; Mrs. Hulda Elieff, treasurer;
and Mrs. Mary Slotnick, historian.
Also at the meeting, Mrs. Essie R.
Dale, former Democratic National
Committeewoman for Alaska, was
presented with an honorary charter
membership.
New members to join before the '
charter was officially closed were
the Mesdames Leona Chapados,
Gladys Chase, Bettye Fahrencamp, ’
Helen Grass, Mary Hill, Mathilde
Link. Katherine Marazas, Caroline
McVeigh, Helga Parent, Claire Tay- :
lor, Georgianna Tripp. Helen Vacu
ra. Katherine Wilkie. Janet Baird.
Eleanor Booth and Jane Cease.
Others included the Mesdames
Jean Carlson, Regina Corkran,
Jackie Currington, Dorothy Dae,
Couch Is Named
To Head Carnival
James S. Couch, long time Fair
banks resident, was named to suc
ceed Kent Brandley as manager of
the Fairbanks Winter Carnival last
week.
Brandley presented his resigna
tion at the January 9 meeting of the
Winter Carnival general program
committee. In explaining his resig
nation, Brandley explained that he
had set a goal for himself in Alas
ka and he did not believe the posi
tion was helping him to achieve it.
RADIO STOLEN
On Jan. 8, Edwin Wahlquist, 529
Second, reported that a transistor
radio had been stolen from his shop.
Kathryn Dworkin, Kolita Geisy, Lu
cille Gilbert, Ruth Gustafson, Sylvia
Hare, Ernestine Humphrey, Molly
McCombe, Helen Mane, Alma Mat
lock, Ann B. Sheldon, Virginia
Strand, Gladys M. Terry, Adrianna
Tarpenning. Ruby Thomas, Reola
Underwood and Fayette Wolley, 1
bringing the total charter member
ship to 100.
The group voted to affiliate with
the Women’s National Democratic
Club and heard a legislative panel
consisting of Frank Chapados, War
ren Taylor, George McNabb and
Robert McNealy who spoke on pend- i
ing bills before the Alaska Legisla
ture.
Mrs. Anna Smith
Dies; Was Long
Time Resident
Mrs. Anna Pauline Smith passed
away Tuesday morning at St.
Joseph’s Hospital.
She was born in Hasselviken
Trondheim, Norway. May 21, 1885,
and came to the United States in
February 1902.
She came to Cordova in Septem
ber 1920 and to Fairbanks in 1927.
She had lived for brief periods of
time at Ketchikan, Salt Chuck, and
McCarthy, Alaska, before coming to
Fairbanks, where she has resided
ever since.
Mrs. Smith had been suffering
with severe arthritis for several
years. On Monday she had a light
stroke and was taken to St. Joseph’s
Hospital, where she passed away at
2:35 in the morning. Her daughter :
and son-in-law, Linda and William
Shaeffer, with whom she lived, were
at her bedside when she passed
away.
She is also survived by three sis
ters: Mrs. Sonja Davis, Anchorage,
Alaska; Mrs. Serine Cheley, Mesa,
Arizona; and Mrs. Wanda Park- [
hurst, Hollywood, Calif.; two grand- j
sons, Don Kirschner. Chicago, 111.,
and Terry Kirschner, Norman, |
Okla.; three granddaughters, Alice,
Bertha Hope and Linda Pauline
ICE CLASSIC HEAD IN VISIT
Visitors in Fairbanks last Thurs
day from Nenana were Mr. and Mrs.
Don Clark.
Year after year. Clark is elected
manager of the great Nenana Ice
Classic and again holds that dis
tinction for 1952.
Kirschner, also of Norman. Okla.
In 1960 she took her first trip out
of Alaska in thirty-five years, and
had a chance to meet her great
grandchildren as well as the other
members of her family.
She was a life member of Auxil
iary No. 8, Pioneers of Alaska,
which she joined in January, 1951.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday, January 20. at 1 p.m. in the
Fairbanks Memorial Chapel. The
services will be conducted by Auxil
iary No. 8, Pioneers of Alaska.
He spent the day here on business
connected with the pool, and with
his local representative, Dave
Hafele, who is handling ticket dis
tribution in this area.
As was reported in Jessen’s last
week. Clark reiterated he was con
fident the “pot of gold” will show
a decided increase this year. And
as usual, the public will be kept
informed weekly as to prevailing
ice conditions and outlook on the
Tanana River at Nenana.
The Clarks drove back home
Thursday evening.
MONEY LOST
On Jan. 15, Douglas Wright, Apt.
16. Alaskan Motel, reported to City
Police that his wife had lost ap
proximately $200 in cash.
CULINARY MEMBERS
LOCAL 879
Special Meeting
For Camp Workers
IMPORTANT
TONIGHT, JAN. 17, 7:00 P.M.
Culinary Hall - 909 First Ave.
JOIN THE PARADE!
Come In And
Special Attention Given To
Out-of-Towners To Speed Up
Delivery To You
Phone GL 6-7874, or
Write P. O. Box 21, Fairbanks
3rd and Graehl