Anchorage Has Third
Greatest Air Traffic
Of All U. S. Cities
Anchorage had the tnlrd great
est volume of air traffic of all
cities in the United States during
1957, according to the annual re
cord published by the Civil Aer
onautics Administration, U. S.
Department of Commerce.
Counting aircraft takeoffs and
landings at its two airports and
the seaplane base at Lake Hood,
which is considered a part of its
International Airport, Anchorage
totalled 427,244 operations. Chi
cago, with both O’Hare and Mid
way airport figures combined,
had 618,013, and New York,
counting both LaGuardia and
Idlewild had 052,558. An opera
tion is a takeoff or a landing, and
is the count by which the CAA
measures how busy an airport is
for purposes of planning its var
ious services to air transporta
tion. Figures for each of the 205
towers operated by the CAA are
published in Federal Airways Air
Traffic Activity, for: sale in the
Department of Commerce, Wash
ington, D. C., at $1.00.
Among individual airports at
which the CAA operates the air
traffic control tower, Merrill
Field, Anchorage’s busiest field,
was 19th with 255,805 operations
and International had 121,404
Hood Seaplane base, the most
active seaplane operating base in
the world, accounted for 79,996
operations. The CAA operates
towers at all three fields.
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Alaskan Inka Ormsby. daughter of Alaska Cloihilde Orms
by, has delivered 101,000 punds of milk in the past nine years.
That comes to nearly 12,000 gallons, Holding her at the Uni
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is William Sweetman. animal husbandman. He says that only
about 2.000 cows throughout the United States eve* reach the
100,000 pound mark. Alaska Inka's mother, also a Holstein, pro
duced 147,000 pounds before her death.
—University of Alaska Experiment Station Photo.
IOWA FARMER WANTS
TO RAISE CABBAGE
''LIKE ALASKANS DO"
Members of the Matanuska
Valley Fair Board recently re
ceived an unusual request from a
produce grower in Iowa. It seems
that the chap wants to raise some
of those prize-winning 50- pound.
Matanuska Valley cabbage which
are becoming famous throughout
the States. His plans were to en
ter his (cabbage) in the Iowa
State Fair and win some prizes
down there ... he enclosed $3
with which to purchase some of
these “special” cabbage plants,
and offered to pay more if the
amount was not sufficient.
After a discussion on the re
quest, Fair Board members toss
ed the letter over to the Alaska
Agricultural Experiment Station
with a request that they explain
with regret, why they can not
ship these “prize-winning” plants
to the Iowa farmer.
It seems the prize-winning
Matanuska Valley cabbage are
raised from seeds and plants
shipped here from the States.
What makes them grow to their
great size is lots and lots of Al
askan sunshine. . . and lots and
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FORMER PALMER MAN
TAKES BRIDE IN SITKA
Word was received this week
of the wedding on May 17 of
Mary Beth Winans, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd L. Winans
of Maywood, Illinois and Roy
Hooper, son of Mr. and Mrs. J.
C. Hooper of Fletcher, Vermont.
The ceremony was performed in
the Sheldon Jackson Junior Col
lege campus chapel by Dr. R. Ro
lland Armstrong, president of the
college, assisted by the Rev. Wil
liam H. Gavin, pastor of the First
Presbyterian Church of Sitka.
The bridegroom was formerly
employed at Spring Creek Dairy
Farm before accepting his pres
ent position as boys’ supervisor
in Frazer Hall Dormitory on the
campus at Sheldon Jackson.
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SCS Administrator
Receives High Award
Donald A. Williams, adminis
trator of the Soil Conservation
Service who worked in techni
cal and administrative positions
for SCS in the Northwest from
1935 to 1950, received the De
jartment of Ariculture’s highest
honor — the Distinguished Serv
ice Award — May 27 in Wash
ington, D. C.
Williams came up through the
ranks to become the third ad
ministrator of SCS in Novem
ber, 1953. He is widely known in
conservation and agricultural cir
c 1 e s throughout Washington,
Oregon, California, Idaho, Ne
vada and the territories of Alas
ka and Hawaii.
In presenting the award,
symbolized by a gold medal, the
Department of Agriculture recog
nized Williams for administration
that has been “outstandingly ef
fective and economical,” “dynam
ic leadership in the development
of new conservation programs
and new conseravtion concepts,”
“organizatioal skill,” and a rec
ord of “solid achievements in
public administration.”
Williams visited Alaska during
the summer of 1955 for the pur
pose of inspecting the work of
the Service in the Territory and
since that time has been a real
boaster for Alaska.
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MONDAY, JUNE 2 FOR ANNUAL INVENTORY
May we take this opportunity to express our appreciation
to all cur many customers for your patronage
this past year.
We look forward to serving you again, and welcoming new
customers during the next year.
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