Page 14 JESSEN'S WEEKLY Thursday, July 19, 1956
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Entered at the Post Office at Fairbanks, Alaska, as second class matter
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Congratulations In Order
This week. Lt. Col. Vernon T. Loesing, assistant district en- |
gineer at Ladd was host to engineers and technical representat- 1
ives from the North Pacific Di- j
vision, Corps of Engineers,
meeting for the purpose of con- j
tinued study and implementa
tion of the program to increase
safety on Alaska construction
jobs.
As one working man once re- ■
marked in apropos of a danger
ous job, “Let’s look this thing
over, boys, I don’t want some
one to have to tell my wife and
youngsters that their daddy isn’t;
around any more.”
Neither does t.he Corps of
Engineers nor the management
of construction firms.
Steps are constantly being ta
ken to prevent the occurance of
accidents on the million dollar
jobs in the North. These preventative devices and ideas are the
products of the men who work closely with construction. The
chance to get together to exchange ideas and mull over problems
is a good way to be on the safer side.
Alaskan jobs have been surprisingly free of accidents, es
pecially since some of the work is highly dangerous. The men in
construction want to keep it that way. This week’s conferences
should go a long way to help.
Save A Log Cabin
, Now that the sternwheeler Nenana is forever leaving river
service to become a pioneer museum in Fairbanks, it is time
to consider also the preservation of a log cabin or two before
they all vanish in the wake of ranch type houses, pre-fab houses
or modern apartment ventures.
The Sourdough’s log cabin is a shining example of simplic
ity that fits perfectly into a pioneer setting. Its lines are at
tractive, its logs and beautiful and long enduring, a striking
contrast to the wanigans of recent years that have provided
shelter for those without the means or the time to construct a
permanent house.
The log cabin has distinctive architectural lines. Its pro
truding roof in front gives it protection from the elements. Its
screened ventilators placed near the ceiling' provide fresh air
at all times, facilities that could be adopted to advantage by
motio n house builders. Its thick logs retain the heat and keep out
the cold, and further insulation was provided by sawdust. This
wasn’t so good in case of fire, but it was cheap and plentiful.
Log cabin homes are cheerful places, low on the ground,
lowr ceilinged for warmth and ^comfort. Home builders have
found logs a desirable material for construction of larger, mod
ern homes but logs are becoming harder to get as our forests
are denuded.
So* it is time that a few of the early log cabins should be
preserved in their pioneer condition. Tourists would enjoy them
and local residents could look upon them with the pride that
they deserve. Their beauty' and importance in Alaskan pioneer
period should not be sacrificed to modernity.
Three Cheers for Jo Ann
Our hats go off to Miss Jo Ann Wold, one of the brightest
and most courageous souls we have ever known. An attractive
teenager, you see her around places in a wheel chair but the
wheel chair doesn't keep her from going places and doing things.
Stricken with polio while in elementary school, she spent a
long time in an iron lung before advancing to the wheel chair
stage. Undaunted by her affliction that might have crushed a
more valiant person, she has continued her education by cor
respondence and become .an honor stydent.
Still doing high school classwork, she has branched out into
radio activity, putting on a popular children’s program.
Her enterprise and courage are enough to put to shame many
a youngster with his physical properties unimpaired. She is a
shining example to all of us.
A camel is an animal that looks as if it had been put togeth
er by a committee.
City Considered
For Trans-Polar
Air France Stop
Fairbanks is once again being con
sidered as a stop-over point for
trans-polar flights from the Orient
to Europe.
All hopes of Fairbanks becoming
such a refueling stop seemed shat
tered last week when Scandinavian
Airlines System announced official
ly that they had chosen Anchorage
as their Alaskan stop-over for the
polar flights they plan to inaugur
ate next year.
However two Canadian based of
ficials of Air France, one of the
oldest and largest Airlines in Eu
rope, were scouting here last Fri
day. They made it clear that if
Fairbanks gets the promised ad
dition to International airport, this
city will have top priority in their j
considerations for an Alaskan stop
on their proposed Tokyo to Paris
polar flight.
“Fairbanks is our most logical I
middle stop,” said Jean Ponsot, j
manager for all Canadian Air Force
operations, “since distance factors j
call for a refueling point as far
north as possible.”
Accompanying Ponsot in his one
day stopover was John L. Black,
western manager with headquarters
in Vancouver.
In their current Super-G service
from New York to Paris, the air
lines flys the “Golden Parisian,"
a Lockheed Super Constellation
with eight bedroom apartments in
the middle section.
This is the type of plane they
would fly to Fairbanks, a selling
point that could mean an enormous
increase in business here.
Air France already tops the CAA
list in international air miles, the
officials said.
LUXOR STEAM BATHS
NEW FAIRBANKS FIRM
Pamela Page and Esta Blackledge,
masseuse, and Don Kiatte, masseur,
have opened the Luxor Steam Baths
| at 723 First avenue, the former lo
' cation of the Alice Originals Stork
Room, this week.
The new firm will specialize in
massage, gym classes, body toning,
spot reducing, and steam baths. The
! three opened a similar enterprise
in Ketchikan two years ago which
has proved very successful.
This is the first such business in
the Fairbanks area to give such
; complete service, so far as is known.
The plant will include five steam
booths and horizontal showers.
FIRST GENERATION
Among the many families that
have pioneered in Fairbanks and
whose children have remained to
contribute to its growth and prog
ress is the Butrovich family. Here (
is John Butrovich, Sr., miner and
prospector, whose son John Jr.
is Alaska's senior legislator. But- I
rovich Sr., for many years made j
an annual overland trip to the
Koyukuk where he mined in the i
summer. His widow makes her
home in Fairbanks as does his
son and the latter’s wife and
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EDITOR -PUBLISHER
\V. F. Thompson, early day editor, delighted Dawson and Fairbanks
readers for over two decades with his pungent and ready wit. Here
he was known by friends as Wrong Font Thompson. Headlines writ
ten by Thompson are classics among jiewsmen.
DE3RA MARIE O'LEARY
BORN IN ST. JOSEPH'S
Mr. and Mrs. Donald O'Leary of
Fairview Manor are the proud par
ents of their first child, a daugh
ter, Debra Marie, born in St. Jo
seph’s hospital on Wednesday at
8:18 pand weighing 6 lbs.
ozs. •
O'Leary is employed by Clark !
and Ward as a truck driver. Ma
ternal grandmother is Mrs. Walter
Sebulsky of Tok Junction. She is
owner of the Log Cabin Inn here. !
Igloo No. 4
PIONEERS
of
ALASKA
MEETS FIRST AND THIRD
MONDAYS EVERY MONTH
Visiting Members Welcome
J. M. Jorgensen, President
R. J. McKanna, Secretary
MASONIC DIRECTORY
Masonic Temple, 805 First Ave. Dial 2836
Tanana Lodge No. 162 F&AM
Stated Communication Wednesday, July 11, 8 P.M.
Howard H. Kuhns, Worshipful Master
F. L. Baker, Secretary
Midnignt Sun Chapter No. 6, O. E. S.
Next Regular Meeting—2nd Friday in Month
Esther Ward, Worthy Matron
Mary Helen Chaddon, Secretary
Alaska Commandery No. 1 Knights Templar
William B. Bevington, Commander
Edward Leigh-Kendall, Recorder — Phone 5469
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