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Vol. 21, No. 12
Wednesday, March 21, 1962
Fairbanks, Alaska
THIS WEEK IN
FAIRBANKS
NASH BACK
Mr. end Mrs. Vernon Nash re
turned several days ago from a two
weeks visit with relatives in Seat
tle and Spokane. Washington. Nash
operates Nash Plumbing and Heat
ing and the family home is in Sla
terville.
OLSENS DEPART
Leaving last week for the Seattle
headquarters of the Standard Oil
Company of California were Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Olsen. Fairbanks
and Nenana residents for almost a
quarter of a century. Before join
ing the Seattle office staff. Olsen
was agent for the company here and
in Nenana.
DE S^CIA RECOVERING
Lyman De Sacia, dairyman, was
discharged from St. Joseph's Hos
pital recently after undergoing sur
gery. He' reportedly is recovering
nicely.
SOURDOUGH VISITS
Geoi’ge Gadoff, Livengood sour
dough. returned there last week
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By Buckwheat Charley
Boy, that St. Patrick day ball
was really a rip snorter. Ole
Mayer Ribar stole the show. He
give a sneak prevue of the “No
ble Street Stomp” which he is
gonna offishully unveil • when
Noble street gits paved. (We is
holdin our breath.)
Oh, the winter Carnivul is
really gittin a full head of
steam up. A girl frum New
Hampsheer has went an won the
ttnmmins dog race and Bill
Stroecker won the biznissmens
race.
Back in his younger days (cir
ca 1956) our editer was the big
champ. (1956 . . . that was the
year the downtown urban re
newal project wuz gonna be
finished.)
There is lot’s of big events
comin up yet. On friday night
them 10 lovely queen candi
dates puts .on. there bathin suits
for the big contest. I has got
the eighteen foot extension cords
all ready to plug into me eye
sockets ....
Then there will be the corona
tin’ ball at the Eguls hall an
another dancin exhibition by the
mayer. Friday is also the first
heat of the men’s champeenship
dog races. (Course they don’t
make dog races like they used to
in the Good ole Days anymore.)
Wal, on Saturday comes the
big Carnivul prade. That alwuz
means everybody has a good
time and a lot’s of fun. After
the Carnivul is over, things will
probably git purty dull until the
flood ....
THEY DID IT: Yep, our
fronds acrosst the crick has
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WELCOME TEACHERS! — Hie school children of Fairbanks are happy to see the Western Alaska Teach
er’s Conference come to Fairbanks. <Besides, it means two days off!) Pictured here are Mrs. Carboy’s
4th grade class at Joy School practicing for their siring ballet. From left to right are (back row) Char
maine Lamirand, Karen Miller, Lynda Fedenberg, Kithy Chandler, Polle Tellwcger, Ingrid Schalk and
Ronda Hendrie; (front row) Sharon Lipscomb and Faith Nava.
FULL STEAM AHEAD FOR CARNIVAL
By Mary Halm
There are still five more days
to “Come Out and Play” at the
Fairbanks Winter Carnival.
The nine day program which
began March 17 and will wind
up March 25 is featuring every
kind of winter fun imaginable
including ice activities, art
Funeral Services
For Mike Erceg,
Pioneer Miner
Funeral services were held this
morning in the Immaculate Concep
tion Church for pioneer gold miner
Mike Ercek, who died March 11 in
San Mateo, Calif.
Erceg was born August 19, 1884,
in New South Wales. Australia.
He came to Fairbanks Camp in
1905 with his partner Tom Leonard,
following a successful season at No,
6 Below on Eldorado Creek. He
worked various claims throughout
the Alaskan gold fields for many
years. During the past few decades
I Erceg was Alaska agent for drilling
equipment.
The services were conducted by
members of Pioneers’ Igloo No. 4.
shows, dances, talent shows, pa
rades, contests, races, sports
games, beauty contests and even
the Burning of Old Man Winter.
During the next four days at 2
p.m., an art show at the Alaskan
Art Gallery and a photo show at
the Chamber of Commerce are
offered.
Today at 1 p.m. the senior citi
zens of dog mushing,, who for the
most part no longer compete in
competitive races, will mush again
at the Jeff Studdert Invitational
Race at Creamer's Field.
Ice skating hockey at Griff vn
Park and a roller skating pageant
at Skateland are planned for 7 p.m.
with the buxning of Old Man Winter
at 8 p.m. in the urban renewal area
near the Safeway store. For this
last event Fairbanks Unlimited
Manager Jim Couch said that an
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
LESH CANDIDATE
ANCHORAGE — Keith Lesh.
prominent Anchorage businessman,
will be a candidate for treasurer of
the National Association of School
Boards when the organization has
its annual convention in St. Louis
April 12, 13 and 14. Lesh, who is
president of the Anchorage school
board, has been a member of the
NASB board of directors for three
years.
FISCAL REVIEW
JUNEAU—The administration has
asked the legislature for $160,039 to
make a complete review of the divi
sion of highways’ accounting system
and rewrite or reconstruct the agen
cy’s financial records.
FORMER FAIRBANKSANS
| ANCHORAGE—Shane O’Neill and
Ed Stevens have been selected as
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1 old building will be burned down
and citizens can enjoy a big bonfire.
Since the schools are at recess for
the Western Alaska Teachers' Con
ference. school children may all
participate in the Hans Bl inker ice
skating race for children at 10 a.m.
at Griffin Park.
Mutt Parade
Then at 1 p.m. kids and their pets
will take the spotlight in the Mutt
Parade sponsored by the Lion's
Club. The parade begins in front
of the Northern Commercial Com
pany and ends at Griffin Park.
Couch said that all kids and their
pets are invited to line up and
parade. A number of prizes, includ
ing a grand prize for the child
with the most all around pet are
in the offing for participants.
At 2 p.m. an Eskimo yo-yo con
test is scheduled to take place at
Griffin Park. The Kiwanis Club
which is sponsor of the event will
provide many individual prizes and
will furnish yo-yos to contestants.
Mrs. Joan Bovee is chairman of
the Winter Carnival talent show
slated to begin at 8 p.m. Thursday
at Main School. Admission to the
19 act adult and kids show is:
adults. $1 or 50 cents with a carni
val button and children. 50 cents.
Friday morning at 10, midget
hockey and snowshoe softball will
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THE WEATHER
j High Temp.: 27, March 18
I Low Temp.: -36, March 14
1 Ave. Temp.: 4; 5 below normal
Temp at 8 a.m.: -1
j Precip.: .04”; .5 snow; 23” snow on
! ground
Outlook: Fair, temperatures slight
ly below normal
i Sunrise: 5:49 a.m.; Sunset: 6:10 p.m.;
12 hours, 21 minutes of daylight;
gain of 7 minutes
63 Earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
| Geodetic Survey.
Nearly 1,000
Educators To
Attend Meet
By Mary Halm
Nearly 1,000 Western Alaska
Educators will meet in Fair
banks tomorrow and Friday at
Lathrop High School for the an
nual Western Alaska Teachers’
Conference which convenes here
every third year,
i To welcome the teachers in tradi
tional style Piggly Wiggly's gro
cery is seeing that each educator
gets a crisp red apple and Jessen’s
Weekly will furnish them with a
special welcome edition of the news
paper.
Fairbanks educators emphasized
that the meetings are open to the
public and that the general meet
ings in particular should be of in
terest to local residents.
Hosting the conference is the
Fairbanks Education Association.
Mrs. Doris Ray and William Shoe
maker. Lathrop High School facul
ty members, are coordinating tbe
program.
Schools Close
| Fairbanks schools w’ill close at 2
p.m. today and will remain closed
until Monday morning to allow local
teachers to take part in the meeting
; activities.
Opening the conference is the
Lathrop High School choir which
1 will present several selections for
the group. The choir is under the
direction of Mrs. Emma Grill.
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