GENERAL BAKER VlSifS
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Maj. Gen. David II. Baker, second from right, former commander
of Ladd, returned to the base last week as director of procurement
and production of the Air Force Materiel Command headquarters.
He was on an inspection tour of DEW line activities in the Arctic.
Shown greeting General Baker are Col. Charles W. Bicking, left,
and Maj. Wendell Johnson, right special assistant to the commander
11th Air Division, prig. Gen. Clyde H. Mitchell, second from left,
accompanied General Baker on his inspection trip
Vern Fowler
First In Main
Event Thriller
Vern Fowler, in Brock’s Body
Shop car No. 14, drove hard and
fast Sunday at the Rendezvous
speedway to cop first place in a
thrilling main event.
Fowler also took the time trials,
rounding the track in 21.1 seconds.
Second in the main was Jimmy
Jackson in car 51, sponsored by
Pope Refrigeration and Persinger's
Service Station. Third place winner
was Jack Johnson in K and L Dis
tributors’ 67.
Plenty of action- was provided for
a large crowd of racing fans when
Bob Cameron, driving car no. 6
rolled on the second turn of the
track. Bob is sponsored by Tinker’s
cafe and Alaska Music.
Don Ramsey’s car no. 40 suf
fered a cracked radiator and a brok
en steering arm when it spun out
on the first track turn. Don, spon
sored by Northern Ready Mix, was
uninjured.
Winners in the afternoon’s other
h events were: Slow Heat: Gene Per
ry in car 13, first; Don Ramsey in
car 40, second. Fast Heat: Vern
Fowler in 14, first; Jimmy Jackson
in car 51, second.
Kurt Ostren in car 66. sponsored
by Fairbanks Automotive, won the
Australian Jursuit; Don Ramsey in
car 40 took the consolation race.
Gene Perry in car 13 copped top
honors in the slow car trophy dash.
Vern Fowler is now top point
man, wifh 1980; Jack Johnson is
>close behind with 1725.
CELESTE BURNETT IS
JULY FOURTH ARRIVAL
The John A. Burnetts are the
parents of a daughter, Celeste Ce
cile, bom in St. Joseph’s hospital
on July 4 at 5:32 p.m. She weighed
6 lbs. 7 ozs. at birth.
Celeste has an older brother,
Searl, 1>£. Her father is a captain
with the Fairbanks Fire depart
ment. The family makes its home at
771 Eighth avenue.
Paternal grandparents are Mr
and Mrs. Searl Burnett of 541 Sev
enth avenue.
Frances Ketch
Gets jB. A. Degree
Frances Tonseth Ketch writes
from Bath, N.Y., that her husband,
Wayne, has just received his bach
elor of Business degree from the
University of Miami. They are now
visiting with his family in Bath.
The couple will leave late this
month for Denver, Colo., where
i Wayne expects to work toward a
Master’s degree in aviation manage
| ment.
Mrs. Ketch’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. A. Tonseth of 1203 First
avenue, plan to visit with them in
; Denver sometime in August.
MRS. MUDGE RESIGNS AS
POST OFFICE SECRETARY
Mrs. Rachel L. Smith has replaced
Mrs. Valerie Mudge as secretary
to Postmistress Maude Boyle,
i Mrs. Mudge resigned last week
to return to the States with her hus- I
band, who is being discharged from
the service. Mudge was stationed at
I Eielson.
Mrs. Mudge has been with the!
j post office since last September.
! The couple will drive to their home
, in Westfield, New Jersey.
Mrs. Smith is a newcomer to this |
city, arriving here from her former
home in Tulsa, Oklahoma just a
: few weeks ago.
OLA REEVES TO SPEND
TWO WEEKS IN JUNEAU
Manager of the Fairbanks office
: of the Territorial Employment ser
vice Mrs. Ola Reeves left for Ju
neau Saturday on sa two weeks’
business trip.
Mrs. Reeves will serve in the
employment section of the central
office until July 24. An emergency
was created by the absence of the
chief of employment service and
the employment service technician
in the central office.
The Fairbanks manager will also
be working with the IBM speeial
J ists in Juneau.
Chris Berg, head of the local
Berg Construction company, re
turned to his home in the North
j ward building Tuesday morning af
ter a business trip in the States.
Berg flew home with Pan Ameri
! can.
Enjoy HOME COOKING...
from soup to ice cream i+'s all old fashioned
"home cooking", — at Carl and Lorraine's — Stop
by for breakfast, lunch, dinner or your coffee break.
OPEN *00 A. M. to 10:00 P. M.
Upstairs Gfill and Billiard Room
(Under New Management)
54314 Second Avenue
Services For
Patrick McCann
Set Tomorrow
Funeral services will be ponduct
ed by the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo
No. 4, for Patrick J. McCann on Fri
day at 7:30 p.m. in the Fairbanks
Memorial Chapel. Burial will be in
Seattle.
McCann, 55, died at 2:45 a m. Tues
day in St. Joseph’s hospital follow
ing an extended illness.
He had been employed as opera
tions superintendent at the AIO at
Ladd for 14 years. Before that time
he was employed in the Kennicot
Mine.
He is survived by his wife. Nell,
and daughter, Sharon, both of 827
Second avenue. The McCanns were
married at Chitina in 1937.
Honorary pallbearers will include
Sol B. Moore, Richard Langstrom,
Ruben Johnson. Jack Morris, A1
Humphries. Sig Wold, Robert Dunn,
Maj. Richard Murphree. Frank De
Wree. Gene Immel. A1 Slemsek and
M/Sgt. Frank Walmuller.
CHAMBER COMMITTEE TO
CONSIDER ERECTING
INFORMATION BOOTHS
The newly established hospitali
ty committee of the Fairbanks
Chamber of Commerce will meC't
this afternoon with the tourist com
mittee at the Model cafe to consider
erecting welcome booths both down
town and at International airport.
The hospitality committee, under
the chairmanship of Millie Webb.
W'iil establish the booths to guide
tourists in the city and provide in
formation to newcomers. A high*
way sign would also be put up to
direct motorists to the information
center.
The group will meet at 4 p.m.
this afternoon. A possible sight for
the downtown booth is the comer
of Turner and Second, on the NC
parking lot.
KENNETH GIRDLEYS ARE
BRAND NEW PARENTS
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Girdley of
517 Sixth avenue in Hamilton acres
are brand new parents. Their first
child, a son, Bruce Edward, was
born in St. Joseph’s hospital Thurs
day at 5:38 p.m. and he weighed
5 lbs. 9 ozs.
Girdley is a painter employed by
Civil Service Emil Girdley, pater
nal uncle, resides with the couple.
Betty Me Ad am,
Edward Hoch To
i
Marry August 4
Word was received here this week
of the engagement of Betty Mc
Adam of San Francisco. California
to Edward Hoch, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Edward Hoch of 723 Ninth
avenue.
The engagement was announced
by Miss McAdam’s mother, Mrs.
Blanche McAdam, also of San Fran
cisco.
Hoch, a graduate of Fairbanks
high school, is now stationed at
Treasure Island, a navy post in the
Bay erea. He has been in the ser
vice for a little over six months.
Mrs. Hoch left Fairbanks with
Pan American this morning to be j
in San Francisco for the wedding,
scheduled to take place August 4.
Accompanying her on the trip is
her young son, Kay.
WISCONSIN MAN JOINS
ALASKA FISHERIES STAFF
Dr. Richard C. Dugdale of Madi
son, Wis.. has recently joined the
staff of the Alaska department of
fisheries. He and his family will
move to Juneau where he will be
studying the fresh water phase of
young red and coho salmon, with
the ultimate goal of increasing the
production of these species.
Dr. Dugdale was previously cm- :
ployed with the Department of Ma- j
rine Biology at Sapelo Island, Ga. 1
He holds a master’s degree and Ph
D in botany and zoology from the
University of Wisconsin.
Walter Hickie, national GOP com
mitteeman from Alaska and Mrs.
Hickie. made an overnight stopover
in Fairbanks last week on business.
The Hickles made the round trip
via Alaska Airlines.
Al Powers Top
Money Winner
In Sjxft Jumping
Top money winner in the Civil Air
Patrol Rescue team's spot jumping
contest at the air show last week
was Al Powers who took home $100
for his efforts. \
High gusty winds made jumping '
to a target extremely difficult. As
it was Powers missed the mark by
41 feet.
Second place went to Bob Sin
clair who won $50 and missed the
mark 51 feet. Jerry James missed
by over 200 feet and still managed
to cop third place and pocket $25
Winning $10 each were Brodie
Harrell, Ralph Gustafson and Gor
don Cross. The latter two wound,
up in tree tops.
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