;Elijah’ Sung By
Community Choir,
Receives Ovation
"Elijah”, the famous Biblical ora
torio by Felix Mendelssohn, was
presented to Fairbanks music lov
ers Sunday evening by the Com
munity Chorus at the First Presby
terian church.
Kenneth Weaver, director of Han
del's "Messiah,” presented by the
group at Christmas, conducted and
accompanied the admirable per
formance.
Five main soloists of the evening
included Patricia Clark, soprano;
Oneita Minnick, contralto; Robert
Jenks, tenor; and Brue Weed and
Charles Daniels, baritones.
The chorus, made up of singers
from most of the leading church
choirs in the Fairbanks area, is
noted for its fine performances here.
The group is also joined by vocal
ists from Ladd and Eielson.
The Mendelssohn oratorio has
been in rehearsal since Spring.
School District Returns
Now In Mail; Due Aug. 15
The Fairbanks School District’s
real and personal: property tax as
sessment returns are now in the
mail, announces Harold Babberl,
school district tax assessor.
They are due back in Babberl’s
office by August 15, he emphasized.
The tax office is located in the
Main School, in the new wing on
Eighth avenue. The office’s mail
ing address is Box 1250.
FREE!
SOFT ICEBERG CREAM
2003 CUSHMAN
In the Frontier Building
Epsilon Sigma
Alpha Barbecue
Held Saturday
Over 20 persons, members of the
Epsilon Sigma Alpha sorority and
their husbands and guests, attended
a steak barbecue Saturday at the
Szcudlo cottage at Harding lake.
Mrs. Karl Main assisted Mrs.
Szudlo as hostess. ^embers of
the social committee included
Mmes. Howard Mclnerny, James
Farris, and William Nicholson.
Earl King was chief chef, assist
ed by William Nicholson. The group
enjoyed charades after dinner.
This is an annual affair for the
sorority, which will resume regular
meetings in September.
Robert Terry,
Dell McGuire Win
U. of A. Grants
Robert Terry and Florence Dell
McGuire, two Fairbanks students
who graduated from Fairbanks high
school this spring, have received
$400 scholarships to the University |
of Alaska, Mrs. Laura E. Jones an
nounced last Thursday.
Terry, son of Robert E. Terry,
Fairview Manotf was the recipient
of an Alaska Junior Chamber of
Commerce scholarship from the
funds derived from the Nenana Ice
Classic. Ivo Wilson of Northway
and Lonny Heiner of Petersburg
also received grants from this fund.
Two other such scholarships $ ill
be awarded later.
Miss McGuire, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Fred L. McGuire, received
a $400 Luther C. Hess scholarship
from funds left the University by
the former regent. Two more schol
arships from this fund will be
awarded later.
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WIEN ALASKA AIRLINES
SUMMER SCHEDULE
Kotzebue • Nome .Daily
Fort Yukon - Circle Hot Springs .Daily
Barrow . Daily
Betties . Mon., Wed., Fri., Sun.
Barter Island . Mon. Thurs.
Woodchopper - Eagle .Wed.
Hughes .. Tues.
Circle Hot Springs - Central - Circle .Friday
Huslia . Tues. (1st & 3rd)
Tanana . Tues., Wed., Fri., Sat.
Tanarross - Tetlin .1st & 3rd Mon.
Stevens Village -
Beaver .Mon. Wed., and Fri.
Cape Lisburne .Mon., Wed., Fri.
Noatak - Klvaiina - Point
Hope .Mon., Wed., Fri.
Noorvik - Kiana - Selawik -
Shungnak - Kobuk Tues., Thurs., Sat.
Minto - Manley .Tues., Sat.
Toiovana .. Tuesday
Kampart .Mon. Thurs.
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Betty Zino ^
Hirsch Enjoys
Tour Of Alaska
“And so I got myself lost in Al
aska,” says Betty Zino Hirsch, read
ing specialist and author from
Scarsdale, New York.
But she added quickly that she
thinks Alaska is pretty wonderful,
"especially the people."
Mrs. Hirsch, under the name of
Betty Zino, is a frequent contribu
tor to such education magazines as
"School Arts,” “Grade .Teacher.”
and ’’New York State Education.”
She has recently co-authored a ser
ies of three high interest-low vocab
ulary books, to be used as supple
mentary reading on the junior and
senior high school levels. She out
lines the purpose of the books as
an encouragement for students who
are disinterested in reading.
Laura Jones, registrar at the Uni
versity of Alaska, has a complete
set of the books, which are pub
lished by Row, Peterson, and com
pany.
Mrs. Hirsch has also contributed
to the Blarney Annual, published
in Cork, Ireland.
She has done considerable work
with advanced groups as well as
with retarded children during her
many years of teaching at the
Greenacres school in Scarsdale, a
small community just outside of
New York City.
Mrs. Hirsch has traveled exten
sively, accompanying a group of
anthropology students from New
York to Peru in 1950, and “mosey
ing on over' to Scandanavia in 1954.
She has begun a tour of the Arc
tic leaving for Kotzebue this mor
ning. She plans to go on to Anch
orage later.
She has already toured exten
sively in Southeastern Alaska, es
pecially enjoying her tour of Shel
don Jackson Junior College.
PRESERVATIVE PAINT
PROPRIETORS FETED BY
MANY FRIENDS SATURDAY
Over 50 persons, friends and well
wishers of Don and Agne^ Smith,
gathered Friday evening to cele
brate the opening of their new bus
iness, the Alaska Preservative Paint
Service.
The new store is located at 1450
Cushman. Robert J. Sheehan and
Russ Miller, secretary and sales
man respectively for Preservative
Paint in Seattle, were also on hand
to congratulate the Fairbanks coup
le.
The informal gathering was held
at the Traveler’s Inn.
SECOND SON BORN
TO THE HENRY DYKES
The Henry Dykes of 704 Tenth
avenue are the proud parents of
their second son. Timur Van, born
in St. Joseph's hospital on Tuesday
at 8:38 p.m. and weighing 7 lbs.
9% ozs.
Dykes is employed by the Matan
uska Creamery as a mixer. Their
older son is Dennis, 13 months.
Maternal grandmother is Mrs. Lu
cy Perry of the Toy Town Nursery
at 415 Fourth avenue. Paternal unc
le is Malven Gaither of Fort Yu
kon.
LACEY STREET HOTEL
BARBER SHOP
Opposite Northward Bldg,
on Lacey Street
DOROTHY NANCE
Going to Work Early?
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OPEN 94 HOURS
KAYWOODIE PIPES
Horseshoe Cigar Store
106 Cushman
HEW Meet To
Be Aug. 6-7
The second annual meeting of the
i Alaska Health, Education, and Wel
: fare Council of the Second and
| Fourth Divisions will be held Aug
1 ust 6 and 7 at Constitution Hall at
the University of Alaska.
At this year’s conference, the
council has invited representatives
from other sections of Alaska as
well, forming an all-Alaskan coun
cil.
Dutch Derr will act as conference
moderator, heading the general as
sembly meetings to be held each
morning. The delegates will then
split into small panels, accomplish
ing most of its work in discussion
groups.
Joint meetings will be held to
hear luncheon speakers each day.
The conference is being held to
bring out and to resolve specific
problems of health, education, and
welfare.
Chairmen of panels on health in
clude: Dr. Oscar* Hubbard, Juneau;
A. J. Alter; Dr. William Keller.
Fairbanks; Dr. Hugh B. Fate, Fair
banks; Dr. T. E. Hynson, Juneau;
Dr. Charles Hayman, Juneau; and
Jack Hutchison, Juneau.
Education experts include Max
Penrod, Juneau; Don Dafoe, Juneau:
Joel Buffington, Fairbanks; William
Olsen, Juneau; Lydia Fohn Hanson,
Fairbanks; and Arthur Buswell,
Fairbanks.
Committee heads on economics
and welfare include: A1 Anderson,
Juneau: Frank Long, Juneau: Eu
gene Norton, Anchorage: Henry
Benson, Juneau; Elmer Gagnon. An
chorage; C. H. Webber, Fairbanks:
Henry Harmon. Juneau: Eugene
Pugh. Fairbanks; Irving Reed, Ju
neau: A. F. Ghiglione, Juneau; and
Ed Rusing. Fairbanks.
A special invitation to the meet- !
ing was extended to Governor B.
Frank Heintzleman,
Royoll Sundells
Visiting Alaska
Mr. and Mrs. Royal Sundell of
Brownsville, Texas, are currently
visiting Interior Alaska and the
Arctic, he for the second time in
14 years.
Sundell retired as a Pan Ameri
can Airways executive this past
spring. He started with the company
in Florida in 1929 and visited here
14 years ago while with PAA,
The couple have visited Nome and
will see the Circle district before
flying to Edmonton where they left
their car. At the present they are
making their headquarters at the
Nordale hotel.
COUNCIL ACTS ON TWO
LIQUOR LICENSES MON.
The city council approved the
transfer of a liquor license from
Clifford Judd to Chester Bakke, of
the Dreamland Bar, 537 First ave
nue.
The action was taken at the coun
cil’s regular session Monday night.
The council refused the petition
of Thomas D. Allen of the Buffalo
saloon to transfer his license to A
C. Muldoon of the Casa Blanca Ca
fe. Allen’s establishment is now op
erating outside the city under an
other license. This is the second
such transfer Allen has sought, both
of them denied by the council. The \
council action was in accordance j
with a recommendation by police
chief Stanley Zaverl.
Reinhold Lehmann of 409 Dunkel
was admitted to St. Joseph’s hospi
tal Tuesday for treatment of a back
injury suffered when a piece of
iron fell on him while on the job.
Lehmann is an iron worker for
Peter Kiewit and Sons at Galena.
USIBELLI coal
Phone
1005 Polaris Bldg.
2880 or 3165
Utilities System
Financial Status
Declared Sound
The Municipal Utilities System
financial statement for June shows
an increase over $17,000 from June,
1955. it was announced at the Util
ities Board meeting Tuesday eve
ning.
Rising costs pf labor, fuel, and
purification of water almost com
pletely offset the figure. Revenue
has increased in the water, electric,
and telephone departments, al
though the steam system brought
in more money last year.
Frank Mapleton, utilities head,
told the board that 122 new users
will connect with the city water
system this year.
The Second avenue steam main
rennovations have begun, it was
announced, with completion slated
for September 19.
BONHAM, TEXAS, COUPLE
VISITING SON AND
FAMILY IN FAIRBANKS
Mr. and Mrs. Len Morgan of
Bonham, Texas are visiting their
son, Len, Jr., and his wife at their
home in Broadmoor Acres.
The Morgans drove 4,208 miles in
15 days, spending five days on the
way when the Alaska highway
washed out at Ft. Nelson. Morgan,
Sr., has the Morgan Electric Com
pany in Bonham. His son is-with
Wien Alaska Airlines in Fairbanks.
The Texas couple hoped to take
the boat back to the States but
found that none was carrying pas
sengers.
ROOMMATES, MOTHERS
RETURN FROM JUNEAU
Mrs. Nick Nussbaumer and her
daughter, Miss Lois Nussbaumer.
and Mrs. Louise Kettenmann and
her daughter, Miss Katie Farrar,
returned together from a trip to
Juneau Sunday.
Miss Nussbaumer and Miss Far
rar are roommates. The group made
the trip by automobile, stopping
via Dawson on the return trip. In
spite of rain, they had a very en
joyable trip.
Mrs. Kettenmann is from Belling
ham, Washington.
BEN NINOMIYAS PROUD
PARENTS OF DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ninomiya of
the Hamilton apartments became
the parents of a nine pound baby
girl, Julie Anne, born in St. Jo
seph's hospital at 11:26 a.m. on Sun
day.
Ninomiya is a phamacist and co
manager at the Co-Op Drug The
couple's older children are Wendy
Ann, 4’2, £tnd Ricky, 3.
CHARLES KAUGMANS ARE
VISITING TOM ROBERTS'
Mr. and Mrs. Charles B. Kauf
man of Davenport, Iowa are cur
rently in Fairbanks visiting their
daughter and son-in-law, Mr. and
Mrs. Tom Roberts.
The two families enjoyed a brief
vacation trip to Anchorage and
Seward last week, Kaufman is a
lawyer in Davenport.
TROY PEWES PARENTS
OF SECOND CHILD
The Troy L. Pewes of 520 Illinois
became the parents of their sec
ond son, Richard Hill, born in St.
Joseph’s hospital on Sunday at 9:19
p.m. and weighing 7 lbs. 1 oz.
Pewe is with the U.S. Geological
Survey and is an associate profes
sor at the University. The couple's
other son is David. 31*.
Mrs. Muriel Swindel of 613 Bent
ley drive in Island Homes is recov
ering from major surgery in St.
Joseph’s hospital. She is the wife
of Arthur Swindel who is employed
by Urban Plumbing and Heating.