Scene Of Famous Contest
By Colin Mick
Fairbanks’ great summer tradition, the Midnight Sun Base
ball Game, will be played tomorrow night at Memorial Park,
complete with a full evening of festivities starting at 8 p.m.
The actual origin of the Midnight Sun game is unknown,
but it probably began as a bet ba^k in the early days of Fairbanks.
Regardless of the origin, the game*
went on to become a tradition, and
is the only such game played in
the world.
This year’s game will pit the Pan
Alaska Gold Panners, last year’s
NBC Alaska State Champions,
against an Army All-Star team com
posed of top military players in
the North of the Range League.
Festivities at 8
Festivities at Memorial Park will
get underway at 8 p.m. with a con
cert by the 592nd Air Force Band, ;
followed at 9 by a sky diving exhi
bition put on by members of the
Midnight Sun Sky Divers, in which
they will txv to land on second base.
The sky divers will be followed
by more special entertainment. At
9:25 the players in the game will
be introduced.
At 9:45 Mrs. Sylvia Ringstad, of- |
ficial representative of Mayor Jo- ;
seph Ribar and opening official for j
the game, will arrive at the park j
via a Tundra Copter Helicopter, 1
accompanied by Georgianna Har- j
wood. Miss Fairbanks.
At 9:50 a series of special awards
will be presented by the Fairbanks !
Baseball Association, and Mr. and
Mrs. Baseball will be presented by
George Byer, ex-mayor of Anchor
age. Mary Jo Hammcrstrom, Miss
Baseball of 1962, will also be
crowned at this time.
Game at 10:30
Following infield practice, the
presentation of the colors and the
National Anthem, the first ball will
be thrown out by Mrs. Ringstad.
with the game starting at 10:30
sharp.
Red Boucher, manager of the
Gold Panners, reported that he
plans to use his entire pitching staff
in the game to give Fairbanks ball
fans a glimpse of their styles.
Among those seeing action will be
George Mease, the starting pitcher
and a three-year veteran with the
Gold Panners, and Bob Jackson, a
6 ft. 4 inch 18-year-old, who Sun
day pitched a one-hit shutout, strik
ing out 17 men from the Ft. Greely
Bisons.
Boucher also reported that Me
morial Park is in tip-top shape for
the game. The new concrete-block
dugouts are finished and have been
painted a bright coral, to contrast
with the green of the stadium.
Additional color is added by the
color-coordinated signs on the fence,
arranged by Kenart Decals. To top
off the park, the new all-electric
scoreboard has been installed, mak
ing Memorial Park one of the top
non-professi|.nal parks in the
Northwest.
Alaska Still Ideal
For Women Out
Husband Hunting
Alaska is still an ideal target
area for husband-hunting women,
according to information compiled
recently by the Research Division
of the Democratic National Com
mittee.
Alaska is one of the nine states
having more men of voting age than
women of voting age, according to
the statistics. They also take into
account the fact that the voting
age in the 49th State is 19.
There are 22,567 more men of
voting age in Alaska than there are
women. Gals in the market better
hurry though, because the gap is
narrowing—the percentage of men
to total Alaska population increased
44.97 per cent during 1950-1960,
however the percentage of women
to the total population increased
77.31 per cent.
The researchers went on to state
that 2,746 Alaskans will reach the
“magic age” of 19 during 1962,
and will become eligible to cast
their first votes in this year’s elec
tions. Since 1960, the number of such
new voters has increased 6,342.
Rubber stamps and plastic lamin
ating are a specialty at Jessen's.
FAIRBANKS SCHOOL DISTRICT
BOARD OF EQUALIZATION
On JUNE 22, 25 and 26, 1962 at 8:00 P.M. the Board
of Equalization will be in session at the School District
Tax Office and you may, if you so desire, appear be
fore said board and show cause why the valuation
should not be made the basis for taxation for said
tax year.
Petition for appeal must be in writing, stating nature
of the complaint and must be filed with the School
District Assessor prior to June 21, 1962, or all rights
of appeal shall be forfeited. Petitions are available
at the assessor's office.
Mildred Young, Deputy Assessor
625-8th Ave. Phone GL 2-3460
STATE OFFICE BUILDING — A workman sprays down a portion
of the foundations for the new State Office building presently being
constructed at 6th and Barnette.
Manager Of Pig’s
Really Surprised!
A delightful and, genuine surprise
awaited Bub Decker, manager of
Piggly Wiggly’s Super Market, last
Saturday evening when the entire
staff at the store gave him a Father's
Day Party, and a load of gifts.
Not an inkling of the big planned
affair filtered through to him, so
the party was like a bolt from the
sky, a complete surprise. During his
many years in business, nothing
like this had ever happened before.
This evidence of the sincere re
spect the staff hold for their boss
was deeply appreciated.
At Jessen’s you'll get quality job
printing done when you need it.
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