OK Development
Contract; Drilling
Starts At Nenana
Approval of a five year develop
ment contract with the Ohio. Union.
Pure and Sinclair Oil Companies
for exploration and oil and gas de
velopment in the Nenana area has
been announced by Secretary of
the Interior Stewart Udall.
The contract covers approximate
ly 197,000 acres and is known as the
Nenana Development Area. The re
gion is about 70 miles southwest of
Fairbanks and 16 miles west of
Nenana.
During a five year period., the
operators will be required to drill
at least three wells and spend not
less than $500,000. Drilling of the
first well is already underway.
According to Fairbanks Land Of
fice Manager Daniel A. Jones, this
is the 14th development contract
currently outstanding in Alaska.
About 6,400.000 acres are included in
the 14 contract areas.
Ed Harkabus of the local Land
Office stated that the development
area is not involved in any aborig
inal claims. Also, an additional
250.000 acres are under lease in the
area surrounding the contract area,
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MARDI GRAS CHARITY BALL TO BE HELD
In the traditional spirit of gay.
festive New Orleans, the Women's
Auxiliary of St. Joseph's Hospital
will present “Mardi Gras” at 9 p.m.
Saturday, March 3, at the Travelers’
. Inn.
Chairman of the event is Mrs.
1 Alvin T. Johnson who said that
! donations are $5 per couple.
Coronation Committee Chairman
Mrs. Vernon Forbes and her com
mittee, Mrs. John Young. Mrs. Ralph
Bailey, Mrs. Thomas Lobe and
Mrs. Christine Towsley, will select
a King, Queen and attendants to
j reign over the ball. The names of
those selected will be kept a secret
until their crowning at 11 p.m.
Saturday. King Rex and his Queen
and attendants will then reign over
the Mardi Gras Ball.
Mrs. Waldo Adams and her
i committee are planning Mardi Gr3s
decorations for the dance but they
are keeping the context a secret.
Working with Mrs. Thomas Ro
manello on the invitations are Mrs.
Mike Stepovich and Mrs. A1 Vacura.
j Mrs. John Weston and Mrs.
Thomas Lobe are handling publicity
and Mrs. Gene Immel and Mrs. Lee
Linck are working with Mrs. Wal
ter Marshall, chairman, on the
tickets.
Guests at the ball will receive
favors prepared by Mrs. A. L. Clark,
chairman, and her committee: Mrs.
Warren Steen, Mrs. Esther Zim
merman, Mrs. Helen Corbin, Mrs.
Roland Livesley, Mrs. Gertrude
Carlson and Mrs. Walter Marshall.
Programs are under the direction
of Mrs. Lee Linck. Mrs. Frank Law
son, and Mrs. Warren Steen. j
Harry Quest and his Dixieland
Band will furnish the music for the
semi-formal affair and Mr. and
Mrs. Michael Sears of the Academy
of Dance will provide entertain
ment.
Mrs. Johnson, chairman, received
information on the Mardi Gras
from the Chamber of Commerce of
New Orleans.
Mardi Gras, termed by visitors
as the “Greatest Free Show on
Earth” is a period when hundreds
of thousands of citizens and visitors
Airline Offering
Excursion Fares
Special rate excui’sion fares to
Anchorage for the Fur Rendezvous
' are now in effect until February 28.
it was announced by Robert Giers
dorf, assistant vice president of
sales for Alaska Airlines,
i Cost of the round trip at ex
cursion rates is $37.50 instead of
$60.00. All passengers may take
advantage of this special round trip
fare whether they are going on
business or pleasure. The Fur Ren
dezvous ends Sunday. February 25.
give expression to their festive
feelings before the Lenten period of
fast. It is n season marked by whole- I
sum fun, spontaneous gaiety and
feasting.
Literally, Mardi Gras applies to
Shrove Tuesday — the day before
Ash Wednesday, which opens the
Lenten season. In fact, Mardi Gras
means “Fat Tuesday." However, the |
term Mardi Gras is popularly ap
plied to the two weeks during
which the various street parades
are held.
Gradelle Leigh Is
Visiting Arkansas
Gradelle Leigh of Gradelle Leigh
Beal Estate is now spending the
last of a lengthy vacation at H*>t
Springs National Park in her home
state of Arkansas.
She left Fairbanks November 7 to
attend the National Real Estate Con
vention in Miami Beach. She had
been selected Realtor of the Year
for Alaska' at the state convention
in Kodiak before she left.
Miss Leigh plans to return here
sometime in March.
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