Inter-School Festival
On Mt. Edgecumbe
Almost two hundred stu
dents will participate in the
tri-school Music Festival
which will take place at 8
P, M. Saturday evening in
the Mt. Edgecombe Field
House. This is a musical
event much looked forward
to by the residents of the
Sirak-Mt. Edgecombe* <5pi$h
munity. The Music Festival
is free; all are invited, and
the Field House can accomo
date a capacity crowd.
Next year Mt. Edgecombe
will be host to the S. E. Ala
ska Music Festival, which
is held on alternate years.
On the in between years the
music departments of Sitka.
Sheldon Jackson and Mt.
Edgecombe schools put on
this local Music Festival of
band, chorus and solo se
lections,
Special credit should be
given to the music direc
tors in the three schools:
Fioyd Clay, Sitka High
School; Edward Rosevear,
Sheldon Jackson Jr. College;
Mrs. Ruth N. Wolverton, Di
rector of Mt. Edgecombe
School Chorus, and Lee Rah
feldt, Director of Mt. Edge
combe School Band.
The Sheldon Jackson
.school will present its Junior
-College band and Junior Col
lege choir under the direct
ion of Edward Rosevear, Sit
ka Hi will offer music from
the high school band and
the Sitka Treplaires, both
directed by Floyd Clay. Mt.
Edgecombe will offer select
ions from their chorus direct
ed by Ruth Wolverton and
from the band directed by
Lee Rahfeldt.
There will be music given
by the massed bands of the
three schools, as well as
from the massed chorus. The
final number, “Lift Up Your
Heads” will be presented by
all participants.
The Hanger at \lt. Edgecumbe School where the
Music Festival will be held. The building houses class
jooms and the main gym.
South for
Meeting
Several Sitkans will attend
a meeting with the heads of
the Alaska Lumber & Pulp
company in Seattle on April
28, 29 and 30.
Attending will be Warren
Christianson and M. S
“Duke” Mitrovitch represent
ing the city, Norman Ban
field, Juneau attorney and
Brad Bradshaw.
Matters to be considered
at the meeting include the
signing of contracts for
clearing the bottom of Blue
I ,ake, problems concerning
proceeding with the build
ing of the low stage dam and
the clarification of ordinan
ces.
The possibility of financ
ing the dam through HHFA
instead of the plans original
ly laid out will be discussed.
If it turns out that this type
of financing is leasable the
team of Sitkans will go to
San Francisco.
Sitka Heard
In Sweden
It is not unusual to find
neighbors of Scandinavian
liertitage in Sitka, and it is
not too difficult to find Sit
kans who have visited those
Northern countries. Many a
Siikan with a good radio has
picked up Sweden or Nor
way on the short wave bands
and the achievement is very
commonplace. However, and
this is the crux of our story,
for a Sitka radio station to be
picked up in Sweden is
NEWS!
On March the 21st of this
year a young man in Gavel,
Sweden was DXing in the
wee hours of the morning
and picked up a new station
excitedly he listened to
the faint broadcast. He jot
ted down the numbers he
heard, the name of the pro
gram and excitedly filled out
Iris DX form and sent it post
haste to KIFW, Sitka. Ala
ska. He had heard the “Pa
rade of Hits’ program from
5:05 to 5:30 (our time).
Station personel were a
iua/.ed that a 250 watt “Tea
kettle could be picked up
so far away and promptly
sal down and wrote the
young man a letter.
■Now an answer has come
and we at the Banner share
it with our readers, thinking
that perhaps you too might
like to write a note from
friendly Sitka to Sweden.
I am 17 years old and
am going to the 5th class in
the State Secondary school.
Next month l will take my
lower certificate examina
tion.
'1 have been interested in
radio since 1955 when for the
first time 1 sent a reception
report to a shortwave stat
ion. That station was radio
Vustralia. Now, three years
later. I have QSL’s from 164
different stations in 97 coun
tries.
now I have to stop
writing because I must do
my homework. Until 1 hear
from you again, best wishes.
Bertil Aiding
N. Kopmangatan 21
Gavel, Sweden
Bertil enclosed 50 or 60
Swedish stamps and asked to
have them replaced with
others for his collection.
This we hope will be a clue
to those of you who may
have the time to write to this
friendly young man. He col
lects stamps and you may
have a few’ to send him.
Mary Stiekman, Edgecum he studest and Robin Dean, school superintendent re
ceive a glass display case of miniature Japanese Festiva 1 dolls. The dolls were given
by the Alaska Lumber and P ulp company to mark the fi rst voyage of a Japanese ves
sel to Sitka with materials f or the Pulp mill ° # 0 0
The Banner will run a pic
ture of Bertil in a later issue
and we would be pleased to
hear of any who write him.
Pep Club Dines
(by Doris Stewart)
We had the unusual plea
sure last Saturday evening
of being present at the an
nual banquet given bv the
High School Pep Club.
Merle Nelson, president of
the Club, told us it had tak
en two days to prepare the
decorations for this event
but it was evident that the
results justified the effort.
The cleverly devised table
decorations and favors were
gay and beautiful.
The affair took place in
the Parish Hall of St. Peter’s
by the Sea. Present were
fifty eight members of the
Club and twelve of their
adult guests who filled nine
long tables. The tables were
appointed with blue place
mats over a white elodi with
bowls of hyacinths and tall
yellow candles to complete
the scheme of caring out the
Club colors. At each table
setting stood a tiny mega
phone bearing the name of
a diner. The picture was
wonderfully enhanced by the
fresh spring dresses of the
girls nicely accented by the
dark clothes of the young
men.
St. Peter’s Guild, who, we
learned, were catering for the
banquet had gone all out to
do their best for the occas
ion. There was fresh fruit
salad, mandarin turkey with
fix in’s, unlimited ice-cream
with carmel sauce and cake.
It was a comforting sight to
see all those charming young
heads bent over their plates
and healthily tucking away
sweet potatoes & mushroom
gravy. But this was not be
fore those same heads had
been bowed in a word of
blessing and gratitude.
We came away from the
Pep Club banquet feeling
we’d take a chance on our
teenagers any day.
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Dole H. Hirt
is a successful and highly respected businessman who
knows Alaska’s problems well. He has been an Alaska
resident for nearly .11 years and is participating in the
territory’s growth as a licensed insurance agent and bond
ed licensed real estate broker.
* 35 years of age, married
° Father of four boys - futuie Alaska citizens.
3 Formerly: U. S. Commissioner, l'. S. Customs Officer,
Deputy Clerk of U. S. District Court, and Justice of the
Peace and Probate Judge in Commissioner’s Court for
sevei
An
1. Promote
an effective, modern Safety Program to safeguard all
Alaskan workers. (Present program is practically non
existent.,
2. Advocate
revamping present Alaska Industrial Board. Labor and
Employers should be represented by appointment of cap
able board members. (Neither group has proper repre
sentation today).
3. Recommend
replacing Attorney General on Industrial Board. (He
should be an advisor only for legal opinions.)
4. Eliminate
delays in holding hearings between injured employees and
the employers when disputes arise. (Present situation is
deplorable because months go by w ith no action by the
Board Chairman.)
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5. Approve
efforts to provide local rehabilitation facilities for injur
ed Alaskan workers. (Great strides must be made in
this field soon.)
6. Encourage
investigation aimed at increasing Workmens Compen
sation benefits because of high living costs in Alaska.
(This needs immediate attention.)
7. Provide
an administration of fairness, without prejudice, keeping
the Labor Laws always as the guide to accomplishment.
(No one can faithfully prefoni his duties if he is biased.)
8. Refuse
to be controlled by any faction seeking special consid
eration not in line with the best interest of the gene
ral public; and will resist any attempt by outside inter
ests to influence the Commissioner’s staff.
Show vour confidence in the
Platform, Ability and Sincer
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DALE H. HIRT, Democrat
for LABOR COMMISSIONER