BULLETIN
ANCHORAGE—Lowell Thomas
Jr., today confirmed reports first
published in Jessen’s Weekly on
Jan. 31 of this year by filing his
declaration of candidacy for nomi
nation to the office of U. S. Rep
resentative on the Republican
ticket in the August 14th primary.
Vol. 2, No. 16
Wednesday, April 18, 1962 <*®«*
Fairbanks, Alaska
Community Plans Easter Season Services
By Mary Halm
Sunday is Easter—the annual
church celebration commemor
ating Christ’s Resurrection.
, Numerous Fairbanks churches
are planning special services,
meditations and breakfasts.
The Fairbanks Ministerial Asso
ciation will conduct a three-hour
Good Friday service following the
order of the Seven Words on the
Cross beginning at 12:15 p.m. at the
First Presbyterian Church. The wor
ship program is in seven parts, each
complete with prayer, song and
message, and will continue until 3
p.m. A five-minute intermission be
tween each part will allow worship
pers to participate as their sched
ules permit.
Friday morning the Fairbanks
Council of Churches is sponsoring a
Good Friday breakfast at 7 a.m. at
the Travelers’ Inn to which every
one is invited. The breakfast cost
is $2.25.
A City-wide non-denominational
youth breakfast for youths 13 to 19
years old is planned by the Kiwanis
Club for 7 a.m. Easter Sunday at
the First Presbyterian Church.
There is no charge for the break
fast, but students are asked to call
Sam Louden at GL 6-5210 for reser
vations.
At College, four churches: The
University Baptist, University Pres
byterian, Totem Park Nazarene and
St. Paul Lutheran, are having a
joint community Good Friday serv
ice at 8 p.m. at the University Com
munity Presbyterian Church, Mile
4. College Road.
The Fairbanks Lutheran Church,
10th and Cowles, will observe Eas
ter with a Sunrise Service at 6 a.m.
and two Festival Worship services
at 9:30 and 11 a m. Following the 6
a.m. service is a youth Easter break
fast open to all on a free-will basis.
Special musical numbers will be
included in all services.
Other Holy Week services at the
Lutheran Church include a Com- !
munion Service at 8 p.m. tomorrow
and a Good Friday Service from 3
to 6 p.m. with meditations on “The
Seven Last Words of Christ from
the Cross.”
Immaculate Conception Parish
At the Immaculate Conception
Parish there will be a morning low
mass at 7 a.m. tomorrow with the
Maundy Thursday Solemn Mass at ;
5 p.m. On Good Friday the Lenten
service on Stations of the Cross is |
at 7:30 p.m. A midnight mass is
planned starting at 11 p.m. Saturday
with Easter Sunday masses at 6, 7,
8, 9, 10, 11:15 a m. and 12:15 p.m. i
and 5:30 p.m. The Sunday College
mass is at 9 p.m. in the Eielson '
Bldg., Rm. 212 at the University o!
Alaska.
The Bethel Baptist Church will
have a sunrise service at 6:30 am.
Sunday followed later in the morn-*
ing by regular services.
A breakfast for youth and service
is scheduled for 8:30 a m. Easter
Sunday at the Calvary Baptist also
followed by regular morning wor
ship services.
Members of the First Church of
the Nazarene will have a commun
ion service at 7:30 p.m. tonight.
Their Sunday Easter worship, which
is at 11 am., will feature special
music.
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• THIS WEEK IN FAIRBANKS •
GOVERNOR’S DAY
The second annual Governor's
Day at the University of Alaska,
which will be attended by Cover
caught
in the
sluice /
box :
By Buckwheat Charley
Seen that operetta out at the
cohege tne-otuer night. It shore
wuz good. -The name of it wuz
“Down In The Valley”. I am
writin a sequel to it, which will
be based on the true story of the
recently adjurned Legislature.
I am gonna call it “Dozen In :
The Barrel”.
Yep, them rascals has all fin
ished there hard chores down
there after 81 days of toilin for
us taxpayers. (It’s jist lucky
they was workin FOR us in
stead of AGIN us.)
Sort of reminds me of one of
ole Granpappy Buckwheat's fa
mzis old sayins what he thunk
up and which has bin copied
quite a bit. Granpappy used to
say, “With frends like this, who
needs enimies?”
See where the fish an game
boys is gonna (maybe) trans
plant some of them buffalo at
Big D instead of sendin em to
the slaughterhouse with a “big
game hunt” like they did last
year. Alwuz did figger there
wuz SOME hope for those boys,
an now they has SORTA (they
ain’t transplanted em yet) come
through with a good idee.
While ive is on fish an game,
see where ole Eagle bill is
crackin down on them Jap fish
in boats. Speakin about the gov,
he will be here for Governer’s
Day which is this Saturday out
at the College.
THE REAL REASON: The
reason ole Eagle Bill captured
them fishing boats is cuz he
needed some Alaska fish for our
exhibit at the Century 21 show
what opens Saturday in Seattle,
an all our fishin boats wuz
empty.
Yep, that Century 21 is real
(Continued on Page 4)
nor William A. Egan is this Satur
day. Included in the observance is
a performance by the ROTC com
panies at the University and a spe
cial luncheon in honor of the Gov
ernor. Awards and trophies will also
be given at that time, as wTell as
squad competition awards.
The public is invited to the im
pressive ceremony which is in the
University gymnasium at 9:30 a.m.
Saturday. A ground breaking cere
mony for the new gym will follow
at 11 a.m.
CARPENTERS RATIFY PACT
Members of Carpenters Local 1243
last night overwhelmingly ratified
a 3 year agreement recently con
cluded between local union officials
and the Alaska Chapter of the As
sociated General Contractors.
NICHOLS IN FAIRBANKS
State Planning Director George
Nichols has been in Fairbanks for
the last few days. Nichols is work
ing on matters connected with the
expansion of facilities at the Fair
banks International Airport.
(Continued on Page 10)
ALASKA NEWS
IN BRIEF
CITY TAXES CUT
ANCHORAGE — City council
voted unanimously last week to set
the City's 1962 tax rate at 10 mills,
a reduction of one mill from last
year’s rate of 11 mills.
The vote followed the defeat of
two motions to reduce the mill rate
even furth^ 1 ■ nine and one-half
oi mne and three-quarters mills.
NO CAPITAL MOVE!
JUNEAU—Superior Judge James
A. von der Heydt has permanently
enjoined Secretary of State Hugh J.
Wade from placing the capital re
location initiative on the ballot.
SEIZE 2ND SHIP
KODIAK—The State of Alaska,
continuing its crackdown on foreign
vessels firning in what it claims are
inland waters, seized a second Jap
anese fishing boat in Shelikof Strait
and arrested its captain Sunday
night.
TATTLE TALE
ANCHORAGE — Russ Meekins,
chairman of the Democratic South
CContinued on Page Five)
GREEN THUMB TIME — Harold
Pillsbury, Extension Service hor
ticulturist is shown here demon
strating “Planning and Managing
Greenhouses in Alaska”, one of
the many publications available
to “green thumbed” Fairbanks
residents at the Extcnsion^ervice
office at Room 122 in the Arctic
Bowl.
Catholic School
Group To Offer
Special Movies
The Catholic School Association
will present a it'c’ ci« ble fea
ture attractior the Empress Thea
ter Tuesday evening, April 24th.
Show times, seven and nine thirty
p.m.
To raise funds for their projects,
the Catholic School Association will
offer the “Song of Sister Maria”
and “The Story of the Pope," two
very special shows for the one eve
ning only performance.
The “Song of Sister Maria” tells
the story of a beautiful singer who
became a nun . . . The “Story of the
Pope,” titular head of the Catholic
Church in Rome, is narrated by
Bishop Sheen.
Tickets for the two performances
are available at downtown mer
chants’ stores and also at the thea
ter! Admission, one dollar and fifty
cents for adults, with lower scaled
prices for students and children.
Special Election To Decide
Expansion Program's Fate
B]/ Colin Mick
On Tuesday, April 24, Fairbanks voters will go to the polls
to decide whether or not the City should issue $2,000,000 in Gen
eral Obligation Bonds to help finance extensions and improve
ments to the municipal water system.
Under the improvement plan, water mains would be ex
tended to South Fairbanks, Slaterville, and the Taku-Mooreland
Westgate area, and the water treat-’
ment plant would be expanded.
Since water-improvement subsi
dies are no longer available from
the State and Federal governments,
the entire cost of the program will
have to be borne by Fairbanks tax
payers. The estimated cost of the
project is $4,672,000.
The $2,000,000 in General Obliga
tion Bonds would be used almost ex
clusively for improvements to the
water treatment plant. These bonds
would then be repaid by a slight in
crease in the City's tax rate, spread
ing the cost of the improvement to
all taxpayers.
Plant Inadequate
Several months ago. Municipal
Utilities Manager Robert Wade
| pointed out to the City Council that
the present treatment plant will
, probably be inadequate for the
City's needs this summer.
Wade said that the biggest prob
lem was storage, and that the water
plant was unable to store a large
enough reserve to meet the peak
hour water requirements. He stated
that the plant had not yet reached
its treating capacity, but that there
was just no place to put the treated
water.
At that time Wade'said that dur
ing peak months of the coming sum
mer it might be necessary to either
THE WEATHER
High Temp.: 40, April 12 & 17
Low Temp.: 14, April 14
Ave. Temp.: 29, 1 degree above nor
mal
Precip.: .01; 0.4 snow; 15” snow
on ground
Outlook: Partly cloudy to cloudy,
not much change in temperature
Sunrise: 4:06 a.m.; Sunset: 7:37 p.m.
15 hours, 31 minutes of daylight,
a gain of 7 minutes
76 earthquakes recorded this week
within a 200 mile radius of Fair
banks, according to the Coast &
Geodetic Survey.
ration water or let untreated water
into the mains.
The water main expansion portion
of the program will be financed by
the sale of revenue bonds. They will
be a portion of the $6[2 miilion in
revenue bonds approved by the vot
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