RILEY WINNER OF TEN MILE RACE
Balmy temperatures and the1
prospect of an exciting race
brought out a crowd of over
800 to witness the Alaska Dog
Mushers Association 10-mile
race last Sunday. The race, the
second of five preliminary races
presented annually by the As
sociation. was won by Gerald
Riley, who drove the Lundgren
No. 1 team home with a time of
89:33.
Andy Jimmy posted a time only
five seconds slower at 39:38. Third
and fourth places went to Jim Lund
gren. driving his No. 2 team, and
Rosie Losonsky, with times of 40:03
and 40:40. respectively.
A purse of $300 was divided
among the first four finishers with
S120 for f’rst. $90 for second. $60 for
third, and $30 for fourth.
Riley was the only money winner
in the eight mile race to finish in
the money in this week’s race. He
now appears to be one of the fa
vorites to win the Wescott Prelim
inary Trophy, which is presented
annually to the musher with the
best total time for the five prelim
inary races. His total time to date
is 73:31.
Closely Pressed
Riley is being closely pressed in
total time by Steve Losonsky. who
has a total time of 73.59. only 28
seconds behind him. To make mat
ters worse for Riley, Steve and
- Rosie Losonsky are only going to
enter one team in next week's
twelve mile race. The team will
presumably be made up of the best
dogs from the Losonsky's two teams,
indicating that there may be a real
battle in next week's race.
The race was a good example of
the effect that temperature can
have on a race. It was held at a
Alaska Steamship
Head Fires Salvo
At Sen. Queuin'!
r
D. E. Skinner, president of the
Alaska Steamship Co. has taken is
sue with Senator Ernest Gruening's
attitude towards the company’s pro
posed rate increase.
Skinner objected to Gruening’s
“use of the privileged floor of the
United States Senate” to attempt
"to influence the Commission's de
cision.
Skinner closed his statement with,
“Needless to say. we would strong- i
ly disagree with the charges made
by the junior senator, however we
•would have to admit that in being
inaccurate, he has at least been
consistent throughout the years.”
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temperature of plus 12 degrees,
the winning time was 39.33, and :
none of the drivers had to pull a
dog back into the sled. During last
year's 10 mile race the temperatuare
was plus 43, the winning time was
43:42, and six of the mushers had
to put dogs in the sleds.
Immediately after the last team
left the starting chute, the Sweep
stakes drawing was held. Doris
Kozak, a secretary at Alaska Archi
tectural and Engineering was the
lucky ticket winner and received a
Carnival Group
To Meet; Events
To lie Scheduled
Arrangement of the schedule of
events to be presented as com
ponents of the 1962 Fairbanks Win
ter Carnival is the aim of a meeting
of representatives of all organiza
tions participating in the carnival, at
8 p.m. Wednesday, this evening, in
the lower level of the Chamber of
Commerce building, First Avenue.
The meeting has been called by
Jim Couch, manager of Fairbanks
Unlimited, coordinating agency for
Winter Carnival events. Couch has
contacted all organizations repres
entatives known to the Fairbanks
Unlimited office at this time and
urges all other organizations in the
greater Fairbanks area interested in
participating in the Winter Carnival
with either a specific event or a
midway concession to have a repre- ,
sentative at tonight's meeting.
Tentative Winter Carnival plans
include, a St. Patrick’s Dance as an
opening night event on March 17 j
under the sponsorship of the Fair- ;
banks Police Department, a Queen
Coronation and a Queen’s Ball
sponsored by the Community Recre
ation League, a military ball at
Fort Wainwright. the North Amer
ican Championship Sled Dog Races
in the junior, women's and open
classes and several events, such as
an Eskimo Yo-Yo contest and a Mutt
parade and ice skating events for ;
the children.
The Military Ball at Fort Wain- :
wright will be an invitational affair •
for non-military, because of the
Limitations of the Officer's Club. The
Sled Dog Races will be presented
by the Alaska Dog Mushers Asso
ciation.
The Yo-Yo contest is sponsored
and conducted by the Kiwanis Club
of Fairbanks. The skating events
will be in charge of the City recrea
tion department and the Fairbanks
Lions Club will again sponsor the
Mutt Parade.
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In addition, there were 21 other
lucky winners who are listed else
where in this issue of Jessen's.
12 Mile Race Next
Next Sunday at 1 p.m., weather
permitting, the Association will hold
its 12 mile preliminary race. The
teams entered in this race are: Ger
ald Riley (Lundgren No. 1 team),
John Greenway, Godfrey Joseph.
Gary Atwood. Alex Klick. Ben Bar
ber, Steve Losonsky, Jack Osborne,
Bill Engles, Jesse Taylor, and Jiggs
Gigliotti.
Also entered in the race are: Jim
Lundgren (Lundgren's No. 2 team),
Dick Simmonds. Dick Best, Andy
Jimmy, Roger Svaboda, Bob Parks
R. M. Loveless, Don Noll, Jeff Stud
dert, Dave Dalrimple. Walter Lord,
and Milton Moses (Ted Older team).
In addition to the above men
tioned entries, there may be several
other last minute entries from out
of town. The food concession and
warm-up shack will be open as
usual. Admission is one dollar, with
military personnel arriving in or
ganized groups admitted at half
price. Admission is free for those
under 16.
New Head Of BIA
For State Makes
Fairbanks Visit
There is an urgent need for more
educational and training facilities
for Alaska’s Native youth, according
to Robert L. Bennett, recently ap- j
pointed Area Director for the Bu- |
reau of Indian Affairs. Bennett |
stopped in Fairbanks on his get ac- ,
quainted tour of the BIA district of- i
fices in Anchorage, Bethel, Nome
and Fairbanks.
Bennett went on to state that the
BIA high school proposed for Fair
banks would go a long way towards j
solving the problem of advanced ed
ucation for Natives.
Bennett is also working on the
possibility of holding summer pro
grams for Native children at the
University of Alaska, where they
would participate in an “enrich
ment program.” He also hopes to es
tablish summer programs in the vil
lages, stressing recreation and train
ing for the children.
New Empress
Theatre
Fri.-Sat.-Sun.
WALT DISNEY'S
"BABES IN TOYLAND"
Mon. Thru Thurs.
CLOSED
Lacey Street
Theatre
Thur.-Fri.-Sat.
"THUNDER ROAD"
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"PORK CHOP HILL"
Sun.-Mon.-Tues.
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RECREATION CHIT CHAT
By Mary Halm
Public ice skating is tops on the week’s activity list.
All the skating rinks in the Fairbanks area are open daily
and nightly with the exception of the Hockey rink which closes
7 cUatimr lpssons. A warm-up shack, light and music
are available for the skater’s en-*
joyment. Music will be played oi
Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and
Sundays, and volunteer adult super
visors are on hand most of the time.
Fitness Classes
In accord with the proclamation
of John F Kennedy. U.S. President,
that the American people are in
poor physical condition, the high
school in cooperation with the City
recreation office, is beginning a
Dhysical fitness and wrestling pro
gram for all interested students at
4 p.m. tomorrow at Lathrop high
school.
As soon as the program is well
underway, officials plan to initiate
the National physical fitness test to
all the grade and junior high school
students in the area.
Women’s Basketball
Women basketball players in the
Fairbanks area have come into
their own. This month the newly
formed league which includes Eiel
son high school. Fairbanks adult,
Fairbanks high school, and possibly
the University of Alaska co-eds. be
gins official play.
Anyone interested in entering a
team in the league or in partici
pating in the games should con
tact Strait at the recreation office
and or attend the Monday and
Wednesday evening practices at ;
Main school gym. Times are indi
cated in the Sports Log. Plans for
the league include a series of games
with Anchorage and possibly other
teams in the area and State.
Skating Lessons Continue
Skating lessons have been almost
at a standstill because of the cold
weather, but will resume when the
weather gets up to -5 degrees. This
restriction is imposed by the recrea
tion department to safeguard the
younger children who attend the
classes.
Lessons for beginners through fig
ure skaters will continue until Win
ter Carnival time when the recrea
tion department will sponsor an
Ice Show, the first of its kind here.
Skating lessons are Tuesday and
Thursday at 7 p.m.
Youth Hockey and Basketball
Beys between the ages of 3 and
15 have practices in both basketball
and hockey each week. Hockey
practice is at the ice rink from 10
a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday and basket
ball is at 6:30 p.m. Barnette and
teenage basketball is 6:30 p.m.
Wednesday and 1:30 p.m. Saturday
at Main School gym.
Taylor, lioness
Form La iv Firm
Bill Taylor, son of Warren Tay
lor, is joining William Boggess,
Fairbanks attorney, in a law part
nership effective February 1.
Taylor, who until recently, was
State attorney for this district, will
join Boggess at the latter’s office,
211 Norland Building.
United Air Lines announced its
participation as an exhibitor in the
Seattle World’s Fair. R. E. Johnson,
senior vice president for United,
said the firm would integrate a
jet-age display with the fair s
“World of Tomorrow” theme. Franz
Wagner & Associates are designing
the exhibit.
Around Town with First National
Lucille Harkabus
When she was 11 years old.
Lucille Harkabus began a career
in clothing. Her aunt owned a
custom made clothing business
and Lucille put hems in for her.
Until that time she had sewn her
own doll clothes.
Mrs. Harkabus, owner of Lu
cille's Apparel Shop, was born,
raised and graduated from high
school in Seattle, Washington.
She studied art and design for
two years at the Cornish Art
School there to further her
childhood interest in clothing.
Then she served an apprentice
ship in theatrical costuming and
one in custom made clothing be
fore deciding to ge ^California.
She wnrkpri in clothing shoDS
Photo by JY Studio
and becarrje interested in ready-to-wear buying and selling, and
worked herself into a. buyer’s position in Fresno.
Tn 19"9. Mrs. Harkabus moved to Alaska because “I guess
I inherited the pioneering spirit from my grandparents who
come to Oregon irom the East,” she explains. "Alaska was be
ginning to come into its own and I wanted to live there.’
After working here several years she went into the clothing
business in 1944 with two partners whom she eventually bought
out. Lucille’s was first located at the corner of 2nd and Lacey
Streets. After several moves the business was set permanently
in 1951 at 507 Cushman.
“I’m in Alaska and that’s where I want to be," stated Mrs.
Harkabus, “there is lots of room for imagination and hard work
here, but there are many rewards. People have a real tolerance
for one another in this state and I’m pleased to be an Alaskan.”
She is on the State Central Republican Committee, and be
Heves that everyone should be interested in politics for the
best possible functioning of America’s two oart.v system.
Most people have a dream plan for the future. Lucille
Harkabus is no exception. She has always been interested in
the background history of Alaska’s tribal symbols, designs and
mytholoey. For 15 years she has collected fabrics, designs, books
and artifacts and sometime in the future would like to sell
the state of Alaska to outsiders through the designs, art and
talent of Alaska's native peoples.
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