©n award from the American Public
Tower Association for an outstand
ing safety record in 1961.
The award, part of the associa
tion's safety contest, was announced
at the APPA convention in San
Juan, Puerto Rico.
The MUS took third place in
Group B. for utilities with 100.000
to 1 million man-hours worked.
PURCHASE FLOWER SHOP
Mrs. Joel Wiegert last week pur
chased the Golden Heart Flower
Shop. 508 Third, from Mrs. Fannie
Johnson, long time Fairbanks resi
dent.
Mrs. Johnson said that she 1
planned to retire to the Johnson's
country home. Mrs. Wiegert has
been working with Mrs. Johnson ,
for some time, getting used to the
business.
APARTMENT PROJECT
Work is presently starting on a
$650,000 forty-unit fourplex apart
ment development in Hamilton
.Acres.
The ten-building unit is being
constructed by Nellesen Builders,
Inc. at the corner of Hamilton and
.Farewell Streets.
KIEYVITT LOW
Peter Kiewit Sons Co. was the
apparent low bidder on the second
phase of construction on the new
high school at Eielson AFB.
The contract calls for the comple
tion of the school in 210 days. The
.school, which will replace the pres
ent Ben Eielson High School, will
have five classrooms, a home eco
nomics room, a music room, a sci
ence room, shop, library, study hall,
^auditorium, gymnasium locker room,
shower room, and an administrative j
suite.
HOLMACKS BACK
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Holmack of
! College have just returned from a
i six month vacation in the States.
They traveled to Colorado. New
Tvlexico, Texas and Indiana, visiting
• and sightseeing.
On the way back they traveled
1 through California and Oregon.
Holmack is business agent for
f Plasterers and Cemeht Masons local
j xmion here in Fairbanks.
ICC VISITOR
f Hugh H. Chaffee, district -super
) visor. Interstate Commerce Com
mission, Bureau of Motor Carriers,
t was in town on official bd$£pg^last
weekend. His headquar^rs ^iiaye
» Ween at Anchorage for the.p&t ^ear.
• Chaffee mentioned several local
oldtimers whom he had met say
} ing, "I have never met nicer people
] anywhere. They are in a class by
themselves.”
1 SMORGASBORD SUNDAY
The Fairbanks Community Hospi
* tal Association will have a smor
gssborn from 1 to 6 p.m. Sunday at
2 the Elk's Club. Tickets are adults,
* $2.50; and children under 12, $1.
• THIS WEEK IN FAIRBANKS •
NEW DIRECTORS
The Board of Directors of Tanal
rich Development Corporation was
boosted by the addition of two
bankers last week.
Larry Meath of Alaska National
Bank-and Robert Groff of the First
National Bank were named to the
15-member Board to replace Ray
Alderton of Tok, and Ross Miller
of Fairbanks, who will soon be
leaving for Juneau to take up a new
job.
A new board president will be j
elected to succeed Miller at the )
next Tanalrich meeting.
WORTHY ADVISOR
Hilary Melville, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. John Melville, and grand
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Forbes
Baker, was installed as Worthy Ad
visor of Fairbanks Assembly No. 1,
Order of Rainbow for Girls last
Saturday.
SUCCESSFUL BIDDERS
Marshall and Meyer, Inc., of Seat
tle, were the successful bidders for
$3 million in general obligation
bonds issued by the Fairbanks In
dependent School District. The firm
offered an effective net interest
rate of 3.3490 per cent.
Proceeds of the issue will be used
to construct additions to Lathrop
High School and the University
Park Grade School.
The firm will also be offered an
additional $617,000 in general obli
gation bonds, approved in a recent
election for additional financing of
the Lathrop additions.
COUCH RESIGNS
Jim Couch, long time Alaskan
writer and photographer, last
week announced his resignation as
manager of Fairbanks Unlimited,
Inc.
Couch, who asked that his resig
nation be effective on May 15, said
he was leaving to accept employ
ment in another field. The Board of
Directors of Fairbanks Unlimited
will assume the manager’s duties
until a new manager is hired.
NEW PRESIDENT
Lawrence Loomis was installed
| as the new president of Local No.
639. International Typographical
Upion of North America last week,
Sallowing ah election ;last tmontlj.
.fhe local represents printers em
ployed by Jessen’s Weekly, the Dai
j ly News-Miner, and Commercial
Printing.
Other officers installed include
Valda McMahan, vice-president;
and Grant Hildebrand, secretary
treasurer.
PRESS CLUB MEETS
Members of the Farthest North
Press Club and their wives will
meet at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the
Fort Wainwright Officers’ Club.
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lifting heavy baskets of laun
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WHITE SWAN LAUNDRY
Phone GL 6-5393 314 Wendell
Dinner may be ordered from the
menu there.
CAMPUS TROOPER
State Trooper C. W. Zahn now has
an office on the University of Alas
ka campus and will serve as securi
ty officer, working through the
Building and Grounds Office.
His temporary quarters are in
Room 312, Club Dorm, and his cam
pus telephone numbers are GR 9
2480 and ext. 201.
FASHION REVUE
The public is invited to the an
nual spring fashion revue, given by
Home Economics Department stu
dents, University of Alaska, at 8
p.m. tonight.
The revue will be presented in
Room 218, Eielson Building, on cam
pus, followed by a social hour and
refreshments in the Home Eco
nomics Department lounge, third
floor, Eielson Building .
MRS. GAVIN WINS
Mrs. Lillian (Betty) Gavin, a
sophomore student majoring in
home economics at the University
of Alaska, is the recipient of the
Fairbanks Chapter, American Home
Economics Association scholarship
for the 1962-63 school year.
Mrs. Gavin cam* to Alaska from
North Carolina 12 years ago and
makes her home in College. She has
i lived at Eagle. Nenana, and Homer
where her husband, Frank, has
| taught school. He is presently
teaching at Healy.
SUMMER SESSION
Registration for University of
Alaska (Fort Wainwright Branch)
and USAFI Group Study summer
session evening classes is now un
derway at the Army Education Cen
i ter located in Pompeo Hall on Fort
1 Wainwright. Hours for registration
, will be 8:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. or any
evening by appointment.
! ident Kennedy telephoned big Jim
6Guide To Alaska9
Is Off The Press
The 16th edition of Lou Jaco
bin's Guide to Alaska and the Yu
kon. is off the press and it's a
beauty.
Each year this authentic hand
' book of the Far North outdoes the
former year and Lou has done it
again with a magnificent 266 page
issue of colorful pictures, old and
new, and jam-packed with general
' information about the Northland;
also/ of course, maps, tables of vari
ous sorts, in fact it is loaded with
must data and details.
Many pages are devoted to Fair
banks and local characters. This
1962 edition should be in every of
fice and home and used for refer
ence, if not how to find one’s way
about the state.
Clean Up Week
Is Underway In
Fairbanks Area
Have any large bulky pieces of
trash, such as old car bodies or
stoves you'd like to haul away your
self, but can’t?
Well, you’re in luck.
As a part of the Clean-Up cam
paign in Fairbanks you can have
it hauled away free this week.
The Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce, in cooperation with the Fair
banks Department of Public Works
is offering a free haul-away service.
The Chamber is taking the names
and addresses of all people encum
bered with such trash who want it
hauled away.
To get some bulky article hauled
away, call the Department of Pub
lic Works at GL 6-4204. and a truck
will come to pick it up.
At Jessen’s you'll get quality job
printing done when you need it.
V
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Pan Am expands its Alaska jet services again
NOW! DAILY JETS TO
SEATTLE FROM FAIRBANKS,
JUNEAU, KETCHIKAN
n
Now you can fly by Pan Am Jet from Fairbanks,
Juneau or Ketchikan to Seattle and Century 21
any day of the week! And at regular fares! You
fly in daylight all the way—so you can enjoy the
scenery and arrive in Seattle with plenty of time
to visit the Fair or make connections to other
cities throughout the States and around the world.
Pan Am also offers regular Super-6 Clipper
service between Fairbanks, Whitehorse and
Juneau.
The flying is smooth, high above the weather.
The service is warm and friendly. And one of the
highlights of your flight is cuisine by Maxim's
oj Paris. It’s a Pan Am exclusive!
When you fly Pan Am you enjoy a special
feeling of comfort and confidence, knowing you
have chosen the world’s most experienced air
line. You’re carefree—because you’re cared for.
Choose either deluxe President Special or
tourist Rainbow service on every Pan Am Jet
flight. For reservations call your nearest Pan
Am ticket office. Clipper, Trade-Mark, Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. !
Enjoy the Priceless Extra of Experience . ,y
on the World’s Most Experienced Airline
FIRST ON THE PACIFIC... FIRST ON THE ATLANTIC... FIRST IN LATIN AMERICA... FIRST 'ROUND THE WORLD
<J ESSEN'S WEEKLY
Wednesday, May 16, 1962 ,