MT. EDGECUMBE
TAKES THE AIR
Special radio program
tells story of school
The Story of the Mt. Edge
cumbe Boarding School, its
facilities and tin* day b\ day
activities of its students and
faculty arc now being aired
all aver the Territory through
a new radio program called
“Mt. Edgecombe Speaks.”
The half hour program is
aired over K1FW in Sitka
and then sent by tape over
a special network throughout
Alaska. Nearly a dozen sta
tions are cooperating in this
pioneer venture designed to
bring the voices of Mt. Edge
combe students to their
homes.
Robin Dean, superinten
dent of the Mt. EdgCcombe
Boarding School, was largely
responsible for activating the
program and making it pos
sible for KIFW to firing its
recording equipment into the
class rooms and to the spe
cial events taking place at
tilt1 school.
Two student guides are
featured on the program.
Laura Beltz, senior from hot
zebue and Cornelius Laurid
sen, a senior from Kwigok.
Both students have been fea
tured on the show since its
inception and have addl'd
much to its sucess.
Sixteen programs in all con
statute the series, including
six that were designed to in
troduce the school and its
facilities, six presenting stu
dents, three general pro
grams and the final one to
record the school graduation
excercises.
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Helen s Cake Shop
CUSTOM MADE CAKES
for all occasions
Mrs. Walter R. 'Johnson
14 Maksoutoff
Mr. and Mrs. George
Hughes returned to Sitka on
Tuesday from their two week
honeymoon trip to Juneau
and Tenakee Hot Springs.
A rceeptition will be given
for the newly-weds on April
17th at eight P. M. at the
Woodman home on Mill
Creek Road.
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New resident of Sitka, Lin
da Joy Bloxam, arrived safe
ly at the Mt. Edgecombe
hospital on April 3rd at 1:51
}>. in.. She was welcomed by
her parents Mr. and Mrs.
Thomas Bloxam of Sitka.
Mistress Linda Joy weigh
ed six pounds thirteen and
one half ounce at birth.
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Tiu1 Practical Nursing School offers excellent training ill this field for
under 45 years of age who can meet the qualifications. The school
equipted including the diet kitchen shown above where students are
pital dietary courses.
any native
is superbly
taught hos
WORK SHOP PIANNED
BY PENROD
At a recent visit to the Mt.
Edgecombe Boarding School
Max Penrod, Area Director
of Schools for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Outlined
plans for a summer school
workshop to he field at VI t.
Edgecombe June 2 - 13.
The Workshop will be tor
all Alaska Native Service
teachers in the1 Elementary
and adult education fields.
Theme for the sessions will
be “Toward a Better Beading
Program”.
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BANNER $4.50 per year
Harbor Cab Co.
Front Street
Sitka, Alaska
Always someone to answer phone
DAY or NIGHT
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Cliff Pederson Prop.
Chuck n' Bill's
Angelo's Kitchen
Open 5 P.M. - 8 A.M.
a finejselection of liquor and beer
Service Any Time Town Prices
Phone 747-3575
Tile Girl’s Gym at the \lt. Edgecumhe Boarding school
w ith its symlxdic totem. This building is also used as the
school auditorium.
EASTER FIRE
ABOARD GLEANER
Easter Sunday afternoon
saw the lire department on
Ml. Edgecombe and the per
sonei of the Coast Guard
( 'utter Sorefl aborted to fight
a tire' aboard the crosier
(.leaner.
The fire was confined to a
mattress in the hold of the
converted navy ship and no
one was aboard at the time.
Cause of the blaze has not
been determined, but is be
lieved to have been started
b\ defective wiring as none
of the residents of the boat
smoke. Damage was very
minor due to the smoldering
blaze being extinguished
largely with chemicals.
The Cleaner is moored to
the end of the main Mt. Edge
eiimhe dock. The Coast
Guard had men on the scene
minutes after the alarm was
given, followed shortly by
the Mt Edgecombe fire de
partment. Because of the
intense smoke the fire fight
ers wore oxygen masks while
investigating the hold.
The Tackle Shop
For
Special Herring Bait
MUSIC CLASSES
TO BE GIVEN
A series of music classes
for children will be given in
Sitka by Mrs. Vivian Ayerst.
Tile 10 week course will be
gin this Saturday, April 12th,
at the W oman’s Club.
Two classes are planned,
“Music For Moppets” for
children five and six years of
age which will include mus
ical play, singing, rhythmic
activities, use of simple in
struments, musical games,
records, stories, scrapbooks,
projects. For children 7-12 a
course in “Creative Music”
will be offered. This iscludes
the above activities at the
higher age levels, musical
notation through games, re
cognition of instruments
through sight and by sound,
ear training, melody writing,
musical direction and pro
jects in creativity.
Each class will be for noe
hour a week on Saturday
mornings and registration
should be made directly with
Mrs. A verst. Telephone 747
8260.
Mrs. A verst tought these
classes in Los Angeles, the
Seattle area and in Ketchi
kan. The posters seen around
town are of Ketchikan child
ran. Mrs. Ayerst received her
musical aducation at the Un
Mt. Kdgeeunibe Boarding School administration and class
room Building; The classrooms arc modern and well
lighted.
The girls’ dorm is home for the nearly two hundred
girls who are boarding students at the school. Most of
the three floors are devoted to living and sleeping quar
ters.
iversitv of Washington and
the Cornish School. More re
cently she coached with Pet
er Meremblum and Maia
Bang of Los Angles as well
as with Anna Gombosi in Se
attle.
The popular violinist, who
is a new resident of Sitka,
has toured in concert
through the principal south
cm California cities with the
Nioma Qui itette. She was
twice soloist with the Cor
nish Symphony and has play
ed with the University of
Washiir'ton, Tacoma, Olym
pia and Pho ' li v iph y
orchestras’ as w II as o i h
tht‘ Pacific Xor’hw as: 9 ' ra
1 i time,
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Phone 747-3450 or 747-3323
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at the
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