Alaska Insurance Agents Convene Here
Next Week For Three-Day Session
The Alaska Association of Insur
ance Agents will convene here be
ginning Tuesday, and continuing
Wednesday and Thursday of next
•week. Representatives from cities
and towns in Alaska as well as the
East and West coasts of the United
States will be in attendance.
The Kodiak Insurance Company
and staff will play host to the
group. Art Brooks, manager of the
host insurance company, stated a
number of side trips, including
(Sightseeing tours, halibut and sal
mon fishing trips, as well as a
beach party on Popoff Island, are
being arranged.
Registration will begin at 9:30
a. m. Tuesday and will continue to
4:30 p. m.
Following a welcoming address
■by Mayor Merrill Coon, Wednesday
morning, the convention will get
under way at the Orpheum Theatre.
First address will be delivered by
Mr. Louis Niggeman, Exec. Vice
President of the Firemans Fund
Group, who is a visitor from the
East coast. Mr. Milton J. Chever
ton, National Director, NAIA, will
also speak during the morning ses
sion.
A luncheon will be held for the
ladies at the Town Club. A lunch
eon for the men at the Mecca 49
Room will be addressed by Mr. A1
Gilbert and Mr. Oren Lowery.
A closed agents meetings will be
hetd in the afternoon at the Or
pheum Theatre. A cocktail party
for the group will be hosted by
Gould & Gould at the Elks Club,
followed by a no-host dinner at the
Montmartre Inn.
A workshop will be conducted on
Tihursday morning, followed by a
closed agents meeting in the after
noon.
James McCord, Asst. State Man
ager, Mutual of New York, will be
the principal speaker at the con
cluding banquet at the Elks Club.
Following installation of officers,
dancing will conclude the three-day
meeting.
Among the out-of-town visitors
attending the convention will be
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Niggeman and
son, Peter; Mr. and Mrs. Wallace
Cathcart; Mr. and Mrs. Richard J.
Saunders; Mr. and Mrs. John But
rovich; Mr. A1 Gilbert; Mr. Oren
Lowery; Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Mc
Donald; Mr. and Mrs. Robert An
ger; Mr. and Mrs. Howard Byrne;
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Simpson; Mr.
Mark Perry; Mr. Tom Telfer; Mr.
and Mrs. Samuel Hartman; Mrs.
Doris Barnes; Mr. and Mrs. Gene
Bjore; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Chever
ton; Mr. and Mrs. Woods; Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Sherman; Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Gayley; Mr. and Mrs. Leo
Obert; Mr. Martin Pool; Mrs. Pat
Williams and daughter; Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Simpson; Mrs. Mary Ri
belin. Mr. and Mrs. Richard G.
Berg and Mr. and Mrs. Ed Dimock.
Others expected in attendance
are Robert C. Raffeto; Joe McLean;
Mike Grummett; Curtiss Shattuck;
Rupert C. Kulin; Carl H. Porter;
Thomas Telfer; R. C. Arnberger,
John D. Walker, John K. Connor,
Jay Spear; Elmer W. Schultz, Ray
Alderman and James C. McCord.
PNA Traffic Up
In Last 6 Months
Pacific Northern Airlines’ traffic
for the first six months of 1961
showed an increase of more than 27
per cent over the same period a
year ago, it was announced today
by Harold A. Olsen, PNA Vice
President of Traffic and Sales.
Pacific Northern passenger traf
fic registered an increase of more
than 16 per cent during the first
six months of 1961 as compared
with a year ago with a total of 67,
345 passengers flying a total of 57,
136,000 revenue passenger miles as
compared with 57,662 passengers
flying 48,978,000 revenue passen
ger miles in a like period in 1960.
Mail, air and first class, was up
52 per cent over the same period
with a total of 1,009,704 revenue
ton miles carried. Air freight in
creased 50 per cent with a total of
2,456,607 revenue ton miles.
First Visit
To Alaska
Making her first visit to Alaska,
Mrs. Abbie M. Brooks, Huron, S. D.,
arrived in Kodiak recently. She is
the houseguest of her son, Arthur
Brooks, and his family.
Mrs. Brooks, who had never
before flown, said she enjoyed the
flight and likes Kodiak. She plans
to remain here for at least another
month.
What is 4 for 3 in 7 and 9? The
formula for saving. You get back
four dollars for three in only 7
years and 9 months when you put
your savings into Series “E” U. S.
Savings Bonds.
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Office Now Open
The offices of Dr. Tom Colford
are again open, according to a
statement by the dentist this week.
Dr. Colford recently returned
from the convention of the State
Dental Association held in Anchor
age. He has recovered from an arm
ailment which hindered him in his
work.
Members Of State
Garden Clubs
To Meet Aug 10th
The Alaska State Federation of
Garden Clubs will hold its second
annual convention in Juneau, Au
gust 10th and 11th.
Highlight of the convention will
be a demonstration of Japanese
Flower arrangements, by Mrs. Mi
yake, a member of the Sitka Gar
dent Club, and a demonstration on
the art of paper folding known as
Orgami, by Mrs. Hayashi, also of
the Sitka Garden Club.
Package plan as announced is
$12 plus a $3 registration fee. This
includes four meals, tea at the Gov
ernors Mansion and tips. Those de
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Ph. 486-2662
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siring reservations are asked to
contact the Registration Chairman,
Mrs. R. Downing, 328 Third St.,
Juneau, Alaska.
The package plan governs cost
to all who attend, whether mem
bers of the State Federation of
Garden Clubs or not. Anyone is in
vited to attefid even though not a
member.
Visitors Here
From South 48
Mr and Mrs. Roy Schow, Long
Beach, California, arrived here this
week to spend three weeks with
their son, Merle Schow, and his
wife.
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