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Vol. 1, No. 20___ Monday, July 22, 1963 Fairbanks, AlaskI
QUEEN OF OLYMPIC'S AND HER COURT—A seventeen-year-old
beauty from Nome, Miss Gloria Carlson (center, back row), daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Fritz Carlson, was crowned Friday Queen of the
Eskimo Olympics in Fairbanks. The 5’2” high school senior, also
crowned Miss Nome at the Midnight Sun Festival, measures 32-22-33,
likes to bowl, play the piano, plans secretarial training until she is
21 when she plans to enter the Air Force. To Queen Gloria’s right is
Miss Kotzebue, Miss Lucy Glover, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Billy
Glover. She’s 5’6" tall, measures 35-25-33, works as a clerk-typist,
likes to sew, plans to leave this fall for Tennessee to train for mis
sionary work. To the Queen's left is Miss Fairbanks, Christine Olin,
Hi. daughter of Mrs. Lillian Olin. Christins is 5’2-’ and measures
34-24-35. She likes swimming, modern dancing, and plans to become (
a beautician. In the foreground is Miss Barrow, Brenda Ahngasuk,
17, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ross Ahngasuk. She's 5'1” tall and
measures 34-24-35. She likes to dance, read, and sew and plans to
become a dental assistant.
EDITORIAL
Education Plan
We just can't help but feel that the long-range Over
all Education Plan for Rural Alaska is a good one. It has
been approved by Governor William A. Egan and is now
awaiting approval by the Secretary of the Interior as the
Official State Plan.
The Governor's Committee on Education did a very
creditable job in preparing the document and has shown
fairness along with all-important foresight. At last, our
native children will get an education that is equal with
those of other areas in the State of Alaska. The Education
Plan should aliay the fears of those of us who have been
bothered by lack of facilities and standards of education so
far as the native children are concerned.
The disparity of the two educational systems have
bothered many people for a long time. These systems are,
State operated schools and the Bureau of Indian Affairs
operated schools. The two systems resulted when a Mr.
Nelson, we presume, influenced legislature that passed
the Nelson Act in 1905, which provided for a system of
schools outside of incorporated towns for "white children
and children of mixed blood who lead a civilized life."
That Act necessitated the Territorial Department of Edu
cation to "establish with jurisdiction over all schools not
under the control of the U.S. Bureau of Education."
Such goings on were not so good for the native chil
dren. This disparity is slated to be corrected through coop
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BARROW ON WAY
TO MODEL CITY
Extensive Planning for Land Use,
Utilities, Airport, High School
Stevens Village
Makes Blanket
Land Claim
Stevens Village has made a move
to claim at least 1,648 square miles,
or 1.054.720 acres. The plan was
disclosed to the Tundra Times on
June 27. by the Stevens Village
Council. The village is on the path
of inundation if the Rampart Dam
is built.
Stevens Village Council also
made it a point to mention the vil
lage of Rampart, indicating that
village might make a move to claim
a land area. Rampart, also in the
inundation area, has fifteen fami- 1
lies, sixteen traplines with fifteen
cabins, and seven fish camps.
The following is contained in the
paper sent to the Tundra Times:
Trap Lines For Stevens Village
“Twenty traplines are in use for
seventeen families during the win
ter, and there are twenty-seven
trapping cabins belonging to resi- -
dents of Stevens Village. Each trap- I
per has his own cabin and in some
instances more than one. At least
1648 square miles embracing some
1,054,720 acres are used by the
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Fish, Wildlife
Service Phased
Out of Alaska
The regional office of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service at Ju
neau was quietly phased out of
Alaska this month to Portland, Ore
gon.
Paul T. Quick. Portland regional
director, said the move was for
“economy and efficiency reasons.”
Alaska as a region of the U. S.
Fish and Wildlife Service is being
abolished with administrative and ;
related activities to be assumed by
the Region 1 headquarters at Port
land.
“Many of the functions which
were formerly the responsibility of
the bureau have been assumed by
the state of Alaska,” Quick said.
Ray Woolford. who has been act
ing regional director at Juneau, will
remain at Juneau as Bureau repre
sentative.
Ry Thomas Snapp
Times Staff Writer
The top-of-the-world city of Bar
row may be on the way toward be
. coming a model Arctic Alaska vil
I logo.
Extensive planning is now under
I way for surveying the townsite.
streets are being laid out. a munici
! pal airport is being planned, and
long range plan is being formulated
for procuring a safe water supply
and sanitary system of waste dis
' posal.
I The move, which will result in
I many changes, and a complete face
lifting of the top of the world com- ,
munity was initiated by the pas
sage of a federal bill last year en- i
abling the Navy to sell natural gas
to the villagers.
$25,000 Study
The move for transforming Bar- '
I row into a model city has been ac
I celerated by the concentrated ef
forts of the state and federal agen
cies and the letting of a contract by
j the Bureau of Indian Affairs to the
University of Alaska for a $25,000
comprehensive planning study.
The fundamental aim of the study
is to develop a plan leading to the
“solution of economic, social and
other problems of Barrow at the
earliest possible time.”
Dr. E. F. Rice, head of the Depart
ment of Civil Engineering at the
University of Alaska, is in charge
of the study, to be completed in
eight months or by the end < f Feb
| ruary. next year.
Dr. Rice will be working closely
j with Barrow citizens in arriving at
how the physical facilities at Bar
row can best be developed to im
prove standards for health, safety,
comfort and convenience.
DK. E. F. RICE
Since receiving his doctoral in
engineering. Dr. Rice has sn n* a
year at Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and three months at
Harvard University studying city
and regional planning.
Rice will also recommend spe
cific action and document the rea
sons underlying his recom ida«
[ lions.
Here are just a few of th 'rungs
j to be included:
Land I'se Plan
A suggested over-all land use
plan and a plan for the rational
layout of the village. Suggestions
will be made for a reasonable and
safe public utilities system.
A procedure will be recommended
for the realignment and reno ving
of dwelling with projected costs.
Recommendations will be in ide
concerning methods of financing
for the development of roads, water
I supply, waste disposal systems, and
a dependable source of electric
power.
Gas I'se
One of the principal recommenda
tions will concern the use cf natural
gas—whether it would be best for
the natural gas to be used directly
for the heating of dwellings or
whether it would be best for homes
to be heated with gas-generated
electricity.
In all of Barrows projects, the
maximum participation of state and
federal agencies and the Barrow
citizens will be stressed.
"One of the major pr> blem? at
Barrow is that the houses are in
a haphazard arrangement." said Dr.
Rice.
Crews Busy
Right now Bureau of T d Man
agement crews are making a town
site survey and are laying out
streets fiO feet in width for the ci'v.
lay necessity, about 70 houses will
have to be moved.
The moving will start this summer
as soon a< the survey work is com
pleted. Local Barrow men wil be
employed and the moving will be
under the supervision of Bureau of
Indian Affairs personnel.
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NOTICE
Hue to an unexpected abun
dance of news, the lengthy Arc
tic survival feature will not ap
pear in this issue af the paper. It
will be printed, however, in the
next issue.