Lon Cope Portrait
To Be Dedicated
During Celebration
Portraits of 20 "original bush
pilots” who pioneered flying in
Alaska will be dedicated at a
grand aviation celebration to be
held in Anchorage the latter part
of October or early in November,
Bob Reeve, chairman of the cele
bration announced.
The oil paintings of pilots have
"been done by Harvey Goodale,
well known Alaskan portrait ar
tist and include Lon Cope, late
husband of Mrs. Margaret Cope
of Palmer. Cope, who came to the
territory in 1923 brought two
•open cockpit planes to Anchorage
via boat, three years later, and
.started the Anchorage Air Trans
portation business which he later
sold to American Airways. After
working for Amercan for a short
time he formed a partnership with
Frank Dorbrant, the Pacific Inter
national Airways, and bid on the
;star route mail delivery, making
runs down the Yukon to Unalaska ;
from Nenana with float planes.
Cope later sold out his interest
to Pan-American and left the ter
ritory, living in Brownsville, Tex
as for five years.
Returning to Alaska, he bought
an interest in the Marine Air
ways, organized by Alex Holden,
another pioneer bush pilot who
will be honored during the cele
bration, and flew float plane ser
-vice. It was during this time that
'he met his death in a plane crash.
Holden died a short time ago of a
heart attack.
* The celebration will jointly
•commemorate the formal opening
-of the International airport and
the 50th anniversary of powered
flight. Jimmy Doolittle, famed
pilot, is expected to take part in
the celebration, Reeves said. Doo
little is national chairman of the
/50th anniversary committee.
Other pilots to be honored are
Russ Merrill, Noel Wien, Joe
Crosson, Art Woodley, Ben Eiel
sen, Ed Young, Sam Whito, Ar
chie Ferguson, Bob Ellis, Shell
Simmons, A1 Monson, Harold Gil
liam, Merle Smith, Ray Person,
Jamboree Scouts
Head Home Tomorrow
Alaska’s contingent of 70
Scouts and leaders are participat
ing in the third National Jam
boree at Irvine Ranch in southern
California this week.
Franklin T. Unruh and Maurice
F. Powers of Anchorage are
scoutmasters of the two troops,
known as troops two and five of
section 23. Each troop is made up
of four patrols of boys, with troop
two’s leaders being Jimmy An
derson of Anchorage, Sandy Blan
ton, Jete Wagner and Allan Mc
Clain.
Troop five’s patrol leaders are
Harry Campbell of Palmer, Jack
Griggs, Bob Achtermann and Bob
Jewett.
The group have spent the past
four weeks touring the western
states, visiting national points of
interest. Due to the shortage of
housing for such a larg^ group,
several times they have slept on
gymnasium floors and other plac
es. Swimming in the great Salt
Lake proved to be an interesting
experience to the boys from Al
aska.
The boys have distributed hun
dreds of pamphlets and souvenirs
of Alaska and are proving to be
a'n enthusiastic group of support
ers for their home country at the
Jamboree where countless visitors
are thronging their campsites and
asking innumerable questions
about Alaska and its opportun
ities.
Following the Jamboree, Al
aska’s delegation will spend a
final week in touring the west
coast, returning to the Territory
July 31.
Frank Dorbrandt and Jack Jef
ford. Reeve said several others
will later be included in the
group. _
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Benjamin H. Ray, 48, entered a
plea of guilty to a charge of
speeding on July 14, when he ap
peared in U. S. Commissioner’s
Court July 15. The charge was
brought by the Territorial Police.
He was found guilty and fined
$20.00.
Gene Katter, 25, was also
found guilty to a charge of speed
ing brought by the Territory Po
lice. His violation occured on
July 15 and he appeared in Com
missioner’s Court on the same
day. He was fined $30.00, follow
ing a plea of guilty.
Peter Reuter, 26, entered a
guilty plea to a speeding charge
and was fined $25.00 following
a plea of guilty. The complaint
was signed by the Territorial
Police.
Another speeding charge was
brought by the Territorial Police
against Charles Lindberg, to
which he pleaded guilty in Com
missioner’s Court July 16. He was
fined $25.00.
Harry A. Anderson, 40, appear
ed in City Court on July 27 to
answer a charge of driving while
under the influence of intoxicat
ing liquor. He entered a plea of
guilty, was fined $100 and had his
drivers license revoked until
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Project Leaders’ meeting to be
held August 5 in the Extension
Craft room. In addition, Miss
Lydia Fohn-Hansen of the Uni
versity of Alaska plans to be pres
ent.
Miss Price will present infor
mation for making draperies, cur
tains and other home furnishings.
The meeting will start at 10:30
a.m. with a pot-luck lunch at
noon.
plaint was brought by Police
Chief Bernard Bouwens.
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