RANDOM RAiSHJNOS OUT WASILLA WAY
By E. Hjellen
Our former health nurse—Miss
Myron—was down from Tok Jun
ction. She has her offices in the
.A. R. C. building — and finds her
hiwav circuit quite and relaxing.
Failing rocks at the mine laid
Paul LePors up with a bruised
shoulder and a bruised heel. Paul
was telling me that he had b«en
covered three times while work
ing in coal mines in "Pennsy".
We mine soft coal up here.
Chet McClung of Palmer is re
lieving the Short family at the
Independence Mine—about Aug
ist 1st.
Secretary of the Interior Me- j
Kay shook hands with everybody
who stepped forth at the depot
—but “Corky'' was the only one
io be favored by a petting.
ETERI, a group of Christian
business women of Anchorage,
under the leadership of Mrs.
Ethel Hansen, held their annual
summer Retreat at the Olson
home July 9—11. This was a sur
prise to everyone because the
meeting was scheduled to be held
t o C. S. White cabin on Lake
c.Ue. For the information of
...ose who were to locate a “two
storey” cabiri—it’s the cabin be
tween the Reese and Nevada
homes on the north shore of Lake
Lucille.
Somebody must have money in
this Republican regime. Saw 32
brand-new cars on the freight that
followed the secretary to Fair
banks.
William Randolph Hearst once
urged his famous columnist Ar
thur Brisbane, to take a six-month
vacation. In rejecting the gener
ous offer, Brisbane wrote his
chief. “There are two reasons
why I will not accept an extend
ed vacation. The first reason is
that if I quit writing my column
for six months, it might affect
the circulation of your newspap
ers, The second reason is that it
might not.”
See—I’m playing it safe. I’ll be
gone for only three months. Going
to try the treatment offered by
the St. Joseph Clinic in Tacoma,
Wash, for multiple sclerosis. In
my absence—my good wife will
-continue this column. Altho she
uses the nickname of “Pat”— her
given name starts with ' E so
there’ll be no change in the head
ing box.
Leave the news with her at
Teeland’s.
M'boy Gary left by train for
Anchorage, PNA to Seattle and
Greyhound to Valpariso, Indiana.
That leaves only a rowboat to
get to "Chloe".
Mrs. Arnold (Louanne) That
cher with five year old Cecil and
seventeen month Judy arrived
from L. A. They’ll be with the
grand folks out Big Lake way—
Arnie has beer, working around
the clock to build their house.
University Enrollment
Breaking Past Records
Enrollment of students from
stateside high schools as fall se
mester freshmen at the Univer
sity of Alaska already has broken
all records, President Ernest N.
Patty announced this week.
He revealed that 41 students
from Outside have filed their
credentials and made dormitory
reservations. There are seven stu
dents from Oregon, seven from
New York, five from California,
and four from Idaho. Fifteen
other states are represented in
this pre-registration.
Reservations also are being re
ceived daily from Alaskan high
school graduates. Yet past experi
ence at the university indicates
that many of the graduates from
Alaskan high schools wait until
the last weeks before making ap
plications.
“Dormitory space undoubtedly
will be at a premium this year,
and we want to give Alaskan
graduates preference,” Dr. Patty
said. “We urge the Alaskan grad
uates planning to attend their
own university to send the Regis
trar their high school credentials
and applications for dormitory
space at the earliest possible mo
ment.”
A census of Pacific gray whales
conducted recently off the Cali
fornia coast show an increase. The
Fish and Wildlife Service, says
the increase may indicate the spe
cies may regain the economic im
portance enjoyed earlier.
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Trip ts Italy
Editor's noit- The following
exerpts are taken from a lengthy
and interesting letter received by
the Harold Winegarner family
from Rosalind Miller, Interna
tional Farm Youth Exchange
delegate who will be spending
several weeks in Italy.
July 4
“Dear Folks — It doesn’t seem
like the 4th of July at all on
board ship. Most of us stayed up
all night last night to s&e more
land. About 5 a.m. we could see
Africa on the south ar.d Portu
gual and Spain on the north. It
hadn’t really dawned on me that
I would be seeing part of Africa.
The Rock was a beautiful sight.
I had pictured it as just a small
jut of rock sticking up in the
ocean, but it is immense with
forts, guns, and battle ships. We
anchored in the harbor quite a
distance from shore. A tug-boat
came to pick up and bring pas
sengers. Then tugs and barges
took the cargo off.
“Wish you could have witness
ed the bartering as we did this
morning. The people from the
villages surrounded the ships in
their rowboats, filled with sou
venirs. They had everything in
cluding handkerchiefs, scarves,
jewelry, wicker baskets, fresh
fruit and vegetables, caps and
even live baby octopus. They
would throw a string with a
weight fastened on the end and
send the money back in the bas
ket. They would set their prices
way high and we would barter
them way down.
July 5
“I have been busy trying to get
things in order for we will be
in Naples the 7th. We were sup
posed to reach Palmermo around
8 a.m. but now it will be 12 noon
before we arrive. We all hate to
see our journey together end so
'soon.
July 6
“What an exciting day we had
in Palmero. We had a man aboard
ship who, with his uncle, has two
or three large citrus farms outside
Palermo. That is what Palermo
is noted for. His name is Rozario
and he has been in the U. S
studying agriculture and citrus
production. He said that the Am
ericans were so nice to him that
he wanted to do something for
us. Last night he ordered Italian
petsa-pie and had a party for us.
He had to get home as soon as
he reached Palermo so he made
arrangements for his cousin and
friend to take us on a tour of
Palermo.
“The cars are so tiny and they
have the driver’s seat on either
side of the vehicle. No street
signs and they go on either side
of the street they want to. Around
every corner they honk the horn.
With all the motorcycles, horse
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^10,000 ESTATE
Chicago, 111., July 29 (Special)
A will-o’-the-wisp search is un
der way in Alaska for descend
ans or other next-of-kin of the
late Edward Adolph Stark who
are wanted to claim his $10,000
estate, of which they are obvious
ly unaware.
This became known here today
when Walter C. Cox, probate gen
j eologist, 208 S. LaSalle St-, Chi
cago, who specializes in tracing
missing relatives to settle estates,
took over the hunt with but a few
vague clues.
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“Stark died recently in his
early seventies, leaving the estate
but very little information about
his past. He was of Norwegian
Swedish descent, and is presumed
to have been a native of Minne
sota.
“Search for his heirs is being
centered in Alaska because it is
reported that he spent a num
ber of years in the territory, be
ginning in the 1920’s, ar.d during
that time married a woman nam
ed Eva Jensen.
“This was reportedly in the
southeastern part of Alaska in the
region around Hyder, although
his heirs may have since moved
elsewhere. Stark was reportedly
a stationary engineer, and pre
sumably engaged in this or a sim
ilar trade.
“His widow' under certain cir
cumstances or his children, if any,
or living, would have first claim
to the estate, with brothers and
sisters or nieces and nephews next
in line.”
During fiscal year ended June
30, 1953, there were 100,883 In
dian children between 6 and 18
years of age enrolled in schools
in the United States and Alaska.
More than half, 53.9 per cent,
were in public schools, and 10.2
per cent in mission and other
schools.
buggies, and bicycles, you can
imagine all the confusion and
commotion. Our hair stood on
end quite a few times when the
driver turned' a corner and met
motorcycles head on. But he just
laughed at us.
“Most of us will probably fin
ish packing tonight as we reach
Naples about 10 a.m. and will
:obably head right out for Rome.
Others will have a couple of days
in Naples before they commence
their journey to Greece, Israel,
and Turkey.”
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