YOUTH LEADERS
TO MEET AUG. 12
The State Youth Leadership
Conference will be held Aug
ust 12-17 on the University of
Alaska Campus, according to
an announcement by Keith
Smith, Palmer High School
Principal, and William Cheney,
state 4-H Club leader.
Cheney said the annual event
would begin with early arri
vals coming in Sunday evening,
August 12, and will close with
breakfast Friday morning.
High school representatives
of student councils are eligible
to attend, as well as 4-H Club
members who will be 14 years
old by September 1. Smith ask
ed that student council mem
bers contact him concerning
details.
The objectives of the Confer
ence will be on leadership de
velopment, personal and social
improvement, and recreation.
On the recreation side will be
a riverboat trip, tours on and
off the campus, and a banquet.
Three state 4-H contests will
be held. The dress revue will
feature the winners from the
district modeling their gar
ments. One of the winners will
be selected to attend 4-H Club
Congress in Chicago next No
vember.
Winners will also be select
ed for giving the best bread
demonstration, and in public
speaking.
It’s often tne small talk that
causes the biggest trouble.
Commercial Fishing
Reported Excellent
Commercial fishing continues
to be excellent in the Chignik
Kodiak. Cook Inlet and Prince
William Sound areas. Walter
Kirkness, Commissioner of the
Alaska Department of Fish
and Game announced today.
The packs in all of these areas
should be among the best in
recent years. Although the red
runs in all of these areas were
good, it is the pink and chum
salmon fisheries which are now
demonstrating such an excel
lent abundance.
Fishermen in Chignik, Ko
diak and Prince William Sound
have been on limits for varying
periods of time to limit the
catch to that which the canner
ies can handle daily without
wastage. Excellent escapements
are being achieved in almost
all important salmon streams
in these areas.
Fishing in some districts is
now being prosecuted seven
days per week. As a further
evidence of the strength of the
runs, the Kamishak Bay district
of Cook Inlet which has in
the past been restricted to sein
ing only has now been open to
drift gill netting to help har
vest the large run of salmon
which has appeared.
OFF CENTER
Beware of the fellow who
promises to meet you halfway
—he’s usually a poor judge of
distance.
GI’S ACT AS COUNSELORS AT CAMP
FOR HANDICAPPED CHILDREN OF AREA
It’s a toss-up who had the
most fun at King’s Lake Camp
last week, the kids or the
counselors, according to Pvt.
James Barner of the U. S.
Army information office.
The kids were handicapped
youngsters attending the Alas
ka Crippled Children’s camp,
and the counselors were mem
bers of the United States Mod
ern Winter Biathlon Training
Center at Fort Richardson.
Each Biathlete was respon
sible for a cabin of boys attend
ing the camp. According to the
need of the moment, the coun
selors served as big buddies,
older brothers, and at times,
sympathetic fathers.
Besides counseling, each man
took part in other aspects of
running the camp. They put on
skits to entertain the children,
held a beauty contest, were
life guards and swimming and
boating instructors on the lake
front, washed dishes and clean
ed cabins, taught nature study,
w’orked with the arts and crafts
program and organized athletic
programs and other special
events.
The 59 children at the camp
came from all over Alaska.
Groups came from Anchorage,
Wrangell. Juneau, Fairbanks,
Palmer and other towns.
United States Army, Alaska
Special Services loaned athletic
equipment, baseballs, bats, bad
miton nets and rackets, water
fins, paddle boards and swim
ming area marking floats and
water safety equipment.
The camp was named Kuw
ianewkuik, an Eskimo word
best translated as “Place of
Happiness,” and the smile? and
laughter of the children seemed
to indicate the choice of names
was appropriate, Burner said.
Directly in charge of the
59 children were co-directors
of the camp, Mrs. Joyce, exec
utive secretary of the Alaska
Crippled Children’s Associa
tion, and Miss Dorothy Byler,
chief physical therapist at the
Crippled Children’s Treatment
Center in Anchorage. Mrs.
Bi ian Davies of Anchorage was
the camp nurse.
Besides the ACCA, the Elk's
Cerebral Palsy Commission,
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
and the Alaska Native Service
Hospital were involved in op
erating the camp. Many other
organizations, club groups and
individuals contributed “Camp
erships,” the cost of sending a
child to camp for one week.
Sacajewa was the Shoshone
wife of French-Canadian guide
Toussaint Charbonneau.
ELECT
HAGEN
REPRESENTATIVE ]
7th District i
ALASKA IS
GROWING
WITH
GRUENING
® ROWI N G in power development, federal aid for highways, airport
construction, financial assistance in the transition from territorialism to statehood.
N G in surveys of the public domain, land law revision, correction
of long standing injustices in the application of federal grant-in-aid programs.
I NGw improved mail service, establishment in Alaska of federal
laboratories and institutions of various kinds, better financial business and farm
loan programs, and much, much more that Senator Ernest Gruening has
successfully sponsored in Congress.
^^9^1 ^ ® to° in the respect which our state commands on the
national scene.
Here is what fellow Senators and others with whom he works in Washington say about Senator Gruening:
PRESIDENT JOHN F. KENNEDY: “I have the highest re
i i Emest Gruening. His keen mind and vast knowledge
of Alaskan and international affairs are greatly needed in the
United States Senate.”
SENATOR HUBERT HUMPHREY of Minnesota, Assistant
Majority Leader: You are truly one of the outstanding states
men of our time. I know of no one with a more impressive
record and productive career.”
VICE PRESIDENT LYNDON B. JOHNSON: “In the Senate
we value his advice highly and we are proud to have his
friendship.'
SENATOR MIKE MANSFIELD of Montana, Majority Leader,
U.S. Senate: “You have been a strong right arm in the Senate.
Your conscientious attention to duty and the needs of your
state, our country and our party have been outstanding and
the effectiveness of your efforts has been a tribute to
your career.”
SENATOR JOHN O. PASTORE of Rhode Island: “Eloouent,
energetic, informed — genial to win friends — dynamic to win
causes — Ernest Gruening has helped to make Alaska a rnean
mgful partner of all the States and a front line bulwark in our
country s world responsibilities.”
SENATOR VANCE HARTKE of Indiana: “I enjoy a deep
sense of pride knowing I am serving in the Senate along
side such a distinguished and dedicated public servant as
Ernest Gruening.”
SENATOR ALEXANDER WILEY of Wisconsin (Republican):
“...a great guy and great senator, Ernest Gruening.”
28 YEARS OF DISTINGUISHED
SERVICE TO ALASKA AND ALASKANS
ERNEST GRUENING
Jkr Director of Division of Territories and Island
Possessions, 1934-1939.
★ Governor of Alaska, 1939-1953.
,X. Member of Alaska International Highway
w Commission, 1938-1942 (Alaska
Highway completed 1943)
•Jg- Author of “The State of Alaska" published
in 1954.
JL Keynoter at Alaska Constitutional
^ Convention, 1955.
X Elected Alaska-Tennessee Plan Senator
by Alaskans, 1956.
-JL United States Senator from Alaska, 1958
to present.
SENATOR E. L. (BOB) BARTLETT of Alaska: “Twenty vcars
of close association and the handclasp is still mutually firm.”
Much remains to be done to fulfill the hopes which
you and Emest Gruening share for Alaska.
In its doing, a strong, united congressional delegation
such as we have had — one of the same political
persuasion as the administration in power and the
majority controlling the House and Senate
— is essential to success.
★
ON AUGUST 14 YOUR USE OF THE
DEMOCRATIC
COLUMN WILL ENABLE YOU TO VOTE FOR
UNITED STATES SENATOR
[xJGRUENING, ERNEST
KEEP ALASKA GkOWING
“THERE IS NO SUBSTITUTE FOR EXPERIENCE”
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CANCER CRUSADE
FALLS SHORT
OF GOAL
Cancer Crusade month for
the Matanuska Valley came to
a close with only $652.16 con
tributed, a little over half the
goal of $1200, according to Mrs.
George Brewster, Crusade
chairman for the Matanuska
Valley unit of the American
Cancer Society.
She pointed out, however,
that contributions may be made
to the Crusade up to Septem-;
ber 1. Many cancer patients of
the valley area have been aid
ed in the past by the work of
ACS, she said. The patient aid
fund will contribute up to $200
yearly for either treatment or
| transportation to treatment
i centers.
Part of dollars contributed to
Cancer go for research, she
| added, emphasizing the tre
mendous progress that has been
made in past years to control
the disease.
Contributions may be ad
dressed to Cancer. Palmer, Al
aska.
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