COPPER RIVER TRIBES i
TO PRESENT ANCIENT
DANCES AT FAIR
Native dancers from Copper
River tribes will be featured at
the 1955 ‘Matanuska Valley Fair
on Labor Day, September 5. The
dancers are of the group that
J. C. Morris of Anchorage recent
ly recommended be presented at
such affairs as the Matanuska
Valley Fair.
Morris, who has taken an ac
tive interest in civic affairs
throughout the territory, witnes
sed the ancient tribal dances at
a Copper Center potlatch held
several weeks ago. Dances known
by some of the Copper River el
ders to be at least 100 years old
were performed at the gathering.
According to Morris, Copper
Center natives are part of the
huge Athabascan tribe who,
through their location on a wat
erway connecting the interior
with southwestern areas of Al
aska, have picked up many danc
es of other Tlinket tribe In
dians from the south, and Tanana
Indians from the north.
During the 15th annual Fair i
the dancers and singers will per
form the Bear dance, Goose
dance, Seagull dance, Farewell
dance, Copper River and Tanana
River dances. Indians who will
journey to Palmer for the pre
sentations are Oscar Craig, Paul
Snell, Henry John, Ralph San
ford, Jim McKinley, Don Nealey,
and Nicholas Brown, dancers;
also John Pay one, Waite Charles,
Pete Ewan, Marshall Ewan,
singers; and Buster Gene, dancer
and singer. McKinley, Charles,
John, Gene and Craig also will
act as callers for the dances.
Persons who have witnessed
the Eskimo dances presented at
the Anchorage Fur Rendezvous,
will find a marked difference in
the type dancing to be presented
at the Fair by the Copper River
Indians. Although all old cere
monial dance costumes were de
stroyed in a fire several years
ago, their ingenuity in adapting
modern materials has provided
them with colorful costumes.
The dances will be presented
twice during the Labor Day pro
gram so that the many thousand
persons attending the Fair will
have an opportunity to see the
first public performance of the
Copper River Indians.
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DOROTHY ADAMS
TO WED ON SEPT. 17
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Adams of
Palmer have announced the en
gagement of their daughter,
Dorothy Jean. Miss Adams will
become the bride of Fred L.
Breshears, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Virgil Breshears of Spenard.
President Wells Bowen of the
Church of Christ of Latter Day
Saints will perform the ceremony
September 17 at 8 p.m. in the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Leonard
Williams of Rodgers Park, Anch
orage. A reception will follow in
the Williams’ home.
The bride-to-ibe is a graudate
of Palmer High School and is em
ployed at the Alaska Agriculture
Experiment Station.
The prospective bridegroom
attended Anchorage High School
and is now employed by the Al
aska Railroad.
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WASILLA SCHOOL
OPENS SEPTEMBER 6
Buses will make student pick
up at times appropriate to effect
a 9:30 a.m. school arrival in
Wasilla on Tuesday, September
6, according to an announce
ment made this week by Ernest
E. Line superintendent of Wasil
la schools.
On the first day school will be
dismissed between 11:30 a.m. and
noon. Announcement will be
made prior to dismissal on open
ing day, relative to bus pick-up
and dismissal on subsequent days,
he stated.
Children entering the first
grade must have a birth certifi
cate. Children in this category
will not be allowed to attend
school after the first week if
they have not presented birth
certificates attesting their ages,
he said. Territorial law provides
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HEADQUARTERS FOR SCHOOL SUPPLIES
that a child who has not reached |
his sixth birthday on or before
November 1 of the current year
cannot be entered in school.
There will be no cafeterial pro
gram operating during the first
week, Line said. Announcements
relative to beginning of the
program will be made sometime
dturirvg the first week.
All parents and friends of the
school are invited to visit the
school and become acquainted
with the Wasilla school system
teachers.
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