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USO More Than a Home Away From Home
n is apparent that the local USO
serves a very important function
in providing recreational facilities
in the City for visiting servicemen
and the servicemen living within
fts limits with their families.
We have heard many good com
ments from citizens and service
men alike in the services provided,
the entertainment furnished and
the general spirit of hospitality
prevailing there. It is significant
that good crowds are practically
always in attendance at the various
functions. Many more make use of
the building and its facilities.
On the eve of “Pal Month”, we
salute the USO, its genial director,
Zero Syphers and the various com
mittees that function to make its
programs a success.
Inform Your Delegate
delegates on the eve of the Con
stitutional Convention, which be
gins at Fairbanks November 8, are
seeking the will of the people who
elected them, in drawing up a con
stitution for the future state of
Alaska.
Jack Hinckel, elected delegate
from this district, is desirous of
learning what Mr. and Mrs. Citi
• zen would like toj have incorporat
ed into this historic document. He
would like to have all those who
have ideas along this line to get
in touch with him.
It is trite to say it is a momen
tous occasion - - the forming of a
document of this nature - - which
can well effect the lives of future
citizens of Alaska as well as the
present ones. Almost everyone has
some ideas that they would like to
have included. See your delegate.
His planned date of departure is
a week from today.
Treat 'em Right
Hallowe'en is here next week
and the “trick or treaters” will no
doubt be around with their small,
large or enormous sacks for con
Mbutions from you. Since we have
tip be afflicted with “horrible gob
lins, ghosts, witches and skele
tons,” some of them no larger
than a two year old (and probably
are) it might be well to have a
supply of good things around to
satisfy these demons and evil spir
its in order to curb their tenden
cies to more dire acts of destruc
tion.
Anyway, we haven’t yet heard of
anyone performing a trick rather
than give a treat. Who is it eats
these bags of “treats”? Is it the
parents or the child?
Opportunity Fellowships
i Opportunity Fellowships are be
ing offered to any citizen of the
United States who has given evi
dence of special ability and who
has not had full opportunity to
develop his talents because of ar
bitrary barriers such as racial or
cultural backgrounds or region of
residence.
Awards have been made to the
following groups: Negroes, Span
isli-Americans, Indians, Chinese,
and Japanese-Americans, residents
of the Virgin Islands, Peurto Rico,
Hawaii, Guam, Alaska, Samoa and
Hie Apalachian Mountain area, and
to displaced persons, who are nat
uralized or are in the process of be
coming citizens of the United
Rates.
The purpose of the Fellowship
to broaden opportunities in Am
erica. Specifically it is to give op
portunity for special experience or
advanced study to persons of ex
ceptional promise who otherwise
might not be able to reach their
tallest development or make their
tallest contribution.
The fellowships are open not
•niy for academic study but for
any kind of training or experience
(journalism, industry, labor, the
arts, et cetera). Candidates in mu
sic will be welcomed, as will ap
plicants for apprenticeships in
such areas as agriculture, industry
and labor.
Grants are expected normally to
range from $1000 to $3000 depend
ing on the nature of the proposed
project and the financial need of
the candidate. Awards are for a
full year of serious work.
Communications should be ad
dressed to: Opportunity Fellow
ships, John Hay Whitney Founda
tion, 630 Fifth Avenue, New York
20, N. Y. Complete applications
must be filed not later than No
vember 30. Awards are announced
in April or May.
We publish this feeling that
more native Alaskans could take
advantage of the opportunity of
fered.
Bazaar Saturday Nov. 5
Next Wednesday, November 2,
is the deadline for those planning
to contribute something for the
PTA Bazaar and White Elephant
Sale, November 5, at the Kodiak
Motors showroom.
You are asked to bring or send
your contribution to either the
grade school or the high school on
or before November 2 so that
prices may be set and last minute
arrangements made. If you have
no way to bring or send your con
tribution, either Mrs. Robert Hall
or Mrs. Douglas Ross will pick
them up.
“If all the clever things materia
lize that we have been hearing
about by rumor, this sale promises
to be one of the outstanding events
of this or any other year. Plan to
be there Saturday morning - there
might not be anything left by Sat
urday evening,” Mrs. Hall, co
chairman, said.
ALASKA’S NEED FOR FURTHER
PREPARATION IN CONSTI
TUTION MAKING
By Dr. D. R. Moberg
Election of delegates to the Alas
ka Constitutional Convention and
drafting of the constitution are two
important steps toward making
Alaska a state. However, two other
equally important tasks still. re
main. They are ratification of the
constitution by the people, and the
final approval of the document by
the American Congress.
Regarding the ratification step,
obviously both the public and the
various pressure groups must con
tinue their educational program
before the special ratification elec
tion is held next spring. Four
types of action may be expected in
this step. The delegates themselves
must explain to the public why
they reached the decisions they
did. Also, the Alaska Statehood
Committee has a responsibility in
this connection. The Alaska press,
radio and television media can cer
tainly be counted on for special
coverage, just as they did so well
for the special election of the dele
gates. Finally, all organizational
groups should assume additional
responsibility in educating their
members.
The crux of the process of Alas
ka’s constitutional making lies in
Congressional approval, the final
step.
Unless we do an A-l task in
drafting our future constitution,
AND have a large majority of
votes for its ratification, we Alas
kans can expect little from Con
gress - - either in the long range
fight for statehood, or, just as im
portantly, in the immediate fight
for improved political, economic,
and social conditions while still a
territory.
Even though many Alaskans do
not favor statehood/ at all and oth
ers do not desire immediate state
hood, they must fully appreciate
the significance of this process of
constitution making on Alaska’s
future. Delegate Bartlett has em
phatically stated that he will be
greatly handicapped in his daily
Congressional battles on any Alas
kan bill unless we show both the
American Congress and the Ameri
can public that we in a large ma
jority can assume our political re
sponsibilities. Only then will Alas
ka’s great future development be
better assured.
CITY HOSPITAL NEWS
Virginia Agatha, 7 lbs. 6 ozs.,
October 22 to Millie and Henry
Murphy.
Robert Joseph, 7 lbs. 12 ozs., Oc
tober 26 to Flora and Herbert
Spiegel.
An expert is one who has pre
viously made the same mistake.
goes where good taste goes
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