Merry Xmas lo Pioneers
Merry Christmas to olrl friends
in the Pioneer Home at Sitka:
Edward Gross, James LaPierre
of Teller, William and Annie
O’Connor of Kwiguk, John Pear
son, Peter X. Peterson, Lyda and
Fred Rohn, George Wallin of
Candle, John Walters of Ruby.
Mark 50th Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Springsteen,
Nome residents until the early
twenties, celebrated their 50th
wedding aniversary in Spokane,
Wn., with friends and relatives
totaling well over a 100 joining in
to make a memorable day. Mr. and
Mrs. Springsteen mined in the
Bessie Bench area where No. 5
dredge was located last year.
Knitting Group Busy
The knitting group of the San
Francisco - Oakland Sourdough
Assn, have been busy all year
knitting afghan, scarves, and slip
pers for the folks at the Pioneer
Home at Sitka and mailed several
large packages to the home just
before Christrr'>s.
Fulicre Pioii(M‘rs
Gather Funds
For ()ld - Timers
Nowhere shines the sun so bright,
as in Alaska;
Nowhere is the snow so white,
as in Alaska.
The people? Well, I'm not so
sure
They might not be so good and
pure—
But when I reach that Last
Divide,
I hope that standing by my
side
Will be some friends as true
and tried
As the ones I have—in Alaska!
This quotation from a toast was
written in the “thank you letter”
from the Pioneers Home after the
guests had received their annual
gifts made possible by the Pioneers
Christmas Fund which was gather
ed for 1962.
The Pioneers Christmas Fund
was established over 30 years ago
by W. D. Gross, an Alaskan pio
neer, to provide the old-timers with
something extra during the Christ
mas season. For 30 years the em
ployes of Gross Enterprises in
Southeastern Alaska have handled
this annual drive, using the Gross
theaters as collection headquarters.
Before Mr. Gross died last year,
ane of his last requests was that
the fund tradition be carried on.
rhe 1962 fund made its annual ap
peal to the people of the Gastin
aau Channel area. Mayor Larry S.
Parker again this year was honor
ary chairman, with John Durnev
as financial chairman.
Assisting were boys and girls
from the Juneau-Douglas High
School — known as the Future
Pioneers of Alaska.
TOO STIFF TO DRINK . . .
PHOENIX, Ariz. ‘IP) — World
War I aces Eddie Rickenbacker
and Frank Luke flew into Phoenix
from Los Angeles aboard a jet air
liner Tuesday.
Stewardess Sandra Reed of El
Paso, Tex., blushed after offering
the men a drink. The passengers
were made of wax.
They were on their way to a
Scottsdale, Ariz., wax museum
from Josephine Tussaud Studios in
London where they were created.
Luke, a native of Phoenix, died
in combat in 1918.
Rickenbacker, America’s top ace
in the war, lives in New York.
May your home be a
bright and glowing pic
ture of Happiness during
this Christmas Season.
Our sincerest thanks and
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AND BEST WISHES
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MARTIN’S COLD STORAGE
PEGGY KELLIHER GEORGE MAYAC
Sargent Sbrivnr M :y Seek
Governor Post In Illinois
WASHINGTON /■ Sargent
Shriver, Director of the Peace
Corps and President Kennedy’s
brother-in-law, says he might ran
for governor of Illinois, but he
didn’t say when, nor did he give
a definite yes or no.
Asked on a taped radio-television
interview program in Washington
about reports linking his name with
a possible race for governor,
Shriver said he had always been
interested in public service and “if
an opportune time and an appro
priate opportunity arose which
fitted into my situation and to
the situation in Illinois, I would
be happy to consider running for
office.” *
Virginia Ward, formerly Ihd
Cross head in Alaska who or . .we!
the Gray Ladies here for the . IMhI
Hospital who moved to Cnimvdo
upon retirement of her husband
from the U.S. Air Force while
stationed at Elmendorf, is now
executive director of the Col r 1 .1
Nurses Assn., and editor of the
magazine “Colorado Nurse,” ac
cording to word received from her.
She will be doing considerable
traveling on this assignment.
r
Canadians Will Not
Cut Alaska Cargo
Routed from Seattle
SEATTLE '.-P> The president
i of the Aia.-.ka-British Columbia
Transportation Co. said Friday he
does not think Canadian port.; will
cut seriously into the amount of
cargo now routed through Seattle.
•form Lee, whose line barges car
load shipments to the Alaska rad
belt through Prince Rupert. B C ,
| said the company has carried
| tons ot cargo in th past ei.gut
| months. Ot this, he said, 5,023 tons
! originated in the United States.
! Uur.ng the same period, Lee
| estimate 1 . . .: e than 23;).000 tons
| moved through Seattle for the >
| Alaska railbelt.
The .my serves as a (De
tract carrier for freight pimvid i
’ y Canadian National Railway ,
h he bulk of the Canadian-origin
ated car. o has been lumber, Leo
said.
In England during the Middle
Ages, Christmas gradually de
veloped into a feast of goodna
tured reveling. When tire Puritans \
came to political power in 1642,
they immediately outlawed the
celebration of Christmas.
HOPE
YOU HAVE
THE
Alaska Cab
angflo buff as
ood friends
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