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WAKING OUR MONEY GO A LONG WAYS
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Eastern Insurance
Man Sees Great
Potential in Alaska
SEATTLE UP— A Vermont in
surance executive just back from
Alaska says he now is convinced
the state has “great long - range
potential.”
L. Douglas Meredith, 57, execu
tive vice president of the Nation
al Life Insurance Co. of Mont
pelier, Vt., spoke at a Rainier
Club luncheon here.
“A week’s tour scarcely quali
fies me as an expert,” Meredith
said, “but there are many factors
which seem to bode well for Al
aska’s future.
One factor: “The tremendous
size—nearly overwhelming.”
Another: The realization that
modern transportation advances
are putting the north state closer
and closer to the south 48.
“Economic history,” Meredith
noted, “can be divided by the
coming of improvements in trans
portation, toll roads, canals, rail
roads, highways, superhighways,
airplanes and now jets.”
The explosion of population is
sure to spill more newcomers intc
the wide-open state, Meredith
said, and added:
“The impressive known re
sources lead one to the inevitable
conclusion that there are untolc
unknown resources in those hills.’
And then there is the historica
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precedent of other frontier states
— the gradual changeover, non
I feasibility to feasibility of econ
omic development.
Alaska’s power potential assures j
this changeover, Meredith said. I
; “They tell me that Rampart Dam |
| will create a reservoir the size of !
Lake Erie —that it will take 20
I years to fill!”
Easterners like himself. Mere- I
j dith said, have long suffered the
I delusion that Alaska is a great fro
I zen, barely inhabitable tundra.
Now that he has seen the land
for himself, he thinks the north
tier of the south 48 and also much
of Canada is “just as bad if not far
worse" — and these areas have
been developed. i;
“I came away,” Meredith said, I.
“with the impression that the cli- i
mate of Alaska will not be much J,
of a detriment to its future
growth.”
Alaskans are overlooking at
least a few good bets, in the east
ern insurance executive’s opinion.
“I believe that cattle could be
developed to thrive on land which
supports moose, caribou and other
animals,” he opined. “Also, I can’t
understand why no hybrid corn is
grown there. In my garden (in
north - central Vermont) I have a
hybrid variety which matures in
60 days.” ,
And as for the tourist-vacation
i business: “I saw none of the type
of summer cabin we have all over
the northern New England states.
[ All housing is for year-round use.
■ This is something that will de
I velop.”
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OUR SAVIOR'S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
5th and Bering St.
Reynold F. Wilton, Pastor
SATURDAY
Sr. Luther League 7:30 p»m.
SUNDAY
Sunday School 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship 11:00 ajn.
Hi Luther League Committee
2:30 pjn.
Evening Service, 7:30 pjn.
TUESDAY
Jr. Hi Luther League 7:00 pjn.
WEDNESDAY
Mid-Week Meeting
and Prayer 7:30 pjn.
Rohuk - Ambler
Shimjmak Hold
Training Sessions
Mrs. Jean Burand, Nome District
Home Demonstration agent, has
just returned frdm the Shungnak
Kobuk-Ambler region of the upper
Kobuk River country. There is an j
ample number of caribou in the
area, with many caches full of
moose. Fishing is good, especially
near the open water at the con
fluence of the Ambler and Kobuk :
Rivers, where mudshark and white- j
fish abound, she reported. Winter
wood supplies have been gathered, ,
some icq stacked for water and |
all is ready for winter. “Almost all, j
that is. There is very little snow
and several robins still around — j
perhaps we all slept through the j
dark months and it is time for
breakup?”
4-H meetings, and leaders train
ing sessions were held at all three
villages with local leaders Marie,
Lydia and Mark Cleveland of
Ambler showing a fine record with
aig plans for constructing sleds,
mowshoes. bread and skirts for
die winter. Kobuk reorganized
with Edison Hooley and Amelia
Tray leading. Projects have not
yet been chosen for this group. The
Shungnak boys and girls are well
into their projects of making cari
bou hide mittens, soap dishes and
other objects on their long list “to
do" for the winter, under the lead
ership of Misses Ruth and Susie
Lee and Mr. Kriger.
A clothing construction class was
taught by Mrs. Burand as a part
jf the adult education program
being carried out by Mr. Ken
Kriger of the Bureau of Indian
Affairs. Last year the Shungnak
women learned to use a paper pat
tern and made cotton dresses. This
year lined corduroy jackets with
hoods were made. It was most
gratifying to see how much was
retained over the intervening
months. Jackets were completed
and modeled for graduation night
by Mesdames George Cleveland,
Levi Cleveland, Neil Sheldon, Wal
ler Douglas, Gene Lee and Miss
Ruth Lee. Mrs. Leonard Douglas
started her jacket but had to go to
:he hospital, so the group with
:he assistance of Mrs. Isaac Doug
as finished her jacket for her.
rhe excellent work done by the
women in the class enabled sev
eral to finish lined jackets, and or
slacks for others in their families
Tom the left-over fabric. Hoods,
land warmer pockets and zippers,
along with a lining, provided the
new learnings for this year.
Plans were made for a beginning
slothing construction workshop to
be held at Kobuk in the fall of
1963 now that there is a guest
cabin in that village. A leaders
conference — 4-H leaders and a
chosen representative of the
Mother’s Clubs — was tentatively
set up for February of 1964. The
purpose of the gathering will be
to delineate the position of a lead
er, what is expected of her. what
she can expect of the community
and skill learnings in clothvag
construction with a possibility of
the addition of certain craft skills
if the demand warrants. Due to
housing and space requirements
this gathering will probably be
held at Shungnak with Kobuk and
Ambler representatives coming to
the larger village for the week.
Charlie’s
Barber Shop
Front of Pool Hall
12 Noon to 8 P.M.
Phone 2343
Fx-Cest. Walker Ruled
Competent to Stand Trial
For Seditious Conspiracy
OXFORD, Miss. (,-F A federal
judge has ruled that Edwin A.
Walker is mentally competent to
stand trial on federal charges of
seditious conspiracy and inciting
an insurrection.
US. Dist. Judge Claude Clay
Ion handed down the ruling Wed
nesday after a two-dav hearing.
He based his findings on a Dallas,
Tex., mental test given the con
troversial major general and his
awn observation of Walker’s be
lavior in court.
But Clayton ruled first that the
:ourt order for a mental test was
justified and should remain in the
:ase recorded.
No trial date has been set for
Walker. He was arrested and
'barged Oct. 1 for alleged actions
luring rioting at the University
if Mississippi the night of Sept.
10. after Negro James Meredith
irrivcd on the campus.
Admitted to the hospital: Ann
Jreen, Johnson Seegoonick. Dis
charged: Pat O’Connell and Diane
Mexander.
THE CHURCH OF
JESUS CHRIST OF
LATTER DAY SAINTS
(Mormon)
Sunday Services 11:30 ajn.
Robert Johnson Residence
Across From Nome School
Telephone — 2402
Ecumenical Council
Proposes Permanent
Information Agency
VATICAN CITY OP) — The
!Iom;in Catholic Ecumenical Coun
j sil today began discussing a pro
posal that the Vatican set up a
permanent agency to inform and
| form public opinion.
A spokesman said the proposal
was included in a draft thesis on
I “social means of communication"
: submitted today to the 2,200 coun
cil fathers in St. Peter’s. The docu
j merit covers the press, radio, tele
vision, cinema and entertainment.
The spokesman said a number
; of speakers in today’s closed ses
j sion suggested an International
' Catholic News Agency be estab
j lished. This suggestion was ex
pected to be considered as an
) amendment to the draft thesis.
A preparatory secretariat head
: ed by Archbishop Martin O’Con
nor, formerly of Scranton, Pa.,
drafted the thesis. Archbishop
O’Connor, Reactor of the Ponti
I ficial North American College in
I Rome, is president of the Com
1 mission on Cinema, Radio and
Television.
The spokesman said the draft, in
; proposing a permanent public
j opinion agency, suggested this body
| could be either an entirely new
j one or an enlarged version of
i Archbishop O’Connor's commis
' sion.
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