SherardQuestioned
In Highway
Investigation
By Ward Sims
Associated Press Staff Writer
JUNEAU, Feb. 14, W — Per
sonnel and fiscal control have
been the great problems of the
Alaska highway program, Thur
man D. Sherard, former State
road chief, said last night.
Sherard was the first witness
to take the stand as the special
Senate Highways Investigating
Committee started the second
week of its probe into Alaska’s
road program.
A crowd of some 250-300 per
sons jammed their way into the
Superior Court room on the fifth
floor of the Capitol Bldg, to hear
Sherard’s testimony.
Committee Chairman R. J. Mc
Nealy started the meeting by
reading a lengthy letter from key
personnel in the Highways Di
vision praising Sherard’s adminis
tration of the road program.
Sherard said the question up
permost in his mind before he ac
cepted the position as Alaska State
Highways Director on Oct. 23,
1959, was the question of political
interference.
"Commissioner Richard Down
ing, of Public Works, assured me
that partisan politics would not
be involved, that he would shield
me if partisan politics did come
up.”
Sherard said he was informed
when he took over as state road
chief he would have until Nov.
V5, less than a month, to prepare
a budget for a complete highway
program.
Sherard said he was able tc
assemble a staff of qualified high
way engineers by the time th<
state assumed control of Its owi
road .program on July 1, 196(
“because, frankly, they came t
Alaska because Larry Wilson, A
Gardner and I were here.”
Lawrence Wilson is Deput:
Commissioner of Public Works
Gardner is Assistant State High'
way Engineer for Operations.
; The Division of Highways de
veloped its own personnel system
Sherard said, only to have tht
legislature provide for a state
personnel system.
P "There was general confusion
in the state personnel program
J»d it created dissatisfaction
among highway personnel. I no
tified the people above me about
this program 20 or 30 times with
out result.”
Sherard said fiscal control has
always been a major headache in
the state highway program. He
(HOMIN’ . . .
From Fairbanks: (Robert Horton,
Lorena Blankensop, Ruth Larson,
Walt Wigger, Eldon DeSpain, R.
W. Sherris.
From Kotzebue: Allan Kurn.
GOIN’ . . .
To Fairbanks: Arthur Bergeron,
George Unton, Ernie Ailak, Tex
Chunn, Wayne Wittie, Bill Oman,
Ronnie Locke, Bill Sagoonick,
Kenneth Okitkon, Mike Cannon,
Johnnie Bahnke, Stanley Ander
sen, John Amundsen, Allan
Bradshaw, Gail Croell, Jo Cham
bers, Alice Arnold, Lari Lowe,
Diane Wilke, Dick McCormick.
To Kotzebue: Wm. Gorelick,
Ralph Seward, W. Wigger, Laura
Agloinga.
HARVEY CARLISLE PASSES
Harvey Carlisle, pioneer resi
dent of Fairbanks and Nome,
passed away at San Mateo, Calif.,
early this morning. He was the
husband of Helen Bockman
Carlisle, well known retired
teacher of this community, who
in recent years has made her
home in Fairbanks in the sum
mer and wintering in San Mateo.
Mr. Carlisle was with the U.S.
Land Office in Fairbanks for
many years.
Burial is planed for Friday or
Saturday.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Fair to partly cloudy most of
the day. Cloudy with snow tonight.
Gusty 20 mph winds from the
west. Uttle change in temp. In
the last 24 hours: High of 13, low
of -15. Max. wind 21 mph from
NNE. Sunrise at 7:59 a.m., sunset
at 4:34 p.m. Temps, a year ago
today: High of 13, low of -3. Ex
tremes on this date since 1907:
High of 43 in 1927, low of -35 in
, 1957.
), l cited three instances in whicl
0 I monies were transferred from tin
JI highway construction revolvinj
I fund to other funds without hii
ir consent.
“I complained often, loud and
■ long, in writing, about such trans
actions,” Sherard said.
The former highways director
, said Alaska’s top highways staff
s has years of experience which the
> road staff of no other state can
match. He said the top 20 men in
1 the division have a total of 444
l years experience.
i “Alaska is doing more work per
man per mile of road and dollar
; spent than any other Western
state,” Sherard said.
The committee hearings will
i continue Thursday night, with
Sherard again on the witness
stand.
Seattle Has to Hustle
To Remain Supply
Center for Alaska
SEATTLE IP — An Alaska
newspaper publisher says if Seat
tle wants to remain the supply
center for Alaska the city has to
hustle.
C. W. Snedden, publisher of the
Fairbanks Daily News - Miner,
spoke at a meeting of the Alaska
Division of the Seattle Chamber
of Commerce Monday.
‘‘Unless Seattle gets under way
with something constructive,” he
said, “she’s going to find herself
out of the surface transportation
business to Alaska.”
’Snedden, a former president of
the Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, said estimates indicate
cargo rates in less than carload
quantities to the Alaska “Bail
belt” can be reduced more than
half by railcar-barge service
through Prince Rupert, B.C.
U.S. rail lines are considerini
similar service through Seattle,
but Alaskans are reported dis
satisfied with the current status
on this program, Snedden said.
He said Seattle has advantages
that Prince Rupert cannot match,
such as the ability to provide fre
quent service. He said Alaskans
also would rather see their cargo
moving through Seattle.
On another matter, he compli
mented the Alaska Steamship Co.
He said:
“The Alaska Steamship Co. has
been doing a wonderful job for
years. It has been serving many
Alaska ports at a loss on a year
round basis. Then, in the sum
mertime, the small barge lines
move in and skim the cream off
the business.”
He suggested Interstate Com
merce Commission, regulations to
protect the carriers who give
year-round service to Alaska.
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School Board Hears
Committee Report On
“Ungraded Primary”
At its regular meeting last night
the Nome School Board heard the
report of a Curriculum Study
Committee which has been con
ducted over the last two years.
Miss Barbara Cooper, third grade
teacher and committee chairman,
presented the board with a writ
ten summary of the study, elabor
ated on its several points and
answered questions. Title of the
report was "The Ungraded Pri
mary."
Miss Cooper pointed out that
the ungraded primary plan is not
a method of teaching or a depart
ure from established procedures,
but rather an administrative or
ganizational plan. It is different
however insofar as the rate of
learning and the length of time
spent in the various content areas.
Demands made on a child because
he is a certain age or grade level
are eliminated and are replaced
with an individual program of ob
jectives.
For the child who makes slow
er or faster progress than the
average, the ungraded primary
plan is definitely advantageous.
When a child appears to be a
slow learner, it indicates that he
may need four years in the Pri
mary School before he is ready
for the fourth grade and so his
program is "stretched out." Em
phasis is put on what the child
can do and although it may take
an extra year to complete the
program they do it without frus
tration, humiliation, discourage
ment and the loss of continuity j
which inevitably accompanies the |
“failure of a grade” in a graded
program.
Just as the slow learner is
benefited by the plan, so too is
the exceptionally mature and fast
learning child.
The board and administration
has ibeeh concerned for some
time about the high rate of re
tention and retardation in the pri
mary levels, which has brought
about the consideration of this
system as a possible means of
helping to alleviate the problem.
Members of the committee
were Barbara Cooper, Mary Jean
Potter, Patty Brooks and Sheila
O’Brien. Elementary principal
Marc Beauchamp served as ex
officio member.
Mrs. Kan Hudgins is being hon
ored with a farewell party this
evening, given at the home of
Esther McCoy with Janet Kelley
and Mary Barrow as assisting
hostesses. The Hudgins leave Sat
urday for reassignment in the
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Little Leaguers
Put On Big Show
The preliminary Little League
game between the North Stars
and the Nome Druggists last night
proved to be an exciting one.
The regular game ended as a
tie, and two subequent overtime
periods did not determine a win
ner. It was then decided to go
into a “sudden death” game. The
first team to score a goal would
be declared winner. After much
spirited play Harvey Miller sank
a free throw to give the win to
the Druggists. Friday night will
see the final game for the league
championship being played by the
Druggists and the Bering Sea.
In the regular City League, the
Jaycees went down to defeat be
fore the Merchants by a score of
45-37. In the second game a de
termined, but unsuccessful ANB
team lost to the Polar Hornets,
51-45.
ALL DIVISION HEADS
WOULD HAVE TO BE
FIVE-YEAR RESIDENTS
JUNEAU m — The chief of the
State Division of Personnel and
the principal personnel officers of
all state departments would have
to be five-year residents of
Alaska at the time of their ap
pointment under the provisions
of a bill introduced in the House
yesterday.
The measure was authored by
Rep3. Warren Taylor, Harold
Hansen, Peter Deveau, John
Nusunginya, and Wm. Sanders.
All five men are members of
the House’s special committee on
State Hiring Practices.
LENGTHY HANGOVER . . .
. SOUTHAMPTON, England (JV
A night on the town brought
George Reynolds a hangover that
lasted clear across the Atlantic
and back.
Reeling happily through the
streets one night last month he
stumbled aboard the banana
boat Camito and fell asleep. On
waking he found the ship at sea
bound for the West Indies. When
the ship got back to Southhamp
ton, Reynolds, 25, was convicted
of stowing away. He was jailed
28 days in default of a fine.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meat* Every Monday Noon ait
North Stair Dining Boom
Don Hoover, President
ALASKA CHAlTSJt NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meats first and Third Monday
Anvil Lodge
No. 140
Carl Mtdrelaon, W. M.
Narvtn W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets first an* Third Thursday
Of Frirti
Wan. H. Camaran, Plan
Sects. *.
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Nome Cadet Squadron ,
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