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Nenana Ice Classic
Closes April 7
NENANA — One of the old Ne
nana pioneers got urrious the other
day when he read about “pyschic
energizers” in the paper.
“What in tarnation’s that?” One
eyed Pete demanded to know. And
when it was explained to him that
the new scientific pills serve to lift
one out of the doldrums and give
him fresh creative energy, the old
timer spat in disgust.
“Save your money and buy a
ticket on the Ice Pool,” One-eyed
Pete advised. “Lot cheaper — and
you might strike it rich!”
As a matter of fact betting on
the ice break-up has always been
traditional in Alaskan villages sit
uated on rivers. The old timers—
weary of months of fighting cold,
snow and ice and woodchopping
and sick of eating beans—needed
something new to think about and
talk about.
And of all break-up guessing
games, the Nenana Classic is the
biggest and most lucrative. Lucky
guessers have won close to a mil
lion dollars in the past few years.
This game started 44 years age in
the little town of Nenana where
the Tanana and Nenana Rivers
join, 60 miles southwest of Fair
banks. It was then, and still is one
of the frontier’s favorite antidotes
to cabin fever.
On April 7, when the contest
closes, these tickets are expressed to
Nenana. Most of the adults in Ne
nana turn out to die town’s com
munity center to sort tickets and
handle routines of the game. After
the sorting is over, guesses, with
date, time and name of person
submitting — are printed in a big
catalog, and each of the ticket
handlers receives one of these
bulky volumes.
Net pay-off for the winning game
for the last seven years goes like
this: 1955, $104,500; 1956, $106,000;
1957, $113,500; 1958, $104,500; 1959,
$93,000; 1960, $80,000; 1961, $75,999.
Last year the winnings were split
by a dozen winning tickets, with
eleven of these for individual pools
or companies.
People are foolish to live in
the past—there’s no future in it.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Boom
Pete Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Pearl Bohrer
Worthy Matron
Bev Morgan
Secretary
Meets First and Third Mondays
Anvil Lodge
No. 1#
Carl Mlckelson, W. M.
Marvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets Heat and Third Thursday
Ot Each Month
Nome Rotary Club
Herb Jenks
Marc
Secretary
Parent-Teachers Assn.
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