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The blond young man who is
dean of the school of mines at the
University of Alaska has as varied
a mining experience under his
hard hat as half of the mining en
gineers you will meet in a life
time.
Dean Earl Beistline comes by
his vocation naturally. He was
born into a “hard rock” family in
Juneau, and during high school
vacations worked in the Alaska
Juneau mine. His father, Ralph
Beistline, worked at the old
Treadwell mine for years, and
since the early 20’s has been with
the Alaska-Juneau mine.
By the time Earl was graduat
ed from the Juneau High School,
he knew quite a lot about hard
rock mining. In fact, he knew
enough to realize he needed more
mining education. Attracted by
the excellent standing of the
school of mines at the University
of Alaska (then under Dean Ern
est Patty), Earl packed his suit
case and came to College.
Young Beistline was a good stu
dent. Besides his academic train
ing, he got plenty of practical
mining experience. Summers he
worked for the A-J, for the Fair
banks Exploration Company and
put in one valuable season with
the American Creek Dredging
Company in the Hot Springs area, t
“I learned a. lot about placer I
dredging at American Creek.”
Beistline said. “When our crew
took over, the dredge was deck
deep in mud and we had to re
build the entire operation. For
tunately half our crew was com
posed of oldtimers with the know
how, the other half of college stu
dents with the brawn. We made
money that year, too,” Dean
Beistline remarked.
After graduation with a B.M.E.
in 1939, Earl worked for the next
two years with the F. E. Com
pany. He received a thorough
training in hard rock, dredging,
stripping, thawing and “indoor”
engineering.
Then came the War. Earl was
called to duty with the Alaska
National Guard, and was as
signed to Chemical Warfare at
we were completing the first air
strip, we were visited 11 times by
Jap Zeros. That got a bit tire
some.”
Beistline ended the war as a
major.
After his discharge, he decided
he would go back to school and
get the proefssional degree of
mining engineer. He returned to
the University of Alaska, and
taught mining classes while he
earned his degree in 1947. He
continued his teaching, and his
success with students made him
a popular instructor. In July of
1949 he was designated dean of
the school of mines.
Under Dean Beistline’s supervi
sion are geology, mining and
metallurgy, two mining short ■
courses and a territory-wide pro
gram of extension lectures in •
mining. 1
Last year 661 Alaskans were en- :
rolled in mining extension classes, ]
80 persons took the general short i
course in mining, 50 learned the :
fundamentals of placer opera
tions, and 40 students were regu
larly enrolled in Beistline’s de- ]
partment at the University. i
“One thing that few laymen
realize is that our school of mines ,
is fully accredited by the Engi- (
neers Council for Professional (
Development, in both our four- \
and our five - year curricula.”
Dean Beistline stated. “This is the -
highest rating any college in- ,
struction can receive. This is also •
one of the reasons why students (
come to the University of Alaska ,
from all parts of the world.”
FORMER NOME GIRL WINS
'QUEEN FOR DAY' CONTEST
A former Nome girl, Dolly Kost
Teaford, recently won the “Queen
for a Day” contest in Hollywood.
Mrs. Teaford’s parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John Kost, still live at Nome.
One of her requests, when she
ruled as “queen” was that they be
remembered with a gift of water
melons. Queen Dolly also sent a
washing machine to her sister,
Sophie, living in Nome.
Coast Guard Bans
Unloading of Explosives
On Docks Inside Cities
Moving to have lifted a recent
Coast Guard ban on the unload
ing of explosives on a dock with
in a city’s limits, Seward council
men are drafting an ordinance
which they hope will satisfy the
letter of the law.
The Coast Guard’s order that
ships must anchor out in the
Bay, and that explosives must be j
lightered ashore at some point '
outside of the city limits, to be :
loaded aboard railroad cars there, J
eannot be met in Seward.
As a substitute, council mem- }
oers would require that explo- '
sives be handled in observance of .
all regulations outlined by the J
Underwriters Laboratories, that
vehicles hauling explosives be ]
olainly marked, that such vehicles 1
aever travel at a speed of more J
;han 10 miles an hour through
he city nor carry more than a 1
;hree-ton load. Vehicles also are 1
•equired to use streets with the 1
east amount of traffic. Deton- i
itors may not-be hauled on the
;ame load with explosives. j
The Coast-Guard’s recent regu- a
lation applies to all ports in Alas- s
:a receiving commercial ship
nents of explosives.
The regulation is particularly
;tringent at this time, when road
:ontractors need large shipments
)f powder to finish the work of
he present construction season.
\ccording to a source of informa
ion in Seattle, all commercial ex
plosives are being removed from
lorthbound ships, until the Coast
Uuard and shippers can work
>ut an agreement for handling.
Some concern has been ex
pressed that the ban may curtail
iroal operations at the Evans
Jones mine in the Valley. A
arge amount of powder is used
n normal mining operations
:here.
OSBORNS HAVE DAUGHTER
A baby daughter was born to
Mr. and Mrs. Calvin Osborn of
Matanuska at Valley Hospital on
Oct. 7. The little girl weighed
eight pounds, 14 ounces at birth.
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“I fought the Battle of Alaska,
starting at Nome where an at
tack was expected,” Earl rem
inisced. “Then my outfit did is
land-hopping all the way out the
Aleutian Chain. On Amchitka, as
VALLEY
THEATRE
FRI.-SAT., OCT. 13-14
Nighis 7:15-9:00. Sal. Mai. 2:00
SUN.-MON., OCT. 15-16
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WED.-THURS., OCT. 18-19
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Columbus Day
OCTOBER 12th
Since 1492 .... 458 years of freedom
have not dimmed the spirit of Columbus
nor the rugged courage of the pioneer
when it comes to defending our way of life
in America .... Korea has proven that.
MATANUSKA VALLEY BANK
Palmer, Alaska
Open Friday Evenings—5 to 7 P. M.
2 PER CENT ON SAVINGS
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Homemakers Clubs
List New Officers
The business of naming new of
ficers at last is behind all of the
Valley’s homemakers’ clubs, with
die exception of the Cottonwood
-lub. Officer lists are now com
plete in the Extension Office for
;he following clubs:
Palmasilla—Mrs. Eugene Reed,
jresident; Mrs. Bernard King,
/ice - president; Mrs. Winslow
-,aughlin, secretary - treasurer;
Mrs. Roland Grover, reporter.
Knik—Mrs. Violet Redington,
^resident; Mrs. June Burden,
/ice-president; Mrs. Mary Ann
Vanda Gibson, secretary-treas
tfrs. Grace Ellexson, reporter.
12:30 — Mrs. Dorothy Onkka,
resident; Mrs. Bill Sriyth, vice
iresident; Mrs. Mary Cullison,
ecretary-treasurer.
Chugiak — Mrs. Marie Rosen
>erg, president; Mrs. Dorothy
?etrow, vice - president; Mrs.
Vanda Gibson, secretaary-treas
irer.
Wasilla — Mrs. Ernest Peck,
•resident; Mrs. Wenter Harvey, 1
'ice-president; Mrs. Henry Han- i
on, secretary-treasurer. '
Glacierview—Mrs. Virgil Eck
Co-Op Manager Returns
From Business Trip
Manager James Wilson of the*
Matanuska Valley Farmers Co
Operating Association returned
this week from a two - weeks’
business trip to the west coast.
Manager Wilson visited Seattle.
Oakland, Calif., and Portland,
Ore., while tending to Co-Op af
fairs. He was particularly con
cerned, among other chores, with
the purchase of equipment neces
sary for the Co-Op’s changeover
to paper bottle packaging of milk,
schceduled for early December.
The Co-Op’s chief also man
aged a five-day leave during his
stay Outside. In these five days
he visited in Los Angeles, Logan,
Utah, Salt Lake City, Pocatello
and Boise, Idaho.
Roelmans Mark 1st Anniversary
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Roetman
(she is the former Beverly Larsh)
celebrated their first wedding an
niversary- this week. The Roet
mans were the guests of Mr. and
Mrs. Emil Larsh, parents of Mrs.
Roetman, at an anniversary din
ner last weekend. The couple now
live in Anchorage.
ert, president; Mrs. Irene Benson,
vice-president; Mrs. Oscar Bey
lund, secretary-treasurer.
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