Valdez News
.VOL. 1. NO. 32
VALDEZ. ALASKA. FRIDAY. OCTOBER 20. 1950
PRICE 10c
Valdez School Headed By Woman This Year
YOUNG VALDEZ
PAINTERS OFFERED
TRAINING BY ARTIST
The megnificent setting of Val
dez, which has been an inspira
tion for famous painters in years
back and will be in years to
come, has also imbued many of
the local people with the desire
to portray their surroundings on
canvas.
Douglas Colyer, a Valdez artist
^vho has done some very fine
work, has -offered his services to
interested young people who wish
additional art training.
The artist will be available at
his home on Monday evenings at
7:30 p.m.
42 Hold Perfect
Attendance Record
For Six-Week Period
Forty-two students of Valdez
Community School had perfect
attendance records for this last
six-week period.
Among the pupils who were
neither absent nor tardy for the
entire period were:
First grade: Myra Carp, Teddy
George, Katherine Mayo, John
Smart, Diana Soward, Douglas
Soward, Velma Soward, George
Tuffin.
Second grade: Janie Bruce,
Beulah Dieringer, Peter Germain,
Josephine Jacobs, Dianne Mat
thews, Cecilia Mayo, Kathleen
McGill, Paul Stephan, Raymond
Stephan, Marion Zook, Douglas
Stewart.
Third and Fourth grade: John
ny Bruce, Arvid Dulak, Donald
Soward, Dennis Mazur, Frances
Burk, Maria Corp, Donna Look,
Freddie O’Dell, Arthur Mayo,
Nicoli Stephan, Katherine Burk,
Gary Mazur.
Fifth and Sixth grade: Marsha
Alexander, Mark Weiler and
Agrafina Anderwitch.
Junior High: Helen Manthy,
.Ruth O’Connor, Betty Lee Sow
*ard and Jerry Zook.
High School: Lloyd Weeks,
Earl George and Jimmy Seger
quist.
Margaurite Mattison
Plans New Gift Shop
A new gift and jewelry shoF
will soon open its doors to Valde2
residents.
Marguarite Mattison, proprietoi
of Maddux Jewelers, has rented
the building recently vacated b}
Belle Streeter, where she wil.
open her new* shop.
Wilsons Have New Home
Mr. and Mrs. Wilson are bus>
getting settled in their new home
They recently moved into tht
Dam Campbell house across fron
the Rawer House on the Richard
son highway.
ARCHIE MOFFITS VISIT
Valdez visitors this week in
eluded Mr. and Mrs. Archie Mof
fitt, who recently returned fron
a trip to the states.
While here they were hous<
guests of Mrs. Lydia Searls.
Names of 35 Grammar, High School
Students Carried on Honor Roll
Approximately 35 high and
grammar school students, whose
names appeared on the Valdez
Community School honor roll,
are receiving congratulations on
their high averages. Students
listed included those with A and
B averages.
First grade: Diana Soward,
Ronald Clark, Roger Harris, Kath
erine Mayo, Charles Tega, George
Traffin, Murry Turner, Myra
Carp.
Second grade: Kathleen McGill,
Kathy Ferrier, Josephine Jacobs,
Paul Stephan, Raymond Stephan.
Third and Fourth grade: Nicoli
Stephan, Katherine Burk, Francis
Burk, Annie Stephan, Shirley
White, Sharon Anderson, Mary
Jane Schmidt, Marianne Weiler.
Fifth and Sixth grade: Ellen
Striegel and Diana White.
Seventh and Eighth grade:
Linda Faudskar, Bernice Teeter,
Frank Thatcher, Harvey Wieler.
High School: Elaine Alexander,
Earl George, Frieda Gregorieff,
Darlene Baker, Shirley Campbell,
Ted Burgess, Lee Ann Thatcher,
Bonnie Kaser.
Palmer Folk Attend
Funeral Services for
Reverend Segerquist
Mrs. Van Arsdale of Palmer
spent several days at the El Na
than Children’s Home at Valdez
helping to carry on the work
there upon the death of the Rev.
Arthur H. Segerquist, head ef the
school, on October 10.
Other Palmer folk who came to
Valdez to attend funeral services
for the Reverend Segerquist in
cluded the Rev. and Mrs. Ken
neth Hughes, Miss Gladys Van
Arsdale and Miss Esther Bersau.
SWARTHOUTS RETURN TO
HOME IN WASHINGTON
Mr. and Mrs. Dwight Swarthout
and their family, returning to the
states, said goodbye to friends in
Valdez this week.
The family left October 16,
driving over the Alaska highway
to their home in Summer, Wash.
While at Valdez, Mr. Swarthout
was employed by the Alaska
Motor Lines.
ON BUSINESS TRIP
Mr. and Mrs. Guy Stith spent
the week-end in Anchorage on a
business trip.
Returns to Pennsylvania
After spending two months on
a visit here Miss Martha E. Foy
left Valdez this week for her
home in Pennsylvania.
Valdez Is Port of Call
Two port calls were made by
boats here this week. On October
16 the Coastal Rambler came in
The Freight Line barge was in
port on October 13.
PASTOR VISITS VALDEZ
The Rev. Claude Rissignol
i pastor of the Assembly Church
in Anchorage, was among Valde
i visitors last week, spending Oc
tober 13 and 14, here.
Glacier Club Girls
Change Meeting Plans
A change in the meeting date
for the Glacier Club Girls was
announced following their last
regular meeting. Because of
other activities in town, the club
voted to hold their meetings once
a month in the future.
On October 9 the club met at
the home of Ruth O’Conners.
Members in attendance were
Duane White, Lorene Huddleston,
Betty Soward, Ruth O’Conner
and Nancy Beals.
VOLLEY BALL GAME
SET FOR THURSDAY
Volley ball fans are urged to
reserve next Thursday evening
for the big game scheduled at
the high school at 8:30 p.m.
An exciting game is promised
as the popular High School Co
eds will compete at 8:30 p.m. at
the high school gymnasium.
GERALD WILSONS TAKE
LONG TRIP OUTSIDE
Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Wilson
left Valdez this week on a trip to
the states. Mrs. Wilson was look
ing forward to her first trip Out
side in five years.
The couple planned to go to
Grants Pass, Ore., first. They will
buy a car there before traveling
on to Junction City, Kansas.
OSCAR OLSONS VISIT
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Olson of
Anchorage spent the week-end at
Valdez. They were the house
guests of Mrs. Cora Eagen.
Mr. Olson is U. S. deputy mar
shal at Anchorage.
Fashion Plates Inspire Home Fabric
“Lady Godey,” using the timeless fashionplates as published in
Godey’s Lady Book under the editorship of the famous Sarah Josepha
Hale in the 1850’s, gives this boudoir a feeling of tranquility and charm.
Margaret Riley, Waverly stylist, used mauve and chartreuse for color
z tonis. Plain chartreuse Glosheen is companion to the high-combed
- Glosheen print, which for bedspread and boudoir chair is in vermicelli
quilting with pattern in trapunto. Pattern also available in wallpaper.
Town's Youth Looks
Forward to Day-Long
Hallowe'en Celebration
There is a gay air of anticipa
tion at Valdez these crisp autumn
days as plans swing along for an
all-day, all-out Hallowe’en cele
bration set for October 31.
The entire youth of the town,
from little first-grade tots to teen
agers will participate in the cele
bration that is being sponsored
by the Women’s Civic Club of
Valdez.
In the afternoon the school
children, from grades one through
six, will attend school in cos
tumes. Following a parade to
other classes they will have par
ties in their own classrooms.
In the evening, junior high and
high school students will have a
free Hallowe’en skating party.
Miss Lucile Weik, chairman of
the party committee, announced
that prizes will be offered. There
also will be games and refresh
ments.
SON BORN TO SOWARDS
Mr. and Mrs. Leo Soward of
Valdez are parents of a new son,
who arrived on the birthday of
his six-year-old sister, Jean.
The little boy was born at the
Cordova Community hospital on
Thursday, October 5, at 10:45 p.m.
He weighed six pounds, twelve
ounces on arrival. Charles Rob
ert is the name chosen for the
little boy, the Soward’s six child.
Mr. Soward is a longshoreman
at Valdez.
Gene Tennancour Family
Leaves for California
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Tennancour
and their family were to leave
Valdez today on their way to In
glewood, Calif.
Their daughter, Miss Ruth
O’Conner, has been attending the
seventh grade at the Valdez
school.
MRS. MABEL JOHNSON
TO SERVE ONE-YEAR
TERM AS PRESIDENT
Responsibility for the important
post of head of the school board
falls to a woman this year with
the election of Mrs. Mabel John
son named as president of the
Valdez School Board. Mrs. John
son will serve for one year.
The first meeting of the new
school board was held in the Val
dez High School on Tuesday, Oc
tober 10, at 8 p.m. Mrs. Neva
Egan, formerly a member of the
board, was present to lend her
assistance to the new members.
Other new school board officers
are William Hunt, secretary-treas
urer, and Mrs. Nelda Carlin. Mr.
Hunt will serve for a term of
three years. Mrs. Carlin’s term
will expire after two years.
Board meetings will be held
the second Friday of each month.
Miss Foy Attends
Juneau Conference
Miss Ruth N. Foy, Valdez school
superintendent, attended the
school administrative meetings
held in Juneau this week. The
meeting, attended by school su
perintendents from all over the
territory, convened at the capital
on October 19 at 9 a.m.
Dr. James C. Ryan, territorial
commissioner of education, was
in charge of all the meetings.
The meeting was held to dis
cuss important changes which
will bring benefits to Alaskan
schools.
Manual Training Class
Studies Construction
The new Gilson bungalows were
a subject for study by the Valdez
High School manual training
class recently.
Earl Winters, supervisor of the
new housing units, escorted the
class of boys on a tour of the con
struction.
. Buck Stout accompanied the
class.
Valdez Hunters Back
From Successful Trip
Valdez hunters returning to
town after a successful hunting
trip were Alfred Der Kevorkian
and Don Statter.
The hunters spent two weeks
near Haines on the trip. They
each reported getting their moose
with a bear thrown in for good
measure.
STRIEGELS CELEBRATE 20th
WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. Lew Striegel
celebrated their 20th wedding an
niversary last week. The couple
observed the occasion with a short
trip up the highway on October
10. They visited at Miners Road
house, Mile 172, before returning
to Valdez the next day.
CIVIC CLUB MEETS NOV. 7
The Valdez Women’s Civic Club
will hold its next regular monthly
meeting on November 7. Mrs. K.
Fawcett will act as hostess to the
club, which will meet at her
home.