ALASKAN DENTISTS DREAM REAUZED IN
VOCATIONAL PROGRAM AT MT. EDGECUMBE
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J UNt.AU — The long-time
dream of a veteran Alaskan den
tist was realized this month when
six students attending the Alas
ka Native Service’s Mount Edge
cumbe Vocational School entered
the final phases of one of the most
unique vocational training pro
grams ever initiated in the Terri
tory.
The students — four girls and
wo boys—have been training as
dental assistants and technicians
in a special course prepared by
Dr. R. M. MacKenzie, Director of
the Oral Health program of the
Native Service.
Four Native groups are repre
Dr. R. M. MacKenzie, veteran
Alaskan dentist, saw a long
time dream realized when the
Alaska Native Service adopted
its Oral Health Program, es
pecially when he was asked to
direct the program.
sented among the students: Eski
mo, Athabascan, Haida and Thlin
get. The students are Bertha Hen
sley of Kotzebue, Esther Kaloa,
Tyonek; Mary Jane Evans, Ram
part, Louise McLeod, Ketchikan:
Alexander Brown. Ruby; and
Arthur Gamble, Sitka.
Only students having a high
scholastic standing are permitted
to take the course, which includes
periods of theory as well as prac
tical instruction. When the course
has been completed, students will
be able to qualify for positions
either in private practice or in
ANS hospitals having dental
:reatment facilities.
Initiation of the course marked
attainment of an objective long
sought by Dr. MacKenzie, who,
during the past 25 years, has
practiced dentistry from the
Arctic Circle to Ketchikan.
Alarmed at the ever-increasing
number of dental disorders among
Native patients, owing to changes
in diet, standard of living, etc.,
the Alaskan dentist began think
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ing of ways and means to allevi
ate and eliminate this health haz
ard. The oral health program re
sulted. Vocational training con
stitutes an important part of the
program. Dr. MacKenzie then left
I his private practice in Ketchikan
to put the plan into operation. Re
suits to date indicate it will be a
j success.
Council Votes Down
Gravel Loader
During the special meeting held
September 22, members of the
City Council voted not to pur
chase a gravel loader at this time
However, it was announced that
a loader from Anchorage Build
ers will be brought to Palmer Sat
urday and a free demonstration
for council members and other in
terested parties will be held Sep
tember 28. The loader will be a
. Wagner Scoop-Mobile, a multi
i purpose rig with a one yard buc
ket and attachment for fork lift,
rhe city is under no obligation to
j purchase the loader and anyone
interested in the demonstration is
invited to witness it at work.
Two local men. E. A. Boicourt
and Jack Sisley had made indi
vidual inquiries about hauling
gravel for the city at a council
meeting held September 17. At
that time it was suggested they
submit bids to the city for ap
proximately 2.000 yards of gravel
of three or four inch size. No fur
ther action has been taken on
this.
During the special meeting of
September 22 Richard Demming
was hired by the City Council, on
a temporary basis, to oversee the
water installations in the city. His
work will include surveying and
.establishment of a grade for
; streets and similar work.
SPECIAL NOVENA TO
ST. TERESA AT
ST. MICHAEL'S
Beginning Thursday, September
25 and continuing for nine days
to October 3, a public novena of
prayer to St. Teresa of the Child
Jesus, better known as the Little
Flower, will be held in every
church and chapel of the diocese
of Juneau.
This special call to prayer has
been made bv His Excellency
SEEKS RE-ELECTION
Delegate E. L. “Bob" Bartlett, incumbent seeking re-election
as Alaska's delegate to Congress, is shown above. First sent
to Washington as delegate in 1945, Bartlett is standing on his
seven-year record of progress, citing improvements brought
about throughout the Territory during his terms of office.
Delegate Bartlett's kickoff speech for his Third Division
campaign was made at the local Democratic Club dinner
held in Palmer August 28.
Most Reverend Dermot O’Flana
gan. Bishop of Juneau.
St. Teresa is the Patroness of
Alaska. She was a Carmelite nun
who lived in France and was can
onized in 1923 and is regarded as
a contemporary* saint since she
lived during the lifetime of many
of the present generation.
Novena prayers will be recited
each of the nine days following
the daily 8:30 a.m. Mass at St.
Michael’s and the 10 am. Mass on
Saturday and Sunday.
The novena will close with
special services on the Feast Day
of St. Teresa on October 3.
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FIRST HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL GAME IH
ALASKA SCHEDULEB FOR OCT. 4 IH PALMER
The first inter-high-school foot
ball match in Alaska is scheduled
for Saturday, October 4, in Pal
mer, when the Anchorage High
School eleven meets the Palmer
squad at the Fair Grounds.
This announcement was made
early this week by Superintend
ent William T. Zahradnicek. A
special train has been scheduled
to bring the Anchorage team and
their fans to Palmer on that day.
Members of the Palmer team
went by school bus to Anchorage
last Friday to watch Anchorage
play a practice game with an
Army team. For many of the local
boys, it was the first real football
game they had ever seen. They
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were able to observe how all the
signals and practice on passing,
scrimmage, and positions fit into
a sure nuff game.
It is expected that Coach Nor
man Rousey will announce as
signments for the different posi
tions in the near future. Practice
sessions have been held after
school Monday through Friday
ever since. There have been a
few minor casualties in these
practice sessions, but nothing that
would keep the boys from show
ing up the following night.
—
VOTE: RAY NELSON
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