Chadwick Boosts
Skiing in This Area
During Kiwanis Talk
“We have better skiing spots in
this area than in Sun Valley." Sc
.stated James Chadwick, execu
tive member of the Alaska Vis
itors’ Association when speaking
before Kiwanis members May 19.'
In speaking on promoting tour
ist trade in Alaska he pointed
out that many persons in the
States go to South America for
their winter skiing and that with
good lodge and skiing facilities
here in our area, we could draw
a large percentage of this skiing
trade during the winter.
Tourists trade in the Hawaiian
Islands proved to be their largest
source of income during 1951;
Chadwick went on. This income
surpassed their sugar and pine
apple income by thousands? of.
dollars, he added.
Acompanying Chadwick and a
guest at the Kiwanis luncheon
was Henry Cuffel of Northern.
Neon of Anchorage. - ’ -
Ted Blaire of the Northern
School Supply Company of Port
land, Oregon was also a luncheon
guest.
Work Resumed
After Rockslide at
Eklutna Tunnel Portal
Work on the Eklutna Project
tunnel was resumed Monday after
a rock slide occurred Saturday
at the portal of the highway end
of the tunnel.
Men were at work inside the;
tunnel at the time the slide oc
curred, but they were able to
climb out over the debris, ac-!
cording to Eklutna Project auth
orities. It took most of the week
end to clear out the tunnel en
trance.
Palmer Constructors is replac- j
ing the portal timbering. The
Saturday slide was the third that
has occurred at the tunnel portal.
Dredging for the intake struc
ture at Eklutna lake was to be
gin this week. The Ben C. Ger
wick Company, contractors for
this operation, are using a float
ing dredge.
COMPLAINT AGAINST
FLIGHT FARES DISMISSED
Complaints by the Northwest
and Pacific Northern Airlines
against family excursion fares
proposed by Alaska Airlines were
dismissed last week by the Civil
Aeronautics Board in Washington
D.C.
The Alaska Airlines proposal
provides reduced fares on certain
days of the week for members
of a family accompanied by the
head of the family.
The Board also suspended a
proposed reduction in fare oy
northwest Airlines for passeng
ers traveling from Anchorage to
Seattle on freight-type aircraft.
The fare was suspended pending
an investigation to determine
whether it would be discrimina
tory.
The first Lake George Break-up ticket was sold in Anch
orage to Mayor Maynard Taylor by Jean Johnson (right)
and Dolly Williams.
ANCHORAGE WOMAN
HEADS ALASKA
EDUCATION ASSN.
Juneau—President of the Alas
ka Education Association for an
interim term of one year plus a
two-year regular term will be
Mrs. Pearl E. Shockley. Anch
' orage, it w’as announced today by
Miss Marjorie Tillotson. Juneau,
out-going president. Ballots in
. the A.E.A. election were mailed
to the Juneau headquarters and
counted by an elected committee
here. Serving with Mrs. Shockley
will be Miss Janet R. Rougier,
i Anchorage, who is the new secre
tary-treasurer. Mr. Irven S. Wen
gert. Ketchikan, was elected vice
president.
The new constitution for the
Alaska Education Association was
passed by a vote of 307 in favor,
and 39 opposed. The ballot also
contained a query regarding a
territory wide teachers’ group
health insurance plan. Indicating
an interest in such a plan were
186 members.
The new president of the
A. E.A., Mrs. Shockley, has her
B. A. from Hamline University in
St. Paul. She has taught six years
in the Anchorage high school
English department, and is an ex
president of the Anchorage Edu
cation Association. Miss Rougier
holds a B.S. degree from the
University of Minnesota. She has
taught six years in the mathe
matics department of Anchorage
high school.
Mr. Wengert has his M.A. from
: the Colorado State College of
Education. He has taught Busi
ness Education at Ketchikan for
tli6 p3st six years* and is presi
dent of the Ketchikan Teachers
j .Association.
Alaska delegates to the Nation
al Education Association conven
tion in Detroit. June 29—July 4.1
have also been announced. They
are: Miss Janet Rougier, Anch
orage. the secretary- treasurer
elect: Mrs. Marjorie A. Bassett.;
! Ketchikan: Mrs. Mary B. Hugh
Copper Center Roadhouse
JUNCTION OF COPPER AND KLUTINA RIVERS
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Ashby. Prop.
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VALDEZ HIGHWAY
SPORTSMEN’S AND
TOURIST'S MECCA FOR
FISHING
HUNTING
VACATIONING
Groceries - Picnic and Fishing Supplies
FINE FOOD
Short Orders — Snacks, Full Dinners
art, Fairbanks; Mr. William J. |
Niemi. Jr.. Big Delta; Alternates j
will be: Miss Cleo Campbell, Sit-,
ka; Miss Agnes I. Hinde, Eielson
Airbase.
There are approximately 600
members of the Alaska Education
Association.
Hearings Held On
Cost-of-Living
Allowances in Alaska
Washington. D. C. Special—
Seventeen witnesses were heard
by a subcommittee of the Sen
ate Committee on Post Office and
Civil Service this week in sup
port of the payment of cost-of
living allowances to federal em
ployees in Alaska based on actu
al differences above living costs
in the District of Columbia.
The testimony was given by a
number of officials from various
federal agencies and government
employees associations, includ
ing B. Frank Heintzleman of
Juneau. Regional Forester of
Alaska; Walter P. Plett of An
chorage, Regional Administrator
of the Civil Aeronautics Admin
I istration; and Delegate E. L.
| Bartlett.
The bill would allow payments
even in excess of the present 25
percent limitation based upon
the differences between those
costs in Alaska as compared with
living costs in the Nation’s cap
ital.
Although the bill is written to
apply generally to all areas
where cost-of-living payments
are made under the Independent
Offices Appropriation Act, 1949,
as amended, the testimony given
was directed entirely to the sit
uation in Alaska. This was in
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line with the remarks of the
Civil Service Commission in ask
ing for such legislation. “The
Commission’s proposal,” the re
quest stated, “would permit es
tablishment of such higher rates
at territorial posts where living
costs are substantially more than
25 percent above living costs in
the District of Columbia. At pres
ent, this condition is known to
exist only at certain posts in
Alaska . . . Under these circum
stances, a serious administrative
problem is created by the statu
tory limitation of the territorial
cost-of-living allowance to 25 per
cent of base salary rates. Oper
ating officials in Alaska may be
faced with the necessity of choos
ing between failing to accomplish
the work for which they are re
sponsible, doing an inefficient
job with unqualified personnel,
or increase pay rates by such
subterfuges as placing positions
in higher Classification Act
grades than is warranted by their
duties. None of these alternatives
is desirable.”
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