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.c,ver wonaer wnat maKes tne
wheels go around in the Univer
sity of Alaska Bookstore? Well,
draw up a chair and listen to Fern
McGuire tell
you about books,
licorice penny
candy, shoelaces
&nd Spam.
Fern McGuire
(Irish if you
please — her
maiden name
was McCauley)
is manager of
the U. of A.
Bookstore
which is located
on the ground
floor of Eielson Memorial Build
ing.
Fern McGuire
For the benefit and conveni
ence of students, the bookstore
stocks all text books used on the
campus—to the tune of about 400
titles and $25,000 in inventory.
The most expensive book is a
heavy volume on Anthropology
which retails at $10 a copy.
Slowest moving items right now ,
are Russian grammars and a j
paper - covered booklet entitled
“What the G. I. Bill Means to
You.”
Newest of the “intellectual”
tomes is “Nuclear Radiation” and, \
strange as it may seem, more than
a dozen copies of this printed ap
proach to the Infinite have al
ready been sold. The Veterans’ j
on-the-farm training program has i
become a major project in Alaska,
and the University of Alaska
Bookstore stocks 12 books per
taining to this new advance in
agricultural education.
Fern McGuire likes her job be
cause she likes people. She has a
ready smile and a good bit of wit,
and many of the boys and girls
on the campus tell her that she
selte the best nickel candy be
tween Fairbanks and the North
Pole.
“Candy is our best selling item,”
Mrs. McGuire said. “Next comes
cigarettes and toothpaste. Pipe
smoking, too, seems to be an at
tribute of the gentlemen of dis
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tinction on the campus, so we sell |
‘Edgeworth’ and ‘Half and Half’ j
by the case.”
Fern McGuire hails from White
fish, Montana, and possesses the
natural resourcefulness which
makes a good Alaskan. After
graduation from High School, she
joined a dance band that played
in five states. ‘‘There were 13
pieces in our combo, and v.e had
our own floor show,” Fern rem
inisced. “Nothing as fancy as
Hildegarde and her caravan of
Cadillacs, but we toured the Mid- j
west for three years and did very
well.”
After all her peregrinations,
Fern decided the quiet life looked !
pretty good. So she became a
farmer and milked seven cows a
day. (To those who do not under
stand about cows, she explained. :
that means twice a day.) She also
mowed and cured 15 tons of hay,
and put it into the barn all by
herself.
When the opportunity present
ed itself to come to Alaska, Fern
traveled to Fairbanks. Her first
job at the University was in the
Comptroller’s office, and in July
she became manager of the Book
store.
“Something new happens here i
every day,” Fern remarked. “One |
ex-G. I. customer, seeing Spam on I
the shelf, told me he had lived on |
Spam and K-rations for weeks
during the war, and was plenty
glad to get away from the stuff. !
Imagine my surprise when he
came in one day, somewhat red- i
faced, and bought six cans of
Spam. His only comment was, ‘I
guess after a while your stomach
just craves Spam’.”
In addition to the daily routine
of the bookstore, Mrs. McGuire
and her assistant, Shirley Klausen
of Michigan, act as receiving
clerks for all purchases made by
the University, by the Geophys- j
ical Institute and the Food Serv- <
ice.
Purchases at the bookstore go
through cycles, the manager ex
plained. Jars of cheese spread, j
shoestring potatoes and cookies
sell particularly well on week
ends. And right now. what do
you think is the fad of the cam- ;
pus—enjoyed by boys and girls
alike, and by several professors?
Licorice penny candy.
There is no telling what will be ,
the next lad. It might be toasted
marshmallows. If so, Mrs. Me- !
Guire will have them on sale. |
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