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BARTLETT PAYS TRIBUTE TO BOG
SLED MAIL CARRIERS OF NORTH
Senator Bartlett recently
paid tribute in the Congres
sional Record to the men who
carry the mail in Alaska. Tak
ing the occasion of the end of
scheduled dogsled mail deliv
ery in Alaska this summer —
the last route was that of Ches
ter Noongwook, who carried
the mail from Savoonga to
Gambell on St. Lawrence Isl
and—Senator Bartlett recount
ed the history of mail delivery
in the 49th state.
“Delivering the mails is a
large, complex, and difficult
task today,” he said. “In years
past it was all this, and more:
it was dangerous and courag
eous.” . . . “In the winter
months, in the northern half of
Alaska, the principal method
of carrying the mail tradition
ally has been by dogsled. Only
in recent years has the sled
been replaced by the airplane.
On June 13 of this year, a mel
ancholy ceremony in Fair
banks marked the end of mail
delivery by dogsled. Trucks
and planes now carry the mails
in Alaska.”
The Senator recalled tales
and legends about man and
dog against the Alaska win
Firemen’s Ball
To Benefit
Ambulance Drive
Proceeds from the 1963 Fire
men’s Ball will be donated to
the Palmer Ambulance drive,
William Hermann, chairman of
the drive, said this week. The
annual affair will be held Nov.
2 at the Palmer Moose hall.
This will be a masquerade
dance, with good music, re
freshments, and fun for all,
Hermann promised.
Admission to the ball will
be $2.50, stag or drag. Tickets
may be purchased from all Pal
mer volunteer firemen.
Spokane is circled by 76
lakes all within a 50-mile rad
ius of the city limits.
ter. He told some of the stor
ies which are as familiar in
Alaska households as tales of
the Overland Express in the
West. Among these was t h e
thrilling recital of how dipth
eria serum was taken overland
to Nome in 1925. He recalled
the words of tribute Senator
Dill of Washington made in
the Senate in 1925 with respect
to the carrying of the serum
who had said, “The classic vic
tory of these dogs and men will
probably be the last of its kind
and is certainly a fitting fin
ish to the long history of brill
iant achievement made by dog
teams in the Far North.”
Senator Bartlett concluded
his statement asserting, “This
was, in fact, far from the last
Alaska race and far from a fin
ish to the records made by
heroic men and dogs of the
Northland, These records are
still being made, by such
heroic men as the postal car
rier, Chester Noongwook.”
ENROLLMENT
FIGURES UP
Preliminary enrollment of
1,299 students at the Univer
sity of Alaska last week sur
passed predictions of Univer
sity officials. Late registration
will continue this week and is
expected to go beyond 1,350
students.
The preliminary figures in
clude some evening division
registrants, but do not include
the 36 students enrolled in the
48 week electronics program.
This is more than a ten per
cent increase over last year’s
enrollment of 1,159.
“We expect our enrollment
not to increase substantially
this year because the number
of high school graduates in
June in the state was about the
same as the previous year. Next
year is when we expect a sig
nificant increase in students,”
President William R. Wood, ex
plained.
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