defense Quarters Near Completion;
tlaskan Housing Shortage Shrinks
The' critical Alaskan housing
wrtage was met with a utimu
iting countermeasure last week
fhen it was announced that
olonel L. E Seeman, district en*
ineer, has now secured under
ontract some 75 millions in new
overnment living quarters.
Civilian employes, officers and
nlisted men throughout Alaska
re to feel the impact of this
tousing program which is sched
iled for early completion.
Families numbering 2.208 are
o move into new eight-family
juarters of which 145 buildings
ire for Fort Richardson and 131
or Ladd and Eielson air force
>ases. Eighteen new baehelor
ype buildings will provide quar
ers for single people at both corn
ers. A $5,800,000 composite bach
elor unit is to house enlisted men
it Whittier, and large concrete
aarracks will house enlisted per
sonnel at both Fort Richardjon
and the Ladd-Eielson air force
oases.
The status of the eight-family
type quarters at Fort Richardson
is that 51 of the buildings are 02
percent completed and occupancy
can be expected within a few
weeks; 33 are 80 percent com
pleted and are scheduled for Sep
tember occupancy; 38 are 22 per
cent completed with October oc
cupancy scheduled; and 23 are to
be ready next April. At Ladd and
Eielson 14 of these eight-family
quarters are 73 percent completed
with occupancy scheduled for De
cember, and 117 are to be ready
in April.
The status of the eight bach
elor-type quarters for Fort Rich
ardson is that three for single
women, two for officers, and one
for hachelor civilians are 13 per
cent completed and are scheduled
for December occupancy. Two
others for officers are 75 percent
completed and are slated for Oc
tober occupancy. All 10 bachelor
type buildings for Ladd and Eiel
son are scheduled for November
occupancy.
The status of enlisted men's
permanent-type housing is that
19 large permanent concrete bar
racks will be ready for occupancy
this fall. The composite bachelor
unit for enlisted men at Whittier
is scheduled for occupancy in Oc
tober, 1952.
District engineer housing con
tracts completed to date, since
1949, include: 186 family quar
ters, six bachelor officers’ quar
ters, and six large permanent
type enlisted men s barracks.
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PALMER MEMBERS
ATTEND LEGION DINNER
Six couples, including Com
mander and Mrs Robert Peterson
j of the Palmer Post American Le
1 gion a* tended the dinner given
in honor of Earle Cocke. Jr.. Na
tional Commander of American
Legion, at the Aleutian Gardens,
Anchorage. July 6.
Commander Cocke made a
; three day tour of Alaskan mili
' tarv installations during his stay
in the territory.
During his visit in Anchorage
he was escorted by Lt. Gen. W. E.
Kepner, Commander-in-chief of
the Alaskan command. His tour
. included an inspection of Elmen
dorf Air Force base, Fort Rich
ardson and Ladd Air Force base,
where Brig. Gen. David H. Baker
conducted the tour.
Rear Admiral Clifton A. F.
Sprague was host to the group at
I the U.S. Naval station at Kodiak.
Mr. Cocke was appointed by
defense secretary George C. Mar
shall as a member of the citizens
ad\ isory committee on armed
forces training installations and
has been on a world-wide tour of
installations, including the battle
fields of Korea.
recently submitted to Congress a
proposal for appropriations which
included several millions for ad
ditional housing for both army
and air force bases in Alaska.
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Eagle Scouts Honored
At Legion Dinner
Ow of the most important
events in Alaskan boy scout.*
circles in recent year* took place
at the American Legion's dinner
at Juneau in honor of National
! Commandos Erie J C«*cke, Sun
day evening. July 8.
At that time Commander Cocke
presented Eagle Scout badges to
Juneau scouts Wayne Powers.
Eddie Dull, and Arthur Mc
Kinnon. the first such awards to
lx* made in Alaska in two years
Young men to be honored are
all members of Explorer Post 713.
sponsored by the 40 and 8 So
ciety of Juneau’s American Le
gion Post. They have occupied
positions of leadership in Juneau
troops 23 and 613, and are pre
sently serving as senior crew
leaders for the explorer post. All
three have served on ihe camp
staff at Eagle River scout camp.
Dull and McKinnon were mem
bers of the Alaska contingent to
the National Jamboree last sum
mer. All three are members of the
Older of the Arrow.
National Commander Cocke is
an Eagle Scout himself He *«*
the guest speaker at the 41 fit an
nual .meeting dinner of the na
tional Boy Scout organization,
held in Chicago last month Ac
cording to acout officials he is trie
youngest man ever to have been
elected National Ix’gion Com
mander. lie spoke about the
magnificent record members .if
the Boy Seoul* of America are
making in civilian life and in the
armed forces.
Power Cut off*
Power cut-off* felt in Palmw
this tt'eek tt’ere due to repair* be
in* made in Anchorage, accord
ing to report* fumi the Mat anus
ka Eh*ctr«c As»»ciation.
The Sackett's Harbor boat,
tt’herc power supplement is gen
erated, suffer'd broken Males
line* earlier this tt*eek
Officials stated repairs vcere
expected to Ik complete by the'
end of 1Ih‘ week and electricity
supply back to normal.
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