FAREWELL DINNER
FOR NATIVE SERVICE
HEAD GIVES TRIBUTE
Don C. Foster Ends Six
Years in Post - 64 of
'ANS' Gang Present
"Don Foster needs no eulogy— |
what he has done for the Alaska j
Native Service speaks for itself."1
one of his department heads said.
last night at the end of the ban
quet given for Mr. and Mrs. Foster j
prior to their departure for Min- j
neapo’.is where the area director of i
service has been transferred to a j
similar position in the States.
But the party was a eulogy in;
itself. ■
Sixty-four Native Service staff j
workers gathered in the Bararfof j
Hotel Gold Room to say good-bye |
to their chief, to hear his "so- j
long,” to present gifts to Mr. and ;
Mrs. Foster, to listen to a program
of violin and piano by Joe Tassell
and Miss Ethel Finlayson and to
enjoy the good-fellowship that even
a stranger at the party felt among
"the ANS' Gang.”
Martin Holm, service educational
director, .was toastmaster.
Sam Troutman, with the service ;
and its preceding organizations for ■
2Z years, told the group that their |
chief "has done a swell job and
deserves a lot of credit. And above
all, it Is his faculty for looking at
each employee as a human being j
and not just as a part of an .of- j
ganizational machine that makes j
us feel that we are losing a friend." j
He presented to the Fosters a carved |
ivory carving set and a handsome j
Ch.lkat blanket.
Not Easy to Leave
Foster, who ^id it- was net easy I
to leave "one of the finest crews |
a department ever had," traced his j
experiences in Alaska from the time i
he came here in April 1944 and
found that he whs being called the ;
“new boy wonder of tty ANS" until 1
the present.
“In the past Alaska has gohe
through a period of exploitation of ■
its resources and the native has'
been a resource as much as a tree I
in the forest or the salmon in the I
sea. We have tried to be honest
about what is best for the people
and for Alaska.
“We have no reason to apologue
for our Alaska Native Service. You
are doing a good job and it is the
job, the program, the people you
are working for. I know you will
carry on with a good program,
work for a minority people and
bring to them standards of gov
ernment provided by our constitu
tion."
Foster said he fully expects to
come back to Alaska. "Alaska has
a challenge and a future. I hope
to come back and participate in
the development of Alaska as a
state,” he said.
Points Out Needs
The job of those who remain
in the service here, he said, is the
"revitalizing and rebuilding of the
villages. Especially in northern Al
aska, the people need protection—
not as wards but as people w?io
need assistance in developing
leadership and self confidence.
They need an organized program
that will keep them constructively
and happily busy.”
Foster's final word was announce
ment that Joe Tassell, the young
violinist who earlier in the evening
had dedicated one of his selections
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EXOTIC DANCER STARTS
ENGAGEMENT TONIGHT
AT WHING DING'S PLACE
After six months as entertainer
at popular night spots from Nome
to Anchorage, and at all Alaska Air
Force bases, Sally Christy, exotic
dancer, will open an indefinite en
gagement tonight at Whing Ding’s.
The new entertainer's "dance cre
ations" are In fan dancing, eccen
trice and novelty styles. She has
appeared in "Earl Carroll’s Vani*
ties," at Leon and Eddie’s in New
York, also in Chicago, Boston and
Havana. She was starred at the
Fox-Tabor Theatre in Denver.
Sally Christy was the entertainer
at the Casablanca, near Fairbanks,
before that night spot burned to
the ground, and she later had an
engagement at the Rendezvous.
From Fairbanks, she took a four
piece band to Nome to entertain at
the Officers’ Club and the NCO
Club at Marks Field and at two
clubs in town. She also performed
at Ladd and Eielson fields near
Fairbanks, and Elmendorf, at Fort
Richardson.
According to Whing Ding, his
place on the Douglas Highway now
is open every night but Monday,
and Sally Christy's floor shows are
scheduled at 11 p.m. and 2:30 a.m.
FIIA MAN HERE
E. E. Eden of the Federal Hous
ing Authority is staying at the Gas
tineau Hotel.
to Mr. and Mrs. Foster, had that
day been entered as a student in
Haskell Institute where he will com
plete his musical education.
With a final “until we meet ag
ain," Holm concluded the evening j
of speeches and farewells over
which he had presided. |
Flowers from the Minfield Home ,
in native basket containers decor- I
atcd the tables. Placecards were j
prints by R. Mayokok. Eskimo artist
of Wales, lettering wfas by t'ne
construction division and the birch I
bark candy baskets at each place |
were made by natives of Chugnak. |
Marving Ripke was general chair
man of the evening's plans. Decor
ations were by the girls of the
Arts and Crafts Division.
At the head table were Mr. and
Mrs. Foster, Mr. and Mrs. Reinhold
Brust, Mrs. Bertha Ellinger, Holm,
Troutman, Miss Olive Trower and
Joe Tassell.
WOMEN OF MOOSE
LODGE INITIATES
10 NEWMEMBERS
The regular meeting of Juneau
Chapter 439, the Women of the
Moose, was held Thursday evening,
with Senior Regent Beatrice Albe
goff, presiding.
Initiation services were held and
the following candidates were initi
ated: Mildred Moran, Lorraine Rick
elman, Ellen Buxton, Mary Elias,
Elizabeth Mowat, Linda Frasch,
Rosalia Nevitt, Katharine Williams,
Mildred Phelps, and Mary Margaret
Zender.
After the business meeting, there
were movies of some of the lodge
members and the ladies’ drill team
taken during their recent trip to
Petersburg to install the officers of
the new Petersburg chapter. Slides
of Alaska scenes were shown by
Mingo Avoian. The program was in
charge of Violet Seaberg, Moose
heart Alumni Chairman.
The next meeting will be held
Sept. 17, when chairman of the fol
lowing committees will give their
reports: publicity, membership, rit
ual, hospital guild, and child care.
PR0-LE0P0LDISTS
ACCUSED IN DEATH
OF JULIEN LAHAUT
LIEGE, Belgium. Aug. 19—MV
Julien Lahaut, head of the Belgian
Communist party, was shot to death
at his home last night and the offi
cii party newspaper charged today
pro-Leopoldists were responsible for
the assassination.
His wife was a witness to the kill
ing, He was riddled by three bullets
fired by one of two gunmen who
drove up to the Lahaut home in a
Liege suburb about 9:30 p.m.
Mrs. Lahaut said the men, appear
ing about 20 years old, rang the bell
and asked to speak to her husband.
Lahaut was the 66-year-old leader
of Belgian’s estimated 100.000 Com
munists, bitter anti-monarchist. He
represented industrial Liege, one of
the storm centers in the recent
strife over the issue of King Leo
pold’s return from exile.
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Southbound Flight 924 carried two
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Arriving from Anchorage were:
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Tailoring Mills, are stopping at the
Gastineau Hotel.
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Among Petersburg residents stop
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W. Sudell, Patrick M. Ridley and
E. Escola.
Riley, Ned Williams and J. O'Meara.
Boarding at Cordova were Mr. and
Mrs. Tom O'Leary, O. H. Johanson
and four Ocean Fish Company em
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Westbound, Harold Dent went to
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and Mrs. M. L. Anderson with
Denny and Richard Anderson: Rob
ert Johnson, S. B. Fitzhugh. Wil
liam Bittner, Col. J. D. Alexander,
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