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Hometown Reporter Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Thursday, Auguit 2, 1962 3 Calendar of Events Packed for State Fair Next Week Egan Will THE EDITOR New Troopers i Four new officers have taken up duties in the North-I ern District, Alaska State lice after completing a month! in training at Anchorage. Assigned to the enforcement) division are Ed Jones, who has been on active duty hare since June 1. and Roger B. Iversen, who comes here after two years on the city police force at Ketchikan. Iversen was born in Ketchikan as was his wife, Jeanne.

The latter and the couple's children, Roger 2, and (Readers of tlie Daily News-Miner are welcome to write the editor. However, because oj space limitation' letters exceeding 300 words cannot be accepted. Writers will be limited to publication of two letters within a 30-day period. Unsigned letters will not be published but the of writer will be withheld from publication i' requested. The News-Miner reserves the right to edit or reject letters to comply with these limitations.) Fairbanks, Alaska Way and a street diversion i July 31, 1962 Dear Editor: Tonight, reading your paper on last night's council meeting I have looked in vain for the worthy of some mention in your paper especially when the remarks of a petitioner were specifically directed to News-Miner's coverage of the Barnette Street project.

It as soon seerns to me tnat tnis one as Trooper Iversen finds a house. John Lucking, who has been a state police dispatcher since December, has been assigned to the service section. He and his wife, Virginia and their one-year-old daughter, Kimberly, make their home here in Broadmoor Acres. Lucking has lived here since 1957. Richard Dubell of Delta Junction joined the state police force after serving with the Alaska State Fish and Game Department as an enforcement officer.

He and his to Gillam Way was necessary and advisable. It would seem; that where expenditure of large sums of public money were involved the taxpapers should be advised as to how it would be. spent. We understood that the only- way to approach the Council a plan has gone this petition them. Many precious hours were spent in contact- iing and obtaining bonafide vf Vh M- signatures on a petition which, the publlc briefly, asked that Barnette might be informed.

(strefit be payed ip jts present To review tnis a bit: At 7ji a 0 That the maximum a.m. July 18th a joint meeting I idth now established be- was held by the Council and'tween 1st and 4th Avenues be City Planning and Zoning Commission to i the Planning's recommendations on Barnette Street. There was nothing on the agenda or in the paper re- wife. Josephine, have three garding this special children, Barbara, 10, Jane, 6, and only one taxpayer at- and Robert IVi. tended.

Six days later at their Trooper Ed Jones and his I regular meeting, the Council to adopt this plan and Jones the only the City was to go ahead and erty owners affected by the wthin make arrangements to acc jf obligation honrls. hnlrf a i brother. Wayne Delta, represent brother combination the Alaska State Police or-! quire properties on Barnette. ganization. Only other com-j (Incidentally, at a joint meet- bination of family is that of iing held between the Barnette Capt.

John Monagle and his! Street property owners and sori Trooper John Monagle. Council on April 30th this I enlargement of the original Miss Hart to be Married paving plans was strongly op- used as a uniform width for the entire street; That the property owners affected be paid a just compensation for loss of property; and that costly expenditures be eliminated. It was further requested that if the Council felt this plan should be carried out, that they, together with prop- KIWANIANS ERECT PEACE MARKER-Last Sunday saw the erection of the farthest north Peace Marker on the Canadian-American boundary when representatives of the Canadian and Yukon Territorial governments met with their counterparts in the American and Alaskan governments Pay Visit On Aug. 11 I Gov. William Egan vdfl i make an official visit to the Alaska State Fair Saturday.

jAug. 11. And in his honor I the day has been designated Governor's Day. He will be met by an official welcoming party and escorted on a tour of the fair- rounds, manager of the Fair Glen Buchanan said. The State Fair opens next Wednesday and will continue through Sunday, Aug.

12 with five days of activity and competition. Kid's Day A big favorite in the past, I Kid's Day, will be repeated (this year on opening day, I Wednesday, Aug. 8. The Fair- banks City Recreation Department is cooperating with the Fair and the children from the city playgrounds will attend the fair in a group. A Children's Parade down- jtown will begin the morning events, following which the I youngsters will board buses that take them directly to the Fairgrounds.

i There they will enjoy the Kiddie Rides, Loop-0-Plane I and Flying Saucer and the many exhibits and conces- to right: Harry Reimer of Fairbanks, lieutenant governor of the Alaska- I jj, lons Also planned are Doll Yukon Division of Kiwanis International; Frank DeLout, executive as- Cante st, Pie Eating Contest, sistant to Northwest Territorial Commissioner Gordon Cameron; Mel I an manv games and races. Dennis of Seattle, acting governor of the Pacific Northwest District of Ki- A spectacular fireworks dis- city obligation bonds, hold a I and members of Kiwanis International to unveil the 30th Peace Marker to wanis International; George Hayes, attorney general of Alaska, repre- jplay will be held twice during public meeting and obtain be erected at highway crossings on the border between the two nations senting Gov. William Egan; and Gen Lester Wheeler of Ft Wain- thp i "TM" mandate from these taxpayers! from Maine to Alaska. Flanked by color guards of the Royal Canadian wright, commanding general, Yukon Command. The ceremony was wit- as to whether or not they de- Mounted Police, left, and the Yukon Command of the United States Army, v-- inn this alternate routs.

There were 135 signatures on the peition, representing about 65 per cent business right, are the principal participants in the Peace Marker unveiling, Left nessed by about 200 Kiwanians, their families and' friends representing Whitehorse, Y. Fairbanks, Anchorage, Palmer and Juneau. --Photo Courtesy of Couch Alaska. Archives Miss Alice Hart, teller posed by a large majority of owners an the balance resi- for the Alaska National the property owners present dential and Ba mette Street- Bank, flew to Seattle by jet at the public hearing.) residential yesterday morning on her Mr. Brewington believed These people collectively represented several million dollars in taxable city property.

This was ready for presenta-j tion to the Council last iVjr Brewington oeueven way to San Francisco where I tnat a written report of costs she will be married to Cae- an location should be sub- sar Ponce, an engineering itted to the Council by the student and former service planning Commission before w.iTM,.;,^ instigation of the project He asked for a reconsideration on the vote at the next regular council meeting. This was i granted and wisely so -because no one, either through your paper or in any public roan at Ft. Wainwright. Miss Hart came to Fairbanks in Feb. of 1961 from her home in Lethbridge, Alberta, to make her home with her sister, Mrs.

Lorna Griffin and her two nephews, Donny, 8, and Bob- meeting, had been shown def- by, 6. inite costs of property ac- The couple will make quisitipn or relocation on Bar- their home in San Fran- jriette Street. Furthermore, cisco. (nothing had appeared in jing as to the thinking behind Son Born to Karjalaht-s i the need for a 60-foot right- Mr, and Mrs. Willaro Kar-jof-way or why closure of Bar-1 jalahti of Mile 2, Airport nette from 10th to Airport Road welcomed the birth of a son in St.

Joseph's Hospital at 11:12 Wednesday morning weighing 9 Ibs. 13 ozs. The lad has been named Mark Allen and he has a sister, Debra. 4V 2 and a brother, Dave. 19V2 months.

Mark's dad is a security police officer at Fairbanks International Airport. Mark is City Okays Annexation The City Council yesterday generally agreed to approve the quick annexation into the city of four parcels of property in South Fairbanks. The four parcels involved seven lots and six property they could accept the docu- owners on Twenty-Third Ave- ment. The motion was put tolnue. The property owners the members (after Mr.

Bou- i petitioned the council for an- When the Barnette reconsideration was declared before the Council the petitioner, Mr. Claus, was told to wait until a vote on the reconsideration had been made before NEWS (Contlmud irom Page 11 School Board The school board of the Fairbanks Independent School District will meet at noon Friday at the Travelers Inn. Exhibit Free Free exhibit space is being made available to non profit civic, organizational and community groups at next week's fair, the Tanana Valley Fair Association announced today. Groups wishing to take advan-! cher queried them on the re consideration) with Boucher, nexation so their properties Airport Funds Trimmed But Still at Record WASHINGTON Aug 2 i car The Federal Aviation irector within The Federal Aviation Agency announced today approval of $74,283,719 for construction and Improvement of 419 airports. Included is $3,745,911 for Alaska.

The allocation for the year that began July 1 is the largest in the history of the aid-to-airport program, the Highway Series (ccniiniMB irom two or three months, at which Richard G. Berg, former point the state should be prac- revision of Sup-1 tically up to date on some $6 Department in federal reimburse- Administration, was named head of the Highway Department's new Administrative Division, which was organized to supervise accounting, internal audit control, personnel, purchasing and the like. Up From the Ranks ments. Money Lost? Has money 'been lost because of the two year lag? Sharp says no. "Some of these vouchers may be disallowed, but that fair on opening night and again to close the fair on Sunday night.

The Harvest Queen Coronation will be the highlight of Thursday evenings program. Nine lovely young ladies will vie for the title of Harvest Queen and the lucky winner will be crowned by Miss Sally Pitts, the 1961 Harvest Queen. The Queen Coronation is free of charge and everyone is invited to attend this event at 8 p.m., Thursday, Aug 9. Rodeo Play Other outstanding events will be a three day Wild West Rodeo and Horse Show. Fur the first time, this Rodeo will bring to Alaska the Brahma Bull Riding event.

A could be hooked on to the cityJGL 6-5573. this opportunity are! FAA said. The total deletes asked to call the Fair office at more than $90.4 million from rlom IDe happens all the time -even oflood stock has Up from the ranks of a vouchers," a lSfo i.uwiiw^. u.i vw wit Brewington and Walker voting sewer line that runs down the the 36th grandchild mother's side. on his Reich First Born It's a girl for Mr.

and Mrs. Bob Reich of 1904 Kel- of Mr. and Mrs. Maurice T. Jphnson of Fairbanks.

Paternal grandmother is Mrs. Lucille Schaeffer of Des Moines, Iowa. Middletons Welcome Girl The Donald Middletons of Lakeview Trailer Court are the proud parents of a daugn- "or the reconsideration, and Mrs. Ringstad and Cox voting against it. The City Attorney ruled that the years did not constitute a majority of the votes needed to reconsider and Mayor Ribar did not elect to vote, so reconsideration was not possible.

Mr. Claus then asked if he could speak on the petition middle of the street. The council at the conference meeting also asked that the State Boundary Commission consider annexing to the city the whole north tier of lots between 23rd and 24th Avenues. Some council members said they were opposed to "piecemeal" or "nibbling" annexa- believed in on but sa and Mayor Ribar gave per- sa oe lev mission, hut stated that he thls case lfc justified. mission, but stated that he St.

Guild Meeting Matthews Guild meet at 1:30 p.m. Saturday at the church, Mrs. Ed Prince announced. The meeting will be devoted in large part to binding booklets the Guild sells. Any woman member of the church is welcome to attend Saturday's meeting Mrs.

the $164,692,892 requested by communities across the nation. It includes construction of 50 new airports--46 for non- airline use and four to be used by commercial airlines. old Highways Division came Sharp says. Bruce a to head the Pre-Construction Division on a lecnnicamy wmcn can a A take be taken care of in reprocess- charge of the Construction Di- brought to Fairbanks for the State Fair Rodeo and it promises to be full of action and color. A full length production of tne melodrama, "The Drunk" us fa knowu of aurd wij be Presented for "Some disallowance usually is on a technicality which can Sam who had us a aur wij be Presented for served briefly as head of the vo che hichjh ve 1 een performances by the TM Arctic a Prince said.

CHANGES (Conflnueo from Pagi T) $40 million which would have had to be amortized. That old Highways Division and Highways Department! (after the dismissal of Losses, if any, to the state i Director Thurman D. Sher-1 because of lack of documenta- Edwards Appointed (would have caused the price 'of gas here to be quite high, iinoaiuii, UUL ii.ai.cu uiai irtinir PiHr 13 j. c-uwaras Appointed nere to I would not presentation Acting City Manager Robert Ed competitive, nf HIP npf.if.inn Mr Hans then Crow sai annexing the to TM er of the petition. Mr.

Claus then ter born in St. Joseph's Hos- gave a brief summary of in- Crow said annexing the prop- erties would be of benefit to the city because as it is now 1T11S. 1VC11.11 UL AJV-" iitl- luro a St. Joseph's Hos- pital arrival at 8:03 Tuesday montns pital at 3-37 Wednesday morn-i tent to see the petition and the tne Clt because as it ing weighing 7 Ibs. 1 oz.

Barnette Street matter wasiTM are not enough I The young lady has two in 10 minutes. gram director of Radio Sta- While the Kenai plan was ties on 23rd Avenue connected er station. tion KFRB, was appointed today as manager of the radio 3, and Cynthia, evening weighing 6 Ibs. 12 ozs. Her name is i a Marie.

Reich is an accountant with the firm of Peterson, Lorenz and Cole. Her father is an electrician for W. R. Grasle Co. Maternal grandfather is Evan Myers of Fairbanks and I three aunts live here, Mrs.

Sally Boyles and Eileen and Jennie Myers, all sisters of Mrs. Reich is the daughter I Mrs. Middleton. It was amazing to me to hear that the right of 135 citizens to petition their government had been denied so thoroughly! At 9:30 p.m. the subject of supervision and cleanliness of the YMCA building came before the Council and discussion on this subject continued until 10:10 p.m.

Just before the gavel sounded dismissing the Council for the night, a last-minute vote was taken to a vacant councilman's i chair. Three were for the (councilman, and two against. It was ruled acceptable by to the sewer line to keep the line flow strong enough to prevent freezing in winter. "We have to send a crew down there once a week in bad weather to thaw it out," he said. Properties involved in the annexation belong to Dave Thomas, 1201 23rd the First A.M.E.

Church, 835 23rd W.C. Enfield, 739 23rd Henry Frierson, 721 23rd Sebron Jackson, no address given, and Bernie Rainer, 713 23rd Ave. Councilwoman Sylvia Ring-, stad said she was in favor of the City Attorney according the annexation because the to the Fairbanks Charter CO uncil at a regular meeting Many businesses and tax-j a prom i se it to the proper i The club Pay children 40 yers are alarmed at tne gen- cents a uart for tn being considered, gas was struck this side of Anchorage I and lending a i The appointment was made I frowned on lending money for by Dick Garvin, general man- the Kenai project when there ager of a network of a closer supply. stations including KFRB here, KBYR in Anchorage, and KJNO in Juneau. Before coming to Fairbanks, Edwards was station manager of KBYR's FM station.

Jim Branch, of KFRB's sales staff, was also promoted to station sales manager. Need Berries! Fresh blueberries and cranberries, used for sauce to top off the ice cream to be served at the all-Alaska dinner at the fair, are needed today by the sponsors of the annual dinner, College Woman's Club, payers are alarmed at tne owners eral exodus of old-time resi-l "And i' dents who have helped should stick to it a 52 tn -P cents a quart for tne berries. Before the closer project was developed, he said, water was found in the gas there and "sea water at that." Investigation held up plans for some time, Fricke said, and later plans were held up longer while drilling was in progress near Nenana. With availability of a gas source in doubt, the two officials asked that the council be patient with their company ard and before the appointment of McKinnon, was appointed director of the Maintenance Division. "All of these men are quaii- wed by the Arctic Circle a tle theatre group.

Eskimo Dances, a Bake-Off sponsored by the Tanana Valley and Two River Granges, a children's talent show, Square Dance, and a grand finale Talent tion on old expenditures or for some other reason, probably will not be known until the billing is completed. The Highway Department fied and proven," says to keep its five-man Kinnon, "and all of them are "crash crew" on the payroll from Alaska. "We are still recruiting men in the field grade status, such as project engineers and technicians, to handle the accelerated road building program which is to come. "For our current program, I to shorten the time lag between state expenditure of federally reimbursable funds and repayment by the government. "The lag on reimbursement for contractors' work usually is slight," said Sharp.

"But however, we are completely I we'd like to close the gap on reimbursement for payrolls A new start of another nature is taking place in the field of equipment. McKinnon said that an inventory of state highway equipment has been completed and that a list of G9 pieces of obsolete equipment las been advertised for sale. and not require them to stick These items will be replaced strictly to the terms of their new equipment, in con- Show will complete the Fair program. In addition many interesting commercial and competitive exhibits and displays will be open from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m.

each day. Free exhibit space is being offered by the Fair Association to non-profit civic and community groups. Admission to the Fair is $1 for adults, 75 cents for military and 50 cents for children, pre-school children are admitted free. Season tickets are available for a cost of $2.50 for adults and $1.25 for children. Season tickets are good for any and all days of the franchise.

Fricke pointed out that when as was struck in the Kenai, city of Anchorage passed over a local company and and the like to about six weeks or two months." The work is being done under the supervision of the Highways Department as a portion of a special supplemental appropriation of $160,039. That application also is i nancing a complete revision of SCHOOL the accounting procedures of the Department. (Continued Irom Ptgi t) i i new -Ui uu'j- iiiiciiu. 'l formance with replacement Under the direction of the a dall membership." This recommendations made bv I accounting consulting firm of apparently would be the de- the legislature to bring costs! Marwick and Mitchell, a factor in the expanding jper mile down and mainten-jncw accounting code was' Doaiu They can be delivered to Mrs, I awarded the franchise 'to to its wQrd a Offill or Mrs. Claude outside company.

past. With no immediate large-scale projects or devel-j opments planned for this we feel that we need every company, of whom live on The company contracted for taxpayer possible to sustain the economy and orderly Plane Disappears MANILA, Philippines, College Road across from the their gas supply and later 2, W) A U. S. Navy seaplane with 13 crewmen aboard dis- growth of this town. Many appeared early today while of our programs are fine to Sangley Point noon" i Tmr-Yr i i College Inn.

G.O.P. Candidates Eleven Republican candidates for the state house of representatives have been invited to speak at the Friday ANSWER TO HOT WEATHER-With Fairbanks witnessing near record temperatures for this time of year, many citizens of the Golden Heart of Alaska have been improvising techniques to escape the heat. Here's one who moved right out into the sunshine. Mrs. Randy Acord, 178 8th Ave.

took her home office into her yard to finish a stack of paper work. Be nice if the downtown employers would follow her example, and move everybody outdoors in shorts for the remainder of the hot spell, wouldn't it? News-Miner Stall Photo a larger city but very costly for the size of Fairbanks. I feel the City i should welcome ANY help or suggestions from their electorate, and certainly the taxpayers do not deserve the shabby treatment they received at the hands of the Council last evening. This letter is long, but the News-Miner is the only daily paper in Fairbanks where current news can reach the public swiftly. Therefore I would be especially grateful if you would publish this letter so that our citizens may be completely informed.

Thank You, Alaska S. Linck Taxpayer Naval Station. publicans. when cheaper gas became available it was unable to buy and distribute it. "We have had an offer here where we could bring gas this greater distance and sell it as cheap as it is being sold in Anchorage," he said.

ance efficiency up. Meanwhile, a crash crew is laboring through records back as far as fiscal 1961 to prepare vouchers for reimbursement to the state of federal funds to which Alaska is entitled. As of July 1, vouchers had been prepared for reimbursement of $4,462,781. The work on old billing is expected to Next: A i Finally be completed within the Starts drafted and went into operation July 1. The new code was explained to district engineers frcm the The local school district is now in the process of obtaining additional information about the particular section of the state's five district offices at a state law in question and addi- meeting in Juneau in June, i tional opinions on the matter.

Presumably, if the school population excluding kindergarten students should in-. The firm will continue to direct the basic procedures of the code and its implementation in the field. crease past the 5,000 mark there would be no question over the expansion of the school board membership. SAYS AMERICAN CAMPERS TOO SOPHISTICATED: Mt. Everest Conquerer En Route to Fairbanks JUNEAU, Aug.

Edmund Hillary, 2, tf)--Sir the slim New Zealander who conquered Mt. Everest in 1953, said today Americans are too "sophisticated" in the facilities they feel should be available I in the nation's public camp grounds. Hillary, his wife and their family camping holiday which has taken them to Colorado, Utah, Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and Alaska. They have camped in national forest campgrounds along the way. At the completion of the trip, Hillary has been asked to submit a report to the U.S.

three small children stopped Secretary of Agriculture on off in Juneau for four suitability of national for- as they neared the end of a lest camping facilities for for eign tourists. "I've been very impressed with what we have seen up to the present time," said Hillary, who is camping at nearby Lena Cove. "We found the camping space most adequate, so there is no need to be located cheek and jowl with your neighbor." Hillary said that during a brief stopover in Ketchikan he was given an air tour of the Hillary's itinerary also in- Punchbowl area and found it to be "magnificent country." Hillary and his family spent yesterday in the Mendenhall Glacier area and are to fly to Hasselborg Lake on Admiralty Island Thursday, to fish for trout and camp overnight. Friday he and his family return to Juneau for a day of saltwater fishing for king and silver saimon. Saturday they are scheduled way of Banff, and the to leave on the ferry or i Black Hills of South Dakota.

Haines. From Haines they will Hillary said the average travel to Valdez and to Quartz foreign camper does not want Creek, on the Kenai Peninsula, I the facilities normally sought camping along the way. by Americans in public camp- eludes two or three days of "Europeans, particularly, camping in Mt. McKinley National Park and a visit grounds. want to get away to some ex- Fairbanks.

From Fairbanks, the Hil- ilarys will drive to Chicago by to tent fro'm modern conveniences when they camp out," he said. "They are satisfied with only the barest necessities.".