‘BUT DO YOU SEE ME ON RELIEF? NO, INDEED,’ says George Daynor (above), as he proudly shows tiie
minaret-topped palace he huilt at Vineland, N. J., from odds and ends of junk found on a swamp at Vineland. A former Klondike prospec
tor, Daynor started building his “Palace Depression”—which is what he calls the house—in 1933, w hen he reached Vineland almost broke,
i Auto parts, petrified logs, bits of scrap metal and rocks went into the "palace."
*
DISTANCE TO GUAM which is 5,053 miles from San Francisco and 1*06 fr*»m
Manila, may figure in debate. Here is Sumay and the harbor (background) which may bj ». . wJ.
v. U
m
IN THIS PALACE AT GUAM resides governor, Capt. James T. Alexander, U.S.N., whose
* recent annual report gave population as 22,000. Island is 30 miles long, averages 7 miles In width. *
' ** ’* ■ - • - - l ■! Ill I . - - - - "i-iniirrMM—
Huge Reindeer
Herd
The largest herd of reindeer
worked through a corral chute
since 1934 was recently handled
at Johnson River corral. This
Corral is on the Clark-Lind
range between Bethel and Nel
son Island.
A herd of 21,226 animals were
handled in eleven days, an aver
age of more than 1,000 per day.
The work included marking 6,367
fawns and 3,501 mavericks. These
fainimials. sifter being marked,
were divided among twenty own
ers on percentage. One of these
owners, the Kuskokwim Rein
deer Company, includes nearly
six hundred Eskimo stockholders
The Wainwright Reindeer
Association is entitled to second
prize for corralling large herds.
At a single corral handling dur
ing the past year, this organiza
tion handled 12,666 reindeer.
NOTICE
All members and all interested
in the development of the Sec
ond Division are cordially invit
ed to attend the regular bi-week
ly luncheon of the Chamber of;
Commerce, to be held at the
North Pole Bakery next Tuesday
noon, March I4th.
Judge J. H. S. Morison will
speak on observations of his trip
to the States.
A. Polet, Secretary
How Mining Claims can be
Staked in Alaska, length, Bread
th, how many, and the Associa
tion Claim, described in detail, in
?
pamphlet form, for sale at The
Nugget Office, for 10 cents.
■SI
BIG ROLE FOR LITTLE ISLAND is scheduled for tiny Guam when congress debates how important (o national defense
is this Pacific island ceded to L’. S. by Spain in December, 1898. Above is Pan American Airways plane base at Guam.
“Miss Seward”
Chosen Alaska
Queen For 1939
Miss Irene Reenstrom,
University of Alaska Coed,
Selected Fairest North
Seward Girl, Born at Nenana, is
Modest, Blue-Eyed Nordic
Beauty — Grand Award,
Trip to Gold Gate Ex
position at San
Francisco
(Fairbanks News-Miner)
Long live the Queen, “Miss A1
aska” for 1939—Miss Irene Reen
strom, University of Alaska co
ed whose home is Seward.
Miss Reenstrom was named
Queen of Alaska Thursday night
at the most colorful Miss Alaska
contest in the history of the
Northland, and will rule in her
capacity until the 1940 Carnival.
The daugher of Mr. and Mrs.
Franklin Reenstrom of Seward,1
Miss Alaska is a beautiful and
charming blonde, 18 years old..
She is an excellent student at the
University, and has gained much
recognition as a talented dancer.
Entirely modest in all that she
does, Miss Reenstrom entered
the contest with no expectations
of winning the coveted honors.
Her surprise was sincere, and her
thanks to those who aided her in
preparing for the contest endear
ed her all the more to her sub
jects.
Immediately after the decision
of the judges was handed down,
Miss Alaska was beseiged by
well-wishers, the greatest tribute
being paid by her fellow con
testants.
Chief among the many honors
and wards that she will receive
is a free trip to the Golden Gate
International Exposition at San j
Francisco. If she can arrange to
make the trip during the sum
mer, she will have the privelege
of ruling the Exposition on Al- ]
aska Day, Thursday, August 17.
Carnival Manager Ralph Riv
ers introduced a galaxy of not-!
ables in attendance, among them]
Mrs. Alice Handley and Lou Col-1
bert, King and Queen Regent for
1939, Miss Antoinette Hobbis,
who. as Miss Dawson, represents
Yukon Territory, Miss Margue
rite Lee of Nome, Miss Alaska of
1937, Constable Wharton, RCMP,
Clyde Ellis, president of the An j
chorage Chamber of Commerce
and president of this year’s Fur
Rendezvous, and Leonard Hop
kins, sports manager of the
Rendezvous and prominent An-j
chorage business man.
Three appearances were made
by each Queen, first in ski suit,
next in bathing suit, and last in
evening gown. They were intro
duced in turn by Mr. Phelps and
proceeded across the stage and
the length of the lighted runway
extending out from the stage
center. Soft waltz music for their
appearance was played by the
International Swin.gsters.
While the contestants changed
costumes, intermission entertain
ment was provided by local art
ists, drawing much, applause
The first group of number in
from the audience,
eluded orchestra music by the
Swingsters with a specialty fea
' turing Herb McClarty, “Smoke
Gets in Your Eyes,” a vocal solo
by Art Watkins, Neva Whaley in
two tap routines and A1 Ehren
sing who sang “Abdul-Abulbul
Amir.”
In the second group, 6-year-old
Brownie Whaley entertained
with a song and tap dance, Miss
Margaret Wagner, accompanied
by Dorothy Loft us, pianist, sang
“Carmen” and “Lady of Spain”
to the great enjoyment of an ap
preciative audience, and as a fin
al number, the University of Al
aska boys gave their version of
the Ballet Moose. Edict Moose
it was, the graceful touch being
added by Flora Mikami. The
boys, names withheld by request
enjoyed their number almost as
much as the audience who were
in gales of laughter throughout
the dance.
So beautiful and charming
were the appearances of all the
contestants that judges Zelma
Day of New York, Mrs. Maud
Goronoff of Circle Springs, Jay
Ransom of Stevens Village, Geo
rge Capell of Dawson and Wil
liam Munz of Taylor ran into dif
Acuity in reaching a decision in
their choice for Miss Alaska.
More entertainment was called
for and Master of Ceremonies
Phelps asked for voluntec's fror
among the entertainers bac.
stage.
Ethel and Carl Hardy offere
another Hawaiian song, Bett.
June Hardy was unceremonious
ly pushed on the stage for sev
eral of her famous unperson a
tions. A1 Erdensing favored witt
another vocal soJo, and Mrs.
George Whaley of Nome, not on
the official program, nearly stole
the show with her piano playing
Mrs. Whaley was called back
fo.r two encores and drew great
applause with her novelty num
bers.
Finally, however, the judges
agreed on Miss Reenstrom as
their choice for the Miss Alaska
title and their ballots were hand
ed to Mrs. Ruth Barrack, Mrs.
Dolly O'Keefe and Mr. Rivers for
official acceptance.
Miss Alaska then stepped from
the beautifully decorated Golden
Heart box to receive the p’audits
due her as the one and only
Queen of Alaska for 1939.
JANE GORDON SELECTED
AS '.MISS FAIRBANKS’
“Miss Fairbanks'' for 1939—
that was the title bestowed upon
Jane Gordon just after midnight
Thursday when the election
judges finished the final count in
the contest to name the Queen to
represent Fairbanks in the Miss
Alaska contest.
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