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By CONRAD H. POTTER
Superintendent of Schools
I had the good fortune of at
tending the recent meeting of the
Western Alaska High School Act
ivities Association meeting held at
Paxson Lodge near Gakona, and
surprisingly was the first Nome
representatives to attend one of
these meetings.
The new A, B, and C divisions
established at the spring meeting
were confirmed and there are
inow four clas^ A basketball teams
—Anchorage East and West, Fair
banks, and Palmer. These teams
represent the four high schools
having the largest enrollment.
The next six teams, by enroll
ment, are B teams. They are Sew
ard, Kodiak, Kenai, Nome, Eiel
son, and Monroe Catholic of Fair
banks. The remaining eight teams
are classed as C teams.
Under the new plan there will
be three tournaments. The B and
C tourneys will be held concur
rently in February 1960. The B
tourney at Eielson but the C tour
. ney site has yet to be decided.
The next week the A tourna
ment will ibe held at Anchorage.
Under the new program (and the
important part of it as far as we
are concerned) the winner of the
B and C tourneys will automatic
ally have the right to enter the A
tourney, in fact, so will the run
ners-up in the B and C if they
so desire. Ultimately the winner
of the A tourney will play the
Southeastern champion for All
Alaska honors one week later.
We are ■ aware of the lapse of
^ime involved should a B or C
team be strong enough to go all
the way into the All-Alaska, but
for the first time it is now pos
sible for just that to happen.
Prior to this the B’s could never
expect to enter the All - Alaska
playoffs by virtue of the fact that
they were never considered. For
several years the Western Alaska
champion entering the All-Alaska
playoff has not been a truly rep
resentative champion because
several smaller so-called B teams
were never given a chance to
compete.
We now have that opportunity
and when that one good year
coaaes and we possess all the fac
tors necessary to having a cham
pionship team, we can go all the
way—an’d we will.
The association also established
the Band and Chorus Festivals for
this year under a dual program.
The band festival will be held at
Fairbanks in February and the
chorus festival at Anchorage in
February also. I happened to reg
ister the only dissenting vote as
I consider the program too costly
for schools of our size. We could
not afford to send two groups to
two festivals, particularly when
our people would participate in
both activities.
It was also decided that the
sponsoring groups (Fairbanks and
Anchorage) provide housing Fri
day night only. Participants are
expected to arrive Friday mor
ning and depart immediately fol
lowing the Saturday evening pro
gram.
This does not prohibit schools
from arriving before or after
these times. However, schools
choosing to do so must assume
all responsibility for food and
lodging and this could be expen
• sive, particularly if planes are
delayed by bad weather.
The changes were requested by
the festival sponsors who have
experienced great difficulty in
providing housing and proper
supervision for the over 706 stu
Hoffa Says He ll Work
For Repeal of Landrum
I Griffin Labor Law
ATLANTA, Ga., (ff) — James R.
Hoffa, president of the Teamsters’
Union, says he’ll work for repeal
of the new Landrum-Griffin labor
law.
He told a news conference on
Wednesday that the law is a “dis
grace to Congress” and would
penalize both union and non
union workers.
Hoffa came to Atlanta for con
ferences with trustees of the
union’s pension fund. A local mo
tel got a $1,800,000 loan from the
fund.
dent participants housed all over
their cities. We are generally
sympathetic, but not convinced
that the solution accepted by the
association will solve the problem.
Enrollment Going Up
Our total enrollment figure is
growing day 'by day and we may
easily reach close to 700 .within a
few weeks.
Those of you who have been
aware of our previous crowded
classroom conditions will certain
ly understand the pressing prob
lem we now have and will con
tinue to have to provide adequate
housing for all of our pupils.
We now have several rooms
filled beyond capacity. I believe
the point has been reached where
we as a community must take
steps toward seeking a solution,
however difficult it may be. We
all know that solving the problem
will not be easy, and by the same
token we also know that its final
solution will ultimately touch all
of us directly or indirectly.
* * *
High School* class meetings
have been held and the following
officers elected for the 1959 - 60
school year:
Freshmen
Dick Arnold.President
Susan Saito.V. President
Jeanette Amundsen.Secty.
David Craft.Treasurer
Sophomores
Betty Woodock.President
Curtis Chunn.V. President
JoAnn Aukon.Sec.-Treas.
Juniors
Whitney West.President
John Herman.V. President
Edna Johnsen..'..Sec.-Treas.
Seniors
Clifford Steele.President
Ellin Saito.V. President
Lorena Mogg.Sec.-Treas.
Student Body
Hllin Saito.President
Harry Johnsen....V. President
Whitney West.Secretary
Clarice Hardy.Treasurer
Billy Muller.Sgt. at Arms
A Day With
Khrushchev At
A ‘Typical* Farm
t By SAUL PETT
COON RAPIDS, Iowa, of)—Oleg
Troyanovsky is back in action as
Nikita Khrushchev’s No. 1 trans
lator, thus spiking rumors he was
getting his own television show.
Roswell (call me Bob) Garst,
the Noel Coward of Coon Rapids
and Khrushchev’s host, exuded a
loud, hearty friendliness once he
got the Soviet leader to his own
house.
Garst hovered over Khrushchev
everywhere, like Perle Mesta
with the prize social catch of the
year. Several times, as he intro
duced his guest to his neighbors,
Garst said of the master of the
Kremlin, “At last, I’ve got him
where I want him.’’
If only Eisenhower could say
the same.
In uproar all day, Garst’s farm
looked like a movie set. Soldiers
with carbines at the ready guard
ed the hilltops, barnyards, en
trances, Mrs. Garst’s garden and
even lurked in the rows of corn.
Photographers, reporters and
TV men with mountains of equip
ment swarmed everywhere, scar
ing the sparrows out of the wal
nut trees, giving the livestock the
shakes and thoroughly dismaying
the hired hands who would have
to clean up.
It was just another typical day
on a typical farm. Khrushchev fed
a typical old fashioned farm lunch
of baked ham, fried chicken and
barbecued ribs catered from Des
Moines. He was ushered into a
typical old fashioned farm living
room with wall to wall carpeting.
He paused at a typical old fash
ioned outdoor bar loaded with
vodka and whisky, which whs
near a typical old fashioned swim
ming pool.
Examining Garst’s corn, Nikita
told his host:
“Too much stalk, not enough
corn,” which is something nobody
could accuse Khrushchev of.
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Girl Scout News
The Girl Scout Committee' met
Tuesday evening at the home of
Mrs. Helen Fagerstrom and the
following committee members for
the year were selected:
Mrs. Roscoe Wilke, Mrs. Chas.
Fagerstrom, Mrs. William Ullrich,
Mrs. Don Hoover, Mrs. Roy Dun
lap, Mrs. Charles Casperson, Mrs.
Walter Glavinovich, and Mrs.
Boyd Harwood.
Members of the committee plan
a “get-acquainted-hour” Monday
evening at the Lutheran quonset
and invite any women who would
be interested in helping out. More
leaders are needed especially for
the Intermediates.
Brownie leaders are: Mrs. Bob
Emmons, Mrs. Francis O’Connor,
Mrs. John Bandy, Mrs. Goeth,
Mrs. A1 Haferbecker, Mrs. Conrad
Potter. Assistants will be some of
the Senior Scouts.
Intermediate (Grades 5-8) lead
ers: Mrs. Roy Dunlap, Miss Mir
iam Shaub, Miss Betty Shamlin.
Senior leaders: Mrs. Don Hoov
er and Mrs. Samuel Harbo.
SERIES TICKETS IN
CHICAGO ALL SOLD OUT
CHICAGO, UP:—If you’re think
ing of applying to the White Sox
for tickets to the Chicago games
in- the World Series, forget it.
There aren’t any left.
The Chicago club management
said Wednesday its full allotment
of seats for the Comisky Park
games was sold to confident fans,
who applied long before the Sox
clinched the pennant Tuesday
night.
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A LONG LIFE
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., UP) —
The United States will have a
population in 1975 of 210 or 230
million people, and a child bom
then in this country may have a
life expectancy of 80 years.
This was foreseen Wednesday
night in a talk by Dr. John J.
Hanlon, Philadelphia’s director of
Public Health Services, to the
North Carolina Academy of Pre
ventive Medicine.
Lillie Red Snoring Hood
CHARLOTTE, N.C., UP)—“Some
one has been tampering with my
door,” thought Morris Wilson
when he found his home un
locked. •
Someone had been ransacking
the house, too, he discovered,
when he entered.
Someone also had been sleep
ing in his bed. And there he was.
Still snoring.
Police charged Andrew Harris
with house breaking.
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