Tummy Mechanic*
Specializes in
Power Wheelchairs
VANCOUVER, Wash. UP — In
defatigable Ray Schantz, 66 and
paralyzed, who says he’s a “tum
my mechanic,” is just about the
most mobile tenant at Barnes
Veterans Administration Hospi
tal. He’s built No. 37, his own
private hot rod. Horizontal style,
that is.
Schantz is a World War I vet
eran and the senior resident at
Barnes Hospital, patient there for
15 of the 20 years since an auto
mobile accident paralyzed him.
He was limited in mobility at
first to a wheel chair. No longer
able to sit, he must spend his en
tire time prone on his stomach
except for a few minutes each
day. But neither his mind nor his
deft hands was affected by the
paralysis. He had himself taken
to the hospital’s manual arts shop,
where he began fashioning the
first of a series of battery-power
ed vehicles.
For years now he’s been work
ing while lying on his tummy,
turning out power vehicles of one
kind or another. They’ve all work
ed.
His new pet, No. 37, which he
rebuilt from No. 25, is four-wheel
ed, long and now somewhat in
the pattern of a child’s coaster
wagon without the handle. Its
two batteries can rev him up to
35 mph.
Most of Schantz’s creations have
been for other patients. One of
his improved models, in use at
the hospital now, is a battery
driven platform for wheel chairs.
He says its light enough and com
pact enough to be transported in
the trunk of a car.
In use, the wheelchair is clamp
ed quickly to it. The operator
controls its movements with a
one-hand “stick” also operating a
magnetic brake. Schantz claims
his contraption beats convention
al power-driven chairs. They de
pend on friction drive — usually
useless if the wheels get wet out
doors. Rain doesn’t faze the
Schantz creation.
Next? Well, the hospital night
supervisor has to walk literally
miles every night patrolling those
long corridors. Schantz thinks he
can fix that, and within hospital
regulations, too.
Bill Passed Lifting Interest
On Loans for Veterans
JUNEAU UP* — A bill lifting
interest requirements on the re
payment of veterans’ bonuses
passed the House Friday.
The measure permits veterans
to qualify for veterans’ loans on
the simple repayment of any state
bonus he might have received in
Alaska.
Civil War Commission
To Move Its Assembly
To Charleston, S. C.
WASHINGTON UP — The Civil
War Centennial Commission plans
to move its April 11-12 assembly
to the Charleston, S. C., Naval
Station to avoid racial barriers
in the city proper.
The change in plans was in
compliance with President Ken
| nedy’s anti-discrimination poli
| cies, said the commission chair
man Maj. Gen. U. S. Grant (ret.).
Kennedy had written the com
mission that it had an obligation
to avoid racial discrimination in
its activities. His letter followed
the complaint of a New Jersey
Negro woman, planning to attend
the assembly, that she had been
denied a room.
The state centennial commis
sion of New Jersey, New York,
California and Illinois had with
drawn, mainly for racial reasons,
from the meeting to commemorate
the firing on Ft. Sumter 100 years
ago
In- his announcement, Grant,
grandson of the Civil War gen
eral, said every effort will be
made to lodge commission mem
bers, delegates from state com
missions and representatives of
attending organization at the sta
tion where segregation is prac
ticed. About 200 to 300 persons
are expected.
NOTICE OF
MUNICIPAL ELECTION
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that the Annual Municipal and
School Board Election will be
held Tuesday, April 4, 1961 at the
City Hall, Nome, Alaska for the
purpose of electing the follow
ing officer's to-wit:
MAYOR
THREE MEMBERS OF NOME
COMMON COUNCIL FOR
TWO YEAR TERM
ONE MEMBER OF NOME
COMMON COUNCIL FOR
ONE YEAR TERM
CITY CLERK
ONE MEMBER OF SCHOOL
BOARD FOR FIVE YEAR
TERM
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY
BOARD FOR TWO YEAR
TERM
ONE MEMBER OF UTILITY
BOARD FOR FIVE YEAR
TERM
A qualified voter must be at
least nineteen (19) years of age;
a citizen of the United States; a
resident of Alaska for one year
and of the City of Nome for thirty
(30) days prior to date of elec
tion.
Polls will be open at 8:00 o'clock
a. m. and close at 6:00 o'clock
p. m.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk
Publish March 17, 24, 27, 29, 31,
April 3.
Easter Goodies at Cavota's
Filled Baskets
Paper Cups - Plates
Napkins - Tablecovers
— CANDY EGGS —
Chocolate and Assorted
Hats for Girls and Boys
FOR THE LADIES—Coats, Suits, Frocks, Hats,
Gloves, Handbags — New Spring Jewelry
Cavota’s
$3 Sweepstake Ticket
Nets Palmer Man $56,000
ANCHORAGE IJ1 — A hobby
he admittedly pays little atten
tion to netted a Palmer man and
j his joyful hysterical wife $56,
[ 000 in the Irish Sweepstakes Sat
urday.
Kyle Turner of Palmer, had a :
| $3 ticket on Merryman II, the 1
• horse which finished second in !
j the Grand National Steeplechase !
j at Aintree, England. Had the
j horse wound up first the prize
! would have been $140,000.
Turner stated he got a letter
; Friday indicating his ticket had
j been drawn. “I thought it might
| be worth about $250. I had no
I idea it would win as much as it
did. I’m amazed. He sounded as
i if he still doesn’t believe it.
Both he and his wife regard
! his purchases as a hobby. “I don’t
! play it professionally, and I
guess I’ll keep playing it,” he
! said.
Turner is a vice president of
' the Matanuska Valley Bank in
Palmer.
St. Louis Girl
Wins America’s
Junior Miss Pageant
MOBILE, Ala. — Mary Fran
Luecke, 18, of St. Louis, Mo., Sat
urday wore the crown of Ameri
ca’s Junior Miss.
The honor went Friday night
to the brown-haired daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Harry J. Luecke
Jr.
Miss Luecke is a high school
senior, like the other 50 contest
ants.
First runnerup in the pageant
is Linda Sawyer of Louisville,
Ky. Miss Colorado, June Gray of
j Denver, was named second run- j
j nerup.
HOUSE TURNS DOWN
PST ON A TRIAL BASIS
JUNEAU l/P — The State House
of Representatives turned thumbs
down Saturday on a bill which
would have provided for placing
all of Alaska on Pacific Stand
ard Time on a trial basis this
summer.
The trial period would have
started at 2 a. m. PST May 28
and would have ended at the
same hour on Sept. 3.
DISTURBING THE PEACE . . .
HOLY LOCH. Scotland UP —
Three young canoeists demon
strating against nuclear weapons
badgered the U. S. Navy’s Polaris
firing atomic submarine Patrick
Henry today. Two of them even
managed to climb aboard.
U. S. Marines grabbed them and
they were turned over to police.
Officials mulled over whether to
book the three for trespass or for
disturbing the peace.
Resolution Okayed Calling
For a Road From
Kotzebue to Salmon Lake
JUNEAU L'P' — The Department
of Public Works is urged to con
struct a road from Kotzebue to
Salmon Lake under the provisions
of a joint resolution which was
approved today by the Senate.
Under the terms of the reso
lution, the road would run from
Kotzebue to the Nome Road at
Salmon Lake via Deering, Candle
and Buckland.
Resolution Calls for Continuance
Of Operation cf the ACS
JUNEAU (#i — A resolution
calling upon the federal govern
ment to continue operation of
the Alaska Communications Sys
tem was introduced in the Senate
today.
It also asked that the govern
ment “discontinue its efforts to
sell the Alaska Communication
System to private interests.”
Annual
EASTER FOOD SALE
GET YOUR
Easter Pastries — Cakes — Easter Eggs
Salads — Bread
SATURDAY
N. C. STORE
Sponsored by
WSCS of ihe Community Methodist Church
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