Plans Call For
Eventual Closing
Of Mt. Edgecumbe
- Plans for eventual closing of
Mt. Edgecumbe School and re
locating pupils in high schools
nearer their homes were disclosed
last week.
The plan is part of a long
range program of the Bureau of
Indian Affairs and is still ‘in the
talking stage,'’ said William L.
Olsen, head of the Alaska Na
. tive Service.
But Olsen said there is no im
mediate plan “to dump the stu
dents on any other area and close
down the school.”
The school has some 600 pupils
enrolled, which would mean con
siderable planning not only for
classrom space but for boarding
and housing, since most of them
come from interior villages, he
pointed out.
Olsen said the plan had been
discussed with the commissioner
of education.
“The Alaska Native Service
policy is to put the native on the
same footing as anyone else, and
it is felt that by placing the
children in the public schools they
would be better able to compete
with the rest,” Olsen declared.
For a long time the children
in the interior had no high school
and Mt. Edgecumbe was the
answer. The next step seems to be
to place the children in public
schools where they will come in
* contact with the same culture
and be able to compete on the
same level, instead of keeping
them in the relative isolation of
an island school,” Olsen said.
“Nobody has done any con
crete planning yet but I assume
that after discussions are held
with local school districts, the
federal government would pay
tuition and make plans for a
gradual move,” he declared.
Olsen said he doesn’t expect
any definite action or closing of
the school for at least a year or
more. -*|||
“That’s in the distant future,”
he said.
Since the first U.S. diesel-pow
ered streamline train was put in
operation in 1934, that train has
traveled 2Vz million miles.
Dulles Tells Kai-Shek
Quemoy and Matsu Were
Not on Bargaining Table
T A I P E H, Formosa, UP)—U.S.
Secretary of State Dulles told
Chinese Nationalist President
Chiang Kai-shek Thursday Que
moy and Matsu were not on the
| bargaining table for a cease-fire
! in the Chinese Civil War.
But sources close to the secre
I tary hinted the offshore islands
; might be abandoned to the Reds
! on two conditions:
1. That the abandonment would
bring a guaranteed peace to Asia,
and 2. that Nationalist China
would agree to the move,
j The Nationalists may not agree
under any circumstances. The is
; iands are the last important out
; posts they hold off the Red main
I land.
Dulles reaffirmed U.S. deter
mination to defend Formosa and
the Pescadores, as pledged in the
mutual defense pact ratified earl
; ier yesterday.
Dulles left for Washington late
1 yesterday afternoon, winding up
a whirlwind tour of Thailand,
Burma, Laos, Cambodia, South
| Vietnam, the Philippines and
Formosa.
Thirty-seven minutes after he
• arrived Thursday he signed the
documents that brought into force
;he mutual defense pact between
the United States and Nationalist
China.
Dental Team Ends Tour
The team of three een.al tech
nicians who started out six
months ago to apply fluoride
treatments to youngsters’ teeth
in the interior have completed
their 15-community tour.
Fluoride treatments to curb
tooth decay was performed by the
team in Fairbanks, Point Bar
row, Wainwright, Point Lay,
Point Hope, Kivalina, Noatak,
Kotzebue, Nome, Bethel, Dilling
ham, Anchorage, Tanana and Fort
Yukon. The touring technicians,
sponsored by the Alaska Native
Service, were: Mary E. Richai’d
son of Anvik, Frances Hollywood
of Klawok and Bertha George of
Ketchikan.
Children from three to 14 years
came under the treatment, which
comprised four applications of
sodium fluoride over a period of
one week.
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Eunice Ericson
And Don Bruckner
Married March 3
In an impressively beautiful
wedding ceremony ' performed at
8 o’clock Thursday evening,
March 3 at the Covenant Church,
Miss Eunice Ericson. daughter of
Rev. and Mrs. D. N. Ericson of
Manitoba, Canada, became the
bride of Rev. Donald J. Bruckner.
The church decorations, featur
ing floral arrangements of roses
in white and varying shades of
of pink, were made by the women
of the church and formed an at
tractive background for the
double - ring service, which was
read by Rev. Roald Amundsen in
the presence of many friends who
filled the church.
Prelude music was played by
Mrs. Maynard Londborg of Una
lakleet and soloists, Dr. W. T.
Kniker of the Air Force, sang
“Because,” and Mrs. Glen Lenert,
sang, “Together with Jesus.”
Jeanette and Johnnie Amundsen
lighted the candles.
As the notes of the wedding
march from Lohengrin were
heard, the bridal party proceeded
down th£ aisle. The bride, who
was given in marriage by Mr.
Julius Matson, was lovely in her
wedding gown of ivory satin and
lace. It was fashioned with a tunic
of lace, and the fitted bodice but
toned from a high neckline down
to the waist in front. The long
sleeves ended in lace points at the
wrist and the skirt flowed into a
long train. The long tulle bridal
veil was held to her head by a
lace-covered cap. The bride wore
a double strand of pearls, the gift
of the groom.
Miss Eleanor Holm served as
maid of honor in blue net and
lace. Bridesmaids were Miss Lola
Ost in orchid taffeta and Miss
Barbara Carlson in a pastel shade
of green taffeta. Little Cheryl
Mclver was sweet as flower girl
dressed in pale blue organdy and
matching hat with pink rosebuds.
Wallace Mclver served as best
man, and Earl Towner and Sam
Parkinson were the attendants.
As the bridal couple knelt be
fore the altar, a brother-in-law of
the bride, Gordon Moseson, of
Manitoba, Canada, san “Wedding
Prayer” which had been tape re
corded. Mendelssohn’s march was
played as the recessional. The
bridal party returned to the front
of the church where the newly
weds received congratulations and
best wishes.
Misses Virginia Doyle and Ruth
Towner presented each guest
with a piece of groom’s cake at
the door before leaving the
church.
A reception was held for a
small group of friends in the Ber
ing Sea Club parlors. Mrs. Earl
Towner assisted as hostess and
Wallace Mclver as toastmaster.
After the newlyweds had cut
the first piece of wedding cake,
the serving was continued by Mrs.
Roald Amundsen. Pouring at the
table were Mrs. Julius Matson
and Mrs. Kay Handiland. ^Lola
Ost had charge of the guest book,
and Barbara Carlson, the gifts.
Telegrams of congratulations
were read and Rev. Amundsen
sang “I Love You Truly.” Rev.
and Mrs. Amundsen then present
ed a duet, “Each Step I Take.”
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ASTRONOMY NOTES
By OLAF HALVERSON
The brightest star in the con
stellation of Orion is Rigel lo
cated at the lower right - hand
corner. It is very far away and
one of the most brilliant stars
known.
Diagonally opposite, at the up
per left-hand corner is Betel
geuse. It is a red star which is
slightly variable. It was the first
star to have its diameter measur
ed with an interferometer. Its
diameter has been found to be
variable. It is between 305 and
484 times the diameter of the
sun. Its volume would be 113,
000,000 times that of the sun.
The number of stars making up
Orion is greater than any other
constellation except Taurus. Many
of the stars in Orion are bright
while only a few in Taurus arc
brilliant.
Orion and the neighboring con
stellations make up the finest sec
tion of the sky.
Wiens Acquire Third C-47
Wien Alaska Airlines has add
ed another aircraft to its fleet. A
new C-47 for passenger and cargo
service on non - scheduled runs
arrived in Fairbanks last week
and is ready for Arctic service.
This makes the third C-46 oper
erated by the line.
Three more Cessna 180’s are to
be added to the fleet within the
next few months, according to
Sig Wien, president of the com
pany.
Six European nations—Luxem
bourg, Andorra, Liechtenstein,
San Marino, Monaco and Vatican
City—have a total area smaller
than that of the King Ranch in
Texas.
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Planes Don't Need
Prior Consultation
For Counterblows
LONDON, liP)—Prime Minister
Winston Churchill said yesterday
United States planes based in
Britain might launch a counter
blow without prior consultation
in the event of a surprise hydro
gen bomb attack “on this island.”
Churchill gave this answer to
the House of Commons when La
borites demanded the “precise
terms” of his agreement w7ith
President Eisenhower regarding
American planes based in Eng
land.
Laborite Kenneth Robinson
wanted assurances that “Britain
would not became engaged in
war without prior consent of Her
Majesty’s Government.”
The Prime Minister referred tc
his statement of a year ago when
he said use of American air bases
in Britain w7ould be a matter for
joint decision.
Robinson pressed for more de
tails.
“I suppose,” snapped Churchill,
“an immediate destructive sur
prise and treacherous attack by
the hydrogen bomb upon this is
land might possibly be acted upon
by our allies in the U.S.A. almost
immediately, without further pri
or consultation.”
It is on H-bomb defense policy,
backed by Labor Party leader
Clement Attlee, that Aneurin
Bevan is making a new bid to
seize power in the party. He is
leading a revolt against Atlee.
Pilot, Observer Killed
In Jet Plane Crash
ANCHORAGE, —A fighter-in
terceptor plane crashed on a take
off Wednesday at King Salmon,
300 miles southwest of here, kill
ing the pilot and radar observer,
Air Force officials said.
The plane lost the power of its
left engine as it cleared the run
way, crashed and exploded, El
mendorf AFB officials reported.
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