First Centennial
Celebration Being
Held at Fort Yukon
FORT YUKON OP — One of
Alaska’s first centennial celebra
tions is being held today and
Tuesday in this village of 700
people located on the northern
bend of the Yukon River.
The celebration marks the 100th
anniversary of the first Angli
can church service on Alaskan
soil.
Arriving here last Sunday was
the presiding bishop of the Pro
testant Episcopal Church in the
United States, Dr. Arthur C.
Litchenberger. He is completed
a two-week tour of Alaska by
taking part in the centennial serv
ices.
The Church of Canada is repre
sented by Bishop Tom Green
wood, Archdeacon Allan Halden
by, and the Rev. James Simon,
all of the Diocese of Yukon.
Alaska’s Secretary of State,
Hugh J. Wade, main speaker at
the commemoration program
Tuesday afternoon, will arrive
here tomorrow morning by
chartered plane.
HENRY W. SCHAFER
FORMER NOMEITE PASSES
Mt. ANGEL, Ore. LP — Henry
W. Schafer, a retired Alask dairy
man and Portland apartment
house operator, died at Mt. Angel
Sunday.
Schafer, with his father. Henry
Schafer, pioneered the dairy in
dustry in Alaska. He first went
to Alaska in 1898 with his family.
They lived in Skagway, Nome and
Ketchikan.
He began his own Alaska dairy
operation in Ketchikan and re
turned to Portland in 1922 to
operate apartment houses.
His survivors include a niece,
Mildred Maynard and a nephew,
•Russell Maynard both of Anchor
age.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Martha Adams, Mina
Attatayuk, Fred Adams, Eleanor
Osborn, Wilma Gilmore and
Marie Weyanna.
Discharged: Lennie Walker,
Gabriel Payenna, Rose Ann
avac, Alex Becker, and Dolores
Kunnuk.
NOTICE
There will be a general meet
ing of the stockholders of Nome
Bowlers Inc. on Tuesday, July
11 at 8 p. m. at the City Hall.
Paul A. Mandeville, Secty.
Prospectors Club Tour
From Anchorage Spends
Sunday Night In Nome
The Prospectors Club of An
chorage sponsored a special tour
of the Arctic which took the group
overnight at Barrow on Saturday,
| overnight at Nome on Sunday and
| which will overnight tonight at
Kotzebue. The tour will also in
clude a cruise over the Diomedes,
weather permitting and some
fishing at Unalakleet tomorrow.
Among the passengers who!
overnighted here were Dr. J.
Bach, optomertist, who visits here !
regularly and his wife and son; |
some members of the AMU teach- 1
ing staff; Mildred Rhyne of El
mendorf, and at one time based
at Marks Field Air Force Base. A
total of 50 Alaskans took this
unusually interesting trip.
Also on the tour was Raymond
Lustman of Worchester, Mass., i
who has visited 48 states, is en- 1
joying the 49th on this trip.
Brenda Davis, Opal Anderson,
Estelle and Amelia Howe were ]
in the group from the PHS Alaska
Native Hospital staff.
The flight was made by Cordova
1 Airlines.
The Brad Phillip’s tour from
Anchorage was also in Saturday,
overnighted and left yesterday.
In the group were 34 visitors.
Tour directors are Mr. and Mrs.
D. Kredler.
Kenneth Beck, of Beck Constr.
Co. passed through Nome enroute
to Teller where his company has
j the road work under the Central
i Construction. They will soon be
| starting their work here in the
| FAA area with Frank Burns as
I superintendent.
Mrs. Mary Sprole, sister-in-law
i to Mrs. Pearse Walsh is a visitor
| here with her son, Wm. Sprole,
S/5 of Fort Richardson. Mrs.
Sprole who is accompanied by
Mrs. Tina Dursman is from Dike,
Iowa.
NOTICE
All Girl Scouts, Senior and
Intermediate, who plan to attend
camp at Dexter, please register
by July 7, with Mrs. Dan Walsh.
ATTENTION MASONS
There will be a special com
munication on Thursday, July 6
at 8. p. m. to receive the Grand
Master, M. W. Bro. Elmer C.
Huntley. Your presence request
ed.
Norvin W. Lewis, secty.
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From June 26th Through July 7th
—Jim O'Sullivan, Agent
National Guard Officers
Gather Here For
Armory Dedication
Arriving over the weekend and
today for the dedication ceremony
of the Alaska National Guard
Armory are Maj. Gen. Thomas P.
Carroll, Adjutant General from
Juneau: Col. B. P. Major, Hqs.
U. S. Army Alaska from Fort
Richardson; Col. John Dalton,
Senior Army Advisor from Jureau;
Maj. R. Ellis, from Bethel; Capt.
Lloyd Ahvakana, Bn. Executive
Officer from Anchorage; Sgt.
Ferris Mclver, Office of the U. S.
P & FO, Anchorage and Lt. Tim
Gologergen, Savoonga.
SP/4 Louie Green will head the
dance orchestra for the Dedica
tion Ball which starts at 9:00 in
the evening at which a transistor
radio will be given away to some
lucky person. The radio was con
tributed courtesy of the Nome
Hardware Store.
Barbara McKinnis, laboratory
technician at the MMM Hospital
is enjoying a visit from her
mother, Mrs. Avanel McKinnis of
Boulder, Colo., who will be here
until Wednesday of this week.
DEPARTURES
Departing for Fairbanks were:
Paul Hagelbarger, Chris John
son, Emory Cooper. Jim Kirby,
Chuck Fagerstrom, Frank Whaley,
Andrew Nerland, O. D. Pugh, C.
E. Perry and E. F. Quislene.
To Kotzebue was George Fitz
patrick.
Mr. and Mrs. Ken Kriger who
have been teachers at Elim re
i turned from a short outside vaca
tion and are to be teachers this
year at Shungnak, Alaska.
i
Public Hearings to Be
Held on Indians Rights
WASHINGTON UP — A Senate
( subcomimttee is gathering ma
j terial for public hearings on the
[ constitutional rights of American
1 Indians.
A staff report to members of
the Constitutional Rights Subcom
mittee, headed by Sen. Sam J.
Ervin Jr., (D-N. C.), said many
complaints have been received
from Indians living on and off
reservations.
Illegal searches and seizures and
denial of freedom of religion,
freedom of speech, due process,
equal protection of the laws, and
right to counsel are among the
complaints lodged with the sub
committee.
Indian delegations from Alaska,
Arizona, California, Nevada, and
South Dakota have visited the
subcommittee’s office during the
past month and have been inter
viewed by staff members, the re
port said.
Ervin has advised the Indians
that the subcommittee will con
duct hearings later this year.
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