525,000 Damages in
Sitka School Gym Fire
An early morning fire in Sitka
Saturday badly damaged the Sit
ka school gymnasium with dam
age estimated at 525,000.
Workmen had been tearing
down the stage in one end of the
structure and damaged wiring is
believed to have caused the blaze.
Observers said approximately
two-thirds of the basketball court
was badly warped by heat and
water.
The fire broke out about 1:30 in
the morning while crowds which
bad attended dedication ceremon
ies on the Mt. Edgecumbe gym
nasium floor across the channel
were still enjoying midnight
snacks.
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$8,000 DAMAGE IN FIRE
AT LADD AFB THEATER
FAIRBANKS, (JV-A fire in a
theater at Ladd Air Force Base
did an estimated $8,000 damages
yesterday morning before brought
under control.
The fire, of undetermined ori
gin, started in the rear of the J
building and destroyed the screen,
speaker and curtains and dam
aged the stage and ceiling.
WIEN AIRLINES
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To Kotzebue: S. Schiedt Ubank.
To Fairbanks: Fern Locke, El
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From Taylor: Sig Grytten...
From Candle: Mr. and Mrs.
Don Moto, Gerry and Verna Moto,
Don Coates.
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Barl>er Measure
Gels Quick Rinse
tin Alaska Senate
j JUNEAU, Iff)—A bill to provide
{close inspection and licensing for
! Alaska’s barbers got a quick-rinse
in the Senate lately and came out
trimmed all the way around.
It was killed by an 11-5 vote, ll
wasn’t even a close shave.
Sen. A1 Owen if>- Anchorage*
argued that it was a bill long
sought by the barbering profes
sion in Alaska. He said it would
compel a cleanup of dirty shops
and could impose a stricter moral
code on the hair trimmers, pre
vent a combination of alcohol
with razors and clamp down on
such moral infringements as a
numbers game in the rear of the
shop.
He acknowledged, in answer to
a critic, that the Health Dept, has
control over sanitary conditions in
barber shops but, with a scarcity
of funds, has been lax at the job.
Sen. Frank Barr <D-Fairbanks>
introduced a bit of barber shop
whimsy into the debate with ob
servation:
“This is a delicate subject to
take a stand on. I can imagine a
barber standing over me with a
razor under my chin and asking:
‘Did you vote for the barber bill?’
“However, I shave at home and
I always can get my wife to cut
my hair so I feel free to express
my opinion.”
He said he feared the right of
the board of examiners to deny
licenses to barbers might raise the
same problem with the barbers
that the territory has over den
tists, “and I’d hate to have to wait
two months for a haircut.”
Sen. Ralph Rivers (D-Fair
banks) added: “To require a bar
ber to wait three years before he
could open his own shop would
tend to create a monopoly. With
haircuts at $2.50 in Fairbanks,
I’m all for competition.”
ARTICLE ON NOME IN
THE ALASKA QUARTERLY
The winter edition of the Alas
ka Quarterly carries an interest
ing article on Nome by Everett
Bachelder. It tells of the winter
activities and is headed “The
Nome Corner.”
One fourth of pedestrians killed
in U.S. traffic accidents in 1953
had been drinking, says the Na
tional Safety Council.
Nome Directory
NOME ROTARY CLUB
B€n Y°Un&> PreS
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comeree
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO l
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
LESLIE A. STEVENS
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
® !T*sl Aw West. Seme, * ,ntTR
ia to 12 M. i to 5 jvm.
ftw Main 92 — fA Box 209
ANVIL LODGE
Ne. 140
Charles F. Lewis. W.flff.
Norvbi W. Lewis. Secy
Mwets 1st end ad Thursday aash month.