Mrs. Sears, Sponsored by N. C. Co. as Alaskan
Rep resentative at Washington U. Economics Course
A >£
Returning to her home in Ketch
ikan last weekend was Mrs. Hel
en Sears, center, teacher at the
Main School there, who was spon
sored by the Northern Commer
cial Co. as Alaskan representative
at the Workshop in Economic Ed
ucation at the University of
Washington. Volney Richmond,
Jr., right, president of' Northern
Commercial, and Howrard Steph
ens, left, a vice president, con
ducted Mrs. Sears on an inspec
tion of the firm’s Seattle buying
offices for its Alaskan and Yukon
Territory merchandise and ma
chinery branch stores.
Mrs. Sears was the third stu
dent to be sponsored by Northern
Commercial Co. at the annual in
stitute on the University campus,
which draws teachers from thru
out the country for a three-week
course in economics and business.
Along with some 70 teachers from
Vermont, Minnesota, Midwest and
Western states as well as Hawaii
and the Philippines, Mrs. Sears
studied at morning, afternoon
and evening classes conducted by
the nation’s leading economists,
labor leaders and business exec
utives.
Mrs. Sears, who is president of
the Ketchikan chapter of the
American Assn, of University
Women, has made her home in
the southeast city for seven years
with her husband, LaVelle Sears,
and their sons, James and Ken
neth.
The Northern Commercial Co.
also awards four yearly scholar
ships of $500 each to outstanding
students at the Universities of
Alaska, British Columbia and
Washington for continuing col
lege work which will contribute
to the development of Alaska and
the Yukon Territory. Lawrence
Heiner of Petersburg has been se
lected as the University of Alas
ka student of receive Northern
Commercial’s 1957-58 scholarship
there.
56 Feared Dead
From Crash of
Dutch Airliner
THE HAGUE, Netherlands, UP!
—A Dutch airliner plunged into
the sea off northwest New Guinea
before dawn yesterday. By early
afternoon hope was being aban
doned for finding alive any of 56
persons listed as missing.
A KLM spokesman said the
missing included 19 children. He
said one child died of burns soon
after being found by rescuers.
Native boats and launches from
the Dutch destroyer Kortenauer
searching the area for survivors
recovered 11 bodies.
On the basis of information
available, it appeared the plane
developed engine trouble and
made a forced landing on the
ocean.
The Lockheed Superconstella
tion. carrying 59 passengers and
a crew of 9, plunged into 600 feet
of water off Biak Island. The
plane was on a regular flight to
Amsterdam by way of Manila,
Jakarta. Bangkok, Rangoon, Kar
achi. Beirut and Rome.
Among the rescued were two
entire families, one with three
children and one with on child,
and a father and one of his six
children. Six of the eight families
aboard the plane had children.
Wrangell Lumber Co.
Preparing for Shipment
1 Of Wood to Japan
Two barges of lumber, carrying
900.000 board feet, left the Wran
gell Lumber Co. mill for Tacoma
this week. The wood will be re
processed in Tacoma and from
there distributed to various do
mestic markets.
The Olympia Maru is due to
arrive in Wrangell July 21 to load
2.500.000 board feet for direct
shipment to Japan.
The mill, at present, is working
an II-hour day to have the lum
ber ready for the Japanese ship.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Paul Tuilana, John
i Pitts, and Darrell Amarok.
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QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Prompt and Courteous Service
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickelson, Proprietors
PHONE RED 96
NOTICE
Sealed bids will be received in
j the City Clerk's Office until 5
I p.m. July 22, 1957, on the follow
i ing:
"To install 2-ply built-up hot
| mopped roof, measuring approxi
1 mately 16 ft. x 32 ft. on City Hall
Building."
Contractor must furnish all la
bor and materials.
The City reserves the right to
refuse any and all bids.
Nome Common Council
By Armin E. Bohrer
Building Committee
Publ. June 15, 17, 19. 1957.
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
I DEPARTMENT OF AVIATION
ALASKA AERONAUTICS AND
COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION
Invitation for Bids
1 I CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT I
, Anchorage,- Alaska
TERRITORY OF ALASKA
i Place I Department of Aviation
(Date) July 8, 1957
I SEALED BIDS, in duplicate copy sub
I ject to the conditions contained here
in, will be received until July 26, 1957.
then publicly opened, for furnishing all
labor and materials and performing all
work for construction of an Airport
Landing Strip located near Kiana. Alaska
Plans. Specifications, and Project Doc
uments may be obtained from the Di
rector of Aeronautics, Alaska Aeronau
tics and Communications Commission.
Room 202, Glover Bldg., Anchorage, Alas
ka, upon deposit of $25.00.
Bids will be publicly opened in the
office of the Director of Aeronautics,
Room 202, Glover Bldg.. Anchoiage.
Alaska, at 10:00 A.M., A.S.T.. on July
26, 1957.
Where copies of plans are requested,
a deposit of $25.00 will be required to
insure their return.
Guarantee will be required with each
bid as follows: Ten Percent (10%).
I (See Paragraph 7 of Instructions to
i Bidder.!
| Perfoi-mance bond will be required
I for an amount not less than 50% of the
I contract.
I Payment bond will be required for an
j amount not less than 50% of the contract.
Liquidated damages for delay will be
as stipulated in the General Contract
Provisions for Airport Construction
I Specifications.
i Partial payments will be made monthly.
I Minimum wage rates applicable to
I the contract shall be as listed in the
Special Contract Provisions.
Bids must be submitted upon Proposal
I Form and the successful bidder will be
| required to execute the Standard Form
! of Contract for Construction.
The right is reserved, as the interest
of the Territory of Alaska may require,
to reject any and all bids, to waive any
informality in bids received, and to ac
cept or reject any items of any bid.
unless such bid is qualified by specific
limitation.
Envelopes containing bids must be
sealed, marked and addressed as follows:
Bid for Kiana Stage II
Project No. 9-50-059-02
' To be opened at 10 A.M.. A.S.T. Date
July 26. 1957
B i dd er_
Address_
Publish July 10, 17, 24, 1957.
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SERVICE
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P.O. Box 558
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