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UTAH School inarm in Alaska Writes Carol Hansen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Hansen, of Delta has been in Anchorage, Alaska, for the past year, teaching school. She wrote this week, stopping her Chronicle, as she will come home in mid-July. What she wrote about Alaska we found so interesting that we copy it here for our readers. read-ers. . June 16, 1953 "Alaska has been a-thorough con trast to Hawaii in almost everyway. every-way. And it is very different from most people's idea of it, too. This year has been unusual as far as weather goes, they say, but at Christmas time it was colder in Florida than here. Delta had zero weather nearly two months earlier earl-ier than Anchorage. The temperature temper-ature just gradually gets lower until un-til the last of January. Day and night temperatures vary about 15 degrees - none of those big extremes ex-tremes that hit home. It was the last of January before we had our coldest weather which was -18. It's slowly been warming up and we've already had temperatures in the 70's. There was only one day all year long that we kept school children In from recess, because of the weather. The light and dark situation Is a fact that keeps you marvelling. At Christmas time, it was so dark at 3.00 p.m. when the children went home from school that many carried flashlights to light their way home. On Christmas eve, took a picture of the sunset at 2:30 p. m. But by the middle of March, light and dark were even. and now it's light practically all the time. It hasn't been dark en ough at any time to see the north star for the last month. The far mers who work from sunrise to sunset would wear themselves out! The sun now sets at around 10:00 p.m. and comes up around 2:00 a. m. It just goes from a long dusk into a long dawn. The northern lights were the most beautiful on March 20. That evening they danced for over half-hour and danced is really the word for it. Pastel shades of pink, blue, lavender, yellow, and green shot and moved and shimmered shim-mered high into the sky. The mountains and valleys are rugged and studded with stunted spruce and birch trees -- and cot-tonwoods cot-tonwoods along the creeks. Also lots of pussy willows. Glaciers are in evidence up almost every canyon. can-yon. We spent four hourss last fall hiking over one with a guide. It was 32 miles long, over three miles wide and how deep no one knows. Thcte are crevasses in it 400 feet deep. Everytime I go anywhere like that I think of your father and how fascinated he would be with it all. He wouldn't stop with fascination fas-cination though. He'd probably read enough books on the subject until he was an expert on it These glaciers feed thousand of streams. You can always tell if a stream is glacier-fed by the color of the water. The glacial silt is so fine that it lakes almost an eter- nity for It to settle out of water, ritlwiU notit. Low and lithe in every line . . . here is incomparable BEAUTY. Sleek and trim in modern design . . . here is incomparable STYLE. Smooth and smart in curve and contour . here is incomparable FASHION, dependable """""N 0m '""v f """"i ill m ii ll u i Wttwi ijjjP HHftBbP Qj0tr ujgM V-EIGHT AND SIX You've Gof To Drve It To Be eve ll 1950-1960: ncreojt In POPULATION nitons larger LABOR FORCE rtqvlrhg grwHt CAPITAL INVESTMENTS Hw tapHal wind by I960 (tsUmatt): XXItCf i U. 1 Sr Cmwt 4 60 such streams are always milky looking. The salmon do not run in those stream which reminds me that the salmon are now running. It is quite a sight to see them go up the streams of their birth and spawn and die. And we've seen scads of moose this year but no bears. The valleys are all pretty much filled wilh glacial silt. And such dust and mud that can be formed with it! The school where I taught last year Is fairly new so the playground play-ground has not been developed at all. During the rains of the fall, the mud was so deep that we actually had to pull some children out with a rope. They'd go in over their boot-tops. This spring when It was dry and windy, we nearly died from the fine dust. Worse than anything ever seen in Delta. It's a good thing that Anchorage has lots of rain to keep the dust down. The mountains are truly beauti ful and awe-inspiring. On clear days you can see Mt. McKlnley and its neighbor, Mt. Foraker from Anchorage. Then there's the Alas kan range that's nearly always vis ible and to the east Is the Chugach range. To the south and west are the mountains of the Kenai peninsula. pen-insula. The Cook inlet named after the rover, Captain Cook, who discovered the Hawaiian. Islands- end near here. It is a shallow, silt filled arm of the ocean with the second highest tides in the world, They often measure 33 feet or so. Just last week we were driving along the inlet when the tide was tttf turn -0M Clak Cms DE r?0RTUNITY FOR I960 estimate 4S5,862 243,034 $2,916,648,000 NoiMt AumM Mamrfactww MP coming in. It was coming in withtos built against them for the such force that it looked like a, mighty river going down a steep! grade when it was actually coming up a low grade. The trip up the Inside passage by boat is about the most relaxing relax-ing vacation anyone could take. It is also a gradual introduction into the wonders of Alaska. On the trip last summer, I got my first sight of glaciers ice bergs, and whales spouting. (I saw a whale when I was in the islands.) You stop at several ports for a few hours and you get to sight see then. You are never out of the sight of land usually you can see land on two sides of you. Alaska is such a huge place thai governing it and developing It is a very different problem from that of most places. To me it doesn't seem ready for statehood as Hawaii. Ha-waii. The population is very unstable. un-stable. Most people come to Alaska Alas-ka to make enough money to do something "outside". Outside being the states. At first you think you must be in a prison because so many people are always al-ways talking about what they're going to do when they get "outside". "out-side". Then the military installations installa-tions all over the territory are a big contributing factor to the economy ec-onomy of the territory. What would happen if the need for such military stations came to an end would be hard to say. Alaska does have lots of undeveloped resources and more people are coming to make it their home than ever before. be-fore. According to school statistics more people stayed in Alaska last year the whole year through than ever before. The unions are trying to give preference to those men whodid stay, over those who went outside for the winter. Alaska Is highly unionized. You see or hear little of the old Alaska or the Indians or Eskimos. Everything is very modern. I had only two children out of 40 last year who had any native blood. There are not any songs, dances, festivals, or the like commemorating commemora-ting the native people like there are in the islands. Houses and automobiles are equipped for the climate. Trenches for plumbing are from ten to fourteen feet deep. Most windows have double panes of glass with dead air space between bet-ween them. Oil is used mainly for heating. Stores are modern and caryy the best brands of most things. Rent and food are high but so are wages. Because of the frosts at home, tomatoes are selling for 89 cents a pound but they're usually usua-lly around 50 cents. Bread is 40 cents a loaf, and milk 40 cents a quart. Bananas usually run a-round a-round 49 cents a pound. It costs $250 to have a dress cleaned. Taxi's are $1.00 for the main area of town. Up until two years ago, there was only one paved road in Anchorage. Now there are a dozen or so. The highway high-way to Seward is partly paved as Is the one to Fairbanks. Roads are .a big problem because to build and maintain them is so prohibitive. Canyons and terrain are rugged. They plan someday to buUd a road from Anchorage to Nome that will be something some-thing if it ever comes to pass. In the Anchorage area there are around 50,000 people - the largest concentration of population In Alaska. Al-aska. During February they have a fur rendevous during which an Eskimo troup from Nome comes to take part In a pageant. They always al-ways marvel at the sights of the big city. Last year they had to haul snow in from the mountains for the dog races because it had started to thaw by the time for the festival. That was the only jtimeFve seen Eskimos. They all speak English because of the school system that has been In effect these many years. People are crowded into all types of housing. There are lota of trail er camps. Most trailers have lean 876,000 306,600 $3,679,200,000 $762,552,000 extra space and to make an entrance en-trance was so that the cold doesn't does-n't come directly into the trailer. Most of the trailer parks do not have water and sewer systems, so the people who own the land have central wash and bath houses built for the use of several trailer homes. In the area where I taught, most of the children lived in such areas, They lived in crowded conditions con-ditions at home and at school and had moved dozens of times in their short lives. One father told me that he estimated his daguhter had travelled over 100,000 miles by trail er since she was 'born. She was six years old. The schools are modern and well equipped. It was an education to work in them because of the turn over in school population. At the end of the year, 76 children passed pass-ed through my hands and I had only a third of the group I started start-ed out with. In one third grade of 45 students, the teacher had only seven of the orginal group. From that you can see how fast the population turns over up here. The church has an active branch of about 250 regular members. They are planning to build a chapel chap-el sometime this year. Right now they meet in the American Legion hall. Through the church, you're always meeting people who know people you know. Last Sunday a serviceman talked who had been on a South African mission with Eugene Holman. He is Floyd Trimble Trim-ble from Fillmore. Jimmy Evans was stationed here for awhile. I met Virginia Nielson Russell at church. John Adams was there when he was up on a business Nehbol (?) ,.:-Toa seschoahl trip and I see Otho Bulkley's stepfather, step-father, Bill Niebel quite often. See you soon. Best wishes to all. B BANKS f 1 ' " J v . . . L t IF III DOUBT. ..FIND Lyiiiidyl BY MARY JOHNSON Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Gunn from Los Angeles visited friends and relatives re-latives several days last week. They were guests of Bishop and Mrs. Earl Greathouse. ! Mrs. Grant. Edwards is home after spending some time in the hospital in Salt Lake City. Mrs. Arlene Christensen and children spent several days here last week with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Overson. She returned re-turned to her home in Salt Lake the last of the week. Mrs. Alice Phillips, Blaine Phillips and ohildren of Salt Lake visited with Mr. and Mrs. Clead Nielson here Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Dutson moved mov-ed to Salt Lake and Mr. and Mrs. Russell Dutson came down to assist as-sist them in the moving. Mrs. Minne Ashby stopped here on her way down from Leadership week in Provo. She stayed for several days at the Clead NielsOn home, Mrs. and Mrs. Howard Nielson Niel-son and Mrs Eleanor Nielson spent Friday in Salt Lake. Miss Barbara Hayes visited her sister, Mrs. Marilyn Eatough over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Alma D. Hayes are visiting their son, Kenneth in Alabama while on vacation. Mrs. Mayme Pargis and Mrs. Maude McGuire spent three days in Mona as guests of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Mayer, who drove down and took them back with them Thursday. They were all dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Crawford in Delta Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. Kent Larsen who have been visitine Mr. and Mrs. Fred Greathouse the past ten days left lor their home Tuesday in Los Angeles taking Miss Cheryl Greathouse with them for a visit. Miss JoAnn Johnson is home from Los Angeles where she has been the past month. Mr. and Mrs. William Overson, drove to Salt Lake Saturday. They returned by way of Stocton bringing bring-ing their daughter Hazel home where she has been visiting Mr. and Mrs. Curtis Jacobs. Word has come from Provo that Mrs. Banks was able to leave, the hospital. She is at the home of her son, DeLong, where she will remain until July 1, when Miss Gladys Banks is expected home from her mission. Mr. and Mrs. Harry McCardell and boys drove to Orem Sunday where they spent the day with Mr. and Mrs. R. H. Ogden. A family gathering was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Whatco'tt Sunday. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Jack Ashton, and Mr. and Mrs. Darold Whatcott, of Provo; Mr. and Mrs. Joe Erick-son Erick-son of Salt Lake; Mrs. Mable Eckery, Charles and Mr. and Mrs. Dale Taylor of Nampa Idaho. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Stephenson, Mr. and Mrs. Jay Nelson. Those from Idaho and Salt Lake with the Stephenson's have been on tour of the Utah parks and on Monday drove out to Lehmans' Caves. The Junior Gleaners and Junior M. Men held a progressive supper Tuesday evening. Mrs. Nola Great-hou Great-hou is their leader, They went first to the Greathouse home where they were served barbercued hamburgers. ham-burgers. Then to the Roy Nielson's home for ice cream and cake. The remainder of the evening was Carol" Next time try Glenmore. Its tasty, uniform high quality leaves no doubt that you have finally found the finest of all Kentucky straight bourbons. Prove it to yourself tonight-, tale home a bottle KENTUCKY STRAIGHT BOURBON WiNMORi DISTlltf RIES COMPANY 10U1SYIL14, ICY. Furlough Ends For SFC Edwards SFC Howard Edwards and his wife, Sue Edwards, left Delta June 19 for Camp Lewis, Wash., where Howard, will be processed and assigned ass-igned for duty in the armed forces. He recently returned from service in Korea. He intends to make the army a career, having at this time served ten years in the service of the armed forces. A dinner was served honoring the couple at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. M. B. Edwards, Ed-wards, on June 18. Guests were Mr. and Mrs. Lee Twitchell, Mr. and Mrs. Lowell Edwards and family" fam-ily" Mr. and Mrs. Grant Edwards, and family, Mr. and Mrs. Cord-dell Cord-dell Edwards and family, and Evan Edwards, spent at the home of Jerry Nielson where they enjoyed candy and wat ohing television. Enjoying the even ing were Vona Lue Greathouse, Emogene, Billy and Susan Nielson, Penny Banks, Merrill and Dee Nielson, Niel-son, Raymond Vest and Chris Hansen Han-sen and their leader. Mrs. Mary Smith and Annette drove to Scipio Monday to take Beverly Larsen, who has been here visiting the past two weeks. They visited Mr. and Mrs. Don Larsen and family. Mrs. Margaret Dean and children child-ren are visiting in Eureka with Mr. and Mrs. W. Dean. Speakers in Sacrament meeting were Irvin Dhatcott, Tillman oJhn-son oJhn-son and Frank Lyman. Lou Thom pson played the hormonica. Mrs. Bernell Tolbert came down from Tooele for the wedding of Miss Roberta Nielson, and Fred Zitting which will be Wednesday. Fred Zitting and his mother, Mrs John A. Zitting arrived Sunday from their home in Wenatchee, Washington and are guests of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Nielson-. They visited in Provo Monday. UTAH pouir Your ; UTAH POULTRYo o Manager Sayst 5 Clarence Gowers, Mgr. G H o i o u w PS u K The Home-Town service and convenience provided by your Utah Poultry Branch insures in-sures faster, better egg care, superior quality and higher premium prices. This Home-Town Home-Town service eliminates costly cost-ly hauls to a central plant. It helps build local community. commun-ity. o G H 2 M W W o o i Pi K 1 7 mm You're paying for fop quality whiskey... are you getting it? Jl H PROOF OUT vicnmoB StUTUCST STRAIGHT OL'IBOI WHISMT -z I |