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The David Keener family stands in front of the tent camper in which they spent seven nights on the trip from Alaska Family Ends Long Camping Trip With Family Visit In Perry BY MAXINE THOMPSON After spending seven days driving and seven nights camping in a tent on the way from Fairbanks, Alaska to Perry, Georgia, the David Keener family arrived just in time to experience 100- plus degree heat. Relaxing at the home of Mrs. Keener’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. George H. Malone at 1105 Jewel Drive, their comment was, “this heat is killing us?” They have lived in Alaska since 1957 when Mr. Keener was stationed there while he was in serv ice. He had been in Alaska since 1952, and when his fam ily arrived and adjusted so well he went into civil serv ice and they just stayed there. The four Keener children, Becky 13, Carol 7, Billy 5, and Linda 2, find that there is never a dull moment in the modern city of Fair banks. Just about anything that is available in Georgia is available there, and more. They have two TV stations plus educational TV, movies, and three radio stations in cluding a Christian radio LIVING IS EASIER With Natural Gas —JA L_ USE GAS j Take Advantage of Your City>owned Gas System AND SAVE Check the many benefits you receive by using gas every time GO MODERN--GO GAS City of Perry Gas Department DIAL 987 1911 CITY HALL station. They ski and skate, play hockey, and swim. Be cause there is so much water around, swimming is taught as a part of the regular curriculum at the junior high and high schools there. Smaller children can take lessons in summer. Kinder garten is part of the school system. Chosen an All-American City in 1968, Fairbanks is a young people’s place, with few old people. The Keeners explained that this is be cause of the settlement pat tern of servicemen, skilled civil service and other civi lian workers, and the fact that old people don’t usually migrate toward a cold cli mate to retire. It is also an expensive place to live. A loaf of bread is 55 cents, a half gallon of milk costs $1.09. To rent a three-bedroom house, the cost is S3OO or more per month, plus utilities. Trailer spaces alone run $125 per month plus utilities, which run very high. A normal win ter light bill will run from $40 —$50, whhile in summer it may drop to $10 —$20. Fairbanks, Alaska, to Parry. L. to r. ara David Kaanar, Becky, and Mrs. Keener; front, Linda, Billy and Carol. The temperature has drop ped to 40 below zero twice since the Keeners have had children in school, but they have never missed a day due to cold or snow. They ride a bus now (they actually live in College, a small town at the edge of Fairbanks) but used to walk through the snow and it didn’t bother them at all. Mr. and Mrs. Keener, like the rest of the residents, hunt and fish to store away a winter supply of food. The family still talks about the big buffalo Mrs. Keener bag ged one year, and moose is a common source of meat. They also grow vegetables during the approximately 55 day growing season. During the months of June and July when there is no darkness and the sun shines 24 hours a day, some vegetables grow to fantastic size, like the 42 pound prize cabbage some one exhibited one year. To matoes, broccoli, potatoes, peas, and corn also flourish. May and August have days and nights similar to those here. On June 21 the Midnight Sun baseball classic is play ed each year, beginning at 10:30 p. m. The Gold-Fanners play semi-pro or college teams and have even gone international, defeating a team from Japan. Tom Seav er of the New York Mets was a former player for the Gold-Panners. There are many other sports events and festivals that the Keeners enjoy watching each year. Golden Days, a whole week at the last of July, is devoted to old costumes and a celebra tion of the initial gold strike made by Felix Pedro in 1867. Within a year of that date, Fairbanks was incorporated with a population of 1,000, 387 homes, a newspaper, laundry, and a large number of saloons. P ’I of the old log cabins that were left were moved a few r years ago to an area called Alaskaland for a permanent display ex cept the Chamber of Com merce, a log building with a sod roof that has to be mowed regularly. There is the Equinox Mar athon, a 26 mile running race, a 50 mile raft race down the Tannana River; championship sled dog races; snowmobile races; and the Yukon 800 Marathon river boat race, which winds over a grueling course over three rivers, the Yukon, Tannana and Chena and takes about 20 hours to complete. Eskimos carve and sell ivory and iade; thev have Eskimos carve and sell ivory and jade; they have their Eskimo Olympics where some of their activities in clude tossing a man on a warlus hide blanket and do ing a high-kick of a rolled up sealskin from standing flat-footed. The Keeners find that churches of any denomina tion or sect you can name are represented, as well as all civic organizations. When Mrs. Malone visited them she was pleasantly surprised to find an Eastern Star chap ter, of which she is a mem ber. They have a concert series, and their violinist, Paul Rosenthal, will be in competition in Moscow this year. David Keener, who works at Ft. Wainright, an Army base, enjoys taking several days off just to hunt and fish for pleasure. Outsiders are always amazed at the beauty of the land in sum mer, with wild flowers blooming in profusion along the coutryside, and he likes to show gorgeous color pic tures of his home area. When the Centennial Ex position was held in Fair banks in 1967, the population was listed as 19,898 with 67,- 096 in the trading area of 227,000 square ‘miles. False rumors circulated recently by a magazine article has caused an influx of workers expecting to make $9 per hour working on a pipe line which has not been started or even granted permission to start as yet, and a critical unemployment situation ex ists, for this reason alone. Because of the fabulous growth and modernization of Fairbanks each year, the Fairbanks Daily News Miner, a thoroughly modern news paper, puts out an annual progress edition. When the Keeners start back home, their folks won’t be laboring under the delusion that they’re going to the Alaskan wilds. They know that our 49th state is right up front with the best of them. Tell us who is your can didate. Write us a letter. IRVA’S BEAUTY SHOP Styles PH: 987-2516 Perry, Ga, 100 Marshallville Road Area Medical Society Opposes Rock Festival In Letter To Editor Dear Editor: Despite all attempts by various persons, groups and parties to prevent sueh, it appears that the planned “Rock Festival” will be held at the Middle Georgia Race way over the July 4th week end. It has been estimated that approximately 100,000 persons might be expected to participate or be in the im mediate area at that time. News media reports have stated that the promoters of this event can assure paying patrons adequate food, hous ing and personal facilities in cluding necessary emergency medical care. Foremost, we would like to stress the importance of strict law enforcement as re gards personal conduct and the use of drugs and alco hol. In particular, we want to caution parents and teen agers of the dangers and pos sible permanent damage as sociated with the use of drugs. It is the desire of the Peachbelt Medical Society to inform the promoters, par ticipants, and responsible persons who might be pres ent for such an event ol this magnitude that there arc certain basic health stand ards that have to be estab lished and maintained, if we can reasonably assure or pre vent a catastrophic outbreak of contagion, not to mention the undesirables that arc sure to be present. In accordance with the a fore-mentioned principles, the Peachbelt Medical So ciety recommends to you that the following elemen tary and precautionary mea sures be instituted for the preservation of the health of participants and attendees of the July 4th weekend Rock- Festival. (1) That all attendees be required to present a certi ficate of health that indi ® THE BANK OF PERRY 11 Offers Every Banking Service Your Need ... cates they are free of com* municable diseases, (2) That each attendee pre sent proof of immunization against Typhoid, Tetanus and Diptheria, (3) That each attendee pre sent evidence of freedom from Tuberculosis, (4) That a source of po table water free from possi ble contamination with mul tiple availability stations be provided. (5) That camping areas be well drained, (6) That the accumulation of trash, discarded food and other forms of rubbish not be allowed to accumulate on the grounds, (7) That adequate portable toilets be available to serv ice the crowd and barring this that slit trenches be used to dispose of human ex creta on a daily basis, (8) That one doctor and two nurses tor each 1,000 people be provided, on duty and ready to care for atten dees—anything less will be construed as negligence, (9) That ambulance service be provided on the grounds. One ambulance per each 5,- 000 people, (10) That persons suspect ed or found to be supplying illicit drugs of any type to attendees be excluded from the grounds and handed over to law enforcement authori ties, Peachbelt Medical Society Members do have an interest in the “Rock Festival”. We suspect we will be on the front line for care when the Medical troubles start. We urge you, the promoters, and profitiers of the festival to provide the above. To do anything less, we believe you will be both morally and le gally derelict. Sincerely, F. M. LINDSEY, M. D. President of the Peach belt Medical Society The Home Journal, Perry, Ga., Thursday, June 25, WO Cheek Family Holds Reunion Staff Sgl. and Mrs. Ralph Cheek and children, stationed in Goose Bay, Labrador, have been visiting the E. H. Cheek and J. D. Cheek families for two weeks. They are being transferred to Wurtsmith Air Base in Michigan. Sgl. First Class and Mrs. Sanders Cheek and children, stationed in Elgin, Okla., have also been here for two weeks. First Class Sgl. Cheek just re turned from a year’s tour in Vietnam. A Cheek Reunion was held in Perry, Those attending were: S/Sgt. and Mrs. Ralph Cheek, Walter, Shawna, Danny, Char les, Vince, Darrien, Gara, Quin ton, Kevin, Lome and Farin. Sgt. First Class and Mrs. San ders Cheek, Edward and Mary. y & Insurance j: FOR RENT—2 bedroom I 1 house at 624 Lawson «| Drive, S9O month. Ji FOR SALE—2 bedroom *1 house on 2Vz acres of Ji land, fenced and cross- i 1 fenced near Pabst Brew- •[ ery. Priced to sell. ’ soodroe, JrJ Try, Ga. 987-1980 I; Mr. and Mrs. Bill Cheek, Pam and Art, Blakely, Ga., Col. and Mrs. John Cheek and Mike, Perry; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cheek, Sr. and Mary Frances, Perry; Mr. and Mrs. Earl Cheek Jr., Tallahassee, Fla., and Mr. and Mrs. Tony Hin nant and Shannon, Warner Rob ins; Mr. and Mrs. Hoke Smith, Danville; Mr. and Mrs. Fred Maynard and Julie, Augusta; Mr. and Mrs. Buck Carter, Mi ami, Fla.; Mr. and Mrs. Hollis Scarborough, Cochran; Mr. and Mrs. Dave Powers, Jan and Gail, Cochran; Mr. Thomas Guplon, Savannah; Mis Lois Cheek, Cochran; Dr. and Mrs. A. F. Williams, Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Baker and sons, Savannah; Mr. and Mrs. Rhae Richardson, Macon.