The Daily Alaska empire. [volume] (Juneau, Alaska) 1926-1964, 1950-08-10

ing, medical care-oh, the millions
of things we used to take for
granted. We want to help make it
known that Alaska isn't just lot
of igloos and dog teams"
Madden sees the assignment also
as an exposition of the numerous
adjustments in the transition from
cosmopolitan New York City to a
frontier country, and how an in
telligent couple so transplanted adj
apt themselves to the region they
have chosen for their permanent
home. This, as he sees it, nattir-
ally centers around the problems
of home making, especially for the
Ladies Home Journal feature
Therefore, it will show the day-to-
day living of Mrs. Krasilovsky.
Dorothy Cameron Disney, who
arrived Saturday to gather material
for writing the article, also hopes
to stress, through the Juneauites'
experiences, opportunities for new
corners to Alaska.
The Krasilovskys very young
daughter, Alexis Villa, who was
born July 5, will round out the
picture, for babies do present extra
problems, don't they? And they
are mighty photogenic, too.
Mrs. Krasilovsky is sure that the
high school romance of Phyllis
Manning and Bill Krasilovsky will
not be overlooked. They met while
both were trying out for the debate
team and, years later in Alaska,
Phyllis said, II was SO glad when
Bill made it, What do you sup
pose his subject was? 'Opportun-
tiles in Alaska.
Coming here to live has been
the realization of that boyhood
dream Even after our first trip
here, people back at school called
us that crazy couple that wants to
go to Alaska Like his classmates,
Bill could have practiced in Con-
necticut or on Wall Street, but it
had to be Alaska"
That first trip here together was
between semesters at Cornell Uni
versity, where Bill was studying for
his LID degree.
Il worked Bills way through law
school," said Bills wife For two
years there, she was secretary to
professor in the Industrial Labor
Relations School. Her home was
in Brooklyn and his in Lynbrok,
Long Island. They were married
in September, l947.
The next summer, the Krasil-
ovskys drove up in a little Crosley,
going to Fairbanks. There, says
Phyllis, 1--WE nearly starved until
a nice family took us in for week.
I'VE sold the car and went to
Anchorage, where I worked as sec
rotary for a construction company
and Bill was assistant advertising
manager for The Anchorage News.
We managed to get to Seward, and
I worked as soda jerk, but Bill
just couldn't get job.
1--WE told the Alaska Steamship
Company people we were newly
WEEDS and begged them to get us
out 1t was funny-on the trip,
Bill was a first-class passenger, but
he worked as longshoreman at
every port where we stopped. we
saw Juneau during the boat stop
and made up our minds then, to
live here some day.
Bill Krasilovsky had spent the
summer of 1916 in Alaska, during
which, his wife relates, he was
advertising manager of the Alaska
Sunday Press for six weeks, and
worked also in Cordova-canning
salmon and working for Radio Sta
ton KFQD
While attending Cornell, Krasil-
ovsky wrote Judge George w. Folta
about a position. At that time,
there were no funds for a law
clerk, but shortly after the Krasil-
ovskys arrival in July, 1949, funds
became available. Bill worked as
law clerk for Robertson and Mon
agile, passed the Alaska bar exam
ination and became law clerk for
Judge Folta.
Meantime, while she was on the
staff of The New Yorker Magazine,
Phyllis Krasilovsky had written am
using letters to a 4-year-old cousin
of Bits, John Schoen, who was
dying of leg cancer.
when the family told me-" SAID
Phyllis Krasilovsky, that they had
TO read my Dear Johnnie letters
to him as often as seven times
day, I realized had little talent
! in that direction. Before we came
up here, I made a childrens story