The Wrangell sentinel., 1955-05-13
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happy tO 6CI away Aioh ehS 'A cissitudes of life which too offer are cause to view with alarm.
 We point with pride to th' students of Wrangell High Schoo who are among the tops in the land. As the politician said, let: look at the record as it was re- ported in this venerable family journal last week:
 Senior Nancy Mickelson win ming scholarship to Bryant College in Providence, Rhode Is land in nationwide contest with 1O6 competitors.
 Wrangell's Earl Jenkins, com pleting his senior year at High. line High School near Seattle, af. ter three years in Wrangell High being named co-salutatorian out of a class of $50 in a school with an enrolment of 13,000
 Members of the high school band taking three firsts, three seconds and three thirds in com petition with the other Southeast Alaska schools at the recent mus ical festival in Ketchikan. The winners Nancy Mickelson, Cor rine Truitt, Suellen Anderson, Rex Zimmerman, Eddie Ness, Kathleen Mccormack, Ted East augh, Annette Haaseth and John Maxand
 It is an outstanding record; a credit to the students, the school and the community. Particularly so in view of Wrangell's total en- rollment of around 300 including the grade school. It reveals they have what it takes in competition with the best.
 Congratulations kids. Wran- gell's old chest is just swelling with pride.
 Statehood Status
 House of Representatives sound ed the death kneIl for statehood this year when it defeated the combined Alaska a-Hawaii state hood bill by a rather sturdy op- position vote. But the constitu- tional convention, scheduled for for College in November, probably will go on as scheduled. At least, there are some candidates.
 From the First Division the following had filed, with possibly others as petitions drifted in from outlying deputy clerks of court:
 TERRITORY AT LARGE-How- ard Stabler, Mrs. Mildred Her mann, George Sundborg, R. Rol and Armstrong, Katherine Nor dale and William L. Paul, Jun. eau; J. M. Weir, Ketchikan.
 FIRST DIVISION AT LARGE Senator James Nolan, Wrangell; K. B. Robertson, Dora Sweeney J. S. MacKinnon, Jr., Albert Bol ay, A. w. Boldly, Lauris Parker, William Jackson, Richard L. Pet CT, Cledamae Seaman, Belle G Simpson. B. D. Stewart. Sr., and Bob Kederick, Juneau; Burke Riley. Haines; Andrew Hope, Sit ka; Carol Clausen, Petersburg and Fred Brandes, Ketchikan.
 JUNEAU Bert McDowel and H. R. VanderLeest.
 SkAGWAY - Cyril Coyne Skagway; Leonard King and Ire sham Gregg, Jr., Haines.
 PETERSBURG WRANGELL- Erland Strand and Elder Lee Petersburg.
 SITKA- Warren Christianson William Knight, NJ. S. Mitrovich and Frederick Van Horn, Sitka,
 KETCHIKAN . RYDER - Ra, Reagan and w. o. Smith, Ketchi kan.
 More About Dentists
 Some time ago, during the leg islative session, we had occasion to quote in this column an ex cerpt from a statement by Dr Mllo H. Fritz, recently electe, President of the Alaska Medical Society. in which the learned doc tor spoke with annoyance of th Alaska dental profession, pointin, out it did not practice reciproca agreement with the States as doe the medical profession. Dr. Joh, E. Miller, Spenard dentist. take exception. He says Dr. Fritz pro poses to admit to Alaska an dentist who has practiced for ffv years elsewhere. He sums it u this way:
 "A poor dentist is, at the en of five years practice. still a poe dentist. Unfortunately. it is nc possible to give a practical exam nation to physician, thereb, endangering life. Standards , physicians. believe, are mai1 tained by the requirements of il te-nshins. residences. etc. The can further protect the publ through the granting or wftl drawal of hospital privileges. F' these provisions ! am grateful {