The Wrangell sentinel., 1956-04-13
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Man With the Light

II you are nttle Tn the dark a. bout the proposed state constitu- tion on which the voters will be asked to express themselves April Fl, the man with the light will be here tomorrow.
 With the torch of enlightenment held high, even as Diogenes, Will liam Egan, Valdezs home town boy who made good, member of the Territorial Senate and, more i'm pOrtant, president of the constitu- tional convention held last winter at College, will speak at the ANB hall at ' o'clock tomorrow night, tthat means sharp, because some people want to go to the concert,) on the constitution.
 Billy, as the strong man of the late lamented convention, will have the answers on the strong Gov ernOr" and other salient features Of the $30O,0OO document repre- senting 75 days of human effort.
 Senator James Nolan, constitu- tion delegate from the First Divi- sion, who shivered through the 75
  CT, and Lew Williams, Jr., who as pires to be lawmaker, are staging the show and give assurance that Senator Egan will answer any and all questions.
 Billy's fast man on his feet in the political arena and this should be an outstanding attraction of a
 
 bustling urban settlement at the mouth of the majestic Stikine
 Hear Egan and you hear all" No Ian sez.
 In the Legislative Ring
 Now that we've struck a blow for Billy's modern thinking" docu- ment, let's get on with a rundown ot the ambitious in the legislative ring, names of which we've been trying to get in this venerable fam fly journal for two weeks. As you will note from todays paper, some of the candidates just gave up that they would ever get mentioned and bought their own space
 For the Senate seats from this division, the Republicans have no contest. If Wrangells own Senator Doris Barnes and former Senator Elton Engstrom of Juneau go to the polls and cross a ballot for themselves they will be sure of nomination.
 Not so with the Democrats They have quite a contest for those two Senate nominations Senator Mark Jensen of Douglas, seeking re-elec- ton, faces some tough competition with former Senator Frank Pera- trovich of klawOck former Terri torial Treasurer Henry Roden and former Juneau Postmaster Crystal Snow Jenne, all seeking a nomina- uon. It's formidable array of very well known Alaskans.
 But where the voter will need a sharp pencil and his strongest glasses is going down that list of House candidates. There are 25 names on the ballot, II RepubIi- cans and 14 Democrats, including Lew Williams, Jr., of Wrangell, who hopes he's going to get out of doing some printing next winter while the legislature is in session.
 Here's the lineup of the Republi- cans: Former Rep. William K. BOardman. Lyman R. Ellsworth, Andrew Gamble. Mark Jacobs, Jr., Rep. Frank c. Johnson, J. S. Mac kinnon, Jr., Skip, the Juneau laundry operator, that is), Rep. Joseph A. Mclean. Roberta Rich, Bernice Stokke Chats Bernice of the Arctic hotel in Petersburg). Fred N. Van Horn (big wheel with the American Legion), Alfred E. Widmark
 And out of this array of Demo- crats, the voters will choose six. Douglas Gray (the same Doug who used to teach school hereD, former Rep. Andrew Hope, Robert L. Jern- berg Chats ESC Jernberg). Eldor Lee. Rep. Vernon M Metcalfe (the voice, Metcalfe), Ray R. Reagan,
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