Centennial Hall is in on the corner of Egan Drive and Willoughby Avenue, in the neighborhood of the Sheffield Hilton,(now the Goldbelt), the Alaska State Museum and the S.O.B.(the State Office Building). It's the nearest thing to a convention hall we have. Lots of room but during the Folk Festival we use it all.

You should come, Spud! I know a man who recites The Cremation of Sam McGee with vigor and pathos. You'd have a ball- and so would we. (I have not heard Bessie's Boil- should I?)

Yes, the Baranof is still here as is the Red Dog. Actually the Red Dog has been moved farther down on Franklin Street, close to the old police station. (I expect that was only coincidental!)

Tag Eckles, a local man, is now the honky tonk piano player there. There are still all the old dusty rafters hung with sleds and harnesses and boat gear and mounted animals and who knows what else.

As for the ferry, I've been saying for some time that I'd like to see the Columbia, the biggest one of the lot, be moored here from January to the middle of May, for legislators' housing. Isn't that a great idea? Walk to work, have laundry and cooking and cleaning services, proper security, lots of day rooms and lounges and decks, a solarium- couldn't be matched anywhere in town.

Ebbie