Northwest History. Alaska 7. Army & Navy, United States

• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Published: 1936
• Subjects: civilization; Sergeant Stanley Morgan; Point Barrow; Post-Rogers tragedy; simplicities of life; tournament; Dr. and Mrs. Henry Greist; Presbyterian medical missionaries; Frank Daughertys; Charles Brower; United States; the arctic coast; Northwest; Pacific > History > 20th century; Alaska; Arctic; Pacific; Barrow; Moose
• Online Access: http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/ref/collection/clipping/id/89201

Tired Of "Civilization" Sergeant Morgan Going Back to Pt. Barrow. Tired of "Civilization" Sergeant Morgan Going Back to Pt. Barrow Seattle, Aug. 24.— (/P) —Master Sergt. and Mrs. Stanley Morgan said today they anxiously await return to "the top of the world" on Point Barrow to see what kind of bridge players fate will bring them this year. The army sergeant who wirelessed word of the Post-Rogers tragedy nearly a year ago, said a 10-month leave in the U. S. has convinced him that "civilization is over-rated," and his wife said that she, too, will be glad to get back to the simplicities of life on the arctic coast. They have two children. Morgan dislikes motion pictures, street lights, noise and crowds. "We play bridge all the year 'round," said Morgan. "The wives play against the husbands. Last tournament, the wives lost and had to stand treat at Now watermelons do not grow in the barren lands; Morgan had none In his greenhouse, so the wives had to send for one and the carriage charges brought the cost of a 10-pound melon to just $10. Morgan said Barrow will be quite populous this year. Dr. and Mrs. Henry Greist, Presbyterian medical missionaries, will be leaving late this summer, to be replaced by a missionary and his wife, a government doctor, his wife and three nurses. Then there will be the Morgans, the Frank Daughertys, government school teachers, and Charles Brower, longtime Barrow trader. Morgan is the "plutocrat of Point Barrow," as the only man who owns a real bath tub. When he is not running the radio station, Morgan will be fishing for rainbow trout, hunting moose or reindeer, playing bridge or raising vegetables in his green house. After the deaths of Post and Rogers, Morgan was promoted from a sergeant to master sergeant, and was given a vacation in the United States, his first in several years.