Fred Hargesheimer

Says Thanks Nith A School

From Ralph Craib, in San Francisco Fred Hargesheimer, a forrrur American airman who was saved y the Nakanai people of New Britain after a World War II rash, has raised 10,000 dollars ar the Airmen’s Nantambu /Jemorial Foundation.

UfR. HARGESHEIMER reported »-£• this to PIM from his home at t. Paul, Minnesota.

The foundation, which he formed, sed the funds to build the Airmen’s lemorial School at Natambu as a isting expression of gratitude to the atives of the region.

Harstick Lundgren Associates, a 'ell-known American Mid-Western ngineering and architectural firm, esigned the school, stressing building mplicity so that native contractors ould erect it.

The project has a strong relieious nd idealistic bent. Promotional terature soliciting funds stressed that le aim of the school is to prepare he natives to live as Christians.

It also stressed that “it is not inconceivable to foresee the child who attends the Natambu school as an adult sitting in council at the United Nations determining the future of the world”.

The school was built under the direction of Davis To Kanur, a native contractor, and was scheduled to go into use about November, More than 300 Americans contri buted to the fund collection, with gifts ranging from one to 500 dollars.

Mr. Hargesheimer hopes to see the completed school in operation, but his plans to go back to New Britain, which he visited in 1960, are not definite.

Mr. Hargesheimer.