THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME PUBLISHING COMPANY
NOME, ALASKA
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1943
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NUGGET’S SOUVENIR EDITION
This edition of The Nome Nugget, which we are
designating our Souvenir Edition, will mark another
milestone in the history of this publication, and neces
sarily in the history of Nome, and the Second Divi- j
Sion, as The Nome Nugget has played an important
role in every event and happening in the community
since its birth in 1899.
.The Nome Nugget was first published in the color
ful days of the Gold Rush, by Major John F. A. Strong,
Who became governor of the Territory in 1913. Through
its columns there has been recorded during the past
forty-four years as much or more history of the prog
ress of Alaska, than any other publication. History of
the days when Gold alone was the all-firing motivating
force and reason for townsite, village or camp. His
tory that has been witten by Gold, Men and Dodgs,
in a tremendous struggle to wrest the yellow metal
from Mother Earth.
Its pages will bring back memories through some
item about an old friend, a Dardner, or someone known
way back when. Many and considerable changes have
taken place since onlv topics and items of. bv. and for
Gold were considered as news. The airplane has
brought greater development in the territory and world
at large, and has increased the value of the Alaska
Northland manv times the small sum which was paid
for “Seward’s Folly”, even including all its mineral
deposits.
Alaskans have seen and known the importance of
the territory and have endeavored to enlighten the
world that, there are other sources, in addition to its
minerals, which include fish, furs, timber, e+e. But far
Outdistancing anv preconceived idea of value, is its
geographical location. It is the future air center of the
world. Nearly all, or most of the air travel from the
states to and from Siberia, Aria, and East Africa will
beat a Dath through the Territory of Alaska. Far-right
ed leaders with an eve to the future foretell a coming
era of development in which Alaska will nlav the role
of strategic air center of the world, with Nome as the
hub of activities.. It is an ill wind which blows nobody
good. Todav that wind is blowing the smoke of war
around the world, and in that smoke, executives and
leaders of the future read strategy into the very posi
tion of Alaska, with relation to all other land masses
of the globe. Billv Mitchell once said “that Alaska
was fast, becommc the strategic air center of the world,
but it took a war to bring the thought into actual real
ization.
Alaska is no longer the frontier, it is now well
r>°°sed its adolescent days and years of trial and error,
it is now readv to cone with anv .situation which may
arise, such as the vital questions before the people to
day: Shall we have a voice in the choosing of our gov
ernor? Shall we or shall we not vote for statehood?
—and many other questions deserving of comment in
the columns of this organ of the people.
It is the aim and purpose of The Nome Nugget to
place before the people, all the pertinent questions
and facts and be as a voice to our community, our di
vision, and our territory, and that freedom of speech
and of the press and the freedom to buy all the war
bonds we can, so that we may say: “Last year’s bonds
gave us a start, but this year’s bonds will win the war.”
Amen.
LABOR FOR RESTAURANT AND FUEL DEALERS
WMC announces standards to which restaurants
in labor shortage areas must conform to be eligible for
labor-recruiting assistance fom United States Employ
ment Service. Coal and wood dealers in shortage areas
must curtail deliveries and revise delivery practices to
save manpower in order to qualify for preferential labor
recruiting.
LEGAL AID FOR SERVICE MEN 1
More than 600 law offices now providing legal aid
handling thousands of cases each week, ranging from
drawing of wills to insurance problems, says War De
partment. I
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TUNDRA
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AUDREY
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HENDERSON
Walking Down Front Street
this Morning, I pondered the
'change in the male population of
Nome, on the arrival of several
| very stunning school teachers.
Carrying books nowadays seems
to be in fashion. Such is the ad
vent of education. Again, too,
the arrival from Anchorage of
two new waitresses at the Nome
Grill. It seems that man cannot
live by bread alone. Nome’s
Cafe Society of Bachelors has
really been agog this summer.
This should be an interesting
winter, really it should . . . Run
into Mrs. Kitzmiller doing her
rounds and handing out thermo
meters to the kiddies like all day
suckers.
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Cold Season:
There’s a certain lady in this
town who has so many fur coats
for the winter that I hear thru
very reliable sources which can
not be divulged, that the animals
are setting traps for her.
What certain tall, handsome
doe-eyed GI is all mad at his
lady love for dining “oat”
with what Captain . . .
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i T don’t remember how I got |
to talking to this fellow but he
, was very interesting. He helps
build government houses—I think
he said he was a foreman. Any
way, I asked him about houses— j
how long it took to build them, j
things like that. I told him that j
the house I rented was horribly j
draughty. I told him that I had
spent a lot of money on heating
arrangements, but wherever I sit
my hair is blown all over mv
head. Would he advise me to
take mv comnlaint to the land
lord? “S'ster.” he said, “first I’d
suggest an easier and cheaper
thing—get your hair cut!”
THINGS I LIKE ... the smell
of winter in the air . . . laughter
of children in the. early morning
j. . . the northern lights . . . the
arure blue of the sky as winter
approaches . . . the howl of husk
ies for the trail . . . the new de
the dirty and be-draggled ap
pearance of ,ost of Nome's yards
... the lack of communitv spirit
THINGS I DON’T LIKE . . .
. . . Wind . . . Peonle who say that
the Eskimo tatooing has a mean
ing . . . People who say that the
tatooing doesn’t have a meaning
. . . mukluks . . . the scent of
orange blossoms . . .
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Very recentlv I received a let
ter from a soldier friend of mine
down in the South Pacific. You
know wav dawn there on a tropi
cal island, where most of us
think we’d like to be, but some
how or other Alaska and espec
ially Nome just doesn’t seem so
bad after all. Anyway, he told
of the remarkable and amusing
pidgin English the natives used.
The folioping are the Ten Com
mandments:
(The Second Commandment is
missing for obvious reasons. And
here they are:
1. I be God your master. No
get God, only me.
3. No talk God name for noth
ing.
4. Keep Sunday.
5. Hear for your father and
your mother.
6. No kill.
7. No make bad.
8. No thief.
9. No lie.
10 No want other man his
woman.
I wonder what their interpreta
tions of the 11th Commandment
would be?
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Scene In any cafe In Alaska:
(Where is Alaska? Alaska is not
in Canada).
Customer: (impatiently) —
"Say, I’ve ordered my dinner an
hour ago, what’s the trouble?”
Waitress, apologetically): “But
Sir. Fm sure if you wait just a
j few moments longer, your dinner
i will be ready.”
•Customer: waiting two hours—
no -longer impatient—just half
dead): “Can’t I have just some
thing to eat?”
Waitress: (Dashing madly down
the floor with food on anm):
“Surprise, surprise— SURprioe,
kid."
•sh-f‘)pres,u.... ,efffl?iw mart abt
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Received a new tedephone di
j numbers in sloping type are not
rectory. Who said— 'Telephone
I in hysterics—?”
ACTIVE
ORDERS
LISTED
Acetic Club
The Arctic Club is an incor
porated organization covering
sports. It maintains a ski cabin,
built the local tennis court, has
indoor badminton tor its mem
bers. In norma] times it main
tains baseball basketball, dog
racing and other activities. The
club also holds an annual Car
nival at which time Miss Nome
is chosen for the year. Directors
of the club are Gerald Harney,
president; Wilfred Boucher, vice
president; Agnes Galvin, secre- '
tary-treasurer; Sidney Rood, Wil
liam Cameron, Emma Bellows,
Loren Leach, Guy Boyd.
Anvil Lodge A. F. & A. M.
Meeting at Masonic Temple.
, President. Nels Strand.
American Red Cross Chapter
Active since World War 1.
j Chairman, Dr. T. Marcom; sec
i retary, Mrs. Meen Mozee.
Chamber of Commerce
Organized and active in North
western Alaska. President, Wal
ter Slack; secretary, Antonio Po
let. 0
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Home Arte Club
Local group which is a mem
ber of the Alaska Federation of
Women’s Clubs, and also a mem
ber of the National Federation of
Women’s Chibs. Its activity is
the maintenance of the children’s
play field and a supervisor dur
ing the sum.er. Their annual
social activity is the Jamboree
i held eaoh fell. Officers are
Mrs. Thomas Morcom, president;
! Mrs. Kenneth Renkv secretary.'
! Mrs. Wilfred Boucher, treas.
Ladies Aid Society
Active womens organization of
the Federated church, which in
addition to its church activities
maintains a social hour for the
armed forces every Sunday eve
ning. President, Mrs. Thomas
Morcom; secretary, Mrs. T. Leh
man; treasurer, Mrs. N, Strand
Kegoayah Kozga Club
A women’s study club. Their
civic activity is the public li
brary, maintained and operated
by its members and open to the
public every Friday evening from
17:30 until 9:00 o’clock.
Order of Eastern Star
Alaska Chapter No. 1
The oldest chapter in Alaska.
This group meets regularly in
the Masonic Temple, Officers are
Mrs. Robert Baldwin, president;
Mrs. Rosa B. Hagen, Sec.
Health Council, organized of
members representative of all or
ganized groups to study and de
velop the various health prob
lems of the communitp. Presi
dent, David Mazen; secretary
Rosa B. Hgaen.
Midnight Son Rebcccah Lodge
Meeting regularly in lodge
room of the Odd Fellows build
ing. President, Mrs. David Mazen
secretary, Rosa B. Hagen; treas
urer, Miss Ruth Reat.
Pioneer Women of Alaska
Igloo No. 1
Active since 1912. President
Mrs. Peter Olson; secretary, Mrs.
Rosa B. Hagen; treasurer, Mrs.
Ole Hay.
Pioneers of Alaska
Igloo No. 1
Organized before 1905. Meeting
every second Wednesday in the
Odd Fellows lodge room. Presi
dent B. G.Sie£ferf.
Independent Order of Odd
Fellows
Meeting every Friday evening
| in their own building. President,
; Gustav Masik; vice-president,
I Gustav Carlson; secretary, Robert
Baldwin; treasurer, Wilfred
Rrucher. •
JOHN LICHTENBERG
ENJOYS VACATION TRIP
John Lichtenberg, another par
taker of vitamin “A”laska, who
in his 77th year looks like the
proverbial half century citizen,
is back in Seattle after a de
lightful trip to California. After
he sold his hardware store in
Nome he decided to play for a
time, and spent some time in the
sunny south. While at Oxnard,
he visited the five daughters of
Mr. and Mrs. Mike J. Walsh of
Nome—Eileen, 'Kate, Ann, No
reen and Patsy. While in San
Francisco he spent some time
with John Jhlerni, Dan Camp,
and Barney Keown. He enjoyed
Santa Barbara because it was not
so crowded as the Golden Gate
area. He is now living in Seattle
at 4833 38th Ave. N. E.
NEPTUNE ARRIVES SAFELY „
Word has been received that
Gus Hendrickson has arrived in
Dutch Harbor in his forty-foot
boat which he built here on the
beach and named the “Neptune.**
He was accompanied by Jimmie
Amuktoolik and Joe Brown.
He stopped enroute at Nunivak
and says that the boat handles
well. After a short stay in Dutch
Harbor the “Neptune”, with Cap
tain Hendrickson and crew left
for southwestern Alaska.
PURCHASE HOME
Mr. and Mrs. George Bayer
have purchased the home of
Harry Knutson on Third Avenue
and have been busy renovating
and remodeling it. They expect
to move in about the first of the
month.
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