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THE NOME NUGGET
’ GEO. S. MAYNARD, Editor
fhiblished Monday, Wednesday, Friday, by The Nome
Publishing Company, Nome, Alaska,
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Subscription Rates Payable In Advance.
Delivered by carrier in Nome, Little Creek and Sunset
Creek, for $2.00 per month. By mail postage paid out
side of Nome and vicinity, $1.50 per month.
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MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
Chamber Holds
Noon Luncheon
The regular twice-monthly
luncheon meeting of the Cham
ber of Commerce was held yes
terday at the North Pole Bakery
with about twenty members at-1
tending.
A brief report of the Smoker!
held Nov. 10th was heard and the
minutes of previous meetings :
read.
Communications were present
ed, including a letter from <the
Bureau of Indian Affairs asking
that any applications for posi
tions ip building trades be filed
from this community, A notice
was authorized to be inserted In
accordance with the suggestions,
in the Nome Nugget.
, r Calvin Pool, Superintendent of
the Nome School spoke on the
subject of the coming sale of
Christmas Seals, proceeds from
^ U§ed to disseminate
educational ihatt&r for the cor
rection and prevention of tuber
culosis. A portion of the funds
even go toward payment of sal
aries of technical officials and
purchase of necessary equipment.
He declared that the Nome ■
Health Council was backing the,
proposal and asked for the co
operation of the Chamber of j
Commerce, which cooperation
was cheerfully extended,
j In appreciation of the excell
ent work of the school class and
those who assisted in the serving
I of the dinner the night of the
Smoker, the Chamber voted to
authorize the entertainment com
mittee to extend a token of
! thanks, in the form of a dinner,
or show or some other entertain
ment.
| In support of Nome’s appeal
I for the basing of a Coast Guard
plane here, a motion was passed
spreading on the minutes of the
Chamber, the newspaper story of
the recent mercy flight of the
Mirow Air Service to St, Law
rence Island and return with i
sick woman—ample proof of the
desirability of mainaining com
munication by air.
Further comment of policy
continued some time, and the
meeting adjourned.
Two Kinds of Claims
s It is very important to distin
guish between a bd« and k pla
ter deposit. If k deposit Is lode,'
It should be staked as a lode,
claim; If it is placer, it should be
staked as a placer claim... If both
a lode and a placer deposit are
found in the same area, it should
be located as both a placer and
a lode claim.
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MEETING OF
HEALTH COUNCIL
The Health Council met Mon
day evening at 7:30 at the City
Hall; Dr. Morcom presiding. Mr.
Hank Miller was elected chair
! man for the coming year.
■ Mrs. Ida Sprenger, Nome Pub
| lie Health Nurse gave a summary
of the nursing activities for the
month of October. She also gave
a review of the duties of the
Health Council, in which she
j mentioned that the Health Coun
\ cil is an advisory group usually
j made up of representatives of
the different organizations in the
i community. It is the duty of
| these members to present com
munity health needs as are felt
by residents of a community. To
; keep in close contact with the
health activities and interpret
same to their respective organ
i izations. To assist in the hous-j
! ing and equipment of a health
center and for each member to
! familiarize himself with the type
of service offered, distribution
of time and cost of service. To
assist in the housing and equip
ment of a health center and to
lend support to employing bodies
such as City Council or SchoOi
Board for a continuance of a
health service.
Dr. Marcia Hays, Maternal and
Child Health Director and Mrs.
Mary K. Cauthorne, Maternal
and Child Health Nurse for the >
Territory were guests of the ev-1
ening. Dr. Hays gave a short j
talk in which she stated that dv-,
ery child has & right to health j
Supervision. She mentioned
health work in connection with
the infant, the pre-school child,
and the school child. Dr. Hays
stressed the value of preventa
tive medicine in public health
work.
Due to the Social Security Act,
the Territorial Health Depart
ment has been able to expand
| and it now has the following
i divisions:
The Division of Communicable
Disease Control which has been
responsible for the tuberculosis
1 surveys which have been made
in Alaska during the last two
years. This division aids in the
control of epidemics by furnish
ing vacines and toxoid to the
communities. There have recent
ly been 3 cases of diphtheria in
the Territory and toxoid and
j anti-toxin were furnished at that
■ time by the Health Department.
The Division of Public Health
J Labratories make tests of sam
ples and specimens, Which are
| sent in from the different com
j munities and report findings to
! physicians and nurses.
The Division of Maternal and
Child Health among its many
other duties carries on education
alwork in the community thru
the local public health nurses.
The Division of Public Health
Engineering helps in protecting
the ‘community through super
vision of water supplies and oth
er sanitary measures that axe
carried on.
iDr. Hays stated that there ar.e
now eleven Territorial Public
Health Nurses in Alaska and
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BATHS
Showers, Tubs, Steam
Open tram 8:38 am to 8 pm
Sunday tram 1M8 am to
8:88 pm
that Nome is one of the six cit
ies which offers financial sup
port which affords a full tirrn
nursing service.
Some crippled children are be
ing taken care of each year b>
the orthopedic hospital at Seat
tle, Washington, and with this
service i't is hoped that the crip
pled children may be detected al
an early stage so the treatmenl
given will be of the most value
Mr. Hagen presented a ques
tionaire which was sent from the
National Chamber of Commerce
to the local Chamber which deals
with the control of some of the
communicable diseases.
Mr. Garnet Martin. Represent
ative to the Territorial Legislat
ure, gave an account of the mem
orials and resolutions on tuber
culosis which have been present
ed to the legislature previously
Mr. Calvin Pool, Superintend
ent of the Territorial School,
stated that the Christmas Seals
have been received from the Na
tional Tuberculosis Association,
the Health Council took into con
sideration the best way to give
the public an opportunity to pur
chase the seals and it was decid
ed that a committee should be
.appointed to fake charge of this
particular project.
Upon closing, the Health Court
cil voted that the City Council
should be commended for pro
viding quarters for a Commun
ity Health Center.
Statement of Ownership,
Martagement, circulatiort. Etc.,
required by Acts of Congress of
August 24, 1912, and March 3,
1933 of The Nome Nugget pub
lished tri-weekly at Nome, Alas
ka for October, 1938.
Before me, a notary public, in
and for the Territory of
Alaska, personally appeared
George S. Maynard, who, hav
ing been duly sworn according tc
law, deposes and says that he ii
the Editor and Manager of The
Nome Nugget and that the fol
lowing is, to the best of his know
ledge and belief, a true state
ment of the ownership, manage
ment (and if a daily paper, th(
circulation), etc., of the afore
said publication for the date
shown in the above caption, re
quired by the Act of August 24
1912, as amended by the Act o
March 3, 1933, embodied in sec
tion 537, Postal Laws and Reg
ulations, printed on the reversi
of this form, to wit:
1. That the names and address
es of the publisher, editor, man
aging editor, and business man
agers are:
Publisher, Geo. S. Maynard
Nome, Alaska.
Editor, Geo. S. Maynard, Nome
Alaska.
Managing Editor, None
Business Managers, Geo. S
Maynard, Nome, Alaska.
2. That the owner is: (If owne<
by a corporation, its name an<
address must be stated and als<
immediately thereunder the nan
es and addresses of stockholder,
owning or holding one per cen
or more of total amount of stock
If not owned by a corporation
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Daily Transportation Service,
Both Passengers and Prelgh
Nome to Banker Hill and All
Intermediate Points
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Carrying an Assortment
of Fine Liquors, Win
es, and Beers.
FRONT ST. NOME.
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the names and addressed of the
individual owners must be given.
If owned by a firm, company, or
other unincorporated concern, its
name and address, as well as
those of each individual member,
must be given. Geo. S. Maynard,
Nome, Alaska; Russell Maynard,
Nome, Alaska.
3. That the known bondholders
mortgagees, and other security
holders owning or holding 1 per
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1 cent or more of total amount of
bonds, mortgages, or other sec
urities are:
None.
Geo. S. Maynard
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me this 14th day of Nov., 1938
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