Council Decides Against
Combining The Police
And Fire Departments
A special meeting of the Nome
City Council was held over the
weekend and it was definitely de
cided not to combine the Police
and Fire Departments. This mat
ter has been before the council
for some time and was given
serious consideration before the
final decision was made.
BEACH PICNIC THURSDAY
FOR CUBS AND FAMILIES
Cub Scouts and their families
are having their annual beach
picnic Thursday evening on the
other side of the breakwater at
7 o’clock.
Families are bringing their own
wieners and what ever lunch they
desire.
Games are planned and final
awards for this year will be pre
sented to the members of Pack
363 by Cubmaster Bill Barber.
Merchants Down All-Stars 54-47
In the basketball game Satur
day evening between the Nome
Merchants and the Alaska All
Star players, the Merchants re
mained undefeated, winning by a
score of 54-47.
A rather small crowd attended
but the basketball was brisk
and action-packed with the lead
changing hands several times in
the game.
Arctic Sanitary Service
Phone RED 181
USO Building Now
Awaits Only Preparation
To Lot To Be Moved
Maj. K. D. Swisher reports that
the ySO building is now ready to
be moved and is awaiting the
leveling and graveling of the city
lot which is to be used.
Mayor Andersen stated that he
thought it would be possible to
get the gravel moved next Sunday
when a loader and trucks would
be available.
In the meantime, the pro'gram is
continuing at the old Methodist
parsonage and the club will be
open to servicemen four day this
week. Mrs. Stan Morgan has an
nounced the hours as follows:
USO PROGRAM
THURSDAY
Games—7 to 10:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Bingo - Prizes—7 to 10:30 p.m*.
SATURDAY
Open House—2 to 4 p.m.
SUNDAY
Open House—2 to 4 p.m.
Musicale; sandwich hour—
7 to 10:30 p.m.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tingook
are the parents of a daughter born
on May 26 at the hospital and
weighing 6 pounds, 10 ounces.
— Pioneers’ Meeting —
Wednesday, June 2
Pioneer Igloo
8:00 P.M.
NOTICE
Rev. Herbert Bruhn of Spring
field, Mo., will be speaking at the
Assembly of God Church Thurs
day and Friday evenings at 8
o'clock and also at the Sunday
morning and evening services.
BIBLE VERSES USED FOR WELL-KNOWN HYMNS
GOD LOVED THE WORLD OF SINNERS LOST
"But God commendeth His love toward us, in that while
we were yet sinners, Christ died for us."
Romans 5:8. PaidAdv.
THIS IS
CLEAN - UP WEEK!
Let us show PRIDE in our HOME TOWN !
WE HAVE WHAT IT TAKES
TO HELP YOU DO A GOOD JOB.
Your Friendly Community Store
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Wholesale and Retail
Phone MAin 133 FREE DELIVERY
SQUARE SINNET
SAILING FROM SEATTLE
JUNE 9tli
CALLING: NOME, ST. MICHAEL, TELLER
RECEIVING DATES FOR FREIGHT:
MAY 24 to JUNE 4 INCLUSIVE
For Reeervations write:
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO., BOX 200, ANCHORAGE
Cancer Film For Women
To Be Shown Thursday
At Community Center
A special film prepared by the
Cancer Society especially for wo
men will be shown at the Com
munity Center Thursday evening
at 8:00 P.M.
The film has been shown at one
of the local clubs and those who
have seen it urge all women in
the community to take advantage
of the opportunity of learning
about self-examination for cancer
insomuch as this dreaded disease!
may be cured if detected in time.
This will be the only showing
here this spring as the film must
be rotated to other parts of the
territory.
Mrs. Mildred Herman, com
mander of the Alaska Division of
the Cancer Society, will give a
talk on the early stages of the
disease.
Mrs. Ben Mozee, local Cancer
chairman stated that the 6th an
nual Cancer Fund drive will get
under way soon and be led by the
local nurses and women of the
community who have been nurses.
MARRIAGE AT HOSPITAL
With a special bedside cere
mony and lighted tapers, Dora
Hess, a patient in the MMM Hos
pital, was married to Eli Mulch
by the U.S. commissioner yester
day. Attending were Nick Ezuke
meuw and Rosie Hess.
Also present at the wedding
was Lenora Sagoonick, roommate
of the bride.
ATTENTION TROOP 666
There will be a two-night out
ing at the Scout Camp June 4
and 5. Find out all the details at
the regular Scout meeting tonight.
Anyone who will be able to help
move the boys to and from camp,
please contact A1 Enix, Main 31.
WANT ADS
STRICTLY modem apt. — Call
Geo. Hite, Main 123.
ROSICRUCIAN MYSTERIES
All sincere seekers for the great
truth and mystical power known
to The Ancients write for the
free book, “The Mastery of Life.”
It is mailed without obligation to
students of the higher laws of
nature and mental science.
Scribe III, AMORC Temple
San Jose, California
BEAUTY DEMONSTRATOR: Up
to $5 hour demonstrating famous
Hollywood Cosmetics. Your
neighborhood. Free samples &
details supplied. Write Studio
Girl, Dept. N-l, Glendale, Calif.
CLEANUP Week trash hauled
away. See John Strak.
EXPERT typewriter repair and
cleaning for limited time. Phone
Black 25 for pickup. 67
FOR SALE—1949 Ford two-door
sedan; apartment-type washing
machine. See Glen Lenert or
Call Black 143. 66p
i SHOWING AT
theater!
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Starting 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.
“DECOY”
Starring
Jean Gille Ed Norris
Robert Armstrong
Margery Woodworth
plus SHORT SUBJECT and
MID-WEEK NEWS REEL
Summer Roller Skating
Sessions Start At School
The summer roller skating act
ivity started last evening at* the
Nome School gym with a capacity
crowd at both sessions and all
available skates in use, reports
the Arctic Club which is sponsor
ing the activity again this sum
mer.
Children up to 13 years of age
skate from 7 until 9 o’clock and
teen-agers and adults from 9 to
11 o’clock every Tuesday and
Friday evenings. A charge of 30
cents is made for the children and
60 cents for the older group.
MEASLES AT SOLOMON
Alaska Airlines made a flight
to Solomon with Daisy Keene,
ANS nurse, as measles has been
reported in the village. From Sol
omon she will go to Golovin on
Friday.
Phil Senour, formerly with Al
aska Airlines and now operating
the Alaska Travel Bureau in
Seattle, arrived yesterday as tour
director for the pre - convention
tour of Rotary. He stated he
would return on June 14 with an
other group of Rotarians after the
convention being held in Seattle.
Lillian Porter left yesterday for
Fairbanks enroute to Seattle
where she will be married to
Jimmy Holmes of the Air Force on
June 5th. They plan to eventually
make their home in Clayton, N.C.
NOTICE
The office of the Territorial
Public Health Nurse will be open
only on Monday, Wednesday and
Friday afternoons until June 14.
There will be no baby clinic on
June 1 or June 8. * 65 j
HOWARD LYNG RETURNS
FROM STATESIDE VISIT
Senator Howard Lyng, who has
been visiting with his sister in
Porterville, Calif., returned to the
territory in time to attend a meet
ing of the Legislative Examina
tion and Investigative Committee
in Anchorage and brought back a
report which appears elsewhere
in this issue.
After taking care of business
here he will leave for Candle
where he will be drilling this
summer on his mining property.
WSCS INVITES SISTERHOOD
TO FRIDAY MEETING
The Women’s Society of the
Methodist Church meets Friday
evening at the home of Carrie
McLain on Belmont Point. Mem
bers of the Sisterhood of the
Church dre invited to join with
this group for the meeting and
other women of the community
for this monthly meeting.
CHAMBER PLAYS HOST
TO VISITING ROTARIANS
The Chamber of Commerce was
host to the visiting Rotarians who
arrived yesterday noon.
Each guest was called upon and
they responded, telling about the
part of the United States from
which he came as well as his
occupation.
All the guests were unanimous
in their admiration of the terri
tory and enthusiastic for its fu
ture.
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