Lomens and 23rd Det.
Defeat A.F. 5 and Nanooks
In Final Game of 1st Half
The first half of the Base-City
Basketball League schedule was
concluded last night as the Lomen
Commercial and Detachment 23rd
gained victories over the Air
Force Five and the High School
Nanooks.
Lomen’s were paced by big
John Schellenbach who hit for
24 points as the Commercials
maintained quarter leads of 18-10,
26-17, 41-25 and the final 56-38.
Others scoring for Lomens in
cluded Jack Unwin 16, Chug Will
oya 10, Herb Williams 4 and Vince
Ahkolik 2. For the losers, Doyle
and Hamilton 10 each, Tuccillo 8,
O’Brien 6 and Kegler 4.
The high school suffered their
fourth defeat in league play and
their sixth of the current season,
falling to the Detachment 23rd,
who won their second game. Nome
trailed throughout the contest ex
cept for one brief minute midway
in the second quarter.
Quarter scores were in the 23’s
favor 11-7, 20-17, 32-23 and the
final 45-38.
The Nanooks rallied briefly in
the closing minutes and were
-- —
down 38-36 before the Detach
ment closed it off with a seven
point bulge 45-38.
For the winners, Schaag 17,
Ellis 8, Kristler J, Weaver 5,
Newell and Volosin 4 each. For
the Nanooks, Buzzy Swanberg 13,
Korky Kost 11, Robert Summers
5, Robert Herman 4, Chuck Fager
strom and Dave Bell 2 each and
Sam Mogg 1.
Second half erf league play will
resume on Tuesday, January 12,
and the teams will be announced
at a later date.
Complete standings of the first
half are:
W L PF PA
Merchants . 8 0 357 233
Commercials . 5 3 354 290
Nanooks . 4 4 319 323
Det. 23rd . 2 6 186 273
Air Force Five .... 1 7 180 242
In Friday’s action, the Little
Guys play the Junior Varsity at
7 and at 8:15 the Nome High Girls
tangle with the Almuni Girls in
the third game of their current
series.
Two-Year-old Girl Passes Away
Rosemary, the two - year - old
adopted daughter of Annie Pol
lack, passed away yesterday, it
is reported, from complications
following an attack of measles.
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10 P.M., THURSDAY, JANUARY 14, 1955
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SHIP FROM SEATTLE OF CALL
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Chena Jan. 21 Valdez, Seward
Nadina Jan. 28 Valdez, Seward
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving Tuesday were: Wilbur
Roosher, R. L. Valentine, Emery
Ewalt, and M. Vaughan.
Departing — foY Juneau, Mrs.
W. B. McCarthy; for Fairbanks,
Leonard Johnson; for Seattle, Ed
Morton, L. Nashenwing, and Bar
ney Crosby.
Fire Alarm Last Evening
The fire department was called
to the Margraf residence on Stead
man Ave., early last evening. The
alarm was caused by an over
heated stove and no damage was
reported.
BELTZ FILES FOR SENATE
Wm. Beltz, who was here dur
ing the holidays, filed foY the
Senate in the coming territorial
election. He is running for re
election and is the only candidate
to have filed to date.
MMM HOSPITAL
Angelo Buff as Jr., was admitted
to the hospital this morning as a
polio patient. Young Angelo is a
grade school student and is the
son of the owner of the Alaska
Cab Co.
Mrs. Howard Slwooko and in
fant son were discharge from the
hospital.’
Mrs. W. B. McCarthy, Second
Division member of the Terri
torial Welfare Board, left yester
day for a conference of board
members in Juneau and expects
to- be gone a few days.
Free Films At Community Center
Story of the Bees and Passport
to Health will be shown at the
LWY Community Center at 8 p.m.
Jan. 12 in cooperation with the
Public Health Center. Admission
Free!
— Pioneers’ Attention —
MEETING TONIGHT
Pioneer Igloo
8:00 P.M.
—
WANT ADS
FOUND — Red, zippered, leather
purse. Call at Nugget.
FOR SALE or Rent — Household
Residence. Call Main 78. 4
WANTED — Ten new customers
for the New Year to try some
of our good soft water. We will
meet all prices. Call Pioneer
Water Delivery. 14
FOR SALE OR RENT—2-bedrm.
partly furn. house w. water and
shower system. Phone Main 3
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BABY SITTING after school and
evenings. Call Main 179.
SHOWING AT
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WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
Starting 7:15 and 9:15 p.m
Warners Bros. Present
“3 SECRETS”
with
ELEANOR PARKER
PATRICIA NEAL
and
RUTH ROMAN
Is there a house like this in your
town, hiding the pasts girls
don't want their men
to know?
MARY TUKPUK. AGED NATIVE
WOMAN, DIED SATURDAY
Mary Tukpuk, well known old
Eskimo woman known to be at
least 90 years old and possibly
nearly 100, passed away in her
sleep Saturday mornnig. The fu
neral will be held from Methodist
Church Saturday afternoon at 2
o’clo'ck.
She is survived by two grand
sons, Sam Kakik and Robert
Elingnak, a foster son, Happy
Wemark in Fairbanks and a great
granddaughter who lived with
her.
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Joiner Reports Bears Plentiful
Gene Joiner, bush pilot from
Kotzebue and operator of Alaska’s
only jade mine in the Kobuk, re
ports that last week it was 50
below zero at Jade Mountain. He
also reported that polar bear are
plentiful this year. Recently, he
said, he followed one for a long
distance with his plane, until he
wore old bruin out. The bear
turned and faced the plane in de
fiance and ready to fight—if the
plane landed—which it did not,
said Joiner.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
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Alaskan Titles of
Most Popular Stories Now Available
Dr. Alfred Brooks’
‘ BLAZING ALASKAN TRAILS ’
The original gold strike at Nome described in detail
FLYING NORTH’
‘FIFTY YEARS BELOW ZERO’
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