Pearse Walsh Representing
Nome At Anchorage
Mining Conference
Pearse Walsh will he represent
ing the mining interests in Nome
at the Fourth Annual Mining, Min
erals and Petroleum Conference
being held in Anchorage this
weekend.
The conference is sponsored by
the Alaska and Southwest Alaska
sections of the American Institute
of Mining, Metallurgical and Pe
troleum Engineers, and the Cana
dian Institute of Mining Engin
• eers, Yukon section.
Dick Ludwig, of the Fairbanks
division of the U.S.S.R. and M.
Co., will he one of the speakers.
Dr. H. Keller, of the Radiation
Laboratory from the University of
California, will be one of the
main speakers. *
Thirty oil companies now in the
new state will have representa
tives, and the group will be guests
of the Standard Oil Co., at their
drilling site at Swanson River
Unit on Kenai Peninsula.
P-TA Sends Mary Diede
To Anchorage Convention
.Mary Diede, secretary of the
P-TA, was chosen to represent the
Nome group at the Alaska Con
fess Convention being held in
Anchorage at the Sydney Law
rence Auditorium on April 15th
and 16th.
The keynote speaker will be the
National Congress president, Mrs.
James Parker.
The legislative program includes
a recommendation for a state
board of education, a strong pro
gram for special education for ex
ceptional children, and educational
opportunities for every child in a
public school, so that the child
may develop to his maximum
capability.
U. S~DI3TRICT COURT
James Gillis, accountant, has
been held to answer to the Grand
Jury on two charges of forgery.
Bond has been set at $1,000 on
each count. Mr. Gillis is now in
custody.
« * •
Bill Haley was appointed by the
court to take over the duties of
Bill Tuttle in the cases of New
berg vs. Cordovado Gold Dredg
ing Co. and John Devine vs. Cor
dovado Mining Co. Bill Tuttle,
cashier at the M and M Bank, is
retiring and leaving Nome soon.
Sitka Home Pioneers
All Hale and Hearty
Bob Baldwin, who returned
from vacation this week, reports
that he spent three days visiting
with old-timers in Sitka at the
Pioneer Home.
Among those who sent greet
ings to their friends are Hans
Peterson, “Sleepy Pete” Peter X.
Peterson, Eddie Gross, Jules Gun
derson, Ed Webster, “Fancy An
dy,” “Cayouse Bill,” Dick Mc
Lain, and “Tilly” Cordovado.
Bob states that Mrs. Glenn
Muncy is clerking at the Sitka
Hotel, and sent greetings to her
friends here, as did Helen Frost
and George Beacom.
The Pioneers all looked happy
and well cared for, and Fancy
Andy plans on returning home
this summer. Effie Baldwin, who
is in the hospital at the Home, is
also getting along satisfactorily.
Pioneer Saturday Games
Open To All Card Fans
The Pioneer Card Party Satur
day evening will be the fifth in
the series, with the final game
scheduled for April »11th.
Anyone not participating in the
tournament is welcome to take
part in the evening’s games, and
to enjoy the rivalry among the
leaders in the tournament.
Chairman for the social follow
ing the games is Mrs. Pearse
Walsh. Games start promptly at
8 o’clock.
Bankrupt Alaska Tanker
Co. Figures In Local
District Court Action
A hearing was held in U. S.
District Court on the Alaska Tank
ers bankruptcy case yesterday.
The hearing was on Objections of
the trustee in bankruptcy to a
claim by the U. S. Civil Aeron
autics Administration. The excep
tion of the trustee was granted.
The trustee is Robert Oliver, who
was represented by George Nick
ell, attorney from Seattle.
The case, Oliver, Trustee, of
Alaska Tankers, Inc., bankrupt,
vs. M and M Bank for $15,000 was
dismissed having been settled by
a payment by the M and M Bank
of $7,500.
The suit was based on a claim
that the bankrupt Alaska Tankers
had improperly repaid funds upon
an indebtedness to the bank, in
violation of the bankruptcy laws.
1959 PIONEER CARD SERIES f
^ ^ SIX GAMES — PIONEER IGLOO..
Cards at 8 p.m. — Saturdays
April 4 April 11
$1.25 per Person — Season Ticket $6
☆ Door Prize Each Evening ☆
Grand Prize ☆ Refreshments
j. F- O'Sullivan
Pier 42
Seattle 4
SS NENANA is scheduled to sail from
Seattle June 2nd. Cargo accepted at Ames
Terminal from May 18 through May 28.
Write:
Nome Agent For Information
Nome High Banc! |
Presents Spring
Concert April 10
The Nome High School Band
will present its spring concert on
Friday, April 10th.
All proceeds will go to the Fes
tival Fund, to send the band to
Anchorage on April 23, to partici
pate in the Band Festival. There
over a thousand Alaskan school
children will take part in a big
ensemble, as well as to compete
with each other on individual in
struments. Over 15 of the 36 band
members will be entering contests
on solo work.
Persons who have had the op
portunity of listening in on the
band practices which are held
daily, either at 8 o’clock in the
morning, in the late afternoon or
evening, are amazed with the
progress of the students under the
direction of Wni. Bixby.
Tickets have gone on sale at
the Bering Sea Club, Polar Bar,
Dorothy’s, Breakers, North Star
Bakery, and Nome Drug Store.
Students will also be selling them.
TOMORROW IS DEADLINE
FOR NENANA ICE GUESSES
Tomorrow at midnight is the
last minute Alaskans everywhere
will have to guess on the spring
break-up at Nenana, as they have
done for the past thirty years.
With the ice thicker than usual,
a lot of special speculation is keep
ing everyone guessing.
Tickets are available at the
Polar Bar and Curio Shop.
METHODIST WOMEN WILL
MEET TONIGHT
The Women’s Society of the
Methodist Church will meet at
the Fellowship Hall Friday even
ing, with Margaret Steele and
Constance Erickson as hostesses.
All attending are asked to bring
a dozen cookies.
Benefit Basketball Tonight
Tonight is the night for you to
come to the two benefit basket
ball games in the school gym,
sponsors of the event suggest. The
first contest at 7:30 will be
between two Explorer Scout
crews, both out to show each
other how the game should be
played.
The second game, between the
“Liniment Squad” and the B-T’s,
might not be so fast, but it cer
tainly will be a battle to the fin
ish. The local armchair coaches
have been arguing over the mer
its of the offense and defense of
each team, and so far nothing has
been concluded. However, to
night it will be settled as to whe
ther the Liniment Squad or the
B-T's have the answer to this
problem.
Come and watch the solution to
this problem, and at the same time^
help the ,Scouts and also the
School Band with funds for the
band’s trip to the Festival at
Anchorage.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy tonight and Sat
urday. Low tonight, -10; high to
morrow 20. Sunrise at 5:11 a.m.,
sunset at 7 p.m.
Russall Hermann leaves today
for a conference of U. S. attor
neys being held in Washington,
D. C. He is scheduled to be gone
for about two weeks.
U. S. COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Clara Washington pleaded guil
ty to a drunk and disorderly
charge, and was given a 30-day
sentence.
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