2 THE NOME NUGGET Wednesday. October 5. 1955
THE NOME NUGGET
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Walsh Well Qualified
The recent announcement by Governor B. Frank
Heintzleman that M. J. Walsh had been asked to fill
the vacancy for the Constitutional Convention which
was created by the death of Senator Howard Lyng, has
brought an almost unanimous response from the people
of this area, who know how capable, efficient and well
qualified Mr. Walsh is for this important position.
We know he will work for the best interests of
the people he will represent and for the future state.
He has the time, the ability and the background which
cannot be equaled, and we hope he will accept the
offer.
THE GOOD OLD DAYS
The New York Public Library has been given a
complete microfilm set of Sears, Roebuck catalogs
dating back to 1892. The library finds that these cata
logs reflect the mode of life in past years about as
accurately as any other single record.
The catalogs, placed in the science and technology
department of the library, bring back many memories.
For example, back in the nineties, Sears, Roebuck had
some cracking good bargains. You could get a king oak
well bucket for 36 cents.
And who can remember Oline’s Improved Steam
Washer, pot-bellied stoves at $2.40, and butter churns
that were powered by dogs, goats or sheep? And can
anyone remember Bixby’s shoe blacking—three cents,
a five-pound tube of apple butter at forty cents, and
blackstrap molasses and maple syrup at thirteen cents
a gallon?
Reflecting the different hair styles of that day,
the catalog of the nineties offered both Emma waves
and feather bangs for thin-haired ladies. Gentlemen
were offered full beards on wire and even “ventilated
beards, and mustaches at ten cents!
All in all, looking through the pages of these old
catalogs brings back memories to those who lived thru
that era. The catalogs are actually a valuable part of
Americana, of history and the way of life in the years
they were issued. They also show that, while we often
talk of going back to the good old days, if we really
had the chance, no one would.
New Mail Rates for
PAA and Northwest Will
Savfe $5,900,000 a Year
WASHINGTON, UP>—The Civil
Aeronautics Board proposed new
transpacific mail rates for Pan
American World Airways and
Northwest Airlines yesterday. It
estimated this will save the gov
ernment $5,900,000 a year.
The proposal would give North
west 47 cents a ton-mile of mail
for flying mail between Seattle
and Anchorage, 32.65 between Se
attle and Honolulu, and 46.44 be
tween Seattle and Tokyo.
Pan Am would receive 32.65
cents a ton-mile between Seattle
and Honolulu, 32.94 cents between
San Francisco and Honolulu, 32.77
between Los Angeles and Hono
lulu, 46.44 between San Francisco
and Tokyo and Seattle and Tokyo.
In order to equalize the qualifi
cations of the two airlines to car
ry mail despite the difference in
mileage of their U.S.-Tokyo routes
the CAB decided to compute the
mail ton-miles between San Fran
cisco and Tokyo, and between Se
attle and Tokyo, on the standard
of 5,078 miles, the shortest and
most frequently operated routing
—that of Northwest between Se
attle and Tokyo. Pan American’s
shortest normal routing between
San Francisco and Tokyo is 6,688
miles.
Sheldon Jackson College
1st in Alaska With Course
In Radio Broadcasting
SITKA—After 78 years of edu
cational service to Alaskan resi
dents, Sheldon Jackson Junior
College, Sitka, has accomplished
another “first,” the first junior
college in Alaska to present a cir
riculum in radio broadcasting
from its own studio and transmit
ter facilities.
The head of the radio depart
ment, Hendrick Van Dyke, mana
ger of KSEW, announced that as
the class expands more and more
of KSEW’s programs will be han
dled by college students. Mr. Van
Dyke said:
“The course that we are pre
senting here is a blend of radio
broadcasting theory with the
practical laboratory work of actu
al broadcasting. Each student will
become familiar with the business
phase of a radio station as well as
programming, continuity writing,
engineering, and broadcasting.
“Vivian Paddock, of Pelican,
who came into the class to spe
cialize in the business work of
radio, finds herself preparing to
go on the air with a daily wom
en’s program. Such training, aside
from preparing the student to ob
tain employment in radio work,
gives them the broader view of
communication in the world to
day.”
WIEN AIRLINES
From Fairbanks: Sgt. D. Moffet,
Louis and Jim Huff, Isetta Stein
baugh.
To Fairbanks: A3c Joseph Mal
lally, A2c Herbert Olson, A2c
Aaron Harbison, Lt. Richard Bu
bank, A. Geo. Anderson, George
Smith, Don Brown, Mrs. Jose
phine Cannon, Abraham Kisseak,
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Salisbury,
Joseph Jaleski, J.D. Crawford, G.
A. Gustafson, Mrs. Hubert Neal,
Jim and Louise Huff, Mrs. Isetta
Steinbaugh.
From Kotzebue: Capt. Ernest
Kimball, Lt. R. Olson, Mike Sulli
van, Frank Simon.
To Galena: Carroll Hughes.
To Kotzebue. Wm. D. Lennon,
! H. Stover, Olive Walker.
LWY Center Adds
Carpentry and
Cooking Groups
Two new groups will be added
to the Lavinia Wallace Young
Community Center program this
year, Miss Esther McCoy, direc
tor, has announced. The Center
will open October 18, she said.
A shop program for boys in
grades seven and eight or ages
13-15 will be held weekly in the
LWY Shop next to the Methodist
parsonage. The proposed program
will be a training class and work
period designed to teach the use
of basic hand carpenter’s and
sheet metal tools. Simple furni
ture construction and repair, sim
ple household maintenance and
basic carpentry will be stressed.
Rev. Mecklenburg, a skilled car
penter, will be group leader. The
membership will be limited to 15.
If men in the community wish to
use the shop they may work out
the time with Rev. Mecklenburg.
A cooking group for older girls
will be held at a time convenient
for those girls who wish to learn (
to cook. The girls will decide what
they learn to cook. Emphasis will
be placed upon balanced diets and
cooking for a family of low in
come. This group will be limited
to 12 members. Girls who wish to
join should contact Miss McCoy.
Democrats Gain Nine
Towns in Connecticut's
Municipal Elections
NEW HAVEN, Conn., (tf)—Con
tinuing a trend which started sev
eral years ago, Democrats made
more inroads into normal Re
publican territory as 128 of Con
necticut’s 169 towns elected muni
cipal officers Monday.
The final tabulation gave the
Democrats a net gain of 9 com
munities. They ousted Republican
administrations in 15 towns, but
lost 6 towns, which they previous
ly held, to the GOP.
Most of the voting Monday was
in small towns, Republican strong
holds where Democrats have been
gaining strength in recent years.
Monday’s results were “proof
that the people appreciate and ap
prove the good government they
have received under Democratic
administration,” said Democratic
State Chairman John M. Bailey.
Republican State Chairman
Clarence F. Baldwin, said “a vast
majority of the towns” still re
main in the GOP column, and
that the elections “were decided
on local issues.”
Fire Prevention Week
October 9 Through 15
Do you always watch to make
sure there are no clothes or cur
tains or furniture near any stove
or heater in the house?
Pope Pius Gives Motorists
Golden Rule of the Road
i
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy, M
—Pope Pius XII gave motorists a
golden rule of the road today—
do as you would be done by.
The 79 - year - old head of the
Roman Catholic Church spoke to
road experts from all parts of
the world, in Rome for the second
world meeting of the Internation
al Road Federation.
Deep penetration by road, he
said, had opened up regions that
once were difficult to reach. But
traffic and road progress has also
brought with it an increasing
number of accidents, “too many
accidents,” the Pontiff added.
George T. Cameron,
j Publisher, Industrialist,
Dies on Way to Work
SAN FRANCISCO, (iP)--George
T. Cameron, who rose from paper
carrier to be one of the West’s
leading publishers and industrial
ists, suffered a fatal heart attack
Monday as his car arrived at the
Chronicle, which he had headed
since 1925.
The 82-year-old editor-publish
i er of the morning newspaper died
I an hour later in St. Luke’s Hos
pital.
j A man of widespread interests,
j Cameron played numerous roles
! for the West and the nation.
I
i His ingenuity figured promin
I ently in rebuilding Pearl Harbor
I after the Japanese sneak attack.
A ship, operated jointly by
j Cameron and Henry Kaiser, saved
, manpower, money and time by
sucking cement in bulk into her
interior by motors, fans, blowers
and pipes, then siphoned it out
on arrival. It thus delivered tons
of bulk cement to wrecked Pearl
Harbor for quick reconstruction.
He contributed much to the oil
industry. He was responsible for
the first deliveries of fuel oil to
Hawaii and Alaska.
PAN AMERICAN
Arriving yesterday from Fair
banks were Mr. Carlisle, Mr.
Bowen, Miss Christianson, Miss
Jacobson, and Larry Galvin.
Departing for Fairbanks were
C. J. Grant and John Cook, who
was a round-trip passenger.
Departing for Seattle were Art
Johnson, Daryll Trigg, Christ Ol
sen, Mrs. L. Moser, Richard Ner
shak, Elmer Green.
The moth of the silkworm has:
lost the ability to fly and is com
pletely dependent upon man for
survival.
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