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GET THEE BEHIND ME
Mayor Andersen Will
Open Meeting of League
Of Alaska Cities In Sitka
Representatives of 22 Alaskan
■cities will travel to Sitka next
week for the Tenth Annual Con
vention of the League of Alaskan
Cities.
The opening session will be
called to order by League Presi
dent Steffen Anderson, mayor of
Nome, Thursday morning, Nov. 10
in the Council Chamber of Sitka
Hall.
Gov. William A. Egan will de
liver the keynote address which
will introduce the program theme
for the three - day convention’s
first day.
The theme, Intergovernmental
Cooperation, will be continued by
speakers scheduled for opening
day luncheon and afternoon
speakers. Highway, water and
harbor facilities will be discussed
.by Lawrence D. Wilson, deputy
commissioner of the Department
of Public Works. Various aspects
of planning local government or
ganizations and development for
Alaska will be discussed by Divi
sion of Local Government Affairs
Director Rodger Pegues, members
of the Local Boundary Commis
sion and Josephy Matyi, Alaska
Legislative Council research as
sociate.
Gig Harbor Grange Sends
180 Pounds Used Clothing
To Needy Families Here
Through the efforts of George
Foster of the Nome Weather Bu
reau Station and the Jaycees, the
Gig Harbor, Wash., Grange be
came interested in the needy of
the community and responded
wholeheartedly with a shipment
of used clothing amounting to
180 pounds. The clothing was
collected by the Gleaners, the
women’s auxiliary of the Grange.
The Jaycees sorted the clothing
and as a Thanksgiving project
made delivery to several families
last weekend.
Foster is also a lieutenant in |
the 1st Scout Battalion of the I
Alaska National Guard.
Election Judges Named
Election Commissioner Carrie
McLain has announced the fol
lowing election board for Tues
day’s election: Chairman Reca
Godsbe, Lois Mclver and Flora
Segoonik, with clerks Lillie Lewis
and Mina Bachelder.
At the out-of-town precinct, lo
cated in the Lean apartment of
the State Highway quarters at
Satellite Field, will be Agnes
Walsh, Christie Waldheim, and
Nancy Lean as judges.
Much interest is being shown
outside to the voting here in
Northwestern Alaska as it is the
last time zone and the residents
will still be voting when the
count of some east coast precincts
will have been announced. If it
is a close election, these last pre
cincts in Northwestern Alaska
could be the deciding votes.
SPIRITUAL
TRUTHS
GLEANED FROM THE NEWS
Contributed By
NOME GOSPEL HOME
CHICAGO — Dr. Christopher
E. Barthel, who is the assistant
director of the Armour Research
Foundation, reports that latest
figures indicate Chicago has the
most air pollution among Ameri
can cities of major size.
“You name it and it's in Chi
cago’s air,” added Dr. Barthel.
Among the particles floating in
the air were flakes of metal,
ground paper, wood, cloth fibers,
and even ground-up rubber from
the tires of millions of autos. The
average dirt fall-out for each
square mile in the Chicago area
totalled 56.4 tons per year.
This actual occurence of man
trying to clean up and yet being
unable to accomplish the fact re
minds us of the saying of Job
when he wrote: “If I wash myself
with snow water, and make my
hands never so clean; yet Thou
shalt plunge me in the ditch, and
mine own clothes shall abhor me.”
—Job 9:30, 31
Paid Ado.
Letter to The Editor
Alumni Association
Urges Approval of
Bonding Proposition 4
One of the most important is
sues before the voters at the Gen
eral Election is Proposition No. 4
to permit bonding for health and
educational facilities at the Uni
versity of Alaska. School Dis
tricts, and now the State, have
found they cannot keep pace with
the demand for education without
resorting to bonding.
Proposition No. 4 would permit
the erection of a 300,000 gallon
reservoir and water treatment
plant and a new gymnasium.
Present water storage is 60,000
gallons of water, which is one
day’s consumption in emergency
and totally inadequate to fight a
major fire on campus. Insurance
premiums are unfavorable and,
when the water table is low, it
has been necessary to buy from
10,000 to 12,000 gallons of water a
day at 2Vfe cents a gallon.
The 30 - year - old gymnasium
was built when they were 174 reg
ular students. Enrollment this
year is expected to reach 1,000
and 5,000 students are predicted
for 1970 when present third
graders seek admittance.
Our state-supported University
is one of our greatest assets and
should be upheld by all citizens
who honor thought and wisdom
and who value the ideal of educa
tion for all. Few can afford the
tuition asked by schools of other
states and private schools. We
must provide equal opportunity
for higher education for our Al
askans.
Every voter should make “yes”
on Proposition No. 4.
Mrs. Audrey Loftus,
Executive Secretary
University of Alaska
Alumni Association
Savoonga Village Council
Embarks On Strict
Dog Control Program
On Monday, Oct. 24, the Ra
voonga Village Council met with
Harry E. Carter, Sanitation Aide
Supervisor. One of the topics of
health and sanitation discussed
was the control of loose dogs. Mr.
Carter told the Council about the
dog-involved accidents during the
past year—of the child which was
attacked in Anchorage last fall;
the the girl who was attacked at
Koyuk last winter; of the girl who
was killed in Unalakleet last
spring and of the recent rabies
scare at Barrow. He also men
tioned the concern over loose dogs
and rabies at Kotzebue.
The Savoonga Council, in a
held-over discussion, decided to
take immediate action to enforce
their previous ruling that all adult
dogs be tied or otherwise con
fined. The people of Savoonga
were notified and on Tuesday,
Oct. 25, two Council members be
gan a patrol of the village, shoot
ing all loose adult dogs.
A continued effort in dog con
trol is planned by the Council.
SNOW-TIME IS HERE!
Are Your Winter Garments
Ready to Wear ?
MODERN
Dry Cleaners
and Laundry
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'STUFFING PARTY' drew 150 University of Alaska students
and alumni to address and stuff 15,000 envelopes for dis
tributing material to encourage a "yes" vote to Bonding
Proposition No. 4, which proposes additional water facilities
and an auditorium - gymnasium - classroom building for the
University.
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WITH WINTER ON ITS WAY what are you doing to help keep
your home safe from fire? Nome and many other Alaskan cities
had low fire losses last winter and if you take precautions
before cold weather sets in, we can have another safe winter.
1. Have you cleaned your burners,
stacks and stoves?
2. Are there any oil drips from your
lines or carburetors?
3. Have you checked your oil tank for
water to prevent frozen lines?
4. What condition is your wiring in?
Bare wires? Poor connections?
5. Are sheds and storage areas free of
rubbish and flammable materials?
6. Is the carburetor adjusted so that
your fire pot or burner cannot be
come flooded?
7. What condition is your stack in?
Check them for creeks, burned out
spots.
8. Do your children play with
matches or the carburetors on your
stoves?
MOST OF OUR FIRES AND INJURIES
result from failure to observe these precautions.
IF YOU WORRY ABOUT FIRE, let us help you. ADEQUATE
FIRE INSURANCE can help relieve your worries and the cost
is amazingly low. Should you be a renter and do not own
your own home, we can insure your personal property.
A CALL OR VISIT to the Insurance Department of
THE MINERS & MERCHANTS BANK
is all it takes to become adequately insured — or call
Don Perkins, after hours or weekends, to help set up
your insurance program with a home call.