Nanooks Leave Today
For Seward Tournament
The Nome High School basket
ball team left this morning for
Seward where they will play the
annual basketball tournament in
the “B” Class league.
Members of the team are (Lang
ford Adams, Ernest Ailak, Bob
Oman, Rod Boucher, Fred Kun
gesuk, John Herman, Ronnie
Locke, Clifford Steele, Gabe Wil
kalkia, and James Bell. Team
manager is Ray Arnold.
Two cheer leaders, Betty Rose
Woodcock and Carolyn Johnson
accompanied the team as well as
Coach Bill Ullrich and John
Rauch, high school principal.
The group will overnight in
Anchorage and drive down to
Seward tomorrow. They will be
housed in the school it is under
stood and play their first game
on Wednesday. They will return
to Nome next Wednesday.
Two Polar Bear Hunters
Killed in Arctic Crash
Two polar bear hunters are re
ported dead in the Arctic when
their plane crashed over the
weekend. The victims are Mr.
Gordon of the Gordon Electic Co.
of Anchorage, and Ward Carroll,
well known Alaskan big game
guide. They wfere flying a Super
Cub plane, which was demolished
about 100 miles north of Kot
zebue.
Rescue planes were unable to
land at the crash scene yesterday
due to ice conditions but another
attempt will be made today or as
soon as conditions permit.
REV. JOHN RAWLINGS OF
TERRE HAUTE, PREACHES
AT METHODIST CHURCH
Rev. John Rawlings of the
Montrose Methodist Church of
Terre Haute, Ind., arrived last
Friday and commenced his week
of services at the Community
Methodist Church on Sunday.
On Sunday an informal tea
vas held in his honor at the
church.
He will hold services every
night this week at 7:30 p.m. and
also on next Sunday. During the
week he will be the dinner guest
i f individual membefs of the
church and is the house guest of
Rev. and Mrs. Gerald McCray.
Chamber to Meet Tuesday
The Chamber of Commerce
luncheon usually scheduled for
Monday noon was postponed un
til tomorrow due to the holiday.
Koyuk Youngster
Attacked by Sled Dogs
Ann Bashelier, ten - year-old i
daughter ot' Mr. and Mrs. Karl |
Bashelier, teachers for the BIA
school at Koyuk, was brought in
Friday by pilot Martin Olson for
hospital care, badly bitten by
dogs. The girl, it is reported, fell
down and was attacked by a dog
team. She suffered lacerations of.
the head, face, shoulders and legs.
It is reported that all the dogs
in the team were shot after their
attack on the girl. Mrs. Bashelier
accompanied her daughter to
Nome.
Rev. Dahle, Lutheran
Village Missionary, Dies
Suddenly of Heart Attack
Rev. Elmer Dahle, well known
Lutheran missionary, passed
away Saturday of a heart attack
at Shishmaref where he has been
paster for the past two years.
Rev. and Mrs. Dahle are well
known by the people of this area
as their missionary work among
the Eskimo people has covered
many years. In 1930 he built the
mission church at Shishmaref and
has been pastor at both Igloo and
Teller. He was in his late 60’s.
The body was flown from
Shishmaref to Teller yesterday by
Rev. Orval Hegland and will be
brought to Nome tomorrow.
Funeral services will be held
here Friday at the Lutheran
Church, time to be announced in
Wednesday’s paper.
‘International Day’ For
Girl Scouts Honors
English Founders
The Girl Scouts and Brownies
are having “Thinking Day” or In
ternational Day for all their sis
ter members around the world.
They are having it on their meet
ing day nearest Feb. 22 which is
the birthday of Lord and Lady
Baden-Powell of England. They
were the founders of Girl Scout
ing together with Juliette Low of
the United States. In England the
members are called Girl Guides.
One of the troop projects is
contributing some money toward
the Friendship Fund that helps
Guides and Girl Scouts in places
where Scouting is just starting,
where there are many refugees,
or at the scenes of disasters.
This gift is one way of carry
ing out the 4th Girl Scout Law:
A Girl Scout is a friend to all and
a sister to every other Girl Scout
all over the world, no matter
where she may be.
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Polka Program Combined
With School Play Gave
Pleasant Friday Diversion
The first one - act play in a
series of three was presented Fri
day evening at the school auditor
ium under the direction of Mrs.
Gordon Osborne, called the “Dis
placed Baby Sitter,” a comedy
which was well cast and enjoyed
by the audience.
The lead was played by Betty
Rose Woodcock with a supporting
cast of Esther Alexine, Clark
West, Gail Mclver, Lurisse Lowe
and Curtis Chunn.
The male lead was well played
by Charles Burnett.
Assisting the director as promp
ter was Daphne Rylander and
Allen Rylander was stage man
ager.
Preceding the play the Nome
School Band presented a peppy
polka program with such popu
lar numbers as Clarinet Polka,
and Jenny Lind Polka. A group
of marches included Under the
Double Eagle, Where’s My Little
Dog, and Jolly Coppersmith.
The concert ended with a group
of waltz tunes, Hi-lee, Hi-lo, Du
Lieber Augustine, and Style All
the While.
Another one-act play is to be
presented soon, directed by an
other high school teacher.
Alaska Airlines Offers
Excursion Rates To
Fairbanks Carnival
Special round - trip excursion
rates from Nome to Fairbanks
will be offered to the Fairbanks
Winter Carnival, March 7 to 13,
by Alaska Airlines, it was an
nounced today by Joseph Fisher,
district operations manager.
The special fares will be effect
from March 7 to 14. Nome-to
Fairbanks round-trip fare, ordin
arily $140, will be reduced to
$87.50. Comparative reductions
will also be in effect on round
trip flights from Kotzebue, Mc
Grath, Flat and Unalakleet.
Highlight of the Winter Car
nival will be the North American
Grand Championship Dog Sled
Races. The races are run in three
daily heats over a 30-mile trail.
Other Carnival events include
hockey, curling, a baseball game
played on snowshoes, the Gold
Nugget Ski Race, Eskimo games
and the coronation of the Carni
val Queen, who will reign from
the Ice Throne, made of ivory and
gold nuggets.
Vet's Representative Expected
In Nome February 24 and 25
A representaiive of the Veter
ans Administration, Mr. Brevick
from Anchorage, will be in Nome
and staying at the Wallace Hotel
on Feb. 24 and 25 to contact vet
erans with problems with which
his agency could be of assistance.
WANT ADS
FOUND—Leather case with five
keys. Call at Nugget.
FOR SALE — 3 trained sled dogs,
with harnesses; Sled with tow
line. See Orval Schmidt, Naza
rine Parsonage.
FOR SALE—''53 Chev pickup, 18
ft. boat, 17-ft. boat, 18 h.p.
Johnson outboard motor, 8-ft.
sled, washing machine, sewing
machine, apartment size Flamo
range, blow torch, electric gui
tar, dried fish, also other items.
See Walter Simon, East End.
Everything must go. 23c
55 UNITS — Private bath, Kit
chenette or Plain. 6th and H
Streets, in Downtown Anchor
age. ALASKANS PREFER THE
ROOSEVELT. Rates from $4
single. tf
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FRESH dry salmon, 40 cents lb.
plus freight. Write Teller Com
mercial Co.
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