Bake Sale Tomorrow Will
Benefit High School
Band Festival Fund
Tomorrow the P-TA sponsors a
Bake Sale for the benefit of the
School Band Festival Ij'und. All
proceeds will go to help defray the
expense of sending more than thir
ty members of the School Band
and their leader, Wm. Bixby, to
participate in the Western Alas
ka Schol Band Festival at An
chorage. Nome is the only school
in the state with a good band that
has not taken part in these an
nual events.
Those contributing food, who
would like their baking picked
up may call Mrs. Roy Dunlap for
delivery.
Members of the Second Grade
interested in helping the band,
wrote cards and mailed them to
the cooks in the community, re
minding them to contribute to the
Bake Sale.
2nd Card Party Tomorrow
Night At Pioneer Igloo
The Pioneer Card Party Series
will have its second party tomor
row evening at 8 o’clock, staged
at the Pioneer Igloo.
Scores for the first game ran
close, which makes the interest
high for those competing in the
tournament.
Persons who wish to enter the
tournament now will be given a
minimum score for the first game,
in order to prevent loss by tardi
ness in participating.
Mr. and Mrs. Luther Dunbar are
in charge of tomorrow’s party,
which will offer prizes for the
evening’s games. Refeshments will
be served during the evening.
3-BOP JUNIORS BATTLING
FOR B-T BLOOD !
The challenge has been flung
and accepted — the undefeated
BTs will tangle again Tuesday
;at 8:45 p.m. with the High School
Junior basketball squad.
The BTs are out to keep their I
. ' .te clean, but the Juniors, stung
the oldsters in their first en- |
c unter, are out for blood this j
his game should be a thriller- |
’her—so save the date, Tues-I
i y, Feb. 17, at 8:45.
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* V Kite Will Bring Livestock j
To Pilgrim Springs Resort
R. C. (Bob) Kite, formerly of
Tome, who has been in the Veter
ans Hospital at Vancouver, Wash.,
(writes that he is to be discharged
soon, and plans to return to Nome,
lie states that he will be bringing
1 wo milk cows and 15 hogs for
the Pilgrim Springs.
He is interested in contacting
Les Bronson in connection with
the transporting bf the livestock
to the Hot Springs.
His address is Ward 11, Veterans
Hospital, Vancouver, Wash.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanberg
were scheduled to leave yesterday
for the outside, where they will
visit with their fathers in Tacoma,
after which they plan a trip to
the sunny south. They plan to be
gone a month.
School Board Meeting
Orders Improvements for
Nome School Facilities
Ernie Bohrer has been employed
by the Nome Schol Board for a
four-month period from February
1st, to take charge of work
on the school heating system. He
will also install a fire alarm sys
tem with direct circuit to the
fire station, it was reported at the
last meeting of the School Board
on Tuesday evening.
A phone is also being installed
in the multi-purpose room for use
during functions in that area of
the school, particularly in the
evening.
Portable movie screens have
been made available, some of
which are daylight type, for vis
ual aid instruction programs at
the school.
The payroll for January, which
was approved by the Board, was
$21,935, as well as $4,424.84 in
bille were ordered paid.
A special meeting is to be called
to consider applications for super
intendent, due to the resignation
of Mr. Angell, which was an
nounced last month.
C of C Calls Confab
For 4-District Legislation
A special meeting was called
of the Chamber of Commerce
board of directors by vice presi
dent Russ Hermann to discuss
legislation now pending in Juneau
and recommendations made by
the Public Administration Ser
vice.
The board has wired the judi
ciary committees of both the
Senate and House and represent
atives from N.W. Alaska to sup
port Senate Bill No. 7, without
amendment, and the compatible
bill in the House. SB-7 would
establish four judicial regions in
the state, along similar lines of
the old four divisions.
Winners of Boy Scout Displays
To be Announced February 19
Five window displays were ar
ranged by Boy Scouts of Troop
666 yesterday in a troop competi
tion. Joe Kroninger, John Mar
vik and Mike Walsh judged the
displays at Morgan and Son, the
N.C., M’Lord and Lady Shop, the
Drug Store and the North Star.
The winners will be announced
at the Blue and Gold Dinner on
Thursday, Feb. 9.
Seventh and Eighth Grade
Classes Choose Their Own
1959 King and Queen of Hearts
The Seventh and Eight Grades
are celebrating Valentine’s Day
by electing a King and Queen of
Hearts for their rooms.
Winners were:
8th Grade — Mrs. Liebig’s
class — David Craft, King; Susan
Saito, Queen.
Mr Stenback’s class — Ferris
Gillespie, King; Pamela Mulvihill,
Queen.
7th Grade — Mrs. Witner’s class
— Jeff Grant, King; Mary Dun
lap, Queen.
Letter-size and legal file folders
available at The Nome Nugget
Scheduled Sailings Every Tuesday
For Seward and Valdez
and Alternate Fridays for Seward.
Write: Alaska Steamship Company,
Box 200, Anchorage
— OR —
Nome Agent For Information
King and Queen of Hearts
To be Crowned Tonight at
School Valentine Dance
Tonight the High School will
hold its traditional Valentine
Dance, which is one of the dressy
parties of the year, and is open
to the public.
A King of Hearts is to be chos
en from the student body, and he
will name his own Queen. The
coronation will be the highlight
of the evening.
The Junior Class, which spon
sors the dance, is generously turn
ing over its receipts to the Band
Festival Fund.
Each class elected a candidate
last week, and each candidate had
a campaign committee. The candi
dates are Gabe Wildakia, fresh
man; Clark Adams, sophomore;
Clifford Steele, junior, and Chuck
Fagerstrom, senior.
An all-out effort has been made
to promote each candidate, with
political rallies, free hour dances
sponsored by a candidate, plus
the giving away of gum, candy,
popcorn, etc., by the campaign
committees to the entire student
body. These gifts were used to
impress the students with their j
candidate’s generosity and popu
larity, and, of course, thereby
winning votes.
The polls opened at 8:45 this
morning, with Alice Glavinovich
as official election officer. Stu
dents were required to sign the
register upon receiving a ballot,
and to enter election booths to
mark them. Polls were open dur
ing the noon hour, and from 3 to
4 o’clock this afternoon.
Results of the balloting will re
main a secret until tonight’s fes
tivities reveals the student body’s
choice for 1959 King of Hearts.
MINISTERS WILL MEET TO
PRACTICE FOR CHORALE
Ministers of Nome and their
wives are to meet on Monday at
2 o’clock at the Assembly of God
Church to practice for their re
cently announced musicale to be
held at the school multipurpose
room on Washington’s Birthday,
Sunday, Feb. 22, at 4 o’clock.
The ministers have announced
that a free will offering will be
taken but everything realized
above the cost of the rental of
the hall will be given to the
school hot lunch program.
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Paul Tveter Is Among G-M
Competition Semi-Finalists
Of the 22,000 high schol seniors
who entered the General Motors
National Scholarship competition,
800 have reached semi-finals.
Among them is an Anchorage
student who had his early train
ing here in Nome. He is Paul
Tveter, son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Tveter.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with snow or drizzly
S.W. wind 15-30 knots. Lowest
temperature expected tonight 25
to 30 and the high tomorrow 30. j
SKIN SEWERS MEETING
There will be an annual meet
ing held at the Nome Skin Sewers ,
on February 13th at 1 p.m. All.
members and interested skin sew
ers are welcome. 11c:
WANT APS
FOUND — Ladies wristwatch.
Owner may have same by iden
tifying and paying for this ad.
FOR SALE — Our new dried Red
salmon are in. Better than ever.
50c lb. by the bundle. 55c lb.
straight. R. R. (Bob) Blodgett,
Teller Commercial Co., Teller,
Alaska. tf
MINNESOTA WOOLEN COM
PANY has an opening in this ter
ritory. Use your spare time prof
itably. Sell direct to the con
sumer — high quality at very
low prices from actual samples.
Add to your income. Write H. I.
Stewart. 331 4th Ave., Anchor
age, Alaska. 22ch
SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
Two Shows Nightly, Starting at 7:15 an'’ 9:15 p.m.
“BADLANDS OF MONTANA”
SUNDAY and MONDAY
In all the years no picture has said this!
BETTE DAVIS in
44STORM CENTER”
with Brian Keith, Kim Hunter, Paul Kelly
Last chapter of serial “Bat Man”
K N 0 M ~ T V
FRIDAY SUNDAY
6:30—Flash Gordon 6:30—Loretta Young
7:00—Huckleberry Hound 7:00—Steve Allen
7:30—Steve Canyon 3:00—The Thin Man
8:00—Tennessee Ernie Ford 8:30—Maverick
8:30—Schlitz Playhouse 9:00—Feature Movie
9:00—Wells Fargo 10:30—Sacred Heart
9:30—Lawrence Welk
10:00—To be Announced
SUNDAY AFTERNOON from 2:30 until 6:00 p.m.
Success Usually Begins With Saving,
And Saving Begins With a Plan at the
MINERS & MERCHANTS
BANK OF ALASKA
NOME, ALASKA
WE WILL BUILD NOME WITH YOU
U. S. MERC
Where Your $ DOLLARS $ Have More CENTS !
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A Few Every-Day Shelf Prices!
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FISHER’S FLOUR » - 7.80
HILLS’ COFFEE , Lb. 1.19
HILLS’ COFFEE , Lb„ 2.34
TOILET TISSUE . rolls 72c
Libbv Solid Pack
TOMATOES no. *./, *. 51c
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