Nome (1 of C
Announces its New
Board of Directors
The Nome Chamber of Com- j
meree held its annual dinner I
meeting Monday evening and an
nounced its new board of direc
tors to be Don Hoover, Chairman;
Bob Harwood, Vice Chairman, and
heading the Midnight Sun Festi
val; Dusty Rhode, Treasurer; Art
Sandstrom, Publicity and Sec
retary; Judge Gilbert, Chairman
on Roads and Transportation;
Virgil Vochoska, Legislative
Chairman; John Maakestad, Civic
Affairs; Ruth McLean, Tourist
Committee; Carl Glavinovich,
Mining, and Pete Walsh, member
at large.
Toastmaster Bob Harwood re
viewed the work of the Chamber
for the past year, giving much
credit to Pete Walsh who was
president and who could not be
present due to the fact that he
is a Senator in the State Legis
lature, now in session. Some of
the projects which have material- i
ized due to Chamber effort or
are in the making include the
Vocational School; Teller Road,
visit of the Seadragon, a new j
chapter of the Chamber at Una- i
lakleet; development of the Mid- |
night Sun Festival; promotion of 1
the Nome-Fairbanks Road; price
of gold; missile sites; water and
sewerage and school expansion.
It was reported that the Cham
ber had been host to over 300
guests the past year at its meet
ings many of whom gave interest
ing and informative reports.
It was revealed by the toast
master that eight to ten thou
sand people traveled through
Nome last year on regular and
chartered airplanes.
Referring to the water and
sewerage problem which has been
under study for several years
Harwood said, “we don’t have to
live this way. What we pay for
these services could amortize the
needed sanitary and modern sys
tem so badly needed.”
AXEL EDM AN RETURNS
FROM MEETING IN JUNEAU
Axel Edman has returned from
Juneau where he attended a
meeting of the Employment Sec
urity Commission as a member of
the advisory council. The meet
ing, held prior to the opening of
the legislative session, was con
cerning legislative matters and
recommendations.
Paratroopers Will Jump
Here February 8 and 11
“Operation Willow Freeze” will
extend along the coast of north
ern Alaska next week when para
troopers from Ft. Bragg will drop
at Nome, Wales, Kotzebue, Gam
bell and Point Hope if the wea
ther is favorable.
Here to make the arrangements
is Lt. Longbein of Ft. Bragg,
and Sgt. Owen Brennan, also
Sgt. Toston who will go on to
Wales to make the plans there.
Lt. Longbein stated he hoped
the community would turn out
for the events which will take
place Feb. 8 and 11. On the 8th,
the drops are being made in the
above mentioned places but on
Feb. 11 about 60 men will make
a big drop at Nome only.
The location was chosen last
fall when the first parachute drop
was made here by Maj. J. G.
Thomson of the 7th Army Special
Forces of Ft. Bragg.
Iron Lung Will be Placed
In the MMM Hospital
Arriving in Nome tomorrow
will be the iron lung which was
purchased by the March of Dimes
for this area and which is being
placed in the MMM Hospital free
of charge. Transportation has
been provided for the 600-pound
instrument by the Alaska Air
Guard and the Washington State
Nation Guard.
Chairman of the Sah-Yung-Ah
Tim-Mim Chapter here, Mrs.
Steffen Andersen, stated, “We
have been fortunate and hope
that polio in this district is a
thing of the past. However, we
cannot relax until everyone has
had their polio shots. March of
Dimes money is also now going
for birth defects and for children
with rheumatoid arthritis.”
Kennedy Criticized for
Serving Liquor in
The White House
LA MARQUE, Tex. UP) — Presi
dent Kennedy was criticized by
District 4 of the Baptist General
Convention of Texas last night
for serving liquor in the White
House.
Approved unanimously by 500
persons representing 401 churches
and 65 missions in 19 south Texas
counties, the resolution said:
“Since it has been publicized
in the press, on radio and tele
vision that hard liquor has been
served in the White House, we
express our opposition to such
practice.”
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School Board
Sums Up the
Facts and Figures
Members of the Nome School ,
Board presented a program at
PTA meeting last night explain
ing facts, many of which were
little known to the parents j
present.
School Board President George
Bayer stated the total budget for
the year will be $352,000 and
broke it down showing that this,
if taken out of the community
meant that each man, woman and
child would give $175.00. How
ever the community’s share is
one fourth of the budget bring
ing the amount to $72,000.
Ash Craft explained how the
budget was worked out in fine
detail and how it averaged about
$440.00 per student per year.
Roy Snyder gave a fine account
of what goes into maintenance
of a school this size and explain
ed in detail how the expenses
crop up. The next major repair
he stated would be air condition
ing for the gym where so many
public functions are held and
large crowds gather.
Dorothy Grant explained the
use of the $80,000 recently allow
ed the school due to federal im
pact and how difficult it will be
to add two rooms with this sum
when eight new school rooms are
needed. It had been hoped that
more than this amount would be
allowed due to the need here, as
about $300,000 will be necessary
to complete the eight rooms.
With a nine hundred dollar pro
fit on hand from the sale of school
calendars the PTA had a lively
discussion on how the money was
to be spent. At the time the money
was raised it was announced that
the proceeds would go toward
PTA-School projects, however,
new projects were discussed at
the meeting and a motion passed
for $500 to go toward playfield
equipment. Ensuing discussion,
however, brought out the need of
a committee investigation on this
project before the money be
actually appropriated.
The organization voted $100 for
a memorial to Olaf Halvorsen,
teacher, who passed away last
year. The money will be spent
toward the binding of periodicals
such as the National Geographic
to be kept in the school library.
It was indicated that this should
be a perpetual memorial but at
the same time considered im
proper to encumber funds of the
PTA for future years at this
time.
Miss Alice Crocker was intro
duced as a new teacher and her
room was awarded the coveted
Ant Farm for the month for hav
ing the most parents present.
Bartlett Seeks Funds
For Research in Vast
Forests of Interior Alaska
WASHINGTON UP — Sen. E. L.
Bartlett sought funds yesterday
for research to “unlock the mys
teries” of the vast forests of in
terior Alaska.
In a letter to Secretary of Ag
riculture Orville Freeman, who
has jurisdiction over the Forest
Service, Bartlett asked that funds
“on the order of $350,000” be re
quested for an Alaska Forestry
research facility.
“Such a facility,” Bartlett
wrote, “would deal with a renew
able resource which would never
become exhausted if properly
cared for.”
Pointing out that Alaska’s in
terior forests cover an estimated
100 million acres, Bartlett said
the forests are so inaccessible that
the Forest Service did not include
them in a survey of United States
forests.
WSCS MEETS FRIDAY NIGHT
WSCS will meet at the home of
Opal Baldwin on Friday evening
at 8:00 p. m. with Joan Hudgins
as co-hostess.
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Air Express Service
Now Available in Nome
Air Express service is available
for the first time to Clear, Nome
and three other Alaska commu
nities as a result of a new agree
ment between Alaska Airlines and
the Railway Express Agency.
Alaska Airlines President and
General Manager Charles F. Wil
lis, Jr., announced that the carrier
and the express agency have sign
ed an agreement providing for
Air Express to Clear, Nome, Tal
keetna, McGrath and Kotzebue.
Alaska Airlines personnel at each
of the stations will represent REA
as Air Express agents under the
terms of the agreement, Willis
said.
Air Express service is and has
been available to Alaska before
this, but not directly to the cities
covered by the new arrangement.
Air Express has priority over air
freight, thus giving the shipper
an even faster means for moving
goods into these communities.
Rates on the new service are
available at any REA office or
from Alaska Airlines representa
tives.
HAVE BABY DAUGHTER
Mr. and Mrs. James Kealiher
are the proud parents of a daugh
ter born on Jan. 30 at the hos
pital.
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Rep. Rivers Disappointed
At President’s Action
To Raising the Gold Price
WASHINGTON UP^Rep. Ralph
Rivers said yesterday he is dis
appointed in President Kennedy’s
intention not to raise the $35-an
ounce price of gold.
Although he thought the Presi
dent’s State of the Union Message
Monday a “masterful summary,”
Rivers said he was disappointed in
a comment that the administra
tion will “not take any action to
increase the dollar price of gold."
Rivers has introduced a bill to
increase the price to $70 an ounce
for newly mined domestic gold
without changing the internation
al trade basis of $35 an ounce.
He described his bill as “an
effort to solve the purely domestic
problem of our gold miners with
consequent increase in the flow of
gold to our Treasury, without
undermining the free world’s in
ternational monetary system based
upon the American dollar.”
“I shall continue to presist along
this line,” he said.
HEARING AID IS HELPFUL
FOR GROTHA CHILD
Mrs. Ted Grotha and children
pased through Nome enroute to
Unalakleet where Mr. Grotha, for
mer owner of Pioneer Water is
stationed with FAA. They reported
that their little daughter who was
deaf is now able to hear with
the aid of a hearing aid and is
receiving special schooling in
Anchorage.
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