Garnie Inquest Completed
The inquest held on the death
of Joe Garnie was completed
Wednesday afternoon with a ver
dict of death from a gurtshot under
the left ear, believed to- have been
inflicted by James Aresa'c, some
times known as James Atluk.
Jury was composed of Walter
Glavinovich, W. W. Laws, Charles
Lewis, Tolbert Scott, John Bel
bradovich and James Dexter.
Aresac was bound over to the
grand jury.
Garnie was shot with a shotgun
earlier this week at the home of
Rose Omelak. She is a native wo
man who is a cripple without legs
and a welfare case and resides in
her small cabin with her three
children, at the east end of town.
In Comm ssioner’s Court
Carrie Beal was given a sen
tence of 30 days in the Federal
Jail for drunkeness.
Fred Stangl, 'Robert Mazza and
Charles Christjohn were each
fined $25 for violation of game
laws. All three (at different times)
•purchased resident fishing and
hunting licenses instead of non
resident licenses, paying $2 in
stead of $10.
The men, who are servicemen,
claimed they misunderstood the
requirements at the time they
purchased the licenses.
Tommy Amaktoolik and Helen
Egelay of White Mountain were
married recently at Golovin by
Rev. Walter Anderson.
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
J. J. DILLON, Agent — "hone M’in 68
EUNNIES COME TO MERC
The U.S. Merc has announced
in this issue that it will again
bring live Easter bunnies for the
pleasure of the small-fry in the
community as well as some of
the adults \yho have never seen
them.
The rabbits will be displayed
prior to Easter and given away
the day before Easter.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving this morning were Mr.
and Mrs. Ronald DuFresne, Mr.
Dan Snively, Mr. Huff, Mr. Wm.
Cameron, Vera Nelson, Mildren
Keaton.
Departing were John Tray, Dan
Welch, Mrs. W. Mathis and infant.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Collins Gonangnan,
Norah Ahwinona, Catherine Mur
ray, James Savok, George Tah
quichi.
Discharged: Ray Avessuk.
Mrs. Graham Mathis left by
Pan American this morning to
attend the 65th wedding anniver
sary of her grandparents in Seat
tle, taking one of her children
with her.
Bill Brown, chief of /the U.S.
Engineers’ Nome Harbor crew, re
turned from vacationing in Scot
land, where he has been visiting
with relatives. His daughter Isa
bel, who attended school here,
accompanied him on the trip.
Perry Wins "8-Ball" Crown
In the Polar Bar 8-ball pool
tournament, concluded Thursday
night, Vernon Perry defeated Art
Paulos two out of three games
to win the series and also to be
come undisputed pool champ of
Bering Sea. He previously won
the straight pool tournament.
The tournament just ended be
gan Feb. 28 with a field of eight
contestants and Perry and Paulos
were the winners of the elimina
tion and semi-final rounds.
Rummage Sale
will be held at the Lavinia
Wallace Young Community Center
Thursday, Mar. 19 - 10 a.m.-2 p.m.
NOTICE
Charles Froman, of the Depart
ment of Sanitation for the Alaska
Department of Health, will be
showing two films on rodent con
trol at the Nome School Auditor
ium Sunday night at 8:00.
He urges all persons interested
in eliminating rats in the commu
nity to attend.
RUMMAGE SALE
A rummage Sale of new and
old clothing will be held Satur
day morning, starling at 10 a.m.
by the Ladies of the Covenant
Church in the old building, east
of the public school.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Automatic washing
machine and dish washer com
bination (non-pressure type)
and electric clothes drier. 9.2 cu.
ft. freezer. Call Main 197. 33
WANTED — Large size infant
crib. Call Nugget. tf
GIRL wanted at MMM hospital.
WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED —
Alpaca Jackets . $2.50
Used Army Parkas . 3.50
Sleeping Bags .*. 11.50
Used Army Shirts . 2.25
THE TRADING POST
GUARANTEED watch repairing.
Fast air mail service. 2 ■ years’
xp \ o:erL Avin, 29*7
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Bit of Blarney Stone Here
For St. Patrick’s Day?
Jim \Valsh of Pan American has
advised us that ^ piece of the
Blarney Stone arrived this mor
ning from Ireland and will be on
display in the window of the Pan
American office until St. Patrick’s
Day.
This precious piece of stone, so
dear to the hearts of all Irishmen,
'is to be returned to Ireland and
is the property of the Irish, gov
ernment, Jim stated. An ancient
’ legend holds that all Irishmen
who kiss the Blarney Stone will
never have bad luck. All those
attending the St. Patrick’s party
next Tuesday will be given the
opportunity to kiss the stone, Jim
said this morning.
(Ed. Note: This may all be a
lot of blarney).
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: R. Kolarich,
Margaret Paul, Sig Krogstad, Sgt.
Blivens, Capt. Pendley.
From Unalakleet: Collins Gon
angnan, Marion Gonangnan.
To Anchorage: Sharpless, Wm.
Strandberg, Hoage, Thomas Men
adlook, Mary Ann Peterson, A.
Toles, Sgt. Blivens, Capt. Pendley.
To- Moses Point: J. A. Holzen
berg, J. Wichels.
To Unalakleet: Ray Tveter.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Alaska Health Dept. Man
Here Showing Pictures
On Rat Control
Charles Froman, who' arrived
recently in the interest of rat con
trol in Nome, was guest speaker
at the Rotary luncheon and
showed movies to illustrate his
work. ,
Mr. Froman, who is with the
Alaska Department of Health, is
showing additional pictures on the
diseases associated with rats and
the technique for controlling them
Sunday night at eight o’clock at
the Nome School.
He states he is also interested
in the sanitation problems of
drainage and waste and sewerage
removal.
He seemed very optimistic on
the possibility of installing a
proper sewerage system in Nome.
Much research has been made in
recent years with permafrost con
ditions and sewerage.
ROTARY NEWS
Rotarians learned about rats
yesterday at their noon luncheon
at the Bering Sea Club when
Charles Froman of the Alaska
Health Department gave a talk
and showed pictures on rat con
trol.
Other guests of Rotary were
Pete Reader, Ron Brousseau, and
Don Lyle.
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