Festival Buzzes
With Activity —
Parade and Shows
In the Pied Piper Parade, floats
which for first place were those
of the Nome Hardware with its
big wheeled vehicle and that of
the Nome Bakery with three deco
rations. Judges for the floats were
Mrs. Roscoe Wilke, Virgil Vo
choska and two visitors C. M.
Keesling and LeRoy Blumley of
Indianapolis, Ind.
In the Baby Show sponsored
by the Mother’s Club judges were
Ed Du f fey of Federal Electric
from Northeast Cape and Mrs.
Murphy of the NOC.
In the infants class James West
Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs. James
West was the blue ribbon baby
for best dressed; Linda Lienard,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George
Lienard, curliest hair and John
Handeland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Kay Handeland second prize.
Fattest baby was Marvel Bach
elder.
Most original costume was worn
by Sara Jean Jack, all in fur and
in a fur stroller, of squirrel, wol
verine and fox; second prize went
to Noma Jean Morgan, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Barrow Morgan
in an early day outfit.
In the Toddler Class the best
dressed was Gail Galleher, daugh
ter of Mf. and Mrs. Dick Galle
hS; second prize, Diane Lienard,
daughter of Mr. 6nd Mrs. George
Leonard and runners up were
Mina Kost, daughter of Mr. &nd
Mrs. Johnny Kost, and Ellen Pol
linger, daughter of Mrs. Ida Pol
lings.
Curliest hair, Mary Reads,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Readef.
MoSt original costume, Phyllis
Dexter, in an Eskimo ooftfit,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip
Dexter; second prize, Alex Hop
kins, son of Mr. and MrS. Dave
Hopkins in a Pied Piper outfit.
Special mention went to Mike,
Pat and Laura Hahn, children of
Mr. and Mrs. Pette Hahn; Mark
Leneft, son of Mf. and Mrs.
Glenn Lenert; Jonathan Bach
elder, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett
Bachelder; Howard Greene, son of
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Greene;
Christie K&mpmann, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Del Kampmann;
Sharon Walker, daughter of Mrs.
Francis Walker; Loa Okitkan,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Gabriel
Okitkan.
Young GOP of Ketchik&n
Voted Outstanding Local Club
MINNEAPOLIS LR — The
Young Republican National Fed
eration Saturday chose the Ket
chikan, Alaska, Young Republi
can Club as the outstanding local
club in the 15-50 membership
classification.
THE BETTER WIFE WINS . . .
CUTTACK, India UP> — Two
wives of the same man, the Za
mindar of Kasipur, ran for the
same seat in the state assembly
election here. Zamindar, a Mos
lem, is allowed up to four wives.
He backed the winner, his senior
wife, who won by 2,000 votes.
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
Cigars—Cigarettes
Tobacco
Candy
Fresh Ice Cream
Every Day
WORRY OF TIN INDUSTY IS
IT CANNOT MEET DEMAND
LONDON UP) — The London !
Times said today the main worry
of the tin industry at present
is that production is not capable |
of meeting current consumption.
It added the future of the in
dustry is at stake.
“The tin mines of the free
world have fallen seriously into
arrears with their development
work over the past 30 years.” the
newspaper said.
—
PIONEER IN AVIATION.
JOHN McCURDY. 74. DIES
MONTREAL UP) — John Alex
ander Douglas McCurdy, 74, a
pioneer in aviation whose in
terest in that field was sparked
by a childhood meeting with
Alexander Graham Bell, died
Sunday. He was the first to pilot
a flying boat from which he
dropped oranges to prove bombing
was practical. He flew a plane
which sent and received the first
| wireless message. I
CHINESE REDS MAY DEVELOP
A-BOMB IN YEAR OR TWO
WASHINGTON — Arthur
H. Dean, Chief U. S. Nuclear Test
Ban negotiator, says the Chinese
Communists may develop a nu
clear bomb in a year or two.
And, Dean added Sunday,
“What small evidence we have is
that the Russians are not helping
them.”
Dean was recalled to Washing
ton last week for consultation on
the stalled Geneva talks. He ap
peared Sunday on a television
news panel program.
Discharged With Ignominy
FORT GEORGE, Scotland —
James McLuskie didn’t like the
idea of his army regiment, the
Seathforth Highlanders, being
amalgamated with the Cameron
Highlanders. Rather than wear the
Cameron tartan, McLuskie simp
ly packed up and left, according
to his defense counsel. A court
martial ordered McLuskie dis
charged with ignominy.
FESTIVAL VISITORS
More Festival visitors over the
weekend arriving with Wien
tours included Paula Boelserns
and son Randy from Santa Moni
ca, Calif. They are touring
Alaska after performing in the
Shrine Circus in Anchorage.
J. M. Plaxico of Winston Sa
lem, N. C. with his wife and
daughters Patricia and Silvia with
this trip have now visited all the
states in the union.
Harry Chandler, inspector for
Woodall Mobile Homes and his
wife are from Brigantine, N. J.
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Huddleston,
Eva, Okla.; Florence Branum and
Alice Simcox of Lancaster, Ohio;
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Brown, lone
Winn and Loretta Chase of Los
Angeles; Vivian Burke, Hyatts
ville, Md. Alaskans on the tur
included Dorothy Connors of An
chorage, Frances Pagenkopf of
Kotezebue and James Wasmuth
of Ketchikan.
Population Increase of the
60’s Will Burst U. S.
Schools at the Seams
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J. I/P) —
The population explosion of the
60’s threatens to burst American
schools at the seams, according
to a national survey released here
by the National Education Assn.
Between 1960 and 1970, the re
I port said, the number of young
Americans of high school age will
increase almost four times as
fast as the number of wage earn
ers who must foot the bill for
their education.
The report was based on a U. S.
census survey, financed by the
NEA. It was released here yes
terday with the opening of the
NEA’s 99th annual convention.
The high school age group is
expected to increase by 83 per
cent in Alaska. In the 5-17 age
i group, Alaska is expected to in
! crease 63 per cent.
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