19 Youngsters Register
For 4-H Cooking Class
Nome’s 4-H Club program got
pti to a start yesterday afternoon
when 19 children registered for
classes. Mrs. Don Hoover report
ed this today and said the young
sters ranged in age from 10 to 13.
The -first project will be a
class in cooking and food prepa
ration to be supervised by Mrs.
Clement Lean. The first meeting
will be held at 4 p.m. Friday
afternoon at the LWY Rec Hall.
Both boys and girls have regis
tered for the class which will
continue until about Christmas
time.
The next class will be on child
care, starting after the cooking
class is finished, and will be
supervised by Mrs. Clinton Gray.
At the completion of this class,
a sewing class lead by Mrs. Don
Hoover, and woodcarving led by
Mrs. Emil Kowalczyk will be or
ganized. And a gardening class led
by Mrs. Roald Amundsen will be
started in time for spring plant
ing.
Ralph Kuzruk to Start
Third Area Reindeer Herd
With Loan of 800 Head
Vern Hirsch, Area Land Oper
ations Officer for the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, states that Nome
(has two excellent reindeer herds
now with the Kakaruk herd of
2,220 deer and the Sigfried herd
at Golovin with over 5,000 deer.
Another herd will be started in
November, he stated; when 800
Kakaruk deer will be taken by
Ralph Kuzruk to graze north of
the Imuruk Basin.
These 800 deer will complete
the return of the original loan
made to Kakaruk when he started
his herd.
The MS North Star is taking
south 105,000 pounds of Nunivak
deer and has more orders than
it can fill, Hirsch stated. »
One order of particular signifi
cance is a shipment going to Ha
vuii. In addition to the market
ing of deer by the carcass, the
Nunivak herd is experimenting
wtih ground meat which is being
sold in o^her parts of the state.
BZN GILLETTE, Anvil Creek
ir iner, has closed up camp for
the winter and will remain in
town a few days before departing
for his home in Bellingham.
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Safety Ferry Will Operate
Until About October 15
L. E. Hough, district engineer I
for the Bureau of Public Roads, j
today released some pertinent.in
formation about the Safety ferry.
Mr. Hough said the operation
of the ferry is now a responsibil
ity of the State- of Alaska and
that the ferryman is Carl Adams,
son of the former ferryman,
j Ferry service is available from
| 8 a.m. until 6:30 p.m. daily. The
j breakdown of last Sunday was
I caused by some unauthorized per
j son improperly operating the
j ferry during the night. This, of
! course, is unlawful and steps will
j be taken to prevent it from hap
! pening again.
Last year the operation of the
ferry was discontinued Oct. 23.
This year the arrival of the last
boat, scheduled early in October,
should allow all freighting to be
completed and the ferry service
i discontinued about Oct. Ij5.
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Finds Haskell Unsatisfactory
Gerald Trigg who left about a
week ago to enroll in Haskell In
stitute at Lawrence, Kansas, re
turned this week, saying that the
courses offered at Haskell did not
fulfill his expectations and that
* he plans to remain here for the
i winter and enter the University
j of Alaska next year. He is the
! son of Mr. and Mrs. Jerome Trigg
j of Nome.
j FORMOSA STRAIT BATTLE
REPORTED EASING OFF
TAIPEI, Formosa, (#) — U. S.
| Defense Secretary Neil McElroy
said today conditions in the For
j mosa Strait a p pe a r “Less
| strained” than they were a year
j ago.
McElroy arrived for a three
[ day visit with President Chiang
j Kai-Shek, other Chinese National
ist leaders and American officials.
GEORGE WALDHELM, veteran
Kougarok miner and his wife re
I turned home after a busy season
i and a shortage of water in \hat
| area.
WSCS MEETING FRIDAY
Women’s Society of Christian
Service of the Methodist (^hurch
i will meet Friday evening at the
home of Mrs. L. E. Hough, at the
Bureau of Public Roads apart
ments on Satellite Field. Co-host
ess will be Mrs. David Nease,
president of the organization.
Ail cars will meet at the par
sonage to pick up persons needing
transportation. Visitors are wel
come.
ATTENTION ALL PARENTS
AND TEACHERS
The first P.-T.A. meeting of
the new year will be held Wed
nesday evening at 8 o'clock in
the multi - purpose room of the
school.
All parents and teachers are in
vited to come and get acquainted
with each other.
[ SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
Hospital Rates Raised To
dffset Operating Deficit
MMM Hospital administrator
Robert Reed today announced in
creased rates for room and labor
atory charges. He said the rates
are adjusted to conform to Blue
Cross rates.
THe new rates are understood
to be ^necessary to meet an oper
ating deficit and to provide for
the purchase of new equipment.
Mr. Reed said the income of the
hospital was considerably under
the operating expense of the hos
pital. The new rates were ap
proved by the Hospital Board at
their last meeting and become ef
fective on October 1.
The administrator said he will
be pleased to discuss the increased
rates with any interested persons.
MRS. PAUL ULLRICH
PASSED AWAY MONDAY
William Ullrich has received j
the sad news of the passing of 1
his mother, Mrs. Paul Ullrich, in
Seattle on Monday. Mrs. 'Ullrich
was 74 years of age and had been
in ill health for about two months
before her death. She was buried
in Edmonds today.
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MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Jane Foster, Emma
Kimminock.
Discharged: Leo Roduin.
AMERICAN CANCER SOCIETY!
EXECUTIVE EXPECTED HERE j
Mr. Mefford Runyon, executive |
vice president of the American |
Cancer Society is expected here
tomorrow on a trip through the
state. He will be accompanied by
Mrs. Runyon.
Mr. Runyon has been in Alaska
since Sept. 27, having come as
guest speaker at the 10th anni
versary dinner of the Alaska divi
sion, held in Juneau.
The Runyons will be met here j
by unit chairman Mrs. James A.
von der Heydt, and the director
Mrs. George Bayer.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued cloudy tonight and
tomorrow with intermittent rain.
Easterly to southerly winds 20-35
mph diminishing slightly tonight.
Lowest temperature expected to
night 35, the high tomorrow 48.
Data in last 24 hours: highest
temperature 50, lowest 40. Max.
wind 35 mph from the east. Sun
rise at 6:08 a.m., sunset 5:34 p.m.
A son was born Monday at the
hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Kimminock.
AL HAFERBECKER. of F.A.A.,
has been transferred to Moses
Point, where he will be station
manager.
Haferbecker has been very ac
tive in civic affairs and mainly
through his efforts the bowling
activities in the community were
organized.
He is scheduled to leave in
about two weeks.
ATTENTION MASONS
Regular Stated Communication
of Anvil Lodge, Thursday night,
Oci.-l, Rrefreshments.
—Herbert J. Jenks, W.M.
WANT ADS
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.
FOUND — Two keys, one extra
long. See at Nugget.
FOUND—Three Ford keys on a
ring. See at Nugget.
FOR RENT—Two-bedroom apart
ment. Call Nugget. 17c
FOR SALE — Folding Estey
Organ, 4 octave. Not electric.
Call Red 161; Edgar Bibb.
Kakaruk
Reindeer
Now Available
CALL MAIN 43 AND
PLACE ORDERS
N-O-W
| For October Delivery
Vessel will call ai St. Michael, then Nome
Southbound cargo for this last sailing
Now being accepted at the dock
James F. O’Sullivan, Agent — Phone Main 68
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SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
TONIGHT and THURSDAY
For What They Did To His Woman . . .
He Broke The Bravados One By One !
GREGORY PECK
IN
“THE BRAVADOS”
WITH
Joan Collins and Stephen Boyd
K N O M - T V
MONDAY TUESDAY
6:30—21 Beacon Street 6:30—Wyatt Earp
7:00—Wagon Train 7.00—The Price Is Right
8:00—Bet Your Life 7:30—Chicago Wrestling
8:30—Rifleman 8:30—Perry Presents
9:00—Kraft Music Hall 9:30—TV Hour of .Stars
9:30—To be Announced (Programs subject to change)
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NOW IS THE TIME
TO PREPARE FOR WINTER
LANG OIL RANGES
with H. C. Little Burners $350
52,500 B.T.U.’s
SPARK
SPACE HEATERS $150
H. C. LITTLE
Conversion Units $39
ROSS Kerosene Heaters $17.50
FOR TRUCKS OR CARS
PRESTONE
Anti-Freeze gal. $4.00
Stop-Leak .95
Starting Fluid, Ban-Ice, and
Goodyear Batteries
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