THAT WAS A WHALE!
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1 BIG! — This is the lower left
I jawbone of a blue whale, fos
silized. Dr. Stephen C. Taber,
geologist at the University of
South Carolina, is shown
measuring it. He says it is the
"largest fossil bone I have
ever seen." Blue whales still
live and are the largest mam
mals known. This bone was
found at low tide on the Myr
, S.C., beach. It's nearly
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Tribute Paid
Pete Anderson *
L Sunday
The following tribute was given
by Mrs. W. B. McCarthy last Sun
day morning during the regular
Sunday School session of the Com
munity Church to honor Pete An
derson, who attended the church
and was active for many years.
It was such a sincere and beau
tiful tribute that we have been
asked to reprint it.
I want to tell you about a man
who was faithful. All of you who
go to Sunday School have seen
him many times: Mr. Pete Ander
son, the white-haired man with
such a kind, sweet face, who was
always in the Bible Class.
He was the most faithful man in
coming to worship that I have
ever known—excepting my own
father. I have known him for 30
years in the church and Sunday
School and yet I know sc/ little
about him except that he was so
faithful.
He must be the one the Psalmist
was talking about when he said,
“I was glad when they said unto
me, ‘Let us go into the house of
the Lord’.” He must be the kind
of man whom Jesus was thinking
of when he gave the Beatitudes,
for they all fit him:
“Blessed are the poor in spirit;
“Blessed are the meek;
“Blessed are they that hunger
and thirst after righteousness;
“Blessed are the merciful;
“Blessed are the pure in heart;
“Blessed are the peacemakers.”
He was a miner and was often
out of town, but the minute he
came to where there was a church
—a church that taught about Je
sus—he attended. He didn’t have
good clothes always—he came to
worship always. He didn’t have
much money—he gave anyway.
He didn’t sing very well—he sang
what he could.
He grew deaf but he came to
worship where others worshiped.
He didn’t talk much but he was
always friendly. He may have
been lonely, he may have been
discouraged, he may have been
unhappy. I do not know. I do
know that he was a faithful ser
vant of the Lord.
A young man told me this about
him. He was working at Haycock
and every night when he kneeled
by his bed to say his prayers he
would have Carl come and kneel
beside him. Once when we had no
minister and a very small Sunday
School he gave me $2 and asked
me to send for “The Upper Room.”
When they came he asked me to
give them out among the ones
who came to Sunday School.
Our minister once said that one
way to judge the value of the
Church was by its products—that
is, have we sent out any mission
aries in our 50 years or have we
any trained as ministers; what
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Death Valley
Scotty Dies In
His Castle
STOVEPIPE WELLS, Calif., UR
—Death Valley Scotty died last
night in his beloved castle, a
three million dollar showplace in
the desert wilderness.
Scotty, 81, was California’s most
famous prospector since the gold
rush, and the adventuresome and
mysterious tales of his gold strikes
were legion.
Yet the only treasure he is
known to have come toy was the
weailth of his late friend and bene
factor, Albert Mussey Johnson,
Chicago insurance executive.
Johnson kept him in style.
Dr. E. Vasse Wallace, of Las
Vegas, Nev., said Scotty died of
a gastro - intestinal hemorrhage.
Wallace said he had been treating
Scotty — whose true name was
Walter Scott — for the past five
years.
desert rat was conscious until the
end, and died quietly. At his bed
side was Mary Liddecoat, presi
dent of the Gospel Foundation of
California, who had been Scotty’s
constant companion during the
last two years.
Johnson, actual owner of the
castle, conveyed the property to
the Gospel Foundation upon his
death about six years ago. He
provided, however, that Scotty:
was to live there the remainder
of his life, if he desired, and a
suite was maintained for him.
Scotty leaves a widow, Joseph
Scott, 77, who has been living in
Long Beach for the last 18 years;
a son, Navy Lt. Walter P. Scott,
39, Oak Harbor, Wash.; and two
grandchildren, Walter P. Scott,
Jr., 14, and Kathleen, 13.
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kind of people have we trained in
our church. That is good, and is
something fcfr you to think of and
for the teachers to strive for. And
when I think of the faithfulness
of Pete Anderson, I think that is
something, too.
Mr. Anderson died in Sitka last
November. We did not know in
time to send any flowers or re
membrances. That is as well.
Since he did love to ccfme to
Sunday School and since this is
his church, what would you think
of using one Sunday’s collection
for a memorial for him?
We might buy candles which
Mr. Havens keeps burning through
the church services; we might
buy some music for the choir and
dedicate it to him; we might put
the amount on the organ; we
might buy flowers for Easter in
memory of his faithfulness.
Let us be silent for a moment
in memory of Pete Anderson,
known all over the country -as
“Deep Channel Pete.”
(A memorial offering will be re
ceived at Sunday School on Jan
uary 10 for missions and new
: hymnals, as a memorial to Mr.
Anderson, it has been announced).
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Report of the Financial Condition
of the
Miners and Merchants Bank of Alaska
Located at Nome, Territory of Alaska, at the close of business on the
31st day of December, 1953.
RESOURCES
Loans and Discounts .$ 437,808.03
Loans on real estate . 157,520.92
Overdrafts . NONE
United States bonds and securities . 556,601.25
Other bonds and warrants . 99,188.61
Banking house, furniture and fixtures . 26,877.18
Other real estate owned . 6,777.00
Due from other banks . 248,609.33
Checks on other banks and other cash items . 24,729.12
Cash on hand . 107,957.30
Gold Bullion. 93.22
Prepaid insurance . 3,473.18
Other Assets . 50,631.85
Total .$1,720,266.99
LIABILITIES
Capital stock paid in . 100,000.00
Surplus fund . 25,000.00
Undivided profits less expenses paid .$ 111,828.13
Demand deposits . 1,202,727.69.
Time deposits . 273,211.12
Cashier’s and certified checks ..._. 7,500.00
Total .$1,720,266.99
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA )
TERRITORY OF ALASKA ) SS
SECOND JUDICIAL DIVISION )
I, Alva A. Daue, Cashier of the above-named bank do solemnly
swear that the foregoing statement is true to the best of my knowledge
and belief. ALVA A.- DAUE, Cashier
(CORRECT ATTEST)
G. R. JACKSON
WILLIAM T. HALEY
(NOTARIAL SEAL) Directors
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
4th day of January, 1954.
BEVERLY A. MORGAN
Notary Public in and for the Territory of Alaska.
My commission expires Novem ber 10, 1956.