Scout Drill Team
Is Shaping Up
The First Scout Battalion drill
team has been holding practice
session two nights a week for
the past two weeks and is begin
ning to shape up sharp. Most of
the special items of equipment
have arrived and the rest is ex
pected soon. This special equip
ment includes white plastic hel
met liners with special Alaska
National Guard and First Scout
Battalion decals, scarves, gloves,
rifle slings, pistol belts and acces
sories and boot laces, all in
white. This special equipment is
worn with the new Army green
uniform and black leather boots.
The drill team, when trained,
will be a precision unit available
to participate in military and
civic functions and ceremonies.
All members of the team will be
trained as color bearers and color
guards, as a special ceremonial
firing squad, as an honor guard,
and as a fancy stepping exhibition
drill team.
The drill team will make its
first public appearance on Sat
urday, Aug. 13 when it will act
as an honor guard to greet the
officers who will be arriving at
Nome Airport for the Alaska Na
tional Guard Officers’ Assn, con
ference.
Members of the team are Lieut.
George Foster, M/Sgt. Alfred
Sahlin, Sfcs. Bernard Katexac
and Edward Penatac, Sgt. John
Bell, Spcs. George Mayac, John
Ayek and Arthur Outwater, and
Pfcs. Andrew Kunayak, Joseph
Kunnuk, Howard Nunooruk, John
Penatac, Alexander Muktoyuk,
Franklin Okleasik, Michael Pul
lock, Francis Alvanna, and John
Okie.
All of the men are volunteers
and are devoting much of their
spare time to the team. Five more
members are still needed to round
out the team.
After the team has completed
its training it is expected that
it will receive invitations to per
form at ceremonies throughout
the state and occasionally in other
states.
The team is holding practice
sessions every Tuesday and
Thursday nights at 7 o’clock for
the next two weeks in order to be
ready for their first public ap
pearance on Aug. 13.
'4-on" Duplicate Receipt Books
At The Nugget
U.S. District Court To
Convene Here Tomorrow
Mr. and Mrs. Joe Kroninger
arrived this morning with Wien
Airlines. Mr. Kroninger, who is
the former Second Division Dis
trict Clerk of the Court and is
now the Clerk of the Court for
the Federal Court, is here for the
term of court scheduled to open
tomorrow morning with the case
of Lee Bros. vs. Moore and Mose
ly.
Judge Walter H. Hodge is ex
pected to arrive today from An
chorage accompanied by his wife,
secretary Esther Williamson,
court reporter Mildred Maynard,
and law clerk Robert Ely.
This will be the first term of
the Federal Court since statehood
to be held here.
COASTAL NOMAD
SAILS SOUTH TOMORROW
This evening the SS Nomad
will be back in port again having
discharged its freight at St.
Michael. It will load southbound
freight here and depart sometime
tomorrow, according to Jim
O'Sullivan, Alaska Steamship Co.
agent here.
He also advises shippers to
have their freight on the dock in
Seattle between Sept. 1 and Sept.
16 for the last boat which is
scheduled to sail on Sept. 20.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
There were three drunk con
victions over the weekend, each
person being fined $25. They were
Charles Moon, Steve Seetomona,
and Stephen Agloinga.
Bert Tocktoo was fined $25 on
a disorderly conduct charge.
WELCOME TO NOME
Marian Gray is an overnight
guest, on a Wien tour of northern
Alaska.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Danne Ryan, Law
rence Abouzhuk.
Discharged: Joachim Koyuk,
Judy Ullrich, Scott Boehler.
Brush Fire This Morning
The Fire Department was called
out to a grass fire at 5th and D,
near the residence of John Nor
bert. Mo damage was reported.
NOTICE
The City of Nome will make
no more free garbage pickups at
King Island Village. Each family
will have to arrange for their own
disposal. There are two sanitary
services operating in the city.
—City Street Department
I .OMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Lomen Commercial Company is in the process of increasing
stocks of Oxygen, Acetylene and related items—including
welding rod, in order to supply demands previously
accomodated by the N.C. "Cat" Department.
MAIN 147 BOX 700
S.S. NENANA SCHEDULED TO SAIL
SEPT. 20 FROM PIER 42
FOR ST. MICHAEL AND NOME
LOADING FROM SEPT. 1 TO 16
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Local Planes Participate
In Search For Missing
Weather Bureau Craft
Five aircraft under the direc
tion of local CAP officials enter
ed the search in this area for the
missing U. S. Weather Bureau
plane.
The reason for extending the
search this far north was due to
a report by Pat Bliss at Ungalik
that a plane flying low over that
point at about the time the miss
ing plane may have been in the
area.
The local planes were flown by
Dusty Rhode and Martin Olson
with Mrs. Rhode and Alice Hud
son as observers, Maj. Larry Flan
agan and two planes from Unala
kleet ■ piloted by Wilfred Ryan
and Mr. Sutherland.
If the time given by Pat Bliss
is confirmed to be Bering S>^a
time the search will be expanded
today. Yesterday’s search was be
tween Ungalik and Kotzebue.
So far, reports Dusty Rhode,
squadron leader for CAP, the
search in the Rainy Pass area
remains very limited due to rain
and fog with little search above
5,000 feet.
OHIO OIL MEN HERE
The community welcomes to
day a group of Ohio oil repre
sentatives who are at present
drilling a well 60 miles north of
the Arctic Circle in the Yukon.
Ohio Oil is one of the companies
associated with Union Oil in pro
duction of natural gas near Kenai.
They recently contributed
$326,972 to the University of Al
aska for a five-year lease priv
ilege for some University-owned
land in the Kenai.
Ahnangnaloguk Infant Dies
Gordon, the 14-month-old son
of Mr. and Mrs. Ira Ahnangna
toguk, passed away yesterday. Ira
is employed by Lomen Commer
cial Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Pick
ering and two children are ex
pected to arrive today, enroute to
Stebbins where they will teach
school for the Bureau of Indian
Affairs.
WRITTEN BIDS will be received
on the following vehicles at the
Miners and Merchants Bank until
August 5, 1960:
1956 Chevrolet Sedan, 6 cylinder
1959 Simca Sedan
1959 Dodge Vi ton walk-in truck
We reserve the right to reject any
all bids.
—Miners & Merchants Bank
WANT ADS
PIANO TUNING and repair. Call
Mr. Chapman, Main 24. tfc
FOR SALE — ’59 Volkswagen,
$1600. Call Red 222. tfc
FOR SALE—4-rm, 1-bdrm house,
unfurnished, near school. Call
White 45. 92c
FOR SALE—1958 Dodge pickup,
deluxe V-8, 3,500 miles. Call
Black 244 after 5 p.m. 92c
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE — Portable kerosene
heater and small butane heat
ing stove. Call Red 179.
FOR SALE—1958 4-door Fairlane
500, very low mileage, excellent
condition. Priced to sell. Call
Black 115.
FOR SALE—Henslee 3 Bedroom
furnished mobile home, 10 ft.
wide, 50 ft. long. Also ’59 Ford
Pickup, like new. Call M-109. 1f
FOR SALE — Flamo stove, apt.
size, $75; 8 - band round-the
world port, radio, $60; movie
camera and projector, $35; fold
ing high chair, $12. See Phoebe
Omelak. 91 p
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L.E. Ost Completes
50 Years In Alaska
Missionary Service
Tuesday, Aug. 2, completes a
half-century since the arrival in
Nome of Rev. and Mrs. L. E. Ost
enroute to the Covenant Old Mis
sion Children’s Home near Golo
vin. Ludwig Evald Ost and Ruth
Elin Hall were married on July
15, 1910, in Ashland, Wis., and
left directly on a combined honey
moon and the trip which would
fulfill their call to the northern
field of missionary service.
The Children’s Home in which
they labored, housed 40 children
whose parents had died in a re
cent epidemic. Their work here
for three years included the tasks
of father, mother, doctor, nurse,
teacher and missionai'y. Numer
ous trips by dogteam were made
by Rev. Ost to take care of the
needs of his family and friends
with whom he worked. In 1913 a
severe storm washed most of the
Old Mission village away. Rev.
Ost’s next task then was to search
for a suitable location to rebuild
the mission. He founded Elim, a
beautiful site with hills, trees,
ample water and protection from
storms. The name, Elim, means
“friend.”
During this time, many of the
children from the home grew up
and were married within the
group. A number of them are
still living in western Alaska.
In 1927, the Osts and their
family of eight children started
for the Yukon. Enroute to their
new home they camped at Ega
vik where the men of the family
worked at the reindeer round-up.
While here, their home of several
tents burned, destroying most of
their belongings. Since work was
available in Golovin, the family
returned there. The influx of the
eight Ost children was an incen- ,
MILDRED MAYNARD GETS
RED CARPET WELCOME
Friends welcomed Mildred May
nard back to Nome today with a
red carpet after an absence of 18
years.
Mildred, born and raised here,
has been with the District Courts
in Southeastern Alaska and is
now with Judge Hodge in the
same capacity. She expects to be
here about two weeks.
tive to open a Territorial school
in this village.
Within a few years, the Ost
boys began to operate a freighting
business between Golovin and
Council. The family moved to
Council early in the 1930’s where
they served the people through a
store and the postoffice.
It had long been a a dream of
Rev. Ost’s to open new mission
stations on the Yukon. Since most
of the children were grown and
left home he began making pre
parations for this expanded pro
gram. During this time in 1953,
Mrs. Ost, who mothered many
besides her own and was a won
derful friend to all, passed away
in Nome.
Presently Rev. Ost is stationed
at Fortuna Ledge and visits the
villages along the lower Yukon
River. The five Ost boys are:
John, who makes his home in
Tacoma, Wash.; Nathan and Joe,
missionaries to Africa; Lincoln, a
major in the U. S. Army, and
Daniel, missionary to Mexico. His
three daughters live in Nome and
an adopted daughter, Mamie,
assists Rev. Ost in his mission
ary endeavors. There are 43
grandchildren and 6 great grand
children.
During the 50 years in which
Rev. Ost has been a missionary
in Alaska, he has seen a great
many changes take place, how
ever, the purpose for which he
and Mrs. Ost first came, remains
the same.