COL. MARSTON
VISITS NOME
A Nome visitor is Col. Marvin
<Muktuk> Marston from his home
in Anchorage, where he is in
the realty, and development busi
ness with many new homes under
construction in the Tunagain dis
trict of the city.
He is visiting here while on a
fishing and hunting trip, and is
greeting many old friends.
Chris Bjornstad has filed a suit
in U. S. District Court against
the Teller Mining Co., sueing them
for moneys advanced to the com
pany, in the amount of $6,999.90,
starting in 1951.
Rev. and Mrs. Roy Sampley of
Jensen Beach, Fla., arrived in
Nome today hoping to visit with
Rev. Gerald McCray, who came
from Florida also, only to have
missed him by a day, as he is
in Anchorage for a conference.
Myrtle Chambers has been se
lected to attend the Methodist
Youth Encampment in Anchorage,
and will leave Friday. Myrtle is
the vice president of the local
MYF group of the Community
Methodist Church.
Alaska Airlines Will Make
Anchorage Flight Friday
Because of a supplemental load
Alaska Airlines has scheduled a
return flight to Anchorage this
coming Friday, with departure at
the regular time. Alaska’s sched
ule now calls for an incoming
flight on Friday but the plane
does not return until Sunday.
Light and Power Utilities
Office Moves to Front St.
The Nome Light and Power
Utilities office has moved from
its First Ave. location to Front
St. The new office is one door
west of the U.S. Merc.
Rev. Gerald McCray left this
week for Anchorage where he
was to confer on the Alaska Meth
odist University there. From An
chorage he was to go to Fairbanks
to confer with the architect for
. l- new Methodist Church for
Nome. He is expected back home
on Friday.
PAVING BEGUN ON AIRPORT
END OF THIRD AVENUE
Paving started this morning at
the airport end of the road into
town through Third Avenue. Part
of the Third Avenue road has
been prepared with a seal coat
for several days preparatory to
the pouring of the asphalt.
NOTICE
Breakfast honoring the National
Editorial Association Study Mis
sion will be at 8 a.m. Friday,
Seaview Room.
All those interested in welcom
ing the group from 14 states are
invited by the Chamber of
Commerce.
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Nome Pioneer Oldest Sitka
Home Resident To
Celebrate August Birthday
SITKA — On August 23, Ed
ward Gross will be 96 years old.
Formerly of Nome, the oldtimer
will be the oldest resident to cele
brate a birthday in August at the
Pioneers Home in Sitka.
Every month, the Pioneer Wo
men of Alaska, who came to
Alaska on the Yukon River water
shed prior to January 1, 1908, list
the residents at the Pioneer Home
who will be celebrating birth
days. There are 16 on the list for
August, and the pioneer women
have suggested that birthday
cards and letters are most wel
come and appreciated by the old
timers.
Kotzebue Native Hospital
Gets Two Doctors
Appointment of Dr. Robert I.
Fraser and Dr. Charles H. Neil
son to the U. S. Public Health
Service Alaska Native Hospital at
Kotzebue, was announced by Dr. E.
S. Rabeau, acting Medical Offi
cer in Charge of the U. S. Public
Health Service Alaska Native
Health Area Office at Anchorage.
Dr. Fraser has been named Medi
cal Officer in Charge at the Kot
zebue hospital.
Dr. Fraser will be returning to
Kotzebue after a year in residence
at the Pennsylvania Hospital in
Philadelphia. Dr. Fraser served at
Kotzebue from 1957 to July, 1958,
following a year at the Alaska I
NativeHospital at Mt. Edgecumbe.
Dr. Neilson recently completed
his interneship at St. Mary’s Hos
pital in Cincinnati. Dr. and Mrs.
Neilson have four children, ages
5, 4, 3 and 1.
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JONOTHAN MOTO IS NOW
MEMBER OF 1ST CAVALRY
SEOUL, Korea, < AHTNC) —
Army Private Jonothan Moto, son
of Taylor S. Moto, Nome, recently
arrived in Korea, and is now a
member of the 1st Cavalry Divi
sion.
Moto. a rocket launcher gunner
in Company B of the division’s
5th Cavalry, entered the Army in
January, 1959, and completed ba
sic training at Fort Ord, Calif.
The 18-year-old soldier attended
Nome High School.
FILM AT ASSEMBLY OF GOD
Tuere will be the showing of an
Oral Roberts film, Entitled “The
Return of Jesus,Thursday even
ing, 7:30, at the Assembly of God
Church. Everyone is welcome.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair with light and variable
Winds, less than 15 miles per hour.
Low tonight 45. High tomorrow
55.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures —r
highest 66, lowest 42. Maximum
wind, 13 miles an hour from the
west-southwest. Sunrise at 3:18
a.m., sunset at 8:55 p.m.
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Hermann Reports Road
Maintenance Using Up
All Highway Funds
Russell Hermann, president of
| the NWA Chamber of Commerce,
who has been in Juneau attend
ing the meeting on State of Alas
ka roads, reported at the weekly
Chamber meeting on Monday that
it will be difficult to participate
in Federal Aid programs as the
high cost of maintenance is using
up the funds. He cited an example
that it take $2,000 per mile to j
maintain blacktop roads. This
meeting, he told the Chamber, was
not to set up allocation of funds, (
but to try and coordinate a master
plan of road building in the State.
He also talked about the south
eastern ferry system, saying he
was convinced that the present
plan is much more feasibe than
one submitted last year.
Chamber members were asked
to greet the National Editorial
Association members who are ar
riving here Thursday evening. All
persons from the States repre
sented by the group are also urged
to greet the visitors and attend
the breakfast Friday morning at
8 a.m.
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Daisy Rock, Sid Champion, Ed
win Kominock.
Discharged — Viol Ailak, Mis
cha McCafferty, Marie Pushruk,
Bob Omiak. Susan Panek, Louis
Schick.
Re-Visits Nome After 42 Years
Mrs. Merton Porter of Klamath
Falls, Ore., is -a visitor in town
after an absence of 42 years. Mrs.
Porter is the former Cora Black
of Deering and she says she came
through Nome on her way “out
side” in August, 1917. She is here
visiting Mrs. Emma Black and
family and renewing old acquain
tances. Mrs. Porter drove up the
highway to Kenai .before coming
on to Nome.
Safety Ferry Now Under
State Jurisdiction
Milton Adams, who has been
operating the Safety Ferry for
the Bureau of Public Roads as of
July 1st, became an employe of
the new State of Alaska, prob
ably the first in this area.
Under the act that transferred
I the operation of the highways to
the state, ferries can no longer
be operated by the BPR, but are
under the State Department of
Public Works.
Gordon Severson, representing
the State Veterans Affairs Com
mittee, has been in Nome and
Kiana on busirless from the Fair
banks office.
NOTICE
This coming Sunday evening ihe
visiting volunteer workers of the
Arctic Broadcasting Station will
present a musical program in the
Covenant Church at 7:30 p.m. Ev
eryone is welcome to attend,
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ANYONE going to Anchorage,
Alaska Airlinqg on Saturday,
who can help babysit on plane,
$15. Call Red 13. 95c
FOR SALE — 1931 Model “A”
Ford pickup. Good condition.
Best offer over $200 cash.
Phone Red 102.
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