Nome Field Housing
Bids Asked For May 22
“Dusty” Rhode, F.A.A. station
manager, said Saturday he has re
ceived notification that a call for
bids has been made for the new
housing units to be erected at
Nome Field. Bid opening is set for
•10 a.m., May 22, at Anchorage,
•with work to start on June 1.
Mr. Rhode said he has one set
of the plans and specifcations. It
is understood that six, eight or ten
(units will be built, depending on
the amount of the bid. Site for the
construction will be on the north
Bide of the field.
HEW BEACH MINING SYSTEM
STALLED BECAUSE OF
ADVERSE ICE CONDITIONS
Ralph Murane, who has been
experimenting with a new method
of beach mining in the Bluff area,
returned without moving any dirt
due to ice conditions. He and two
men, Joe Mikel and Jim Rogers,
•were down at Bluff for about a
month. It is reported, however,
he plans to return in July and
try out his system, which is all
set up.
ROSEMARY BARBER, SIXTH
GRADER, WILL COMPETE IN
SPELLING BEE FINALS
Rosemary Barber, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barber of FAA
will be competing in the finals
next Saturday in the Anchorage
Grade School Spelling Bee. Rose
mary is in the sixth grade. The
winner of this event will compete
in the national contest in Wash
ington, D.C.
MOSES POINT MAN WILL FLY
OVER N. POLE TO NORWAY
Mr. M. Runnerstrom, of FAA at
Moses Point, is probably the first
resident of northwestern Alaska
to fly over the Pole to Europe.
Mr. Runnerstrom leaves tomorrow
for Norway where he will join his
wife and mother who made the
flight last week.
WEATHER FORECAST
Fair tonight and Tuesday with
an expected low tonight of 12 and
the high tomorrow 35.
Sunrise at 3:46 a.m., sunset at
8:16 p.m.
Admitted to the Hospital: Annie
Kattac, Fern Fugleberg, Virginia
Amuktoolik.
Discharged: Allen Doyle, Nora
Pungowiyi, Charles White, Bill
Gillis.
Son Born to White Mt. Teachers
Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Fugle
berg, teachers for the Alaska Na
tive Service school at White Mt.,
are the parents of a son born Sat
urday at MMM Hospital. The Fu
glebergs have one other son.
SUMMER RECESS WILL HALT
LWY RECREATION PROGRAM
Miss Esther McCoy, director of
the Lavinia Wallace Young Com
munity Center, announced today
that the recreation program at the
center will take its summer recess.
The program will be resumed in
the fall, after the start of the
' new school year.
3PR HAS ANNOUNCED that
bids were opened last Thursday
for paving from the Nome airport
through the city of Nome. Appar
ent low bidder on this job was
Green Construction Co. of Des
Moines, Iowa, with a bid of $185,
631.65. Morrison-Knudsen was
second, with a bid of $251,229.38.
NOME MOTHERS' CLUB meets
tonight at 7:30, in the LWY Com
munity Center. Each member is
asked to bring needle work. Mrs.
Swanberg is the special speaker,
and an interesting film is sched
uled for the program.
WIEN AIRLINES PASSENGERS
From Fairbanks — Mr. and
Mrs. Sam Harbo, Mary Dodd, John
D’Andrea, David Smith, L. Sprin
gel, Bill Munz, Loretta Waldheim,
John Stolpe, Susan Fagerstrom,
Martha Galloway, H. J. Friedman.
To Fairbanks — Audrey Rauch,
Lloyd Draper, Louie and Gordon
Fleener, A. B. Brevik, Ralph Mur
ane, Mary Dowd, Bill Haiker.
To Kotzebue — Carrie Greene,
R. W. Robinson.
From Kotzebue—Jennie Brown,
Wilfred Lane.
MUNZ AIRWAYS WILL LEASE
OLD GUARD HANGAR
The National Guard is moving
its plane and garage facilities out
of the old hangar on the north side
■of Nome Field, into the Terminal
building. They are taking over
the south side of the hangar. With
the Guard moving, the old hangar
is now empty, and, according to
F.A.A. Manager Rhode, will be
leased to Munz Airways for use
as a storage hangar.
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Seattle June 2nd. Cargo accepted at Ames
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Manning Will Quit
Nome for Return to
Fairbanks National
The Board of Directors of the
Miners and Merchants Bank,
Nome, announces the transfer of
J. G. Manning to the staff of the
Alaska National Bank of Fair
banks, effective approximately
July 1st.
Prior to his association with
the Nome bank, Mr. Manning
was Assistant Vice President of
the Alaska National Bank, and he
came to Nome *o assume charge
of the Nome bank at the time Mr.
G. R. Jackson sold his interest
to a group of Nome and Fair
banks stockholders. Manning was
Executive Vice President of the
Miners and Merchants Bank, has
served on its Board of Directors
since January, 1957, and was ori
ginally to be in Nome for only a
few months, to.establish certain
policy changes and work for an
improved banking facility for the
Nome area. Manning states that
his short visit to Nome has grown
into more than two years, and he
has enjoyed his work here, the
people and the community very
much.
“The bank is in fine condition,”
Manning stated, “and I am ready
to turn the management over to
someone else and return to the
Bank of Fairbanks where my old
desk is waiting for me. I shall
surely miss the good people of
Nome.”
E. J. Rusing, President of the
Nome bank, has stated that they
have missed Mr. Manning at the
Alaska National in Fairbanks,
where Rusing also serves as an
officer, and that Mr. Don Hoover
of Fairbanks will be coming to
Nome to assume Mr. Manning’s
duties.
Charley Moon is waiting to go
to Sweepstake Creek, near Granite
Mountain, to prepare for his sum
mer gold mining operation.
IMPORTANT
Sales Tax Reports on retail
sales and services for the quarter
ending March 31, 1959, must be in
the City Clerk's Office by the
30th of April.
ROBERT F. SCOTT,
City Clerk.
Publish April 24, 27, 29, 1959.
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
TONIGHT
CITY HALL, 8:00 P.M.
j New Council to be Sworn In
WANT ADS
WANTED — Automatic Record
Player, 3-speed or 45 rpm.
Call White 43. It
Y(5UR NOME Representative for
Fuller Brushes — Lou Biery.
To see samples, call Main 188.
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DEALERS WANTED for new
Long Knitting Machine. All in
quiries answered. Alaska Knit
ting Co., 2917 Spenard Rd.,
Spenard, Alaska. w52
THE CITY OF KOTZEBUE is
offering a franchise for a Sani
tary -Service similar to Nome’s.
A Sanitation Ordinance will be
come effective when the service
is in operation. The successful
bidder will have to furnish his
own equipment and begin opera
tion this summer. The City will
arrange for the location and
maintainance of the dumping
area. Rates will be set by the
Council and are expected to be
the same as current Nome rates.
There are about 250 houses in
town plus business places and
government institutions. Inter
ested parties may contact the
City Clerk before the next
Council Meeting of May 7, 1959,
and are expected to make their
own customer survey.
DON O. ROBERTS,
City Clerk.
Showing Tonight at Nomerama
| Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, May 10, 11 and 12
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Tickets will not be available during regular show hours.
Box Office will be Open Daily from 12 to 1:30 and 5 to 6:30
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K N 0 M - T V
MONDAY TUESDAY
6:30—Ruggles 6:30—Tim McCoy
7:00—Kingdom of the Sea 6:45—Junior Science
7:30—Wagon Train 7:00—Modern Home
8:30—You Bet Your Life 7:15—Industry On Parade
9:00—The Rifleman 7:30—Wyatt Earp
9:30—Kraft Music Hall 8:00-^-The Price Is Right
10:00—Dr. Renault's Secret 8:30—Wrestling
(Programs Subject to Change) 9:30—Perry Como
TV Bills Payable At Nome Hardware Store
For TV Sales and Repair call Main 177 after 5:30
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And Saving Begins With a Plan at the
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