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THERE AIN’T NO SANTA CLAUS
Nome Museum in the Offing . . .
TIE HISTORY OF A COMMUNITY is contained
not only in books but in those things which be
longed to the people of each phase of a community’s
growth. The tools they used, the clothes they wore,
the furniture, dishes, pictures, machinery, modes and
means of transportation, and many other things which
make up the past.
Much of the fabulous past of Nome, short though
its history is, is slipping away to museums, libraries
and private collections all over the world.
Much of the lure of Nome for tourists comes with
the stories of the gold rush days and this should be
preserved in Nome. A museum is in the planning and
little by little material is being gathered by individuals
who hope to lay the foundation for a Nome museum.
Everyone interested should be alert for material suit
able for exhibit. Former Nomeites, having collections
are being contacted to consider returning the collec
tions for memorial exhibits when they no longer need
them.
Carrie McLain is the historian for the Pioneers of
Alaska and may be contacted at any time on the sub
ject. She will be glad to write to people who are known
to have items of interest to the Nome museum.
We must discourage short term residents from
carrying away relics of value to our own museum.
Many items were carried away from Council last
summer.
ARMY HAD A LONG WAIT
DETROIT OR — The Army has
Brian Stott, 10 years after its
first try.
Back in 1951 Brian received his
greetings. Since 'he was only 13
year old, his parents, Mr. and Mrs.
William Stott, asked the Army
to reconsider.
Someone else, it was found, had
registered for the draft under
Brian’s name and address.
Brian, now 22, recently got
another letter from Uncle Sam.
There was no mistake this time.
2e left Saturday night for Ft.
nox, Ky.
One of every three employes to
day is a woman ... the other two
are men who spend their spare
time explaining to a woman why
they don’t make more money.
ALASKA HAS "CHOICE SPOT"
IN CENTURY 21 EXPOSITION
SEATTLE UP) — Alaska’s pro
posed exhibit at the 1962 Century
21 Exposition will take up 15,000
square feet in a “choice spot” on
the grounds, an Anchorage archi
tect reported.
“We plan to show both the old
and the new in the development
of the 49th State,” said Edwin B.
Criitenden, architect who is de
signing the exhibit.
Crittenden conferred here this
week with Century 21 officials.
His design, being prepared for
the Alaska Department of Com
merce, will be submitted to the
Alaska Legislature for approval.
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Ukrainian Archbishop
Suffers Fatal Heart Attack
PHIALDELPHIA UP) — Arch
bishop Constantine Bohachevsky,
spiritual head of 300,000 Ukrain
ian Catholics in the United States,
died Friday night.
He suffered a heart attack in
his home and was dead on arrival
at a hospital.
The Archbishop, 76, was head
of the See of Philadelphia, which
is the first metropolitan See of
the Ukrainian church of the By
zantine Rite in this country. The
See embraces all of the nation
except New England.
He was installed in the post
Nov. 1, 1958 at Convention Hall
by Archbishop Amleto G. Cigo
gnani, Apostolic delegate to the
United States. The church is a
branch of the Roman Catholic
church.
NOT OLD ENOUGH
CHICAGO UP) — Tavern owner
Eddie Scharaga looked closely at
the man who handed him a $119
check to cash. Then the tavern
owner called police. The man ad
mitted forging the check. And
how did the tavern owner know
the check was forged?
Easy he said. The man looked
young, while the check was an
old-age benefit check.
BURIED FOREVER
L.IBOURNE, France (tf) — A
cave-in of the wine cellar in the
centuries-old Chateau Ausone in
Saint Emilion destroyed 12,000
bottles of vintage wine and thou
sands of gallons of wine aging in
barrels.
1 Some Travel Restrictions
i
Lifted for Red Diplomats
WASHINGTON UP — Russian
! diplomats can visit new United
States cities after an apparent
tit-for-tat rejiggering of travel
restrictions by the State Depart- I
mcnt.
But some cities they could visit i
j before the change now are closed
i to them, and about one-fourth of
I the nation still is off-limits.
I After announcing the new re
i strictions in a note to Soviet Am
bassador Mikhail Menshikov, the
United States suggested both na
tions abolish all travel restric
ions for diplomats.
The move was the U. S. answer
to a 1959 reshuffle by the Rus
sians. Then, the Russians switch
ed the off-limits signs about with
out apparent logic.
In both nations, the restricted
areas make up a crazy quilt pat
tern.
For example, under Friday’s
ruling the Russians now can visit
Disneyland and Brooklyn but they
no longer can tour Cincinnati and
Houston.
The changes under the new
U. S. order include::
Alaska — open except for:
Aleutian Islands, islands in the
Bering Sea, Kodiak Island and a
band 15 miles wide running from
the Nushagak Peninsula north
along the Bering Sea and east
along the Arctic Ocean to the
Canadian border.
The following Alaska cities in
otherwise open areas are now
designated as closed: Haines, Se
ward and Skagway.
THIS MARBLE
WORKED LIKE A VALVE
KANSAS CITY UP> — Mrs. Wil
liam Schrills noticed the com
plexion of her 5-week-old baby,
Kenneth, turned from natural
pink to blue and back again
several times.
The alarmed parents hurried
to General Hospital, where the
baby went through the color
change cycle again.
An intern removed a marble
from the child’s throat.
“It was popping up and down,
acting as a valve which would
let the child breathe when it was
up and cut off his air supply
when it was down,” the intern
said.
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New March of Dimes Enlists Millions
In Battle to Prevent Crippling Diseases
Beginning Jan. 2 and
throughout the month, mil
lions of Americans will en
list in the annual offensive
to prevent crippling diseases
by joining the 1961 New
March of Dimes.
In thousands of communities
—crossroads, hamlets, towns,
great cities—special ceremonies
will mark the start of The Na
tional Foundation’s campaign
for dimes and dollars to combat
birth defects, arthritis and po
lio; to pursue research into
these and allied medical prob
lems, and to train health
workers.
Climaxing the 1961 New
March of Dimes will be the
Mothers’ March, held on the
evening of Tuesday, Jan. 31 in
most areas, during which more
than a million women and other
volunteers will make home-to
home calls asking support to
help prevent crippling diseases.
Participants in the Mothers’
March will wear a lapel iden
tification badge and they will
leave in every home an educa
tional pamphlet of “Do’s and
Don’ts” relating to birth de
fects and expectant mothers,
and another dealing with warn
ing signs and symptoms of
arthritis.
The goal of the 1961 New
March of Dimes, to cover need
ful expenditures in research,
patient aid and professional
education, is $45 millions. As
always, a heavy financial bur
den on The National Founda
tion and its 3,100 chapters is
the cost of old polio cases. (In
1960, patient-aid outlays to
some 40,000 victims totaled ap
proximately $13,250,000.)
Most communities in January
will stage a “kickoff” ceremony
in which local dignitaries and
other personalities will partic
ipate. Chief purpose of these
events will be to call attention
again to the magnitude of the
expanded program of The Na
tional Foundation and to re
emphasize that one of every 16
infants in the U.S. is born with
a significant birth defect; that
fully 11 million in the nation
are afflicted with some form of
rheumatism including arthritis;
and that the staggering costs
of polio will continue in 1961.
Joan Perry of Perth Amboy, N. J., national chairman of
The National Foundation's Teen Age Program (TAP), is up
to her pretty chin in New March of Dimes balloons, to be
sold throughout January.
Members of TAP (Teen Age
Program) and other young
people across the country will
be active in their local areas in
January in organizing colorful
special events. Among these
will be coffee parties, airlifts,
sales of March of Dimes rain
bow crutches and balloons and
bowling and other sports events.
They will also help address the
38 million New March of Dimes
mailers to be sent to the na
tion’s homes.
In addition, they will assist
adults in making preparations
for fashion shows, auctions,
telethons and other New March
of Dimes benefits. ,
Posters and other campaign
materials to be seen across the
face of the land will bear the
appeal, “Please Say Yes to the ,
New March of Dimes.”