New Nome City
Jailers Appointed
At a special meeting • of the
Nome City Council held on Wed
nesday evening, Herb Jenks was
appointed Superintendent of the
Nome Jail, with salary set at
$600 per month.
Councilmen A1 Doyle and Keith
Hedreen were appointed by the
Mayor to serve on the new jail
committee, with the Superinten
dent to select a staff for the jail.
Jenks has advised that the fol
lowing have accepted positions
as matrons: Lela Oman, Alice
Hudson, Ruth Merrifield and
Katherine Tobuk. Guards are
Glenn Lenert, Gary Longley and
Bill Strane.
Bon Davis, who has been in
charge of the Federal Jail, will
remain in an advisory capacity
here for a month.
Garbage Dumped on Local
Highways, Reports NW
State Police Officer
The State Police Department is
receiving complaints from local
residents about garbage being
dumped along the highways of
this area.
Sgt, Gene Morris states that
the State law is clearly defined
concerning this problem and any
one caught or seen dumping gar
bage anyplace along the highway
is subject to fine or imprison
ment, or both.
It is hoped that civic pride will
influence everyone to want to
have our highways scenic and
attractive, and that it will not be
necessary to use forceful meas
ures.
SGT. MORRIS FAMILY HERE
Sgt. Gene Morris, State Police
officer assigned to the whole of
Northwestern Alaska, has sent for
his family, and now with him are
his wife and son, who is a junior
in High School, and a member of
the school band.
Also arriving was his daughter,
Mrs. Shane, and a small grand
daughter.
CAPTAIN FLANAGAN TAKES
PART IN 'LITTLE BEAR'
Captain Larry Flanagan left
yesterday to take part in the
‘Little Bear” 11-day exercise now
in progress.
First Scout Battalion is repre
sented by several members from
Fort Yukon, the captain stated.
The military exercise is being
held in the Copper River Basin.
BLATTLERS NOW LIVE IN
GREEN OREGON COUNTRY
Mr. and Mrs. Blattler have
taken up residence at Woodburn,
Ore. They have bought a small
home and about half an acre,
with garden space and fruit trees.
Woodburn is in the heart of the
Willamette Valley, and they are
looking forward to having Easter
lillies blooming in about two
weeks.
ATTENTION A.N.B.
MEETING FRIDAY NIGHT
7:30 p.m. — A.N.B. HALL
Nick Simeon, Former
Glue Pot Owner, Leaves
On Round-World Trip
Nick Simeon, who recently re
tired from business and sold his j
pioneer establishment known as
The Glue Pot, is scheduled to
leave today to start on his trip
around the world, to visit his,
family, some of whom he has not j
seen in over 50 years.
Nick’s generosity and kindli
ness throughout the years he op
erated the Glue Pot will be re
membered by hundreds of chil
dren, some now grown up. His
generosity was not limited to
children, but was extended for
any charity or worthy cause, and
especially activities of The Pio
neers.
HC has earned a well-deserved
retirement, and his friends will
look forward to hearing from him
when he reaches Australia, where
he will visit his sister, and later
when he reaches Greece, where
he was born,, and where he has
been sending funds to help orphan
children. He plans to visit in
Seattle with a brother before
starting on his trip.
“YOU SAID IT!”
ATOM SUB WILL
BYPASS NOME
The invitation of the NWA
Chamber of Commerce to the
crews of the USS Staten Island
and the USS Sargo, atomic sub
marine, to visit Nome, since they
are in the Bering Sea, has been
turned down it was reported to
day, as their schedules are such
that there is no time to visit here.
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Franklin Brown, age 32, was
sentenced to 180 days in jail by
the U. S. Commissioner, Maurice
Kelliher, with 60 days suspended,
on a petit larceny charge, pro
viding he makes sestitution.
WEATHER FORECAST
I Continued fair, little change in
temperature.
In the past 24 hours: lowest
temp. -24, highest -2. Max. wind
29 mph from the north. Sunrise
at 8:09 a.m., sunset at 4:24.pm.
A year ago today: highest temp.
30, lowest 7. Extremes on this
date since 1907: highest 41 in
1927, lowest -32 in 1919.
SCOUTS WILL HANDLE COAT
CHECK AT ROOF GARDEN
The Boy Scouts of Troop 666
will handle the coat checking
concession at the Roof Garden on
Saturday night. The troop has
built a large clothes rack and
each clothes hanger is numbered
with correspondingly numbered
“hat checks.”
This venture is the first organ
ized checking operation in Nome
in recent memory and will help
Troop 666 to pay their own way.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Grace Slwooko, Mar
cus Bockman, Frank Richardson,
Whitney West, Cora Senungetuk.
Discharged: Theresa Okpealuk,
Stan Sobocienski, Joe Kaganaluk,
Jay Oliver, and Grace Slwooko
transferred to Kotzebue.
1 For Information
Call Lomen's 'V ^
Or Write to Jim O'Sullivan. Alaska
Steamship Company, Pier 42, Seattle 7,
Washington,
Support the Scouts!
» Scout Week, Feb. 6-13
Court of Honor Highlights i
Local Celebration of
Boy Scout Week
Boy Scouts of Nome, Troops
666 and 683, and the Explorer
Post joined Thursday evening in
a Court of Honor at the High
School Auditorium.
Had a stranger attended the*
ceremony it would appear that j
the Scouts were all orphans be- !
cause so very few parents at
tended.
The Explorer Post made the
flag presentation to start the
ceremony and Troop 666 per-'
formed a candle lighting rite sym
bolic of the 12 points of the Scout
Law.
Both Troops joined in a close
order drill demonstration and
Ira Hill, Scout Executive, led the
boys in singing and a skit.
Also participating in the pro
gram were: Scoutrhasters John
Bandy and Spencer Strgnd; the
committee for Troop 666, and Jim
Blanning, representing the Nome
Rotary Club, the sponsors of the
troop.
Conrad H. Potter has been ap
pointed chairman of the Scout
Committee, succeeding Mr. Blan
ning.
Tenderfoot badges were pre
sented to Mike Blanning, John
Moses, Tommy Herman and Lee
Herman.
Merit Badge awards were made
to Gabriel Moses, Pepper Gray,
Ricky Young and Fred Chunn.
Koolaide and home-made cook
ies were served after the cere
monies.
SUMMER WILL BRING
EXPLORATORY FISHING HERE
A preliminary exploratory fish
ing program for the Nome area
has been announced by the De
partment of Fish and Game, for
the summer of 1960.
A charter of a local coastwise
boat is being sought for July and
August, in which to make the
survey.
The survey follows a request
made by Sen. Lester Bronson of
Nome.
NOTICE
There will be an important
meeting of the Nome Republican
Precinct Organization Tuesday
night at 8 o'clock in the City
Hall. All registered Republicans
and others interested are urged
to attend.
Mrs. Myrtle Johnson,
Precinct Committeewoman
William Cameron,
Precinct Committeeman
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WANTED — Girl Scout uniform,
size 12. Call Mrs. Harwood.
FOR SALE — Tent, folding can
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folding baby bath tub. Phone
Red 85. 19c
55 UNITS — Private bath, Kit
chenette or Plain. 6th and H
Streets, in Downtown Anchor
age. ALASKANS PREFER THE
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PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
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FRESH dry salmon, 40 cents lb.
plus freight. Write Teller Com
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SHOWING AT NOMEKAMA
TONIGHT
— First Show Starts at 7:15 P.M.; Second Show, 9:30 —
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PLUS SERIAL "THE SEA HOUND"
Theater Closed Saturday—See You at the Roof Garden
SUNDAY and MONDAY
Boy Scout Week. Feb. 6-13 — SUPPORT THE SCOUTS!
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