CHIMNEY FIRE SUNDAY
The Nome Fire Department:
was called out to a chimney fire
Sunday at 11 a.m. at the old Rowe j
residence at Third Ave. and Mett
ler Way. No damage resulted.
Mrs. Helen Bell left for An
chorage to rejoin her husband,
Harold Bell, who is in the Army
at Fort Richardson.
85 Men of 1st Scout Battalion
In Encampment At Dexter
About 85 men of the First Scout
Battalion of the Alaska National
Guard are at Dexter on their an
nual fall encampment.
This exercise will last for two
weeks.
Bobby Herman, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Herman of Nome, left
yesterday for the University of j
Alaska where he will be a fresh- j
man. Bobby graduated from |
Nome High School last spring, j
Legal Forms at The Nome Nugget
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Funeral Services Held
At Kotzebue For Two Men,
Lost In Tug Harold J
KOTZEBUE — Funeral services
were held here Saturday for Wil
liam Henry and Johnny Johnson
of Kotzebue, crew members lost
with the tug Harold J. on Aug. 24.
The bodies were found about
five miles northeast of Wales by
the plane which directed the
ground searching parties.
The bodies were brought into
Kotzebue by John Cross and Eph
Wheeler of Wien Airlines.
Searching parties for the body
of Captain Robert Gallahorn are
still covering the coast.
Glen and Phyllis Tweet of Tel
ler passed through Nome last
weekend enroute to school for
the winter. Glen will go to the
University of Alaska at College,
Alaska, and Phyllis will go to
the Holy Names Academy at
Seattle.
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Back to School
BOYS’ Jeans, Shirts, Slacks, Sweaters,
Socks, Underwear
GIRLS’ Dresses, Sweaters, Slips, Anklets,
Jeans, Slacks, Skirts, Blouses
SHOES FOR THE FAMILY
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Full Line of School Supplies
Notebooks Erasers
Binders
Pens
Theme Paper Tablets
Pencils Etc.
Your Friendly Community Store
NC SUPERMARKET
Department of Northern Commercial Company
Phone MAin 133 FREE DELIVERY
60 YEARS SERVING ALASKA
COASTAL RAMBLER
SAILS FROM SEATTLE
SEPTEMBER 21
For St. Michael, Nome,
Lost River and Teller
Sept. 16 is deadline for
receiving freight at Pier 42
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Freighter Sailings From Seattle
EVERY TUESDAY
For Valdez and Seward
AND FRIDAYS FOR SEWARD
Helen Bookman Carlisle, who
surprised her friends here by get
ting married in Fairbanks at the
close of the summer session of the
University, returned Saturday and
will teach at the Nome school this
winter. She plans to move to Fair
banks in the spring.
Bruce Russell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson ' Russell, departed
yesterday for Seattle where he
will attend Roosevelt high school.
Maurine Maurer, lab technician
at the MMM Hospital, is taking
her vacation in Anchorage and
will be gone for about two weeks.
Eighty - five per cent of the
world’s land area lies north of
the equator.
Absentee ballots for the Special
Constitutional Convention Elec
tion to be held next Tuesday may
be obtained from the Office of the
U.S. Commissioner, Federal Bldg.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Play pen, sun lamp,
hassock, cooking utensils. Call
Parkinson, Red 13. 106p
FOR SALE — Reasonably priced
new bicycle, either- boy’s or
girl’s. Walt Sipprell, Main 68.
FOR SALE—20x120 ft. building
located at Nome Base. See Rose j
Silverman.
Can sell or finance good mining
properties, placer or lode, in Al
aska or Yukon Territory. Write
Post Office Box 205, Anchorage,
Alaska. 117c
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SHOW TIMES EVERY DAY:
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FRIDAY & SATURDAY
“Last Train
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SUNDAY and MONDAY
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527 Children j
Enroll In Nome
School Yesterday
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School started yesterday at
Nome and according to Superin
tendent William Angell 527 chil
I
dren enrolled—431 in grade school
and 96 in high school.
There were 66 enrolled in the
first grade under Mrs. Nerland
and Mrs. Coons; 60 in the second
grade with teachers Mrs. Gillis
and Mrs. Olsen; 55 in the third
grade, Mrs. Tripp and Mrs. Car
lisle; 57 in the fourth grade, Mrs.
Glavinovich and Mrs. McCarthy,
substitute teacher;
Fifth grade had 42 enrolled un
der Miss Wilson and Mrs. Liebig;
57 in the sixth gracfe, Mrs. Dun
bar and Mrs. Hughes; 57 in the
seventh grade and 37 in the eighth
grade. Mrs. Witner, Mr. Tripp
and Mr. Liebig are the seventh
and eighth grade teachers.
In high school there were 30
in the ninth grade, 16 in the 10th
grade, 21 in the eleventh grade,
and 29 in the twelfth. High school
teachers are Olaf Halverson, Mrs.
Cameron, William Ullrich and
Mr. Rauch.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued cloudy with inter
mittent rain tonight and Thurs
day. S.E. winds 10-20 mph with
occasional gusts to 30 mph. Low
temperature expected tonight 45,
high tomorrow 48.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7- a.m. today: highest temperature
47, lowest 45. Max. wind 22 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 5:01
a.m., sunset at 6:57 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 46, lowest 34. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 62 in
1941, lowest 30 in 1936.
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MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Howard Lyng, Rich
ard Orr, Charles Charles, Dorothy
Tevuk, Pete Larsen, Sr., Hanako
Caldwell.
Discharged: Joe Regula, Annie
Kunayak, Daisy Gault and infant,
Esther Stony, Edward Maloney,
Ernest Murdock, David Beck, and
Catherine Tobuk and infant.
Emily and Mary Jeanne Boucher
Leave Nome For Portland, Ore.
Emily Boucl^r and her daugh
ter Mary Jeanne left Nome Mon
day for Portland, Ore., where
Mary Jeanne will enter a girl’s
school for her last year of high
school. Mrs. Boucher expects to
return to Nome next Saturday.
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Mary Jo Swanberg of the Ice
Cream Center, departed for Seat
tle, where she will spend the win
ter in school.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hough and
twin daughters left yesterday for
their home in Fairbanks after
visiting for a week in Nome.
Tucson Victory Stopped Here
The MSTS Tucson Victory
stopped at Nome Sunday enroute
back to the States from the Arctic.
The vessel appeared to be pack
ing very little cargo as she was
riding rather high on the water.
glue pot I
Soda Fountain
CIGARS, CIGARETS
TOBACCO
CANDY
FRESH ICE CREAM
EVERY DAY
THE U.S. MERC
IS THE PLACE TO BUY
l8' CHOICE
SUGAR CURED
1 LB. PKG.
SLICED BACON
BETTER HURRY!
Fresh Unalakleet Silver Red
SALMON
4 5 c lb