Nome-Council Road Gets
Much Traffic Lately,
Ferry Operator Reports
Nome’s longest road, the Nome
Council road, and first link in the
Nome-Fairbanks highway, has
been busy the past two weekends
according to Milton Adams, oper
ator of the Safety ferry. He said
that yesterday, up to the middle
of the afternoon 16 cars had
crossed on the ferry, heading east
and that the Sunday before, July
11, he ferried 25 cars and about
90 persons across.
Another road being used a
great deal is the Banner road
■which goes -through Dexter. The
bridge across Nome River just
above Banner, formerly a railroad
bridge, is being converted for
heavy traffic and freighting.
MICHIGAN ENGINEER
VISITS HERE ON TOUR
Mr. Wesley Bentz of Lansing
Mich., president of the Michigan
Society of Professional Engineers
and nationally known authority
on the design of swimming pools,
and his wife were here Friday
and Saturday enjoying the sights
and hospitality of Nome as part
of an Alaskan tour.
Legal Blanks at The Nome Nugget
St. Joseph’s Catechism
Classes Start as Sisters
Arrive From Fairbanks
Today is registration day for
the summer catechism classes at
the St. Joseph’s Church.
Two Catholic sisters who are
teachers from Fairbanks arrived
over the weekend to conduct the
school. They are Sister Theresa
Farnces and Sister Clair.
It is planned that classes will
start tomorrow morning. Funds
for this school were raised by the
women of the church with a food
sale held op the 3rd of July and
which netted about $200.
DEAN BRONSON WORKING
IN ARIZONA DESERT
Mr. and Mrs. Les Bronson have
received word from their son,
Dean, who is a helicopter mech
anic with the Kern Helicopter
Co. of California. Dean at present
is working on a project in the
Arizona desert mountains flying
out guano fertilizer. He says the
temperature at their base camp
is 135 degrees in the shade during
the day.
CAP MEETING THURSDAY
Regular monthly meeting will
be held at 663 1st Ave., start
ing at 8:00 p.m. Thursday. July 22
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CAP Men Fly Here
In Light Planes to
Check Good Report
Two light planes from Califor
nia arrived at Nome Friday after
noon on a tour of the territory.
Ralph Butler is flying an Er
coupe and he was accompanied
by Jan Wood, a Burbank school
teacher.
The other plane, a Cessna 170,
was flown by Walt Zimmerman
of Pacoima, Calif., and he was
accompanied by his wife and two
children.
Both men are active in the
Civil Air Patrol, Mr. Butler being
the commander of Squadron 49,
Civil Air Patrol, Burbank. Jan
Wood is a senior member of the
CAP.
Mr. Zimmerman is operations
officer of Squadron 35, Burbank
CAP.
Both men are employed by the
Lockheed Airplane Co. at Bur
bank and are on vacation.
They became acquainted with
Dean Bronson, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Lester Bronson of Nome,
when he was attending helicopter
school in Burbank. Another Alas
kan in southern California whom
they met is Lorena Mills, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Levy Mills
of Deering. And so, from hearing
of the wonders of their homeland
from Dean and Lorena, the two
Californians decided to have a
look for themselves this summer.
After visiting with the Bron
sons Friday and Saturday both
planes left for Deering for a visit
with Lorena’s mother, Mrs. Annie
Mills, who is postmistress of that
northern community.
Another light plane from Cali
fornia was here earlier in the
week, flown by Ed Fletcher, who
came to visit Mr. and Mrs. G. L.
Weyer of the Nome Squadron of
CAP. Butler and Zimmerman said
that until they reached Fairbanks
they and Fletcher flew the route
together.
NOTICE
CAP Cadet meeting scheduled
for tonight has been canceled.
—Bob Stack
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Call at Nugget.
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Adults 85<* Children 40tf
MONDAY — 7:15 & 9:15
plus COMEDY
ROADSTEAD NEWS
Yesterday morning the second
freighter of the season, the MV
Square Knot, arrived and dis
charged perishables and some
other freight before leaving for
Lost River where they are dis
charging and will load tin ore be
fore departing for Kotzebue, re
turning here about July 28 to
complete discharging.
* * *
In the roadstead today is the
MS Pathfinder of the U.S. Coast
and Geodetic Survey.
U.S. MERC RECEIVES
1500 LBS. OF WATERMELON
Watermelon, 1500 pounds of it,
ripe and luscious, arrived yester
day for the ’U.S. Merc on the MS
Square Knot.
This is believed to be one of
the largest shipments of water
melon ever received in Nome.
Larry Galvin states that every
melon was in perfect condition
due to the new method^of handl
ing by the Alaska Steamship Co.
IN COMMISSIONER S COURT
Gordon Dimmick Jr., was held
to answer to the Grand Jury on a
charge of forgery.
Fine Job Printing at the Nugget
Funeral Services Held for
Mrs. Molly Berryman
FAIRBANKS—Funeral services
for Mrs. Molly Berryman of Kot
zebue were held in the Friend’s
church there Friday afternoon
with burial in the family plot in
the Kotzebue cemetery.
Mrs. Berryman was the widow
of Tom Berryman, pioneer Kotze
bue trader. She was nearly 80
years old at the tinje of her death.
She is survived by four daugh
ters and three sons—Mrs. Chris
tine Vincent of Fairbanks, Mrs.
Mabel Neilson in Homer, Mrs.
Esther Ipalook and Mrs. Raven
Sheldon in Kotzebue, and three
sons all living in Alaska.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Leonard Otituk of
Lost River.
Discharged: Elsie Attatayuk,
Roy Komokhuk.
NOTICE
Sales tax reports on retail sales
and services for the quarter end
ing June 30, 1954, must be in the
City Clerk's Office by July 30,
1954.
Carrie M. McLain .. ..
City Cleric
Publ. July 19, 23, 28, 1954
Tommy and Barbara Martin
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