Dave Russell, who is employed f
at Suntrana, Alaska, by former
Nomeite Aben Shallit, arrived
home to spend the holidays with
his mother, Mrs. Margaret Rus
sell.
ABOUT POINSETTIAS
When a poinsettia plant ceases
to bloom, place it in a dry, dark
place away from frost. Let the
soil drjr. Next May, cut stems back
two thirds, repot in new soil and
handle like any votted plant.
Bob Scott, soloist at the Com
munity Methodist Church last
year while stationed at Nome
Field, is now married and sta
tioned in California.
Gerald Edward Brady, of Rich
mond, Calif., and formerly of Bar
row, Fairbanks and Anchorage,
has written for a subscription to |
the Nugget to keep up on the J
news of what’s going on in the
far north. I
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TO STATESIDE FRIENDS
A merry merry Christmas
With happiness and cheer
And in your Christmas greetings
Give a thought to us up here.
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Only you can give us statehood
With a short card or a note
To your elected Senator—
For we don’t have a vote.
So for us Alaskans,
To make our future bright,
Ask your Senator for statehood,
And start the New Year right.
—Sponsored by Statehood Com
mittee, Anchorage, Alaska
I said to a man who stood at the
gate of the year, “Give me a light
that I may tread safely into the
unknown,” and he replied, “Go
out into the darkness and put your
hand into the hand of God. That
shall be to you better than a light
and safer than a known way!”
—His Majesty King George VI
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We want you to know how
much your friendship and
patronage mean to us. We
hope we deserve this consid
eration and in years to come,
we hope to serve you often.
But now...Merry Christmas.
SERVICE CLEANERS
“Alcoholidays” Highway
Traffic Warning Issued
JUNEAU—With 3,000,000 more
cars on the road than a year ago,
a nationally-known traffic expert
says that traffic casualties during
the 1953 Christmas - New Year’s
season can top last year’s shock
ing totals of approximately 1400
dead, 42,000 injured, plus property
damage amounting to $130,000,000
unless “we begin to pay a fraction
of the attention to highway safety
that we do to having a gay time.”
A. P. “Bob” Brandt, superin
tendent of your Territorial Police
Department, with headquarters in
Juneau, described the nation’s ac
cident-ridden “Alcoholidays” as
extending from early in the week
preceding Chrismas, when holiday
parties start, through New Year’s
morning “when the final DIE
HARD celebrant is at last tucked
safely in bed.”
Superintendent Brandt said
that there is a great deal of pre
ventative merit in the spreading
custom of considerate hosts of
serving coffee as the final drink
o’f the evening—the “one for the
road.” He added that, while it
was not suggested that a cup of
coffee would make an unsober
driver completely sober, it was
felt by many safety authorities
that the acknowledged steadying
effect of coffee after alcohol
would have beneficial effects.
Superintendent Brandt pointed
out that by persuading a guest
to take a sobering drink for
safety’s sake as he departs, the
host calls attention at the psycho
logical moment to the need for
caution.
“It requires a great deal of tact
to persuade stubborn guests that
they are not tit to drive but it is
a duty. Such guests must be made
to ride home with sober friends,
or to take a cab. If they are per
mitted to drive, and there is
death or injury, the host must be
considered in the category of a
negligent accessory,” Superintend
ent Brandt said.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: Neal Foster,
Frank Walunga. To Unalakleet:
Ed Maloney. To Anchorage: Mrs.
William Nesbitt.
Lt. Col. H. I. Williams is now j
located at March Field in Califor
nia. He sends greetings to his
many friends.
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