Pioneer Card Series
Will Start Saturday
The annual winter card series
given each year by the Pioneers
of Alaska has been announced
again, with the first party to be
held on Saturday, Jan. 25. Frank
Morris is chairman of the series.
This year the series will con
sist of six games with prizes
given for each game as well as
grand prizes for the highest
scores compiled in the entire
series.
Season tickets as well as single
tickets for each game may be
purchased.
Dates of the series are: Jan.
25, Feb. 8, Feb. 15, March 8 and
22, and April 12.
Alaska Airlines Discontinues
Monday Flight Temporarily
Alaska Airlines has announced
the cancellation of its regular
Monday flight from Anchorage.
Due to this and a reduction in
personnel the office will be closeti
temporarily on Monday’s stated,
manager Bill Golden.
New Winter Sport—
Crabbing Thru The Ice
An abundance of small spider!
crab in Norton Sound, off Nome, i
is creating considerable interest ]
and many fishermen who had not i
tried this sport before took ad
vantage of the milder weather
yesterday and went out on the ice
either to fish or watch.
Some of the fishermen have
come back with as many at 30
crabs, caught in a very short
time. The lights you see on the
ice at night are by night fisher
men who claim that is the best
time to catch crabs.
Ellen Waldheim Honored
With Bridal Shower
The Womens group of the
Lutheran Church were hostesses
Friday evening at a bridal shower
for Ellen Waldheim, whose wed
ding to Robert Spear has been an
nounced for Feb. 15 at the Lu
theran Church.
The bride-to-be received many
lovely gifts for her new home.
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KITCHENWARE. FURNITURE
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Main 133 Free Delivery
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Freighter Sailings
Every Tuesday for
Seward and Valdez
Also Alternate Fridays
Commencing Not. 22nd
for Seward
Degnan of Unalakleet Is
First to File for Primaries
Frank Degnan of Unalakleet
was the first candidate to file
from the Second Division for the I
forthcoming primary election for
territorial posts.
Filing for the primary election
closes Feb. 1.
Degnan filed for the House on
th^ Democratic ticket.
He served in the 1951 legislature
and has filed in every election
since then. He lived in Nome be
fore moving to Unalakleet about
20 years ago.
Rev. Amundsen Named
To Aeronautics Board
Rev. Roald Amundsen of the
Covenant Church has been ap
pointed to the Aeronautics and
Communications Board represent
ing the Second Division. The ap
pointment was made Saturday to
the board which is meeting in An
chorage today and tomorrow.
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with occasional
snow tonight and Tuesday. Low
temperature expected tonight 0
to -5, the high tomorow 0 to
5 above.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
0, lowest -18. Max. wind 8 mph
from N.N.E. Sunrise at 9:20 a.m.,
sunset at 3:06 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 19, lowest 10. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest 35
in 1940, lowest -31 in 1947.
Pan American Airways
Departing Friday: Bob Drux
man, Dick Small, Mrs. Maloy,
| Gordon Myers, Martin Olsen, and
Lloyd Taylor, round trip pas
senger.
Wien Airlines
To Fairbanks: Dorothy Sand
ers, Clyde Thorn, Shirley, David,
Shirley A., and Roger Bailey.
To Kotzebue: John Belobrai
dich, Wilson O. Tell, Don Hobbs,
Donald Barger.
From Fairbanks: Ray Herberg
er, Mrs. O. and Christine Jaquith,
Gerald Haltio, Wm. McDonald,
A.V. Clark, R. Francis.
Floyd Taylor, employee of Pan
American Airways, was a visitor
here last Friday. He was partic
ularly interested in Nome as his
brother Ron Taylor was with one
of Nome’s first airlines, North
ern Air Transport in the 1930’s.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Lawrence Anderson,
Albert Mazonna, Elsie Ahnangna
toguk, Jessie Smith, Marilyn
Owen, Collins Avessuk, Thomas
Blatchford.
Discharged: Mary Oakie, Fran
ces Peterson, Elsie Ahnangna
toguk.
FIRE ALARM SUNDAY
The Fire Dept, was called to
the Nome Power and Light plant
yesterday afternoon by an over
heated exhaust stack. There was
no fire.
New Stack Heaters at Cavota's
WANT ADS
ANY WORK AVAILABLE—Am
looking for either full or part
time work. Can type, do office
work, laborer, warehouse, light
truck-driver or apprentice work.
Contact Garey Longley at
Black 72. 9c
NEW DRY RED SALMON 45^
lb. in bundle lots. 50tf lb.
straight. —R.R. “Bob” Blodgett,
Teller Commercial Co., Teller.
FOR SALE — Completely fur
nished 4-room home. Main 142.'
Showing Tonight at Nomerama
Two Shows Nightly, Starting at 7:15 and 9:15* p.m.
TUESDAY ONLY
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in Cinemascope and Color
“THE WEDDING IN MONACO"
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His Sei’ine Highness
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By arrangement with Prince Rainier III.
The only complete, official coverage of
this historic event.
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plus The Three Mosquitos in “TRIGGER TRIO”
and . . . CARTOON . . . and Short Subjects
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