Nome Dog Race
Derby To Be Held
Sunday Afternoon
; The annual Dog Race Derby,
sponsored by the Arctic Club, will
be held Sunday afternoon, start
ing at 1 o’clock on Front Street,
and will be run over a course
Which will make it posisble for
spectators and camera fans to get
some fine pictures.
The new race course, which has
'been staked, will go out B or
Bering St., via the Bessie Road,
to the crossroads at Anvil Moun
tain, along the railroad to Dex
ter, turning in the vicinity of Dim
bar Camp, around Newton, fol
lowing the ditchline back to the
Bessie Road, Bering Street, and
thence back to the starting point.
The distance is approximately
25 miles.
According to the registration
to date, there will be two Teller
teams entered, one from Shishma
ref, one from Shaktoolik, one from
Elim, and two teams from ‘White
Mountain.
. All mushers will meet at the
Fire Station Sunday morning at
11 a-m., to draw for place and be
instructed in the rules,
Directly after the last ,team is
in, the trophies and prize money
■and other prizes will be awarded.
The Arctic Club will sponsor a
Musher’s banquet at the North
Star Dining Room following the
races Sunday evening. It is re
ported that it will be a steak
dinner. .
Further details will be added in
Friday’s edition of The Nugget.
Stauffer Reducing Plan Counselor
To Be Al North Star This Week
"Among the Beta Sigma Phi vis
itors arriving tomorrow and Fri
day is Blanch Willacy, who is a
Stauffer Home Reducing Plan
counselor working out of the
Fairbanks office.
Miss Willacy will be at the
North Star, and will be glad to
give demonstrations and advice
on figure problems.
SELLING MAGAZINES FOR •
RAND FESTIVAL FUND
Mrs. John Gillespie is making
an individual effort to assist with
the fund drive for the Band Festi
val. She is selling subscriptions
io the Readers Digest, giving part
of her receipts for the fund. Any
one wishing to take out a sub
scription may contait her at Main
162.
SKATING HOURS
A t
Nome Skating Rink
Saturday — 2 to 4 P.M.
— OPEN TO ALL —
NO SKATING SUNDAY
The Skating Rink will be
closed lo permit patrons'
attendance at Nome's Annual
Dog Race Derby
'Thursday — 7 to 11 P.M.
(Adults Only after 9 P.M.)
Direct Telephone Dialing
Advantages Demonstrated
In Call from Georgia Town
As a demonstration of direct
telephone dialing, the Kiwanis
Club of Gainesville, Georgia,
called the U. S. Weather Bureau
here yesterday, and talked about
weather and other things.
Station manager Ash Craft
stated the voices were clear, and
the weather was about 65 degrees
and sunny in Gainesville.
He observed that many people
are not aware of the simplicity
of calling anyplace in the world
these days. The cost is no longer
prohibitive, and the connections
are made very quickly.
ST. PATRICK'S PARTY
PRODUCES CARD CHAMPS
Last evening, St. Patrick’s Day
was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Rec
reation Hall, and a good time was
reported by all who attended.
Marilyn Owen and Ralph
Zweigle were winners of the whist
games, with Pamela Mulvihill and
Hap Lancaster winners for pi
nochle. Low scores were held by
Frances Finch, Tony Pushruk,
Mrs. Oomak and Doug Scott.
Mrs. Boyd Harwood took home
the door prize, which was the
traditional shilalagh.
FIRST DELEGATE ARRIVES
! FOR SORORITY CONVENTION
The first arrival of the Beta
Sigma Phi Sorority Alaska Con
vention was Ada Schneider of
Everett, Wash., who arrived in
Nome today.
JOHNNY KAKARAK REPORTS
i EXTREME COLD AT TELLER
Johnny Kakarak, owner of the
well-known Kakarak Reindeer
Herd, which supplies meat for
this community, is in town on a
i business trip from his winter
j quarters at Teller. He reports ex
1 freme cold with temperatures
i down in the minus-fifties for the
j past two weeks.
! Dudley Beck, assistant general
manager of N. C. Stores, and man
ager of the Anchorage store, is
here for a few days, conferring
with local N. C. officials.
Larry Gillespie, High School
junior, left for Anchorage for
two weeks’ training with the Alas
ka National Guard at its annual
encampment at Anchorage.
GIRL SCOUTS ENTERTAIN
EXPLORERS WITH SOCIAL
Senior Girl Scouts entertained
the members of the Explorer
Scout Troop last evening with a
box social. Lunches were auc
tioned off with a $1 limit, with
all proceeds going to the fund to
send a representative to the an
nual Council encampment this
spring.
MOTHERS CLUB BAKE SALE
The Mothers Club is holding a
bake sale on Saturday, March 21
at the N.C. Store. Proceeds from
the sale will go to send a repre
sentative to Fairbanks in June
to attend a short course of study
on better living. The Mothers
Club has 1500 members in Alaska.
Scheduled Sailings Every Tuesday
For Seward and Valdex
and Alternate Fridays for Seward.
Write: Alaska Steamship Company.
Box 200. Anchorage
— OH —
Nome Agent For Information
Business 4Woman
Of Year’ Attending
Nome Convention
Wilma Z. Lind of Seattle will
be the International Representa
tive at the Alaska Beta Sigma
Phi Convention being held here
this week. *
Mrs. Lind is a graduate of the
College of Puget Sound, and has
done graduate work at the Uni
versity of Washington. As a teach
er in language arts at Garfield
High School, she is active in the
National Education Association.
Mrs. Lind is actively associated
with Business and Professional
Women’s Association, Washington
State Federation, and is a Past
President and Parliamentarian.
She helped to organize the Alaska
Business and Professional Wo
men’s Association. This past year
she was honored to be named
Woman of The Year by BPWA.
In July, J958, Seattle was the
scene of the Business and Pro
fessional Women’s Association
National Biennial Convention, hos
tessing some 4,000 women, for
one week. Mrs. Lind was General
Chairman for this event, and this
convention was a huge succes.
climaxing months and months of
preparation and work on the part
of her and her committees. Mrs.
Lind was named National Mem
bership and Program Chairman
of Business and Professional Wo
men. Last fall, while in Washing
ton, D. C., she had the privilege
of attending a very select recep
tion for Ivy Baker Priest, Treas
urer of the United States.
She is married to Byron G.
Lind, an engineer for Seattle City
Light. He is also a Lt. Colonel in
the Active Army Reserve, serv
ing in Seattle at the Command
and General Staff School. Alas
kans may be interested to hear
that Byron Lind served for 3
years in Alaska, in the Aircraft
Warning Service.
NEW GROCERY MAN
FOR THE N.C. STORE
Mr. and Mrs. Gene'White and
daughter Linda arrived from Yak
atat to be employed here by the
Northern Commercial Company.
Mr. White will head the grocery
department. Prior to coming to
Nome, Mr. White was with the
Bellingham Canning Co. store at
Yakatat.
Linda is in the seventh grade
at school. •
Mrs. Ellen Spear, whose home
is now in Anchorage, will return
to Nome for the Beta Sigma
Phi convention starting here on
Thursday. Mrs. Spear is the
daughter of Christie Waldheim.
— Pioneers Attention —
MEETING TONIGHT
8 P.M., PIONEER HALL
Refreshments
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Willy s Station
Wagon. Call Red 30. tfc
FOR RENT — One - Bedroom
House. Call Main 150, anytime;
after 6 — Main 69. 33
WANTED — Part-time House
keeper for two bachelors. Call
White 37, betw. 7-8 p.m.
-I
FOR RENT — Furnished House at
304 Steadman. Contact tenants,
or B- Blumenstein, Box 698,
Bethel. 39
YOUNG MEN, 20 - 30 years old;
Tradesmen, German or Hun
garian trained, want to settle
in Alaska. Contact Yorkville
Employment Agency, 200 E. 85th
Street, N. Y. C., N. Y. 4t-wk.
FOR SALE — Our new dried Red
salmon are in. Better than ever.
50c lb. by the bundle. 55c lb.
straight. R. R. (Bob) Blodgett,
Teller Commercial Co., Teller,
Alaska. tf
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Fresh Fryers All Colored Fryers 89c Lb. I
J (NO LEGHORNS)
Chicken Gizzards For Frying 59c Lb. I
Stewing Chicken Cut Up—Pot Prepared 59c Lb. I
Fresh . . .
Fillet of Haddock 'rom Brit. Columbia 89c Lb. I
Fresh . . .
Filet of Sole 85c Lb.
Fresh . . .
Filet of Cod 79c Lb.
. Fresh ...
Filet of Perch 79c Lb.
Sc 11 ps 1.25 Lb.
Fresh Frozen Oysters 89c c. |
Fresh Green Shrimp 1.05 **