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Dance is Open
To (Siblie
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T>eeorations are about complete
for one of. the prettiest dances
of the year, given each winter by
the High School.
The Valentine decorations aTe
outstandingly attractive with a
tied and white motif.
A king and queen -will he
named during the evening, and
a special part of the decoration
will be used for the coronation.
“Rich” Richardson -will lead a
lively .dance band which he has
‘been training from members of
the Home School Band. In the
baud are Fritz Chambers and
Ray Arnold on trumpets, Pete
Barber, trombone; Joe Senonge
<tuk, baas saxaphcme; Eddie John
son, tenor sax; Rod Boucher., alto
saxaphone. and Ruth Crlavino
vieh, clarinet.
The dance wdl toe held tonight
from 9 p. m. to 1 a. m. at the
Home High School. It is one of
the school dances open to the
public, and a large crowd is
expected.
British Refuse to
Call off H Bomb j
Tests Near Japan
LONDON, (£> — Britain today j
turned down Japan’s request for
suspension of the first British
hydrogen bomb test.
A note to the Tokyo govern
ment said it was Britain’s duty to
make and test nuclear weapons
in the absence of a world agree
ment for disarmament. The note
called the hydrogen bomb “the
most powerful existing deterrent
to major war.”
The British government plans
to test its first hydrogen bomb |
some time after March 1 in the j
vicinity of Christmas Island, a |
British-owned atoll some 2,500 j
miles southeast of Japan. The |
Japanese government in a note i
Jan. 30 expressed concern that ■
fallout from the explosion would j
injure Japanese fishing and ag
riculture.
Britain’s reply said the tests
would be bursts high in the air
which would not have a heavy
fallout. The note added that
there would be no contamination
of fish.
Treasury Seeks Interest
Hike cn Savings Bonds
WASHINGTON, UP) — The
Treasury yesterday asked Con
gress for authority to apply flex
ible interest rates on savingg
bonds and proposed at the same
'time to raise the rate from 3 to
3t4 per cent.
Identical bills were sent to the
Senate and House which would
give the Treasury the same flex
ibility to adjust the interest on
savings bonds that it has on other
securities.
The Treasury’s announcement
followed widespread criticism in
Congress and elsewhere of the in
vest yield, in view of generally
rising interest rates on other
investments. Sales of E bonds
have declined, and during most
of last year redemptions exceeded
sales.
IBM Engineer in Nome
To Adjust School Clocks
H. W. Escher, manager of th«
Customer Engineering depart
ment of the International Busi
jies Machines Corp., arrived fron
Anchorage to adjust the IBV
clocks which were installed u
the new part of the Nome School
and which have not been func
turning properly.
Joe Amarok |a Father,
Also Great Grandfather
tiUf
Haw to be a new father and
a great-grandfather 1 too is a
problem which does not confront
many of xts, but Joe, Amarok who
became a father for the eleventh
time," is also the great-grand
father of the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Steve Dickson of this city,
it is reported.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compihea by the
iU£. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Continued fair and cold with
increasing cloudiness Saturday. A
little warmer tonight with a low
temperature of 25 to 30 degrees.
High Saturday minus 5 to 10.
Astronomy INotes
By OLAF HALVERSON
Another group -of stars which
-beautify the winter skies are the
Pleiades, sometimes -called the
“Seven Little Sisters.” The stars
are located t© the west of Orion
and are visible in the southern
sky early in the evening.
The Pleiades are visible from
August until May. Five of the
stars in this group may be plainly
seen, although most people can
see six and many with keen eye
sight can see seven and even nine.
The telescope reveals about 3,000
more surrounding the group
which gives the appearance of
mistiness in the vicinity of each
star. These stars fill a space in
the heavens equal to about 180
millions of millions of miles.
The five more important stars
of the Pleiades lie in the form of
a short-handled dipper. This is
the fourth clearly marked dipper
fpund in the sky. The four dip
pers are the Big Dipper, the Little
Dipper, the Milk Dipper and the
Dipper of the Pleiades.
Senate Restores 30 Million
Bill for Minerals Buying
WASHINGTON, iff — The Sen
ate Appropriations Committee
has voted to restore a 30 million
dollar minerals buying program
stricken by the House from a
supplemental money bill.
Alaska Airlines
From Anchorage: H. W. Esch
ler, Gordon Young, Lt. Winter
mute, Roeco Nazzaro, Edw. Rolf,
Joe Blaklie, E. H. Shelhamer, Joe
Mountsen, Ronald Banska.
To Anchorage: E. H. Shaell
hamerv Maj. Robt. Kolb, Bill Les
ter, Laura and Harry Johnsen,
Margaret Bohrer, P. L. Reader,
L. Lane, Floyd Cobb, Clarence
Rucker, J. Davis, Edward Kimok
toak, Ralph Palmer, Sarah Good
en, Annie Lee, Eva Henry, Sig
Krogstad, Frances Ballot, Roger
Attaruk, Margaret Ferriera, Susie
Carter, Freddy Sours.
From McGrath: Peter Kakaruk.
To McGrath: Leslie Jones, Frank
| Posch, Alberte Mode.
To Unalakleet: Mrs. R. Ivanoff
! and infant, Mrs. D. Trantham and
i Barbara Trantham.
Wien Airlines (
From Fairbanks: Russell Her
mann, William Norman.
To Fairbanks: Harold Ahma
Isuk (to Galena); Johna Tokianna,
' Herbert Tokssingnog, Clifford Ik
i nokinok, Arthur Kellick, Jerry
j Wongittilin, L. S. Parser, D. E.
J Miner, Todd Purcell, Lt. Robert
j Steele, Fred .Seqak, Davis Menad
elook, David Soolook.
From Kotzebue: Maj. William
Crawford, George Conwell. To
Kotzebue: A. L. Mueller.
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Pioneer Party i
Celebrates. 50th
Year of Activity
Members of the Pioneers of
Alaska, with the members of the
Women’s Auxiliary and their
guesjts, filled the Pioneer Igloo i
to capacity Wednesday night to
celebrate the Golden Anniversary
of one of the most active groups
in the community.
The guests were really sur
prised to receive placecards
each with a real gold nugget from
the Waldhlem mine iiri the Kou
garok as a souvenir.
Following a Smorgasbord din
ner served to about 150 guests,
President Frank Morris greeted
the guests as toastmaster and
Past President M. J. Walsh gave
an interesting account of pioneer
ing of the early days, praising the
man “from all walks of life and
all nations in the world” who,
I with foresight and fortitude
made up the framework for the
future State.
Mrs. Louise Walsh, past presi
dent of the Women’s Auxiliary,
as one of the pioneers with the
longest residence in Nome, ren
dered beautifully a poem by Es
ther Darling, poetess of Nome of
the early days, entitled “The
Alaskan Pioneer.”
Past President Emily Boucher
gave an interesting account of
Nome fifty years ago as gleaned
from the files of the Nome Nug
get of that year.
Past President Carrie McLain
led the Pioneers in a group of
old time hit tunes such as “Sweet
Rosie O’Grady,” “Cuddle Up A
Little Closer,” and several other
tunes.
Movies taken of the 1956 Roof
Garden, by Bill Doyle, were
shown and enjoyed by all
present.
An old pioneer game was |
played with a most practical!
grand prize going to Mike Walsh.!
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