g THE NOME NUGGET
POLICE ROUND UP
TEEN-AGE "GANG"
A series of robberies in private
.homes, business houses and bi
cycle and car thefts are being
solved through the combined ef
forts of the City Police Depart
ment and the U.S. Marshal’s Of
fice, as they continue to- round
up a gang of teen-age boys who
have confessed to an amazing
number of depredations.
A store-house of loot has been
found which contained a wide
variety of stolen articles. One
■boy suffered head injuries when
the stolen military jeep they were
driving overturned.
Mrs. Clyde 'Hovick, wife of the,
superintendent of one of the Gaas
land Co. projects in this area
which is about completed, is vis
iting in town on her first visit
to Nome.
Wednesday. November 12. 1952
JANE SCOTT HONORED
AT BRIDAL SHOWER
Mrs. Helen Bockman and Miss
Mary Louise Fink were hostesses
•at a bridal shower last Saturday
^evening honoring Jane Scott,
whose wedding to Don Perkins
has'been announced for Dec. 6.
Lovely miscellaneous gifts were
presented the bride-to-be and de
licious refreshments were served
by the hostesses at the Bockman
residence on Belmont Point.
"Rube" Cremer Leaves For States
"Rube” Cremer relinquished his
title as “Mayor of Hastings” this
week when he sold his mining
holdings in the Hastings Creek
,area to Harry Knutson.
Cremer is leaving for the States
due to poor health and will be
missed by his many friends, made
over a period of more than 50
years.
FROM S E W A R D
S3 Denali Nov. 13
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS Baranof Nov. 20
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS Denali Nov. 27
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
SS Baranof Dec. 4
Sitka Ketchikan
Juneau Seattle
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ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
J. J. DILLON. Agent — Phone Main 68
A. Polet Honored For
50 Year’s Service In
Development N.W. Alaska
Antonio Polet, grand old man
of Nome, was honored yesterday
for mere than half a century of
service to the development of
Northwestern Alaska.
Because the 71-year-old pioneer
is still recovering from the effects
of a recent operation, “Tony” was
unable to be present in person at
Fairbanks where his many years
of endeavor for the Territory
were saluted in ceremonies con
ducted in the Fourth Division
court chambers.
But the word of how an en
graved plaque of tribute was ac
cepted on his behalf by his son
Alvin, district traffic and sales
manager for Pan American World
Airways at Fairbanks, reached
Tony in Seattle, where he is rest
ing at the home of a sifter.
The plaque, a gift of the mem
bers and staff of the Alaska De
velopment Board was bestowed,
in the words of the engraving on
its face, “in recognition of half
a century of service in advancing
the development of Northwestern
Alaska.
Tony Polet, born in Italy, was
in Seattle in 1900 when news ar
rived of the gold strike on the
beach at Nome. He went north
immediately and has lived at
Nome ever since, growing up with
the community from the very
beginning.
Tony has been a member of
the Alaska Development Board
from its creation in 1945, is past
grand president of the Pioneers of
Alaska, and served the North
western Alaska Chamber of Com
merce as secretary for 18 years.
Within a few weeks, he plans
to head north again, his enthusi
asm undimmed, for more work in
boosting Eskimo arts and crafts,
minin|, the tourist industry, and
Northwestern Alaska develop
ment generally.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Higgins are
the parents of a daughter, Juanita
Geraldine, weighing 8 pounds 8V2
ounces, born yesterday at the hos
pital. Mr. Higgins is with the
Q Cab.
Frank Martin recently returned
from a trip to Fairbanks where
>he visited with his daughter, Mrs.
Ken Sly and family.
WANT ADS
WANTED TO BUY — Kerosene
stove with oven, good condi
tion. Call Main 100. 137p
MEN’S Holeproof Dress Sox, all
colors. Ladies’ Holeproof Nylons
at the Art and Trade Center.
FOUND—Pair of man’s hand-knit
gloves. Claim and pay for ad.
FOUND—Key in leather holder
with long chain.
FOR RENT — 6x6 truck by hour
or day. Drive yourself or will
12 p.m. See Steve Pederson or
furnish driver from 7 p.m. to
call Main 22 during working
hours.
DREAM
THEATER
Thursday, Nov. 12 — 7:30 p.m.
"THE MISSING WOMEN"
Penny Edwards • Jane Millican
Also First Chapter of
"THE SEAHOUND"
Friday, Nov. 14—7:15 & 9 p.m.
"HOE DOWN"
! Eddy Arnold - Jeff Donnell
Gold In Thai Thar Dirt
Speculation as to how' much
gold there is in the pile of dirt
in front of the North Star Grill,
may lead to some panning if the
weather doesn’t get too cold.
It has always been believed
that Nome was built on “pay dirt’’
and that the entire downtown
area could be mined to advantage,
hence the slogan: “Nome, the
town that was built on gold.”
The excavation now under way
is for a lull basement under the
North Star Bakery.
Rose Silverman of the Trading
Post has announced that she will
be opening another store in Fair
banks, also to be known as the
Trading Post. She will operate
both stores with the assistance of
Mr. and Mrs. A. Castro. Mrs. Cas
tro is Mrs. Silverman’s daughter,
now residing in California.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Fred Sequak, Rose
Higgins, Flora Lee of Teller, Fred
Bourdon, Jr., Stella Cooley, Mil
dred Lindberg.
Discharged: Katherine Amarok,
Mary Ellen Walsh, Jesse Tocktoo,
Ro'se Higgins and daughter.
Word was received today by
the Anvil Lodge that James A.
Panos passed away in Seattle. The j
funeral will be held tomorrow.
PAN AMERICAN AIRWAYS
Arriving yesteday: Mr. and
Mrs. Clyde Hovick, Roy Earling,
Jim Crawford, Dale Belchor.
Departing for Fairbanks: John
Dexter, Harold Ahmasuk, Agnes
Aya, Jesse Toctoo, Joe Pridgen,
John Quirk; for Seattle: Ellis
Hedson, Pete Brandt, Rube Crem
er, George Bodis, John Hutney,
Chris Simeon, Hans Larson, John
Campbell, Charles Gustafson, Sam
Rose, Lyman Madden.
Josephine Kaaji, one of Nome’s
well known octagenafians cele
brated her 82nd birthday last
evening at the home of Mrs. W.
B. McCarthy where a group of
friends gathered to. celebrate the
occasion and share in enjoying a
delicious birthday cake.
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