100-Ton Mack Trucks
To Haul CAA Asphalt
Alaska Freight Lines have a
tug and two barges in the road
stead loaded with asphalt for the
CAA. They are accompanied by
an LSM on which is loaded two
big Mack trucks which can haul
100 tons of asphalt and which
will be used to transport the as
phalt to the end of Nome Field.
The LSM is just able to get
into the Nome Harbor to unload
the barges.
Officials Enroute To
Barrow On North Star
Three Interior and Indian Af
fairs officials stopped briefly in
Nome today enroute to Kotzebue
to join the MS North Star for
the trip to Barrow. They were:
Newell B. Terry, director of
personnel of the Dept, of Inter
ior, Washington, D.C.
C. E. Lamson, chief of person
nel, BIA, Washington, D.C.,
And Max W. Penrod, area dir
ector of schools, BIA, Juneau.
Mr. Terry and Mr. Lamson are
making an official visit to Alaska
. and expect to cover the area from
Barrow to Fairbanks, having al
ready visited the Anchorage -
Bethel sector.
Farewell Party Given
Rev. and Mrs. Knudson
A farewell party for Rev. and
Mrs. Thos. Knudson of our Sa
vior’s Lutheran Church was held
Monday with many friends join
ing in the social hour for the oc
casion.
Next Sunday will be Rev.
Knudson’s last service before he
departs on a lecture and travel
tour of the “other” states where
he will tell of the work of the
Lutheran Church in Alaska.
Rev. John Maakestad, who has
been pastor at the Lutheran
Church at Shishmaref will be
taking over the Nome church and
is scheduled to arrive here some
time next week with his family.
New Teachers From Ninilchik
Recent arrivals in Nome are
Mr. and Mrs. John Woodiel who
will teach this winter in the
Nome Public School.
They came from Ninilchik,
on the Kenai Peninsula, where
Mr. Woodiel was principal of the
territorial school for the past
three years. •
The Woodiels are living at the
Polet apartment at 1st and D St.
TAX OFFICE OPEN AGAIN
Deputy Tax Collector Earl
Owen has returned from a com
bination business and pleasure
trip to the south and the Tax
Office is again open for business.
Home Arts Food Sale
To Benefit Girl Scouts
A summer food sale will be
held by the Home Arts Club on
Friday from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at
the NC Store. Jams, jellies, home
made bread, pie, cake and cook
ies will be sold.
Proceeds of the sale will be
donated to the Nome Girl Scout
Council which is to become fully
affiliated with the District Coun
cil at Fairbanks.
The Boy Scouts of Nome have
been similary affiliated for many
years but this will .be the first
time the local Girl Scouts will
have the advantages of leader
ship, guidance and'supplies from
district headquarters.
Mrs. John Osborne and Mrs.
Nels Swanberg Jr., are in charge
of the food sale. Anyone wishing
to help the Girls Scouts are asked
i to donate food for the sale.
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North Star Brings
Pre-Fabricated House
Virgil Farrell, * administrative
officer and special representative
of the Bureau of Indian Affairs,
renewed old acquaintances here
yesterday. He was enroute to
Kotzebue to join the MS North
Star and travel to Barrow and
way points where the vessel stops
with supplies and freight for
ANS schools and native coperat
ive stores.
Mr. Farrell formerly taught
at the ANS school here.
Mr. Farrell disclosed that the
North Star brought a pre-fabri
cated home to Nome for Dan
Burlison of the Arts and Crafts
Division of ANS. This is the
first ready - made home to be
brought to Nome and it will be
interesting to see it put together.
Mr. Farrell said it was. one of
several hundred purchased by
the department.
Present Statehood Discussion
Tonight At 7:30 Over TV
“The Importance of Statehood”
will be discussed tonight at 7:30
over KNOM-TV in a special pub
lic service presentation. The dis
cussion will be between Jim von
der Heydt, representing the
Democratic point of view, and
Jerry Manning for the Republi
cans.
Mr. and Mrs. Warren Thomp
son of Kotzebue are the parents
of a daughter born at the MMM
Hospital.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
Mrs. Hesse and Mrs. Coppo
wish to take this means to ex
pressing their thanks to so many
friends who have made their
visit in Nome so pleasant.
NOME-U-WASH I
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
WASHERS & DRYERS TO USE YOURSELF
OR — WE'LL DO IT FOR YOU
Hours 10 to 10 Phone Black 1
Jfo i Don't Miss
Your Ship . • • I
ORDER EARLY
“—l—mmmm
SS TONSINA Sails from Seattle Sept. 18
For Nome and St. Michael
Freight for St. Michael and Nome will
be received at Pier 42, Seattle, from Sep
tember 2 through September 15 for fall
sailing.
DOUBLE CHECKING WITH
YOUR SHIPPER IS WISE
JAMES F. O'SULLIVAN, Ageni Phone Main 68
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Playground Equipment
Now Being Installed
Playground equipment is being
installed in the lot adjacent to
the school. Swings, teeter-totters,
monkey bars, basketball back
stops and the like are being set
up and should be completed to
day. The work is being done
under the supervision of Roy
Snyder, a member of the Nome
School Board.
This equipment is furnished by
the Home Arts Club who have
supplied the funds for this proj
ect for over 20 years. They, in
turn, have given the equipment
to the city.
The Club was anxious that the
equipment should be properly set
up and they recently advertised
for bids. But when no bids were
received Mr. Snyder took over
the work and supervised the in
stallation, stating that the school
board would pay for the labor.
National foundation
Representtive Here
Felix Montes, of the National
Foundation, formerly for Polio,
but now extended to include
other viruses, arthritis, birth de
fects and disorders of the central
nervous system, is in Nome.
Mr. Montes said that the suc
cess of the Salk vaccine and vic
tory over paralytic polio being
assured, the National Foundation
enters into a new and broader
era of service to mankind and
will attack health problems on a
broad slant.
He is showing films today to
Foundation leaders and other in
terested persons on the problems
the Foundation is now seeking
to solve. -
Harold Gilbert, official repre
sentative of the Alaska Peace Of
ficers Assn., has been here con
ferring with federal and city
police officials in connection with
the police training program &nd
law enforcement program offic
ered by the organization.
Methodist Berry Pickers Picnic
Members of the Community
Methodist Church and their fam
ilies enjoyed a berry picking pic
nic at the Dunbar camp at Dex
ter with about 20 berry pickers
filling their pails on the hillside
and enjoying a social hour to
gether at the camp yesterday.
Fred Cavota, accompanied by
his. two daughters, Betty and
Marie, left yesterday for the
states. The girls 'will return to
St. Mary’s Academy near Win
lock, Wash., and Fred will make
a buying trip for Cavota’s Store.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Margaret Rock, Al
fred Olanna, May Thompson.
Discharged: Richard Kahle, W.
Perkins, Caroline Kampman, E.
Bashelier, Linda Topkuk, - Ann
Marie Ahkolik, Richard Elam. .
NOTICE
There will be no further CAP
Cadet "meetings until Sept. 4.
NOTICE TO PIONEERS
A special meeting of Pioneer
Igloo No. 1 will be held Wednes
day Sept. 3. Matters of import
ance to be considered. A full
attendance is desired.
Axel Edman, President
WANT ADS
FRESH DRIED SALMON from
Fish River. Call at Walter
Simon’s at East End.
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
SELL—Those surplus items that
you don’t need. Just let a
Nugget Classified Ad convert
them into cash for you.
SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
TONIGHT and THURSDAY
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
20th Century-Fox
presents
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KNOM-TV
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Tune In At 6:30 Tonight and Thursday
For TV Program Schedule
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$]_25
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SOCKEYE SALMON
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