Ragtime Bob Busy
To the Delight
Of Nomeites
Ragtime Bob Darch, who en
tertains with melodies of the turn
of the century with a wonderful
collection of one, two and three
step selections, has been busy
each minute of his short visit
here talking to people who can
tell him something about music
of the early days. Old sheet mu
sic, old records, old pianos are
his specialty.
While here, he made a record
ing of an original rag-time song
by one of the early-day rag-time
piano players, Fred Cook. Darch
urges Nomeites to preserve relics
of toe early days before it is too
late and start seriously planning
some kind of a building where
they may be kept permanently.
He has been generous with his
suggestions about raising funds
for such a 'building and telling
interested citizens how other com
munities have done it.
Unlike many collectors, he has
no desire to take away from Nome
those things he sees of value but
wants to inspire those living here
to preserve them for posterity.
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Retired Alaska Steamship
Captain Dies In Seattle
SEATTLE, Iff)—Capjt. Andrew
Hansen, 73, retired master mari
ner who sailed on Alaska Steam
ship Co. vessels more than 35
years, died here Wednesday. He
became seriously ill a week ago.
Funeral services will be held Sat
urday.
A native of Norway, Captain
Hansen went to sea when a boy
of 14. He sailed out of Boston
and Baltimore some time before
he came around Cape Horn in
a full-rigged sailing ship to Se
attle in 1900. He went paround the
world seven times in sailing
vessels.
Captain Hansen began with the
Alaska Steamship Co. He was a
lieutenant commander in the Na
val Reserve during the second
world war. His last ship before
his retirement in 1949 was the
motorship Terminal Knot, now
the Susitna.
Captain Hansen survived three
shipwrecks, including the explo
sion of the vessel Victoria in
Seattle in the early 1920’s.
British Ships will be
Allowed Through Suez
LONDON, UO — Foreign Sec
retary Selwyn Lloyd announced
today Britain has received assur
ances her ships will be allowed
through the Suez Canal once that
blocked waterway is cleared.
He told the House of Commons
Egypt gave the assurances <to the
United Nations, which relayed
them to Britain.
Passage of British ships, he
added, would be allowed “in ac
cordance with the 1888 conven
tion”—the old treaty guarantee
ing the right of international us
age of the canal.
Guaranteed Lang and Olympic
Dependable n
Fuel Service anges
_ Heaters
LF Gas STOVE PARTS
and Apphance* AND REPAIRS
Main 152 *' Quaker oil
GREEN’S
CITY FUEL & TRANSFER
Teen-Age Club Dances
At American Legion Hall;
The teen-age club has been im
proving the American Legion
Hall for their use and now have
a gas range (given to them by an
anonymous doner) and have pur
chased a new heater with stack
heater which has been kept going
day and night, making the club
available to the youths at any
time during the week.
The young people have dances
every Saturday evening except
once each month, and that dance
is sponsored by the CAP Cadets.
Chaperones have been Mrs.
John Fagerstrom, Mr. and Mrs.
Richard August and Mrs. Ella
Turner. Other parents would be
welcomed if they will volunteer.
The dances, stated Chief Webb,
are over by 12, and the young
people are off the street by 12:30.
Webb also stated that as soon
as the weather moderates an in
side paint job will be started by
the young people.
HONORED BY WRITERS
The Idaho Writers’ League hon
ored Mrs. Lucille (Hathaway)
Hall, former Nomeite who auth
ored “The History of Alturas
County,” at a reception on Feb
ruary 1*2 at Idaho State College
in Pocatello. The book relates
tales of the “roaring mining camp
days” in Idaho’s pioneer life -as
she knew them when a girl.
Former Nome Marshal,
91; His Hobby — Women!
When Phil Holland, former
U. S. Marshal at Nome, entered
the Masonic Home at Zenith,
Wash., he stated on his applica
tion blank that his bobby was
“women.” On February 2, Phil
celebrated his 91st birthday and
hasn’t changed his mind on hob
bies, nor would anyone enjoy
him if he did, for everyone likes
a “little bit of pettin’ at life’s
settin’.” He is still a member of
Anvil Lodge, F&AM, Nome,
and like many others nearing
'the “90 milestone,” keeps well
because he believes in the “mir
acle of exercise.” No matter how
cold the day, the senior citizens I
at the Masonic Home get on their I
parkas and mukluks and encircle I
the place on a good walking spree, j
The first thing he did on his
Ed Steffen to Geneva
For Ketchikan Rotary
The Ed Steffens of Federal
Drug Company, Ketchikan, are
visiting their daughter in Los An
geles before leaving March 1 on
a six months tour of Europe. Stef
fen will represent the Ketchikan
Rotary Club at the International
Rotary Convention to be held in
Geneva, May 19-22. Mrs. Steffen
is the former Irene Young of
Nome whose father, the late John
(Jack) Young operated a herring
cannery in that area in earlier
years.
Record Tokyo Flight
Made by Pan American
SEATTLE, UP)—A new Pan
American World Airways DC-7C
Clipper flew nonstop from Tokyo
to Seattle with 80 passengers yes
terday in 14 hours and 2 miinutes.
A PAA spokesman said it was
a record for the flight by a com
mercial plane. It was an average
speed of 341 miles an hour for the
4,793-mile trip.
The fastest previous time for
the flight was 15 hrs. 20 min.
Top Prize $1,000 for
Fastest Sled Dog Team
Prize money for three days of
sled dog racing during the Feb
ruary Fur Rendezvous will again
total $6,500 for 1957, according to
a joint announcement today from
Greater Anchorage, Inc., sponsor
of the Rendezvous, and the Alas
kan Sled Dog and Racing Asso
ciation.
Top prize money is $1,000, to
be awarded the driver who scores
the least elapsed time during the
three days of racing. Heat win
ners will receive prizes of $400,
$500, and $600 respectively for
the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd days.
Racing events are slated for
the three final days of Rendez
vous week, Feb. 22, 23 and 24.
j Teams will follow much the same
course they have run in previous
Rendezvous competitions, with
starting and finish lines in front
of the City Hall on Fourth
Avenue.
birthday was to - team up with
Capt. Wm. H. Hicks for a walk
to the store. His former “beat” '
was from Nome to Pt. Barrow.
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NEWS OF
NOMEITES
By LULU FAIRBANKS
A former longshoreman from
Nome in 1900, jovial Dr. Kristian
Falkenberg, was a busy man this
week locating overnight homes
for 30 “Singing Boys of Norway,”
who gave a very unusual concert
in Seattle. They were from 10 to
27 years of age and have received
a most hospitable welcome in
many American cities since leav
ing Norway. Falkenberg is one of
the few living pioneers who went
I North over the Edmonton Trail.
From Dawson he went to Ram
part where he teamed up with
Walter J. Foley, now living in
Eureka, Calif., and Herman Tof
■ty for whom the oamp of Tofty
was named. Falkenberg, a promi
nient Seattle optometrist, is a
past president of the Alaska Yu
kon Pioneers and the Interna
tional Sourdough Reunion.
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On February 19, Mrs. Matilda
(Howard) Case will celebrate her
91st birthday at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. D. H. Traphagen,
2320 34th Ave. So., Seattle. Many
years ago, around 1914-18, she
operated a dressmaking shop in
Juneau along with Ollie and
Irene Bacon. In the early Nome
days, Traphagen was a teacher
■ and miner, later entering the con
j tracting business. He was a one
time president of the Arctic Club
j in Seattle.
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A unique Christmas gift was
received by Sam W. Taggart,
made of black and white snake
skin by the natives on Okinawa,
sent by his son George who is
stationed there. Taggart went to
Dawson in ’97, and on to Fair
banks and Nome in 1909 where
he remained until 1915. For many
years he operated the Red Top
Taxi in Seattle, and returned to
Nome after the 1934 fire with
lumber for its rebuilding. He and
Mamie have an unobstructed view
of Puget Sound and Mt. Rainier
at 2218 Eastmont Way on Magno
lia Bluff, Seattle 99. Another
son, Van Taggart, is an assistant
vice president, Seattle First Na
tional Bank.
« • •
Miss Ann Devine, former
Nomeite, is the waitress with a
smile who serves Alaskans at
the Green Apple Pie, 521 Pike
St. She and her brother, Charles
Levine, enjoy seeing old friends.
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In a letter to Slim Rydeen,
Bellevue, Wash., Fred Ayer, 1926
Charleston Ave., Lima, Ohio,
■ says he and his wife are both
well, but that he is “homesick”
for the coast and the North. Ayer
won many trophies in the Sweep
stakes Races in Nome when he
was with the Wild Goose Mining
Company.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
STAN MORGAN, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets 1st & 3rd Monday of each month
Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Robt. K. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Dewey Goodrich
^><j President
fO'.^Oli w- Mecklenburg
P'\3<r Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon