THE NOME NUGGET j
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Course in Progress at Nome Hospital
Teaching Villagers Sanitation Methods
Trainees from eight Eskimo vil
lages in Northwestern Alaska are
now in Nome attending a four
week course in basic sanitation.
Classes are being held in the
Health Center at the MMM Hos
pital.
The course, presented by the
Alaska Department of Health, is
designed to teach the sanitation
aides rudimentary methods of
providing safe and adequate sup
plies of water in the village, sani
tary methods of waste and gar
bage disposal, and other commun
ity sanitation methods. Special
emphasis is being placed on com
municable diseases and how im
proved sanitation will affect their
incidence in the village.
A large portion of the course is
devoted to demonstration projects,
where the aides are taught by ac
tually constructing during the
course units that they will be
using in the village later.
Included during the course is a
sanitary collection system for
rain water, a . driven or jetted
well, a sanitary privy, oil drum
disposal systems for both garbage
and sewage, and simpler tech
niques for waste disposal while at
fish camp or temporary quarters.
Each sanitation aide has been
chosen by the council of his vil
lage, and it is planned that follow
ing the school and the aides’ re
turn to their village the aides will
work through their village coun
cils to teach the village people
techniques learned in school.
Follow-up after the school will
be provided by Mr. Don Hunger
ford, sanitarian, who will super
vise the aides in the villages and
assist them with their various
village projects. Mr. Hungerford
will be stationed permanently in
Nome.
Overall objectives of the pro
gram, which was started in the
Bethel area last year, are to re
duce the incidence of enteric and
•other communicable diseases in
the Eskimo villages, to adapt mod
ern methods of sanitation to the
Eskimo village, and to develop an
increased responsibility for health
among the Eskimo people. Later,
it is planned that the program
will be extended to include most
of the native villages of appreci
able size in all of northern Al
aska.
Sanitation aides, now housed
and boarded at the Maynard-Mac
Dougall Hospital, include Robert
D. Cleveland, Shungnak; Thomas
Pungalik, Noorvik; Edward Ra
moth, Selawik; Henry Bailey, No
atak; Johnny Weyiouanna, Shish
maref; Roger Nassuk, Koyuk
Lawrence Koyoukluk, Shaktoolik,
and Gordon Nashalook, Unala
kleet.
Alaska Department of Health
representatives here to present
the training course include Rich
ard S. Holmgren Jr., training of- *
ficer for the department; Lauris'
S. Parker and Don Hungerford, I
sanitarians. Mr. Arthur Nagozruk j
"of Nome is also assisting at the I
school.
Nome Basketball League j
Play To Start Nov. 18
With 4 Teams Organized
Last Monday evening managers j
and coaches of prospective has- j
ketball teams met at the High
School to plan and organize the!
basketball season. At the present;
time there are four teams entered ;
in the Nome Basketball League.
They are the Nome Merchants,
the Nome High School team, and
two new teams, the ACS Signal
iers and the Polar Hornets, spon
sored by local organizations. It is
possible that another team may
be added, to make a total of five.
League play is scheduled to
start on Friday, Nov. 18, and a
game will be scheduled for each
Friday night except for occasional
week nights of play.
The teams have begun practice
and should be in top condition by
opening night.
Two pre-season games of bas
ketball are tentatively planned for
Nov. 11, the N.H.S. Alumae Girls’
team versus the N.H.S. Girls, and
the Nome High Alumni men ver
sus the N.H.S. Varsity boys. A
later notice will be forthcoming
about these two contests.
It is the hope of the league to
provide top entertainment for the
many basketball fans in the com
munity.
One hundredweight is equal to
112 pounds.
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Miss Edna Aukon
And Sam Ahwinona
Married Tuesday
In a lovely wedding ceremony
performed at 7 o’clock Tuesday
evening at the Covenant Church,
Miss Edna Aukon, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Albert Aukon of
Nome, became the bride of Mr.
Sam Ahwinona.
The church decorations featur
ed floral arrangements of roses in
varying shades of pink, an attrac
tive background for the ceremony,
which was read by Rev. Don J.
Bruckner.
Prelude music was played by
Mrs. Earl Towner. Mrs. Fritz
Carlson and daughter Carol, sang
“Saviour Like A Shepherd Lead
Us,” and Miss Barbara Carlsson
sang “I Love You Truly.”
The candles were lighted by
Carol and Roy Carlson.
As the notes of the wedding
march from Lohengrin were
heard, the bridal party proceeded
down the aisle.
The bride was given in mar
riage by her father and wore a
ballerina-length gown of pink net
over taffeta.
Miss Bessie Aukon, bridesmaid,
and sister of the bride, wore a
ballerina-length gown of blue
green net over taffeta. Flower
girl Gloria Carlson wore a pink
nylon gown and carried a basket
of flowers.
Robert Renshaw served as best
man for the groom.
A reception was held following
the ceremony, at Phoebe Hall, j
where the couple received con
gratulations and best wishes from
their many friends.
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Jury Stumped by
K’nd-Hearted Teller
Who Cashed Bad Checks
OWENSBORO, Ky., IP—A fed
eral court jury was unable to
agree yesterday on the responsi
bility of a small-town bank cash
ier who admittedly “indulged our
customers” to the tune of $535,000
in worthless checks.
After seven hours of delibera
tions, the jurors were dismissed
and a new trial was set for Ber
nard W. Barrett, a self-styled
“kind-hearted man,” accused of
letting more than 2,000 bad checks
accumulate.
The second trial, on the charge
that he made false entries to con
ceal the giant overdraft at the
Bank of Whitesville, Ky., was set
for Jan. 30. A charge of misapply
ing the funds is set for trial on the
same date.
The three-day trial was taken
up for the most part with the tes
timony of physicians and psychia
trists who examined Barrett.
In closjpg arguments, the gov
ernment acknowledged that it had
been unable to prove a motive,
and Barrett insisted he did not
profit from his kindness.
Soldier Likes Army Life But
Would Have Captain Transferred
ST. LOUIS, IP—Sen. Thomas C.
Hennings (D-Mo) says a recent
plea he received from a young
Army men “was a new twist” for
such cases.
“He said he liked everyone in
his company,” the senator said.
“He liked Army life. Everything
was wonderful except for one
thing—his captain.”
Did he want to be transferred?
Not this one.
“The boy suggested perhaps I
could get the captain a new duty
station,” Hennings said.,
fine Job Printing «i The Nugget
Appeals. Court Finds Unconstitutional
U.S.C.G. System of Screening Seamen
SAN FRANCISCO, Iff) — Suits
possibly totaling hundreds of
thousands of dollars may be filed
shortly by seamen once barred
from work by the Coast Guard on
security grounds.
The suits would spring from
Wednesday’s decision by the 9th
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
which ruled ,the Coast Guard’s
screening system unconstitutional.
Richard Gladstein, attorney for
the seamen, said he would file
motions for back wages lost by
all those barred under the system.
He estimated the number as “at
least 500” in this area and said
the suits would total several hun
dred thousand dollars.
There was no comment from
the Coast Guard.
Judge Walter L. Pope from
Montana wrote the 2-1 majority
opinion, saying “. . . the time
has not come when we have to
abandon a system of liberty for
one modeled on that of the Com
munists.”
The case was brought by six
seamen screened off ships under
the Magnuson Act of 1950. The
decision did not hold the Magnu
son Act unconstitutional but over
ruled the Coast Guard system in
applying it.
The opinion said the barred sea- i
men were not given advance!
notice their jobs were in jeopardy
or an opportunity to be heard iw|
their own defense. Judge Pope
continued:
“The question is: is this system
of secret informers, whisperers
and talebearers of such vital im
portance to the public welfare
that it must be preserved at the
cost of denying to the citizen even
a modicum of the protection tra
ditionally associated with due
process (of law)?”
The suit was filed in 1951. -
Baby, Whose Father Drowned
The Day He Was Bom, Dies
In Fire Which Destroys Home
KETCHIKAN, Iff) — Eli Milton
Jr., month-old son of Mrs. Alma
Milton of Metlakatla, died Wed
nesday when fire destroyed the
family’s story-and-a-half home.
A neighbor, Arthur Orr, res
cued three pre-school age children
but failed to find the baby in his
crib, because of smoke.
The day the baby was born his
father was drowned while fishing
off Bellingham, Wash.
Besides his mother, the baby is
survived by eight brothers and
sisters.
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