Robert Dunbar and
Barbara Trigg Elected
Sweetheart King, Queen
The Nome High School elected j
Robert Dunbar and Barbara Trigg '
as King and Queen of the Sweet- |
heart Prom last Friday evening. !
Lady in waiting was Lucy Ann j
Fagerstrom and King’s assistant I
Charles Fagerstrom.
Music for the dance was by
“Richw and Freddie Frey and was
supplemented by the Nome
School Combo, who played in
public for the first time.
Daughter Bom to Sam Tucker's
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Tucker are
the parents of a daughter, born
yesterday at the hospital, and
weighing 8 pounds and 4 ounces.
The new baby girl has been
named Violet Gladys.
Winners For Second
In Series of Pioneer
Whist Games Saturday
The second game of the Pioneer
Card Party series was played last
Saturday evening with the fol
lowing winners for the evening:
Ladies—Mary Jeane Sasse, 1st;
Margaret McDonald, 2nd, and
Louise Walsh, consolation.
Men—Albert Johnson, 1st, Geo.
Morin 2nd, and Axel Edman, con
solation.
The door prize went to Mary
Elizabeth Jolley.
The series leaders to date are:
For the ladies—Ilene Schick with
231; Barbara Martin, 229 and
Mary Jane Sasse, 228.
For the men—Carroll Hughes,
227; Luther and Robert Dunbar,
tied at 224, and Bob Lewis and
Tom Martin, tied at 220.
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ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: D. G. Allison,
Gerald Ross, Andrew Tingook Jr.,
Jack Newbauer, J. A. Pappas, J.
M. Seward, Joseph Reddington,
Don Boyer.
From Anchorage: Don Yeaman,
Edward Doyle, John Pappas, Or
ville Johnson, Gus Bjornstad, W.
Withworth, Emma Outwater, W.
Lester, Thomas Burg, Furmil
V. Eognok, Charles Peterson.
Little Diomede
Reported Short
Of Food and Fuel
An attempt was made to land
at Diomede Island last Saturday
as the islanders are reported short
of food and fuel.
The villagers had worked to
clear a landing strip but the ice
is very rough this year.
Pilot Howard Mays took Geo. j
Wilson of ANS and Everett Bach
elder, who were anxious to get
to the island but the plane was
unable to land as the cleared area
was not more than 3 or 400
feet long and surrounded by
much jagged ice.
Everett Bachelder was left at
Teller on the return trip.
Unalakleet Youth in
Army’s Alaska Exercise
BIG DELTA, Alaska—Army Sgt.
Stanley Ryan, son of Frank Ryan,
Unalakleet, Alaska, is taking part
in the Army’s “Exercise Moose
Horn” in the Big Delta area, 165
miles from the Arctic Circle.
Sgt. Ryan is regularly assigned
as a squad leader in Company L
of the 71st Infantry Division’s 4th
Regiment in Alaska. He ente ed
the Army in October, 1954.
The sergeant was graduated in
1951 from Mt. Edgecumbe High
School.
CAP Cadets Meet Tuesday Night
All CAP Cadets are urged to
attend the regular meeting to
morrow evening to welcome back
their leader, Sgt. Richard August,
stated Don Munz, reporter.
A test will be given also on
the Phonetics Alphabet and map
reading,
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: David Aukon, Knute
Olson, Ruth Parcell, Joyce Tuck
er.
Discharged: Lorraine Kost, Rita
Angnaboogak, Paul Amarok,
Wallace Sukenik, Beatrice Davis.
Mrs. Walsh Tells About
Constitutional Convention
Mrs. M. J. Walsh gave a very
interesting aceount of the 75 days
she spent at the Constitutional
Convention, at the meeting of
the Pioneer Auxiliary last Friday
evening. Mrs. Walsh accompanied
her husband, Mike Walsh, who
was a delegate to the convention.
She said that there never has
been a finer group of Alaskans
gather together in such sincerity
and unison to work for the good
of the territory. She stated that
she attended the meetings quite
regularly regardless of the cold
as the meetings became more in
teresting as the work developed.
“There was scarcely a dry eye
during the signing of the consti
tution,” she said, “and dui'ing the
singing of Alaska’s song ‘Alaska’s
Flag’ by the Air Force choir.
“Alaska can be very proud of
its governor and President Patty
of the University for their in
spired addresses that day,” Mi*s.
Walsh said.
She also praised President and
Mrs. Patty for their hospitality
to visitors through the conven
tion. *
Ylethodist Official
Expected Here Soon for
Quarterly Conference
Persons planning to attend the
dinner at the Community Meth
odist Church tomorrow evening
are reminded to be sure to bring
their silver and plates, thereby
simplifying the dishwashing chore
of the committee.
Rev. Fred McGinnis is sched
uled to arrive today or tomorrow
from Anchorage. He has just re
turned from Washington, D. C.,
and should have an interesting re
port. The dinner is planned for
6:30 p.m. in the social rooms of
the church.
Chamber’s Annual
Banquet Feb. 24
The Chamber of Commerce has
announced that their annual ban
quet will he held at the Pioneer
Igloo on Feb. 24, at which time
new officers will take over for
195G.
The banquet will be open to
all interested citizens and reports
made as well as plans and proj
ects announced for the coming
year.
An interesting program will be
announced soon.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Burea‘
Continued fair today with in
creasing cloudiness tonight and
Tuesday. Warmer Tuesday. Low
temperature expected tonight -10,
high tomorrow 10.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
-9, lowest -29. Max. wind 11 mph
from the east. Sunrise at 8:02
a.m., sunset at 4:28 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature -8, lowest -24. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 43
in 1927, lowest -28 in 1907.
Other stations as of 7 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -10 Light Snow
Kotzebue - 8 Light Snow
[ Wales - 6 Clear
i Gambell - 4 Bloing Snow
| Unalakleet -13 Part cloudy
i Nome - 2 Part cloudy
Bethel - 4 Cloudy
McGrath -36 Clear
; Anchorage -13 Fog
' Fairbanks -42 Fog
Whitehorse -29 ' Snow
Edmonton -14 Light Snow
Juneau - 1 Clear
■ Ketchikan 12 Clear
j Seattle 35 Light Snow
i San Francisco 52 Part cloudy
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