Son Daniel Ost Writes
^Tribute to His Mother
In Covenant Newspaper
We have been requested to
reprint this tribute to Mrs. L. E.
Ost, who passed away April 8.
I The article is from the Cov
enant Weekly. It is written by
Daniel K. Ost, a son of the de
ceased who is well- known in
the community.
In the year 1910, mother ac
companied my father in his call
from God to go to Alaska to bring
the gospel of Christ to the Eski
mos. Shortly after they arrived in
Alaska, in fact before my oldest
brother was born, the symptoms
of arthritis rheumatism began to
appear — the tell-tale signs that
were to get steadily worse for
over 40 years. From my earliest
recollections of mother she was
crippled with that awful disease,
but that did not deter her aban
donment to God, to her family,
and to the Eskimos, imposed upon
’ her by a heart brim-full of the
love of God.
After a long fight it became
necessary for my mother to use
crutches and I can remember try
ing to fix the pads so they would
n't be so- painful for her armpits.
I remember when it became no
longer possible for her to kneel
and pray at night so she had to
sit up in bed to pray. She would
alwavs tell me stories from the
Bible—never too busy, never too
tired, and then she wonld have
me kneel and pray.
The coffee was always on for
the Eskimo dog-team driver who
arrived in the middle of the bliz
zard, for the pilot of th^ mail
plane and for visiting dignitaries.
I believe that not a few mission
aries who have gone to Alaska to
minister Christ will testify that
actually they were ministered to
by mother, whose sweet Christ
like character and tenderness
were proverbial. Hundreds have
been enriched and humbled for
having known her and observed
the glow of Christ from a pain
wracked body! In spite of sleep
less nights and many vicissitudes
from many heart-aches as well
as constant pain in her body,
mother was not known to com
plain or to “gripe”—no, it seemed
with the increasing pain there
was a compensating measure of
“my grace is sufficient for thee.”
Mother’s faith seemed to know
no doubts. Even when it looked
like all of us boys were on the
path to hell, she never doubted
that we would all be saved. Her
commitment to God was complete
even to the extent that she didn’t
✓ complain when God called us
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away from home into His service.
She was a soldier and wanted her
children to 'be the same.
Never will I forget when I left
home and the plane flew low over
our house. Propping her right arm
up with her left arm, she waved
goodbye and committed us to God.
Her prayers have followed us
in trial and joy and helped just
when t^iey were most needed. She
has gone to her reward and “her
children rise up and call her
blessed.” *
■—Daniel K. Ost
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Washington News-Letter
By Mary Lee Council
Secretary to E. L. Bartlett,
Delegate to Congress from Alaska
ASSESSMENT WORK
The deadline for the past year’s
requirement for assessment work
will be reached on July 1 with no
prospect in sight for congression
al action to suspend the necessity
fo‘r doing such work on unpat
ented mining claims in Alaska and
the rest of t,he country.
The Alaska legislature memor
ialized the Congress to waive the
requirement but the sentiments of
the territorial legislative body
face the prospect of negative re
sponse from the national Con
gress.
“My personal recommendation,”
Delegate Bartlett stated after
talking with a number of key
members of Congress including
the chairman of the mines and
mining subcommittee of the
House Interior and Insular Af
fairs Committee, the subcommit
tee having initial jurisdiction over
any legislation seeking waiver,
“would be that all claim holders
perform their assessment work.
They would endanger themselves
if they waited in anticipation of
a suspension law.”
ALASKA GAME LAW
The House passed and sent to
the Senate last week Delegate
Bartlett’s bill lifting present re
strictions against the appointment
of any federal or territorial em
ploye to the Alaska Game Com
mission.
The measure provides that one
of the four members of the Com
mission could be an employe of
either government.
Chrisiine Jorgensen Visits
Relatives In Copehagen
LONDON, tP) — Christine Jor
gensen, former U.S. soldier who
underwent medical treatment in
Denmark last year to make him
a woman, arrived here Monday
enroute to visit relatives in Co
penhagen. Christine expects to
return here for the coronation of
Queen Elizabeth in two weeks
hence.
COL. DECKER TAKES OVER
AS FT. LEWIS COMMANDER
FORT LEWIS, Wash., UP)—Col.
Kenneth N. Decker, who organ
ized and directed the harbor de
fenses at Dutch Harbor, Kodiak
and Umnak, Alaska, during World
War II, has taken over as com
mander at the vast Fort Lewis
Army post.
Col. Decker had been acting
commander for several weeks as
Brig. Gen. John J. Burns went
through a routine series of medi
cal examinations preparatory to
retiring from military service.
Col. Decker joined the Fort
Lewis general staff last Septem
ber.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Partly cloudy tonight and to
morrow with winds gentle and
variable. Lowest temperature ex
pected tonight 40, highest Tues
day 55.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: High temperature
63, low 40. Max. wind 30 mph
from the NE. Sunrise at 2:32 a.m.,
sunset at 9:26 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
high 38, low 32. Extremes this
date since 1907: high 62 in 1912,
low 8 in 1920.
Other stations, 7 a.m. today
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow 25 Cloudy
Kotzebue 32 Part cloudy
Wales 29 Fog
Gambell 30 Cloudy
Nome 50 Cloudy
Unalakleet 46 Part cloudy
Bethel 46 Cloudy
McGrath 55 Part cloudy
Anchorage 49 Part cloudy
Fairbanks 56 Part cloudy
Whitehorse 57 Part cloudy
Edmonton 72 Part cloudy
Juneau 55 Part cloudy
Ketchikan 49 Cloudy
Seattle 59 Rain
San Francisco ^ 58 Part cloudy
McKay Announces End of
Defense Fisheries and
Electric Power Agencies
WASHINGTON, (JR — Secretary
of the Interior McKay announced
Saturday the Defense Fisheries
Administration is being abolished
on June 30.
This is the second Interior De
partment defense agency to be
eliminated. McKay earlier an
nounced the Defense Electric
Power Administration would be
ended June 30.
McKay said “progressive re
laxation of emergency controls”
paved the way to terminate the
fisheries agency, which was set
in 1950 to handle problems con
fronting the fisheries industry as
a result of the defense mobiliza
tion program.
Delay on Mount Everest
NEW DELHI, India, UD — A
British expedition attempting to
scale unconquered Mt. Everest is
being hampered by fresh snowfall
and winds of 45 mlies an hour,
according to advices received
here.
The team, headed by Col. John
Hunt, has established a base camp
on a 27,000-foot saddle of the
29,000 - foot peak, the world’s
.highest. It sent back word Tues
day that the climbers would make
their final assault within 10 days.
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Ireland Office Objects to
Plaid' of “Scotch” Tape
DUBLIN, (A*)—The Irish trade
mark office Saturday rejected an
application by the makers erf
“scotch” tape to use their familiar
plaid design as a trademark in
Ireland. Controller Edward Cleary
ruled that plaid or a tartan was
not a destinctive mark.
A. B. Tompkins, attorney for
the Minnesota Mining and Manu
facturing Co., which makes
“scotch” tape, said the decision
may be appealed.
, “If the plaid is not fundamen
tally distinctive,” he asked, “what
are the McGregors, the MacDon
alds, the Campbells and the Stu
arts going to do about it?
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Tingook
are the parents of a son, Carson,
born at their home this morning..
Mrs. Walluk was midwife.
The Tingooks now have six
sons and two daughters.
It is believed that herds of wild
reindeer existed in northern Scot
land at late as the 12th Century.
Arctic Sanitary Service
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