Mrs. Mary Meininger
Will Settle Estate of Her
Father, Ronald Gillis
Mrs. Mary Meininger of Van
couver, Wash., arrived in Nome
Tuesday enroute to Candle to
settle the estate of her father,
Ronald Gillis, who died last
week in Vancouver.
Mrs. Meininger is the former
Bunny Gillis and was born and
raised at Candle. Her husband
and four children remained at
home in Vancouver. She said
that her sister, Mrs. Mary
Teeters, the former “Betty” Gillis,
now the mother of six children,
lives in Portland, Ore.
Mrs. Meininger was accompan
ied by Mrs. Alice Evern, wife of
Charlie Evern, well - known pio
neer and CAA construction fore
man. Mrs. Evern now makes her
home in Puyallup, Wash. She is
also making the trip to Candle
to visit her former home.
Mrs. Evern revealed that one
of her twin daughters Mrs. Alice
“Trinket” Freeman now lives in
Alexandria, Egypt, where Mr.
Freeman is performing seimologi
cal oil exploration for a large
American oil company.
Fine Job Printing ai The Nugget
I JOSEPHINE KAIJA IS
TAKEN TO HOSPITAL
City police were alerted Mon
day night by neighbors that Jose
phine Kaija had not been seen
all day. tLS. Marshal Oliver and
Patrolman Austerman went im
mediately to her home at the
corner of First Ave. and West E.
They found Josephine lying on
the floor of her home, where she
had fallen, apparently unable to
move.
She was taken to the hospital
by the police dept.
Utilities Board Meets Thursday
The Nome Light and Power
Utilities Board will hold its
monthly meeting at the city hall
Thursday evening.
Members of the board call at
tention to the public that their
meetings are public and inter
ested persons are encourged to
attend.
Gen. Joseph H. Atkinson, com
mander in chief of armed forces
in Alaska, accompanied by Gen.
James F. Collins, commander of
U. S. Army forces in Alaska,
stopped briefly in Nome Monday,
having made an inspection trip to
St. Lawrence Island. They re
turned to Elmendorf A F B the
same day.
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DlOMEDE ISLANDERS HERE;
KING ISLAND ICEBOUND
One oomiak of Diomede natives
captained by Spike Millikrok ar
rived last evening from the Island
and Sam Mogg and his boat re
turn from a trip to Diomede. Much
ice is reported in that area.
The King Island natives are
reported icebound and there is
some doubt if they will be able
to come to Nome in time for
the 4th of July, as is customary.
Mrs. Tekla Kanari left for the
Kougarok, where she will do some
work on the mining claims she
holds there. She plans to spend
the summer in the Kougarok.
LEGIONNAIRES ATTENTION
A special meeting will be held
tonight to discuss plans for the
Fourth of July celebration. All
Legionnaires are requested to at
tend. Federal Bldg., 7:30.
Bob Emmons, Commander
NOTICE
All community-minded citizens
planning to attend the no-host
dinner being held in honor of
Glenn Emmons and party, are re
quested to make their reserva
tions as soon as possible.
The dinner is jointly sponsored
by the Chamber of Commerce and
the City of Nome and scheduled
for Tuesday, July 7 at 7:30 p.m.
at the Bering Sea Club.
For further information call
Stan Morgan or Dewey Goodrich.
Full Program Planned
For July 4 With Address
By Gen. T. Alan Bennett
Fourth of July will be a full day
of events starting at 10 o’clock in
the morning with races for the
children.
A big parade is planned led by
two military bands from Ladd
Field; airmen from Nome Field;
U.S. Signal Corps; the National
Guard; American Legion; Veter
ans of Foreign Wars; Civil Air
Patrol; Girl Scouts, Boy Scouts
and possibly other groups.
Prizes are being awarded for
decorated bicycles and costumed
boys and girls.
The patriotic exercises will be
highlighted by an address by Gen.
T. Alan Bennett, commanding of
ficer of the 11th Air Division. M.
J. Walsh will be master of cere
monies; John Shumaker will lead
the community sing and Thomas
Tungwenuk will read the Pre
amble to the Declaration of Inde
pendence.
There will be Doughnut and
Blueberry Pie Eating contests, it
has been announced.
Eskimo sports are in charge of
Joe Amarok and Sam Mogg with
high-kicking, blanket tossing, boat
races and other Eskimo sports.
A band concert is planned for
late afternoon and Eskimo danc
ing followed by an American Le
gion dance in the evening.
A full program will be pub
lished later.
ACCIDENT SHOWS NEED OF
CARE IN BICYCLE SEASON
Robert Iyatunguk is hospital
ized from injuries received from a
collision with a boy on a bicycle.
There are many bikes in use on
the streets and sidewalks, and Dr.
Langsam states that injuries can
be very serious from carelessness
both on the part of the person on
the bike as well as pedestrians not
watching where they are going.
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Boy Scouts Having Great
Time At Encampment
* Boy Scout Troop 666, now in
encampment at the Dexter Camp,
are reported to be having a won
derful time.
All the boys are taking turns
cooking and have produced such
j things as beef stew, peach cob
| bier and other interesting foods.
One of the highlights of the
| encampment is target practice,
sponsored by the Alaska National
Guard and under the direction of
Lt. Robert Ellis. Targets and tar
get guns are brought to camp and
a series of three shoots is planned.
The boys are also enjoying
archery matches.
Court of Honor will be*held on
Friday evening at 8:00, to which
parents are invited and urged to
• attend. Anyone wishing to go and
I not having transportation may
j contact the Nugget.
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Fourth of July
Excursion to
Pilgrim Springs
Leaves Friday from
Nome. Also Saturday if
number of passengers
permits.
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or morning of July 5.
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