Standard Oil Co. Signs
Lease With Gottschalks
KODIAK—Standard Oil of j
California this week signed a ten
year lease for oil drilling rights
tfor some 80 acres of property
owned by Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Gottschalk. The property is lo
cated in Homer and the drilling
iwill start sometime this summer,
Gottschalk said.
The Gottschalks are the owners
of the Ships Tavern.
Disney Studio Buys
‘Alaska Sled Dog,’
Filmed at Unalakleet
Fred and Sara Machetanz are
reported to have sold a film made
at Unalakleet last year to the
Disney Studio.
It will be released as the “Alas
ka Sled Dog.” The star of the
story will be their favorite dog
Seego, a white husky.
Mr. and Mrs. Machetanz are
now at their homestead at High
Ridge, near Palmer.
Mr. and Mrs. Grant Nelson
are scheduled to leave today for
Utica, where they will start
dredging operations on the prop
erty formerly operated by Don
Stewart.
Mrs. Irving Ungudruk of Mt.
Edgecumbe, Alaska, is visiting
here enroute to Gambell to visit
with friends and family whom
she has not seen for many years.
She is accompanied toy her!
small daughter who was born
here seven years ago.
If You Want To Rent
A House or Apartment
The Man To See Is
George Hite—Main 123
WEATHER FORECAST
Increasing cloudiness tonight.
Continued warm with afternoon
temperatures in the 60’s falling
to the 50’s tonight. Cloudy and
warmer tomorrow.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 62. lowest 48. Max. wind 18
mph from the northeast. Sunrise
at 2:10 a.m., sunset at 9:50 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 45, lowest 31. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 58
in 1942, lowest 22 in 1952.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: P. L. Reader,
M/Sgt Karl Nestbold, Jack Cor
bett, Glen Coppock, Bob Auston,
John Waghiyi.
To Anchorage: Mr. and Mrs. J.
von der Heydt, Jerry Hickman,
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Barber, Peter
David, Joiy, and Rosemary Bar
ber, Betty* Murray.
To Gambell:* John Suarez, Ma
bel Ungudruk, Leonard Apanga
look, Merlin Koonooka, Lt. T.
D. Richmond, Joe Tungowiyi,
John Waghiyi, Capt. W. D. Junter.
To Northeast Cape: W. Hamp
ton, Wesley Sheldon, Janies Lank
ford John Gallagher, Wm. Eagan,
Wyman Croy, Harry Rasmussen,
Don Hause, Jack Corbett.
To Unalakleet: Timothy Akey
tachunak. From McGrath: Glen
Penland.
ROAD CONDITIONS
IN VICINITY OF NOME
The opening of the roads is now
beginning. Route 97, the Nome
Kougarok Road, is being cleared
of snow, culverts are being
opened and ditches cleared.
Frank Morris, district engineer
for the A.R.C. today gave this
report on roads in the vicinity:
Fairly heavy snowdrifts of six
to eight feet are making the going
i-ather slow; however, there is
much less snow a few miles fur
ther on The road is passable to
within a short distance of Dexter.
The Nome-Council Road is open
to just past Mile 5. It is expected
: this route will open fairly fast
except for the annual washout
repairs at the Hastings crossing,
as the favorable weather during
the past few days has melted most
; of the snow
I The Sunset Road has been
1 opened to Anvil Creek, a popular
picnic spot, where a large culvert
is being installed to replace an
old wooden bridge.
IN DISTRICT COURT
Mark Cleveland of Shungnak
was sentenced Thursday to a year
i in jail on a charge of contributing
j to the delinquency of a minor.
I The sentence was ssupended after
! one day.
Son Bora This Morning To
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bachelder
Mr. and Mrs. Everett Bachelder
are the parents of a son, Nathan
Elliott, born this morning at the
MMM Hospital, and weighing 8
pounds, 9 ounces.
He will be welcomed home by
two sisters and two brothers as
well as by his grandmother, Mrs.
Margaret Bachelder, who is visit
ixag here and awaiting the ar
rival of her ninth grandchild.
Cherry's GLUE POT
'farhrr Shop Soja Fountilin
Two Barbers
No Waiting
ol . CIGARS, CIGARETS
Shower Bath
_ TOBACCO
Smoke Shop candy
Everything in
the tobacco line FRESH ICE CREAM
Arcade - Games j every day
SPRINGTIME
CLEAN - UP
Paint and Clean Up
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START SPRING WITH A
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60 YEARS SERVING ALASKA
First Direct Freighter
SS TONSINA sailing from Seattle
JUNE 5, 1956
CALLING: NOME. ST. MICHAEL.
UNALAKLEET, TELLER.
Will carry all types of cargo
including cold storage and cool room
Freighters sailing every Tuesday
for Seward and Valdes.
Every Friday for Seward
WANT ADS
FOR SALE—Propane dryer. Call
Main 100. 62p
TYPIST wanted at Hospital. tf
WANTED—Any quantity of fresh
seal oil. U.S. Merc Meat Dept.
FOR SALE—12-cu.-ft. Cold Spot
refrigerator, Norge washing
machine, radio, household ef
fects. Call Betty Edwards. 62
FOR SALE—4-rm. house & gar
age $2500. See Howard Slwooko.
FOR SALE —Cessna 170B. Total
time 470, float fittings, Lear
T-20, Lear ADF, full instru
ments, many factory extras.
Write Box* 651, Anchorage. 62
FOR SALE — SR - JR. Floats,
wheels, skiis. Recent recover.
Complete rebuild. Lycoming
300-R680. Choice of engine time
and radio equipment. Write
Box 651, Anchorage, Alaska. 62
FOR SALE—2-vol. set 7 language
Eneyc. Britannica dictionary in
cludes unabridged English. $18
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