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PTA Passes Two
Proposed Projects
Approximately 150 people met
in the Multi-Purpose Room of
Nome School last evening for the i
first PTA meeting of this school
year.
Two projects proposed by the
Executive Committee were dis
cussed and passed by the group.
The first is in regard to an ice
skating rink during the winter
on part of the school playground.
The other project is the serving
of milk to the children in ele
mentary grades. Mrs. Caroline
Reader gave a report on the Com
munity Calendar project.
Miss Lois Brooks’ fourth grade
room won the room count. It was
decided that each month the win
ning room will receive five dol
lars, and the students and teacher
may decide how it is to be spent.
Supt. Conrad Potter, High
School Principle Richard McCor
mick and Grade School Principle
Marc Beauchamp introduced the
) teachers. A beautifully decorated
cake saying “Welcome Teachers”
was served as refreshment.
— KNOM-TV TO BE
OFF THE AIR 10 DAYS
Willie Brown, owner and mana
ger of the local TV station an
nounced today that KNOM TV
will be off the air for about ten
days as the equipment is being
sent to the factory to be rebuilt
and reconditioned. Technical dif
ficulties which the station was
having were beyond local repair,
he stated, which necessitated this
action-_
AUKRUX LANES GETS
A GOING OVER
Aukruk Lanes has been closed
for several days for annual sand
ing and refinishing of the alleys,
which have been in use for the
past year. Opening date will be
announced soon.
Ash Craft, member of the Nome
School Board, who was appointed
recently to the Vocational Educa
tion Advisory Board left for Ju
neau to attend a meeting of the
group.
NOTICE
Winter Basketball League
Meeting — Thursday — 7:30 pan.
Multi-Purpose Room
P ATTENTION
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
REGULAR MEETING
ednesday, SepL 27—8:00 p.m.
CITY HALL
Oldest Sourdough
Receives Coveted Keepsake
At the International Sourdough
Convention held last month in
Seattle a beautiful embroidered
pillow cover in silk, in colors of
purple and gold made by Bessie
Thayer, when in Nome during the
early days and depicting the em
blem of the Arctic Brotherhood
and Nome AB Lodge No. 9 was
sent to the reunion to be present
ed to the oldest member of No.
9 present. There were four mem
bers present: Ralph Lomen, A.
M. Nordale, Slim Rydeen and J.
E. Stegler.
Rydeen, 83, and Steigler, 84,
were top claimants with Steigler
taking home the coveted keepsake.
At the convention Christine
Ives, oldest woman present was
given the friendship bracelet to
wear for the next year.
The International Sourdough
Reunion was organized nearly
thirty years ago in Portland for
the purpose of having an organi
zation which could be a means
for drawing Alaskans and Yu
koners together.
CITY COUNCIL TO
MEET THURSDAY NIGHT
The City Council meeting
scheduled for last Monday and
which was postponed, so that
members could attend the ban
quet honoring Gov. Wm. Egan,
has been called for Thursday eve
ning instead.
New Butcher Arrives
A new butcher has arrived for
the Northern Commercial Co.
who comes from Tacoma, Wn.
Archie Noble is the former own
er manager of the Hillcrest Meat
Supply Co. His family will remain
for the winter in Tacoma, where
his daughter is finishing high
school, he stated.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
Judge H. Gilbert denied a mo
tion for a judgment of acquittal
in the case of .Roland Beaver, who
was tried for larceny in the Wien
building in Kotzebue.
Beaver will be sentenced today.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Eiveret Bachelder,
Willa Ashenfelter, Stella Oklea
sik and Lois Merrill.
Discharged: Karen Tungwenuk,
Joan Kennedy and daughter,
Everette Dick and Norman Ko
keok.
Mr. and Mrs. Wallace Merrill
are the parents of a daughter
born on Sept. 2-5 at the hospital.
Fmen commercial company
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Steai Plates, Shoals & Diamond Plato?
Stool Channel, Anglos. Bars, ate.?
WE HAVE 'EM '
ars k Shapes. Estimate S Tons,
rusty. Any or All, %+ por lb,
SOUTHBOUND CARGO ACCEPTED
THROUGH SEPTEMBER 26
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Main Office: Dial 2219 B J
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PTA Community Calendar
Project Proves to Be
A Successful Venture
The Community Calendar Proj
ect. sponsored by the PTA once
again is a very successful venture.
The PTA thanks all who have
purchased listings, ads and cal
endars. 1,449 birthday and anni
versary listings were sold for
$460.60, organizational 1 i s t ings
$187, and commercial ads $665
making a total of $1,312.60. From
this the PTA realizes $948.67.
Mrs. Mary Anderson was
awarded first prize for having
sold 90 listings and 36 calendar
for a total of $50.30. Mrs. Lily
Walker received second prize hav
ing sold 11 listings and 26 cal
endars totaling $45.70. Mrs. Ruth
Towner purchased 4>1 listings, the
largest number purchased by one
individual.
A special thanks also goes to
the Nome Nugget and to radio
station KICY for their publicity,
and to all those who gave their
time to work on the project.
The calendars will arrive in
November, and upon arrival they
will be delivered to the homes
and businesses by the volunteer
workers who took the orders.
New Kindergarten Section
Added to LWY Center
A new kindergarten section is
being started at the LWY Com
munity Center on Friday. This
group will meet once a week. Mrs.
Mina Bachelder will be the
teacher in charge and Mrs. Alice
Scott the assistant teacher.
Children who are already* five
or will be five on or before No
vember 1 may be enrolled. Chil
dren who were enrolled in the
4-year-old nursery class last year
may not come to this group. The
group meets from 10:00 to 11:45
a.m.
A new nursery section is being
started on Tuesday, Oct. 3, with
■Mrs. Jane Perkins as the teacher
in charge. Letters are being sent
to the children who were sent
home last week because of the
overload. There will toe room for
about 8 more nursery-age chil
dren in the nursery groups. The
child must toe 4 on or before Nov.
1. A child already enrolled in the
Thursday nursery class but who
does not receive a letter should
attend on Thursdays only.
YWCA Sightseeing Tour
Scheduled Here Next Year
A special YWCA sightseeing
tour will arrive here from Ohio on
July 24, bringing 80 persons on
a DC-6 from Anchorage it was
announced yesterday by a repre
sentative of Alaska Airlines,
Thomas Myan, of the Chicago of
fice. Plans for their entertainment
here have been made and will in
clude reindeer steaks at the North
Star, beach mining, Eskimo dances
and other interesting things as
time permits.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Kenneth Nuipok was fined $25,
suspended, for a drunk and dis
orderly charge.
NOTICE
To all personnel of headquar
ters and Headquarters Detach
ment, First Scout Battalion, Alas
ka National Guard: Armory drills
wii begin Monday 2 October 1961
at 7 pjn. Uniform for the drill
will be Army greens. All person
nel are ordered to attend.
Capi. William Caldwell,
Detachment Commander
WANT ADS
STEEL ? See Lomen’s Ad at left.
FOUND: Gameball. Identify by
writing Box 88, Roger Wright.
FOR SALE: Two prs. shoes—
1 pr. ladies brown pumps, size
8-B, $5 and 1 pr. ladies saddle
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Wednesday and Thursday
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nPttSfHOMCIOUND MU— |g|r
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
“CONSPIRACY OF HEARTS”
ADTOMOIIVE
NOME CAB
24-Hour Service — Radio Dispatched Cabs
Heuston & Betty Alexander
St. Joseph’s Church
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Catholic Information Classes
Starting Tuesday — October 3
-f 8:00 p.in. at the Rectory
SPECIAL LEAN MEATY
PORK SPARE RIBS
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LEAN CENTER CUT 4 I
PORK CHOPS J
STEWING CHICKENS