WAKE FOR DECEASED OWNER
HELD IN BALTIMORE TAVERN
BALTIMORE, (B—'They held a
wake for Finnegan last night, just
as he requested it ... in the
northeast Baltimore tavern he op
erated for 20 years.
For three hours the body of
James J. Finnegan, 52, lay in state
a few feet from the bar while
survivors, friends and patrons
gathered to pay their last respects.
The saloon h&d been freshly
painted in light blue, just for the
* occasion. White sheets draped the
bar fixtures, TV sets and rows of
liquor bottles. A white spray of
flowers hung outside the doorway.
At 10 p.m., it was all over. The
body was returned to a funeral
home for burial today, and the
tavern lights went out.
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Bartlett Will Ask Congress
Provide Funds for Alaska
Harbor Improvements
WASHINGTON, UP) — Delegate
Bartlett said today he will ask a
House Appropriations subcommit
tee to make provision for a start
on new harbor improvement proj
ects along the Alaska coast.
In a statement prepared for pre
sentation to a closed-door session
of the subcommittee today, he
noted that 12 harbor projects were
approved by Congress for Alaska
in 1945. On only one of these—
Wrangell Narrows—has any work
been done.
Neither the Eisenhower nor
Truman budgets contained any
funds for new harbor work any
where in the United States.
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Tweet Brothers Move Mary’s Igloo
Lutheran Mission To Lost River
A phase of Eskimo Mission his- ■
tory came to a close when N. B.
Tweet and sons moved the Luth
eran chapel and parsonage from
Mary’s Igloo on April 7. The last
official service was held in the
chapel at Igloo on April 21, 1950,
when Rev. Otis Lee conducted the
funeral for Mrs. Mary Oquilluk,
known as “Old Mary,” after whom
Mary’s Igloo was named.
Lutheran mission work among
the Eskimos at Igloo was begun
by Rev. Brevig who landed at
Teller Reindeer Station on Aug.
1, 1894. Rev. Brevig was called
by the Norwegian Lutheran Sy
nod as the Pastor for the Norwe
gian Lapps who came from Nor
way to instruct the Eskimos in
caring for their newly acquired
reindeer.
Started In 1917
Rev. Brevig made many trips to
Igloo from Teller by dog team.
Subsequently Rev. C. K. Malmin
was called to be the first resident
missionary at Igloo in 1917. Other
missionaries at Igloo were: Rev.
Elmer Dahle, Rev. S. S. Klyve,
Deaconess Anna M. Huseth, Dea
coness Magdalena Klippen, and
Miss Helen C. Frost. Miss Frost, a
graduate nurse, served as mission
ary and nurse at Igloo for 16
years, having first come to the
children’s home at Teller Mission
in 1926.
Herewith are a few sample
readings from the Igloo Mission
diary:
Oct. 2, 1928 — “Mr. Schmidt,
reindeer supt., has been here two
days . . . walks to Nome.”
Dec. 27, 1928 — “First airplane
visits Igloo to take Mrs. Ball to
Nome.”
Dec. 29, 1928—“Sam and Viola
A.ilak arrive from Teller with load
of Christmas presents for village.”
Feb. 15, 1929 — “Sister Anna
sick at Deaconess Hospital, Chi
cago, writes: ‘Prepare orders for
Shishmaref station’.”
Jan. 15, 1930 — “Sunshine for
first time since early December.
Mail.”
Jan. 23, 1930—“Two new Fair
child planes in Teller ready to
take off for Siberia to help find
Eielson.”
Aug. 25, 1930—“Mr. and Mrs
Burkher (teachers for Igloo
school) arrive on the Bozo. Mrs.
Peterson and Ethel Marx were
along, all having dinner here at
the Mission. A great treat to have
people in the village once more.”
June 13, 1934—“Thundered and
lightning . . . something unusual.”
Aug. 27, 1934—“Go to Mary’s
Mt. with Ethel to treat John Kak
aruk’s baby who had a large ab
cess in groin.”
Dec. 30, 1945—“Bill Munz fur
nished us with a nice Christmas
tree.”
Oct., 1946—“Mr. Zeigler arrived
to take over the village store.
Johnny Kakaruk and family
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moved back to Old Village.”
June 13, 1949 — “Have been
packing and getting things ready
to take down to Teller. The. store
keepers, Mr. Zeigler and Mr. Sco
ville are also packing and taking
the remainder of their supplies
down to Teller Commercial Co.
This has been a strange year in
many ways with only 20 or 25
natives right in the village. There
will be no permanent worker here
after this.”
Population of Village Dwindled
The above is the last entry
made in the diary by Miss Helen
Frost. The population of the vil
lage continued to dwindle with
only one family in the village last
winter. The Eskimos of Igloo
moved to Nome, Teller, Lost
River and Anchorage.
The Tweet brothers, Norman,
Harold and Bill moved the chapel
and parsonage to Lost River using
a D-6 and a D-7 “cat” They
traveled for 14 days and covered
a distance of 88 miles and arrived
at Lost River on April 13.
A resident pastor will be called
to Lost River this summer and
thus the Igloo buildings will be
put to use again in the Lutheran
Mission at Lost River.
Rev. Norval Hegland of Teller
conducted the first service in the
“reacting room” in its new loca
tion on Mother’s Day. He has
been serving Lost River out of
Teller since the fall of 1951.
GIRL LOSES LIFE IN
ATTEMPT TO SAVE BROTHER
NEW YORK, Iff)—A little girl’s
love for her brother cost her her
life.
Betsy Reid, 13, was standing on
a bank of the Harlem River yes
terday, watching her nine-year
old brother, James, splash around
on the edge. Suddenly the current
dragged him out beyond his depth.
He couldn’t swim. Betsy dove
in to save him. Neither of the two
Negro children got back to shore.
Their bodies were recovered by
police.
Kenai Fish Trap Builder Asks
Injunction Against Canning Co.
ANCHORAGE, UP)—Harold G.
Lewis of Kenai has asked the
courts for an injunction against
the firm of Libby, McNeil and
Libby, preventing the company
froih installing a fish trap on a
site Lewis occupies on the east
shore of Cook Inlet, north of
Kenai.
Lewis began building a trap
there last month. The canning
company sent a letter asking him
to remove he trap as they had
planned since last August to build
there.
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