Confirmation Rites Sunday
at Our Savior’s Lutheran
Twelve young people will make
public declaration of Christian
faith in the Confirmation rites at
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church,
on Sunday, May 3rd. Members of
this Confirmation Class are:
Pauline Tocktoo, Pauline Herman,
Bertha Attatayuk, Diane Wilke,
Sarah Sockpick, Harriet Liebig,
Sally Ailak, Lee Herman, George
Attatayuk, Douglas Davis, Jona
than Weyanna, Martha Teayou
meak. Confirmation follows com
pletion of the course in cateche
tical instruction by the pastor, and
prepares for communicant mem
bership in the Lutheran Church.
First Communion will be re
ceived by the class at the Evening
Service, 7:30 p.m. An informal re
ception will follow the Evening
Communion Service, honoring the
newly confirmed and their fam
ilies. Farewell recognition will
also be given to departing mem
bers of the Church, Mr. and Mrs.
Carl Liebig, daughter Harriett,
.and nephew Charles Johnson, and
Mr. and Mrs. Gunnar Langhus,
who will be leaving Nome at the
close of the school year.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all who wish to attend these
services, stated the pastor of the
church, John Maakestad.
WIEN STEWARDESS ON
VACATION, PLANS TRIP TO
DIOMEDE ISLAND
Kay Peterson, chief stewardess
for Wien Airlines, is here on a
vacation trip, and, like the pro
verbial sailor who takes a boat
ride while in port, Kay will take
a plane trip. Last year about this
time, she caught a polar bear on
vacation. This year she is going to
visit Diomede Island, where she
will shoot pictures instead, and see
where the Russians are proposing
to build a bridge across the
straits.
She is accompanied by Phil
Hoon, photographer for the Fair
banks News Miner.
Pinewood Racing Derby
Event to be Held Tuesday
The popular annual Pinewood
Derby will be held next Tues
day evening at the multi-purpose
room of the school at 7 o’clock
with 40 Cub Scouts competing,
Cubmaster Douglas Scott announ
ced today.
This event, which is a high
light of the spring cubbing pro
gram, is of interest to all racing
fans. The racing cars are com
pletely made by Cub Scouts and
their fathers and a race track has
been built in proportion to the
cars.
Den Mothers assisting the boys
are Mrs. Jim Blanning, Mrs. Roy
Conklin, Mrs. Dick Francis, Mrs.
George Bayer, and Mrs. Maurice
Kelliher.
GIRL SCOUT TROOP 68 will hold
a Needlecrafl and Cookie Sale
at the Northern Commercial store
on Saturday, May 2, from 10 a.m.
to 4 p.m. Proceeds are to go for
summer encampment.
Two Local Guardsmen
Attend U. S. Capitol
Memorial Dedication
John Bell and Alfred Sahlin
left Wednesday via Air National
Guard plane for Washington,
D. C., where they will take part
in dedication cereminies of the
new National Guard Memorial
Building. Guard units from all
states and territories will partici
pate in the ceremonies, which are
scheduled for may 3. Bell and
Sahlin, together with other mem
bers of Guard units in Alaska,
and General Thomas Carroll, the
adjutant general of Alaska, ex
pect to be in the States about
12 days.
TOWNERS RETURN FROM
ANCHORAGE VISIT
Mrs. Earl Towner and her
daughter Ruth returned from An
chorage yesterday. While they
were in Anchorage, they were the
house guests of Mrs. Earl Coult
hard. With Miss Helvi Enatti, for
mer Council schoolteacher. Mrs.
Towner attended a large Finnish
reception. Miss Irja Sievenen, fa
mous world traveler, lecturer and
journalist was honored at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Stoltz just
prior to her flight back to Fin
land over the North Pole.
WEDDING BELLS RING
FOR RUTH NERSHAK
Mr. and Mrs. Richard Nershak
are announcing the marriage of
their daughter Ruth to Mr. Al
fred Hank, on Saturday, May 3rd.
The wedding will take place in
Anchorage, where Mr. Hank is
employed by the Alaska Rail
road.
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WANT ADS
| FOR SALE—’57 Rambler station
wagon and misc. furniture. Call
Main 162. 52
WANTED TO BUY — 2-burner
gas plate. Call Main 39. It
FOR SALE — 21-inch Silvertone
T-V, $100. Call Red 119. tf
YOUR NOME Representative for
Fuller Brushes — Lou Biery.
To see samples, call Main 188.
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THE CITY OF KOTZEBUE is
offering a franchise for a Sani
tary Service similar to Nome’s.
A Sanitation Ordinance will be
come effective when the service
is in operation. The successful
bidder will have to furnish his
own equipment and begin opera
tion this summer. ’The City will
arrange for the location and
maintainance of the dumping
area. Rates will be set by the
Council and are expected to be
the same as current Nome rates.
There are about 250 houses in
town plus business places and
government institutions. Inter
ested parties may contact the
City Clerk before the next
Council Meeting of May 7,- 1959,
and are expected to make their
own customer survey.
DON O. ROBERTS,
City Clerk.
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SS TALKEETNA is scheduled to sail from
Seattle June 2nd. Cargo accepted at Ames
Terminal from May 18 through May 29.
Write:
Nome Agent For Information
JULES GUNDERSON DIES
AT PIONEER HOME
Jules Gunderson passed away
at the Pioneer Home this morning
and will be buried tomorrow af
ternoon in Sitka.
Mr. Gunderson is of a well
known Nome family, his father
having been the first U. S. Com
missioner appointed for the Kou
garok area by Judge Wickersham.
At his own request, he was buried
on the banks of the Kuzatrin River
in that area.
Mr. Gunderson mined in the
area and was interested in the
Rainbow mines for several years.
NOMEITES NEIGHBORS ENJOY
LIVING IN MADRID
Two former Nome schoolmates
are next-door neighbors in Ma
drid, Spain, according to a letter
received by Mrs. Clyde Godsbe
from her daughter, Lois Autrey.
Marilyn Dowd Neil, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Dowd Sr.,
and Lois Autrey are both married
to U. S. Air Force men, and each
have three children. They both
find living in Spain is very in
teresting. Some of their food, such
as meat and eggs, comeg from
Denmark, and much of it comes
from England.
W.S.C.S. Change Meeting Place
W.S.C.S. will meet Saturday
evenings at 8 o’clock, at the home
of Esther McCoy, instead of the
McCarthy residence as originally
announced
The program will be by Mrs.
Helen Tilton, president of the
Western Jurisdiction of Women’s
Society, and Mrs. Louise Arget
singer, president of the Alaska
Mission Conference of Women’s
Society.
PIONEER MEETING
There will be an important
meeting of the Pioneers of Alaska
on Wednesday, May 6th.
All members are urged to at
tend. Refreshments will be served.
53 —CHAS. JONES, Secretary.
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