Betty and Valerie Lead
Queen Contestants In
Number of Tickets Sold
Festival Queen Candidates are
busily winding up the last two
days of ticket sales before the
Pageant on Saturday. Betty Diede
and Valerie Adams are tied for
first place on number of tickets
sold, with Pat Maloney following
closely behind. Mary Jane Mogg,
Lola Sheldon and Lurisse Lowe
all are endeavoring to bring
their total up before ticket sales
close on Saturday.
At Midnight, at the Coronation
Ball, the Queen will draw a tick
et from the box which will make
some lucky person richer by a
$3(10 Poke of Gold.
If you have not yet obtained
your tickets for a chance on this
prize, see one of the Queen Candi
dates mentioned above, to pur
chase your ticket.
Tickets for the Pageant and the
Coronation are going fast, say
Festival Committee, and they urge
everyone to hurry and purchase
tickets to avoid being turned away
at the door. Tickets are on sale
at Nome Drug Store and A. Polet
Arts & Crafts Store.
George Hite, contractor and
businessman of Nome prior to
1957, when he retired, has re
turned to Nome for a visit, with
his wife, who is on her first trip
to Nome.
Mr. Hite has business interests
here, and has been greeting many
old friends.
Judge Hubert Gilbert, who has
been hospitalized in Fairbanks
where he was holding court, is
expected to return home on Mon
day. State District Attorney Rob
ert Erwin is expected to return to
his office here today.
Del Kampmann, formerly sta
tion manager here for Alaska Air
lines, and last year’s chairman of
the Midnight Sun Festival Com
mittee, has returned with his wife
Carolyn to attend the Nome Fes
tival. Kampmann is now station
manager for the Alaska Airlines
in Portland.
Community Methodist Church
extends a special greeting to all
Dads on Fathers Day, Sunday.
They will have a special Fathers
Day message and communion in
, family units, says Rev. Gerald
• McCray, and he invites all fam
1 ilies to go to church together.
City Share of School
Budget, $62,597.50,
Approved by Council
The Nome City Council in spe
cial session last night approved
the School Budget for the year.
The City’s share is $62,597.50.
The Council also appointed Ivan
Johnson, local contractor, to do
the remodeling of the City Hall
for new offices of the City Clerk
and the Power and Light Utiliies.
Mothers Club Baby Show
Starts 1 p.m. Saturday
The Festival Baby Show will
be held in front of the Alaska
Airlines Building, Saturday at
1 p.m.
All babies, accompanied by an
adult (or person over 16), are eli
gible, up to the age of four years,
and three prizes will be awarded
in each of the following cate
gories: Best Dressed; Funniest.
Loudest Crying Baby; Curliest
Hair; Most Originally Dressed,
and Fattest.
Registration starts at 12 noon,
and must be completed before
12:45, under the direction of the
Nome Mothers Club. Judges will
be chosen from the audience
attending.
Blue ribbon awards will be
made to the winners.
FESTIVAL WEATHER
Partly cloudy with patches of
fog along the coast. Gusty west
to southwest winds 15 to 20 mph.
Lowest temp, expected tonight 40,
the high tomorrow 50 to 55.
In the past 24 hours: highest
temp. 45, lowest 32. Sunrise at
1:18 a.m., sunset at 10:47 p.m.
Extremes on this date since
1907: highest 75 in 1948, lowest
27 in 1910.
Festival No-Parking Hours
No parking will be allowed on
Friday until Midnight. Saturday
Front Street will be closed to
parking from noon until 9 p.m.,
and on Sunday from noon until
6 p.m.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
Sealed bids will be received at
the Office of the City Clerk, City
of Nome, until 5 p.m., June 27th,
1960, for the following:
Once-a-week garbage pickup at
a designated point in King Island
Village — Price per garbage can.
The City reserves the right to
reject and refuse any or all bids.
Robert F. Scott,
City Clerk.
Publish June 17, 20, 24.
Fairbanks Chamber Group
Attends Nome’s Festival
The Fairbanks Chamber of Com
merce arrives today to participate
in the Festival, and will remain
here overnight. In the party are:
Bob and Peggy Caffee, Eve
Barbera, John Rangborn, Doris
Dooley, Mary Pilcher, Corine
Manley, James Strickland, Art
King, Rachael Conlin, Mr. and
Mrs. George Huber, George Alton,
Kay Kennedy, Bill and Joanne
Smith, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Car
lile, Rachael Madsen, Art Sexaur,
Ben and Helen Atkinson, Bud
Vigue, Connie Knott, Jeannette
Koscuikiewic, Mr. and Mrs.
Floyd Anderson, Edith Barnette,
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry Manning,
Rene Leacock, Satch Bianche, Mr.
and Mrs. Warren Bell, Bill Stew
ar, Virginia Richardson, Jean
Shigley, Octavia Hansen.
The public is welcome to attend
the no-host banquet in their honor
at the North Star Resaurant at j
8 o’clock this evening.
The party will leave tomorrow
for Anchorage, to extend an invi
tation there to their own Golden
Days Festival in Fairbanks.
MOONLIGHT WATER CO. ad
vises they are hooking up the
lines on Second and Third Ave
nues today. All customers are re
quested to call Main 156 as they
make their hook-ups to the main
line. First Avenue and Front
Street will be connected after the
Festival.
JIM O'SULLIVAN WILL HAVE
FESTIVAL WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Filter of
Yakima have announced the wed
ding of their daughter Jean, to
be held here over the Festival
weekend, to Jim O’Sullivan, pop
ular local Alaska Steamship Co.
agent. The couple will make their
home here this summer. Miss
Filter arrived yesterday from
Seattle.
DEMOCRATIC CLUB MEETING
City Hall — 8 P.M.
WEDNESDAY. JUNE 22
For Delegates and all
Interested Democrats.
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WANT ADS
FOUND — Glasses in red case,
near F.A.A. area, on Bering St.
FOR SALE—8x10 tent, poles and
pegs, used one day. Red 179.
FOR SALE — 17 Inch Packard
Bell TV. White 188. 73
WANTED TO BORROW for Ex
plorer canoe trip, water skiis.
Call Ash Craft.
WANTED TO BUY — Graded
beach gravel. Contact Nugget.
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FOR RENT — Modern efficiency
apartment; everything furn
ished. $125 per month. Call
Main 247 78c
TELLER Dry Red Salmon, 40c per
lb. plus freight. Write R. R.
“Bob” Blodgett, Teller Commer
cial Co., Teller, Alaska.
FOR SALE — 26 foot Trailer
House. Arctic insulated. Bath
tub, shower, et cetera. Like new.
■ Can be seen in Nome. Contact
Munz Airways or write to R. R.
“Bob” Blodgett, Teller Com
mercial Co., Teller, Alaska.
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
HELP WANTED — Men and
Women:
EVERYBODY WEARS THEM!
Clothing business is terrific! Opening
for either part or full-time salesmen
or women to call on our customers in
your area, with nationally advertised
quality clothing for entire family at
low direct-to consumer prices. $85.00 a
week, part time, up td $150.00 full time.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY 1,000
actual samples furnished. NO INVEST
MENT. Northwestern Woolen Co., 403
Nicollet Ave., Minneapolis, Minn. I
! LOMEN COMMERCIAL, COMPANY
'i A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Lighterage & Coastwise Water Transportation
Distributor — Standard Oil Company of California
DEALERS — MINING EQUIPMENT. LUMBER. COAL,
BUILDING MATERIALS, INDUSTRIAL HARDWARE
MAIN 147 BOX 700
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MS GALENA, Voyage 71, scheduled to sail
for Nome (with perishables only). Taller
and Kotzebue July 9. j
j MS COASTAL NOMAD. Voyage 15. sched
uled to sail for Nome & St. Michael July 12.
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SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
JOHNNY DESMOND
MERRY ANDERS
A CLOVER PRODUCTION
MIDNIGHT SHOW TONIGHT
“THE SHE DEVIL”
SUNDAY and MONDAY
“THE GODDESS”
KIM STANLEY and LLOYD BRIDGES
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Comments and Complaints — Main 154
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