PIONEERS PLAN FOR
300 GUESTS DURING
OCTOBER CONVENTION
Hotels here are already receiv-1
ing requests for reservations for j
the Alaska Pioneer Grand Igloo j
Convention which is being held in j
October.
Guests are expected from all j
parts of the states with charter ;
trips being planned from Fair- j
'banks, Anchorage and southeast- j
ern Alaska.
Many former Alaskans have in
dicated they will be coming from
the states of Washington and
California:
Ample housing for about 300
■guests has been assured as Dredge
Camp No. 5, in addition to the
three hotels, is being prepared for
their use, after the close of the
regular tourist season.
Pioneer Igloo No. 1, where the
organization started, is being J
thoroughly redecorated for the
occasion.
Methodist Sunday School
Teacher Instructors Here
Mr. and Mrs. James Gifford
have arrived from their home in
California on their annual trip to
Alaska to instruct teachers of the
Community Methodist Church on
new methods and projects for the
church school.
The Giffords met last evening
with the teachers and will meet
again tonight. They will also visit
other communities where there
are Methodist Sunday Schools.
Veterans Affairs Administrator to
Stop In Alaska Enroule to Asia
JUNEAU — Sumner G. Whit
tier, Administrator of Veterans
Affairs, Washington, D. C., will
make his first visit to Alaska
Sept. 4 and 5, Ernest E. Lincoln,
Veterans Administration Regional
.Manager, has announced.
Whittier will confer with Lin
coin and inspect the Juneau Re
gional Office Sept. 4. On Sept, i
he will fly to Anchorage to
-hoard a plane for Tokyo, enroute
to Manila, P.I., to inspect the V.A.
Regional Office there.
WEATHER FORECAST
Mostly cloudy with northwest
erly winds 15-25 mph. Partly
c.cudy Saturday.
Lowest temperature expected
tonight 40, the high tomorrow 56.
Nome data in last 24 hours as
of 7 a.m. today: highest tempera
ture 50, lowest 46. Max. wind 23
mph from the SSE. Sunrise at
4:31 a.m., sunset at 7:33 p.m.
A year ago today: high 57, low I
47. Extremes on this date since
1907: highest 65 in 1923, lowest
28 in 1913.
MOONLIGHT WATER
BILLS PAYABLE AT
PEARSE WALSH RESIENCE
723 First Avenue
Judge and Mrs. Hodge
Honored at Farewell
Dinner Wednesday Night
Friends of Judge and Mrs.
Walter Hodge turned out Wednes
day evening at a farewell banquet
at the Seaview Dining Room spon
sored by the NWA Chamber of
Commerce.
Russell Hermann, Chamber
president, was toastmaster and
presented the judge with a beau
tiful ivory and nugget desk knife
appropriately carved.
Jim Blanning, representing the
five Boy Scout groups, presented
a gift of appreciation for the
work which had been done by
Hodge as chairman of the Nome
District Scout Committee. The
gift was a fishing scene etched in
ivory, complete with a gold Scout
emblem.
Ash Craft, president of Rotary,
made a presentation of an ivory
gavel and expressed regret at
losing so inspiring a member.
As an attorney, the toastmaster
called special attention to the
courtesy and kindness of Judge
Hodge to attorneys while on the
bench and called him “the kind
of person all people can talk to.”
The management and chef of
the Seaview Room received much
praise for the beautiful display of
fine food expertly decorated for
the buffet supper.
IN DISTRICT COURT
Walter David of Elim, who had
been bound over to the Grand
Jury, pleaded guilty of larceny
and was sentenced by Judge
Hodge to two years in jail.
IN COMMISSIONER'S COURT
Einar Henry was found not
guilty of a charge of assault and
battery.
Ethel Ailak was sentenced to
180 days in jail for being drunk
on a public street.
NO COMPLAINTS
Traffic on Front Street is very
limited today but no one is com
plaining as crushed rock is being
dumped, preparatory to blacktop
ping the thoroughfare.
MARRIED TUESDAY
Earl Coulthard and Hailon Hor
ton were married Tuseday by
U. S. Commissioner Herb Jenks
with Robert Oliver and Robert
Cannon acting as witnesses.
Mr. and Mrs. Art Zylslra are the
parents of a daughter, Sylvia Mae,
born Aug. 23 in Berkeley, Calif.
The Zylstra family will be leaving
there soon to make their home in
Nome.
Mosquitoes and Flies
Don’t be chewed to bits by these blood
thirsty pests. Just burn a little BUHACH
wht -ever you want peace ard comfort.
rlX, BUHACH
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Preparations Go
Ahead For Kateel
Drilling This Fall
Geologists of the stampede era
of Nome and early mining men
have long predicted that there
were vast oil deposits in the Ka
teel area, just east of Seward
Peninsula.
The 33 firms who control over
4,000,000 acres of this potential |
oil field, are now preparing to !
drill at an estimated cost of j
$2,000,000. | I
Jack Bullock is moving heavy
equipment from Fairbanks via the {
Yutana Freight Lines and also |
many thousands of gallons of fuel J
oil for the winter operation.
A road is under construction in
preparation for building housing
for the winter crew. The drill rig
is being shipped by barge from
Barrow. Supplies are being ship
ped in from Seattle. Everything is
being rushed and coordinated so
that work can start on the actual
drilling late this fall.
Paul Benedum of the Hiawatha
Gas and Oil Co., was chosen by
the several companies with leases
to head the big project, which is
one of the most important for
Northwestern Alaska in many
years.
Sunday is “The Day"
For Cub Scout Picnic
Sunday is “the day” fbr Nome
Cub Scouts.
Pack 363 will host the annual
Cub Scout picnic and track meet
at 2 p.m. by the Sunset Road
bridge across Snake River.
Cub parents will enjoy an after
noon picnic while they watch
their boys compete in such ‘track’
events as the 50 yard dash, ball
toss and high jump. First, second
and third place ribbons will be
awarded for each event and pro
mises a big time for both boys
and parents.
The day’s excitement won’t be
limited to Cubs only, for any boy
between 8 and 11 may bring their
parents and join the fun.
Pack 363 will furnish the Kool
Aide but each family must bring
their own picnic lunch.
Wayne Russell In The Navy Now
Wayne Russell, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson Russell, formerly of
Nome, is now in the Navy, aboard
the destroyer U.S.S. Henderson.
Wayne attended High School in
Nome. His ship will soon be en
route to Japan.
Gerald Trigg To Attend
Haskell Institute
Gerald Trigg, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Jerome Trigg, will be leav
ing Nome soon for Haskell Insti
tute where he will enroll in busi
ness administration courses.
Gerald graduated from Nome
High School last spring.
Olaf Halverson left yesterday
for Fairbanks and Barrow for a
short visit. He plans to be back
in time for the opening of school
here on Sept. 8.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Mary Kelliher, Rose
Bandy, Elizabeth Iyatunguk.
Discharged: Agnes Omadalena
Herbert Kiyutelluk, Kim Nungea
look, Cecelia Amarok, James
Kelliher, Peggy Fagerstrom.
W ANT A D S
FOR SALE — Jeep Pickup. Call
Main 109.
FOUND — Brown leather purse
near East End. Claim at Nugget
_
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
i SELL — Those surplus items that
you don’t need. Just let a
Nugget Classified Ad convert
i them into cash for you.
‘niliWwihiiniW EMU mSkdMimlkamm
James F. O’Sullivan, Agent — Phone Main 68
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