TEN GIRL SCOUTS
CAMP AT DEXTER
Girl Scouts of the seventh and
eighth grades left this morning
for their Dexter Camp via the
Polaris bus courtesy of Tom
Martin.
The ten girls in this group
who will remain all week with
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Liebig in
charge of the camp. Parents are
welcome at any time they said,
as long as classes are not inter
rupted. Any parent wishing to
write or send things to their
' child may contact Jean Burand,
arts and crafts leader who leaves
her home here every morning
at 9:00 a.m. or with Bill Cameron
who leaves town every after
noon at 5:00 p.m.
Next week another group of
girls will start their encampment.
An announcement will be made
later in the week about their
trip.
Claude Reeves, who has been
working on the Federal Bldg,
for the past year and a half, ac
companied by his wife were
scheduled to le^ve today for a
new assignment in Glasgow,
Montana.
Margaret Hunter Returns To
Nome For First Visit Since 1924
Margaret Hunter visited Nome
Saturday from Fairbanks where
she has been residing since she
left here in 1924. Mrs. Hunter,
it will be remembered left Nome
with her small daughter at that
time by dog team and “mushed”
from Nome to Fairbanks with her
small daughter (who was about
six years old at that time.)
She has been in the business
of making fur parkas in the
Fairbanks area and enjoyed re
visiting here.
POLAR BEAR TAKE
LESS THIS YEAR
According to the Department
of the Interior, 127 polar bears
were taken this year, some as
1. r offshore as 200 miles. Last
year the figure at this time was
203 polar bear.
' alius Pups Okay in New York
Ccrleton Ray of the New York
Zoo and Aquarium, who visited
here last month for the purpose
of taking back to the zoo live
j.rus pups has written to
friends here that all four “little”
walrus taken at St. Lawrence
Island had j a most- successful
flight and are happily getting ad
justed to life in the big zoo.
Commissioner of Education
Visited Nome Last Week
Don Dafoe, Territorial Com
missioner of Education spent part
of the weekend here conferring
with William Angell, superinten
dent of Nome School. Dafoe left
for Fairbanks to attend a meeting
there with members of the Leg
islative Council, James Ryan,
superintendent of Fairbanks
schools and representatives of fhe
University of Alaska.
Unalakleet King—Merc
Don't Miss
Your Ship . • •
ORDER EARLY
SS TONSINA will commence loading at
Seattle June 5 with scheduled sailing June
11 for Nome, St. Michael and Unalakleel.
MS GALENA Sails from Seattle July 9
For Nome, Teller, Kotzebue & St. Michael
SS TONSINA Sails from Seattle Sept. 18
For Nome and St. Michael
JAMES F. O'SULLIVAN, Agent
Phone Main 68
| Nome Students Among
! University of Washington
Graduates Saturday
At the 83rd commencement ex
ercises of the University of Wash
ington on Saturday 1350 students
were graduated.
Seventy-two students were
medical students, 54 dentists and
teaching certificates were given
to 160 students.
From Nome were June Dun
, bar, doctor of Medicine, daughter
| of kfr. and Mrs. Luther Dun
j bar and Loretta Helle, doctor of
Medicine, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Roy Snyder.
A graduate from Anchorage is
Kay Coulthard, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Earl Coulthard, with a
degree of bachelor of arts in
drama. Miss Coulthard was for
merly a Nome student.
'BORROWER' PLEASE RETURN
CAR WHEELS AND RADIO
Two Dodge wheels complete
with tires and tubes were “bor
i rowed” from the side of the Pol
j aris Hotel. So was the Hali
| crafter radio “borrowed” from
| the lobby early last week.
| Manager Tom Martin states
I that if “the borrower” will return
j them no questions will be asked.
Queen Contestants To Be
Interviewed On TV Tonight
Tuesday evening on KNOM-TV |
the queen contestants for the |
Midnight Sun Festival will be
interviewed.
Another special feature on the
propram will be “How to use
your bank.”
It has been announced that
there will be no TV on Monday
evenings in the future.
Alaska Steam Agent Is Here
Jim O’Sullivan, arrived from
Seattle headquarters of the Alas
ka Steamship Co. to open the
local office, replacing Walt Sip
prell who has gone into the in
surance business in Anchorage.
The new agent has been with
the company in Valdez also. Ac
companying him here is Bill
Wood who is now the agent
in. Anchorage and who inade
many friends here while he was
the Nome agent several years
ago.
WEATHER FORECAST
Cloudy with occasional light
rain. Cooler tonight and tomor
row. Low tonight 40, high to
morrow 45-50.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7:00 a.m. today: Precipitation .11
inch. Month total .81 inches.
Temperatures: highest 50, low
est 40. (Maximum wind 9 miles
an hour from the west. Sunrise
at 1:19 a.m., sunset at 10:46 p.m.
Temperatures a year ago to
day: high 44, low 40. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 71
in 1929, lowest 28 in 1924.
SON BORN TO
MR. AND MRS. TED GROTHA
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Grotha are
the parents of a son born on
June 14th. Mr. Grotha is with
Q Cab:
Crown Jewels For I
Midnight Sun Queen
Displayed At. C of C
The Crown Jewels for the
Queen of the First Midnight Sun I
Festival were displayed this noon |
at the Chamber of Commerce'
meeting. They will travel all
week, appearing in the window of
a different business house each
day.
The Queen contestants were also
guests of the Chamber this noon.
Beautiful raiment for the queen is
in the making for the coronation
at midnight on Saturday.
The standing of the contestants
will be published Wednesday.
Beta Sigma Phi
To Hold Annual
Convention Here In 1959
Nome is to have the annual
convention of the Beta Sigma Phi
in Nome next spring.
This is reported by Barbara
Martin and Mary Honsberger,
who just returned from Sitka
where the convention was held
this year.
The local representatives re
port a wonderful and inspiring
trip, which was the fourth annual
convention of the group in Alaska
with the convention opening in
the Elks Club followed by for
ums in the Sheldon Jackson Li
brary. Teas and luncheons were
held at the Episcopal Rectory,
Beacom’s 57 Steps and banquets
at the Channel Club.
The tea honored the interna
tional representative Virginia
Putzka and International Honor
ary members Jeanne Laurence
and Doris Barnes.
DOCTOR FROM ILLINOIS
VISITS WITH MRS. CATLIN
Dr. and Mrs. B. E. Montgomery
of Harrisburg, 111. were guests of
Mrs. Opal Catlin, sup. of MMM
Hospital, over the weekend. Mr.
Montgomery who just attended
the Illinois State medical conven
tion made the flight to Nome as
a side trip to visit Mrs. Catlin
while enroute to the National
Medical Convention.
ANG Men Go To Los Angeles
Sgt. John Bell left last week
with 19 men from the Gambell
unit of the Alaska National
Guard for Los Angeles where
they will lead the parade, mark
ing the start of the Junior Cham
ber of Commerce national con
vention starting tomorrow.
Klondy Writes Another Book
Klondy Nelson Dufresne, for
mer Nomite, has written a book
it has been announced which will
be off the press in August. Mr.
and Mrs. Dufresne expect to be
in Alaska in July working with
Corey Ford on more material.
WANT ADS
CAR WASH and vacuum. $3.
Red 74. ' 77p
WANTED To Buy—Filing cabi
net. Call Burands. 72c
FOR SALE—16 foot aluminum
boat and Evinrude 15 horse
motor. Call Red 17. 72c
LOST—4 keys in black car case.
Call H. Calberg—North Star
73p
14’ Runabout $350.00, Boat trailer
$250.00, Mark 25 Mercury out
board, $375.0(1, 304 Stedman
72p
PLEASE WATCH our theater ad
for the date of Where is—As is
Sale at the U.S.O Bldg. Do
not call the theater. tf
FOR SALE—3 bedroom house,
First Ave., central location.
Fireplace, large sun porch,
automatic warm air heat.
Modern conveniences include
washer, gas dryer, as range,
combination refrigerator-freez
er. Available July 1. Terms.
See Ernie Bohrer or call Main
164 after 5:30 p.m. tf
/
Showing Tonight at Nomerama
Two Shows Nightly, Starting at 7:15 and 9:15 p.m.
“NIGHT PEOPLE”
starring
GREGORY PECK
BRODERICK CRAWFORD
ANNETTE BJORK - RITA GAMM
SHOWING AT THE NOMERAMA
VOTE FOR HONEY SCOTT
For
Queen of the Midnight Sun Festival
WATCH OUR WINDOW
FOR BARGAINS OF A LIFETIME
SALE IC SALE
Buy One at Regular Price
And get one for ONLY ONE CENT
AT
NOME HARDWARE
1958
FEDERAL AND TERRITORIAL
Hunting and Fishing Licenses on Sale at
NOME HARDWARE STORE
Hunting and Fishing Headquarters