School Budget
Set at $408,266.75
The School Board meeting last
week eras largely devoted to a
discussion of personnel and bud
get revision.
The Board had earlier antici
pated the receipt of additional
outside aid through the federal
JOhnson-CyMalley Act, but re
ceived word that the additional
aid would be postponed until
later. This necessitated reconsid
eration of the budget adopted
earlier and several cuts had to be
Shade, including one full-time
nurse’s position and one custod
ial position.
The final budget has been
adopted and amounts to a total of
$408,266.75. The breakdown is as
follows:
State Portion $280,755.42
Public Law 874
{Federal) 16,000.00
State Tdttoh 2,000.00
Johnson-O’Malley
(BIA> 30,000.00
City Portion 75,611.33
Total Budget $408,266.75
Included in the total state por
tion but not in the breakdown
grp three vocational positions:
Boom Economics, Guidance Coun
selor, and a new position called
Distributive Education. The Guid
ance and Distributive Education
positions are supported 100% by
federal and state funds. The
Home Economics position is fi
nanced %% by state and federal
funds, and Vfc% local or about
$1,300. If three were included
under normal state reimburse
ment formulas it would cost the
district well over $5,000. - '
. Robert Smith has arrived
(Fairbanks to be store man
tor the U.S. Merc, announced
Larry Galvin, owner. Mr. Smith
comes from Foodland in Fair
banks where he was department
manager and has worked in su
permarkets in Oregon and Minne
sota as well as owning his own
store. He is accompanied by his
wife and son, who is in high
school.
ITOTICE
The Order of Eaton Star will
have a Christmas Party on Mon
day evening starting at 1:00.
Members, families and guests an
invited as well as Masons and
thslir families. All members an
requested to bring appropriate
gifts for exchange for themselves
and their guests.
Barbara Marlin. WJL
.'John Rader, Demo
I Candidate for Governor
I Stops Over In Nome
John Rader, labor-supported
candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Governor of Alas
ka, left Fairbanks for a tour of
the Arctic Saturday and visited
Nome over the weekend. He left
this morning for Kotzebue and
is expected back tomorrow.
Accompanying Rader is Lew
Dischner, busines agent for the
Teamsters Union at Juean. Disch
ner herved as Commissioner of
Labor under Gov. Wm. Egan for
more than a year.
Rader is the personal choice
of R. McFarland, president of
the Alaska State Federation of
Labor, and Jess Carr, internation
al representative of the Team
sters Union in Alaska. Carr, who
is now outside to secure funds
from Teamster sources for the
Rader campaign, will return to
Alaska on Jan, ,15, when the cam
paign will be formally launched.
McFarland and Carr, who have
indicated that they intend to go
“all out" for Rader, hope that
Rader's tour of the northwestern
Alaska will secure him some sup
port from the regular Democratic
party organization.
WIEN AIRLINES ANNOUNCE
ROSE BOWL CHARTER FLIGHT
The third annual Rose Bowl
chater flight has been announced
by Wien Airlines to depart from
Fairbanks on Dec. 30.
The trip this year includes the
Pasadena Rose Parade, visiting
tbme in Los Angeles, Santa Anita
races, las Vegas and return to
Fairbanks on Jan. 9.
The Rose Bom game this year
is between UCLA and the Uni
versity of Minnesota.
1 The flight will be with a Wien
1 F-27 and more information may
• be obtained from them.
Mr. and Mrs. Herschel Clark,
who have been stationed here for
1 the Bureau of Indian Affairs in
! the maintenance department have
' been transferred to Anchorage
_ where they will do the same work
in that area, which includes the
! Aleutian Islands. They will be
, leaving immediately.
I NOTE OF APPRECIATION
1 Mr. and Mrs. L. C. Crew and
i the Longley family wish to ex
> press their appreciation to the
i community for its many expres
sions of condolence and sympathy
ductog ii»ix recent sorrow.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
NOW IN STOCK
COME IN AND SEE ’EM
Lincoln Welding Machines
Gas and Transformer Types
From $133.00 to $73340
Airco Gas Welding & Cutting Outfits
Complete from $99.00 to $21340
New Style Fiberglass Hoods
With "Flip-Window" — $12.30
The Lasted JACKSON One-Piece Unl
SPECIAL at $145
The Bed Genuine AXROO Stinger Made
—tar — $740
ACS Announces Reduced
Rate for Holiday Calls
The U. S. Army Alaska Com
munication System (ACS) an
nouneed today that they anticipate
a record volume Of telephone call*;
to and from Alaska during the
coming holidays.
AOS stated that additional
stateside circuits will be - acti
vated for the holiday period in
order to handle the heavy traffic
load.
ACS called attention to the fact]
that this year the reduced rate
for holiday calls Will extend from
3:00 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 23,
through the following Monday,
Dec. 25. Reduced rates will also
apply during the corresponding
New Year’s period.
The following public business
hours during the holidays for the
Nome office of ACS are as fol
lows:
Christmas Day, Dec. 25: 10 am.
to 12 noon, and 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.
New Yew’s Day, Jan 1: 3 pm.
to 5 pjn.
Sunday, Dec. 24 and Sunday,
Dec. 31, office hours still remain
4 p.m. to 5 p.m.
NEW BARBER, ABT McVEIOH
COMING FROM FAIRBANKS
Mrs. Helen Cherry has an
nounced the sale of the Cherry
Barber Shop to Art McVeigh of
Fairbanks, who is expected to ar
rive here tomorrow and open the
shop, which has been closed since
the death of her late husband.
Mr. McVeigh is a sourdough
Alaskan having been in Alaska
for about 25 years. His family
will Join him later.
! Mir. and Mw. Roy Snyder leave
fornia, where they will have an
opportunity to enjoy their grand
Home for the Holidays
Returning home from Fort Crd,
Calif., where they have completed
military training for Alaska Na
tional Guard this week are:
Charlie Nershak, Billy Nuipok,
Floyd Nagozruk. James Picna
look Jr., Wilfred Olanna, Teller;
Ralph Sinnuk, Shismarer; Fred
Swan, Kivalina; Wilbur Atoruk.
Swan, Kivalina; Wilbur Atoruk,
and Oren Knox of Kotzebue.
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MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Wm. Takak, Ann
Dotomain, Judy Nagaruk, George
Lienard, Clara Read.
V TOLL BARKIKO SERVICES !
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Arvin Electric Heaters
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