PTA NOTES
PTA meeting was held Tuesday
evening at the school.
The special Audit Committee
for this year will be: Don Per
kins. chairman; Mrs. Emil Ko
walczyk. and Mrs. Clinton Gray.
It was decided to donate $100
to the Hot Lunch Fund. This will
still leave about $100 needed to
complete the fund for the balance
of this season. Anyone sill having
contributions can send them to
Mrs. Bachelder.
The sending of the Spelling Bee
contestant to Anchorage was dis
cussed, but no decision reached.
The room count was won by
Mrs. Dunbar’s Class.
The Rev. John Maakestad
showed a very informative film
on exploring, and also gave a talk
on scouting activity.
Mrs. Trulin, the 3rd Grade
Room Mother served delicious re
freshments.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Pilcher for
merly of Kotzebue, are now mak
ing their home here. Mr. Pilcher
is a bush pilot for Wien Airlines.
LLOYD SUNDSTROM RESIGNS
POSITION WITH RCA
Lloyd Sundstrom has resigned
his position with RCA at the An
vil Mountain site of the White
Alice communications system.
Taking his place will be Frances
Jones who has been in this area
before, at the Granite Mountain
site.
Sundstrom, who has been active
in civic affairs, has not publicly
announced his plans at this time.
Bon Davis Leaves for Juneau
Bon Davis leaves today on a
trip to Juneau where he has
been called on jail matters. Mr.
Davis is the state inspector of jails
in the northern districts along
with his work as probation of
ficer for juveniles.
STATE TEACHERS MEETING
Next Wednesday, March 8, sev
eral teachers will leave for An
chorage to attend the Western
Alaska State Teachers Meeting
being held on March 9 and 10.
Nine teachers are planning to
attend and during their absence
classes will continue with substi
tute teachers.
NOME SANITARY
SERVICE
Phone Main 1
P. O. Box 460
EMMA LYLE IS
NINETY-ONE TODAY
Emma Lyle is ninety-one years'
; ole) today and probably the only
! person in town who has children,
j grandchildren and great-grand
children living in the community.
Mother Lyle, as she is known
; by her many friends, came to
Nome in 1904 to join her husband,
j Capt. Tom Lyle, who had been a
i ferry boat captain in Seattle be
fore joining the stampeders to
1 Alaska. She raised six children
in Nome and has the reputation
of being one of the most cheerful
and happy persons in Nome.
The staff of the Nugget extends
greetings and best wishes for a
| happy birthday.
Celebrating with Mother Lyle
is Dorothy Young of Dorothy’s
Shop.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Hank Strickland, taxi driver, i
was sentenced to 30 days and fined
$250 for giving liquor to a minor.
* * *
Walter Ahmasuk and Bert Beltz,
Jr., both charged with petty lar
ceny for breaking into Mazonna’s
and Pop’s Drive-In, were sen
tenced this morning.
Ahmasuk was sentenced to 180
days in jail with 175 suspended
and one year probation.
Beltz was sentenced on two
counts of petty larceny to 180
days and 175 suspended and one
year’s probation with both sen
tences to run concurrently. The
larceny took place at Mazonna’s
and Pop’s Drive-In where two
minors were also involved, but
whose names cannot be published.
* • •
On a non-support charge James
Weyanna was given a 30 day
sentence to be suspended if he
furnishes wife $30.00 a week from
his unemployment check.
SPRING VACATION
At the meeting of the Nome
School Board held last night it
was decided to have a spring
vacation which will be held on
March 29, 30, 31. This will co
incide with the Arctic Club Dog
Derby as well as Easter, making
it a very busy vacation and also
possible for the teachers to en
joy the dog event.
BAKE SALE
Benefit of Boy Scout Troop 663
N. C. Store—Saturday, March 4th
Starting at 10:00 a. m.
NOTICE
Arctic Native Brotherhood
Meeting postponed until fur
ther notice.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
— DEALERS IN —
} Lumber Sc Plywood, Wallboard, Building Materials, Insulation
Acetylene and Oxygen including Breathing,
Lincoln Welding Equipment
Coal and Industrial Hardware
STANDARD OIL PRODUCTS
Phone MAIN 147 -:- Write BOX 700
Sailings from Seattle to Seward for con
nections with rail to Anchorage and Fair
banks every Tuesday and Friday.
Specify Alaska Steamship Company
routing for your winter shipments.
Seven ^ ouii<*
Alaskans Si inly
Eleetronics Outside
NEW YORK i/P — Seven young
Alaskans — four Indians and
three Eskimos — began atend
ing classes in electronics yester
day.
They are studying under a pro
gram worked out by the Radio
Corp. of America and the Bureau
of Indian Affairs to provide elec
tronics training for Eskimos and
Indians.
Sponsors of the program said
the trainees would spend a year
to 18 months here and then would
be free to do as they wished. But
that it was hoped they would re
turn to Alaska to take electronics
jobs. They said such jobs were
available in the “White Alice”
Communications System and the
Ballistics Missile Early Warning
system.
They said the program was in
tended to “eventually produce a
highly skilled type of employe
who have no problem of adjust
ing to the extreme weather con
ditions in Alaska.”
Art Peterson of Fort Yukon,
one of the students, said the tem
perature range in his home area
is from 90 degrees in the sum
mer to 70 below in the winter.
Another, Harry Kito of Peters
burg, said he was born in Tacoma,
but was brought up in Alaska and
considered this his first real trip
to “the lower 48” states. He was
accompanied here by his older
brother, Sam, a Marine Corps vet
eran.
Morgan Aukongak of Nome was
an announcer and technician at
radio station KICY there before
coming here to study. He said his
wife, Margie, will join him here.
Morgan is the son of Sigfried
Aukongak, well known reindeer
herd owner of Golovin.
BILLY NUIPOK'S DRAWING
SELECTED AS COVER FOR
DOG RACING BOOKLET
The Arctic Club sponsored a
contest at the school for the best
cover picture for their forthcom
ing Dog Derby annual. Over
twenty-five students entered with
Bill Nuipok having his entry se
lected by the judges as the best
drawing.
Billy Nuipok is in the 9th grade
and is the son of Mrs. Hazel
Nuipok.
bert McCarthy
UNDERGOES SURGERY
Bert McCarthy, pioneer resi
dent, who sold his property last
month following the death of his
wife and left for the states under
went surgery in Palo Alto, Calif.,
where he is visiting with his sis
ter-in-law, Mrs. Zenna Higgins,
1143 Fulton St.
CLASSES START
FOR GRAY LADIES
Classes for Gray Ladies started
this afternoon under the direction
of Virginia Ward, Red Cross ad
ministrator from Anchorage. The
evening class will get underway
at 7 o’clock at the hospital and
classes will continue tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
The Gray Ladies are Red Cross
Auxiliary to hospitals. This is
the first time there will be a
local group of this kind here.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
We wish to express our appre
ciation for the many acts of kind
ness, floral offerings and cards
and other thoughtful expressions
of sympathy extended to us dur
ing our current bereavement.
Mrs. Vallee Scott and family.
W ANT ADS
LOST — Lordox 35mm camera
and light meter. Lost between
Bering Sea and school. Call
Red 45. Reward.
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