George Hite Okay After
Operation In Seattle
Friends of George Hite will be
glad to learn that his operation
was successful and that he is con
valescing satisfactorily in Seattle,
according to reports received to
day.
Seventy-Five Students
Go To Mt. Edgecumbe School
The local office of the Alaska
Native Service has been busy
over the last weekend dispatch
ing children to the Mt. Edge
cumbe school.
Seventy-five students left from
Nome and Kotzebue areas in the
past few days.
If You Want To Rent
A House or Apartment
The Man To See Is
George Hite—Main 123
Shifts of Terri. Dept, of
Mines Engineers To Man
Nome Office til November
Phil Holdsworth, head of the
Territorial Dept. \of Mines is in
the Nome office until 10th of
the month. He is replacing Pete
Sandvik temporarily.
Sandvik, who has been station
ed here for the past year as 2nd
Division engineer, is returning
to school and plans to attend the
Colorado School of Mines to get
his Master’s Degree.
On Sept. 10, Bob Saunders of
the Fairbanks office will fill in
until the 1st of October when
I Martin Jasper of Anchorage will
take over. Jim Williams will fill
in starting Oct. 16, and will re
main until the office closes Nov.
first. It will reopen again next
April.
Holdsworth said his depart
ment is seeking a qualified en
gineer to take the Nome post next
season.
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EVEHY TUESDAY
Calling at Seward and Valdes
And every Friday for Seward
Nome Chamber
Meeting News
Delegate Bob Bartlett spoke
before the Chamber of Commerce
Tuesday noon on the 'ttin bill”
and expressed his opinion that
the measure will be re-introduced
at the next session of Congress.
He also paid tribute to the Al
aska Road Commission who have
always been handicapped by not
knowing what amount of money
would be available to them from
year to year, and the importance
to the planned road program now
possible with Alaska included in
the Federal Highway program.
He advised the members of the
Chamber to study all proposed
plans for military reservations in
Alaska under statehood.
It was announced by President
Stan Morgan that Dr. Cummings
has accepted an appointment as
Public Health Service dentist at
Nome and that he will take on
private practice evenings and on
Saturdays. Dr. Cummings, who is
from Anchorage, has requested
the use of the dental office in the
MMM Hospital.
Murray Getz, Area Sanitary
Engineer of the ANS of Juneau,
Albert Stevenson, chief of Sani
tary Services, of Washington, D.
C\, and Ed McAlister, Supervisor
of Sanitation Aids for the Alaska
Dept, of Health, operating out of
Kotzebue, were guests of the
Chamber.
Mr. Stevenson outlined the two
programs being carried out in this
area which are the Native San
tation Aid program for villages
with education on improved sani
tion, and a Research Center in
Anchorage which investigates
problems in Alaska sanitation
such as water supply, waste dis
posal, and water storage. They
are aiming toward a construction
program for the villages, said Mr.
Stevenson.
Other guests of the Chamber
included James Harshaw, tech
nician at the MMM Hospital; Bob
Oliver, U.S. Marshal; Bill Hart
man, who is installing phones for
the Covenant Mission villages,
and Col. M. Marston of Anchor
age.
WA NT ADS
WANTED—Girl for part-time
general office work. Nome
Power and Light Utilities.
FOUND—Lady’s wristwatch. Call
Nugget.
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§ THEATER
I Two shows nightly—7:15 and 9:15 Yj
Doors open at 6:45 p.m. R
WEDNESDAY & THURSDAY
“The Siege
At Red River"
with VAN JOHNSON
and JOANNE DRU
FRIDAY, SATURDAY,
Walt Disney’s
The
Vanishing Prairie
and Serial: "SON OF ZORO"
"VANISHING PRAIRIE"
ALSO TO BE SHOWN AT
10 A.M. SATURDAY MATINEE
LAWS MUCH IMPROVED
IN THE MMM HOSPITAL
W. W. Laws, who was hospital
ized last Friday evening, is much
improved today and enjoying
visiting with triends, and well
wishers.
CLARENCE IRRIGOO FROM
ST. LAWRENCE ISLAND
IS VISITING IN kOME
Clarence Irrigoo, Nugget cor
respondent at Gambell onf St.
Lawrence Island, was an arrival
here last week. Irrigoo is a mem
ber of the Second Division Selec
tive Service Board and it was to
attend a meeting of this board
that he made (the trip to the
mainland.
He is also the marriage com
missioner at his island commun
ity. He will be here for about
two weeks and he is busy renew
ing old acquantances and making
new ones.
Hungerford Goes "Outside"
To Order Supplies For Market
Don Hungerford, new owner
of the Nome Market, left Satur
day for the States to arrange for
new store equipment and supplies
to come on the last boat.
KARL DEWEY HERE
Karl Dewey, Territorial Com
missioner of Taxation arrived to
day on official business and is
meeting many friends made when
he lived here prior to taking the
taxation post.
Territorial Board of Road
Commissioners To Meet
Here Sept. 10, 11, and 12
The meeting of the Alaska
Board of Road Commissioners
will be held in Nome September
10, 11, and 12, stated Second
Division member Dewey Good
rich.
The meetings will be held at
the City Hall and all meetings are
open to the public.*
In addition to Dewey Goodrich,
the other members of the board
who will be in attendance are A1
Seeliger, Pete McCormick, Irving
Reed, Lee Hubbard, and Thelma
Zenger.
WEATHER FORECAST
Increasing ^cloudiness Thursday
with possibly light rain. Lowest
temperatures expected tonight in
the low 40’s, the high tomorrow
in the 50’s.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: highest temperature
54, lowest 41. Max. wind 16 mph
from the E.N.E. Sunrise at 4:58
a.m., sunset at 7:04 p.m.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 46, lowest 40. Extremes
this date since 1907: highest 61
in 1909, lowest 22 in 1927.
WOMAN WANTED
To call regularly each month on
established STUDIO GIRL cosmetic
clients in and around Nome, making
necessary deliveries, etc. 3 to 4 hours
per day. Route will pay up to $3.50
per hour. Write Studio Girl Cos
metics, Dept. 1-3A, Glendale, Calif.
j 'plumbing0Cheating needs
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COMPLETE LINE FITTINGS AND FIXTURES
Phone MAIN 143
Shop Open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.
U. S. MERC
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BEEF SHORTRIBS
VEAL RIBS
BEEF HEARTS
BEEF TONGUES
SKINLESS WIENERS 69* lb.
VEAL STEAK 79*lb.