Governor Reports
Progress in Alaska
Mental Health Bill
From the Office of the Governor
JUNEAU—As Mental Health
Week opened in Alaska, Governor
B. Frank Heintzleman reported
substantial progress on the Alaska
Mental Health Bill in Washing
ton.
The governor advised his office
in Juneau that the Saylor sub
committee on territories and in
sular affairs has reported favor
ably on the bill. The governor
said that the subcommittee con
sidered the legislation in execu
tive session Monday and has rec
ommended to the full committee
that the bill H.R. 8009, together
\Vith perfecting amendments sub
mitted by the Department of the
Interior and the Department of
Welfare, be approved.
This action was urged by Gov
ernor Heintzleman at the subcom
mittee hearing on March 17.
The bill introduced by Con
gressman John P. Saylor (R-Pa)
would replace the present anti
quated procedure with a modern
humane system of dealing with
Alaska mentally ill. Gov. Heint
zleman said that he expects the
proposed legislation to receive fa
vorable consideration by the full
committee at its next regular
meeting and will report it to the
Plouse floor at an early date.
i're* companion bill S. 30-7 in
troduced by Senator Hugh Butler
<R-Nev) is now being considered
by the Senate subcommittee. The
governor testified in favor of the
Senate bill at a hearing on March
25. He said that he expects the
Senate group to report the bill out
in the near future.
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Chamber Meeting Notes j
The N.W.A. Chamber of Com
merce held its weekly luncheon
at the Polaris Tuesday. President
Harwood again called attention
to a meeting to be held in Nome
soon o-f the several members of
the Alaska Development Board
and the need for standing com
mittees to give thought to the
needs of Nome and the Second
Division, so as to have full cover
age on such matters when pre
senting them to the Board.
Another matter of great import
ance to Alaska shippers is rail
freight rates charged in excess of
foreign rates, to Alaska ship
pers.
Dr. and Mrs. F. Pedersen of
the Methodist Church Board with
headquarters in Philadelphia, and
Rev. and Mrs. Havens were guests.
Mr. Pedersen spoke highly of
the people of Nome and of Alas
kans throughout the Territory. He
is active in securing financial
assistance in the States and in the
Territory for the construction of
the Methodist College in Anchor
age.
He spoke very encouragingly
and most interestingly on future
greatness of Alaska. He said the
trend of an increasing population
in Alaska will be due to the in
creasing population in the States
—that more land had to be cul
tivated in the North to make up
for the land lost in the ever
increasing dust bowl area.
He further stated that he and
Mrs. Pedersen consider them
selves Alaskans as their parents
were missionaries in Alaska. Mr.
Pedersen first lived in the terri
tory when the railroad out of
Seward was being constructed in
1903-04.
Mr. J. Lewis of the Washington
Stove Co., who visits here annual
ly on his Alaskan trip in which
the qovers the territory from end
to end, has arrived in town. Mr.
Lewis takes pride in his record
of perfect attendance at Rotary
and states he has not missed a
meeting in 10 years. He will re
main over Thursday in order tft
meet with Nome Rotarians.
Nomeites Joined j
To Make Success of
Red Cross Parade
“A wonderful spirit of coopera
tion and enthusiasm was typified
in Nome Saturday toy the many
citizens who' joined in making a
successful American Red Cro'ss
Kid Parade,” stated Mrs. Ada
Scrivener, parade chairman.
The Junior Police handling var
ious sections of the parade under
the careful planning of Police
Chief Herb Jenks, were:
Lee Oman, Section 1; Capt.
Chuckie Fagerstrom and Taylor
Moto, Sec. 2; Chief Robert Sum
mers, Sec. 3; Sgts. Bob Russell
and Bob Bahnke, Sec. 4; Bob
Oman and Wayne Russell, Sec. 5;
Sgt. Paul Glavinovich and Charles
Fagerstrom of Golovin.
The music section was organ
ized by Ruth Glavinovich and
sponsored by Mrs. Ray Kangas.
Girls on the float singing Red
Cross songs were Charlene Hudg
ins, Lorene Larsen, Susanne Fa
gerstrom, Agnes Dimmick, Glad
yce Walker, Jimmie Mays, Mil
dred Pauwok, Bridgett Pullock,
Agnes Rock, Dorothy Herman,
Ellen Luke, Hannah Green, Laura
Atuk, and Katherine Okpealuk.
The orchestra consisted of Don
Bruckner, trumpet; LeRoy Read
er, accordion; and Rev. H. R.
Amundsen, bass fiddle.
Chairmen of the various sec
tions of the parade, with their
assistants, were:
Margaret Wilson and Ann Mill
er, dolls and baby brothers; Mrs.
Pearse M. Walsh, Mrs. Eleanor
Osborne, Ruth Glavinovich, wag
ons and wheel toys; Mrs. William
Barber, Mrs. Norman Asbridge,
costumes; Margaret Hollenback,
bicycles; Harriet Brown, rope
skippers and miscellaneous; Mr.
Harlan Tripp, pet parade.
Entries in the parade were
judged by P. R. Lancaster, Paul
Mandeville, and George Bayer.
Mrs. Paul Carlson’s committee,
which took a collection in a stunt
involving buckets, drums and big
white gloves, were Myrtle and
Ann Chambers, Hannah Ahmas
uk, Mary Andersen, Linda Doyle,
and Joey Chambers.
Nome Motors acted as parade
headquarters; the Nugget and
the AFRS station were generous
with space and time; Dorothy’s
Shop gave ribbons; Nome Drug
gave two prizes; U.S. Merc and
N.C. Co. gave large discounts on
candy and prizes.
Every boy and girl who ap
peared in the parade and the par
ents who worked so'effectively on
costumes and “floats, as well as
those whose names are mentioned
above, are most appreciatively
recognized, in behalf of the Nome
chapter of the American Red
Cross, by the Campaign Commit
tee.
“The generous money contribu
tions of every citizen and every
business firm already received
and those which are still coming
in this week, are making this
year’s Red Cross campaign in
Nome a truly all-community in
terest,” said Chairman Ada Scriv
ener.
WOMAN WHO CROSSED
ATLANTIC IN SLOOP WANTS
TO TRY PACIFIC NEXT
PLYMOUTH, England, W—Mrs,
Ann Davison, an English widow
who crossed the Atlantic Ocean
alone in a 23-foot sloop, said
Tuesday she now wants to do the
same for the Pacific.
MMM HOSPITAL
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Alexine and Tom Tocktoo.
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