PTA Meeting Scheduled
For Tuesday Evening
The Multi-Purpose Room of th«
school will no doubt be filled ti
capacity next Tuesday eveninj
when the PTA holds its monthl;
meeting as the Nome School Boan
will have charge of the progran
and present a four-pronged eval
uation of what problems an<
projects are before the board a
this time.
The members of the Norm
School Board, who serve withou
compensation will discuss first
Sources of School Board income
second, school budget; third
maintenance problems; and fourtl
the federal money just receive!
for the school.
The meeting is open to all in
terested persons whether they ar
PTA members or not.
Rotaryanns Hold a
Luncheon Meeting
Rotaryanns, wives of activ!
Rotary Club members, met fo:
a luncheon in the Seaview Roon
Tuesday. Though, not a formall;
organized group, Rotaryanns al
over the world do much t<
support the ideals of Rotary.
Objectives of Rotary were dis
cussed and plans for some futun
activities are in the making.
The group will meet again nexi
Tuesday, Jan. 31 at noon in the
Seaview Room.
“Mrs. X,” the Rotaryann bowl
er, will be present and final
strategy will be laid for the
Rotary-Rotaryann playoff sched
uled at the Aukruk Lanes for
Wednesday noon.
All wives of active Rotary Club
members are invited to attend the
luncheon meeting. Reservations
may be made by calling Mrs.
Robert Grant, Main 226 or Mrs.
Herb Jenks, Black 3.'
ELI MULCH VISITING HERE
Eli Mulch, former Nome busi
nessman who retired to Homer,
Alaska is visiting here and seeing
the many improvements since he
left several years ago.
His property was recently
acquired by the city for a play
ground area north of the school.
^HORT NEWS RELEASE WILL
BE FEATURED ON KNOM-TV
KNOM-TV will feature a short
news release from Washington,
D. C. taken in the office of Sen.
Gruening and interviewing Alas
kan delegates to, the White House
Conference on Aging. The TV re
lease will be shown at 6:30 on
Sunday evening.
Basketball Tournament
Trophies are on Display
? On display in the window of
> the Alaska Airlines Bldg, are the
l trophies which will be given dur
r ing the Class B Basketball Tour
^ nament which is being held here
1 in February.
’ [ There are 37 cups altogether,
l including first and second place,
t sportsmanship trophies, as well
as individual cups for members
; of the winning teams.
1 A few more beds are needed
: for the tournament guests stated
: Superintendent Potter and per
. sons with available space may
1 contact him at Main 44.
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AMERICAN CANCER ASSN.
‘ DIRECTOR ARRIVES IN NOME
J Arthur Chamberlain, executive
director of the American Cancer
Assn, arrived here this morning
and will meet with the local
[ Cancer Committee. He plans, al
41 so, to speak with the school stu
; j dents on smoking and the scienti
j fic facts concerning this habit
r | with cancer.
I j Mr. Chamberlain comes from
the Juneau headquarters of this
organization.
Special Caribou Season
Opens to Hunters
Jan. 25 Through March 31
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game announced that a
special caribou season will be
open during the period January
25 through March 31, 1961, in
the following areas: In Game
Management Unit 21 — that por
tion lying west of the Yukon
and Koyukuk Rivers; and in
Units 22 and 23 — those portions
south of the Arctic Circle.
The bag limit during this special
i season will be three animals of
either sex, and the animals so
taken shall be considered bonus
animals and will not be counted
in the bag limits prescribed for
the 1961 regular seasons.
i COPPER VALLEY SCHOOL
TO RECEIVE 5.000 LBS. OF ELK
SEATTLE UP) — About 5,000
pounds of elk meat from Yellow
stone Park was being processed
here for donation to the Father
Buchanan School for boys in
Copper Valley, Alaska.
The meat is from some of the
100 elk shot by rangers to cut
the size of park herds. Trans
portation companies and proces
sors donated their services for
the shipments to the Copper Val
ley School.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
— DEALERS IN —
Lumber 8e 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.
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Ril Is Introduced Thursday
JUNEAU OF — It would cost ;
a person $2 to take a state-ad
ministered test to obtain a driver’s
license under the terms of a bill |
introduced in the House at the
request of Gov. Egan.
The tests are given by the De
partment of Public Safety with- I
out charge at the present time.
Egan’s bill would also increase
the cost of a driving license from
a flat $5 each time one is issued :
or renewed and it would increase
the life of each driving license I
from two to three years.
Under present law, the initial j
cost of a driving license is $5. I
Renewals cost $3.
Two bills providing for the es
tablishment of boroughs, one for
unorganized boroughs and the
other for organized boroughs,
were introduced by Sen. John
McNees.
Juvenile traffic offenders would
be prosecuted on the same basis
as adults under terms of a bill
introduced by the Rules Commit
tee at the request of the gov
ernor’s office.
A bill proposing a $5 million
general obligation bond issue for
the construction of roads in Alas
ka’s Northwest District was in
troduced in the House.
If approved by the Legislature,
the proposition would require the
approval of the voters in the next
general election.
The measure was submitted by
Reps. Blodgett, Fr. Llorente,
Stalker and Nusinginya.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy with southeaster
ly winds 15 to 25 mph. Low to
night 20 to 25, high tomorrow 25
to 30. In the last 24 hours high
of 35, low of 28. Sunrise at 9:00
a. m., sunset at 3:30 p. m.
Temperatures a year ago today:
High of 32, low of 20. Extremes
on this date since 1907: High of
35 in 1961, low of -42 in 1919.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Don Johnson.
Discharged: Martha Tate, Har
old Bell, Dolores Adams and
Erwin Tucker.
New “Alaska” Airline
Will Service Anchorage
Fairbanks Twice Daily
ANCHORAGE UP) — A new
Alaska airline, Star Air Lines,
Inc., will begin Anchorage-Fair
banks service on a two round-trip
per day basis starting Friday.
Star, headed by Anchorage
Yellow Cab operator, O. V. Bogyn
ska, announced the plans Thurs
day in a move whioh may test the
state’s supervisory powers over
intrastate flights.
The new firm intends to operate
two Dehaviland Herons on the
route. The planes will each carry
13 passengers. Bar service is also
contemplated.
Under the proposed schedule,
one-way travel will cost individ
ual passengers $24.50 plus tax.
The price was set by the firm, a
spokesman said, since Civil Aero
nautics Board control of prices
was waived as of Jan. 1 as a
part of the transition to state
hood.
Pat Bliss will be the chief
pilot for the airlines. Pat is a
mine operator as well as a pilot
and has spent several years at
Ungalik.
WANT ADS
FOUND — Jade tie clip. Identify
at Nugget and pay for ad. 3t
FOUND: Brown-rimmed Glasses.
Inquire at Nugget.
FOR SALE: 1954 Ford, 12 gauge
shotgun, vaporizer, baby scale,
single mantle gas lantern, light
weight hip boots (size 8), ac
cordion. Contact Lawrence
Davis. lip
I N0MERAMA THEATERj
F R I D A Y a u <1 S A T IJ R 1) A ’t
The Kettles
— in —
On Old MacDonald’s Farm
Old MacDonald had a Farm until the Kettles moved in!
SUNDAY and MONDAY
“BELL BOOK AND CANDLE’’
WITH
James Stewart ^ Kim Novak
★ Jack Lemmon Ernie Kovacs
SHEET METAL SUPPLIES
Stacks • Safeties • Honey Buckets
TANKS — For Water and Oil
Made to Fit Your Needs
Call . . .
Northern Metal Works
Black 115 after 5 pan. —phones— Shop: Main 115
PIONEER WHIST PARTY
STARTS TOMORROW NIGHT
Tomorrow evening many resi
dents will turn out for the first
game in the annual series of
whist parties sponsored by the
Pioneers of Alaska at the Pioneer
Igloo starting at 8:00 p. m. Old
residents return year after year
for the games and are joined by
many new residents who quickly
learn the game and enter into
the fun.
The committee states that there
will be prizes for each evening’s
games as well as grand prizes for
those who attend all the games.
Also persons missing one or more
games will be given a minimum
score if they wish to participate
in the whole series.
The parties are open to the
public and refreshments are
served at the close of the eve
ning.
Chaplain Gardner is scheduled
to lead the services at the Com
munity Methodist Church Sunday
during the absence of Rev. Gerald
McCray who is still outside.
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C OF C WILL HOLD ANNUAL
BANQUET MONDAY EVENING
Members of the Chamber of
Commerce are reminded that there
will not be a meeting on Monday
noon due to the annual banquet
being held Monday evening at the
North Star.
Time of the dinner is 7:00 p. m.
and it is requested that reserva
tions be made as soon as possible.
CARRIE McLAIN CELEBRATES
HER BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSAY
Yesterlay was a busy day for
Carrie McLain who celebrated her
66th birthday at her Belmont
Point residence. Phone calls,
cards and rememberances from
her many friends and family kept
reminding her all day how nice it
was to ihave birthdays.
NEW ARRIVALS
Mrs. George Thiele and two
sons arrived from Fairbanks to
I make their home here for the
next month with Mr. Thiele the
I well known Wien pilot and archer.
They are living in the Tweet
| residence on 3rd Ave.
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SEE YOU AT THE
SATURDAY
PIONEER CARD SERIES
At the Pioneer Hall
Beginning Tomorrow January 28, 8 P. M.
PRIZES EACH EVENING! — GRAND PRIZES!
Refreshments Door Prizes
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