Covenant Pastors to Meet
In Nome For Conference
Three Days Next Week
The native pastors of the Alaska
Covenant Churches will hold a 3
day conference here on Monday,
Tuesday and Wednesday of next
week. Services will be open to
the public at 7:30 each evening.
Pastors serving the Yukon vil
lages have just attended an area
conference at Scammon Bay and
are coming to the conference here
by mission plane. The following
are expected: 1
Henry Shavings, Scammon Bay;
Peter Smith, Hooper Bay; Ben
Whitman, Mt. Village; Reuben
Paniptchuk, Shaktoolik; John Sa
vok, Koyuk; Fred Savok, Elim;
Joshua Ahwinona, Wales.
Edward Sagonnick of Shaktoolik
has been hauling groceries to Un
galik for George Gaemalis, who
left here to do some work at his
gold mine.
THIRD IN WHIST SERIES
AT PIONEER HALL SATURDAY
Another of those popular whist
parties will be held tomorrow
evening at the Pioneer Igloo.
About 20 tables have been in
progress for the past two games
in the series. The games are open
to the public.
Leading for the trophy prizes
are Jane Perkins and Harry
Lewis, with Verna Mickelson and
Roscoe Wtlke running second, and
Lillie Lewis and George Bodis in
third place.
Tomorrow night’s games will
ibe the third in the series. Prizes
are given every evening for the
games played, states Chairman
Luther Dunbar.
PAUL MANDEVILLE IS FIRST
TO FILE FOR CITY ELECTION
City Clerk Robert Scott reports
the first candidate to file for the
City Election to be held April 5,
was Paul A. Mandeville, who has
filed for a five-year term on the
Nome School Board. ,
Republican Club
BAKE SALE
N. C. Store
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SATURDAY
— 10 A. M. —
: Alaska’s Jr. Miss
| Ready to Leave
For Southland
Alaska’s Junior Miss Lorena
Nershak is ready to take off for
Mobile, Ala., as official State rep
resentative, tomorrow. After her
flight via Alaska Airlines to Se
attle, she will embark on a
Northwest plane to Atlanta, Ga.,
from where she will have a 20
minute flight to Mobile.
Tonight, the Beta Sigma Phi
members who have been co-ordin
ating her wardrobe, will help her ,
to pack all of the separate com
plete outfits for each social occa
sion on the program. Each outfit |
is complete with hat, gloves,,
shoes, bags, and all accessories. In
addition, she will have three for
mals as well as her reindeer dan
cing parka and mukluks. The
America’s Junior Miss candidate
will travel in a red suit with white
blouse, and black accessories.
Organizations which contrib
uted to making the wardrobe pos
ible were: the Chamber of Com
merce, Rotary Club, Home Arts
Club Alaska Native Brotherhood,
N. C. Co., Billikin Shop, Modern
Cleaners, Phoebe Circle, KNOM
TV, Dorothy’s, Beta Sigma Phi,
and Helen Cherry’s Beauty Shop.
Individuals contributing were:
Martha Craft, Reca Godsbe, Mrs.
Saito. Don Hoover, chairman for
the project, stated that the credit
for getting the candidate on the
road with such a fine wardrobe
and other necessary preparations
should go largely to Barbara Mar
tin and Scotty .Rhode, as they
gave much of their time in pre
paring Nome’s candidate.
Daughter Born St. Patrick's Day
Mr. and Mrs. Dale Boehler are
the parents of a St. Patrick’s Day
daughter. Mr. Boehler is a city
patrolman.
IN MAGISTRATE'S COURT
Edgar Edward Lee of Teller
pleaded guilty to a charge of
drunkenness and was fined $50,
suspended. Lee is with the A.N.G.
enroute to encampment.
WEATHER FORECAST
Continued fair with little change
in temperature.
ATTENTION O.E.S. MEMBERS
Monday evening will be Presen
tation Night at the Alaska Chap
ter No. 1., Order of Eastern Star.
All members are urged to be pres
ent for this very special occasion.
I — Ruth Reed WM. j
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Arctic Tours Film Shown To
TV Audience of ,7 Millions
A new tourist promotion film
highlighting Fairbanks and Wien
Alaska Airlines’ Arctic tours, has
been completed in Hollywood by
Frank Whaley, public relations
director for the airline.
Whaley notified the Daily News
Miner from Hollywood that he
used the new film on a half-hour
color television show called “Va
cation Time,” over Station KNXT,
in Hollywood.
The film, shown on a Saturday
afternoon, was estimated to have
an audience of more than 7,000,000
persons in the western states.
MARY JO SWANBERG
ENGAGED TO F.E. CO. MAN
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Swanberg
have announced the engagement
of their daughter Mary Jo, who is
now in Fairbanks, to Andrew
Eugene Bernadsky. The wedding
date has not been set, but is ex
pected to be sometime early this
spring.
Mr. Bernadsky is with the Fed
eral Electric Co., and is stationed
at Tanana.
WARREN TIFFANY'S FATHER
DIES IN BELLINGHAM, WASH.
Warren Tiffany of the Educa
tion Department of the BIA, was
called suddenly to Bellingham,
Wash., today due to the sudden
death of his father, Jay M. Tif
fany.
Mr. and Mrs. Tiffany were
visitors in Nome in 1956 at the
marriage of their son here. Two
sons survive besides Warren and
the widow.
Poinsettas Bloom Again In
Morgan's Window
House plant gardeners are
very interested in the poinsetta
plant now blooming in the win
dow of Morgan and Son.
The plant was in full bloom at
Christmas, and is now in full
bloom again, which is very un
usual for this variety of flower
ing plant.
NOTICE
All military personnel operat
ing their own private vehicles
within the City of Nome will be
required to buy city license
slickers to comply with the City
Code Section 18-6.
— John Marvik,
Chief of Police
WANT ADS
FOUND -—Brown-rimmed glasses.
Call at Nugget.
WANTED — Am interested in
purchasing good used light
plane such as an Aeronca
Champ. Send full particulars
and asking price to W. C.
Frank, P. O. Box 8, Unalakleet,
Alaska. 35c
FOR SALE — Washing Machine,
Appliances, Dishes, Utensils
and Miscellaneous Items. Call
Red 189.
55 UNITS — Private bath, Kit
chenette or Plain. 6th and H
Streets, in Downtown Anchor
age. ALASKANS PREFER THE
ROOSEVELT. Rates from $4
single. tf
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FRESH dry salmon, 40 cents lb.
plus freight. Write Teller Com
mercial Co.
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Mail Order Service — Retail &
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We Take Mercury in Trade on
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son, Evinrude Long Shaft
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Distributor — Standard Oil Company of California
DEALERS — MINING EQUIPMENT, LUMBER, COAL,
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