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Pete and Borgny Reader
Tom and Barbara Martin
Jennie Frazier — John Belobraidich
Church of Nazarene
Are Recipients of
Generous Giving
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The congregation of the Church
of the Nazarene are again the re
cipients of the generous giving
of the members of the 5040th
Air Transport Squadron at El
mendorf Air Force Base.
The gifts included potatoes,
apples, oranges and other food
items, clothing, toys and other
gifts, plus treats for everyone.
This is the third year that the
Nazarene congregation has been
chosen to be the recipients of
their giving. These gifts have
helped to make Christmas a little
brighter for these families.
The gifts were delivered to
Nome by 0123 transport planes
from Eknendorf AFB.
Through an error in marking
the boxes, there was somewhat of
a mix-up as to who was to re
ceive the gifts when the plane
arrived here last Saturday. The
plane crew had to call Elmendorf
and get clarification concerning
what church was the recipient,
•tated Rev. O. Schmidt.
Dan Alvteh, better known to
old timers as Spaghetti Dan, is
now retired near Fisherman’s
Wharf in San Francisco with his
wife and enjoys meeting former
Alaskan friends. Alvich had a
restaurant here for many years.
Warren Billings Convicted
Of 1918 Preparedness Day
Bombing Receives Pardon
SACRAMENTO, Calif. Ufi —
Warren F. Billings convicted with
Thomas Mooney in the 1916 bomb
ing of a Preparedness Day parade
in San Francisco, was pardoned
by Gov. Edmund Brown Friday.
Billings was convicted of first
degree murder and sentenced to
life imprisonment after the bomb
ing in which 10 persons were kill
ed and 10 were injured.
He was released from prison
Oct. 19, 1939, after Gov. Culberl
Olson commuted his sentence to
time served.
Billings, who now lives in San
Mateo, has served the 22 yean
without parole supervision and
without incident
A majority of the justices of
the California Supreme Court rec
ommended the pardon. v
‘Tt gives me great peace of
mind,” Billings said of the par
don.
50-CENT STAMPS . . .
CONCORD; N.H. W> — Postal
clerks noticed a batch of 40
Christmas cards, each bearing a
50-stamp. Postmaster Richard D.
Eddy checked with the woman
named in the return address. It
was no mistake, she informed him.
She had some of hie 50-eent
stamps on hand and wanted to
dress up her cards.
800 Christmas Trees
Line Western Side „
Of Berlin Border
BERLIN «■> — More than 800
huge Christmas trees are lit each |
dusk along the Western side of
die Communist wall through Ber
lin.
On the East Berlin side of the
barrier nothing matches this pre
Christmas atmosphere.
There are Christmas decora
tions, lighted trees and all, deep
■ er inside East Berlin at the shop
i ping centers. But along the Com
munist side of the 25 miles of
concrete and barbed wire there
are only three spindly fir trees
set up by the East German guards.
One, at Elsenstrasse between
the Soviet and American sectors,
is stuck into a low, concrete road
! barrier. It has no lights, no deco
j rations.
In the background a powerful
battery of Red loudspeakers blares
out Communist propaganda slo
gans interrupted by popular Ger
man — and some American —
Christinas songs.
“You in West Berlin will be
able to celebrate a peaceful
Christmas because we built the
wall to ward off any provoca
tions," a shrill voice announces.
Then come “Silent Night” and
“I’m Dreaming of a White Christ
mas" with German lyrics.
Across the end of Harzerstrasse
cuts the ugly Communist wall —
eight feet high. Behind it, Red
guards can be seen looking
through the slit of a wooden
watch tower.
Mr. anil Mrs. Grant Nelson and
daughter, who have spent the
summer mining at Intnachuk,
leave to spend the holiday with
grandmother Olive Nelson and
great-grandmother also in Seattle.
After the holidays they expect to
return to Honolulu, where they
have apent the past two winters.
RESIDE IN PALO ALTO
Ingeborg Stevenson MacMillan
lives in Palo Alto, Calif., where
her husband is controller for
Coastwise Construction Co. Her
brother, Carl Stevenson, alto an
early day resident and former
student of Nome School is retired
aid also lives in Palo Alto. Mrs.
MacMillan reports that Virginia
Van Sickle Phair lives in Orinda,
Calif.
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Mrs. Alfred Loznen Sr. is on a
six week tour of Japan and will
end her tour by spending Christ
mas with her son Alfred and
j family in Fairbanks.
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10:00 a.m. Sunday School
11:00 a.m. Morning Worship
7:00 pun. Christmas Program
MONDAY. DEC. 21
CHRISTMAS DAY
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all Hw gifts that friends ex*
change, and all the pleasures they
enjoy during a Christmas season,
the best of these is the simple good
will of friends and neighbors.
& COFFEE SHOP