City Fights Monday Night
Fire In Heavy Equipment
Warehouse At Nome Field
The third fire in recent weeks
at Nome Field occurred Monday
evening abqut 7:30 in a heavy
equipment warehouse. The fire
was fought throughout the night
in a severe snowstorm until the
early hours of the morning.
It is reported that part of the
warehouse was saved due to- doors
separating the building as a fire
break. Firefighters said that the
metal building was ret hot and
was' fought through holes cut in
the metal.
This third fire of undetermined
origin follows two in February
when a barracks was destroyed
and the newy renovated chapel
gutted.
The commanding officer, Major
K. D. Swisher, was marooned at
the time of the fire at Anvil
Mountain due to the snow storm.
A. Polei is scheduled to leave
today for Mt. McKinley to attend
the meeting of the All-Alaska
Chamber of Commerce. He will
represent this area. After attend
ing to other business in Fairbanks
he plans a trip to the States for a
few weeks.
Alaska Memorial Church
In Florida Commemorates
Former Delegate Rustgard
An Alaska memorial has been
completed and dedicated at Bab
son Park on the Florida Scenic
Highway in commemoration of
John Rustgard, former delegate to
Congress and an Alaskan for 36
years.
The memorial is known as the
John Rustgard Memorial Church,
interdenominational, and the Jo
sephie Rustgard Parsonage. It was
erected by friends and relatives
under the supervision of Mr. E. R.
Jahna of Lake Wales. It was dedi
cated and presented to the colored
citizenry of Babson Park.
The steeple is a tribute to Chief
Justice George Maxey of the Su
preme Court of Pennsylvania and
a gift of the Honorable Albert
Hawkes, United States Senator
from New Jersey.
The inscription over the sanctu
ary is “Love one another.”
Pictures of the interior and ex
terior are available from the pres
ident of the Nome Chamber of
Commerce, Boyd Harwood.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Mabel Ibionna.
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10 P.M., THURSDAY, MARCH 25, 1954
For Reservations write: ,
ALASKA STEAMSHIP CO., BOX 22, ANCHORAGE
FREIGHT SERVICE
A freighter sailing from Seattle every Thursday
calling at Valdez, then Seward.
Candidates For City Office
No Longer Need Petitions
Signed By Taxpayers
The City Clerk states that de
clarations by candidates for the
city election must be in by March
30, which is only six days away.
To date only one petition has
been presented, by Bill Barber for
the School Board.
Heretofore it has been neces
sary for candidates for city of
fice to have their petitions en
dorsed by signatures of taxpayers.
This practice is no longer neces
sary and simplifies the procedure.
This year there are eight of
fices to 'be filled as well as the
election of five members of the
utilities board for the Nome Pow
er and Light Co.
Nome High Basketball Team
Honored By Party Friday
The Nome High School basket
ball team received a nice surprise
last Friday evening at a school
party given in their honor.
A beautiful cake in the shape
of four school bells and gorgeous
ly decorated in school colors was
presented to them by Mrs. Mar
garet Russell for bringing home
a trophy. In addition to the cake
there were miniature “belles” en
titled “the girls they left behind
them” indicating that the boys
were popular in more ways than
one.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
I wish io extend my apprecia
tion to the many people for whom
I have sewed in the past 20 years
who are in Nome and those who
have departed for other parts of
Alaska.
I would be glad to assist any
of them, if they desire, from my
new address which will be in
Walla Walla, Washington.
Mrs. Conrad Yehney
WANT ADS
MODERN apartment for rent —
See Geo. Hite or call Main 123.
Automatic Washing Machine. Used
four months. $240. See at Nome
Hardware. 36
PAINTING— Inside or outside.
Surfaces carefully prepared.
Rates reasonable. Call White 128
LOST—Ladies black keycase. Re
turn to Nugget. tf
WEDNESDAY ONLY, 7:15 & 9:15
RETURN SHOWING
Alfred Hitchcock's Story of—
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—STARRING—
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RUTH ROMAN
ROBERT WALKER
Plus Mid-Week NEWSREEL
THURSDAY ONLY—7:15 & 9:15
RETURN SHOWING
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Starring
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ROBERT HUTTON
CATHY DOWNS
plus SHORT SUBJECT and
MID-WEEK NEWS REEL
FRIDAY & SATURDAY
Starting 7:15 and 9:15 p.m
“DOWN TO THE
SEA IN SHIPS”
RICHARD WIDMARK
LIONEL BARRYMORE
DEAN STOCKWELL
WIEN AIRLINES
From Kotzebue: Robert Hol
comb.
From Fairbanks: J. Gilmore, S.
Peter Weiss, A. E. Lawson, L.
Mayokpuk, Axel Edman, H. Eng
strom, R. Ccfok, C. Gustafson, B.
Boyle, C. Coffey, E. Ferris and
L. S. Wright. .
Departing were Betty Colby and
A. Polet.
Mrs. Hertha Baker, president of
the Alaska Department of the Am
erican Legion Auxiliary is sched
uled to arrive in time for a din
ner being given by the local or
ganization tomorrow evening at
the Bering Sea Club.
This is the first official visita
tion for the group this year.
WEATHER FORECAST
Compiled by the
U.S. Dept, of Commerce Weather Bureau
Clear to partly cloudy with east
winds 10-15 mph. Lowest temper
ature expected tonight 8, highest
Thursday 25.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 .a.m. today: High temperature
29, low 14. Max. wind 17 mph
from the east. Sunrise 5:48 a.m.,
sunset 6:30 p.m.
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow -21 Part cloudy
Kotzebue 15 Part cloudy
Wales 25 Clear
Nome 20 Clear
Unalakleet 15 Part cloudy
Bethel 27 Cloudy
McGrath 26 Cloudy
Anchorage 27 Cloudy
Fairbanks 12 Cloudy
Juneau 30 Cloudy j
Ketchikan 42 Cloudy |
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Bunny Fagerstrom To Be *
“Capped” Sunday In
Exercises At iTacoma
Bunny Fagerstrom, who has
been enjoying her nurse’s train
ing at the Tacoma General Hospi
tal School of Nursing, is scheduled '*
to participate in the Capping Ex
ercises on March 28 at the First
Methodist Church in Tacoma.
She says she has had a very full
year, which included a trip to
New York, Pennsylvania and New
Jersey, where she was a guest of
the-National Board of Missions
meetings.
She extends an invitation to all
her friends who may be stateside
to attend the Capping Exercises.
ALASKA AIRLINES
From Anchorage: A. Kealiher,
Fred Cavota, Capt. McEwen, Jack
Prepsock, Mrs. Ahsaruk, and Miss
Escholt.
To Kotzebue: May Elook, Bob
Holcombe, Robert Watson, M/Sgt. .
Wilbur Munson, Jackie Sage, C.
V. Parker, T. L. Morris, and Capt.
R. Hasken.
From Kotzebue: Ben Natupik,
Ellen Jones, Arthur Cox.
To Anchorage: Maj. D. A. Mac
Kenzie, Byron Rookok, Robert
Odom, Capt. Arthur Pieperburg, *
Lee Fenton, Cpl. John Baldwin,
CpL James Howard, Cpl. Charles
Pennock, Pfc. Vernon Coombes.
Betty Colby, buyer and depart
ment manager for the N.C. Store
here for the past thr»e years, left
today for Florida on vacation.
She does not plan to return to
Nome but definitely plans to re
turn to Alaska, she said.
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