‘Keep Informed, Be
Tolerant,’ Message
To Class of 1960
David Luce, Administrator of
Courts, who gave the graduation
address last evening at Nome High
School, told the graduates they
must be prepared to accept re
sponsibility and practice their
training in being leaders. “You
have the future of our new State
in your hands — You must read,
keep informed, and be tolerant of
other people,” Mr. Luce told the
graduates.
The new Rotary scholarship
award of $500 was presented to
Raymond Arnold by Stan Morgan.
Ray also receives a $350 scholar
ship from the Alaska Methodist
University, where he will be at
tending class next year. Rod Bou
cher was awarded the Sears Foun
dation Scholarship of $300, and
the University of Alaska scholar
ship, which gives a free room for
his freshman year, as highest in
his class attending the college.
Clifford Steele won the Alaska
Airlines award of $350 for attend
ance at the University of Alaska,
and Eddie Johnson won the new
N. C. Co. award, which is an ex
pense-paid trip next month to An
chorage for the Music Festival.
Eddie will also be attending the
University of Alaska.
Ellin Saito was chosen by de
cision of the entire Nome High
School faculty to receive the
Nome American Legion Post
Award, given to the outstanding
senior for traits of courage, lead
ership, patriotism and scholarship.
There are 15 scholarships
available from the State for Es
kimo students, but none of the
local graduates made application
for these.
Valedictorian Ellin S.a i t o,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Saito of F.A.A., chose as her topic,
“Courage to Stick to One’s Con
victions,” which was well pre
sented, and Rod Boucher, saluta
torian, talked on the class motto,
“Never Turn Back.”
Presentation of diplomas was
made by George Bayer, president
of the School Board, and Rev.
Orval Schmidt of the Church of
the Nazarenc, gave the invoca
tion and the benediction.
The Valedictorian and Saluta
torian were one-hundredth of a
point apart in their grade average
for the four year course. Ellin
Saito had an average of 2.88 of
a possible 3.00, and Rod Boucher
had g 2.87 average.
Piano Tuner Dogsleds
To Ply Trade at Savoonga
Grant Chapman, piano tuner
from the Music Mart in Fairbanks,
returned to Nome from Gambell
and Savoonga, where he has been
plying his trade. Mr. Chapman
took the trip via dog team to Sa
voonga to tune four pianos, and is
probably the first piano tuner to
do this work in such remote area.
He carried several hundred pounds
of repair equipment, and returned
with additional tonnage of ivory
and walrus skulls, which he took
in trade.
I LOCAL SKIN SEWERS TO
DISPLAY ART AT LADD AFB
Ladies representing the Nome
Skin Sewers will be at Ladd AFB
for Armed Forces Day celebra
tions Saturday. They will take part
in a display arranged by the Staff
Chaplain, which will feature the
newly-completed “Seven Days of
Creation,” a 24x27-inch account of
the Genesis creation in symbols
of skins created by the ladies.
Those chosen to go are Mrs.
Maggie Oquilluk, Mrs. Margaret
Picknalook, Mrs. Kiatcha Rock
and Mrs. Emma Willoya, who di
rected the group in the sewing
project. They will demonstrate
skin sewing for those who visit
the display. The symbols were
made at the order of Lt. Col. Ash
ley D. Jameston, Staff Chaplain at
Ladd AFB, and will hang in the
new chapel for military person
nel now being completed there.
Returning From School
Winona Ashenfelter and Bea
trice Buck_ returned from Mt.
Edgecumbe School yesterday on
their way to White Mountain, the
first students to pass through
Nome. About 63 more students
are expected to be brought back
through Nome, and another 120
through Unalakleet, sometime
next week.
DR. LEE McKINLEY, Dentist of
Anchorage, will be in Nome on
May 30 and 31, June 1, 2, and 3.
He plans also to come here later
in June. Those interested in hav
ing dental work done may contact
Mrs. Wallace Mclver.
Thos. Martin of the Board of
the Board of Trade Bar announces
that due to rising costs and two
years of freight rate increases, he
is forced to raise the price of beer.
Effective Saturday at 6 p.m. all
beer (Western or Eastern) will be
> 70 cents. Included in this raise
| will be bar whiskey, but all other
, mixed drinks will not be affected.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
LOMENS have in stock ZONOLITE pouring insulation for
installation between rafters in ceiling or in walls, at $4.25 per
sack. Ten or more, less 10 per cent; twenty or more sacks can
be furnished via ship at price of $3.45 per sack. Roll or batt
type insulation can be ordered for delivery on first ship in many
various sizes and styles for as low as 6 cents per square foot,
LOMENS also have a quantity of Va Grade CD EXTERIOR
SHEATHING PLYWOOD at $7.88 per sheet.
Order your BUILDING MATERIALS from or through
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY. CaU Main 111.
Dorcas Brower, Starring In
‘Ice Palace,’ Will Tour 48
Alaska Airlines Stewardess
Dorcas Brower, who has a fea
tured role in the forthcoming
Warner Bros, motion picture, “Ice
Palace,” starts a five-week tour
of the “South 48” next week.
Miss Brower, a native of Bar
row, the largest Eskimo village
in the world, and the northern
most point in the United States, j
was Miss Alaska last year, as a
co-ed at the University of Alaska.
She is the first Ekimo ever to
play a featured role in a major
Hollywood film. The 20-year-old
beauty appears as Robert Ryan’s
native wife in “Ice Palace,” the
screen version of Edna Ferber’s
panoramic novel of Alaska’s fight
for statehood. Besides Ryan, the
film stars Richard Burton, Carolyn
Jones, Martha Hyer and Jim
Backus. Miss Brower visited in
Nome on Wednesday.
Mrs. Grant Nelson, and daught
er, who haye spent three months
in Hawaii this past winter, re
turned Wednesday, and are plan
ning. to leave for their mining
camp at peering for the summer.
WANT APS
FOR SALE — Oil Heating Stove.
Call Red 157. 62p
FOR SALE — Two Story House,
-Corner lot. Call Main 323. 61p
WANTED — Steno-Bookkeeper.
Call Main 54. 62c
WANTED TO BUY — Graded
beach gravel. Contact Nugget.
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FOR SALE — Household & Misc.
Items. See Marion Wilkalkia.
61c
FOR LEASE for one year—2 bed
room home. Sea view and fur
nished. Call Nugget.
FOR SALE — 1957 Jeep Pickup.
Excellent condition. Call Black
161. u 61p
FOR PIANO TUNING — Call
Grant Chapman from the Music
Mart in Fairbanks — At the
North Star Hotel now. 62c
FOR SALE — Bowling Shoes,
Hassock, Ice Cream Freezer,
High Chair, Sled, Formal, Misc.
Clothing. Call Red 146. ltc
PART-TIME, permanent position
interviewing for the Gallup Poll
in Nome. $2 per hour, plus .08
a mile. Write, stating qualifca
tions. Public Opinion Surveys,
Princeton, New Jersey. 63c
FOR SALE — 26-foot completely
furnished three-room Spartan
House Trailer. Kitchen Range,
Refrigerator and two Lamps
use bottled gas. Also equipped
with 12-gal. water storage tank,
electric lights and oil heater.
$1,800. Phone Black 28. 63c
TELLER Dry Red Salmon, 40c per j
lb. plus freight. Write R. R. |
“Bob” Blodgett, Teller Commer
cial Co., Teller, Alaska.
FOR SALE — 26 foot Trailer
House. Arctic insulated. Bath
tub, shower, et cetera. Like new.
Can be seen in Nome. Contact
Munz Airways or write to R. R.
“Bob” Blodgett, Teller Com
mercial Co., Teller, Alaska.
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
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