THE NOME NUGGET
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NOME, ALASKA
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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
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UNINVITED SPECTATORS
AS i
NEWS OF
NOMEITES
Mrs. Alaska McChesney, moth
er of the first twins born in Nome
in 1907, lives at 1729 12th Ave.,
Seattle 22. EA 1808. Her sister,
Hallie, Mrs. B. E. Sanford, is in
Ithaca, N.Y. The sisters spent
many years in Wrangell, where
she was bom, Nome, Council, and
> Teller when girls, and later lived
, in Juneau. Her daughters, Grace,
Dorothy and Helen, are all mar
led and live in Seattle.
Believe it or not, Peter, her
parakeet, is an Elvis Presley fan,
and sings wildly when he is on
the. radio.
Her father was the late S. Hall
Young, who built the first Pres
byterian Church in Alaska at
Wrangell.
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Barrett Willoughby has a new
apartment at 265 Buckingham
Way in San Francisco, where she
can look out over the Pacific
Ocean straight “across the world
where the sun sets without a
clamed thing to obstruct the
view.” She can also see the place
where the little dirty ships Of the
Russians used to turn in to the
Presidio when they came to trade
for food for Sitka in the 1800s.
Before leaving Los Angeles she
had a chat with Capt. A. M.
“Sandy” Smith, who was heading
for Florida after celebrating his
96th (?) birthday on Jan. 1. Well,
his mother died at the age of 115
in Scotland, and he’s headed
there, too.
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A Dutchman found a tightly
corked bottle on the beach of his
native country, Holland, a year
and a half ago, but the note in
side has just reached Mrs. Archie
Black in Vancouver, B.C. She j
and her late husband tossed it
overboard from their ship in the!
Atlantic on their last trip to Scot-!
land in 1953, after they had toast- j
ed their friends from its contents. I
Merchants and
North Stars
Winners Friday
Last Friday evening a large
crowd watched the Nome Mer
chants v/in handily over a much
taller Air Force five 70 to 44. The
Merchants started off and fin
ished the game without trouble
in any of the quarters. The score
by quarters went as follows: 13-6,
35-11, 57-34, and 70-44.
High point players, for the Mer
chants were Harold Bell 25, Ike
Larsen 17, Alfred Sahlin 11, and
Clyde Nershak 9. For the Air
Force Karl Nestvold made 14 and
Louie Green made 11.
The second game, between the
High School Nanooks and the
North Stars was a nip-and-tuck
contest with the North Star quin
tet pulling out ahead in the final
minutes of play to win 51-44. The
score by quarters went 9-9, 23-23,
34-33, and 51-44.
The Nanooks have improved
immensely and opponents will
have to be on the alert in the fu
ture. Veri\on Carlson joined the
school team and added much to
the five with his back court play.
High point men for the victors
were Bill Caldwell 16, Willie,
Willoya 13, Bob Ellis 8, and Norm!
Atuk 7. For the Nanooks, the
scoring went: Jake Titus 23, Geo.
Kost 7, Chuck Fagerstrom 7.
The school band provided ex
cellent music throughout the eve
ning.
LINDA DARNELL TO WED
AIRLINE PILOT SOON
HOLLYWOOD, UP—Linda Dar-j
nell says that she and airline pi-'
lot Robbie Robertson will be mar-.
ried next month.
She broke the news to friends \
last week on the set of a film she j
is making for television. Robert
son, an American airlines captain, |
is now on the Los Angeles-Chi
cago nm. j
GAMBELL NEWS
By CLARENCE IRAGOO
FIRST BEAR —
First polar bear this year is
killed by Steven Aningayou’s boat
this month. One other tear was
sighted on the ice the same day.
The bear killed is about 8V2
feet in length and is believed to
be one of the several in the area
j at the same time. No other bear
was seen in the vicinity, however.
OLD YEAR —
End of 1956 left little news. In
November, new church of the
Presbyterian Church USA was
first used on Thanksgiving Day.
Enough was finished in the sanc
tuary that furniture of the old
church was moved over.
The first sermon was preached
by the Army Chaplain Weaver,
who happened to be here at the
time. Women and children sang
new songs, and talks were given
by two Eskimos, both inactive
elders.
Beginning of the first Gambell j
Presbyterian Church we.s given
by Mr. Andrew Oozeva. He told
how the building first gbt built
and who volunteered their time.
The building was built in the
year 1892. The original building
1 was just a blockhouse. Some ad
ditions have been put in the years
afterward.
Many white people have come
and gone who served as mission
aries and school teachers. These
people are really earl;/ sour
doughs of the past. They were
I men and women who spent many
winters in “Seward’s ice box.”
j This “Seward’s ice box” have
I preserved many good things from
' decaying, the early white men
| left on the island,
j Old year also brought a new
I baby. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Kanin
gok’s first baby was born on De
! cember 24, 1057. Mr. Kaningok
had returned from the Army last
year.
Marriage license was issued to
William Soongarook of Gambell
and Virgina Kava of Savoonka.
They have a child born to them
j last summer.
FULL SHELVES —
First time in many, many years j
our little store is fully stocked
yet. -Many things are still in good
stock yet. Also for the first time,
the store had heat all winter,
Other years, freezable mdse, used
to be in the basement of the ANS
schoolhouse. Also for first time
the store janitor, Oscar O, works
in his shirtsleeves.
; SAVOONGA MAIL —
| About 1,000 pounds of Savoon
| ga missionary mail is hauled half
I way to Savoonga. First half of
the way Gambell teams worked,
| and the last half of the way, Sa
j voonga dog teams finished it. It
is believed that another 4,000 lbs.
' or more is still here waiting to be
delivered. It looks like more vol
i unteers will be needed to haul
; more mail over.
OLD CAT STILL WORKS —
Carl Iyakitan’s Cat is running
again. Since November, it has
been giving us light. This year it1
is running 9 hours a day. The
lights are on at 3 p.m. and are
out at 12 midnight. Some new re
| pairs were made early thife fall,
i and this made it run better than
| before.
FUR BUSINESS —
Poor fur season this winter.
Only few foxes are caught this
winter. Everywhere on the island,
trappers reported same story: “no
foxes.”
LATE ARRIVALS —
Two trappers miscalculated the
Ingrid Bergman Welcomed to U.S.
After Absence of Nearly Eight Years
NEW YORK, {R>—Ingrid Berg- '
man came back to the United j
States today. She stepped- off a
pltne at Idlewild Airport with a
big smile and was greeted by a
score of fans waving “welcome” j
placards.
“I feel fine,” were- her first j
words upon her return for a quick
34-hour visit after an absence of
nearly eight years.
Including newsmen, about 100
persons were present as a Trans
World Airliner brought Miss
Bergman from Paris. She peered
from a window as the plane rolled
up to the airport terminal.
Miss Bergman made the flying
trip here to receive the New York
Film Critics’ Award as the best
actress of 1956 for her perform
ance in “Anastasia.” She returns
to Paris tomorrow night to con
tinue her role in a smash stage
I Blacklisted Actors
Granted Hearing
By Sup reme Court
WASHINGTON, tfP)—The Su
preme Court today granted a
hearing to 23 movie actors and
other film workers who sought
millions of dollars in damages on
a complaint that a Hollywood
“blacklist” kept them out of work.
The 23 claimants said they were
blacklisted by the film industry
after they refused to testify in
1951 before the House Committee
on Un-American Activities. Each:
asked damages of $2,250,000.
The suit was against major film
companies, film distributing com- I
panies and members of the House !
committee. California courts dis-1
missed the litigati|n on the!
ground there was no showing of
injury to any “legally protected
interest” of the 23 because none
had an employment contract. In
appealing to the Supreme Court
for a hearing, the 23 contended
they had been denied equal pro
tection and due process of laws.
The 23 claimants included film
players Gale Sondergard and
| Howard Da Silva.
Republicans Will Have
Chance to Gain Senator
"n Texas Election
AUSTIN, Tex., Uf)—The special
election to fill the U.S. Senate
seat vacated by Gov. Price Daniel
will,be held April 2, giving Re
publicans another chance this
year to gain control of the Senate.
Gov. Daniel announced Friday
the special election would be held
on a winner-take-all basis. He
said no runoff would be held.
Democrats fear that with one,
Republican and six Democrats
running for the seat a division of
Democratic votes could throw the
election to the GOP.
. Democrats now control the
Senate 49-47. Should Texas elect
a Republican a 48-48 tie would
result. Vice President Nixon j
would break the tie by voting
with the Republican Party.
time of Christ’s birth last Decem
ber. Vernon Slwooko and Lane
Iyakitan were down at Boxer Bay
tending their fox traps. All that
time they were using an old, old
calendar—only one available.
It served them good until they
found out that Christmas was al
ready two days past! When asked
when they will return to Boxer
Bay, Vernon replied, “We will
remain here to be sure that we
are here for the New Years Day.”
hit there.
In response to questions from
newsmen at the airport, Miss
Bergman said she had no regrets
concerning past actions in her
life.
She had drawn considerable
criticism in this country when a
son was born to her and an Ital
ian film director while Miss Berg
man still was married to another
man.
“I have had a wonderful life,”
she said. “I have never regretted
it. I have had a wonderful and
rich life, full of interest. It has
been just what I hoped for.”
She said she feels neither her
film fans nor anyone else has a -
right to criticize or interfere in
an actress’ private life.
“But,” she added, “they certain
ly do.”
She said she and the Italian di
rector, whom she subsequently
wed, have had a happy marriage
altho they occasionally are separ
ated by their work.
She balked at only two ques
tions. She declined to give. her
! birth date and refused to say any- •
j thing about a gold charm brace
i let she was wearing.
Light Planes Land
Piggy-Back Fashion—
Pilots Walk Away
TULSA, Okla., W—Two light
planes landed piggy-back fashion
at Tulsa’s north airport yesterday
but both pilots walked away from
the wreckage.
A1 Cobel, manager of he field,
said the Swift airplane of Paul E.
Lee landed atop the Air Master
piloted by Arthur Rody as they
made a final landing approach.
Rody was thrown from his
plane by the impact. Neither craft
burned but both were extensive
ly damaged.
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NOTICE
Ordinance No. 377 entitled "An
Ordinance of the City of Nome,
Alaska, to adopt by reference the
Fire Safety Code of the Territory
of Alaska authorized by Chapter
66. SLA 1955, approved March 23.
1955, and effective in the Terri
tory of Alaska January 1, 1957"
was adopted by the Nome Com
mon Council Jan. 14. 1957. Refer
to City Clerk's Office for further
details.
Nome Common Council
By Carrie M. McLain.
City Clerk
Publish Jan. 16, 18, 21, 1957.