Chamber Kicks Off
Membership Drive
Thursday Morning
By RUTH McLEAN
A kick-off breakfast Thursday
morning will open the 1959 mem- |
bership drive of the NWA Cham- 1
her of Commerce, it was an
nounced Monday. Sourdough hot
cakes will be served at the Bering
Sea Club at 8 o’clock, membership
committee chairman Roy Walker
stated, and a full attendance by
Chamber members and all persons
interested in Chamber activities
is urged.
Business conducted by the
Chamber at the regular weekly
luncheon meeting Monday in
cluded a discussion of the pro
posed salary bill for state legisla
tors. Chamber members and other
residents were asked to wire their
representatives in Juneau, to ex
press their opinions on the bill.
A special committee, composed
of Joe Cumming, Opal Catlin and
Rev. Gerald McCray, has designed
a distinctive seal-skin plaque to
welcome visitors to the new ter
minal at Nome field.
President Manning told Cham
ber members that Rev. and Mrs.
Edgar Bibb are preparing a pic
ture map of Nome points of in
terest, which will be presented
to visitors this summer. The
Chamber publicity committee was
asked to work with Rev. Bibb to
finance the printing of the map.
George Bayer, Chief Deputy
U. S. Marshal, was a guest at the
meeting.
Proceeds of Valentine
Dance to be Given To
School Band Festival Fund
The Junior Class of Nome High
School, which is sponsoring its
annual Valentine Dance Friday
night, have announced that pro
ceeds will go to send the 33-piece
school band to the Anchorage
Music Festival in April.
The dance is open to the public
:.nd will be from 8 o’clock until
midnight. Tickets are being sold
now by high school students.
Clever decorations are being
r ade for the affair which will be
• s^mi-formal.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Vern Miller, Flor
ence Nagazruk.
Discharged: Carrie Soxie, Isaac
Omelak, Carol Tanner, Charles
Schneider, Sadie Reddiway and
infant, Bradley Golgernan, Peter
Elanna.
You are invited to Illustrated
Meditations, "Pictures of the Pas
sion of Christ," each Wednesday
during Lent, beginning this eve
ning at 7:30 p.m. at Our Savior's
Lutheran Church.
A cordial invitation is extended
to all.
Make Lent a beneficial spirit
ual experience for you in the
church of your choice.
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING NOTES
At the regular City Council
meeting Monday, it was disclosed
that Spencer Strand was high bid
der on D Street property offered
for sale by the City, with a bid
of $275.
Chardon, Inc., was low bidder,
for oil delivery for the city, with
a bid of .229 for furnace oil and
.242 for stove oil. There were
three bidders in this action.
Agreements were completed
with property holders, and the
City acquired a small strip of lots
in the area required for the widen
ing of Mettler Way.
An offer was made by Bill Munz
for lots 10-11-12, in Block 7, just
east of the Power House.
A report was given by the
Community Christmas Tree com
mittee, showing that $842 was col
lected this year, and $1,030 spent.
As there was a credit balance
from previous years, the fund still
shows a credit balance of over a
hundred dollars, to start out with
next year.
An ordinance was passed mak
ing it a misdemeanor to defraud
proprietors of food or lodging
proprietors, food distributors or
lodging house operators by not
paying for food and housing.
Jennie Martin expressed an
opinion that the ordinance should
have been more generous and in
cluded other types of businesses
as well.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
The Nome Ministerial Associa
tion plans its union prayer serv
ice, to be held again this year at
the Church of the Nazarene Fri
day noon.
The hour-long meeting will be
divided into six parts, each part
being led by one of the women
from each of the church groups.
The Theme for the day will be
Isaiah 2:4 . . . “He shall judge
among the nations, and shall de
cide for many people; and they
shall beat their swords into
ploughshares, and their spears into
pruning hooks; nation shall not
lift up sword against nation, nei
ther shall they lear war anymore,
ther shall they learn war any
more.”
7TH AND 8TH GRADERS
CONTRIBUTE POSTERS FOR
P-TA VALENTINE FOOD SALE
Seventh and Eighth grade stu
dents are contributing to the
“Send the Band to the Festival”
campaign with clever posters for
the Saturday Valentine Food Sale
sponsored by the P-TA under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Roy Dunlap.
Local homemakers, not mem
bers of the P-TA, are being very
generous in the project with of
fers of their favorite recipes and
many interesting home baked
items have been promised, which
will make nice Valentine gifts for
the family.
SKIN SEWERS MEETING
There will be an annual meet
ing held at the Nome Skin Sewers
on February 13th at 1 p.m. All
members and interested skin sew
ers are welcome, 11c
rj. F O'Sullivan
Pier 42
Seattle 4
Scheduled Sailings Every Tuesday
For Seward and Valdez
and Alternate Fridays for Seward.
Write: Alaska Steamship Company,
Box 200, Anchorage
— OR —
Nome Agent For Information
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Lavish Cake Will Be
Highlight of Band Festival
Fund P-TA Bake Sale
Mrs. Margaret Russell, whose
hobby is cake decoration, is con
tributing a lavishly decorated
cake, to be given away at the
School Band Festival Valentine
Bake Sale on Saturday, being con
ducted by the P-TA.
The cake,, which will be on dis
play at the N. C. Store, will have
a doll house, children, babies,
flowers, green grass, fences, trees,
and many other hand-made dec
orations.
Members of the band will be
circulating throughout the commu
nity, so that everyone will have
an opportunity to purchase this
masterpiece of confection.
Boy Scouts Compete
In Window Displays
The Boy Scouts of Troop 666
are observing Scout Week with a
window display competition to
morrow. The prizes will be rib
bons, to be awarded at the next
Court of Honor.
Five patrols are participating
with windows donated by • the)
North Star Grill, Nome Drug
Store, M’Lord and Lady Shop,
Morgan and Son, and the N.C.
Store.
A committee of impartial
local men will judge the displays
on the basis of originality, in
terest, suitability, participation of
the boys and on a report by the
store manager of the boy’s con
duct.
PHOEBE CIRCLE
MEETS TONIGHT
The social for this month will be
a Valentine Party, held at Phoebe
Hall tonight at 7:30.
The refreshment committee for
the party is Jennie Oksoktaruk,
Alma Tungwenuk, Margie War
neke and Annie Adams.
The game committee is Mary
Walker and Dora Titus.
The ladies are inviting their
husbands to this party, and the
husbands are asked to bring a
quarter each.
Mrs. Robert Spear (Ellen Wald
heim) left yesterday to join her
husband in Anchorage. After a
trip outside to visit relatives and
introduce their little daughter, the
Spears will reside in Anchorage,
where Mr. Spear is located with
Western Electric Co.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Baldwin
leave this week for a month’s
vacation. After visiting relatives
in Alaska and other states they
hope to go south and enjoy some
real hot weather if possible.
WEATHER FORECAST
Partly cloudy tonight and
Thursday. Winds west to north
west 15-25 mph. Lowest tempera
ture expected tonight -5, the high
tomorrow 0.
NOTARY PUBLIC
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NUGGET OFFICE j
WANT ADS
FOUND — Ladies wristwatch.
Owner may have same by iden
tifying and paying for this ad.
FOR SALE — Our new dried Red
salmon are in. Better than ever.
50c lb. by the bundle. 55c lb.
straight. R. R. (Bob) Blodgett,
Teller Commercial Co., Teller,
Alaska. tf
MINNESOTA WOOLEN COM
PANY has an opening in this ter
ritory. Use your spare time prof
itably. Sell direct to the con
sumer — high quality at very
low prices from actual samples.
Add to your income. Write H. I.
Stewart. 331 4th Ave., Anchor
age, Alaska. 22ch
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