Christ Roust, for the past six
years manager of the Fairbanks
branch of Glenn Carrington &
Co., resigned Nov. 1 and moved to
Lopez, on Lopez Island, in the
San Juans. Chris was manager for
Carrington at Nome before mov
ing to Anchorage and then to
Fairbanks. He also served one
term in the territorial legislature,
as a member’ of the House from
Nome.
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At Lopez, Mr. and Mrs. Roust
will be associated with former
Nome friends, the Mac McConag
heys, in a combined farming and
resort venture.
Soviet Youth Told
To Raise Families
On Virgin Soil
By Richard Kasischke
MOSCOW, UP)—Kicking off a
government drive to send thou
sands of youths to till virgin lands
in Siberia, Nikita Khrushchev told
Soviet young people Friday night
to settle down and raise families
for the good of the country.
The Russian Communist Party
boss told a youthful aduience in
Moscow’s Bolshoi Theater the So
viet Union has a population of 200
million but “if you add 100 million
more to this it still would not be
enough.”
The government hopes to bring
previously unfilled lands in cen
tral and northern Asia into pro
duction, particularly for grain to j
feed the population. A leader of;
Komsomol, the Communist youth !
league, said more than 3,000
youths in Moscow alone had vol
unteered for such work.
“It is very good that youths are
going to the virgin lands of our
t far-flung territories,” Khrushchev
said, “because it is easier for them
to settle in those conditions than
for a big family.
“But you should remember that
these lands are not to be left in a
year or two. It is desirable that
people settle there once and for
ever. For this it is necessary that
they marry ... a man who has a
family is a good citizen.”
Premier Georgi Malenkov sat
■> behind Khrushchev as the party
leader delivered his sparkplug
address.
Yugoslavia, Red China
To Exchange Ambassadors
BELGRADE, Yugoslavia, tP)—
Communist Yugoslavia and Com
munist China have established
full diplomatic relations and have
agreed to exchange ambassadors,
the Yugoslav foreign ministry an
nounced today.
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Eskimo Couple From Nome Return
To Hospital Beds After Being Married
Ruby Girl in Army
At Fort Benning, Ga.
Pvt. E-2 Eleanor R. Thurmond
of Ruby, Alaska, was among 32
students who graduated Friday
from the cooking course at the 3rd
Army Food Service School at Fort
Benning, Ga.
The eight-week course, one of
three taught at the school, teaches
preparation of meals for men in
Army mess halls and soldiers in
the field. The other courses are
mess administration and mess
management.
Reds See Red and Black
LONDON, L'P) — Britain’s Com
munist newspaper, the Daily
Worker observed its 25th anni
versary Saturday by publishing a
special edition in two colors —
black and red.
How Come, Pop?
BARTLESVILLE, Okla., W —
William Doenges, Democratic Na
tional Committeeman and unsuc
cessful gubernatorial candidate,
told this story on himself:
His 14-year-old -son, Bobby,
asked to be taken to a basetball
game next Monday but his father
refused, explaining that he want
ed to attend the governor’s inaug
ural at Oklahoma City.
Recalling his dad’s defeat at
the polls, Bobby exclaimed:
“What! You mean you’re going
over there anyway?”
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Rendezvous Art Exhibit
Sponsored by Officers'
Wives' Club of Elmendorf
The Officers’ Wives’ Club of
Elmendorf Air Force Base is spon
soring the Art Exhibit of the 1955
Fur Rendezvous, to be held in
Anchorage frqm Feb. 13 -22.
Those interested may pick up
entry forms at the Nugget.
Nome has been honored by Mrs.
Don Lyle and Mrs. Godsbe both
having been winners in this con
test.
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Bring Your
Watch
to the
Nome Drug Store
for
Expert Repairs
* SEATTLE, UR — Mary Ellen
1 Ohkiaya, 26, of Nome, carefully
put on her new wide-skirted blue
j dress and head - hugging, veiled
j blue hat Friday evening.
It was her wedding costume and
Miss Ohkiaya put it on with the
excitement of any bride.
But unlike other brides, when
Miss Ohkiaya changed out of her
weddiftg costume it was not into
a traveling suit. It was into a
hospital gown. For from the cere
mony she went right back to her
bed at Firland Sanatorium.
Miss Ohkiaya went into the
hospital to be treated for tuber
culosis last December 21.
Her bridegroom, David Willoya,
24, also of Nome, was, like his
bride, temporarily released from
a hospital bed to be married. He,
too, is suffering from tuberculosis
and is under treatment at the
Veterans Adminstration hospital
at Vancouver, Wash; His condi
tion was good enough to permit
him to make the trip here for the
ceremony. But Willoya was not
yet well enough to be permitted
away from treatment for longer
than the ceremony took.
It was a simple ceremony at
the Firland chapel. Miss Anna
Wilkalkia, another tuberculosis
patient, was the maid of honor.
The best man, Thomas Meyers,
was provided by the minister who
read the service, the Rev. W. G.
Weiss, Lutheran pastor.
The only guest was Dr. Dan
Zahn, director of the sanatorium.
But, for all that, the bride and
groom, both Eskimos as is the
bridesmaid, glowed with happi
ness.
They have known each other,
they said, since grade school days
in Nome.,
“We’ve been looking forward to
this for a long time,” Mrs. Willoya
said shyly.
And the honeymoon still ahead
of them gives them both some
thing to hurry up and get well for.
greatly neglected.
Alaska’s Shortage
Of Public Health
Nurses ‘Critical’
A critical shortage of public
health nurses exists in many areas
of Alaska, the annual report of the
Territorial Department of Health
reveals.
Although 26 public health nurs
ing stations were maintained last
year in Alaska, only 14 of them
are in the rural and isolated areas
where the nurses must care for
the children and adults of far
scattered villages.
In the Bethel, Seward Penins
ula, Kotzebue, and interior high
way areas, a few nurses attempt
to serve countless small villages.
High travel costs and limited
funds prevented expansion of
services in these sections this
year, according to the Health De
partment.
“Practically no public health
nursing service is given in Kotze
bue, with a population of over
500,” says the annual report,
“since the public health nurse
must devote her time to the out
lying villages where the public
health needs are even more ur
gent.”
The Health Department report
explains that priority attention
goes to emergency cases, which
means that preventative health
services and teaching, the only
remedy to cost conditions, is
TELLER NEWS
The 163 residents of Teller
Town observed the holidays with
games, dog races, Eskimo dances,
a community dinner in the school
house and religious festivities.
The holiday season opened with
a program in the school house and
a community Christmas tree
on Thursday evening before
Christmas. On Christmas Eve the
Sunday school children presented
a program in the Lutheran Chap
el, and on Christmas Day the
community dinner was held in the
school house with a pot luck
menu made up of caribou stew,
muktuk, and Eskimo ice cream.
The festive Chrismas worship
was held on Christmas Day and
Holy Communion was celebrated
the day after Christmas.
On Monday morning as soon as
it was light enough the village
gathered on the ice in front of the
Teller Commercial Co. to watch
the1 men’s dog races. Teams were
limited to seven dogs and the race
was over a 22-mile course. Isaac
Okleasik won first prize with a
time of 1 hour 22 minutes. Fred
erick Okleasik won second prize
in 1 hour 25 minutes. There were
also foot races and sack races.
Tuesday morning women’s dog
races were held with a five-dog
limit and course of four miles
round trip. Maggie Garnie won
first prize and Annie Osanna won
second prize. Little boys’ and
girls’ dog races were held Wed
nesday and Thursday with John
ny Weyanna and Martha Weyan
na winning first prizes and Thom
as Octuck and Laura Miller the
second prize.
Wednesday evening the two
old timers, Sam Kesegiluk and
William Topsekok, were in charge
of the Eskimo dances, entertain
ing a capacity audience in the
school house. It is reported that
the walrus skin drum head was
broken . . .
i
The traditional New Year’s Eve 1
party was held in the school house
with such events as boys’ wrestl- j
I mg, men’s arm pull, ladies’ muk
! luk mix up, and spool winding
with presentation of prizes and
outdoor fireworks to announce the
New Year.
On New Year’s Day festive wor
ship was held in the chapel.
This was more than a regular
Christmas to the Tweets at Teller.
It was the first time for a number
of years that they have managed
to foe together for the holidays.
With the Dickmans (Phyllis
Tweet), there were five families
present including four genera
tions. There were four birthdays
to celebrate—two on Christmas
Day. Glenn and Aileen flew home
for the holidays and will return
to school right after New Year’s.
Aileen attends school in Seattle
and Glenn near Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Bill Tweet held
open house on New Year’s Eve. A
delicious lunch was served at mid
night, followed by group singing.
Johnny Kakaruk joined his
family for the holidays. The Kak
aruks moved to Teller last fall to
be near a school.
The Paul Tocktoo family re
turned from Nome for the holi
days. He has been working for the
USSR & M Co. in Nome and will
be returning to Nome again in the
spring.
Among those from Lost River
who spent Christmas in Teller
were Ernest Weyanna and Floyd
Singyke.
Gifts which arrived from the
Junior Women’s Club made a nice
addition under the community
Christmas tree. Every one of the
school children received a gift and
there were even some for the old
er boys and girls who were not in
school. Many thanks.
The Lutheran Mission also had
gifts for all, assisted in giving
everyone a lovely holiday season.
Rev. Hegland made trips to Lost
River and Shishmaref tp bring
cheer to those communities.
In the 1840’s U.S. railroads em
ployed water boys to distribute
ice water in passenger cars.
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WINTER SCHEDULE
NOME TO FAIRBANKS
MONDAY, TUESDAY, FRIDAY, SATURDAY
NOME TO KOTZEBUE
TUESDAY AND SATURDAY
BUSH FLIGHT FRIDAY
NOME TO DEERING, CANDLE,
BUCKLAND AND KOTZEBUE