Eskimo Family
Will Try Out
Plastic Igloo
OTTAWA, Ont. Iff)—Even snow
houses aren’t snowhouses any
more. An Eskimo family of three
in Canada’s arctic is living in an
igloo made of plastic foam.
“It is an experiment,” says J. I.
Nicol of the government’s North
ern Affairs Department. “Next
year we may build a larger type
snowhouse, divided into rooms.”
The plastic igloo was set up last
summer on Baffin Island. It pro
vides accommodation for the Es
kimo family accustomed to the
close quarters of a one-room ig
loo made of snow. A camp-type
stove will heat the igloo up to 60
degrees. But the house won’t melt
or ice over inside and lose its
natural insulation.
Like all igloos, it resembles a
large overturned mixing bowl. It
• is made of light-weight squares,
complete with chimney, ventila
tion slot and a door with a door
knob. Light comes thru it.
A similar type of foam plastic
VISITOR REPORTS AURORA
SEEN IN NEW MEXICO
Mr. J. W. Leitzell, of Cimarron,
N.M., who is visiting here with
his daughter, Mrs. Dan Burlison,
read in the Nugget about the
northern lights being seen in Cal
ifornia.
He called at the Nugget office
to give the interesting informa
tion that on Sept. 3 the northern
lights were very bright in Cimar
ron, which is most unusual.
Mr. Leitzell is enjoying his vis
it and taking pictures with an
Eastman camera he has had since
1909, getting excellent results.
is being used this summer in con
struction of two houses at Frob
isher Bay. These dwellings, 16 ft.
by 34 ft., make use of plastic
foam panels faced with asbestos
board—a type of sandwich panel
to slide into place between posts
and beams of pre-cut lumber.
The panels are fireproof, a ma
jor consideration in the north.
An Eskimo' family, and a single
government staff officer at Fro
bisher, will live in the new build
ings this winter.
j Pan American Airways
Arriving: Mrs. Bryan Davis
j and daughter, Mrs. Horace Kel
! sey and son, George Weyer, Dr.
, Woodcock, Mr. Olson, Audrey
j Bayer, James Egge, Mr. Yates,
j Mr. Shaw, and Betty Walsh,
j Departing for Fairbanks were
; Robert Summers, Leroy Reader,
j Sophie King, K. E. Johnson, Doyle
: Dodd, B. D. Stewart, Walter
| Dean, Perry Watts, T. D. Dolan,
j Bill Boucher, Ed Rusing.
For Seattle: Paul Rasmas, Rob
ert Dunbar, Stan Senungetuk,
! Charles Fagerstrom, Mr. and Mrs.
I Don Croft, Clarence Lund, Don
I McClune, Dale Ramey.
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| FORMER WHALER AND
GOLD PROSPECTOR DIES
! SEATTLE UP>—Harry Buhro, 91,
| a former whaler and Alaskan gold
1 prospector, died Friday at Fem
i crest Sanitarium.
Buhro, born in Russia, came to
j the United States as a boy and
J was a sailor on a full sail whaling
| ship before he was 21. Later, H
; prospected for gold in South
I America and in Alaska.
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One-half of the surface of the
j moon has never been viewed by
i mankind.
Pan Am Inaugurates
Transpolar Flights to
London From West Coast
SEATTLE, \fft—The first regul
larly scheduled Seattle-to-London
transpolar flight of Pan American
World Airways was due to leave
from Seattle-Tacoma Internation
al Airport at 12:15 p.m. today.
Twenty-six passengers board
ed the DC-7C flight here; 35 more
will board the transport in San
Francisco, where the trip will or
iginate, to fill the 61-passenger
plane to capacity.
The plane will stop for refuel
ing at Frobisher Airport, Baffin
Island, on the trip to London.
Pan American said its next two
Seattle-London flights are virtu
ally sold out, and bookings for the
trips are heavy into December.
Seattle will be served with one
flight a week at first on the new
transpolar run.
BOY'S UNLUCKY DAY
HOUSTON, Tex., W — Ronny
Osbum, 15, didn’t have to be re
minded it was Friday the 13th.
He broke his right thumb for
the third time playing football.
Each break has occurred, on a
Friday the 13th.
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Cruiser Alaska
Fund Will Stay
In Juneau Bank
JiUNEAU, (/P>—The 14-year-old
Cruiser Alaska Fund is going to
remain just where it is, in a Ju
neau bank drawing interest at the
rate of $250 a year.
The Territorial Board of Ad
ministraiton, which has charge of
such things among its various as
sortment of duties, voted recent
ly to keep the fund in the bank.
Some day, the board decided,
the money will be needed if the
Navy breaks the old ship out of
mothballs.
The story of the fund goes back
to 1943 when former Gov. Gruen
ing organized a public drive to
raise $10,000 fo ra silver tea ser
vice for the ship.
By the time the territory was
ready to purchase the gift, the
Navy advised the cruiser was to
be removed from the active fleet.
Instead of a silver service, the
territory sent a plaque noting the
fund was available.
A $10,000 government bond
later was purchased in the name
of the fund, and it is now worth
$12,300. The bond matures in
1962.
Various proposals have been
made on ways the money should
be spent, including one sugges
tion that the fund go toward help
ing Alaska youths through the
naval academy.
The board agreed, however,
that the fund was committed to
the Navy on behalf of the donors,
and that it should remain intact
pending future word on the old
cruiser Alaska—or a more mod
ern replacement.
Editor’s note — The people of
Nome contributed generously to
the fund.
The art of casting metal, or
foundry work, is one of the old
est of the basic industries.
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Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Nooa
JEM WALSH, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. I
Order of Eastern Star
Lillie Lewis
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Now In Summer Recess
n ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Robt. K. Lewis, W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Sec.
Meets 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
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NOME ROTARY CLUB
Joe Kroninger
President
W. Mecklenburg
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon