Trading Post Opening
Under New Proprietors
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Woodward |
are opening the Trading Post, it j
was announced today, taking over
from Mrs. Lou Oliver, who op
erated it last year.
Jess Woodward is with the E
and B ‘ Construction Company,
and has worked on construction
jobs in the state for the past seven
years. The couple comes from
Amanda Park, Wash.
Mrs. Woodward stated that the
Trading Post will continue to
handle the same type of merchan
dise as it has in the past, and
hopes to be open for business on
Wednesday morning.
Sinclair Oil Executives
To be Here This Week
TULSA, Okla. — Officials of
two subsidiaries of Sinclair Oil
Corporation will visit Alaska this
week. They are William H. Mor
ris, president of Sinclair Oil &
Gas Company, Tulsa, and Earl W.
Unurh, president of Sinclair Pipe
Line Company, Independence,
Kansas.
They will arrive in Fairbanks
August 18 from Calgary, where
they visited officials of Sinclair
Canada Oil Pompany and looked
over Sinclair operations.
Their plans call for a stop at
Nome before going to Anchorage
Saturday, August 22. They will be
guests at the annual baquet of
the Anchorage Chamber of Com
merce that night.
This summer Sinclair is explor
ing in the Porcupine-Yukon Flats
area, and has a surface geological
party on the north slope.
' Mr. and Mrs. Mark Beauchamp,
teachers, arrived this morning
from Oklahoma, and are getting
settled before school starts. Mrs.
Beauchamp is a home economics
teacher, and Mr. Beauchamp will
teach in grade school.
Frank Degnan, owner and op
erator of the Unalakleet cab
service, was a visitor in town
over the week-end.
ADMITTED TO HOSPITAL
Betty Deide, Tom Bandy, Sid
Champion, Frank Perry, . Nora
Larsen.
Discharged — Dorothy Nuglene,
Helen Draper, Julia Simonson
and infant, and Nora Larsen.
New Paint Shop
James West has announced the
opening of a modern paint shop,
which is located on River Street,
across from the Northern Com
mercial Co. Cat Shop.
Mr. West has had many years
of experience in all kinds- of
housepainting and its various
problems due to cold weather and
salt air.
He recently acquired the paint
stock of Howard Green, who car
ried the General Paint line.
Mr. West’s work on Front Street
this year is in evidence at the
M&M Bank. City Fire Station and
other business buildings.
Construction Halted on
National Guard Building
The Alaska National Guard
building, which was to have been
built this summer, and on which
construction was delayed because
of +he carpenter’s strike, has been
dost d down, and materials are
being put under cover until
next spring.
Although the strike has been
settled, it is too late to start the
project again here.
Visitors from South Africa
Unusual and interesting visitors
over the week-end included Miss
P. Mallet and Mrs. Yvonne Par
fett from Cape Town, South
Africa.
Coming this distance for the
first time, would make them in
teresting in itself, but the fact
that they were in Nome two years
ago and returned to Alaska be
cause they enjoyed their first
trip so much, makes them twice
as welcome.
Both women are interested in
birds and have seen many of the
birds in the Bethel area, including
the beautiful swan. Miss Mallet
is an officer in the Women’s
Corps of the South African Air
Force.
LARRY GILLESPIE APPOINTED
CADET COMMANDER
Larry Gillespie, son of Major
and Mrs. John Gillespie, who left
last week for the 12-day C.A.P.
Summer Encampment at Elmen
dorf, was named Cadet Com
mander.
There are 80 Alaskan teen-agers
attending classes from Ketchikan,
Nome, Big Delta, Fairanks, Ju
neau and Anchorage.
INVITATION TO BID
Sealed bids will be accepted in
the office of the City Clerk until
5 p.m., August 24, 1959, to fur
nish the City of Nome:
Furnace oil in lots of four
hundred gallons or over;
Stove oil by the gallon.
Bids will be for remainder of
this Council Year. The City re
serves the right to reject any and
all bids.
ROBERT F. SCOTT,
City Clerk.
Publish Aug. 17. 19, 21.
TRADING POST
will open
WEDNESDAY
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Under
New Management
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Jess and Lillian Woodward
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James F. O'Sullivan, Agent — Phone Main 68
Hunting Season
Opens Here
On Thursday
Local hunters can begin stocking
their larders this week, according
to the local office of the Alaska
Department of Fish and Game.
Caribou, moose and ptarmigan
may be taken commencig Thurs
day, while the seasons on water
fowl and grizzly bear open less
than two weeks later, on Sep
tember 1.
The season on caribou extends
through December 31; the moose
season will close September 30 ahd
reopen from November 20 to No
vember 30. Ptarmigan season ex
tends thi’ough April 15 of next
year, and the season on ducks
and geese runs through December
3, 1959. Wilson’s Snipe, which are
included in the federal govern
ment’s waterfowl regulations, may
be taken from September 1 to
October 15, inclusive.
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Social Security Officials
Will Visit Nome to Assist
Claimants Receive Benefits
Mr. John Blakey, Social Se
curity Resident Representative,
Mr. Qarl Webber, Assistant Re
gional Representative, and Everett
C. Cummins, District Manager,
will be at the Wallace Hotel on
August 25 to interview any Nome
residents who wish to apply for
old-age survivors, or disability in
surance benefits under the Social
Security Act.
Under a new policy, persons ex
pecting to retire or reach retire
ment age within the next three
months are urged to put in their
applications now so that there will
be no delay in receiving the. first
check.
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Early Day Street Planking
Exposed in Digging Work
Part of the pre-fire planking on
Front Street was pulled up yes
terday while digging for drains.
These big two-by-twelve planks
were kept swept and washed
down by the city during the horse
and buggy days, and even served
during the Model T and Model A
era. After the fire of 1934, when
most of the street burned, gravel
was brought in for the widened
street.
Ike Obermire Gone
Ike Obermire, of ACS, whose
gay little orchid Model A Ford
is a familiar sight, left today for
Wheelock, Wash., where he will
reside after his discharge.
Mrs! Obermire, who has been
in the N. C. Office,, left Saturday
by plane, and the Model A de
parted via the Alaska Steamship
Compaany.
A son was stillborn to Mr. and
Mrs. Pete Larsen on Saturday.
Burial was this morning from the
Community Methodist Church.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Jeep Pickup. Call
Main 109.
FOUND — White costume jewel
ry bracelet. Call at Nugget. 98
LOST — Club 21 small gold
pocket knife — Reward. Return
to Nugget Office. 93
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent by
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE — Jessen’s Weekly
and Job Shop. Terms. Poor
health. Box 969, Fairbanks,
Alaska. 98
STOCKING SALE — Berkshire
Annual Stocking Sale — August
13 to August 29. Once-A-Year
Chance for Savings on Stock
ings. $1.65 hose now $1.29;
$1.50 hose now $1.19; $1.35 hose
■now $1.09. — M’Lord & Lady
Shop. 98
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7:00—Kingdom of the Sea 6:45—Modern Home
7:30—Wagon Train 7:00—Flash Gordon
8:30—Bet Your Life 7:30—Wyatt Earp
9:00—Rifleman 8:00—Price Is Right
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HUNTING NEEDS
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V BROWNING — ITHACA — WINCHESTER
SHOTGUNS [12 and 20 gauge]
V TRAPPER NELSON PACK BOARDS
V HUNTING KNIVES
V COLEMAN STOVES and LANTERNS
v SLEEPING BAGS
v AIR mattresses
V GUN CLEANING KITS
V WHITE STAG HUNTING PANTS
V SHOTGUN SHELLS and AMMUNITION
[All Gauges — All Sizes]
v HUNTING LICENSE NOW ON SALE
— Get Yours Early — Avoid the Rush !
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