THE NOME NUGGET
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FLOWERS THAT BLOOM IN THE SPRING
RED CROSS CHANGES RULES
The national headquarters of the American Red
Cross recently announced a significant change in its
policies concerning local chapters and community or
United Fund drives. The Red Cross has long forbidden
its local chapters to join in such community efforts.
However, in recent years, the number of fund
drives being conducted in one community has risen
greatly, and the need for Community Chest or United
Fund appeals has increased considerably. As a result,
a sharp disagreement has arisen in many communities
when national organizations such as the Red Cross
would not participate in a joint community drive.
We hope that eventually one joint drive a year
will take care of the needs of all the major national
charity organizations and most of the local ones. That
will enable public-spirited citizens in every community
to make one contribution instead of several, saving
time, money and cutting down on the organizational
work, all of which could be concentrated into one major
effort.
A JOINT RELIGIOUS UNDERTAKING
Five religious denominations have joined in an
undertaking that is unique in the history of religious
activities. The five have combined their efforts to build
a radio and television center, which cost over $400,000
and which will beam spiritual programs to all parts
of the United States and to every area of the world.
The five denominations—Presbyterian U.S., Meth
. odist, Presbyterian U.S.A., Episcopalian, and United
Lutheran—opened their new radio-TV center in At
lanta, Georgia, in April.
From time to time representatives of the different
denominations will be in charge of the production of
both radio and TV programs. The same programs will
go out to all areas, whether they be produced by
members of one denomination or another.
We think the idea behind the cooperation of the
denominations is a progressive one and constitutes an
example which other denominations should follow.
We should remember that all religions seek to accom
plish the same general end, and that one of the first
steps in resolving our differences and making this
world a better place in which to live is to get the vari
ous denominations to cooperate in a colle^^e'effort.
Nome D.A. Says
Pt. Barrow Needs
Deputy Marshal
FAIRBANKS, UP)—Second Divi
sion Dist. Atty. Russell Hermann
of Nome said here Friday, on his
return from a visit to Point Bar
row, that the greatest need of that
construction town is a deputy
marshal.
The once-small village on the
Arctic Ocean now has 600 con
struction workers in addition to
1,200 permanent residents. In ad
dition to the outsiders there are
at least 50 Eskimos working on
the DEW Line radar construction
project headquartered near Bar
row.
Hermann said Hugh Saltsman,
U.S. commissioner at Barrow, is
the only law enforcement officer
in the town and offenses come to
justice only when complaints are
signed.
Saltsman then deputizes a vil
lager with National Guard exper
ience, Hermann said, to make the
arrest. The school is used for a
court. The jail is any building
not in use at the time of confine
ment of the offender.
“Barrow is a big place now,”
Hermann said, “too big for infre
quent visits by us from Nome. A
deputy is needed.”
Hermann went to Barrow to in
vestigate the deaths of three per
sons and the hospitalization of 14
I others from alcohol poisoning.
No arrests were made in this case.
Hermann did bring back to
Nome, however, three construc
tion workers sentenced to 60 days
in jail for giving liquor to minors.
TEACHER BREAKS LEG,
STUDENTS GET PRACTICE
OKLAHOMA CITY, UP)—J e a n
Priebe, instructor of surgical
nursing at University Hospital,
started her orthopedic nursing
class with lectures on the theory
of caring for patients with broken
bones.
It didn’t take her long to give
i her students practice on a real
patient—herself.
Miss Priebe broke her leg in a
student-faculty softball game,
24th Anniversary
Celebrated by
Beta Sigma Phi
The Beta Sigma Phi Sorority
held its annual banquet celegrat
ing its 24th anniversity Friday
evening at the Bering Sea Club.
There were 47 members and their
guests present. The programs
were decorated with the sorority
flower, the yellow rose; place
cards carried the sorority crest.
The program was conducted by
Betty Gustafson, the sorority
pledge was lead by Mary Hons
berger, and a poem was read by j
Barbara Martin. Betty Gustafson j
read a message from the sorority
founder, Walter W. Ross. Beverly j
Morgan read a poem written by
the sorority’s director, telling of
their activities during the past
year.
The Song of the Year was sung
by the newly formed quartet,
which consists of Beverly Mor
gan, Nancy Goodrich, Caroline
Reader, and Louise Gooch. They
were accompanied on the piano
by Mary Honsberger.
At the close of the program, a
gavel pin was presented to out
going President Betty Gustafson
by the members to show their ap
preciation of her years of service.
New officers were installed at
the last meeting as follows:
Mary Honsberger, president;
Maybelle Lenert, vice president;
Marilyn Asbridge, treasurer;
Nancy Goodrich, recording secre
tary; Beverly Morgan, corres
'ponding secretary. Sponsor Rita
Harper and Director Omie Mc
Carthy were reinstated.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Reindeer Herds Threaten Wildlife
On Remote Bering Sea Island
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Bering Sea Club Remains
Undefeated In Softball
The Bering Sea Club maintain
ed its league lead and undefeat
ed standing Friday night by tip
ping the Air Force 14-6 behind
pitchers Silverburg and Ruth and
catchers Ruth and Emmons. Bat
tery for the Air Force were Wil
berger and Ruffin.
In the second game the High
School team edged out the Nome
Merchants 20-19 in a red-hot ball
game with the lead changing
hands several times. Battery
mates for the High School were
Willoya, Bell and Mogg; and for
the Merchants — Kost and Ner
shak.
Tuesday night will feature two
top-notch, red-hot rivals when
the Bering Sea Club will match
power with the much improved
Base Officers team. The Officers
will be out to average the 2-1
defeat they suffered the last time
they met.
In the nightcap at 8:30 two
girls teams will put in their first
appearance with the Alumni
Women vs. the High School Girls.
Following are the standings as
of May 1:
w 1 pet.
Bering Sea Club 6 1 1.000
High School 4 1 .800
Nome Merchants 2 4 .333
Base Officers 1 2 .333
Air Force 0 6 .000
Eisenhower Says
U.S. World Trade
Can Down Reds
WASHINGTON, UH—President
Eisenhower said today if Ameri
ca adheres to the principles
which made it great, “we are
certain of defeating Commun
ism.”
In an informal address at the
annual meeting of the United
States Chamber of Commerce, the
President declared “a Communist
international dictatorship is seek
ing to destroy our way of life.”
Then he added, if the United
States will stick to the principles
which have guided it, and also
seek to develop international
i trade, “we are as certain of de
feating Communism as we are
that we are all in this hall this
I morning. . . .”
The President told his audience
I his administration’s objective is
j “an enlightened trade policy.” He
I said, “We are trying to build a
| bridge” between “widely shared
prosperity at home and interna
tional peace.”
Plugging indirectly for Con
gressional enactment of the ad
ministration program empower
ing him to reduce tariffs grad
ually by 15 percent, Eisenhower
told the businessmen that in the
interests of freer world trade “we
must make some concessions—
and some here and there will be a
bit painful.”
But, he added, if the program
does go through and world trade
is spurred, “we simply cannot
lose in the struggle against Com
munism.”
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
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> ANCHORAGE—How to trans
port a herd—rather, their car
casses—of about 600 reindeer
from St. Matthew Island to the
Alaskan mainland is a pretty
problem for Fish and Wildlife
officials right now.
The fast-growing herd on the
FWS game refuge out in the re
mote far western section of the
Bering Sea is becoming a threat
to the welfare of wildlife under
the protection of the FWS, game
biologists say. The island’s main
population is white foxes.
FWS Regional Director Clar
ence Rhode plans to swing out
over the Bering Sea Island in this
next week on his annual survey
of the caribou herds in the arctic,
to determine a point on the island
best suited to the transportation
problem. The rocky shoreline
presents nothing but hazards, he
says.
Reindeer on the island, which
is not a natural habitat for the
animals, came about in 1941,
Rhode said. In that year the Al
aska Native Service placed about
12 reindeer on St. Matthew Island
from its eastern neighbor, Nuni
vak Island, for 9 group of U.S.
Coast Guardsmen stationed there
during World War II years. The
move was to assure the guards
men a food supply. Rhode said at
war’s end the Coast Guardsmen
moved off the island, but the
reindeer remained, and they mul
tiplied, until now the game offi
cials are fearful the small water
bound piece of land cannot sus
tain them and the wildlife har
bored there.
Plan now is to crop the rein
deer on the island and ship out
the carcasses. It’s the shipping
that presents the problem. There
are no cold storage or any other
facilities for preserving the car
casses on the island so they must
be shipped as soon as they are
slaughtered.
Rhode said the FWS is calling
on the ANS and the Coast Guard
for suggestions and aid in the
operation.
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