THE NOME NUGGET
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PTA Members ...
r' MORE AND MORE of the people you meet these
days turn out to be PTA members, its only to be
expected. During the past decade mambership in the
PTA has practically doubled. In 1961-62 they are ex
pected to top 12,000,000 and about a third of that
number will be men.
The PTA brings parents into the schools and thus
increases their understanding of the aims and values
of education. At PTA meetings they learn about the
curriculum and see demonstrations and exhibits of
classwork. They learn to know the teachers, and dis
cuss shared concerns with them—schools and home
discipline, school rules, homework and promotion
policies. PTA serves as a community educational
forum which brings school officials, parents, and other
citizens together to explore school aims and school
needs, including curriculum changes.
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Be a credit to your children and make them proud
that you are active in PTA and interested in them and
their school and their teachers.
Parents — Be at the Nome School tomorrow
Lt. Gen McKeow»-«-,^j
Denounces White
Residents of Elizabethville
LEOPOLDVILLE, The Congo UFl
—White residents of Elizabeth
ville were denounced toy Lt. Gen.
Dean McKeown Saturday as back
ers of Katanga in the eight-day
war against U.N. efforts to force
the mineral-rich province back
under Leopodville’s rule.
The chief of the U.N. Congo
Command told newsmen nearly
every white person living in the
provincial capital, developed by
Belgians when the Congo was a
Belgian colony, -was armed and
nearly all were against the Unit
ed Nations.
“Every white was a soure of in
formation on the movement of
U.N. troops,” McKeown said, “and
this greatly embarrassed our ac
tivities.”
He said his troops were never
in danger of defeat in the battle
ended by a cease-fire Wednesday
at midnight and that they now
have the situation completely un
der control.
He blamed some “trick or trap”
for the Katangans’ capital cap
ture of the 155-man Irish garri
son or Jadotvilie.
He denied stories that Indian
U.N. troops had committed atroci
ties, adding that “they displayed
the finest discipline in every dan
gerous and aggravating condi
tions.”
Policeman Keeps Lonely
Vigil in U.S. House . . .
WASHINGTON (JP> — Because
the House resorted to the unusual
practice of recessing instead of
adjourning until 10 a.m. Satur
day, a capitol policeman kept a
lonely vigil all night in the House
chamber.
He was guarding the mace, a
silver and ebony device that is
the official symbol of the author
ity of the House. It must be dis
played in the House chamber ex
cept when the House is actually
in adjournment. A deputy ser
geant-at-arms always sit by to
guard it.
Zeake W. Johnson Jr., sergeant
at-arms, deputized a member of
the night police force to watch
over the mace. The guardian was
relieved later in the night by one
of the early shift policemen.
When the House is not in ses
sion, the mace is locked in a vault
in Johnson’s office. It is escorted
daily—except during recess peri
ods—to and from the House cham
ber by a special deputy.
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100 Million Cubic
Yards o! Lava Disappear
PAHOA, Hawaii m — Fright
ened residents of Hawaii Island’s
Puna district tried to learn today
what has happened to 100 million
cubic yards of lava that has dis
appeared from view.
Volconalogists, speculating on
the possible reappearance of the
molten rock, also feared tempest
uous Kilauea Volcano might be
about ready to erupt again.
The volcano, one of the most
active in the world, turned off a
flow of molten lava Sunday after
about 200 million cubic yards of
the melted rock had spurted in
less than 24 hours. The eruption
drove some 300 residents of three
tiny fanning villages from their
homes.
Scientists at the volcano observ
atory overlooking the main crater
of Kilauea fear that about half
the lava disappeared into an old
lava-found tube and could roar
back through the earth’s crust.
Former Nome Girl
Selected to Attend 1962
Girl Scout Round-Up
Harriet Liebieg, formerly of
Nome, has been chosen as a repre
sentative of southern Wisconsin
at the 1962 Girl Scout Round-Up.
Sixteen of the fifty-five girls
competing in the Madison area
were chosen. They were judged on
camping skills, general knowledge
of the scouting program, and per
sonality traits. Harriet, who is
the 15-year-old daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Carl Liebig, now lives
in Madison, Wis. Her parents are
former Nome teachers.
Harriet is looking forward to
meeting the Alaska delegates at
the encampment to be held at
Button Bay, Vt. next summer.
She also hopes that a Nome girl
will be one of the Alaska dele
gates.
For reasons unknown, sleep
walking seems to be more pre
valent among women than men.
Fin* Job Printing At The Nugget
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CHARLES GARFIELD PASSES
SEATTLE Uf) — Charles Dar
win Garfield, 94, pioneer Alaskan
who was Collector of Customs in
Nome and Juneau in the early
1000’s, died Sunday in a Seattle
nursing home.
In Nome, Garfield edited the
Nome Nugget. He came to Seattle
in 1922 as Asst. Secretary of the
rtinskh Division or the Seattle
Chamber of Commerce.
He founded the Fur Journal
and edited it for 21 years.
He was the last charter mem
ber of the Juneau Elks Lodge and
a past Exalted Ruler.
He is survived by his widow,
Viola.
WHITEHORSE, Y.T. <*>"11 Three
Willamette, Ore., University stu
dents arrived here Friday by
bicycle from Fairbanks to Key
West, Fla. It took them 11 days
to cycle the 600 miles from Fair
banks to Whitehorse.
The three—Glen Downs of Bea
verton, Ore., Dennis Toomey of
San Mateo, Calif., and ILarry Bond
of .Lebanon, Ore.—hope to reach
Key West by Dec. 1. They plan
to cover most of the distance via
the West Coast.
The Boy Scouts of Troop 663
had their regular meeting last
Friday evening at Phoebe Hall.
Dr. L. Arden Almquist was guest
speaker and told of many interest
ing things about life in the Con
go. We learned how pigmies hunt
elephants and how boys go to
school in the jungle. There are
many Boy Scouts in Africa.
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