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Entered as second class matter October 14. 1943, at the
post office at Nome, Alaska, under Act of March 3,: 1879.
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Growing with Nome . . .
r1 'HE METHODIST CHURCH has been a part of
Nome since there was a Nome and has shared
with its growing pains, stepping in to meet the needs
of the people both spiritually and otherwise as they
developed. Its faith in the future of Northwestern
Alaska is evidenced by its fine hospital which is the
only one doctor hospital in Alaska fully accredited !
by the American Hospital Assn.
Its faith is evidenced by»the Lavina Wallace
Young Community Center which has been an educa
tional stepping stone for the native people to adjust
themselves to another way of living; a stepping stone
for pre-schoolers so that they may be prepared to
enter the first grade with some measure of under
standing; a social, center for healthful worthwhile and
creative after school activity; a warm- dean and in
teresting place for the aged to gather for special oc
casions and many other worthwhile functions.
Its faith is evidenced today when an investment
of over two haimdred thousand dollars gives Nome a
modern, beautiful place to worship, complete with
classrooms to take care of the ever increasing number
of church school students and their necessary acti
vities.
“Why such modem structures?” was asked when
the Lutheran Church'was built and voiced again when
the new Community Methodist Church started taking
shape.
One might answer that the reason is plain. Just
as the little red schoolihouse no longer meets the edu
cational needs of today, the 60-year-old frost twisted
and (time worn church is no longer adequate to meet
the spiritual needs of the community.
The Methodist Church, largest Protestant church
in America is looking ahead with prophetic vision to
the needs of Nome not only for today but for years
to come. What they have done sets the pace for busi
ness and home owners to also improve the appear
ance of their property so that we as Nomeites can
look with pride when they say. “This is our town.”
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Seattle Firm to
Start Construction
On Alaska's Ferries
JUNEAU CW — The Puget
Sound Bridge and Drydock Co.,
Seattle, today was given the green j
light to start construction of the
three ferries the state will operate
in southeast Alaska.
Public Works Commissioner
Richard Downing sent the Seattle
firm si letter of intent accepting
an offer by Puget Sound Bridge
and Drydock to construct the
three vessels for $9,889,807, with
delivery of the first vessel to be
made within 10 months.
The other two ferries are to be
delivered at four-month intervals
thereafter.
“We’re hoping now that wc can
start ferry service in the Pan
handle sometime next Aug. 15
and Sept. 1,” Downing said.
The $9,889,807 price represents
a $605,193 cut from Puget Sound
Bridge and Drydock’s original bid.
It reflects changes suggested by
the state in an effort to trim
costs of initialing ferry service in
southeast Alaska.
The state had $15 million with
which to start Panhandle ferry
service.
Under present contracts and
anticipated bids, the ferries, when
they start running, will repre
sent an outlay of approximately
$14,887,138, leaving $li2,8«2 in the
contingency fund.
When completed, Downing said,
each of the ferries will have seat
ing facilities for 734 persons, in
cluding 346 chairs on the pro
menade deck, 155 chairs in the
j forward observation lounge, 124
chairs in the dining room, 39 in
the cocktail lounge, 42 in the
snack bar, and deluxe cabin fa
cilities for 28 persons.
Downing said bids for construc
tion of the one ferry to be used
on the Kodiak run would be ad
vertised within 30-60 days. He
said problems in designing a satis
factory vehicle elevator for the
Kodiak ferry held up design work
on the vessel.
The Public Works Commissioner
also disclosed that the Canadian
Federal Works Department will
build the Prince Rupert Ferry
Terminal two miles southwest of
that Canadian city.
Selection of the site was made
last week at a meeting in Prince
Rupert between Downing and
Canadian, British Columbia and
Prince Rupert officials.
Downing said work on the ter
minal is to start immediately and
Canadian officials assured him,
he said, it would be ready to go
into operation when the first
ferry run is scheduled.
The State of Alaska will pay
annual rent for the terminal, un
der an agreement still to be work
ed out, Downing said.
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The U.S. Department of Agri
culture is developing a new
means of dehydrating vegetables
so they can be made ready for the
table after simmering in hot
water for only five minutes. We
already have instant coffee; in
stant meals are on the way.
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Alaska to Have Biggest
Draft Call Next Month
The largest single draft in
Alaska history will go into effect
next month, when 87 far north
erners are inducted into the Army
as part of the national military
build-up, according to Capt. Harry
Kaelin, Jr., U.S. Army, Alaska
Personnel Procurement officer.
Draft notices are expected to
be sent out early in November,
with the 87 Alaskan Inductees
scheduled to arrive at Fort Rich
ardson about Nov. 27. They will
be officially inducted into the
Army Nov. 30 or Dec. 1, accord
ing to Capt. Kaelin, depending on
transportation availability.
The draft calls will be handled
through Alaska’s four Selective
Service Boards as follows: An
chorage Board-—35 calls; Juneau
Board—35 calls; Fairbanks Board
—15 calls; and Nome Board—
2 calls.
A New Light Shines
On Florida Citrus . . .
LAKELAND, Fla. UP) —— Horst
E. Asmann, vice president in
charge of engineering for the
Mechtron Conp. of Orlando, in
serted a grapefruit section into
a miniature battery. Then he
hooked the battery to a volt
meter which registered .6 of a
volt.
Asmann says that by hooking up
three or four on these miniature
grapefruit batteries he would
generate sufficient electricity to
light up a light bulb.
Robert Rutledge, executive
president of Florida Citrus Mutual
—the industry organization which
has retained Asmann’s firm to
do some research—made this
comment: ‘’This grapefruit bat
tery of Asmann’s turns an entire
ly new light on what we can do
with Florida citrus.”
A GIFT FOR BASHIR
KARACHI, Pakistan UFi — Eh
san Ali Khan, a landlord, Satur
day announced the gift of 15 acres
of farm land to camel driver
Bashir Ahmad, now touring the
United States.
The land is in the Indus Valley,
about 100 miles north of Karachi.
Step Up Traffic Safely
TOKYO ini — Police, have step
ped up driver and pedestrian edu
cation program here after a re
cent 10-day traffic safety period
during which 3,666 accidents
caused 31 deaths and 1,455 in
juries. The daily average death
rate of 3.1 was slightly higher
than the average of the previous
six months.
MOBILE WON'T PAY . . .
MOBILE, Ala. — The city
of Mobile won’t pay for pigeon
damage.
The City Commission set that
precedent when it rejected a $2
hospital claim for emergency
treatment stemming from a
pigeon-person accident.
The man hit on the head by a
flying pigeon aft Bienville Square,
in downtown Mobile.
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Red China Has Herbs to
Cure Any Kind of Sickness
HONG KONG UR — Communist
China has discovered more than
20 kinds of herbs capable of cur
ing practically every kind of sick
ness, Hong Kong’s official Chi
nese Communist newspaper, Ta
Kung Pao, reported Saturday.
Quoting a new China news
agency report from Canton, the
Communist paper said repeated
experiments had proven these
herbs could cure “minor wounds,
common flu, diphtheria, tubercu
losis, rheumatism, nervous break-,
down, liver ailments,” and many
other kinds of illness.
The discovery followed reports
of an acute shortage of medicine
in Communist China.
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RUNWAY AT CLEAR
TO BE EXTENDED
WASHINGTON UR — A pro
posal by Alaska Airlines to ex
tend the airport runway at Clear
Missile Early Warning Station has
been approved by the Air Force,
the Alaska Congressional delega
tion was informed.
The 2,000-foot extension is to
be completed by the airline at
no expense to the government.
The Air Force said the Alaska
Air Command has been directed
to cooperate with the airline and
that the Army Engineers haye
been ased to issue the required
license.
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