Civil Service Commission
To Open Branch Office
In Anchorage in April
SEATTLE, UP)—A branch office
of the , Civil Service Commission
will, be opened at Anchorage
about April 1, with two Seattle
men assigned there.
w The two are Cradoc Bagshaw,
34, who will be manager, and
Ben S, Shields, 30, who will di
rect the civil service examination
•program in the territory. Both are
being promoted from the Seattle
office.
•Director John M. Young of the
11th Civil Service Region, with
headquarters here, made the an
nouncement yesterday.
The Anchorage office will su
pervise the recently announced
program to bring 12,000 federal
civilian jobs in the territory under
competitive civil service, Young
said.' It means they will be han
dled in the same way as in the
states.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
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SMOKE STACKS CLEANED!
PROCLAMATION
Whereas, Wednesday, Feb. 23,
1955, marks the Golden Anniver
sary of Rotary International; and
Whereas, Rotary Club Week af
fords opportunity to the entire
community to direct attention to
the achievements, program and
ideals of the Rotary Club of
Nome, Alaska; and
Whereas, the observance will
impress upon those living in our
j community of the greater good
' to society that results in placing
service above self;
Now, therefore, I, Steffen An
! dersen, Mayor of the City of
Nome, Alaska, do hereby pro
claim the week beginning Feb. 23
and ending March 2, as Rotary
Club Week, in this City of Nome,
and do hereby call upon the busi
nessmen, civic organizations,
churches, schools, youth clubs
and organizations, and citizens at
large to join in observing Rotary
Club Week.
In witness whereof, I have
hereunto set my hand and caused
the seal of the City of Nome,
Alaska, to be hereto affixed this
23rd day of February, 1955.
Steffen Andersen,
Mayor of Nome, Alaska
NOTICE
There will be a Boy Seoul
Explorers meeting tonight.
WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 25
The annual World Day of
Prayer will be observed this Fri
day, Feb. 25. Thousands of Chris
tians in the United States and
Canada and in 12 8 countries
around the world will be united
in prayer on that date.
The public is invited to attend
a prayer service sponsored by the
Nome Ministerian Assn., from
j 12 noon to 1 p.m. at the Church
j of the Nazarene.
Letter-Size File Folders For
Sale At The Nome Nugget Office.
NOTICE
The Poll Book is now open in
the City Clerk's Office for the
registration of voters for the
forthcoming Municipal and
: School Board elections, to be held
I April 5, 1955. Qualified electors
j must reside one year in the Ter
ritory and thiriy days in the pre
cinct.
Carrie M. McLain,
City Clerk
| Publish Feb. 16, 23, 28, 1955.
ARCTIC SANITARY
SERVICE
PHONE RED 181
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Boy Scout Auction
To Be Held Thursday
At Boy Scout Hall
Thursday evening will be a big
night at the Boy Scout Hall when
the first public auction in a long
time will be held under the spon
sorship of the Rotary Club in
connection with their Golden An
niversary.
Auctioneers will include Lt.
Col. Walter Borden, Dick Benson,
Bill Benson and others who will
vie with each other in disposing
of donations of furniture, food,
cakes, cookies, clothing, appli
ances, toys, jewelry and many
other interesting items which
have been turning up in the con
tributions from all over town.
Anyone having items usable or
useful that are not needed, are
urged to contact Rotarians for
pick-up today so that the com
mittee headed bv Dick Benson
may start sorting for the big
sale.
Among the interesting items
turned in already is a kerosene
stove.
The Boy Scouts will be on hand
to serve refreshments too, stated
chairman Benson.
Overheard, nonagenarian speak
j ing: “All of my old classmates
! are dead, but a few of them
| haven’t been buried yet.”
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More Than 100
Alaska Children
Get School By Mail
Strange as it may seem, more
than a hundred Alaskan children
are going to school in Baltimore,
Md., some 3,500 miles away from
their homes.
They attend the Calvert School
by mail. This unique institution
in Baltimore gives courses frqm
kindergarten through the ninth
grade to some 8,000 children thru
out the world who are not able
to attend regular schools.
There are more Calvert stu
dents in Alaska than in any other
U.S. territory. Among foreign
countries, only Formosa has more
Calvert students than Alaska.
All of Calvert’s pupils live at
isolated points outside the area of
the territorial schools. Farthest
west is the nine-year-old daugh
ter of a Fish and Wildlife officer
on St. Paul’s Island. Farthest
north are the children of Civil
Aeronautics Administration per
sonnel at Kotzebue. Farthest
south and east are a number of
children living in the logging
camps near Ketchikan.
Most Calvert students are
taught at home by their mothers,
who follow the daily lessoh guide
furnished with each course along
with the textboks and other mat
erials. Very few of them ever had
other teaching experience. Period
ically a special lesson is sent to
i Baltimore where a Calvert teach
i er gives it a grade and a detailed
; review for return to the student.
A very close relationship between
the pupil and teacher is maintain
ed by this correspondence.
The ages of Calvert students in
Alaska range from 6 to 15. Some
of the children have never been
able to attend regular schools and
have been educated entirely thru
Calvert, but most have started
I with Calvert only since moving
j to an isolated area. One ‘mother
! in Lake Minchumina has a min
iature school of her own, with
thi*ee children taking Calvert
courses at the same time.
Calvert School has been pro
viding an elementary school edu
cation by cori'espondence for al
1 most 50 years, • and it has had
Alaskan students for several dec
ades. Its courses are fully ac
credited and its “graduates” have
been markedly successful in their
higher education. A number of
Calvert’s present students are
children of Calvert “alumni.”
Nome Directory
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NOME ROTARY CLUB
Ben Young, Pres.
Joe Kroninger, Secy.
Thursday Luncheon
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Comerce
Meets Every Tuesday Noon
BOYD HARWOOD, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month.
Beverly Morgan
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
LESLIE A. STEVENS -
PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT
486 First Ave. West. Nome. Alaska
10 to 12 au*. 1 to 5 p.m.
Phone Main 82 — P.O. Box 208
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ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Charles F. Lewis. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewis, Secy.
Meets 1st and 3d Thursday each month.
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