Fairbanks GOPers Confer
With Nome Committee
Robert GVoseclose, Republican
Central Committee Chairman lor
Alaska, and Mrs. Alfred Lomen
are here from Fairbanks to con
fer and work with Susy Hermann
and Carl Glavinovich, . Second
Division members of the commit
tee.
Mrs. Lomen brings the news
that Mr. and Mrs. Thorulf Leh
mann, Sr., celebrated their 65th
wedding anniversary last month.
Mr. Lehmann is a pioneer Nome
merchant and founded the store
that is now the N.C. Store. He is
now past 90 years of age.
Former Resident Returns
O. S. Ryckman is visiting Nome
after an absence of several years.
He was employed in the 1930’s as
bookkeeper at Nome Motors for
■ Mr. and Mrs. Bud Harper. He said
be left Nome to get married and
just never got back until now.
He will be here for a few days
looking up friends and visiting.
He now lives in Kennewick,
Wash., where he is with the Gen
eral Electric Co.
He is accompanied by his wife
who is on her first visit to Nome.
WEATHER FORECAST
Party cloudy with rain show
ers today; partly cloudy Satur
day. Lowest temperature expects
ed tonight 43, high tomorrow 60.
Sunrise at 4:05 a.m., sunset at
7:58 p.m.
In last 24 hours: highest tem
perature 55, lowest 48.
A year ago today: highest tem
perature 64, lowest 41. Extremes
on this date since 1907: highest
67 in 1909, lowest 30 in 1929.
Wien to Discontinue
Afternoon Flight to Nome
Wien Airlines announces the
discontinuance of their evening
flight to Nome. Flights 309 and
310 will end on Saturday. Aug. 22.
Their regular daily flights, 311
and 312, with a four-hour stop
over in Nome will continue uptil
Sept. 15. On that date the winter
schedule will go into effect with
service on a six-day basis.
Sinclair Oil Company
Officials Expected Here
The presidents of two Sinclair
Oil Corp. subsidiaries are on a
tour of Alaska and are expected
to visit Nome. They are William
H. Morris of Sinclair Oil and Gas
of Tulsa, Okla., and Earl Unruh,
president of Sinclair Pipe Line
Co. of Independence, Kan. They
will be accompanied by Loren
Wars, who is in charge of their
Anchorage office.
They have a geological party
at present exploring in the Arctic
and are also making a survey on
the Yukon flats.
Thirty-Three FAA Employees
Receive Outstanding Ratings
Anchorage — Thirty-three em
ployees of the Federal Aviation
Agency have received Outstand
ing Ratings during the past year,
the highest rating possible un
der the Performance Rating Act.
The Outstanding Rating is rec
ognized performance over a rat
ing period of a year and is given
by the Regional Administrator on
the basis of recommendation from
the employee’s supervisors.
Among those honored were:
Charles Swim in Air Traffic Con
trol and Jack T. Jefford, Chief of
Airways Flight Inspection Divi
sion.
Farewell Dinner For
Judge and Mrs. Hodge
Set For Next Wednesday
The N.W.A. Chamber of Com-;
merce have announced a farewell
dinner honoring Judge and Mrs. j
Walter Hodge, which will be open
to the public. The dinner will be j
held at the Seaview Dining Room
at 8 p.rh. next Wednesday eve- -
ning.
Judge Hodge will be leaving i
soon to assume his office in Ju
neau as one of Alaska’s first three
justices of the state supreme
court.
Bill Bixby Resigns As
Music Director of School
The Nome School Board has
announced the resignation of Wm.
Bixby, music director for the
Nome School. Bixby found it was
necessary for him to return to
Wisconsin due to the illness of
both his rr&ther and his wife.
He said that he has enjoyed
working in Nome and when his
family problems are better he
would like to make Nome his
home.
The School Board is taking im
mediate steps to find a replace
ment for this department.
U.S. Court Official
Makes Visit to Nome
Warren Olney III, Director of
Administration, Office of U. S.
Courts, accompanied by Mrs. .Ol
ney, arrived here yesterday. Mr.
Olney is visiting here from Wash
ington, D.C., in connection with
setting up the new state’s court
system.
Mr. and Mrs. Olney were guests
of honor Thursday evening at a
dinner at the North Star given for
them by court and federal em
ployees.
The first cash register was'in
vented in 1879 by James Ritty of
Ohio. The amount of the sale was
shown by the hands on a clock
like dial.
SPECIAL SATURDAY
Men’s Low Boots
Small Sizes
20% Discount
We Carry a Good Line of
Men’s Work Gloves
and Sox
also
Carpenter Pants
Open — 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.
on Weekdays Sundays 2-4
TRADING POST
STOP! — LOOK! — LISTEN!
THIS IS YOUR PERSONAL INVITATION TO ATTEND THE
BIBLE BAPTIST CHURCH
THIS SUNDAY — — AT FRONT and STEADMAN
• 10 A.M.—Sunday School *'11 A.M.—Gospel Message
• 7 P.M. — Song Service and Gospel Message
— WEDNESDAY NIGHT —
• 7 P.M. — Bible Study and Prayer Meeting
BOB LEIGHT, MISSIONARY PASTOR BLACK 195
%
James F. O’Sullivan. Agent — Phone Main 68
OUR SAVIOR S
LUTHERAN CHURCH
Jqhn L. Maakestad. Pastor—Red 65
Phone Red 94
SUNDAY
Sunday School — 9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship — 11 a.m.
Evening Service — 7:30 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Mid-Week Meeting — 7:30 p.m.
— A CORDIAL WELCOME — |
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YOUTH DANCE SATURDAY
NIGHT — Catholic Rec Hall
18 Years and Older
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.
WANT ADS
CAMERA left at Modern Clean
ers—Owner please claim.
FOR SALE — Jeep Pickup. Call
Main 109.
FOUND — Brown leather purse
near East End. Claim at Nugget
FOR SALE—Zenith Transoceanic
radio $65. See at Nugget. 100c
LOST—Red Irish Setter, “Tramp”
18 miles out Highway 98. Call
White 65. 100p
FOR SALE—Easy wringer Wash
I ing Machine, 2 yrs. old, $100.
Call Red 193.
| FOR SALE — Youth bed, auto,
elec, clothes drier, two bunk
beds. Call Main 69. 100c
MISSING FROM CAR—Key ring
with 4 keys. Volkswagen Key
SG-147. Reward. Main 187. 100
PFAFF MACHINES — Rent bv
the week, $4; or month, $10.
See Dorothy’s. tf
FOR SALE—Beautiful, new elec
tric guitar with large amplifier.
Also electric mandolin. Black
i 154 between 5 and 6 p.m. 100c
SHOWING AT NOMERAMA
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
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10:00—"Return of October" (Programs subject to change)
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