Dennis Day Father Again
HOLLYWOOD UPf—It’s another
son for singer Dennis Day and
his wife, Peg.
The boy, Paul Thomas, was
born at St. Vincent’s Hospital
yesterday. He weighed 7 pounds
12 ounces. The Days have three
other boys and two girls.
‘ When Luke Koonook returned
from an appendectomy at the Kot
zebue Hospital to his home at
Point Hope, he found that an 11 Vz
pound son had arrived during his
absence. Little Simon Paul has
two sisters and one brother.
Hornets and Merchants
Provided Basketball
Thriller Last Friday
In a fast-moving and exciting
game last Friday night the Polar
Hornets nosed out the hard-fight
ing Nome Merchants in overtime
play by the score of 55 to 53.
The game was tied at 53-all at
the end of the regular game, and
in the overtime Dave Bell sank
two free throws to break the tie.
The exciting play kept fans on
the edge of their seats and con
stantly shouting to encourage
their favorite team.
High-point men for the Hornets
were Herman and Willoya with
22 and 19, and for the Merchants
Larsen and Castel made 27 and 11.
The Nome High Nanooks beat
the ACS Signaliers 54 to 36 in the
second game of the evening. The
Nanooks forged ahead to an early
lead which they maintained thru
out the game.
High-jcorers for the Nanooks
were Willie Willoya, Fagerstrom,
Kost, Dunbar and Atuk, with 14,
11, 9, 9, and 9 points respectively.
For the Signaliers Ellis and
Grosgebauer made 19 and 4.
Tomorrow evening, Tuesday,
Jan. 17, at 7:30 the Nome High i
girls will play the Alumnae girls j
in the third meeting of the year. |
And at 8:45, .the Game of the;
Year will start with the Basket- ;
ball Terrors, otherwise known as
the B.T.’s, squaring off against
last year’s champion Liniment
Squad. Don’t miss it !!!
ANCHORAGE SKIERS WIN
SUN VALLEY HONORS
SUN VALLEY, Idaho, OPI—Fred
Seator of Anchorage took top |
honors in the Class C combined j
of the Sun Valley open ski tourn- ;
ament here yesterday.
The Class women’s combined |
winner was Phyllis Simon, also
of Anchorage.
Alaska's Budget
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said. “special services are needed
to promote the health of our In
dian population and to assist the
Territory of Alaska in dealing
with the problem of mental
health.”
He recommended legislation to
authorize construction of mini
mum essential sanitation facilities
for Indians and Alaska natives,
and also declared:
“Legislation should be enacted
also to transfer to the territorial
government of Alaska responsi
bility for care of the mentally ill,
with temporary federal aid for
building and operating treatment
centers.”
A bill to accomplish this is to
come before the House on Wed
nesday.
Courthouse Building For Nome
Eisenhower’s message disclosed
that a contract for construction of
a new courthouse-postoffice at
Nome is scheduled for award in
March, with completion planned
by 1958. Money for the $1,100,000
project was appropriated at the
last session of Congress.
The recommended road pro
gram includes completion of the
Taylor Highway, continued work
on the Denali and Sterling High
ways, extension of access roads
to New Homestead and industrial
areas, and 42 miles of asphalt
surfacing .on the Richardson
Highway.
Money sought for public works
is designed to finance four school
construction projects and five
street, sewage or utility programs.
They were not identified.
Appended to a $5,000,000 re
quest for operation and mainte
nance funds of the Alaska Com
munications System was a nota
tion that it is planned to install
automatic fire alarm and sprink
ler systems at a number of sta
tions.
Nothing was asked for further
construction on the system. Eisdn
hower said no such work is
planned “pending further consid
eration of the relationship of ad
ditional construction to possible
changes in the operation of the
system.”
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The President asked appropria
tion of $833,905 for care of Alas
ka’s mentally ill. He noted this
was an increase of $63,200 over
available funds for the current
year and said a supplemental re
quest probably would be made to
meet the cost of an increased pa
tient load in the current year.
ONE ACTOR EATS ANOTHER
TOKYO, —Only hours before
tonight's opener, producers of the
amateur theatrical, “My Three
Angels,” had to recast two parts.
A featured performer at a
walk-on player. Both snake and
chicken died.
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By VERA C. SIEGWART
In the States, the weekend pleasure jaunt
Is thought worth a week of strivin’.
But Nome beats anything I’ve seen for
‘Various and Sundry’ drivin’.
The latest model auto out
Doesn’t choke our throttle;
We have many unique numbers—
Model—plus model—plus model !
They may lack two matching fenders
Or an effective type of bumper;
Were they honored with any given name,
It might be “Arctic Puddle Jumper”.
There’s few vehicles among ’em
Which, you could ever say,
Had come from a particular assembly line
Or been insured by the Triple A.
Finished in a sort of “Nome chrome,”
Otherwise known as wood.
For trim, they may wear a Tin Fin,
So long as the performance is good.
They aren’t soft with plush uphlostering
Or squeakless comfort give;
But they have one great outstanding feature—
They speak of individual initiative.
When the summer breezes cease to be
And the big snow starts a-blowin’,
You don’t need too much gas in the old tank—
How far do you think you’re goin’?
We don’t need a fancy-frilled grill,
Or in other manner, fake it—
When the Nome snow lies in heavy heaps,
The point is: Will she make it?
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■Vi HEALTH HORIZONS
Medical Superstitions t
People who lived centuries ago discovered and used a great number
of important drugs. But, in many instances, they believed that the
power of the medicine came from magic words said over the drug
rather than from the drug itself.
Illness was believed to be caused by demons and people thought the
only way to combat disease was by
the use of counter-magic. This be
lief in magic led to the wearing of
jewels because it was thought the
glitter of the jewels caught and
held the “evil eye” making it pow
erless.
Today, in the light of advancing
medical science, the superstitions
of the past seem curious indeed.
For instance, long ago, people be
lieved that the cure for a tumor or
a goiter was to stroke it nine times
with the hand of a dead man, pref
erably one who had been hung.
A sure cure for diphtheria, ac
cording to the old superstition,
was to swab the sick child’s throat
with a rag doll on a stick. In treat
ing whooping cough, it was be
lieved that a cure would result
after feeding the patient a fried
mouse.
Wood was believed to have great
magical powers. The cure for
chills and fever was to hang
around the neck of the patient a
bag containing wooden chips from
a gallows. Another cure for the
same complaint was to peg a lock
of your hair into an oak tree and
pull your head away suddenly. The
illness was supposed to pass into
the hair remaining in the tree.
Once, people ascribed special
magical powers to various colors,
lied was an important color, per
haps because it is the color of
blood and symbolic of life and
warmth. Medicine men in the old
r
days would smear their bodies with
red paint. (More recently, physi
cians wore red cloaks as a trade
mark.) In order to prevent pock
marks resulting from 'smallpox,
the doctors of old were urged to
shine a light through a red glass
onto the patient.
Even now, when people know
more than before about illness and
its treatment, some of the old su
perstitions persist. Many of these
ancient beliefs are harmless and
some may even do good—if only as
a morale booster. But there is dan
ger when an old “home cure” pre
vents a sick person from visiting a
doctor in the early stages of a dis
ease. Therefore, do not rely on
i great-grandmother’s so-called
remedies. See a doctor if you-are
i ill.
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* 3 Arctic Liner Flights Nome to Kotzebue
* 5 Arctic Liner Flights Nome to Fairbanks
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Monday Wednesday Friday
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All Flights Arrive Fairbanks 2:30 p.m.
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except arrival Fairbanks: Alaska Standard Time.
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