Kotzebue News
Reflection of Kotzebue growth
and activities is seen in the record
vote of 162 in the territorial final
elections. This compares to 101 in
the primaries and a previous high
vote of 76. Arctic Circle Chamber
of Commerce members were ac
tive in stimulating voting interest
and in gettfng people to the poles.
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Many new residents to Kotze
bue include Fletcher Gregg and
Frank Scott with their families,
formerly of Candle, Enoch Sher
man and Dwight Arnold and their
families from Noatak, Samuel
Dives and family from Point Hope,
and Stephen Koenig and family
from Deering. These, with many
Kotzebuites, are putting up build
ings secured from the Territorial
Housing Board.
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New houses being completed in
the village this fall include those
belonging to Lena Norton, Whit
tier Williams, Johnnie Beltz, Dick
Norton, Ned Brown and Jack Bul
lock. Mrs. Arthur Fields and chil
dren are visiting her parents, the
Gordon Mitchells at Nouta'k while
. Arthur is working on their new
house in Kotzebue.
Frank and Neva Whaley and
hildren left recently for their
California home for the winter
after spending the tourist season
in Kotzebue with Wien Alaska
Airlines.
Wiens have a bear by the tail,
and Nanook is increasing in size,
too'. Necessary permission has not
yet been granted to deliver the
polar bear cub to any of the out
side zoos interested in purchasing
her. Nanook was a popular pho
tographic prop this summer for
tourists, who at long-arm-length,
gingerly held a can of milk
grasped in both of Nanook’s front
paws while she greedily gulped
her favorite food. With Nanook
growing rapidly beyond the co
quettish cub stage, it will soon
be a problem of who handles
whom—Wiens or the bear!
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Gladys Kolterman, nurse at
the ANS Hospital, is taking her
leave on the North Star, which
she met at Nome. She will con
tinue with the ship to southern
Alaska ports and probably to Se
attle before returning to Kotze
bue.
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Four teachers in three Kotzebue
school buildings are faced with
problems of greatly increased
numbers of school children. It
has been necessary to put many
of the grades on half-day atten
dance. The present number will
probably be further increased be
fore the first of the year when
some of the residents will return
from fishing and reindeer camps.
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Trygve Jorgenson has pur
chased the Super-Cruiser offered
for sale recently by the Wheeler
Estate, and Bobby Curtis soloed
in the 140 Cessna he recently
bought from Harold Lie.
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Rotman Stores had a gala open
ing on Election Day of their new
restaurant and soft-drink counter
addition. Following the same pat
tern as last year, announcement
was also made of prizes for pre
Christmas drawings.
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Mrs. Jay Maley, wife of Sgt.
Maley of the ACS, has returned
from their Vashon Island home
with their eldest daughter, Cath
erine Lee, and nine-weeks-old
baby. Karen Lee.
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The MS Tula left Kotzebue re
cently enroute to Nome and Se
attle. A new crew member was
Freddy Goodwin, well-known and
popular Wien Doug captain, who
can’t decide whether he likes a
boat or a plane best. Freddy will
return to Fairbanks duty with
Wiens upon arrival in Seattle.
The Tula made a trip to Barrow
up the Arctic coast in mid-Decem
ber, with the barge Margie D in
tow, the first commercial vessel
to go into the far north in many
years.
The MS Kotzebue and the MS
Finch, with barge Margie D,
owned by Arctic Oil Sales, is en
route to Seattle for winter dry
docking.
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Tops in seal hunting goes to
Frank Gallahorn with 22 seals
to his credit this fall. Seal hunt
ing is good, and reports in from
outlying villages indicate good
fishing for winter caches. Broken
ice jammed the sound for part of
the past week, but it is clear
enough again for hunting.
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Master Sergeant Wendell H.
Lacy, formerly of Seattle ACS
office, is in Kotzebue for ap
proximately three weeks enraute
to his permanent station at Bethel.
Pfc. Arthur Hananger, who has
been stationed in Nome, is now
assigned to duty at Kotzebue with
the ACS.
The traditional “seven seas” in
cluded the North and South At
lantic, North and South Pacific, |
Indian, Arctic and Antarctic i
Oceans, the last of which does j
not exist. 1
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