New Eskimo Game To Bei
Tried During 4th of July
A new game has been added
for the women in the community
on the 4th of July. There will be
a contest to see which parka
wearing woman can be the first
to put her child onto her back,
under the parka and fasten the
belt, Eskimo style.
Any .size child may be used, we
are told, just so it is safely
anchored under the parka hood
in the least time.
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Author Visits Nome On Thursday
- Lee Kitchener, author of “Flag
Over the North,” was a visitor
here yesterday for a few hours,
having returned from a trip to
other northern points collecting
material for another book on Al
aska.
Robert Heath will be in charge
of church services at the Commu
nity Methodist Church on Sunday,
supplying for the new pastor, who
is scheduled to arrive on Tuesday.
SPECIAL NOTICE
City Council 4th of July Cele
bration Committee announces
that should Monday's weather be
other than expected, the Inde
pendence Day program will be
held at the High School gym.
Lee Brothers’ LST Brings
Road Building Equipment
Lee Brothers’ big landing barge
arrived late last evening from Sol
omon bringing in road building
equipment.
They were awarded the earth
work sub-contract for the Kotze
bue radar station on which $3,693
390 will be spent. The base is to
include operation offices, recrea
tion areas, garages, storage build
ings, transmitters, utilities, run
ways, access roads and tower
foundations.
Three Ships Expected To Be
In Nome For Fourth of July
The USCG Northwind arrived
last evening and is scheduled to
be here for the 4th of July. Also
expected is the MS Clover, USCG,
and the MS North Star of the
ANS.
All three vessels have been in
vited to participate in the parade
and other festivities.
NOTICE
The public of Nome is request
ed to make the City of Nome as
decorative as possible on July 4th,
by displaying flags and bunting.
This is a festive and patriotic
occasion. Let us make it as such.
Steffen Andersen, Mayor
4th Program Committee
Promises Full Day Events
The Fourth of July will be a
full day, thanks to the efforts of
the committee headed by Jim
Walsh.
The patriotic exercises, which
have been arranged by George
Goshaw, will be held between
Wien Airlines and Morgan & Son
with 21 people on the review
stand. M. J. Walsh is master of
ceremonies. Others on the stand
include:
Mayor and Mrs. S. Andersen;
Gen. and Mrs. T. Alan Bennett,
Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Emmons, Lt.
Col. Sawtell, Maj. J. Kell, Capt.
Earl Hinds, Mr. William Olson,
Rev. Louis Hudgins, Rev. William
T. McIntyre, Mr. and Mrs. Beck,
and the commanding officers of
the ships in port.
Emmons is commissioner of In
dian affairs; Col. Sawtell is PIO;
Maj. Kell is the commanding of
ficer of Nome Field; Olson is area
director of the Alaska Native Ser
vice; Beck is with the Interior De
partment.
American Legion Committees:
COLOR GUARD: Cmdr. R. Em
mons, Ben Young Lester Keller,
Maurice Kelliher.
SPORTS: Robert Emmons, Les
Keller, James Keahiler, Paul Dry
den, Henry Ullrich, J. G. Ellis,
Sgt. August, Robert Scott, Maur
ice Kelliher.
JUDGES: Selecting Prize Win
ners, Decorated Bicycles and Rid
ers and Most Attractively Dressed
Boy and Girl. Mr. and Mrs. J. G.
Ellis, Mr. and Mrs. Marvin New
man.
DANCE: Robert Emmons, Pearse
Walsh, James Walsh, Robert Scott,
Henry Ullrich, Les Keller, Maur
ice Kelliher, J. G. Ellis, James
Kealiher.
SPECIAL TOURS EXPECTED |
Two special tours are scheduled
out of Anchorage for the three
day vacation weekend.
One tour is due on Saturday,
remaining overnight; the other
tour will arrive Sunday and leave
on Monday.
Fine Job Printing at The Nugget
Capt. Ralph Savory Of
PAA Finds Nome Field
Still Unsafe For DC-6B’s
Ralph Savory, chief pilot for
Pan American Airways, made a
flight with Wien Airlines plane
yesterday to check the condition
of Nome Field. According to local
manager Jim Walsh, the field
was found to be still in a con
dition which would be unsafe for
the large DC-6B to land.
Pan American Airways, in
order to maintain its outstanding
safety record, is very cautious in
the operation of its planes, but is
reported to be anxious to restore
its service to this area as soon
as possible.
ALASKA AIRLINES
To Anchorage: William Barber,
Mr. and Mrs. Gene Malley, Maj.
John Dunning, Miss M. Porter,
Ivan Ahkinga.
From Anchorage: Lee Overton,
Johnnie Omedelia, Helen Tescoya,
Earl Wilson, John Reid, J. L.
Gerth, Don Gretzer, Marian Rosco.
To Unalakleet: Moses Epoklook.
From Unalakleet: D. Brazton, M.
Kelliher, Ralph Grosvold.
Notice to Nome Junior Police
Please report to Director Geo.
R. Goshaw 9:30 a.m. July 4th, to
assist Nome City Patrolmen main
tain order on Front Street during
sports events. ■
PTA To Sell Refreshments
During Fourth Celebration
The Nome Parent - Teachers
Assn, will set up a lunch stand
on Front Street and will serve
hot-dogs, cookies and doughnuts
and coffee throughout the day.
The cookies and doughnuts will
be home-made — contributed by
members and other women of
the community.
The P-TA is taking this means
of raising funds to carry on their
work in connection with increas
ed enrollment at school. With the
new school addition more space
and facilities will be available
and more activities are planned.
One of the first items on the
P-TA program is to work with
the School Board and school
superintendent to organize a hot
lunch program open to all chil
dren who wish to take it.
PROCLAMATION
To commemorate the signing of
the Declaration of Independence,
I, Steffen Andersen, Mayor of
Nome, do hereby proclaim Mon
day, the 4th of July, 1955, a holi
day and urge all persons to lay
aside their customary occupations
and join together in celebrating
the anniversary in a fitting and
lawful manner. All places of busi
ness are urged to cooperate by
remaining closed.
Steffen Andersen, Mayor
We Extend
GREETINGS
TO THE MILITARY
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AND CIVILIAN VISITORS
in Nome for our
FOURTH OF JULY
CELEBRATION
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Monday, the Fourth of July.
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