Army Prepares Por
“Shot At The Moon”
SEATTLE, UP) — Army prepar
ations for a “shot at the moon”
were revealed here Wednesday
toy Lt. Gen. Arthur G. Trudeau,
Army Chief of Research and
Development.
Whether the shot would only
be a probe or an actual attempt
to propel a missile into orbit
around the |noon, Trudeau told
reporters he couldn’t say and
even refused to discuss the tim
ing of such a lunar shot.
The general was here to speak
at Seattle University commence
ment exercises.
Whether a moon shot will be
tried, Trudeau said, can only be
determined by America’s needs.
Specific orders on a definite
timetable, however are part of
the Defense Department’s advance
research project agency, he added.
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Champion Fisherman
To Visit Alaska
SEATTLE, UP) — Alaska will |
have a champion visitor June 20.
HSe’s Glenn Huycke, champion
trout fisherman of the 1958 Mil
waukee Sentinel Sports Show.
What will Huycke do in Alaska
—go fishing, of course.
The champion was the best of
18,000 anglers who fished the
trout stream at the sports show
last March. His award was the
choice of a fishing trip to *Alas
ka or Hawaii. He decided on
Alaska.
Huycke and his companion
Edward Howley will fly directly
from Minneapolis-St. Paul to
Anchorage on Northwest Orient
Airline. From there they will
take Northern Consolidated Air
lines to the Katmai fishing camps.
Fine Job Printing At The Nugget.
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Nome Plumbing & Heating
ARMIN E. BOHRER VERN A. MILLER
for
# Plumbing Fittings and Fixtures
9 Heating Systems Warm air. Steam, Hot water
# Sheet Metal Work — Welding
# Burner Service, Parts, Repairs
Shop Open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Mrs. William Cameron
Attends Territorial
Library Board Meeting
The Territorial Library. Board
' is in session this week in Juneau
with Mrs. William Cameron at
tending from Nome, Mrs. Al
fred Lomen, newly appointed
from Fairbanks, Mrs. Delores
Watson from Anchorage, and
Marjorie Thornquist from Wran
gell. Father Kenneth Watkins
was unable to attend.
Bar Association
Convention Being Held
In Juneau
Ninety eight lawyers and dis
trict judges are in attendance at
the third annual Bar Assn, con
ference being held in Juneau
this week.
Attending from Nome are Mr.
and Mrs. James von dqr Heydt
and Walter Hodge.
WEDNESDAY BALL SCORES
American League
Chicago 13, Washington 3
Kansas City 4, New York 3
Cleveland <5, Baltimore 2
Detroit 4, Boston 2
National League
San Francisco 7, Philadelphia 6
Los Angeles 7, Pittsburgh 1
Chicago 6, Cincinnati 4
St. Louis 7, Milwaukee 4
Pacific Coast League
Sacramento 5, Vancouver 2
Spokane 9, Salt Lake City 8
Seattle 6, San Diego 5
Portland 8, Phoenix 7
Anchorage Festival of Music
June 6 Will Present Premiere Of
Marge Whaley’s ‘Song of North’
When music minded Alaskans
attend the first concert of the
third annual Anchorage Festival
of Music, June 6, at Romig Hill
Auditorium, one of the exciting
presentations they will hear will
be the first full-chorus premiere
of Alaskan Marge Whaley’s
“Song of the North”.
It will be sung by the full 120
voice Community Chorus, under
direction of Mary Hale, wife of
Dr. George E. Hale of Anchorage.
The festival dates extend from
June 6 through June 19.
Although born in Yankton,
South Dakota, and reared in the
state of Washington, Marge
Whaley felt the “Call of the
North” and arrived in typical
Alaskan fashion long before the
rush. That was in 1936 when
she grew bored with teaching
piano in Seattle and signed
aboard the old, ill-fated Yukon
as a saxophonist—a musical
skill she had acquired in the
preceeding 8 days, and she states
that it probably sounded that
way, too.!
That first trip through the In
side Passage made a true Alas
kan of Mrs. Whaley. The feel
ing may have been intensified
by her meeting the same year
with George Whaley, of the “Fly
ing Whaleys”, for two years
later she sailed for Nome to be
come his wife and honeymoon in
the northland, a honeymoon that
finally landed them on Annette
Island, just off Ketchikan, where
they were stationed by PAA
from 1950 through 1953.
It was here that “Song of
the North” was born out of the
tape recordings of three Eskimo
dances, made at Kotzebue by the
composer’s brother-in-law, Frank
Whaley, who had worked for
Wien Alaska Airlines. But “Song
of the North” is not an adapta
tion of the original native songs.
Rather, the melodies of Marge
Whaley’s modern song were in
spired by the chanting and drum
ming of the original, ancient
Asiatic music.
“It was a blending of the
strange Asiatic strains with the
new modern chord trends of our
age,” she explains, “and I
thought it would be a fine mar
riage. Hence the final effect—
the words came along easily af
ter the mood was set.”
The Whaleys will be stationed
at the famed island of Kailua,
Oahu, T. H., for the next five
years, with their two children,
Robert, 14, and 11-year old
Barbara Sue. Recently, Marge
Whaley has written “Stars over
Hawaii.” Yet the'happiest years
of their 20 years of marriage
were the ones they spent with
friends all over Alaska, she
writes, and their fondest hope
is that eventually they will be
transferred back here.
Tickets for all festival events,
June 6-19, are now on sale at
at the Visitors’ Log Cabin, 4th
and F., Anchor Book Store,
Northern Commercial Company,
Caribou’s in Mountain View,
Vista Record Shop on Govern
ment Hill, Effco Hi-Fi Center in
Spenard, Polaris Travel on El
mendorf and Artie Alaska Travel
on Fort Richardson.
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Farley Predicts
Democratic Victories
In 1958 and 1960
NEW YORK, UP> —James A.
Farley, forecaster of many elec
tion results, made a 70th birth
day prediction Thursday.
Democratic victories this year
and in 1960.
“Coming events, cast their
shadows before,” said Farley
who masterminded the first two
election campaigns of President
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Farley, whose friendships trans- *
cend political lines, urged that
Congress and the people give
every cooperation to President
Eisenhower. '
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Jerry Manning, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
[Miloxed Harwood
Worthy Matron
Helen Dunbar
Secretary
Meetings: 1st and. 3rd Mondays
n ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
J. A. von der Heydt, WJM.
Norvm Lewis, Sec.
Meet; 1st and 3rd Thursday each month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Joe Kroninger
President
!Bob Grant
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon