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Kenneth Wein Will
Explore Gold Mining
By Skin Diving
Kenneth Wein, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Fritz Wein who has been at
tending college in Florida will be
in the Nome area between semes
ters trying out a new way to mine
gold.
Kenneth and a friend are plan
ning to skin dive under the ice at
various places between Nome and
Blufi in areas that show indica
tions of gold and evaluate the
poss:bilities of gold mining under
water as well as make some in
teresting evaluations of water
temperature and ice conditions.
Capt. O'Rourke reported at the
chamber meeting that a C-123
made a fuel drop at White Moun
tain for the ANG. The drop was
in units of four barrels by para
chutes and “nobody was hit.” Two
more planes were to drop fuel
Tuesday.
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TUESDAY
BASKETBALL
RESULTS
Despite an outstanding per
formance by Willie Willoya and
Tony Willoya, who garnered 25
and 20 points respectively, the
Polar Hornets went down to de
feat Tuesday night for the sec
ond time to the National Guard.
The Guard attack was led by
Brown, Kost and Dave Bell, who
all hit for double figures, and
were ably backed up by the en
tire squad.
The Hornets score: 61; ANG 72.
In the other game of the eve
ning the ANB squeaked past the
Nanooks 48-47.
Excellent rebounding and de
fensive play on the part of both
teams highlighted the game.
Ronnie Locke with 22 points
and Johnny Herman with 16 were
high scorers for the Nanooks.
Jake Titus led the ANB with 24
The next game will be on Fri
day evening when the ANB tan
gles with the Hornets at 7:30,
followed by a game at 9:00 be
tween the High School and the
Jaycees.
Virginia Wood, administrative
assistant to the Director of Red
Cross in Alaska, while visiting
here this morning reported that
Ann Rogers, former head nurse
a tthe MMM Hospital is chief
nurse at the hospital in Barrow.
Ketchikan Drive-In
Damaged by Grease Fire
KETCHIKAN OP) — A grease
fire caused several thousand dol
lars damage to a drive-in restau
rant (Toot ’N Tell) last night.
The fire was caused by an ex
ploding french fryer. The restau
rant, owned by Thunderbird En
terprises of Ketchikan, had been
recently purchased by that firm.
No one was seriously injured in
the fire, althought several minor
burns were sustained by several
customers. The owners were al
most fully covered by insurance
and said they should be back in
business in six or seven weeks.
Norihwind Arrives At Seattle
SEATTLE UP) — The Seattle
based Coast Guard icebreaker
Northwind ended a six-month re
search cruise to the Arctic Tues
day. Ammunition supplies were
unloaded during the morning at
the Bangor ammunition depot
across Puget Sound.
Nome Directory
Northwestern Alaska
Chamber of Commerce
Meets Every Monday Noon at
North Star Dining Room
Pearse Walsh, President
ALASKA CHAPTER NO. 1
Order of Eastern Star
Ruth Reed
Worthy Matron
Verna Mickelson
Secretary
Meets first and third Mondays
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
BYRON O. REED. W.M.
Norvin W. Lewie, Sec.
Meets First and Third Thursday
of Each Month
NOME ROTARY CLUB
Robert Grant
President
Dusty Rhode
Secretary
Wednesday Luncheon
Parent-Teachers Assn.
Meets last Tuesday of ovary
month at School.
MINA BACHELDER, President
JANE FOSTER. Secretary
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