Alaska Airlines’ 1st
Stewardess Arrives
In Anchorage
Renee Brust is pretty and pe
tite. She is the first of the Alaska
Airlines’ new stewardesses to ar
rive on the job. Ever since she
*came to* Anchorage, Miss Brust
has been impatiently awaiting the
arrival of the first new Douglas,
so that she can start to do her
stuff.. Besides her good looks,
Renee likes to fly better than any
thing she can think of, so she
v- ’ t 1 * 1
ought to make an excellent stew
ardess. She almost had a private
license of her own back in Cali
fornia, just before everyone was
grounded after Pearl Harbor.
Born in Detroit twenty-three
years ago, Renee has lived in ev
ery part of the United States, and
has travelled in Mexico and Can
ada as well. Just before the war
she married the first pilot of a
B-26. In September, 1943, he left
Barksdale Field in Shreveport,
La., for overseas duty; and in
January, 1944, he and his crew
were shot down in action over
Italy.
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For a while after their, Renee
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worked in a bank at Long Beach,
California. But she soon got itchy
feet to see more of the world, and
started out for Alaska. In Juneau
Renee was secretary to Captain!
Carr at the Sub-Port of Embarka
tion. But all the time she was de
termined to be an airline steward
ess. So when she heard that Ted
Law of Alaska Airlines was on
the lookout for them, Renee hop
ped a plane for Anchorage, and
got the job. Besides flying, she
likes sports, and wants to get a
sun tan.
Alaska Airlines is planning to
have three stewardesses on the
! Juneau - Anchorage - Nome run.
Katherine Anderson, who has
been with Delta Airlines, will be
chief stewardess, and is expected
|on the first Douglas. The third
one will be Maxine Branham of
1 Anchorage, wife of naval pilot Lt.
: Bud Branham. Mrs. Branham and
Miss Brust will go through a
course of stewardess training un
der Miss Anderson before start
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‘Shady Characters’
To Preside At
Frontier Nite Party
Presiding over gambling activ
ities at Nome’s big Frontier Night
celebration, and recalling the days
of the historic discovery of gold
at Nome and its attendant wager
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ing houses will be famous charac
ters, either in person or well rep
resented by the men that knew
I them. Stage money, to be pur
chased at the rate of $1,000.00 per
dollar will replace the sourdough
poke, but the wheels of chance,
cards, dice, faro will be well in
evidence.
The city’s residents, military
and civilian personnel of the air
base and post and visitors from
the outlying communities are in
vited, and May 19th promises to
be one of the big nights in Nome’s
colorful history.
Commencing at seven o’clock at
the high school gym, the wheels
start turning, dice roll, cards flip
and Nome begins to commemorate
the discovery of gold in this vi
cinity. An air corps dance band
will furnish music for dancers,
refreshments consisting of hot
dogs, ice cream and champagnola
ing to work. All three girls will
have blue uniforms, similar in
color to those worn by Alaska
Airlines pilots.
Boy Scout Headquarters
To Be In Juneau
Beginning June 1st the Boy
Scouts will have their headquar
ters in Juneau. Mr. Delbert Hanks
of Pocatello, Idaho, will be Scout
executive for the Territory and
will have charge of a more inten
sive service for the boys. Miss El
sie Coomes who has been the
Alaskan secretary will be trans
ferred to the Juneau office also.
ALEX MOGG AND FAMILY
VISIT NOME
Alex Mogg and family are pay
ing Nome a visit after an absence
of four and a half years. They
have been in Anchorage and Sew
ard where Alex has been employ
ed by the U.S.E.D. They are tem
porarily living with Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Bourdon.
will be served.
Civilian residents of the area |
are requested, in so far as possi
ble, to wear the costume of the
gold rush days to add color to the
occasion. Numerous prize awards
are to be made to the gambling,
dancing crowd which promises to
be in attendance.
Admission to the party is free.
Minors under eighteen will not
be admitted.
Among the prizes to be awarded
holders of lucky tickets and top
gamblers are a woman’s fur coat,
six fox furs, $50.00 in cash, two
round-trip airplane rides—one to
Anchorage and the other to Fair
banks, a one-way trip to Fair
banks and another round trip to
any location on the peninsula, a
huge number of large gold nug
gets from the Nome gold fields, a
gold nugget locket, Alaskan ring,
ivory curios and carvings, Alas
kan pictures and other novelty
prizes.
The committee in change is
planning special interval awards
in addition to the prizes to be
awarded the gamblers and as
door prizes. Nome merchants and
business men are contributing
these awards and proceeds of the
Frontier Night Benefit party,
which is being sponsored jointly
by the 1469th AAF base at Nome
and the Odd Fellows-Rebekah
lodges are to be given the Boy
Scouts of Nome and to the named
lodges for the purpose of building
a town lodge meeting hall.
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Every repair shop is crowded
with cars . . every shop Is
short-handed . . and some im
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and costly.
Much of this burden on your
self and the shop can be avoid
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