CHAMBER OF
COMMERCE
The N.W.A. Chamber of Com
merce met yesterday noon for a
busy session with President A.
Saario, presiding.
Secretary Polet was selected to
attend the All-Alaska Tourist or
ganizational meeting at Anchor
age in November.
Plans were made for the de
fense committee to follow up the
Senatorial meeting with letters to
the Senators, General Kepner and
Mrs. Hugo Eckari. who operates
a tourist gift shop in Kotzebue is
in town for a few days.
Governor Greuning.
Little progress was reported by
J. J. Dillon who is investigating
the disagreement between the
Chamber and Carl Lomen in re
lation to funds in connection with
the work done to get the break
water.
Ted Duffield reported working
on the additional material and in
formation requested by the Sena
torial committee.
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CITY CAB NOW OPERATING
UNDER NEW MANAGEMENT
VERA LONERGAN
Sole Owner and Manager
Alaska Tourist j
Association To Be
Organized
Charter meetings to organize an
Alaska tourist association are to
be held by businessmen of the
Territory at Juneau, Saturday,
November 4, and at Anchorage,
Monday, November 6, it was an
nounced today by the Alaska De
velopment Board.
At this pair of meetings a name
will be selected for the citizens’
group, a plan of organization;
adopted and temporary officers
chosen.
All communities in Southeast j
Alaska have been invited to send j
representatives to the Juneau
meeting which will be held in the
Wickersham Room of the Alaska
Historical Library at 10 o’clock
the morning of November 4. Other
places in Alaska have been in
vited to send represetnatives to
the Anchorage meeting which will
open at 10 o’clock the morning of
November 6 in the studio of ra
dio station KENI there. Delegates
from the Juneau meeting will at
tend the one at Anchorage.
Organization of the tourist as-1
sociation is the result of efforts by
the Alaska Development Board
assisted by Chambers of Com
merce and transportation com
panies. In August George Sund
borg, consultant to the Board, ac
companied George Armitage. for
mer executive secretary of the
•Hawaii Tourist Bureau, on a trip
to 35 different communities in
Alaska to explain the objectives
of the proposed organization.
The tourist association, which
will be entirely independent of
the Alaska Development Board,
will coordinate travel programs,
CITY COUNCIL
The Nome City Council met in
regular session last Monday and
heard a report of a meeting of the
School Board and the Council in
relation to the temporary expan
sion of the Nome School.
Due to the increased enrollment
it was necessary to make plans
to set up a K.D. hut at the north
of the school for temporary class
rooms. Ground has been cleared
and the hut will soon be in use
until such time as an addition to
the school may be constructed.
i
A corporation agreement be
tween the city and the Alaska
Housing Authority for 50 housing
units was adopted.
A three-year option on the lots
at the foot of Steadman Ave., for
the construction of a Territorial
Department of Mines building j
was reported agreed upon by the j
department of mines and the city.
The lots were purchased by the
City from the U.S.S.R. and M. Co. i
In view of the leave of absence
in the near future of Chief W. W.
Laws, the city is advertising for a
fire truck driver who can also
night patrol if necessary.
The Fire Ordinance, as ap
proved by the Fire Underwriters
was adopted as an ordinance.
Axel Edman reported the re- ’
ceipt of a letter from M. B. Vin- j
cern of the Standard Oil advising j
that the fire berm would be con- ‘
structed this fall around their |
tanks.
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advertise Alaska’s tourist attrac
tions and make the many arrange
ments necessary to build this in
dustry up to a major one in the
i Territorial economy. !
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ROME, ALASKA_
Wednesday, October 25, 1950
5:00—I. and E. Time
5:30—Vaughn Monroe
6:00—News of The World
6:15—This Is The Story
6:30—This Is The Story
7:00—'Turntable Time
8:00—Henry Morgan
8:30—Hollywood Music Hall
9:00—Charlie McCarthy
9:30—Name It For A Song
10:00—Suspense
10:30—One Night Stand
11:00 p.m.—Sign Off
Thursday, October 26, 1950
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Musical Clock
8:00—Eddie Albert
8:30—Not So Quiets Please
9:00—Beulah
9:15—Melody Roundup
9:30—Mid-Morning Melodies
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Vocal Spotlight
10:30—Fred Waring
11:00—Club Fifteen
11:15—Strike Up The Band
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12:30—Jimmy Carroll Sings
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Art Baker’s Notebook
1:15—Jack Smith
1:30—Yesterday’s Best
2:00—Around World In History
2:15—Words With Music
2:30—Meet The Band
3:00—Dinah Shore
3:30—A. F. R. S. Ranchhouse
4:00—News of The World
4:15—Curt Massey Show
4:30—Musical Varieties
5:00—I. and E. Time
5:30—Gene Autry
6:00—News of The World
6:15—This Is The Story
6:30—American Heritage
7:00—Turntable Time
8:00—Mr. and Mrs. North
8:30—You Bet Your Life
9:00—Red Skelton
9:30—Name It For A Song
10:00—Inner Sanctum
10:30—One Night Stand
11:00 p.m.—Sign Off
Friday, October 27, 1950
7:00 a.m.—Morning Melodies
7:15—Musical Clock
8:00—Eddie Albert
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—Beulah
9:15—Melody Roundup
9:30—Mid-Morning Melodies
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Vocal Spotlight
10:30—Fred Waring
11:00—Club Fifteen
11:15—Remember
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12:30—Jimmy Carroll Sings
12:45—At Ease
1:00—Art Baker’s Notebook
1:15—Jack Smith
1:30—Yesterday’s Best
2:00—Around World In History
2:15—Words With Music
2:30—Meet The Band
3:00—John Charles Thomas
3:30—A. F. R. S. Ranchhouse
4:00—News of The World
k 4:15—Curt Massey Show
' 4:30—Musical Varieties
! 5:00—I. and E. Time
Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Don Lyle* Pres.
.Jrad Gunderson* Secy*
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and
Third Thursday
i each montn
STANLEY R. MORGAN, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
i Northwestern Alaska
| Chamber of Commerce
Meets
! EVERY TUESDAY NOON
ARVO SAARIO, President
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40