ROTARY LUNCHEON
HAS MANY GUE8T8
Among the several guests at the!
noon luncheon of the Nome Ro- j
tary Club were John B. Dodds,'
from the Seattle District office
Corps of Engineers; Col. James
Campbell, ACS of Fairbanks;
Capt. Buril, QM, Nome Base; Carli
Lomen, general manager Lomen j
Commercial Company; Herb Par-;
sons, gunnery artist supreme,'
Summerville, Tenn.; and Wm.
Woods, Winchester Arms Repre-!
sentative, of Seattle.
Mr. Dodds stated that the pur-,
pose of his visit to Nome was toj
obtain information relative to the
survey of the projected break- j
water and harbor improvements, i
in order that his office be better i
able to make the necessary re
ports to Congress. The informa
tion will, he said, have to come
from individuals in Nome, partic
ularly those who live on the wa
terfront, and who have been in
direct working contact with river,
Bering Sea and beach conditions.
Mr. Dodds stated that he would
like to receive as many written re
ports from persons of the com
munity as possible, and that each
and every item would he treated
as strictly confidential.
Carl Lomen spoke briefly on his
trip to Washington with G. R.
Jackson in behalf of the breakwa
ter for Nome, and that he and Mr.
Many Fires In
Kenai Region
ANCHORAGE, (/P)—Fire which
levelled an estimated 20,000 acres
of timberland in the Hidden Lake
area on the Kenai peninsula was
being brought under control slow
ly today and the men who have
been fighting it rested for the first
time in eight days.
Alaska road commission crews
and fire control service men who
battled the blaze said fine wild
game reserve land had beeu burn
ed out.
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Another blaze which razed
more more than 800 acres of tim
ber on the Anchorage-Palmer
highway seemed to be burning it
self out. Volunteers, soldiers from
Fort Richardson and fire control
service crews have been fighting
a series of fires in this region.
Jackson, with the assistance of
Delegate E. L.. Bartlett, made
many contacts with influential
people in order to get a hearing
on the situation. He stated that he,
his company, and all concerned
should do everything in their
power to gather information for
the engineers in their survey for
the project, so that the need for
the breakwater will be under
stood.
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June 9th all credit pur
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Store will be charged and
payable at our office in
the N. C. Store.
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The Detachment 10th Rescue
Squadron has been increased by
the addition of three enlisted men !
who arrived from Anchorage: 1
namely: Sgt. Block, Pfc. Bendy
and Pvt. Rogers. The men of this
Squadron have been enjoving the
recreational facilities offered by;
the adjacent territory of Nome and
have been utilizing the summer
climate by taking hikes and pic
tures, fishing, and doing other
hobbies so common to the average
G.I.
' S/Sgt. Walter Leslie, ;wil en
gineer left today on his furlough
into northern Alaska. M/Sg*. Ray
of Headquarters was unable to go
with him. The Engineer Ball
j Team lost another game Sunday
to the Officers. A valuable man
was lost Monday when the pitcher
Dan Shoopman left on furlough.
Carl Sequeido is replacing him.
Pfc. “Lucky” Martin, who wa*
, burned severly while at Pt. Spen
cer, is expected to leave the Hos
pital soon.
We are sorry to see Capt. and
Mrs. Lauritsen leave Nome. We
j wish them a pleasant journey and
j lots of luck back in the States.
Every one in the MP Det. is very
happy after receiving two new
man, Pvt. Richard A. Churchill
and Pvt. Robert L. Warvin.
Don’t be surprised if thp “Lar
der” at the 202nd Station Hospi
tal is overflowing with Capt.
Schiff, Lt. Kaufman and Lt. Reilly
out looking for game these days.
Everyone is wondering if Lt.
Reilly intends to retire after he
makes his first million dollars,
panning gold. T/3 Jim <Stu> Stun
don was promoted to T/Sgt. re
cently. Who said the days of mir- i
acles have ceased. I
Hq Det. has three prospective
players for the Base softball team,
Pfc. Harry Prigg, pitcher: Pfc.
Frank Fiscus, catcher: and Pfc.
Tom Siler, first base. Under the
leadership of S/Sgt. Sharp, eight!
of the boys spent the week end on
the Nome River fishing. Only
three fish were caught, but the
fellows say that they were suffi
cient to make one good meal for
all eight. And they have got pic
tures to prove it.
S/Sgt. Pribble who left Nome
last week for Rome, New York,
arrived safely back here with a
New B-17. He celebrated his
* t
birthday somewhere over Canada
with cake and coffee. Sgt. Cecil
Richardson left for Anchorage
where he will spend 15 days of
accumulated leave.
T/4 John S. Crowley of Ord.
Det. is on a 30 day furlough
which he is taking in Nome. He
plans to do mechanical work at
the A. 8c A. Garage. T/4 George
Dirgo is on a 60-day furlough here
in Nome, he will be back with us
on July 4th. Cpl. H. A. Thrasher
last week received that coveted
third stripe, and is now bearing
the title T/4.
The Signal Corps beat the QM
Det. in a softball game the other
day, for a second time. Until the
last of the third, QM was in the
lead, but with a burst of power by
Signal the game was tied. In the
next inning only three runs were
scored and they were all made by
Signal. The final score was Sig
nal 10, QM 8.
News from the QM is at low
tide this week, due to much antic
ipation of boats and the work they
will bring. The unusual weather
that was witnessed over the week
end brought a series of hikes and
over night escapades for down the
coast. Too, we struggle through a
daily routine fas usual* and tnl’
it down afterwards. Ou*' softball
team is improving rapidly as we
look forward *o more victories.
The burning of coal was pro
hibited in London in 1306 because
of the smoke it produced.
I HERB PAR8ON8 GIVES
SHOOTING EXHIBITION
Herb Parson, shooter extraor
dinary, gave an exhibition Wed
nesday night, of shooting with
rifle, and shotgun, few have ever
before witnessed. He performed
shots which <he said) could be du
plicated by almost anyone who
practiced and knew his gun and
ammunition.
During the shoot, Parsons ex
plained fully the use of various
types rr guns, and ammunition,
an i told of shooting a brown, and
two black bears in Southeastern
Alaska, also of his desire to get a
Polar bear.
The exhibition, which was for
the Winchester Arms Company,
was sponsored by the Boy Scouts
Troop 666 of Nome.
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