Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Wednesday, March 19, 1947
Forecast Nome: Occasional light
snow tonight with fresh northerly
winds becoming partly cloudy
Thursday. Lowest temperature to
night 15, highest temperature
Thursday 28.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours, none.
Total precipitation this month 0.02
inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 33, lowest 18.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 35
miles per hour from the northeast.
Sunrise at 6:04 a.m., sunset at
6:14 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
—3, lowest —22.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: Lowest —29 in
1911, highest 35 in 1941.
Data for other selected station.
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —8 Snow
Point Hope 7 Cloudy
Kotzebue 22 Snow
Shishmaref 5 Snow
Wales —1 Cloudy
Gambell 3 Snow
Nome 27 Cloudy
Unalakleet 27 Cloudy
Bethel 27 Snow
McGrath 35 Cloudy
Anchorage 41 Rain
Fairbanks 44 Cloudy
Juneau 45 Ran
Whitehorse 41 Cloud}
Ketchikan 44 Cloud}
Seattle 45 Cloudy1
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ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon1
Bud Harper, Pres.
Andy Anderson, Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
KARL DEWEY, W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS, Secy.
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NOME LODGE
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Meets Second Friday
JOHN R. RAPP. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN, Secy.
HAGEN
JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
Opinions Vary As
To Ice Break-Up
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Reports from the manager of the
Nenana Pool, George Ball, indicate
| that this is an unusual year and
predictions are varied.
Old-timers in the district cla m
an early break-up account of i.t ■
heavy snows this past winter. O
the other hand the weather !vi.
been very severe with the co’.'U
temperatures in years and the ice
at this time is forty-three inehe
thick.
Ball states that the river f o>
last fall at the lowest point any i
can remember and some clai n 4na
it will take a great d&al of wa,c 1
raise-the ice to a point where *
will break free.
Below is given the dates and
time on which the ice has gone out
since the pool was started in 1917.
1917— April 30. 11:30 a.m.
1918— May 11. 9:33 a.m.
1919— May 3. 2:3J p.m.
1920— May 11 .10:4.3 a.m.
1921— May 11. 6:42 a.m.
1922— May 12. 1:20 p.rn.
1923— May 9. 2:0.) p.m.
1924— May 11. 3:10 p.m.
1925— May 7. 6:32 p.rn.
1926— April 26. 4:03 p.m
1927— May 13. 5:42 a.m.
1928— May 6. 4:25 p.m.
1929— May 5. 3:41 p.rn.
1930— May 8. 7:03 p.m.
1931— May 10. 9:23 aun.
1932— May 1. 19:15 a m.
1933— May 8. 7:39 p.m.
1934— April 30. 2:07 p.m.
1935— May 15 1:31 p.m
1936— April 30.12:53 pm.
1937— May 12 . . 3:01 p.m.
193ft—May 6 8:! 4 p.m.
1939— April 29. 1:26 p.m.
1940— April 20. 3:27 p.m.
1941— May 3. 1:50 a.m.
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Mission Jubilee
Celebration
Sixty years ago Rev. Axel Karl
son came to Unalakleet starting
Covenant Mission work in north
ern Alaska. Since then the work
has expanded until at the present
time it includes sixteen Mission
stations.
The Jubilee celebration will by
held at Unalakleet March 25-3.1.
commemorating the work laid
down for the cause of Christ. In
connection with the celebration
the president of the Evangel'cal
Mi-si.>n Covenant of America.
Theodore W. Anderson, will be the
guc.-t speaker. Also, a former mis
sion? v Mrs. O. P. Anderson, will
be among the guests. She and her
husband served on the field some
thirty-five years ago in the Golo
vin vicinity.
Be-ides the visitors from the
States, we expect most of the white
as well as native missionaries, to
gether with others from the vil
lages they serve. The mis nonaries
in the service of the Covenant
Mission are: the Walter Andersons
at Candle, the Roald Amundsens
at Nome, the L. E. Osts and Miss
Arlene Anderson at White Moun
tain, the Joshua Akwinonas at
Koyuk, the Reuben Peniptchuks
at Shaktoolik, the Emory Lind
grens and the John Dahlstroms at
Unalakleet the Wilson Gonongnans
at Mountain Village, Harry Soxie
at Hooper Bay, the Oscar Andrew
yuk.-s at Scammon Bay. the Jacob
Kenlcks at Nunivak Island, and
1942— April 30. 1:28 p.m.
1943— April 28. 7:22 p.m.
1941—May 4. 2:08 p.m.
1945— May 16. 9:41 a.m.
1946— May 5. 4:40 p.m.
the Maynard Londborgs at Yaku
tat.
Following the Jubilee Confer
ence at Unalakleet will be an East
er Conference at Elim. April 3-6,
with President Anderson as the
speaker there also.
I have been the president of the
conference every year for twenty
five years. This year might be my
last year as President. “I owe it
all to Christ Jesus our Blessed Re
deemer.”
A most cordial invitation is ex
tended to all who might f nd it
possible to attend these confer
ences.
Stephan Ivanoff,
President of Conference.
Eskimo Makes
Gospel Translation
FAIRBANKS — Roy A .maogak
ot Barrow, who is noy Mdying at
the Theological S e rr nary at
Bloomfield. N. J., ha vjst com
pleted the translation t :ne GospeJ
of Mark into the Eskir <> languag*
and has submitted it t Me Amer
ican Bible Society for mlication
it was reported at the ; .ualmeet
ing of the Presbytery < Yukon jj<
Anchorage.
Plans are being ma e not only
for the ordination ot A.nmaogak
but of Fred Koschmai . 'ormerly
of Fairbanks, who is r w studying
at Dubuque, Iowa.
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