George Bell Tells
Of His Trip To
N.Y. Youth Forum
The Nugget asked George Bell
to write up his trip to New York
last week as the Alaska represen
tative to the Youth Forum. The
following is exactly as George has
prepared the story of his trip:
I left Nome on Nov. 23 and ar
rived in Anchorage on the 24th.
Monday, the 26th, I started to Ju
neau but bad weather forced the
plane to stay overnight at Gus
tavus. The next morning we made
the short flight into Juneau.
At Juneau I met the ANS and
Department of Education officials
and Gov. Gruening. I also visited
the high school, the Museum and
KINY radio station where Mrs.
Jones, of ANS and I gave a short I
question and answer program. |
The 29th and 30th were spent in
traveling to New York by way of
Anchorage, Seattle, Minneapolis.
At Seattle I was met by John
Paden and June Jergenson, for
merly of Nome.
Dec. 1 was the day of the Youth
Conference. There were approxi
mately 700 students attending.
They came from about 60 differ
ent organizations. The discussions
started at 9 in the morning. The
students were divided into five
panels. These panels discussed
different subjects such as the out
lawing of the Communist party,
and exemptions from draft. The
subjects were planned in advance
and put before the students in
the form of questions. Resolutions
were made in answer to these
questions and were stated in the
grand ballroom of the Hotel
Astor. Among the speakers were
ex-President Hoover, the Mayor
of New York City, and Gen. :
Willoughby.
The rest of my stay was in
sightseeing. There were 10 for
eign boys who were staying after
the forum to see New York, be
side myself. We were chaperoned I
by Mr. Panzer and Mr. Tomasulo,
both of the New York I>3ily Mir
ror, the newspaper which spon
sored the trip. Some of the sights
we saw were the Statue of Lib
erty, the Empire State Building,
New York Public Library, Madi-1
son Square Garden, Rockefeller •
Center, and many other places of
interest. On Dec. 3 we were
taken to Washington, D.C., for the
day. We toured the capitol city in
three limousines. We saw the
capitol building, Lincoln Mem
orial, George Washington Monu
ment, Arlington Cemetery, Tomb
of the Unknown Soldier, the
White House and other buildings
and memorials. We returned to
New York that night by train.
Dec. 4 to 5 was spent in sight
seeing and shopping. We were
taken to Central Park and the
Zoo, Paramount Theater, Radio
City Music Hall, the R.C.A. tele
vision exhibit and the Polo
Grounds where we saw a profes
sional football game.
On Dec. 7 I took off from Idle
wild Airport for Minneapolis. At
Minneapolis I had a four hour
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COUNCIL NEWS
We have been experiencing
some cold weather the past few
days. Twer nights of minus 30 and
some in the twenties.
Pete Lee, Julius Tatpan, and
David Henry have been cutting
wood for the school the past few
days in the Basin Creek arvea.
There are several nice stands of
timber left, but it is necessary to
go back a few miles for it.
This weather has been provid
ing good going for snowshoes,
skis, and dogsleds, and the men
have been taking advantage of it.
Several fishtraps are in the river
and the trout are moving. The
catches have been excellent. Ptar
migan have started moving too,
but are so wild it is difficult to
get within shooting range. Fcrx,
wolverine, weasel, and mink
tracks have been spotted fre
quently and Pete Lee has seen
‘wo large rabbits.
The rabbit has been almost ex- j
tinct in the Council vicinity for
several years, but apparently is
on its way back. Dave Henry saw
tracks of young one below town
recently. The prized land otter is
coming back too. Fred Duroclier,
-qej atp p0SS0u;iAV ‘paseooap mott
bit migration from this region
several years ago and estimated
that there were a hundred thou
sand moving northward. He was
prospecting northeast of Council
at the time, and had just closed
down mining operations. While
mushing the dogs homeward
through a small cut he saw the
horde of rabbits approaching, ap
parently not intending to alter
their course despite the fact that
a dog team was in the way. Fred,
only too willingly, drove the dogs
up a hillside and watched the
procession until it ended, two
hours from start to finish.
Nels Nelson and family left a
few days ago for Seward. This
reduces Council’s population to 17
with seven children in school.
That is quite a contrast from the
several thousand that once inhab
ited the city. For some, though,
it is still home, and as good a
place to live as it ever was. They
say there will always be a Coun
cil in this neck of the woods.
Don Perkins
lay-over for a plane to Anchor
age 'by way of Edmonton, Can
ada. The Bureau of Indian Af
fairs officials at Minneapolis ob
tained a car and drove me around
the city for about an hour. We
left there at 8:30 p.m. and ar
rived at Anchorage at 8 a.m. the
next morning.
At Anchorage I spent the day
at the airport with the Nome Na
tional Guard, who were on their
way back from Juneau and were
waiting for a plane to Nome.
Finally the plane scheduled for
9 a.m. took off at 6 p.m. for
Nome, where I arrived at 9 p.m
and completed my journey
NOTICE
to
Real & Personal Property Owners
The Nome City Assessment Roll
for 1951 has been acted upon by
the Board of Equalization and the
property tax rate has been set ai
one percent (1%).
City of Nome
By Carrie M. McLain
City Clerk
Publish Dec. 17, 19, 21, 1951.
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