SCHOOL NEWS
FIFTH GRADE
We have started a spelling bee
with Bruce Russell and Sadie Bell
as captains of the teams. Last
week Bruce’s team led by four
points. It will be interesting to
^ note next Friday’s contest as both
teams have been working very
hard in preparation for it.
In science class we are study
ing insect life.
Our letters to the chambers of
Commerce throughout the States
have brought good results. We
have been receiving many inter
esting maps, pamphlets, pictures,
etc., which are aiding us in our
study of the States.
HIGH SCHOOL
On Dec. 9, 1917, a British expe
ditionary force led by General Al
lenbv advanced from Egypt into
Palestine. He was joined by an
Arab army and defeated the
Turks. The city of Jerusalem was
captured without a battle.
The following students made
the perfect attendance roll for the
last six weeks: George Bell, Har
old Bell, John Bell, Clara Brown.
Thelma Cobb, Juanita Fagerstrom.
Shirlee Fricke, Olga Hay, John
Hudert, Clara Jorgensen, Peter
Kowchee, Joan Longley, Mary
Louise Lyle, Donna Miller, Ray
mond Miller, Vernon Olson, Clar
ence Willoya.
Mr. Olaf Halvorson expresses
his sincere appreciation to the
High School students who made
his fiftieth birthday such a happy
occasion. The numerous glowing
condles distributed over two cakes
were, by careful maneuvering, put
out with one long,continuous blow.
A million thanks for the portable
radio which will be cherished and
which will bring back pleasant
memories. Important historic a 1
HEADDRESS MAKES STALIN
"BIG CHIEF"
LONDON, (A')—Now it’s heap
big chief Stalin, or so Moscow ra
dio says.
A Moscow broadcast heard here
said Stalin had received the head
dress of an honorary Indian chief.
It was a birthday gift. Stalin will
be 70 on Dec. 21.
Aecompayinng the headdress,
said the radio, was a greeting hail- (
ing “the greatest of warriors, Jo
self Stalin, elected honorary chief
of the Indian tribes.”
The broadcast did not say what
Indians sent the gift, where they
sent it from, or just when Stalin
had been elected an honorary
chief.
events which had occurred during
the past years were enumerated
and expounded upon, including
Halley’s comet in 1910. During
that time, he met an old lady, bent
with age, who had seen the same
comet seventy-five years earlier in
1935. This comet will appear
again in 1985 or thirty five years
from now.
On Friday, December 2, the
Nome High defeated the Base Of
ficers by a score of 49 to 13. The
teamwork and skill of the local
basketball team was commendable
In history, the students are
studying the settlement of the
west. They have studied how it
became a territory of the United
States and the conditions of the
early days.
The biology class has completed
the study of the fish and are now
investigating the anatomy of the
frog.
The planet Mars which was so
very close to Saturn a few days
ago is now rapidly woving away.
It is right now and during this
winter that new discoveries will
be made concerning Mars.
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Catholic Information
Heaven? . . . now my idea is this . . .
“Heaven!” cries the little girl,
“oh, that’s the place with a million
lollypops,and not a single stom
ach-ache!”
“Heaven?” queries the worn
working man.( “Give me my own
business, my own salary, my own
hours, and a whole gang to boss,
and I’ll call it real heaven.”
“Eternal health!” “Eternal
youth!” “Eternal freedom!”
“These must be heaven!” cry the
sick, the aged, the persecuted.]
Surely we all have our own ideas1
of what heaven should be. And
just as surely those ideas, how
ever extravagant, can never ap
proach the peace, happiness, joy,
and bliss of man’s reunion with
his Maker in heaven.
“Eye hath not seen,” says St.
Paul, “nor ear heard, neither hath
it entered into the heart of man,
what things God hath prepared for*
them that love him" M Cor. 2:9>.
There is then a Heaven so inde
scribably wonderful that it is well
worth working for, suffering for,
sacrificing for, living or, dying
or. And to the Catholic all these
are what he must do if he is to at
tain his heavenly goal.
’Tis true Christ’s sacrifice on,
the Cross redeemed mankind, thus
opening the gates of heaven to
every man who “doth the will of
my Father who is in heaven.”
And 'twas Christ Himself who
told us, as related in the Bible, just
what the will of His Father is.
For instance: Baptism, belief, wor
ship, fast, penance, eating His
flesh, drinking His blood, sum
ming it all up with the obligation
“to observe all things whatsoever
I have commanded you” fMatt.
2#:20>.
The way to Heaven, according
to the Catholic Church, is not a
moving stairway of mere belief or
acceptance. It is, rather, a long,
spiral stair-case, winding up and
up and around and around. Co
operating with the grace of God,
each of us can mount to the top;
but, knowing the right way. if we
deliberately refuse to exert our
God-given energies, we shall slide
back and back, ending perhaps in
a spot devoid of joy, peace, health,
youth, freedom and—yes, even at
single lollypop. I
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ROTARY REPRESENTED AT
PLANNING COMMISSION
William Cameron was selected
to attend sessions of the City
Planning Commission as a repre
sentative of the Rotary Club in
behalf of the club’s interest in a
better Nome. John McNees, a
member of the commission, re
ported on activities to date, saying
that they weer now organized to
give help to the City Fathers in
long range planning.
Plans for the Ladies Night, Dec.
17, were brushed up. with all com
mittees reporting. The club serv
ice committee, Bill Cameron chari
man, will be in charge of next
week’s program.
Member’s birthdays observed
at the Thursday noon luncheon
were Paul Mandeville and Wil
liam Cameron, the latter receiving
a chicken that laid eggs, howbeitj
not golden.
Guests were George Whaley,
formerly of Nome, now with Pan
American Airways, and Major
Robert D. Terry, sector command
er, Alaska Communications Sys
tem for this area.
To Award Prize4
l or lievsl Slogan
A prize of ten dollars is being
awarded to the person who sub
mits the best slogan to attract
tourists to Nome in both winter
and summer. The award is being
made by the tourist committee of
the NWA chamber of commerce
and the contest is open to anyone.
The contest is scheduled to
close December 21st.
The following slogans of other
places are given as examples:
Arizona—"Follow the sun to
Tucson.”
Florida—“The Key to Better
Living, Florida’s City Beautiful.”
Mesa, Arizona—“Mesa, in the (
valley of the Sun.”
San Diego—“Where California
Begins.”
San Antonio—“Where Life Is
Different.”
Michigan—"Vacation in Mich- i
igan, Water Wonderland.”
Pennsylvania — "Visit Pennsyl
BIRD REPORT PLANNED
CINCINNATI, O.. i/P)—Chance
are the Kemsies report never wil
become as famous to the general
public us the Kinsey report, prob
ably because the former deals
with birds, no humans.
Emerson Kemsies, local orni
thologist and biology teacher in
the Cincinnati public schools, for
several years has been carrying
on field work on the distribution
of migrating and breeding birds
in Southwestern Ohio.
vania for the Brightest Days of
Your Year.”
Colorado—“Enjoy extra months
of Summer, vacation in the An
tumn Wonderland.”
The Pacific Northern Airlines—
for Alaska — “Empire of Oppor
tunity.”
Some slogans already suggested
include, “Land of the Eskimo,“
“Winter Wonderland,” “The City
with the Heart of Gold.”
Send your suggestions to the
Tourist Committee, care of PoleVs
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