SCHOOL NOTES
HIGH SCHOOL
On September 25th in the year
1513, Balboa, a Spanish explorer,
crossed the Isthmus of Panama
and discovered the vast ocean be
yond. He named it the Pacific
Ocean because of its apparent
quiet waters.
The large Freshman class has
been increased by the registration
of two new students, Herbert Ka
goona and Peter Kowchee. We are
happy to enroll these two students.
Students in the geometry class
have been working numerous
problems on angular measure
ments. In the history of geometry,
they learned that the early Baby
lonians contributed angular mea
surement to the world. They as
cribed 360 degrees about a point
called a perigon because they j
thought there were onyl 360 days ,
in the year. The Babylonians also '
gave to civilization the arch used ;
in buildings. The Romans adopted
it in their construction of their fa
mous aqueducts which brought
water to Rome.
Numerous construction prob
lems have been studied amongst
them being the pentagon from
which the five pointed star is de
rived. In ancient time, only stu
dents who could make the penta
gon and five pointed star could
become member sof Pythagoras, a
secret mathematical society.
June Dunbar, who is attending
school in Portland, Oregon, sends
pleasant greetings to the Nome;
High School. June was an A stu- I
dent at Nome, so we miss her very |
much. Bonnie Ann Dunbar is i
now enrolled at the Lewis and
Clark College located in Portland.
In 1675 Roemer, a Danish as- ;
tronomet at Paris Observatory,
discovered the speed of light by
careful observation of the moons
revolving around Jupiter. The
regular eclipses of the moon j
around Jupiter was delayed 1000 j
seconds in traveling across the or- j
WORLD WIDE COMMUNION
DAY OBSERVANCE
The World-Wide Communion
Day, to be observed by many of
the churches around the world
next Sunday, will be shared by the
Methodist Church-Federated, the
Lavinia Wallace Young Mission,
and the Church of the Nazarene
here in Nome.
Rev. Paul Carlson announces
that the L.W.Y. Mission will par
ticipate in the world wide observ
ance following the 7:30 evening
service; Rev. Lewis Hudgins has
announced services including the
Communion observance for the
8:00 o’clock evening service, and
the Methodist-Federated congre
gation will participate with fellow
Christians around the world at the
11:00 o’clock morning service, ac
cording to Rev. Treat’s announce
ment.
Seven Oldsters
Die In Fire
KANSAS CITY. (JP) — A fast
moving fire roared through the in
terior of a two-story house in
northwest Kansas City early to
day, killing seven persons and in
juring four.
Approximately 20 persons lived
in the house, many of them aged.
Many of those who escaped fled
from the flames in their night
clothes.
The Red Cross identified the
dead as including Mrs. Florence
Richards, 85; Mrs. Cora Andrews,
68; Owen Richards, 45, who was
blind.
Mrs. Ed Bayse, 69, the owner,
rented part of the house to old-age
pensioners and to the Hershey
family. She was injured.
bit of the earth which is 186,000,
000 miles, making the velocity
186,000 miles per second.
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SCHEDULE CHANGE
SEPT. 1, 1949
NOME - UNALAKLEET - McGRATH
ANCHORAGE
LEAVE NOME—MON., TUES., THURS., SUNDAY
NOME - KOTZEBUE - NOME
21 Passenger Douglas DeLuxe Equipment
NOME to KOTZEBUE.SATURDAYS
KOTZEBUE to NOME . SUNDAYS
FREIGHTER SAILING SCHEDULE
FREIGHT
SAILS RECEIVED SEATTLE
\I V Coastal Monarch Sep. 30 Sep. 12 to Sep. 26
St. Michael. Unalakleet. Nome.
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Friday. September 30. 1949
5:00 p.m.—Baseball—Short Wave
6:00—Proudly We Hail
6:30—From BooksheLf of World
7:00—Number Please
8:00—Blondie
8:30—Family Theater
9:00—Harvest of Stars
9:30—Sports I. Q.
10:00—One Night Stand
10:30—G.I. Jive
10:45—Words with Music
11:00 p.m.—Sign Off
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Saturday. October 1, 1949
7:00 a.m.—Redd Harper
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Sunrise Serenade
8:00—Let’s Pretend
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—WXLN Ranch House
9:15—Morning Melodies
9:30—Mid-Morning Madness
10:00—It’s The Girl
10:15—Bob Carlton
10:30—Did ’Ya Know?
11:00—-Personal Album
11:15—Solitary Singer
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12.15—-Passing Parade
12:30—WXLN News
12:45—Serenade
1:00—Around World In History
1:15—Lanny Ross
1:30—Hymns from Home
2:00—NBC Symphony
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—Fairy Tale Time
4:15—Baseball—Short Wave
6:00—A1 Jolson
6:30—Science Magazine of Air
7:00—Life of Riley
7:30—Hit Parade
8:00—Grand Ol’ Opre
8:30—Lone Ranger
9:00—Noah Webster Says
9:30—Phil Harris
10:00—Mail Call
10:30—Morton Downey
10:45—Words with Music
11:00—After Hours Stuff
Midnight—Sign Off
Sunday, October 2, 1949
10:00—Sunday Morn. Coffee Shop
10:30—Chapel Call
11:00—Academy of Music
11:30—Piano Play House
Noon—Skyway to the Stars
12:15—Passing Parade
12:30—'Music America Loves Best
1:00—Angelus
1:30—Concert Hall
2:00—Theater Guild
3:00—Fellowship Hour
3:30—Show Time
4:00—Interlude
4:15—Baseball—Short Wave
6:00—Lum And Abner
6:30—Greatest Story Ever Told
7:00—Curt Massey
7:30—Milton Berle
8:00—Jack Benny
8:30—Command Performance
9:00—Amos and Andv
9:30—Theatre U. S. A.
10:00—Jane Pickens
10:30—Starr Time
11:00—Melody Hour
11:30—American Album of
Familiar Music
12:00—Sing Off
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Monday, October 3. 1949
7:00 a.m.—Melody Roundup
7:15—Morning Devotions
7:30—Sunrise Serenade
8:00—Fred Waring
8:30—Not So Quiet, Please
9:00—Zeke Manners
9:15—Morning Melodies
9:30—Woman’s Day
10:00—Jack Berch
10:15—Chiquita
10:30—Did ’Ya Know?
11:00—Personal Album
11:15—Strike Up The Band
11:30—I. & E. Special
Noon—Luncheon Turntable
12:30—WXT-N News
12:45—At Ease
REAM
THEATER
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2 Shows Fri., 7:15 and 9:00 pm.
"SIOUX CITY SUE"
Gene Autrey
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1 Show Saturday, 7:30 p.m.
"FULLER BRUSH MAN"
Red Skelton Janet Blab
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2 Shows, Sun., 7:15 and 9:00 pm,
"YANKEE FAKER"
Douglas Fowley • Jean Woodbury
Ft. Yukon Rebuilt
Away From River
—
FAIRBANKS, C/P)—Fort Yukon
is back on the map.
The little village of 450 persons,
about 150 miles north of Fair
banks just over the Arctic Circle,
capitulated to angry flood waters
of the Yukon River last spring.
Now it has been rebuilt beyond
the river’s reach.
i Helen Cass, Pacific Coast field
director for the American Red
Cross, directed rebuilding of 23
log cabins for Indians. The natives
did their own construction, cutting
and hauling logs from four miles
down the river.
The entire project cost $17,000
including feeding working crews,
clothing, five sewing machines
and stove.
In the original draft of Henry
IV, Falstaff was called Oldcastle
but Shakespeare changes it be
cause of protests from the family
bearing that name.
1:00—Around World In History
1:15—Club Fifteen
1:30—Yesterday’s Best
2:00—Music In Contrast
2:30—'Name It For A Song
3:00—Matinee Melodies
4:00—Supper Club
4:15—Baseball—Short Wave
WXLN will broadcast News
Casts every day at 8:00 a.m., 10:00
a.m., 11:00 a.m., 12:30 p.m., 7:00
p.m., 8:00 p.m., 10:G0 p.m., and
11:00 p.m., only if the programs
received and scheduled at these
spots are 25 minute programs.
WEATHER FORCES COMMIT
TEE TO CHANGE PLANS
The special com
mittee of department heads from
Washington, D. C., and Juneau,
who have been awaiting the arriv
al of the North Star, was forced
to change its plans due to the de
lay of the arrival of the ANS ship,
which has been stormbound south
of Nome.
They will make their visit to
some of the islands by some other
route probably by air.
Part of the party departed with
the Fish and Wildlife plane and
others with the Alaska Airlines
yesterday.
SWISS FEAR TOURIST SLUMP
GENEVA (/T>)—The Swiss travel
experts are not very happy about
the prospects for the winter tour
ist season in Switzerland. At a re
cent meeting of agents of the
Swiss Tourist Agency from al<’;j
parts of the world, it was general
ly agreed that a great many trav
elers, for one reason or another,
are going to stay away from Swit
zerland this winter.
This is no reflection on the fun
and faci’ities available. The diffi
cult international situation is one
reason. Another, Swiss experts in
the United States reported, is the
failure of Switzerland to advertise
enough. They said the prospective
American guests were subjected to
a “drumfire” of British and
French propaganda, which had
been quite successful.
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