MRS. GARNET MARTIN
ENTERTAINS PIONEER WOMEN
HONORING MRS. RYDEEN
Members of the Pioneer Women
were guests of Mrs. Garnet Martin
at lunch Thursday at the North
Pole Bakery, honoring Mrs. Ai
mer Rydeen, who is departing for
the States today with the Alaska
Airlines.
She was presented with a beau
tiful nugget brooch, in the form of
a butterflly which was designed
and made by Harry Hagen, master
craftsman of this city. It was given
in appreciation for her years of
faithful service in the organiza
tion. She was also presented with
a beautiful corsage of Nome grown
flowers.
Those present at the luncheon
were the guest of honor Mrs. A.
Rydeen, Mrs. Fred Rohn, Mrs. A.
Nordlind, Mrs. Carl Lomen, Mrs.
M. J. Walsh. Ann Walsh, Mrs. Ben
Gillette. Mrs. Garnet Martin, Mrs.
Harry Hagen, Mrs. J. J. O’Leary,
Mrs. Robert Baldwin, Mrs. Wil
fred Boucher, Mrs. Carrie McLain,
Mrs. Helen Bochman, and Mrs.
Luella Grant.
Mrs. Rydeen stated that their
plans were changed yesterday and
that, they will be the guests of
John Moore and will drive with
him down the highway to the
States.
Mr. Rydeen, president of the
Pioneer Men was presented at. the
field, by the members of that or
ganization, with a farewell gift of
a beautiful leather fitted travel
ling case and billfold with his
name imprinted in gold. The pres
entation was made by M. J. Walsh.
jxr: r '37 ma*:es first trip
OF SFASO'T IN "NANUK"
John T... O-t made the first trip
of *hp season this week from Golo
vin to Nome with his schooner
Nanuk.
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Nome Directory
ROTARY CLUB
OF NOME
Thursday Luncheon
Christian Roust, g
Pres. I
Murlin W. Day, ^
Sec'y*
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
KARL DEWEY.
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:
101 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 0300
i MR. AND MRS. BOYD
HARWOOD RETURN TO NOME
i Mr. and Mrs. Boyd Harwood, of
the Nome Drug Store, who were
1 called to the States due to the sud
i den illness of their daughter, re
1 turned home Wednesday on the
Alaska Airlines plane. Boyd stated
his daughter was considerably im
proved.
Govt. Resumes
Control Over
Steel Exports
W ASHING TON. </P) — Th
tin'ted States will revert October
i 1 to its strict wartime controls
i over steel exports.
These require government ap
proval of both the country to re
ceive the metal and the use there
to which it is to be put.
Since shortly after the war
American exporters have been
permitted to lump their orders
| and ask permission to ship a spe
I cific tonnage.
M. E. Sweeney, chief of the com
merce department’s export con
trol division over general prod
ucts, told a reporter yesterday the
return to the wartime allocation
method is necessary because of
the large sums the United States is
spending for foreign reconstruc
tion.
Coastal Rider On
Last Trip of Season
i
SEATTLE <#*) — Santa Ana
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steamship company’s lone freight
er, the Coastal Rider, gets away
tomorrow’ on her second last trip
of the season to Alaska's Kusko
kwim River district. Capt. Char
ley Carlson will take her out with
a hefty load of general cargo for
Goodnews Bay and Bethel.
But it won’t be like he old days
when the last ship out carried ev
erything the Kuskokw’im settlers
needed through the winter, includ
ing Christmas supplies, reminisced
J. D. Reagh, Santa Ana manager.
These days, airplanes keep the
area supplied witn all the essen
tial goodies through the holiday
months.
The Coastal Rider connects with
up-river steamers of the Alaska
Rivers Navigation company to
serve all points along the Kusko
kwim River.
Kodiak Bank
President Retires
KODIAK, (A*)—O. A. Torgerson
yesterday announced he would re
tire in two months as president of
the Bank of Kodiak, but will con
tinue as stockholder and director.
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Aged Philanthro
pist Passes On
SAN FRANCISCO IP)—William
L. Gerstle, 79, philanthropist and
civic leader, died Wednesday of a
heart attack. A member of a pio
neer San Francisco family, he had
served as president of the Alaska
Commercial company, Alaska Sal
mon Packers company and Man
hattan Gold Dredging Company,
and was until his death a director
of the Wells Fargo Bank and Un
ion Trust Company.
He was actively interested in
art, and his own paintings fre
quently were exhibited at mu
seums and in private galle’ies T"
widow and a daughter, Mrs. Miri
am Gerstle Wornum, of London,
survive.
Torgerson, president of the Ko
diak Bank since it opened March
4, 1940, previously was in the
banking business at Everett.
Wash., for 10 years and at Cordova
seven years.
He said that after his retire
ment will go to Seattle where
he wiL be joined by Mrs. Torger
son, now visiting relatives in San
Francisco.
Girl Scout News
Maureen Huderl, Troop Reporter.
Some more Girl Scouts passed
their bandage test and we learned
three new songs and a camp song.
We are planning a public serv
ice.
We had a wonderful swimming
pa: .y. Mrs. Swanberg’s carandthe
Mandeville jeep took us there. The
jeep got stuck and we got out and
pu hed. The water was very cold
so we got in and out and in and
out and then we gave up, and got
jii. and dressed.
Diana and Donna picked some
blueberries for our Scout leader,
Mrs. Mandeville.
We hope to go to camp but we
.’.?£*•' a .• ok.
FATHER ANA3LE
GOES TO FAIRBANKS
Reverend E. A. Ana'ole, St.
Joseph Par.sh. announced T.iu»s
day at the regular meeting of the
Rotary Club of Nome, he had re
ceived orders to proceed to Fair
banks for bis next assignment, and
to depart on the Friday morning
plane.
Father Anable ha«; served .n the
Nome community for the past
seven years and will be missed by
his parishioners and friend.;.
OH, DIANA! The I iOgical Reason
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IT'S A FINAL GALLUP POLL
BEFORE SCHOOL CLOSES —
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OF WHAT'S COMING TO YOU—XT
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SMITH ANP I JUST YOU GUVS
KITEP IN A UCAP OF KEPT ME
FREIGHT/ SIGN THIS WAITING
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SHIPMENT THAT AAADE THE
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