Barrow Will
Celebrate the Day
With Whale Meat
(By Lachlan MacDonald)
BARROW, Alaska, (IP) — The
whole United States will be talk
ing turkey tomorrow but here on
the shores of the Arctic Ocean the
main topic will be whale.
Several hundred Eskimos are
gathered here for the Thanksgiv
ing Day celebration tomorrow and
a traditional feast of muktuk
(whale) and jerked caribou.
For weeks the gathering has
been the chief topic of conversa
tion along the Arctic rim as hun
dreds of nomadic Eskimos con
verged on this farthest-north town
from hunting camps and villages
in the barren lands.
They will gather in their new
40 by 100 foot “karigee” for three
days of celebration. Two gigantic
whales will provide the menu for
the feast. And they will celebrate
construction of the $30,000 kari
gee, or men’s meeting place, by
the labor of their own people.
The meeting here will be one of
the largest indoor gatherings of
Eskimos in history. They will give;
thanks for a good hunting season
and plentiful jobs with the navy’s
oil exploration crews based a few
miles north of here.
Among honored guests at the
feast tomorrow is tor be Lt. Col. M.
R. Marston, Alaska National
Guard officer who works with the
famed Alaska Scouts. It was the
guard which furnished the kari
gee flooring and paid for the
transportation to this remote vil
lage.
Today a sign proclaims the
building as “top-of-the-world ka
rigee, Barrow, Alaska” and a
bearskin on the door lends the fi
nal touch. This traditional holiday
feasting will mark the formal
opening.
And it may, incidentally, solve
a question of how many people a
whale will serve. One thing is
certain: those won’t be drum
sticks left over after the feast.
WELFARE OFFICE TO
HAVE NEW QUARTERS
The former Nome Drug Store
building has been moved from its
site next door to the Nugget and
is now on the south side of Front
Street near the Polar Building. It
is reported that it will house the
Territorial Welfare Office as soon
as it is remodeled.
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BOY SCOUTS HOLD
COURT OF HONOR
Troop 666 met with troop com
I mittee, parents and friends at 7:00
5 p.m. at the Arctic Club hall.
The Court of Honor was com
posed of Don Hurlbert, Duane
, Force, John Fults, Rev. R. Treat,
| Jerry Modrow, John Almquist and
; End Hawkinson. Clerk of Court
I was George Bell,
i After the presentation of colors
j and the invocation of Father Mur
! phy, the business of the Court be
• gan.
William Willoya was presented
to the Scout Troop 666 by Rev.
Treat, Cum Scoutmaster, and was
accepted as a candidate for troop
membership.
John Almquist presented ten
derfoot badges to Vernon Carlson,
Paul Glavinovich and ftohn Hurl
bert.
Don Hurlbert presented David
Bell, Robert Dunbar, Charles Fa
gerstrom, George Kost, Jack Mul
ler, Bruce Russell, Robert Sum
mers, Tonnie Fults and Robert
Bahnke with Second Class badges.
During the presentation of 2nd
Class badges, Duane Force pre
i sented miniature 2nd Class badges
to the boys* mothers in an impres- j
sive ceremony. (
Former Scoutmaster John Fults
presented Robert Bahnke, Robert
Dunbar, Charlie Fagerstrom, Ton
nie Fults, Jack Muller, Bruce Rus
sell, and Jerome Trigg, Jr., with
Cheechako badges for one year of
camping.
Rev. Treat presented the Camp
ers badge for two years of camp
ing to Donald Newton and Robert
Summers.
Hank Miller presented the
highest award avaliable in camp
ing to John and George Bell. This
Sourdough badge is for three years :
of camping and is worn with dis
tinction and honor.
As a final ceremony Duane •
Force called before the Court j
Rev. Treat and John Fults and
presented them with 1 year Chee-'
chako badges for their participa
tion in Scout camp.
Benediction by Rev. Treat; col
ors retired; Court adjourned.
Nine Dead; Untold
Damage In
California Floods
(Continued from Page One)
from East Linda, near Marysville,
in the face of the threat of the
flooding Yuba and Bear Rivers.
The muddy torrent, which has al
ready smashed through levees in
three places and inundated the
towns of Hammonton and Mari
i
gold, continues to rise.
The American River burst its
banks near Sacramento and flood
ed thousands of acres of suburban
land, driving 1,000 people from
their homes.
Eight California deaths were at
tributed, directly or indirectly, to
the floods.
The U. S. weather bureau at
San Francisco predicted “moder
ate to heavy rain” for the high
Sierras yesterday — the ninth
straight day of storms.
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INFORMAL
THANKSGIVING DANCE
Saturday, Nov. 25th, 9:00 PM.
ARCTIC CLUB
All members urged to attend
U. S. Merc
Grocery & Meat Market
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TURKEY HENS
10 to 12 lb. avg. 1.10 per lb.
TURKEY TOMS
18 lbs. Avg. .95 per lb.
Long Island DUCKS 1.10 per lb.
GEESE 1.10 per lb
Colored CHICKENS for
Roasting or Fricassee 1.00 per lb.
Corn Fed FRYERS
Cut-up, Skillet ready 1.20 per lb.
All the Above Poultry is U. S. in
spected No. 1 birds and oven-ready
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