Girl Scout News
The sixth Girl Scout Law—“A
Girl Scout is a friend to animals.”
Let’s take the word “Animals”
apart and see what they can tell
you.
A stands for
An evening of entertainment.
N stands for
New stunts by the bushel
I stands for
Ideas—Brand new ones.
M stands for
Many speciality numbers
A stands for
Action and color.
L stands for
Lots of fun for all.
S stands for
Surprises galore!
Put them all back together and
they spell—the Girl Scout Musical
Revue and Bazaar! ^he date—Fri
day evening, the 20th of May The
place—the Nome High School au
ditorium The time—eight in the
evening! Get your tickets today!
Freighter Tongass
Sold For Scrap
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SEATTLE, </P>—The stubby, lit
tle freighter Tongass, one of the
best-known ships in Seattle-Alas
ka trade, has been sold for scrap,
Alaska Transportation company
disclosed Friday.
Sale of the 1,000-gross ton
wooden freighter to Arthur Men- !
1 delsohn, Seattle scrap dealers was
| confirmed by S. J. Swanson, vice
i president and general manager of
; Alaska Transportation company.
The ship line suspended opera
tions last winter, and recently sold
; its passenger ship George Wash
, ington the the French Line. Alas
ka Transportation company still
owns the freighter Empire Conse
quence.
i The SS. Tongass has been idle
! since June, 1947, when she was
: laid up in Lake Union under re
strictions of the Alaska interim
* program.
PIONEER WATER DELIVERY
SAND and GRAVEL
GENERAL HAULING
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BOX 17 MAIN 94 or MAIN 70
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Frances Wells Virginia M. Peppard
Anchorage Fairbanks
Arctic Trails
SHOPPING SERVICE
We Buy Anything and Ship Anywhere
P. O. Box 1156 423 E STREET
PHONE GREEN 93 ANCHORAGE, ALASKA
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SCHOOL NOTES
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES
The sixth and seventh grade
room pupils are busy finishing the
year’s subjects. The sixth grade i
has finished arithmetic, science,
and history. The seventh grade pu
pils have finished science and are
busy taking tests on several
others.
We are proud of Kay Coulthard
who is in the seventh grade in our
room and who won Honorable
Mention in the recent Art Contest, i
designing a poster for the Alaska j
Crippled Children’s Association
Seal Contest. Our room sent seven
posters to Anchorage to be judged.!
All of them had some excellent1
work done on them and these are !
pupils are to be commended.
The following pupils have been
neither absent nor tardy for the
entire school year: Jack Muller.
Donna Lyle, and Robert Summers.!
Our room is planning a picnic to '
Anvil Mountain or Hastings!
Creek, provided we can get there.
We hope to go on May 25th or
May 26th. We are all looking for
ward to this event and are just as i
anxious to have our summer’s va- '
cation commence.
SEVENTH AND EIGHTH GRADE
Eighth grade students are look
ing forward to graduation, and we
are completing the work in all
subjects.
Eighth grade arithmetic class is
studying bond, stock, interest and
mortgage problems; seventh grade,
business accounts and budgets.
We are planning a picnic on the
last day of school.
HIGH SCHOOL
I
Minnesota was admitted to the
Union on May 11, 1858. The name
means “sky-colored water.” There ,
are 10,000 lakes and three drain-(
1 age systems; the Mississippi to the
; south, the Red River to the north,
and Lake Superior to the east. It
is often called the North Star or
Gopher State. The state flower is
the moccasin, and the motto "The
Star of the North.” The Chippe
was drove out the Sioux Indians
in the early seventeen hun
dreds. Half of the population is
Norwegian, Swedish and Danish.
Typing I students are finishing
their books.
English I students are studying
rhythm in poetry.
The sociology students are stu
dying social control.
Trigonometry class is applying
the oblique triangle formulas to
practical problems.
Geometry students are making
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fair booklets and studying a unit:
; on trigonometry.
Students in the blue print read-;
! ing class are making blue prints. ,
In physical education, the bad
minton tournament is still holding
> the students’ interests.
! The Junior-Senior Banquet will j
i be on Wednesday evening, May 18, j
j while the Prom is scheduled for
Saturday evening, May 21st.
The musical recital last Thurs
day evening given by the Girls
Glee Club under the direction of
Mrs. W. Cameron, was a great j
success. The harmony of voices j
was excellent, while the musical
talent of some students was almost
astounding.
Light travels 186.300 miles per
second. It takes light 150 years to
travel from the star Arcturus to
the earth. In other words, the light
that we see from Artcurus is the
light sent out in 1789 when Ceorge
Washington was President. It
takes 47 years for light to reach us
from Polaris our North Star. The I
light we see these evenings from !
Polaris left in 1902 or when Nome !
was first being built into a city I
and the gold rush was still on.
A. POLET RETURNS FROM
BUSINESS TOUR OF ALASKA
Antonio Polet, Nome’s leading
arts and crafts dealer returned
yesterday after having made a
careful survey of the development
of native crafts in the Territory.
He personally visited many of the
dealers in various Alaskan cities
as well as contacting and inter
viewing government officials in
Juneau as to plans to handle the
industry.
One of the necessary moves de
cided upon, he states, is the organ
ization of arts and crafts dealers
into an association. He states that
to date over thirty dealers agreed ;
to organize and attend a meeting
to be called next winter.
Wherever he visited he found
himself called upon to speak with
chambers of commerce, Rotarians,
Lions Clubs, etc., to explain the
achievement and aspirations of i
the Alaska Development Board, of
which he is a member, and found
that the widely-varied activities
of the board have not been under
stood. He stated that he plans to
submit to the board the problem
of industrial development and
tourist economy as well as the vi
tal inter-Alaska transportati o n
problem.
He stated that Alaska is no long
er a child but has reached adult
age and must stand on its own feet '
and profit from its wealth and po- ^
tentialities. He does not believe1
from what he has seen that there
will be a business recession and
that the future of Alaska is as
sured, but it must be united and
developed on sane and construe- i
tive lines.
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The Walrus Club held its second
successful dance at the Nevada
Lounge on Saturday evening with
the hall filled to capacity with
dancers enjoying the music of an
orchestra from Marks Field.
FISH AND WILDLIFE TO TEST
FISHERIES NEAR NOME
An announcement has been re
ceived from the Fish and Wildbit
Service that they are planning t<
investigate commercial fishery
possibilities in Kotzebue and Nor
ton Sound this summer. This in
vestigation is in accordance with
the budget proposal submitted by
the* Alaska Fisheries Experiment; '1
Commission and it is stated that
their work will not duplicate the
work of the Fish and Wildlitt
Service research vessels which art
to conduct exploratory fishing oj -
erations.
The bulk of the investigation
will be handled by Norman Wigu
toff and Clarence Carlson, fishery
marketing specialists and technol
ogists who will visit in Nome
sometime between June 15 and
August 1st.
H. W. Magnusson, chemist m
charge of the commission will ar
rive on the Wednesday flight of
the Pan American after a confer
ence in Fairbanks with ^the Uni
versity of Alaska. He will visit in
Nome, Kotzebue and Teller.
Albin Moe, brother of Mrs. EarJ
Coulthard, arrived yesterday for a
visit with the Coulthard family
before leaving for the Kougarok
where he will work with the Sil
ver Bow Mining Co., for the sum
mer. Mr. Moe comes from Issa
quah, Wash.
Roy Earling, vice president and
general manager for Alaskan op
erations for the U. S. Smelting Co.
! arrived yesterday for a confer
ence with department heads here
in connection with this summer’s
oprations. The company is plan
ning to operate two dredges this
season.
The Phoenicians invented glas;
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WE CARRY LARGE ASSORTMENT OF
FINE LIQUORS, BEER AND WINE
Out-of-Town Orders Carefully Handled
THE NOME LIQUOR STORE
SERVICE CLEANERS
4th and B Streets—Opposite School House
QUALITY DRY CLEANING A SPECIALTY
Mr. and Mrs. Carl Mickleson, Props.
Prompt and Courteous Service
Phone RED 96
THE GLUE POT SODA FOUNTAIN
Serves the BEST ICE CREAM
MADE DAILY
AT THE GLUE POT
We Carry Also Standard Brands of
Cigars, Cigarettes, Tobacco, Candy
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