Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, ot
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
•
Monday, December 30, 1946
Forecast Nome: Cloudy wit.
snow and blowing snow tonight
and Tuesday. Strong southeast
winds tonight, becoming easterly
Tuesday, not much change in in
tensity. Lowest temperature to
night 20, highest temperature
Tuesday 25.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours 0.11
inch. Total precipitation this
month 0.53 inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 12, lowest —15.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 50
miles per hour from the east.
Sunrise at 10:01 a.m., sunset a'.
$ 2:07 p.m.
Comparative data: Tempera
tudes one year ago today: highest
—17, lowest —27.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —32 in
1922, highest 35 in 1941.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Barrow —25 Clear
Point Hope 7 Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue —1 Snow
Shishmaref 14 Snow
Wales 21 Snow
Gambell 31 Snow
Nome 12 Snow
Unalakleet 6 Snow'
Bethel 20 Snow
McGrath —5 Fog
Anchorage 3 Clear
Fairbanks —5 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 35 Rain
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Thursday Luncheon1
Bud Harper. Pres.
Andy Anderson, Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
No. 140
Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
DONALD J. LYLE. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
NOME LODGE
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Meets Second Friday
S. DAVID MAZEN. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN. Secy.
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JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Mc.in 40
I O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
IPhone Main 121
Nome, Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
NWA FAIR STOCKHOLDERS »
MET SATURDAY NIGHT
The stockholders of the North
western Alaska Fair held their
| first meeting last Saturday eve
ning since the Fair which held
last spring. Most of the members
responded to the call. The report
of Fair manager, Charles Jones,
was read and approved. It was
unanimously agreed to give all de
partment heads of the last Fair,
who were not already members of
the organization, a share in stock
for their contribution in making
the fair a success.
A tentative date of April 1st
was set for the 1947 Fair and Sec
' retary Polet was instructed to con
tact the heads of the Fairbanks
Carnival, Anchorage Fur Rendez
vous, and Whitehorse Carnival to
try and co-ordinate the dates and
programs of the various events.
At the suggestion of President
A. D. Johnson the secretary was
a ! vised to see that the schools in
Second Division were notified im
mediately of the forthcoming Fair
so that they might prepare their
’ exhib’ts.
The meeting was adjourned un
I til January 2f>, when the annual
meeting will be held.
The Cowbird lays its many eggs
in the nests of smaller b:rds.
YULETIDE GAY FOR
HOSPITALIZED VETS
A holiday program which fills
the entire Christmas week through
New Years Day is keeping pa
tients in Northwest Veterans Ad
ministration hospitals busy these
days. Volunteer groups, hos htul
personnel and patients themselves
have all contributed to
tainment.
Highlight of the Ch i m..s ;,y
celebration was a world prein eve
of “Cross My Heart," stars ng
Letty Hutton and Sonny Tuft.,.
Christmas morning, gifts g'om
family, friends and tho.-.e con:
uted by community groups were
distributed to patients an l <t,■■■.
Christmas religious services l ,r all
faiths were held.
Gift shops which provided free
shopping to patients were oper
ated by the American Legion Aux
iliary during the first week o' De
cember. A wide selection o
items were available for veterans
to choose from and were then
wrapped and mailed free of charge
to the families of the hospitalized
men.
Parties, show's and special mov
ies will fill the rest of the week
until New Years Day.
Phone Local New's to Mam 12!i
ARLINE ANDERSON VISITS
ROALD AMUNDSENS
Miss Arline Anderson, mission
ary from White Mountain, is
spending a few days in town with
Mr. and Mrs. Roald Amundsen.
The original manuscript of
George Washington’s farewell ad
d ess was bought at auction in
1850 for $2,300 by one of the
founders of the New York public
library.
ARCTIC CLUB
PARTY
New Year's Eve at 0:00 P.M.
Pioneer Hal!
Members and escorts only
Contact Mrs. Herk Edwards
for lunch arangements
No Admission charge
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