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Some persons “learn” to be:
teachers, others seem to have this
ability to impart knowledge as
part of their natural heritage.
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William R. Cashen, associate
professor, and head of the depart-'
ment of mathematics at the Uni-1
versify of Alaska, is a “school
master to the manner born,” and
•an outstanding success in his pro
fession.
Professor Cashen was the logi
cal choice for
i
director of the
Univer sity's J
1950 Summer,
School. His;
generalship of j
this session won*
him a “Well'
i
Done” from ev-,
eryone connect
Wm. R. Cashen University.
Cashen is an Alaskan by birth,
and a graduate of Alaska’s uni
* versity. His family came to the
Territory welle before are cele
ry rated rush of '98. In fact, his
mother migrated with her parents
from California to Douglas in
1888, and his father arrived from
Michigan five years later. Thomas
Cashen was mine blacksmith at
Treadwell and -the Alaska-Juneau
mine for years. I
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FUNERAL SERVICES TODAY j
t FOR RITA CHASE
Rita Chase, who died last Fri- .
day, was buried today from the
Nome Gospel Mission with Rev. ■
Vern Rimling performing the eer- |
emony.
Special music was sung by a
group of native women of the
Nome Gospel Mission.
Mrs. Chase was born in 1909 at
Capt Nome and is survived by
two children, Janie who is at St.
Lawrence Island, and Ronney who
is in Nome; and a sister Tillie
Drake of Nome.
Sian Bartlett, who was station
manager for Pan American here
f >r several years and who has
been at Annette Island with his
family, arrived yesterday to spend
a few days with friends here.
SCHOOL NEWS
FOURTH GRADE — The enroll
ment of the Fourth Grade now is
35. They have lost two o*f their
pupils, Patricia Short and Sylves
tre Keats and gained a newcomer
Marcilla Eyuk who transferred
here from Teller.
The students have been study
ing Health and as a part of the
program they just completed a
cleanliness contest in which they
received merit stamps to put on
the charts which they have, for
health, and personal cleanliness.
In Art class the group has rec
orated their classroom ferr Hal
lowe’en with Jock O’ Lanterns,
witches, bats and owls.
This six weeks the following
have had perfect attendance: Ida
Abloogaluk, Ruth Davis, Donna
Hurlbert, Janet Muller, Martha
Piscoya, Helen Reared, Carol Tan
ner, Henry Abgupuk, Earl Town
ed and Paul Tveter.
The following students have
been above the average Fourth
Graders in their studies and are
o*n the Honor Roll: Jeanne Galla
gher, Alice Glavinovich, Helen
Reader, Carol Tanner, Henry Ab
gupuk and Paul Tveter.
EIGHTH GRADE—
Last Friday the eighth grade
held election for class chairman.
Out of the four candidates for
clairman, Dean Martin, Carolyn
Glavinovich, John Hurlbert, and
Diana Swanberg, Dean Martin
was chose nas chairman with Di
ana Swanberg as assistant chair
man.
The enrollment for the eighth
grade this year has been changing
considerably the past six weeks.
Mary Ann Peterson went to Spo
kane, Washington. Uapoleon Ber
gamaschi went to Mt. Edgecumbe.
Andrew Kalerak also left, and
Christine Blatchford is leaving
with her family for Sitka Sunday.
The following is a list of the
eighth grade class as it is after the
recent transfers: Milton Willova,
John Hurlbert, David Bell, Lois
Joe, Madeline Piscova, Christine
B 1 a t chford, Robert Summers,
Donna Lyle, Diana Swanberg,
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Special Attention to our Out of Town Orders
A-Scientist Skips
To Red Poland
ROME, (/P)—Rome newspapers
broke out in a rash of scare head
lines Saturday reporting Italian
born British atom scientist Bruno
Pontecorvo had skipped behind
the Iron Curtain.
Swedish Airlines officials said
he visited Stockholm last month
and then flew to Finland. His
father in Milan said he doubtless
| would be back in England on
j schedule in January.
No one yet has been able to
! contact Pontecorvo, who became a
Briitsh citizen during the war and
worked on atom research projects
' in Canada and England. He came
to Italy with his wife and three
children recently for a vacation.
Under the blackest headlines,
Rome’s leading morning newspa
pers said the scientist and his
family had departed anywhere
from two weeks to a month ago on
a Czech Airlines plane bound for
Poland. These stories said he left
with a Polish passport.
Although none of the newspa
pers named the source of their in
formation, it has an official tone.
They played up the fact that Pon
tecorvo had worked in Britain’s
Harwell atomic energy research
laboratory where German-born
Dr. Klaus Fuchs had been a top
official. Fuchs was convicted and
jailed on charges of giving atom
ic secrets to the Russians.
Sam Mog. LeRoy Reader, Myron
Wheeler, Dean Martin, Carol Ma
rie Castel, Robert Herman, Caro
lvn Glavinovich, Julia Brown,
Jack Muller, Joe Brown.
HIGH SCHOOL—
In 1741 Vitus Bering and Alexi!
Chirikof set out from Kamchatka
Peninsula and sailed eastward, i
Chirkof reached Sitka in the Pan
handle, while Bering touched far- j
ther north near the high moun-,
tains of St. Elias. Settlements;
were made by the Russians at
Kodiak Island, Aleutian Islands, .
Prince William Sound, and Nor- j
ton Sound. They enjoyed a long
period of undisturbed rule in
Alaska. Ladies of the royal court
at St. Petersburg were decked
with sable, ermine, and fox furs
that came from the distant Amer
ican province. j
We bought Alaska in 1867 for
$7,200,000, which is less than two
cents an acre. William Seward i
was secretary of state of the time
o*f purchase.
The Russian flag was lowered
at Sitka on Oct. 18, 1867 and the
Starts and Stripes were raised
amid the roar of cannons firing
salute. Wfe now call October 18th
Alaska Day. Alaska means great
land. In 1912 it became a Terri
tory with the capital at Juneau.
Examinations are over and re-'
port cards came out Wednesday.;
The following students made the j
honor holl: Vincent Ahkolik, John j
Bell, Gecrrge Bell, Katherine j
Bjornstad, Wilfred Boucher, Thel- j
ma Cobb, Junaita Fagerstrom, j
Dorothea Hudert, John Hudert, j
Betty Jean Hurlbert, and Clara
Jorgensen.
Interesting new library books:
have arrived and. the English stu-:
dents are busy getting. the books j
properly catalogued.
We are happy that Kay Coul-1
thard has returned to school after
two weeks of illness.
Nome High School defeated the ■
Billikens in basketball by a score
of 40 to 34. The closing minutes
of the game were the most excit- ;
ing ones in the game.
The moons of Jupiter move in
nearly circular orbits. The fifth
or innermost moon was discover
ed by Barnard in 1892.
Christmas V acation
Trip To Cuba
For Some Teacher
Glamorous adventure during
the Christmas holidays awaits
some fortunate Alaska elemen
tary or junior-high school teacher
according to word received re
cently in Juneau at the office of
Dr. James C. Ryan, Territorial
Commissioner of Education.
In celebration of the fiftieth
anniversary of the founding of
their public school system the
Ministry of Education of the Cu
ban Republic at Havana will be
host for two weeks to one teach
er from each of the 48 States and
Territories. This fine courtesy of
our Caribbean neighbor is in
commemoration of an event of 50
years ago when nearly 1500 Cu
ban teachers weer given an all
1 expense summer course at Har
I vard University including two
way transportation on U. S. Navy
vessels. Numerous eastern cities
extended hospitality ta the visi
tors, the people of Boston alone
subscribing more than $80,000 for
their food and other expense.
This hospitality is now being
returned to selected U. S. teach
ers, in the form of an invitation
covering all expenses from Mi
ami back to Miami, excursions
through the island, participation
in seminars and special lectures at
the University of Havana, and
other entertainment.
Details for the selection of the
fortunate Territorial school
teacher are being arranged
through the A.E.A. and all teach
ers in Alaska will have an equal
opportunity to win.
Territorial teachers have been
sent the rules erf the contest and
it is hoped that many will apply.
The names of the winner and two
alternates will be determined
from among the applicants by a
drawing to be conducted by dis
interested persons on October 26.
Facts About YOUR
National Guard
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his program emerged as the Dick
Bill. This legislation furnished the
National Guard with both State
and Federal support.
The States were assigned the
responsibility of providing per
sonnel and armory facilities,
while the Federal government be
came responsible for training,
equipping and paying the men.
With this support, the National
Guard developed into well organ
ized and adequately trained regi
ments.
Under the National Defense Act
of June 3, 1916, as amended in
1920, the organized militia was of
! ficially re-established as the Na
tional Guard, and the organiza
tion was made to conform to that
j of the Regular Army. Thus the
[ National Guard became a com
ponent part of the organized
peace establishment. In practice,
spirit, efficiency, method and
training, the National Guard be
came similar to the Regular army,
but its inherent local character
was guaranteed by the Act which
stated it was to be a part of the
Army of the United States only
j “while in the service of the
’ United States.”
The first Alaskan Scout Battal
ion, which has its headquarters in
Nome, has three company units
within its command: Company
"A" located at Nome; Company
"B" located at Unalakleet; and
Company "C" at Kotzebue. Open
ings for qualified persons are
open and you are invited to con
tact personnel at the Armory in
Nome to determine the role you
can play in this important pro
gram.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack LaCrosse,
dredge mining people of Council
departed for the States with Pan
American last evening.
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