Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Compiled by the U. S. Dept, of
Commerce, Weather Bureau.
Friday, April 11, 1947
Forecast Nome: Snow tonight
and Saturday. Warmer Saturday.
Strong southeasterly winds chang
ing to fresh southerly Saturday af
ternoon. Lowest temperature to
night 20, highest temperature Sat
urday 32.
Nome data as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Precipitation last 24 hours trace
Total precipitation this month 0.01
inch.
Temperatures last 24 hours:
highest 17, lowest 6.
Maximum wind last 24 hours 2r)
miles per hour from the east.
Sunrise at 4:41 a.m., sunset at
7:25 p.m.
Comparative Data: Tempera
tures one year ago today: highest
22, lowest 5.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907: lowest —22 in
1920 highest 49 in 1940.
Data for other selected stations
as of 7:30 a.m. today:
Stat:on Temp. Weather
Barrow —17 Partly Cloudy
Kotzebue 1 Partly Cloudy
Shishmaref 13 Partly Cloudy
Wales 22 Cloudx
Gambell 29 Snow
Nome 17 Snow
Unalakleet 16 Snow
Bethel 18 Cloudy
McGrath 30 Cloudy
Anchorage 36 Clear
Fairbanks 28 Cloudy
Juneau 41 Cloudy
Whitehorse 34 Cloudy
Ketchikan 39 Rain
Edmonton 47 Partly Cloudy
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Thursday Luncheon
Bud Harper. Pres.
Andy Anderson. Sec.
ANVIL LODGE
NO. 140
Meets First and Third
Thursday each month
KARL DEWEY. W. M.
NORVIN W. LEWIS. Secy.
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Meets Second Friday
JOHN p. RAPP. N.G.
ROBERT BALDWIN. Secy.
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JEWELER AND OPTICIAN
Court House Is Opposite Us
Phone Main 40
O. D. COCHRAN
Attorney At Law
Phone Main lftl
Nome. Alaska
IRA D. ORTON
Attorney At Law
Room 1—Nevada Building
Nome, Alaska
Seattle Office:
801 Lowman Building
Telephone EL. 6396
School News
FIRST GRADE
The following students had per
fect attendance for the six weeks
period: Laura May Beltz, Susanne
F a g e rstrom, Christine Hudert,
Charley Johnson, Teresa Norbert,
Michael Tavis, Wanda Beltz, Rob
ert Smith.
SECOND GRADE
The second grade has two new
i pupils. They are Rodger Groves
from Huron South Dakota, and
i Margaret Russell from Kentucky.
Peter Singyke has returned to
his former home at Teller after
i !wo and one-half months in our
; Room. Rose Mary Pierce has gone
! to Unalakleet.
THIRD AND FOURTH GRADES
i The fourth grade geography
; class is now taking a journey
through Norway. They have just
| completed a journey through Swit
' zerland and Holland.
! The third grade is studying an
LLG AITTp V E RT IS E~ME N T
IN THE PROBATE COURT FOR
THE CAPE NOME PRECINCT,
SECOND DIVISION, TERRI
TORY OF ALASKA.
IN THE MATTER OF THE ES
TATE OF NORMA CATHERINE
BOWLES, Deceased.
No. 766
NOTICE TO CREDITORS
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN
that by Order of the Probate Court
in and for the Cape Nome Pre
cinct, Second Division, Alaska, the
undersigned has been appointed
Executrix of the estate of Norma
Catherine Bowles, deceased.
All persons having claims
against said estate should present
them with proper vouchers at
tached within six months from the
date of this notice to Helen M.
Bookman, Executrix, at Nome,
Alaska.
Dated at Nome, Alaska, March
27, 1947.
HELEN M. BOCKMAN,
Executrix.
Publish 38, 41, 44. 47.
interesting unit on the sources of
our clothing.
In health class we are learning
many interesting facts about good
and bad germs.
FOURTH AND FIFTH GRADES
The fourth grade has begun a
very interesting study of Norway
in their geography class. The fifth
grade is studying the Middle At
lantic States which are Pennsyl
vania, New York and New Jersey.
The fourth grade is studying
about the Vikings in their history
class.
SIXTH GRADE
This week ends our fifth six
weeks’ period for the school year.
We are anxious to improve our
records.
We are looking forward to the
coming Fair. We memorized “The
Village Blacksmith” by Longfel
low. We drew some spring scenes
of flowers, pussy willows, chick
ens, rabbits for Easter.
HIGH SCHOOL
In the good citizenship contest
which was held by the English
classes I and IV, Bonme Ann Dun
bar from English I has won the
first prize of $5.00 for writing the
best composition about what citi
zenship is. Phyllis Roell of English
IV won the second prize of $3.00
and Walter McCarthy won the
third prize of $2.00 The composi
tions were judged by the grade
teachers who said there were many
good ones.
This is again tne end of another
six weeks and all the classes are
having their six weeks exams., and
getting ready to get their report
cards.
COPENHAGEN. (/Pi—A bulletin
from Amalienborg Casile ihis
morning said ihe condition of King
Christian X is better "but there
still is some fatigue." The mon
arch suffered a heart attack Easter
Sunday.
Jackie Robinson
Now A Dodger
BROOKLYN, (/P)—“I am on the
spot and I know it. But I’m pre
pared for it. I’m certain I can win
them over in Brooklyn as I did in
Montreal.”
That was the observation today
of Jackie Robinson—first Negro
ever to reach the major leagues in
modern organized baseball.
The brilliant 28-year-old former
U.C.L.A. all-around athlete, who
bids fair to become a drawing card
rivaling Bob Feller and Ted Wil
liams, was still in a daze over the
swiftly moving events which made
him a Dodger yesterday.
“It feels wonderful to bo a ma
jor leaguer, even if I haven't ac
tually played in the big leagues
yet,” Rv)b:nson beamed. “1 hope
I can justify everybody’s faith in
me.
He is a former army lieutenant.
FOOD PR03LEM
CANON CITY, Colo. (^P), Things
looked rosy for James O. Maxey
with hogs hitting $30 a hundred
weight and his son with a litter of
II pigs.
Then the sow electrocuted itself
by chewing through the insulation
on the electric brooder.
Maxey is trying to save the pigs
by farming them out to neighbors
to feed by bottle.
PORTLAND, Ore. f/P)—Several
Oregonians who ply steamers over
Alaskan rivers in the summer
were en route to Alaska today to
board their ice-bound boats. Capt.
Bill Maki and Capt. Allen Brown
departed for Holy Cross, and chief
engineer R. W. Kern left today for
McGrath.
FAIR NOTES
As we all know, just about ev
erything flies in the Far North.
That goes fqr reindeer too. The
Fair reindeer exhibit is due to ar
rive the first part of next week via
Wien Airlines! Due to the trail not
being suitable for travel from Kot
zebue for the reindeer, arrange
ments have been made with Wien
Airlines to bring the exhibit to the
Fair in one of their cargo planes.
The reindeer exhibit which is unr
i der the direction of Mr. Herbert C
. McClellan, assisted by Mrs. Alice
! Osborne should prove to be very
I interesting to all persons-. An op
portunity will be given to view the
1 actual life of the herder and his
family with many demonstrations
shown of all phases of butchering,
preparation of the meat for food,
manufacturing of the by-products
in footwear, parkas, jackets, and
other wearing apparel. Useful
; items will be made out of horns,
hair and hides. There will be daily
exhibition of the deer with con
tests, driving and carrying passen
i gers, and freighting loads. An op
portunity will be given to f 'm all
parts of the events.
As a warning to all dog owners'
Any dog molesting the reindeeT
will be shot by the herders. Kind
ly tie up your dogs now. All co
1 operation on the part of the dog
owners will be appreciated.
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; FAIRBANKS, f/P)—Two ground
force liaison aircraft en route to
Fort Ord, Calif., after participating
in task force frigid operations here
this winter, reached Edmonton, Al
berta. yesterday and were to "on
tinue their flight today, they ad
vised task force headqua ‘its
They expect to reach their ) ven
ation next Monday.
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