Pioneer Banquet
Honors President
Antonio Polet
Honoring Antonio Polet, Grand
President of the Grand Igloo of
the Pioneers of Alaska, a banquet
was held in the Territorial School
for members of the organization
and invited guests. Places were
set for about a hundred, and the
tables were beautifully decorated
with fresh daffodils which were
brought from the States for the
occasion. This is the first time in
the history of Nome that fresh
flowers, directly by plane from
Seattle, have been used for decor
ation for such an affair. It is most
fitting that the Pioneers should
be the ones to introduce the idea.
Before seating the honor guests,
President Polet and Grand Trus
tee Louise Walsh were escorted
to their seats by the oldest mem
bers of the organization. Aimer Ry
deen and Bob Ledgerwood es
corted Grand President Polet, and
Mrs. Pete Sather and Mrs. Emma
Lyle escorted Grand Trustee j
Louise Walsh, while the members
joined in singing a welcome song
written in their honor.
The guests were invited to par
take of the fine banquet by the
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toastmaster, Chas. Jones, who
was introduced by President Ole
Hay. The President of the Wo
men’s Auxiliary presented the
honor guests with corsages as a
token of welcome.
After the banquet President
Hay responded with, words of ap
preciation and praise of the fine
work done by Grand President
Polet, and how he has done so
much to hold the organization to
gether during trying times.
Grand Trustee Louise Walsh
told of her pleasure and appreci
ation of having been elected to
her office and details of the con
vention in Juneau.
Aimer Rydeen was called upon
to give a short history of the first
Igloo and although most of the
records of the order were de
stroyed in the fire of 1934, he was
able to produce an amazing
amount of information which was
of interest to all present.
The original minute book of the
order and the roster of charter
members is a prized possession of
the Igloo which Aimer Rydeen
rescued from the fire debris and
which contains valuable informa
tion of permanent record.
Senator O. D. Cochran praised
the pr^ident most eloquently and
expressed his personal apprecia
tion for his untiring efforts in
not only the Pioneers of Alaska
but in the Chamber of Commerce
and other civic bodies. He stated
that there was no one in the sec
ond division better endowed to be
on the Alaska Planning Council
than the Pioneer president.
Chef Louis Polet was then
called upon and he expressed with
enthusiasm his priase of the Pio-i
neer committee with whom he
had worked and who had labored
untiringly to make the party a
success. He also stated that he
was proud to have been made a
member of this Igloo while here
and what a pleasure it had been
to be able to prepare the banquet
for them.
The Grand President was then
called upon. He opened his re
marks by stating how over
whelmed he was with all the kind
words and expressions of good
will showered upon him, and add
ed that he would do all in his
powef to increase the membership
and interest in the order. At the
same time he strongly urged the
Igloo to do their part in aiding in
the development of the Territory,
as the early pioneers had done
theirs, by getting behind the pro
gram of the Alaska Development
Board, and earnestly work to de
velop the many unexplored and
and untried resources of Second
Division so that its growth may
continue with the other sec
tions of this vast Territory. New
industries mean increased popula
tion and the sooner the Pioneers,
who are the backbone of the divi
Forecast And
Weather Report
Nome and Vicinity
Wednesday, April 18, 1945
Compiled by the U. S. Weather
Bureau, Nome, Alaska.
Forecast Nome: Fair and colder
Thursday with lowest tempera
ture 10 above. Fair and continued
.
! cold Friday.
Nome Data: Precipitation last
24 hours ending 8:30 a.m. today,
none.
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Total precipitation this month
i
to 8:30 a.m. today, 1.06 inches.
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Temperatures last 24 hours as
of 8:30 a.m. today: highest 40,
lowest 17.
sion, get together on a program
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the sooner a “gigantic snowball
will start rolling straight from Pt.
Barrow” with startling develop
ments.
The musical program of the
evening was furnished entirely by
the Pioneer Women. Carrie Me
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Lain and Jessie Lehman sang an
old favorite, “Silver Threads
Among The Gold.” They were ac
companied by Helen Nordlind
who also entertained with several
numbers on her piano accordion.
The general committee was
composed of both Pioneer men
and women, Mrs. Pete Sather,
Mrs. Anna Hewitt, Robert Bald
win, Ole Hay, and Chas. D. Jones,
with Louis Polet, chairman.
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Temperatures one year ago
today: highest 25, lowest 2.
Extreme temperatures on this
day since 1907:
Lowest —22 in 1924, highest 41
in 1932.
Sunrise 5:16 a.m., sunset 8:49
p.m.
Data for other selected stations
as of 8:30 a.m. today:
Station Temp. Weather
Point Barrow 15 Cloudy
Point Hope 22 Cloudy
Kotzebue 16 Clear
Wales 18 Cloudy
Gambell 34 Cloudy
Nome 23 Clear
Golovin 21 Clear
Moses Point 20 Clear
Unalakleet 15 Cloudy
Bethel 29 Clear
McGrath 20 Clear
Galena 23 Clear
Fairbanks 24 Clear
Wiseman 25 Clear
Ft. Yukon 27 Clear
Summit 24 Clear
Anchorage 31 Cloudy
Cordova 30 Partly Cloudy
Juneau 37 Rainj
Whitehorse 31 Cloudy
Prince George 38 Rain
Seattle 47 Cloudy
San Francisco 47 Clear
Ketchikan 47 Rain
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