Kotzebue News
Miss Virginia Larsen and Jo
seph Minor were married Decem
ber 12 at the Kotzebue Catholic
Church by Father Tom Cunning
ham. They were attended by Mrs.
Margaret Peterson and Captain
Charles F. Beattie. A wedding
dinner was served friends of the
couple at the hospital where Mrs.
Minor has been employed as nurse
for the past two years. Mr. and
Mrs. Minor expect to leave Kot
zebue in the near future for an
extended leave in the States.
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Alexander Dufresne, CAA Sta
tion Manager, returned recently
from a trip to Anchorage, where
he attended the Station Managers’
conference.
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Kenneth Gilbreath, CAA Com
municator, left Kotzebue for Fair
banks January 4, where he is to
be inducted into the Armed For
ces.
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Due to w’eather conditions pas
sengers leaving Kotzebue Christ
mas Eve for Nome spent Christ
mas Day in McGrath. The passen
g e r s, including Eunice Logan,
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ANS primary teacher at Kotze
bue, Robert Parry of Nome, and
Peter Noyakuk of Teller, were de
lighted with their stay at Mc
Grath, appreciating and enjoying
the friendliness and hospitality
of the people there.
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Runways in the vicinity of the
CAA Station at Kotzebue used
for DC-4 landings have been
closed pending appointment of an
airport manager and arrange
ments by the Territory for main
tenance work which prior to this
time has been handled by the
CAA.
One runway, with the exception
of landing lights, was completed
this season under territorial cop
tract, and the other runway has
been in operation under CAA
management for several years.
Both are now under the Terri
torial Aviation Board.
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Mr. nd Mrs. George Wilson left j
Kotzebue, where Mr. Wilson will ;
take over his new position as
credit officer for the Alaska Na
tive Service. Mr. Wilson has acted j
as ANS administrative assistant
for the Arctic area for the past
two and a half years.
The couple are well-known
throughout northern Alaska, hav
ing taught a number of years at
Fort Yukon, Kokrines, Wain
wright, and Barrow. They will
visit with friends in Fairbanks
enrout to Juneau, and Mrs. Wil
son will continue to the States to
visit her mother in California for
several weeks.
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Mr. and Mrs. Donald McDonald
of Nome spent Christmas holidays
in Kotzebue as guests of Mrs. Mc
Donald’s sister *and brother-in
law, Mr. and Mrs. Louis Rotman,
whose daughter June w-as also
home from Holy Names Academy
in Seattle for the holiday season.
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Winners of the prizes drawn by
number the day before Christmas
at Rotman’s new store included
the following:
Harold Jacobson, washing mach
ine; Helen Schaeffer, Zenith ra
dio; Billy Glover, gun; Dora Jones,
set of dishes; and Mrs. Jim Jen
sen, turkey.
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Davis Platt and Jessie Wooten
arrived from the CAA training
school at Oklahoma City to as
sume CAA duties at Kotzebue,
the first station for each of these
new employees.
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The ACCA sponsored a New
Year’s Eve dance at the ATG
hall, which had the usual hearty
response from the villagers. A
committee of young people head
ed by Evelyn Reich and Marjorie
Rotman handled all arrangements
for the dance.
The dance had several new fea
tures for this Arctic village, in
cluding a dance band of piano,
drums, accordion, and clarinet.
Gay serpentine, balloons and
other decorations added to the
gaiety of the New Year festivi
ties. Coffee, doughnuts, and ice
cream were served by the ACCA
throughout the evening in the
nearby Wien building. The build
ing was again made available
through the courtesy of the local
Wien manager, George Conwell.
She said she felt like a young
colt, but she looked more like
an old .45.
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