Former Nomeites Now With P. A. A. !
"Oldlimers" Emerson and Clark Bassett, regional operations
superintendent and station operations managers at Seattle for Pan
American, are both Nome born, educated here and later attended
the University of Washington. Both have worked in several
branches of the Pam Am service in Nome, Fairbanks, and Juneau.
Clark's airline experience dates back to 1932 when he was taken
over by Pan Am when they purchased Alaska Airways.
Fred Milligan
* Fred Milligan, regional mail su
pervisor of Pan American, sta
tiined at Seattle, has been with
the company since 1932 and first
came to Alaska in 1905 operating
a dogteam mail route here in the
early days.
Mr. and Mrs. H. Harper, own
ers of the Nome Motor Co., left
yesterday for California for a few
weeks’ visit and plan to be the
guests of Rod Pohl in Oakland
during tfieir stay. They plan to be
back in about six weeks.
GARNET MARTIN ATTENDS
GAME COMMISSION MEETING
Garnet Martin, owner of the
Nor h Pole Bakery left for Juneau
to attend the annual meeting of
the Game Commission, which is
. scheduled to last for a whole
week.
The public has been invited to
attend most of the sessions as
there are many important prob
lems to be aired and discussed and
they are anxious for suggestions.
Several representatives of the
Washington, D. C., heodquarters
of the U. S. Fish and Wildlife
Service are expected to arrive or
have arrived.
In addition to Garnet Martin,
from this Division are Earl Ohmer
of Petersburg, Andrew Simons,
Lakeview and Forbes Baker of
Fairbanks, as well as Clarence J.
Rhode who is executive officer.
Returning from the Sta'es on !
the plane on which his father left
was Tom Martin, who has been
visiting with his family.
WALLACE LIQUOR STORE
Phone fMa. 55 - For lines! Liquors
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Bronson Water Delivery
Phone Main 19
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A. & A.
SANITARY COMPANY
Phone MAIN 85
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“For Courteous, Efficient Service”
SCHOOL NOTES
FIRST GRADE
The making of Valentines was
enjoyed by all the first grade and
at the end of the week the open
ing of the box was a pleasure.
The hyacinths planted last fall
are blooming and add a touch of
spring to the atmosphere.
Ever yone is reading* gaily,
studying numbers, pract icing
writing, s pelling a little and sing
ing new songs.
SIXTH AND SEVENTH GRADES
The children in our room all
brought their lunches last Friday.
Af one o’clock we had some jokes
told and a story about Lad, a fa
mous collie dog. Last Monday
at the end of the day we opened
our Valentine box, which was
packed full of Valentines large
and small, funny, and sweet.
We are finishing studies of
South America in the seventh
grade and France, Belgium and
the Netherlands in the sixth
grade, all of which have proved
very interesting.
HIGH SCHOOL
Soaring high, into the sky, away
from their Alma Mater below, the
basketball team and a few cheer
ing comrades left for the Anchor
age tournament last Tuesday
morning at nin o’clock. A fairer
day could not have been asked for
and we anticipated the:r viewing
of the highest mountain peak in
North America, Mt. McKinley. We
sent them off with our best wishes
and cheers that will carry them
on to victory.
The high school Valentine party
last Friday evening was a pleas
ane occasion. Exchange Valen
tines were passed out at the close
of the party. Delicious, home
made ice cream and cake were
served.
Margaret Bjornstad was award
ed a special typing pin because
she can type sixty words a minute
without error. A similar award
for forty words a minute had pre
viously been awarded to June
Dunbar and Juanita Fagerstrom.
The English IV class is studying
sentence structure and grammar.
Workbooks and handbooks give
them additional training.
The Juniors have received their
rings of which they are proud. An
artistic letter N is mounted on a
designed gold disc in the back
ground.
Two interesting films were
shown to the entire school on
Wednesday morning. The films
were put out by the department of
the interior , and were of a valu
able educational nature. One was
on the conservation of our forests
and the other on sources of water
supply. Both stressed the need for
future control and elimination of
wasteful processes.
In at least two instances it is
known that the earth actually
passed through the tail of a comet.
One occurrence was on the 30th
of June, 1861. Comet’s tails are
excessively airy and thin accord
ing to Sir John Herschel world
famous astronomer.
Frank Dagnan, who returned to
his home in Unalakleet from Jun
eau recently after a conference
with ANS officials there is in
Nome to join his wife and take
care of matters relating to the
death of his infant child here last
week.
He states that the early freez
ing winds last fall destroyed much
of Unalakleet’s green produce in
tended for their own consumption
and for sale in the Nome market.
The village hopes that this season
will be much more favorable.
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ROTARY CLUB
At the regular melting of the
Rotary Club yestreday noon, Gen
eral Calvert H. Arnold, chief of
signal supply from the office of
chief signal officer in Washing
ton, D. C.
After the luncheon the Rotari
ans made a survey of the new hos
pital which is rapidly nearing
completion. They found a very
modern heating plant working ef
ficiently, well lighted rooms, an
amazing amount of space was re
ported.
They inspected the living quar
ters for the nurses as well as
quarters for the janitor.
A dumb waiter was demon
strated which will transport sup
plies and food to the various
, rooms and wards.
Several finishing jobs are in the
process of completion, including
! the laying of special floor fin
ishes.
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Mr. and Mrs. Axel Edman left
i for Seattle on business and plea
sure. Mr. Edman expects to return
| immediately and Mrs. Edman will
i spend several weeks before re
turning.
Carnival King,
Queen Regents
Selected
FAIRBANKS—Emil Van Rat
and Mrs. Laura O’Flannagan, \vs
reign as King and Queen regen
of the Winter Carnival at Fai
banks.
They were selected at meeting
of the Pioneer Igloo and Auxi
iary.
Tlie King Regent came to Dav.
son in 1898 and to Fairbanks i
the early 1900’s. He worked fo
the Alaska Railroad and also f<
the First National Bank. Now rt
tired, Van Raes devotes his tim
to gardening and is noted in Fail
banks for his flower bulbs.
The Queen Regent came t
Dawson in 1897 and to Fairbank
some time after 1900. Her husband
was a riverboat captam.
Last year’s king and queen wer
Richard Rothenburg and Mrs
Minnie Brewis.
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Joe Sullivan, well known mm
:ng man of this area since 1891'
recently underwent surgery ir
Beverly Hills, Calif., and is re
ported now out of danger.
JACK LENCER
\\ alc'ljiiiaker
Box 625 Nome. Alaska
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