Chena River
Goes Out at 9:19
Monday Night
FAIRBANKS — With a
gurgle and a sigh, the ice went out
oh the Chena River Monday night,
setting a new early record date for
the spring breakup.
Officially, the ice went out at
9:19 p.m.
Winners of the Chena Ice Classic
pool were Mrs. Jack Morris and
her daughter, Lyle, who guessed
that the ice would go out at 9:48
p m., April 16.
Their ticket edged out around 50
other tickets which guessed April
16 as breakup time, but were
further away from the official time.
The breakup this spring set a
new all-time record. The earliest
previous breakup recorded was at
2:42 p.m. on April 17, a mark set
in 1957. The next year, 1958, saw
another early breakup, at 2:39 p.m.
on April 18,
The Firemen’s Benefit Assn.,
which runs the annual spring ice
pool, said that the total amount of
first place prize had not yet been
determined. Money and tickets are
still arriving in Fairbanks from the
outlying areas.
Gladys and Lyle were expected
to receive between $6,000 and
$7,000 for their winning guess.
“The ice didn’t really break up,”
said a fireman standing by the
river last night. “It sort of sat
, there and melted and rotted until
' it just drifted out.”
Warm water from subdivisions
of Fairbanks and large buildings
along the river’s edge have largely
prevented the classical high water
breakup seen on the Chena River
in years past.
Phoebe Circle to Meet
The Phoebe Circle of the Cove
nant Church meets at 7:30 Thurs
day night in Phoebe Hall for their
monthly social. All members are
urged to attend for the business
meeting when a financial report
will be presented. ....
Committees for the social are:
refreshments, Jennie Oksoktaruk
**nd Lizzie Swanson; games, Irene
Otton and Ruth Towner.
' MAUNDY THURSDAY
f Tomorrow is known as Maundy i
Thursday, and this day is believed
* to get its name from Christ’s com
| mandment — manatum, in Latin —
| to his followers, during the Last
‘ Supper he said, “A new command
. ment I give unto you; that ye love
* one another.”
DR. FENSTERMACHER
DUE HERE TOMORROW
Dr. Robert Fenstermacher, doc
tor administrator of the MMM Hos
pital is scheduled to arrive tomor
row with his family to make then
home here.
Dr. Fenstermacher graduatec
from Taylor University Medica
School and had his residency o:
surgery in Harrisburg, Pa.
He studied the Belgium lang
uage in Brussells and served as i
medical missionary in Africa unti
1960, when he was evacuated.
Dr. Fenstermacher is accom
panied by his wife and three son:
ranging from ten years to thre<
months of age.
They will be living in the north
Galvin apartment.
Herb Jenks has been filling ir
on a temporary basis for severa
months pending the arrival of e
permanent administrator.
CITY COUNCIL MEETS
TOMORROW EVENING
A joint meting of the Nome City
Council will be held at 8 o’clock
tomorrow evening at the City Hal]
when the old council will adjourn
and the new council, mayor, city
clerk and utility board member
will be sworn in.
Mayor Roscoe Wilke will pre
side over the final meeting of the
old council and new Mayor Don
Hoover will preside over the first
meeting of the new council. New
councilmen are Carl Glavinovich,
Robert Harwood and Maurice
Kelliher and the outgoing council
men are Don Perkins, Bob Her
man and John Reader.
Holdover councilmen are Jim
McLean, Chuck Frazier and Keith
Hedreen.
City Clerk Robert Scott will
succeed himself as will the Utility
Board member Albert Johnson.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted; Fern Chase, James
Pushruk, Fannie Kennick, Davie
Saccheus, Christine Thomas
Theresa Alurac.
POTTED PLANTS
CUT FLOWERS
at
POLAR CURIO SHOP
COVENANT CHURCH
Friday 7:30 pan.—Good Friday
Service and Communion.
Sunday 10:00 a.m.—Easier pro
gram by ihe younger Sunday
School children and morning serv
ice combined.
7:30 p-m.—Evening of Easier
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Music.
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— ST. MICHAEL — UNALAK
PLEASE PLACE YOUR ORDERS EARLY1
BELLS, SIRENS, CHIMES
WILL BE SOUNDED
ON PATRIOTS DAY
Don’t be alarmed tomorrow
morning at 8 o’clock when the fire
siren blows, bells ring and chimes
are heard. It will be Nome’s join
• ing the rest of the nation in ob
serving Patriot’s Day, April 19.
The Nome post of the American
. Legion has arranged the big “blow
' off” as part of a nationwide dem
onstration of Americanism to begin
at 8:00 a.m. and continued for four
i minutes.
I The City’s Fire Siren will be
sounded for about a minute, the
bell in the old Community Meth
; odist Church will be rung, and the
■ chimes of the Nazarene Church
will be sounded.
It would be well for all resi
dents —- every man, woman and
child—to pause from their daily
tasks as the bells begin to ring,
and reflect on their many blessings
as Americans.
The observance in Nome will co
incide with those of thousands of
other cities, towns and villages
across the nation—from Nome, in
the last time zone in the Western
Hemisphere—to the Atlantic States
—six times zones away.
These bells, sirens and chimes,
ringing out in unison, give a dra
matic emphasis to America’s dee
Iflratiftn nt nnitv
Patriot’s Day commemorates the
battles of Lexington and Concord I
and the famous ride of Paul Re
vere.
Bill Jefford, brother of Mrs.
Heuston Alexander, is here for a
visit of about a week from his home
in Anchorage. Mr. Jefford last j
lived in Nome in 1939, when he '
worked for the Mirow Air Service, i
Boy Suffers Bruises After
Being Struck by Auto
Dean Carter is back in school to
day none the worse, except for
some braises, after being struck by
a car Sunday afternoon.
It was just after the dog races,
on Front St,, when Dean ran in
front of the car driven by Mrs.
Anthony Martin. The lad was
struck down and immediately
taken to the hospital where X-rays
showed no bones were broken, al
though he suffered a bad bruise on
his arm. Dean is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Jim Carter.
Both Carter and Martin are city
policemen.
The Public is Cordially Invited to
GOOD FRIDAY SERVICE
11 A.M.
ASSEMBLY OF GOD CHURCH
JUNIOR - SENIOR PROM
With the school year drawing to
a close, Nome High Juniors, super
vised by Sharon Bell, are busily
preparing for the Annual Junior -
Senior Prom. "Theme from a Sum
mer Place." The theme of this
year's prom provides a scene of
summer gaiety. We challenge you
to recognize the school gym with
its summer decorations.
The prom will be held on May
11 from 9:00 pan. to 1:00 a.m. with
the admission price of $1.00. Ex
cluding students and faculty, at
tendance will be by invitation only.
For invitations contact one of the
following by May 1: Sharon Bell,
Pamela Mulvihlll. Nick Longley,
Diane Wilke. The prom promises
to be an event not soon forgotten.
See you there.
NOTICE TO MOTORISTS
All car owners are reminded to
have their 1902 city slickers on
their windshields.
—Robert Oliver,
Chief of Police
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Women’s Society of Community Methodist Church
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