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Rohtv from his position as Main
tenance Superintendent of tho
Nome Public School was accepted
■•it!i rears' at last night's moot in",
of the Nome School Board
1m his letter to Sup*. Charles.
Emit stated that he was leavim;
the school system with regret but
th it 1 e felt th.at he could not af
f >rd to turn down, a position of
fered him by an Anchorage firm.
He also stated his thanks to the
administration, faculty members
and evervone who had made his
job very olenvmt for the past four
veers His resignation is effective
bet. 15
Monthly bills v re approved for
payment md matters of policy dis
cussed. The superintendent was
asked to make recommendations
for the Polic> Handbook which
would eliminate certain gears in
tine School Board Policy Manual
and rev:so ot'er changes for
consideration at ‘he Oct. 23 board
meeting.
Members were notified that
blackboards and other materials
for the two new additional High
School rooms had arrived and were
being installed.
Members present were Ash
Craft, president: Dick Galleher.
clerk: Roy Snvder. treasurer; and
James Oksoktaruk. Also at the
meeting were Vera Gelzer. finan
cial secretary: Sadie Reddaway.
recording secretary; Marc Beau
champ. elementary principal; Lar
ry Boureer. hig! school principal:
and Victor Charles, superintend
ent. Rich Lyttle represented the
Nome Education Assn, for the
faculty.
The next School Board meeting
will be held at 7:30 p.m„ Oct. 3.
in the Remedial Reading Room of
the school.
SUPERIOR COURT
Fred Cavota and J. R. Miller
have filed suit against Larry Gal
v n. asking judgment of §6,148.76
: c interest and court costs on a
*1 co-signed by them and paid
by them to the Miners & Mer
chants Bank upon default of Don
and Charlotte Hungerford.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Gerry Cavota, Lars
Soosuk.
Discharged: Harold Ahmasuk!
and Angela Ahwinona.
Mr. and Mrs. Stanley Jack of
Stebbins are the parents of a son
born on Oct. 8 at the hospital.
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Is
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abhors of
■ ;;. :— ; ;• son of Mr. an 1
?Jrs. Dewi y Goodrich, will be in- '
: os led to V a that he placed
>m; 1“ semi-finalists in the ^
N .penal ?.!i rit Scholarship contest I
:. ■: s; n 101 s from the Tacoma area.!
Glenn's home is in Gig Harbor ;
ere his mother and father are
amice in community work like
ti ey were in Nome when Dewey
G odrieh managed the N.C. Co.
Mr. Goodrich is at present, presi
dent of the Purdy Community Club
. nd Mrs. Goodrich is enjoying her
second year as mother advisor to
142 Rainbow Girls.
Nome Area
Road Conditions
'Highway Condition Bulletin re
leased by t o Alaska State Dept,
of Highways.'
Tup following roads are in fair
to good condition
Route 13<t — Nome-Council Rd.,
from airport through Nome to
Council: Nome to Solomon River
is in good condition; Solomon
River must be forded and at times
after heavy rain is impassable.
Solomon River to Council is in
fair condition. Snow flurries at
higher elevations. The closing of
the Safety Ferry around Oct. 15
is anticipated.
Route 141 — Nome-Kougarok
Rd.: Nome to Coffee Creek is in
good condition. Coffee Creek to
Kougarok River bridge is under
construction and is practically im
passable as is Kougarok River
bridge to Taylor. Snow flurries
at higher elevations.
Route 1411 — Center Creek to
Maintenance Depot is in good con
dition.
Route 1311 — Snake River Rd.:
i Nome to Silver Creek (Mile 20'
is in fair condition.
! MAGISTRATES COURT
| John Penatac was sentenced to
' 60 days in jail for assault and bat
| tery.
Frank Avessuk was given a sen
tence of 10 days for disorderly con
duct and a previous sentence of 30
days suspended was revoked. Both
sentences are to run concurrently.
Helen Gogolin and Agnes Sac
clamana were each fined $10 on
drunk charges.
Professional pickpockets refer to
a man’s right hip pocket as the
“sucker’s pocket’’ because it is the
easiest of all to pick.
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Sales office: Dial 2234 Write Box 700
DEALERS IN
Lumber & Plywood Building Materials Wallboard Insulation
Oxygen & Acetylene Welding Machines Electrodes
Supplies and Accessories
Jaeger Pumps Zeus & Pioneer Light Plants
MacWyle Wire Rope Standard Oil Products
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John (I, rv'l;ni
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j four/
Many Alaskan were saddened by j
the . udden passing of John (1. j
O'horn at Xnine, on Monday.
John., w in' had a host of friends J
t inned out the state was born in j
Wrangell, Nov. IT. 1904. and was I
a, lit Ions. Alaskan. His father l,ii J
the trail to Alaska from Indiana
in 1884 and settled in Wrangell
and it was here that John spent
his boyhood and learned to love
the outdoors. Hunting and fishing
which were his first loves, were
later to lead him to become a
registered guide in southeastern
Alaska.
After moving to Juneau in 1924.
John was a leading member of the
Juneau Rifle and Pistol Club and
held several top offices with that
group and participated in numer
us rifle and pistol competitions
a? tile national level. In 1940. par
ticipating with the Juneau team
in the Nati wal Rifle Matches at
Camp Perry, Ohio. John won high
medals in the Marine Corps Cup
Match, the Navy Cup Match. Coast
Guard Trophy Match and wound
up with top honors in the .80
caliber 200 yard event.
After several years in the pro
fessional guide field. John was em
ployed by the Bureau of Public
Roads in Juneau and was with
that organization for 17 years. In
1949 he joined the Alaska Native
Service and spent most of his time
in the field as construction super
visor.
He became acquainted with
northern Alaska and the Arctic
when he was assigned as construc
tion foreman for the building of
the school at Kivalina and came
to Nome in 1953 where he was sta
tioned most of the time. At the
time of his death, he was plant
manager of the northern area for
the Bureau of Indian Affairs.
John is survived by his wife,
Eleanor, son, John, a daughter,
Mrs. Joan Potolicchio of Holland
ia AFB, N.M., brother, A1 Osborn
of Tumwater, Wn„ sister. Gertrude
Snider, Tacoma, two step-sons,
Gene and George Hanna of Juneau
and five grandchildren. John was
a member of the Loyal Order of
the Moose. Sitka Lodge; Pioneers
of Alaska, Igloo No. 1. Nome; and
was a life member of the National
Riflemen’s Assn.
Funeral services will be held at
the Community Methodist Church
at 3 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 11.
The family has requested that
friends desiring to make a floral
offering make a contribution to
the Alaska Crippled Children’s
Assn, instead.
COMIN' and GOIN'
To Fairbanks: Bruce Bidwell,
Harold and Elsie Gilmer, Barbara
Wilson, Angela Payenna, Nevada
Wilson, David Phares, Tom Hus
son, L. Hough, Jake Overbaugh,
Mr. and Mrs. Mel Harris, Mr.
and Mrs. H. Elliott, Ira Hill.
To Kotzebue: Collins Menda
hall, Dean Farquhar.
From Fairbanks: Miss Burris,
Eunice Logan, Chaplin Johnson,
Ed Hakalia, Amos Alexander.
From Kotzebue: Jean Burand,
Max Morrow, Geraldine and
Elsie Adams.
Fred Wilder and Excelia Mix
sooke, both of Shaktoolik were
married this morning by Magi
strate Maurice Kelliher with Mr.
and Mrs. Johnson Segoonik as at
tendants.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE — Almost new GMC
flatbed truck 4-w.d., 5,005 total
miles. See Munz Northern Air
lines for details. No Phone Calls.
FOR RENT: Modern three-room
furnished home. Corner of 1st
and Division. See John Hutney.
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CUB SCOUT NEWS
The Cub Scouts in Den 2, Pack
63, visited the Fire Station Mon
day afternoon. This is Fire Pre
vention Week. Mr. Carter told us
many interesting things about fire
fighting. Baking soda is good to
put out small grease fires.
The Cub Scouts attending were:
Danny Fondell, Timmy Amund
sen, Reggie Tungwenuk, Gene
Oxerok, Joey Towner, Kavik
Hahn, Johnny Adsuna and Jamey
Towner.
James Towner,
Asst. Denner
Bill Tweei, dredge operator from
the Kougarok, passed through
Nome following another busy sea
son. He makes his winter home in
Portland, Ore., where he has pur
chased a home and his children
are attending school.
300 Mile Trek . .
LONDON UP — Two British ex
plorers trekked 300 hazardous
miles across Antarctic wastes to
chip valuable rock specimens from
the Tottan Mountains.
Carefully packing their find on
dog sleds. Glaciologist Dennis Ar
dus and radio operator Colin John
son struggled back to their base.
The rocks were loaded on a ship
which fought its way out of the
pack ice and sailed to England.
Then a truck driver lost the
rocks between the docks and Bir
mingham University.
“I am very annoyed about it,”
said Sir Vivian Fuchs, head of
Britain’s Antarctic survey pro
gram. “This loss has put the re
search back for a year.”
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