Nenana Ice Classic
Is Around Comer Again
It’s iNenana Ice Classic time
again—tune to start guessing and
dreaming about when the ice will
go out at Nenana and summer is
here again.
The guessing contest which
started back in .1917 has a winner
every year as the person who
guesses closest to the time the
ice moves at Nenana on or be
fore April 7th at midnight is the
winner.
The earliest recorded break-up
since that time has been April
20 in 1940 and the latest. May 16
in 1945. Last year the date was
May 5, and in 1960 on May 2.
Last year sales dropped be
cause of all the publicity on
gambling and the uncertainty of
legality, but this year Gambling
Pemrit No. 1 is listed on each
ticket and a big purse is expect
ed. The biggest purse was in 1945
when the winning ticket netted
$104,500.
Tickets are sold here at the
Polar Bar and Polar Curio Shop.
Saturday Is Pack Night for Cubs
Tomorrow evening is Pack
Night for Cub Scout Pack 66.
The monthly get - together of
Cubs, potential Cubs, and their
parents is held at 7 p.m. at the
Methodist Fellowship Hall.
Skits, refreshments and movies
are on the program and parents
are urged to attend with their
boys stated Joe Rychetnik, Cub
master.
Virgil Vochoska has assumed
his office as District Attorney of
the Second District and Robert
Erwin, who has been transferred
to Fairbanks expects to leave on
Monday to begin work in the
5th Division office. Mrs. Herk
Edwards will be secretary to the
new district attorney.
Robert Scott, City Clerk, re
turned from Fairbanks this morn
ing having attended a Boundary
Commission meeting called there.
The meeting, held in the famous
Chamber of Commerce iLog Cabin
was a hearing concerning the ac
ouisition of state school land off
Airport Road toy the city, which
is to be leased for industrial sites
if their petition is approved. The
section is all state-owned land.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted: Irene Scott, Clara
Sirloak, Alice Amarok and Lyda
Rohn.
Discharged: Fred Davis and
Vincent Payenna.
Mother’s Club Undertakes
Street Sign Project
The Mother’s Club, who an
nounced several months ago that
their big civic project for the
(betterment of Nome would be to
undertake getting street signs
made.
Their undertaking has the sup
port of the Jaycees and research
during the past few months has
resulted in a cost estimate now
being available for baked enamel
signs which will endure the weath
er and will cost about $8.00 each.
The Mother’s Club has set aside
$100 for the initial purchase and
have written other organizations
in the community for financial
support.
‘'Put a Sign of YOUR Comer”,
is their slogan, and individuals
interested may contribute, giving
the name of the corner on which
they would like to see the sign.
Where there are four homes on a
corner all four could each con
tribute $2.00 for their comer sign.
Street signs, stated Mrs. Fred
Greene, chairman of the Mother’s
Club committee, speed up the
answering of fire calls, assist busi
ness deliveries, and are important
to visitors in the community.
Contributions or pledges may
be sent to Mrs. Fred Greene, Box
579 or call 2282.
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NEW ORGANIZATION
IS IN THE MAKING
A new informal organization
is in the making which is to be
called the Women’s Organization
of Democratic Services. The pur
pose, stated one of the organizers,
Peggy Kelliher, is to have a group
available to assist with large
groups which come into the com
munity or other events taking
place which bring in many out
siders.
There will be other meetings
before the organization is final
ized and more women will be
approached to participate. Anyone
interested or groups needing as
sistance or further information
may call Peggy Kelliher, Ruth
McLean or Norma Scott.
Arrivals ft Departures
From Fairbanks: Ken Christen
son, Francis Pugh, Jack Coulter,
Bubb Hamlin, Ken Morgen, Hol
lis Turner, C. Siegel, J. Adams,
and (Fritz Chambers.
To Fairbanks: John McDuff,
Harriet Brown, R. Brown, A. H.
Schutte, Dick Abel, and Robert
Scott.
To Kotzebue: J. D. Barrett.
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Our Inventory
Includes the Following
60 Doors of 10 Styles
55 Windows
10% OFF
During Month of January
P.S.: INSULATION ? ? ?
Both Pouring and Fiberglass Rolls
Practically sold out in the last 60 days,
but still enough left for a few small jobs.
Tight Doors and Windows
Plus Insulation Equals
Comfort and Lower Heating Costs
Gov. Egan Asks
Sherard to Resign
JUNEAU M — State Highways
Director Thurman Sherard said
today he had been asked by Gov.
Egan to resign at the conclusion
of an impending Senate investi
gation into Alaska’s road program.
Sherard said Eagn told him in
a meeting in Egan’s office last
night that the resignation was
being asked for because “time
after time information given by
highways to the Governor’s office
had proved erroneous.”
Egan confirmed that he had
asked Sherard to resign. The Gov
ernor said Sherard’s successor
would be Sam Johnson, state
highway location engineer and
former district highway engineer
at Nome.
Sherard said:
“The Governor told me that his
office was unable to receive any
correct information from the Di
vision of Highways. That was the
reason, he said, that he was ask
ing for my resignation.”
Sherard, Director of Alaska’s
highway’s since Oct. 23, 1959, said
he planned to stay in Juneau and
“try to remove untrue accusations
on my record and to erase the
stigma attached to the Division
of Highways.
I also plan to make recom
mendations which will make it
easier for my successor.”
Egan said he made the de
cision to ask for Sherard’s resig
nation on Jan. 15, after learning
that a supplemental appropriation
of $4,008,333 would have to be
sought to carry out the highway
program for fiscal 1962.
The explanation given by the
Department of Public Works was
that anticipated savings resulting
from a revision of the federal
state matching formula for fed
eral highway aid did not material
ize.
“They cannot pin that on me,”
! Sherard said. “They are making
me a scapegoat for miscalcula
tions which were made by some
one outside of the Division of
Highways.”
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“NEVER SO FEW”
Pair Sentenced to Life
For Anchorage Shooting
ANCHORAGE UP) — Terrence
Wayne Brady and Gerald Lee
Cox have pleaded guilty to sec
ond degree murder in the shoot
ing of Rose Dawn and were sen
tenced to life imprisonment.
The two 22-year-old men also
pleaded guilty to assault with in
tent to kill in the shooting of
Robert Adams and to robbery of
the 210 Club—all charges stem
ming from the robbery No. 20.
The pleas were entered before
Superior Court Judge James
Fitzgerald. He sentenced the pair
to 15 years imprisonment on the
assault and robbery charges to run
concurrently with the sentence
for murder.
Court appointed attorneys for
the men asked for 20-year sen
tences but Judge Fitzgerald
ordered life imprisonment with
no recommendation for parole.
Fitzgerald said the penalty is,
severe but that this was a “cruel
and brutal killing.’’ Fitzgerald re
manded the men to custody pend
ing transfer to a federal peni
tentiary to begin their sentences.
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MUSEUM MEETING SET
FOR MONDAY EVENING
All persons and organizations
interested in formulating plans
for a museum are reminded that
a meeting is scheduled for next
Monday at the Multipurpose
Room of the Nome School at 7:30
pjn.
The interest shown last spring
at the Midnight Sun Festival with
the display of early day relics
and furniture has spurred on this
action. Many items have been of
fered and many more are prom
ised for the start of the museum
if a suitable place can be found
to house the display.
Several organizations have
promised to have representation
at the meeting and one organiza
tion is coming in its entirety.
Margaret Bowman, who comes
from Canada is scheduled to ar
rive today to join the staff of
nurses at the MMM Hospital.
The subway in Athens, Greece,
has special cars for smokers, and
now a group is demanding a spe
cial car be added for Greeks who
insist on munching garlic.
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Dance Tonight and Every Night
CLYDE YOUNGBLOOD
Musician from Chelan, Washington
Has Joined Louis Green and Harris Nothstine
as Vocalist and Emcee
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