TEACHER WILL MAKE
SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY
BACK TO NOME
Margaret Holmes Barr of San
Jose Calif., will make a sentimental
journey of many miles to Nome
next May and June to see the town
where she taught for two winters
50 years ago. She is hoping that
she might be able to find some
of her former students of 1911 and
1912 during the trip.
Mrs. Barr will be accompanied
by her husband, George; Mr. and
Mrs. Jame Malloch; and their three
children. The itinerary has been
arranged by Howard Nelson of
Travel Advisors of San Jose
through Arctic Alaska Tours. Nel
son was one of the agents who
made a Westours, Inc.-sponsored
travel agents safari to Alaska sev
eral years ago.
The party will sail north from
Vancouver, B.C., on the SS Yukon
Star on May 30 with brief stops
at Ketchikan and Juneau. They
will take Pacific Northern Airlines
from Juneau to Anchorage where
they will visit that city which
was non-existent when Mrs. Ban
lived in Nome. On June 5 they will
take the Alaska Railroad for Fair
banks for stopover before board
ing Wien Alaska Airlines for j
Nome, Kotzebue, Point Banow and
return to Fairbanks for another
overnight stop before taking the
Pan American World Airways jet
for Seattle on June. 9.
ICE POOL FOR NOME
Nome is going to have its own
ice pool during the Midnight Sun
Festival, it has been revealed by
the Festival manager, Johnnie
Stephenson. It’s not going to be on
the scale of the Nenana Ice Classic
and there doesn’t have to be any
ice in the Bering Sea, because it
will be the smallest ice pool in
Everyone will have a chance
to guess on the winning minute
and a gold nugget will be the prize.
Full details will be revealed at
a later date.
Steering With His Knee . , .
PERTH, Australia Uff — Francis
Rea was fined 1€ pounds—$22—
for combing his hair with one
hand, patting it down with his
other and steering his sports car
with his knee. —
Francis said he was on his way
to see his girl.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
Meeting postponed due to holiday
Will be held instead on June 8th
\THREE FROM NOME TO
ATTEND HOMEMAKER
COURSE AT U OF ALASKA
COLLEGE—Mrs. Helen Turner,
assistant director of home econ
omics programs in the U.S. Dept,
of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.,
will be one of the featured speakers
on the the program for the 13th an
nual Homemakers Short Course on
the University of Alaska campus
June 3-8, according to Miss Agnes
Sunnell, state home economics
leader with the Cooperative Exten
sion Service.
Mrs. Turner wil help the home
makers with program development.
Miss Sunnell said.
Cost of the Short Course will be
about $50. This will include a boat
ride on the Chena, a banquet, a
room and meals, Miss Sunnell said
The homemakers will also be
able to select from courses in ap
plied art for homemakers, child
development, geology, family fi
nances, communications, kitchen
planning, and two clothing sessions.
The Short Course will close Fri
day evening with a banquet and
presentations. Miss Sunnell said.
Attending from the Mother’s
Club in Nome are Mrs. Wm. Ko
makhuk, Mrs. Fred Greene and
Mrs. Clara Schmidt. They will
leave on Friday. Also attending
will be Jean Burand, extension
worker for this area.
Mrs. Komakhuk will aslo enjoy
a visit with her daughter, Char
lene, who is employed by the BIA
in Fairbanks this summer.
ICE MOVES OUT
The ice moved out of the Nome
roadstead at 10:45 yesterday morn
ing, after having resisted strong
north winds for several days. Im
mediately after nulled away from
the mouth of the Snake River, it
was reported moving out at the
east end of town also.
Vacation Bible School
The program for the Vacation
Bible School being held at the
!4ome Gospel Home will come
tomorrow night at 7:30. Everyone
is invited to attend. There will
be craft exhibits on display and
an interesting program has been
planned.
NOTICE
The Women's Society of the
Methodist Church will hold their
installation of Officers and Pledge
Service Friday evening at the Fel
lowship Hall at 8:00. All members
and friends of the church are urged
to attend. 65
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| Nome Chamber
Meeting News
Airways Activities
President Pearse Walsh of the
Nome Chamber of Commerce ex
pressed congratulations to Dick
Galleher, who recently took over
Munz Airways and incorporated it
into the Munz-Northern Aviation
Co., stating that Bethel and that
area which is served is a place
that has long needed such a serv
ice.
He also told of expanding service
Alaska Airlines, which will soon be
on daily service for the summer.
Wien Airlines, he stated is al
ready on daily service and starting
their twice daily service plus three
flights a week to Barrow.
A flight crew and plane will be
based here for this purpose and
other work as well during the
week.
Clean-Up News
The members of the Chamber
held an open forum on ways and
means of making people conscious
of the deplorable condition exist
ing throughout the community and
how this can be remedied.
Anyone having complaints about
clean-up that the city should do
were urged by Mayor Don Hoover
to put their complaints in writing j
so that they could come before
the council for action.
Help from other organizations is
sought and it is in the planning
to have a campaign to make every
body anxious to have their property
neat and orderly.
Festival Activities
Manager Johnnie Stephenson re
ported much enthusiasm is being
shown over the coming Festival
with splendid cooperation shown
by many of the local organizations.
Four contestants from Nome have
already entered the Queen Contest
and will be presented at the next
Chamber meeting, she stated. Out
of town contestants are also in
terested, she has been informed.
She urges everyone to get in
the mood and start planning cos
tumes for the three day event.
President Walsh announced that
the president of the State Chamber
of Commerce, Bob Baker and
wife, who have been invited to
the Midnight Sun. Festival plan
to not only accept the invitation,
but take in some side hips as
well.
Plans were discussed for Mid
night Sun charter flights which
have been so popular on the longest
day of the year if the weather co
operates.
Boat News
Bob Reddiway reported that the
first boat is now loading freight
and will be leaving earlier than last
year. One stop will be made prior
to coming to Nome, at St. Michaels,
where a 64-ton oil barge for the
Northern Commercial Co. will be
unloaded.
Milting News
Bill Burand, district engineer, re
ported that offshore staking con
tinues up and down Alaska’s coast
line and now extends into Cape
York, Tin City, Candle and Ke
walik.
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