OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 137
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18, 1963
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Team Checking Whittier Says Facility
Is Unfit for Slate Use as an Institution
ANCHORAGE UP> — A U S. Pub
liee Health Service-sponsored team
is apparently unimpressed with
the possibility of using the old
Army Port of Whittier for a state i
institution for juvenile delnquents
and mentally retarded.
State offcials headed by Dr. Levi
Browning, Commissioner of the
State Department of Health and
Welfare, led a team of out-of-state
experts on a tour of the Whittier
facilities Friday.
Several members of the team,
back in Anchorage, began a forum
evaluation of the feasibility of the
proposal to convert the port to
state use, were outspokenly crit
ical.
The state apparently could take
over Whittier from the federal
government at little or no cost.
The federally owned complex
has been declared surplus — in
cluding a 14-story apartment build
ing and a seven-story composite
building containing a bowling al
ley, 300-seat theater, 17-bed hos
pital, service club and lounges, a
television studio, chapels, and
quarters and mess halls.
Whittier is now' maintained by
30 persons who live their in com
parative isolation. Aside from
w'ater routes to the port, only a
railroad line, passing through two
long tunnels, connects Whittier to
Amchorage, 65 miles away.
“You’d never attract and keep
the professional people you would
need if you established an institu
Hillstrand Plans New
Hotel at Kodiak
KODIAK UP — A $750,000 hotel
is planned at Kodiak by Earl Hill
strand, a Democratic state legis
lator from Anchorage who oper
ates an insurance business there
and the Lands End resort at
Homer.
Hillstrand, appearing before the
Kodiak City Council, outlined
plans for construction of a hotel
motel to be constructed at the City
Boat Harbor area here.
The Democratic lawmaker ap
peared before the council to apply
for a portion of city-owned land
in the area. He said construction
would begin immediately if the
land is made available.
The council promised Hilstrand
a decision by next Thursday on
whether he woud be permitted to
acquire the property.
Hillstrand said plans call for
the hotel facility, to be named
“The Lighthouse,” to contain 45
hotel rooms, 15 motel units, a res
taurant and a lounge. The lobby,
he said, would be designed to serve
as a museum for Kodiak historical
items, and would contain space
for a gift shop and travel center.
He said the hotel would have an
annual payroll in excess of $83,000.
AN UNANSWRED QUESTION . . .
Is there life on Mars? American
scientists hope to find out, once
and for all, by 1967. In that year,
they hope to land instruments on
the planet which will tell the
story. ,
tion here.” said one member oi the
group. ‘‘There is a shortage of
these people throughout the na
tion and Alaska salaries are not
high.”
Said another:
‘‘You can’t take care of your
juvenile problem by taking these
kids away from society and put
ting them in a little Siberia.”
Another commented:
‘I wouldn’t send my worst en
emy to a place like this.”
The formal evaluation, however,
will not be completed before
Thanksgiving. Several members of
the team will return to Whittier
for additional inspections this
week. ,
U-A’s Dr. Arthur Buswell
Expected to Address
Nome Folks on Wednesday
Dr. Arthur S. Buswell, Director
of the Co-op Extension and Dean
of Statewide services for the Uni
versity of Alaska, will arrive in
Nome on Wednesday. Dr. Buswell
is also in charge of all community
colleges, correspondence and adult
education. It is expected that he
will speak at the Nome High
School on Wednesday.
With Dr. Buswell is James Mat
thews, State Program leader for
the extension service and Virgil
Severne, agricultural agent for
the remote areas.
Jean Burand, extension agent in
Nome, advises that Dr. Buswell
will be available to the public be
tween 4 and 6 at Mrs. Burand’s
office in the Federal Builing. In
terested persons may phone 2320
for further information, according
to Mrs. Burand.
WEATHER BUREAU REPORT
Increasing cloudiness this after
noon, mostly cloudy tonight and
Tuesday. Low tonight 15. High to
morrow 25.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 22, lowest 6. Maximum wind
18 miles an hour from the East
northeast. Sunrise at 8:40 a.m.,
sunset at 2:52 p.m.
Comparative data — Tempera
tures year ago today: High 31, low
15.
Green Berets Symbol
Of America's Finest
Richard Rogers and his band of
frontier militiamen wore forest
green hats as they waged a kind
of guerrilla warfare against the
French and the Indians in the
1750s and ’60s.
Colonel Edson D. Raff, Com
manding Officer of the United
States Army Special Warfare
Center, 1954 through 1956, first
considered the green beret for wear
by Special Forces. It has been
worn unofficially by Special
Forces men during field training
since that time. The men of the
10th Special Forces Group have
worn it since 1955 without inter
ruption.
The green beret became the offi
I cial symbol of the Special Forces
soldier on Dec. 10, 1961. In trouble
spots around the world, where free
men are struggling to rid their na
i tions of the Communist threat, the
green beret has become a symbol
of American assistance — assist
ance from the United States’ most
highly trained special warfare
experts.
Beta Sigs Begin
Christmas Rush
Ki Kappa Chapter, Beta Sigma
Phi, met Thursday evening in the
home of Mildred Harwood to pre
pare the Christmas Seal mailing
for the Nome area,
j The evening also included a
! business meeting and a study pro
! gram on the Written Word. Appre
ciation was expressed for the com
munity support of the recent rum
mage sale. The proceeds from the
sale will be used for the Thanks
giving baskets prepared annually
by the sorority. The individual
members will also donate items to
the baskets.
Member Mary Honsberger sent
“written word” that she was en
joying her European vacation. An
informal luncheon honored Mary
before she left on her trip. Social
Chairman Beverly Morgan was
hostess.
On Thursday evening of this
week, the Xi Kappas will attend
the school play, and hold a brief
business meeting afterwards.
Mrs. Betty Hester has made her
self known to The NUGGET as
the author of the poem “Believe in
Him,” published in Friday’s paper.
We thought it was well done. . . .
School Kept Busy in Education Week
Four hundred and fifty parent- i
teacher conferences were held in
the Nome Elementary School dur
ing the past week. Several rooms
reported 100 per cent attendance
during the past week, including
several fathers.
Children’s work depicting the
past, present and future of the
Nome School was displayed in the
Multi-Purpose Room, on bulletin
boards and in the classrooms, as
part of the observance of Amer
ican Education Week. The pro
ject was under the direction of
Mrs. Perkins, Mrs. Nerland, Mr. !
Maynard and Mrs. Coons.
Miss Brisbois, the local judge,
announced the following winners
of the contest:
Nome of the Past: 1st prize —
Mary Jane Wall, 6th grade and
Raymond Pederson, 4th grade. 2d
prize — Robert O'Connor, 6th
grade.
Nome of the Future — 1st prize
Judy Ullrich, 3rd grade, and Lor
retta Norbert, 3rd grade. 2d prize—
Robert Vance, 4th grade, and Jay
Oliver, 3rd grade.
Refreshments were served both
morning and afternoon during the
week, by the following P-TA
mothers:
Fay Lienard, chairman; Carol
Farley, Lorraine Kost, Lois Schad
lcr, Barbara Hansen, Joyce Galle
her, Eunce Bruckner, Sandra
Payne and Gertrude Fondell.
Cookies for parents were donated
by Ernie Gustafson of the North
Star and sugar, cream and cups
were furnished by George Lienard
of Alaska Airlines.
State Housing Authority Developing
Low Cost Native ‘Mutual Help’ Homes
May, 1963, the Housing and I i
Home Finance Agency approved '
the Alaska State Housing Author- i
ity’s application for a low-income :
Housing Demonstration Grant, un
der Section 207 of the Housing i
Act of 1961, in the amount of
$179,087. The purpose of the dem
onstration is to develop low-cost 1
housing for Alaska Natives under j
the Public Housing Administration
Mutual Help Housing Program.
Three distinct types of structures
will be developed:
(a) A dwelling suitable for the
Eskimos living in barren perma- j
frost areas such as the Arctic .
Ocean Coast and the Yukon-Kus
kokwim River Delta, where no
timber is available for lumber
and fuel.
(b) A dwelling suitable for the
Athabascan Indians living in areas
of Interior Alaska where timber
is available.
(c) A dwelling suitable for the
Tlingit Indians of Southeastern
Alaska which will make use of
native materials.
In addition to developing the
various types of structures, the
feasibility of the Mutual Help
Housing Program will be thorough
ly tested by building houses for an
entire village.
Mutual Help Housing is basic- ;
ally a “we’ll help you if you’ll help
yourself” program. Building ma- ,
terials and technical assistance are
furnished to the natives if they will
provide the land and all the labor
required to construct the houses.
In addition, they must make
monthly payments to cover a por
tion of the project costs. The
amount to be repaid is based on
their ability to pay and their con- j
tribution in labor. Upon comple- !
tion of the payments, the family
owns the house. This is "Mutual \
Help” as opposed to “Self Help.” ;
as only groups of houses or en
tire villages will be built, with
ail families working together.
The first phase of the Demon- 1
sration was to test the feasibility
of the Mutual Help Housing Pro
gram, and to develop dwellings
suitable for the Athabascan In
dians. The Bureau of Indian Af
fairs’ Housing Officer informed
the Alaska State Housing Author
ity that the villagers of Holikachuk
on the Innoco River were moving j
the village closer to their summer !
Victor Julien, Born at
Nome, Dies in Washington
Victor Julien, 53, of 604 154th
Ave., SE Bellevue, a Minuteman
engineer for The Boeing Co., died
a week ago Sunday.
He was born in Nome, Alaska. !
reared in Puyallup, attended and
later taught physics at Tri State
College, Angola, Ind.
He was a member of Seattle !
Professional Engineering Employes
and St. Andrew Lutheran Church.
Survivors are his wife, Pauline. I
a daughter Lola, son, Walter, and
his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Victor
A. Julien. Edmonds. Two sisters and
one brother also survive Mr. Ju- 1
| lien. Services were held on Friday
| at Blc itz Burial, Evergreen, Wash.
fish camps on the Yukon River.
They had planned the move for
many years. They studied several
sites and selected one at the junc
tion of Grayling Creek and the Yu
kon River. A village plat was de
veloped, families selected lots for
their homes and lots were set aside
for the Bureau of Indian Affairs’
School, a native store and ware
houses, a village hall and two mis
sions. Prior to the move, logs were
cut and a sawmill was moved from
Holikachuk to the new site.
The Alaska State Housing
Authority offered assistance in
building the houses and the vil
lage accepted. The Alaska State
Housing Authority was to help de
velop the plans, furnish finish ma
terials and technical assistance.
The families working together were
to furnish all rough lumber for
framing, subfloor and sheathing,
and all labor required to construct
the houses.
On May 13th, the villagers
started the move to Grayling. Now,
six months later, the Bureau of
Indian Affairs’ School has been
completely enclosed and will be
; finished by January. The Arctic
! Missions Rectory has been com
pleted, and the Episcopal Mission
Rectory is well under way. The
;
native store and warehouse have
' been finished. All of these pro
! jects utilized local labor. Approxi
I mately half of the famiies have
I constructed cacres to live in this
j winter. The other half will live
i in seven houses that are now fin
ished. Some will be used tempor
arily as duplexes until work can
be resumed next spring.
Centennial Contest
Deadline Is Approaching
Less than two weeks remains in
which to submit slogan and em
blem entries in the Alaska State
Centennial Commission contest
now being conducted, according to
a reminder issued by the Commis
sion last week.
The contest, which closes Nov.
30, offers §1,000 to the person sub
mitting the winning emblem en
try for the 1967 event, and $300
to the person submitting the win
ning slogan entry.
The executive director of the
Commission, Bob Arnold, said the
emblem and slogan designated as
official would be used on medal
lions, pins and publications issued
in conjunction with the Centen
nial.
Arnold said interest in the con
test was apparently high, with
large numbers of entries from
throughout the State. For those
not familiar with the details of
the contest, he suggests writing
Box 1421, Juneau, or checking at
a local school.
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