Seek Cut In Foreign Duty
Pay for Men In Hawaii
WASHINGTON UP! — A House
Armed Services subcommittee rec
ommended today U.S. enlisted per
sonnel assigned to Hawaii no long
er be entitled to foreign duty pay.
The subcommittee, in recom
mending the change to the full
committee, noted that Hawaii now
is a state, plus the fact service
there cannot be considered a hard
ship.
Present law provides extra pay
ranging from $8 a month for low
est-grade enlisted personnel to
$22.50 for top non-commissioned
officers.
The subcommittee, however, did
not make a similar recommenda
tion for Alaska, where U.S. en
listed personnel still would qualify
for the extra pay.
INVITATIONS FOR BIDS
Preparing and painting of iho
Maynard McDougal Memorial Hos
pital at Nome, Alaska
Sealed bids in single copy for
furnishing all labor, equipment and
materials and performing all work
for the project will be received
until March 23, 4 pan., BST, at
Box 550, Nome, Alaska.
Specifications are available at
MMM Hospital.
Performance bond will be re
quired and the Hospital Advisory
Board reserves the right to reject
any or all bids.
Dr. Robert Fenstermacher,
Hospital Administrator
Pub: Mar. 11, 13, 15, 1963.
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Feller Mission
Lutheran Church
Marks Anniversary
By Rev. Edson Harije
In spite of blowing snow that
at times cut visibility to less than
50 yards and gusting winds that
reached velocities exceeding 75
miles an hour, nearly 150 people
gathered at Teller Mission for
three days of festive church serv
ices. The celebration marked the
69th anniversary of the beginning
of Lutheran work among the Es
kimos of the Seward Peninsula. It
was held at the Brevig’s Memorial
Lutheran Church at Teller Mission
March 2, 3 and 4.
It was in 1894 that the Rev. |
T. L. Brevig, Lutheran pastor,
came to Alaska to be the spiritual
minister to the Norwegian Lap
lander reindeer herders, who had
come to the U.S. government rein
deer station near Teller to teach
the Eskimos the reindeer industry.
The Rev. Brevig also established
the first government school at
Teller Mission, and he was the
first Lutheran minister to proclaim
the Gospel to the Eskimos of that
area. He served almost continuous
ly from 1894 to 1917. For many
years, an orphanage was maintain
ed in conjunction with the mission,
for children orphaned by the
measles and flu epidemics. Miss
Bertha Stedje is the present mis
sionary, serving the Lutheran
Churches at both Teller and Teller
Mission.
The aniversary observance began
on Saturday evening with a his
torical skit given in Eskimo by
the members of the congregation.
All but five adult members and
also many of the children and
young people took part. The skit:
“Great Days in Church and Home,”
depicted babyhood, baptism, fam
ily devotions, Sunday School, con
firmation, Holy Communion, wed
ding reception and generations.
At the Sunday forenoon wor
ship service, the Rev. Edson
Hartje, pastor of the Shishmaref
Lutheran Church, preached the an
niversary sermon on the aniver
sary theme and text: “Forward
With Christ,” based on Philippians
3:13,14. At the Holy Communion
service that followed, 60 received
the Lord’s Supper.
At the 7:30 Sunday evening serv
ice, many of the visitors brought
Christian greetings from their con
gregations, villages, relatives, and
Committee Favcrs Extension of
Boroughs Law Unlil July 1, 1964
JUNEAU UP) — The Senate
Local Government Committee yes
terday gave its approval to pro
posed legislation which would ex
tend the life of special service
districts under the borough law
until July 1, 1964.
Sen. Ebcn Hopson said that the
majority of the committee mem
bers signed “do pass” to S317,
with an amendment extending the
districts’ powers for one more year.
The bill, as originally intro
duced by Sen. A1 Owen, would
have extended such powers until
July 1, 1970.
friends. There were vocal solos,
trios, quartets, accompaniments on
organ and guitars, an accordion
solo, sharing of Scripture, giving
of testimonies, prayer, congreg -
tional singing. Pastor and Mrs.
Hartje were presented with sev
eral gifts from the congregation
and from individuals. (The Hartjes
came to the Lutheran Mission at
Shishmaref in 1933, and are serv
ing their third term at that sta
tion.) Letters of greeting were also
read, including a greeting from the
Rev. Reynold Wilson, pastor of
Our Savior’s Lutheran Church of
Nome and Superintendent of Alas
kan Lutheran Eskimo Missions.
Jerry Kaloke, chairman of the
Teller Mission Church Council,
presided at the Saturday and Sun
day evening meetings. The prayer
and testimony meeting on Monday
evening was led by Ward Olanna,
who is also a member of the
Church Council. After the service,
refreshments were served, fur
nished by missionary Bertha
Stedje.
Four men from Shismaref came
by dog team to attend the festi
vities—Herbert Nayoupuk, Andrew
Ningeulook, Delbert Obruk and
Arnold Olanna. Pastor and Mrs.
Hartje and Alfred Olanna came
by plane. Also by plane came ten
Eskimo women and three children
from Nome—Mesdames Lena Ah
nangnatoguk, Jennie Attatayuk
Elsie Kugzruk, Frieda Olanna,
Maggie Oquilluk, Margaret Picna
look, Helen Tingook, Thelma Tock
too and infant daughter Loretta
Ellen, Della Walluk and infant son
Michael, and Fanny Walluk.
By dog team from Nome came
Mrs. June Etukeak and Mrs.
Daisy Jack and son Jimmy. From
the neighboring town of Teller
across Port Clarence Bay came sev
eral families by dog teams: Mr. and
Mrs. Philip Kugzruk and five chil
dren; Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Topsi
kok; Mr. and Mrs. Frank Topsi
kok; Fannie and Alvin Topsikok
and Pete Rock.
Many expressed their thanks for
the spiritual uplift and blessings
they had received, and are already
planning and praying for the 70th
anniversary which is to be ob
served next year, God willing and
permitting.
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Electronic Accident
Detector Goes to Work
I
MIAMI, Fla. m — The Sheriff’s '
office began an electronic acci- j
dent prevention system last week, j
It works like this: A computer
is asked where the next accident!
is likely to occur. When the ma- :
chine coughs up an answer, motor- 1
cycle officers are rushed to the;
area to prevent the mishap.
Lt. Q. L. Weaver, who has been
compiling statistics for weeks, says
the answers also i",elude what type ^
traffic violation is most likely to i
cause accidents.
The machine was crammed with
accident data Saturday. After it
produced its analysis of where the
most accidents were likely to oc
cur, 10 motorcycle policemen
went to the area and patrolled it
for eight hours.
“We don’t know if we actually
prevented any accidents,” said Lt.
Weaver. “All we know is that we
had 10 accidents a year ago and
none Saturday.”
Rep. Blodgett Is Freedom Bond
Drive Chairman for Teller Area
Rep. Bob Blodgett will be Free
dom Bond Drive chairman for the
Teller area, according to an an
nouncement made by Helen Fisch
er, State Director for the Alaskan
Office of the Treasury’s Savings
Bonds program.
“The drive will be held here and
throughout the nation May 1 thru
July 4,” Mrs. Fischer said. “During
the drive every family will be
asked to buy a Savings Bond to
help keep America strong.”
Rep. Blodgett is presently serv
ing in the Alaska Legislature and
will assume the role of area chair
man upon his return to Teller.
Sen. Mansfield Says
GOPs On Hasty Retreat
From “Budget Slashing”
WASHINGTON — Senate
Di mocratic leader Mike Mansfield
accused Senate Republicans Tues
day of beating a hasty retreat from
their budget-slashing position on
the first “test case”—a vote Mon
day on outdoor recreation legisla
tion.
Emerging from President Ken
nedy’s weekly breakfast with De
mocratic leaders of Congress, the
Montana senator said the Senate
Republican leadership had prom
ised the authorization bill — the
first step toward an eventual bil
lion-dollar program — would be
the test case for “holding the line
against any new programs.”
Jibing at GOP claims that $10
billion to $15 billion can be chop
ped from the administration’s
budget, Mansfield said:
“When the time came for battle,
the Republicans chose not to fight
—and the bill was quickly passed
by a voice vote.”
Mansfield said that while Con
gress has an obligation to study
the budget with care, “Republi
cans should quit talking about
how they are going to cut $10
billion or $15 billion until they
have demonstrated how and where
they can do this without wrecking
our security and our economy.”
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