Kotzebue Report . . .
By KOTZEBUE
CORRESPONDENT
Congratulations to Mentzer 3,
School fors and Reichs on their
new arrivals. Dr. and Mrs. Wil
li.im Mcntzer had a baby boy born
Oct. 30. It was also a boy for Mr.
■ind Mrs. Charlie Reich born Oct.
28th. Mr. and Mrs. John Schaef
fer Jr. welcomed a baby girl
named Susan Nov. 2.
There are 17 candidates for City
Council for the Nov. 12 election,
of which six will be selected. Those
running for one year terms are:
Bonnie Staheli, Rodney Lincoln,
Jack Jones, George Miller, Burton
Havilland, Babe Dawl and Phillip
Leonard. Those seeking two year
terms are: Sam Lauser, Rev. Per
isho, June McConnell, Trygve Jor
gensen, Levi Mills, Clifford Short,
Harold Lie, Leon Shellabarger, Don
Ferguson and Arthur Fields.
Mr. Dudley and Mr. Giddings of
the BIA Branch of PD and C, Al
buquerque office, visited Kotze
bue this week. They advised that
materials for the new Kotzebue
High School would be shipped in
next summer, but due to the ex
tensive construction planned that
the new high school will not be
ready for occupancy until the fall
of 1966. They reassured Mr. Tif
fany, local BIA Principal, that
there is additional elementary
space allotted in the site plans.
There are now 36 pupils en
rolled in the special program for
high school and adult education.
The first official volleyball
league games will be played Tues
day evening, Nov. 5, in the BIA
multi-purpose room. Men teams
play on Tuesday evenings and the
women teams on Thursday even
ings. Nov. 5 scheduled games are:
7 p.m. — Wiens vs BIA High
School; 7:30 p.m.—National Guard
vs. Air Force C team; 8 p.m.—
BIA Teachers vs. Friends High
School; 8:30 p.m.—B and R vs. Air
Force A Team; 9 p.m.—Tweets
vs. PHS Hospital.
Fran Pagenkopf, PIIN, arrived
home from Anchorage nurse con
ference Oct. 30. She is doing vision
and hearing screenings at the
school this week.
The Friends High School Hallow
een Party Nov. 1 was a howling
success with costumes and wierd
spook decorations. A taped radio
play made by the freshmen class
was played while all partook of re
freshments of ice cream cones and
cup cakes. There are four seniors
at the Friends High School this
year: Gordon Schnarc, Jan Brent
linger, Ethel Evak and Harry Har
vey. Teachers are Rev. and Mrs.
Perisho, Mr. and Mrs. Eugene Stol
berg, Miss Shirley Sharpless and
Miss Glenna Nickell. An extra
curricular activity of the high
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PHS Hospital every second Sun
day at 6 p m. to sing for the pa
tients. They are directed by Miss
Sharpless, their music instructor.
Mrs. Glenna Nickells is in the
hospital with a back ailment. She
has been in traction since Oc- I
tober 27.
Rev. Paul Miller of Noorvik
brought patient Frances Trantham
to the Kotzebue Hospital in his
Piper airplane Oct. 27, to have
treatment for a gashed leg.
Visiting the Tiffanys this past
week have been Mrs. Bernadette
Trantham and daughter Francis
from Noorvik and Mrs. Lucy Trigg
and two boys from Nome. This
week Mrs. Tiffany and two boys,
along with Mrs. Trigg and her
two boys, accompanied Mrs. Tran
tham home to Noorvik for a few
days visit.
Ramon Lewis, Wien pilot from
Nome, came Nov. 2 for some cari
bou hunting.
Two new nurses arrived Oct. 31
for the PHS hospital staff. Miss
Ann Murray and Miss Ann Kelle
her both come from Harlan, Ken
tucky, where they were working
at a mining hospital. Miss Murray
is originally from Scotland and
Miss Kelleher from Ireland.
Dr. Lathrop returned from the
dental conference at Anchorage
Nov. 2. Nov. 4 both Dr. and Mrs.
Lathrop departed for Point Hope
where they will have dental clin
| ic until Nov. 27 when they go <o
Kivalina for field clinic there
before returning to Kotzebue about
Dec. 4.
Dr. Harrison arrived home from
Anchorage Oct. 30. and departed
| for Point Hope Nov. 4 for a field
! clinic visit. He was accompanied to
Point Hope by his wife and two
children. They plan to return
Nov. 3.
Jerry and Rose Fagerstrom left
Kotzebue Friday for their new
assignment at Red Lake, Minn.
Arthur Willman, PHS Pharmacist,
is acting hospital administrator for
the present.
Les and Bessie Bone leave this
weekend for a two month vacation
in California, Kentucky and Michi
gan. They plan to drive back via
the Alaska ferry system. Mr. Bone
is chief engineer at the PHS hos
pital.
Mrs Geraldine Doogan from the
Unalakleet Marine
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bert L. Agibinik. son of Mrs. Vir
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Sept. 27 at Division Schools Cen
ter, First Marine Division, Camp
Pendleton, Calif.
The course trains officers and
enlisted Marines to be qualified
patrol leaders. Emphasis is on
field w o r k, including night
training.
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ployment section of Alaska State J
Employment Security Division, is
in Kotzebue Nov. 5 and 6, con
ducting interviews.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Moore,
BIA PD and C, Noatak. were in
Kotzebue overnight Nov 4. on their
way to Anchorage.
Mrs. Bonnie Staheli, Wien Sta
tion Manager, and young son Lee
left Nov. 4 for Fairbanks where
they will spend the week getting
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[ dental work done for little Lee.
Mr. Staheli, Wien bush pilot, will
.join them in Fairbanks Nov. 9, and
they will depart for Seattle, Cali
fornia, and Mexico for a month’s
vacation. They plan to visit Ar
chie and Linda Ferguson at Guada
lahara, Mexico. Some of Wien trav
elers this past week were: Jim
Hemphill, Tony Foster and Leo
Ferriera to Nome on Oct. 30. Mr.
Hemphill returned Nov. 2, also on
the same plane were Raymond
Barr arriving from Fairbanks on
his way to Kiana, and Johnny Evak
returning from Nome. Nov. 4. Fern
Farr of ADH Fairbanks, passed
through Kotzebue escorting a pa
tient to Nome. On the same flight
was Dennis Swan from Fairbanks
on his way from Kivalina.
The 15-man Special Forces De
tachment B-l, commanded by Ma
jor Bruce L. Solomon, is now en
gaged in training activities with
the Alaska National Guard at Kot
zebue. The unit received a liaison
visit on 1 November from Lt. Col.
George C. Russell (Civil Affairs
Officer) Major William F. Mur
ley and Capt. Merle O. Flagge
'Group Physician). Lt. Col. Rus
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Gam hell Report . . .
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
The oldest resident of Cambell,
Jimmy Otiyohok, passed away at
the ANS Hospital in Anchorage. He
is 86 years old. He had been ill
only a short time prior to his
death. Ho is survived by his two
brothers. He is one of the early
converts by the pioneer Prcsby- :
terian Missionaries — having
known personally Dr. Sheldon
Jackson, when he was building
schools and churches. Jimmy left
a small property and a frame
house, all under government lien.
Next oldest person, Otooka, is
hospitalized in Nome now for pos
sible treatment if any. She is blind
and in her 80s. She has been hav
ing difficulty in swallowing her
food when eating.
Wien bush pilot flying the Cess
na 180 based at Gambell is doing
his job real well. He made sev
eral emergency flights to North
east Cape just recently, and, both
at night time. The first person he
flew to Northeast Cape was that
boy from Gambell, not from Sa
voonga, shot in the eye with an
air rifle. It is reported now that
a stick of match was used for a
shot, not a BB shot.
The second person evacuated is
a BIA janitor, also a National
Guard member. He was attending
a twice weekly drill period. He
happened to be cranking the Witte
diesel engine at the time. While
he was doing this, the old Witte
back-fired on him, hitting him
smack on the mouth, breaking the
teeth and tearing open the upper
| lip.
During early 20’s — the price
of a sealskin was 75 cents each —
j not bad at all, because you can
buy a 1 box (20 rounds4 of ammu
nition' — 25-35 or 30-30 for 75
cents too, an even trade. Today,
sell and Major Murley departed the
same day for visits to Noorvik and
Kiana where Special Forces teams
are engaged in training with the
Alaskan Eskimo Scouts. Capt.
Flagge will remain for an indefi
nite period in Kotzebue to assist
the Special Forces unit in all med
ical aspects.
A Special Forces soldier w is in
jured on the evening of 30 Sep
tember in the Village of Shungnak.
While attempting to start a gen
erator at the National Guard Ar
mory there, Sgt. Robert N. San
ford received a laceration above
his right eye. Pfc. William L. Page,
a Special Forces medical specialist,
administered treatment until Sgt.
Sanford could be evacuated to Kot
j zebue for further examination. The
| laceration required five stitches
which were accomplished by Pfc.
Page. The examination at Kotze
bue Public Health Service Hos
pital revealed no further injuries.
Sgt. Sanford was released to the
Special Forces Detachment there I
for return to the 8-man Special j
Forces Detachment training with
the Alaskan Eskimo Scouts in
Shungnak.
Special Forces medical training
assists in outlying village of K.va
lina. Specialist 4th Class David L.
Streb administered emergency
treatment to 9-year-old Nora Do
lores Swan after she had received
second degree burns on both arms
and her right side, inflicted by
boiling water. Doloris is the niece
of Reverend Swan of the Episcopal
Church of Kivalina. Spec. Streb is
a member of the 7-man Special
Forces Detachment now training
with the Alaskan Eskimo Scouts in
Kivalina A recent report stated
that Dolores is doing well.
in 1963, the local store is buying
potted sealskins for $25 and up.
Some ice went by last week.
The report came this week that
the ice-pack is not far north of our
island. Walrus on ice were seen
near Savoonga. It has been a fair
seal hunting season this fall. One
can teli how the hunting has been
iust by looking at the meat racks
this time of the year — new meat
is hung up, not to dry, but freeze
them — a quite unusual thing.
Rev. and Mrs. Alwin E. Gall
just returned from Savoonga hav
ing stayed there for two weeks.
They will be going there and
Northeast Cape every now and then
during the winter months. The
Galls came from Aberdeen, Ohio
— having served at Hydaburg,
Alaska, before they came here.
Rachael Sperry made a quick
visit here but had to go back to
Fairbanks enroute to her winter
cabin at Cantwell, Alaska. She is
recuperating from her illness she
had last winter.
For the second year, our village
is enjoying electricity. Two diesel
light plants 15 kw. each furnish the
power. The total of 30 kw. is not
enough to supply the need for the
whole town Perhaps a 75 kw. would
do the job, but funds are not avail
able to purchase this size equip
ment. Anyone wishing to assist to
solve our electric power problem
may contact the writer of this
| news-report for full information.
We congratulate Point Hope Vil
lage in their efforts' to “modern
ize” their way of living. We do too,
and we need lots of help in pursuit
i of modernization of our village.
| Let’s make our good villages an
example to other fellow Eskimo
villages.
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in Indonesia, South VietNam and
Peru have been taught and trained
i by their American counterparts
serving aboard the white hospital
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