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Barrow Report
By BARROW CORRESPONDENT
The big nows from Barrow this
week is the taking of a whale by
Sam Thalack’s crew. Last Thurs
day in the afternoon, a 42-foot
baleen whale was killed off the
“Point.” The Point is about four
teen miles north-east of Barrow
village, and is the farthest north
piece of land in Alaska.
Following the custom of Barrow
Eskimos, several boats set out im
mediately to help tow the whale
in. Because there is tundra grass
a half mile from the village, the
big mammal was taken there for
flensing and division .The grass
helps to keep the meat clean, and
free of beach sand. The lights of
the boats coming down-coast could
be seen for a long way, bobbing in
the ocean.
As the weather is still mild, it
was necessary to commence work
on the whale at once. Since dark
ness comes early now, the cutting
was done by the glow of automo
bile headlights ringed around the
carcass. Throughout the night ve
hicles were racing to underground
ice-boxes with loads of muktuk
and meat. By day-break the task
was nearly done, and the flensers
were able to relax.
“You get a whale," said Sam
Thalack. “and you get a lot of
work, too. But we like it:” He is |
a very happy man.
REA poles are being set between |
Barrow and Browerville, half a !
mile distant. Also much activity
moving houses to provide for the
REA right-of-way. Barrow is un
dergoing a face-lifting because, in
effect, the house relocation
means new streets. It won't be
long, according to present prog
ress. before the electricity lines !
will be strung, and the new plant
will be in business.
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Legislative Council Holds
Open Meeting Friday
Tho State Legislative Council has
set up the following agenda for
the purpose of opening its meeting
I to the public, according to Bruce
Kendall, Council leader.
Tho Council meetings, to take
place in the Court Room at 9 a.m.
on the 4th, will hear from tho
public relative to the water use
. act at 9 a.nr. At 1:30 p.m., the busi
ness license tax will be aired, and
at 3:30, a discussion will be held
on the state insurance code and
other subjects.
29 Years Ago Today . . .
Shower baths daily from 3 to
8:30 p.m. are available at the Finn
Bath House opposite the Dry Creek
foot bridge; by Peter Bloomberg,
Prop.
The Bolcom Lumber Co., work
ing out of the Lincoln Hotel, ad
vertises No. 1 shiplap at $40 a
thousand and planks and timber
at $39 a thousand.
An influx of men from the Kou
garok and up the railroad saw
men sleeping on the floor in the
bunkhouse. Housing is a problem.
The Bon Marche is into temporary
quarters at the railroad track on
Steadman.
Passengers on the Vic, which
sailed for Seattle yesterday were
the Castels, Tom Martin, and 79
others.
Grant Jackson outlines olans for
temporary fire protection in Nome,
to Gov. Troy by wire.
MMM HOSPITAL
Admitted — Johnson Sagoonick.
Discharged—Irene Foster, Mar
garet Farmer. Janet Caldwell, Olaf
Piscoya.
Husband: “Your aunt has been
living with us for 20 years now.
Don’t you think it’s about time she
found her own apartment?” Wife:
“My aunt. I thought she was your
aunt.”
IN l nalakleet IT s
Rutliie*s Cafe
LODGING — : : — MEALS i
Phone 624-3131
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
Sales Office: Dial 2234 Write Box 700
DEALERS IN
Lumber & Plywood Building Materials Wallboard Insulation
Oxygen <S Acetylene Welding Machines Electrodes
Supplies and Accessories
Jaeger Pumps Zeus & Pioneer Light Plants
MacWyte Wire Rope—Standard Oil Products
"ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY c
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Jr. High Mock Vote
| Chooses Wilke, Frazier
Not to be outdone by the adult
; members of the community, Nome’s
Junior High Schol held a “mock”
election for city officials in their
social studies classes yesterday.
In the four class sections 118
votes were cast. Where there were
contests the future voters elected
Roecoe Wilke mayor, Allan Doyle
and John Poling for the one-year
council seat, and Harold Kelley for
the utility board. The Junior High
went along with Chuck Frazier for
city clerk.
Here is the vote tabulation for
offices having contests:
For Mayor: Roscoe Wilke 72,
Bob Smith 41. ,
For City Council (1-year term):
Allen Doyle 51, Daniel Karmun 65,
John Poling 54.
For City Clerk: Chuck Frazier
85, Bob Scott (write-in) 8.
Utility Board: Harold Kelley 51,
Bob Lewis 29, William Wright 26.
RUSSIANS GET FIRST
NEWS OF MOON-SHOT OFFER
MOSCOW iJt) — Pravda today
gave the Soviet public its first
news of President Kennedy’s pro
posal 12 days ago for a joint U.S.
Soviet moon exploration effort.
The information appeared in a
reprint in Pravda of a recent col
umn by Walter Lippman praising
Kennedy’s proposal.
Pravda, the Soviet Communist
Party newspaper, made no com
ment on the proposal.
Louis Vrondos, charged with as
sault and battery by complaining
witness Henry Olanna, was turned
loose after dismissal for lack of
sufficient evidence.
Floyd Pauwok had a disorderly
conduct charge dismissed.
Scott Walluk was given 60 days
suspended on a charge of drunk
in public. Michael Simon was hit
with a $10 fine on a drunk charge.
George Eningowuk and Hubert
Payenna were charged with bur
glary not in a dwelling and are
being held in $1,000 bail. A prelim
inary hearing is set for Oct. 3.
NOTICE
The Wien downtown office will
be closed temporarily due to
heating problems. Please call 2239
for all information and reserva
tions.
FOR SALE — Best offer — 1957
Plymouth 4-door sedan. For in
formation call 2633. 118c
FOR SALE — Jeep panel truck —
4-wheel drive. Phone 2821 after
4 p.m. or write Box 545. 118c
FOUND — New pair of women’s
red shoes. Call at Nugget and
pay for ad.
TOMMY TUNGWENUK is your
Minnesota Woolen Mills repre
sentative. Also handles Mason
Shoes. Call 2522 for appointment.
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MIDNIGHT SHOW FRIDAY -
The Last Mile
Lots in Store for ’64 . . .
Alaskans have planned more
fairs, festivals, celebrations, and
special events for 1964 than ever
before in the northland's history.
A look at the 49th State’s “Calen
dar of Events” for next year re
veals a range of activities from
skiing in January to — of all
things! — skiing in July. (The
early-year listings show conven
tional winter skiing contests and
events; the July item describes a
special Independence Day ski race
held high among the glaciers of
Mt. Alveska.
For visitors not of the ski buff
variety, the ’64 Calendar also lists
several winter fairs and festivals
(biggest of which is the Anchorage
Fur Rendezvous, Feb. 16-23>, many
salmon fishing derbies (at Ketchi
kan, Juneau, Seward, and Valdez,
to mention only a few), and sum
mer celerations such as Fairbanks’
‘‘Golden Days,” July 22-28. Con
ventions and tournaments also rate
listings, among them the “Polar
Regional” Bridge Tournament-Con
vention of the Western Conference,
American Contract Bridge League.
Next year it will be held at An
chorage, May 12-17.
The complete Calendar of Events,
showing 100 such items of visitor
interest, is available free from
Alaska Travel Division, Juneau,
Alaska. Available now in mimeo
graph form, the calendar later will
be furnished as a printed folder.
There is no Midnight Sun Fes
tival listed for Nome in 1964.
Liffick’s
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Watch Repair
Gifts, Hallmark Cards
Manufacturers of Jewelry
Mail orders gladly accepted
UNALAKLEET. ALASKA
Kennedy Will Find Out
Why So Many are Unfit
WASHINGTON LP — President
Kennedy has launched a major
study of the nation’s manpower,
aimed at “large savings in lives
and dollars.”
Naming three members of his
cabinet and Selective Service Di
rector Lewis Hershey to a task
force to find out why so many
young Americans are rejected by
the draft, Kennedy said Monday:
“A young man who does not
have what it takes to perform mil
itary service is not likely to have
what it takes to make a living.”
The cabinet members are Sec
retary of Labor W. Willard Wertz,
chairman; Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara, and Secre
tary of Welfare Anthony Cele
breze.
Kennedy said one out of three
young men is turned down by draft
boards.
NOTE OF APPRECIATION
I wish to congratulate A1 Doyle
and Dan Karmun on their election
to the one-year seat on the City
Council, and to express my heart
felt thanks to the many friends
who voted for me.
— JOHN POLING
GLUE POT
Soda Fountain
Cigars—Cigarettes
Tobacco
Candy
Fresh Ice Cream
Every Day
ALL KINDS OF
SODiV POP
WELL FLY TO BETHEL OR BETHLEHEM
(The Bethel Trip is More Often, in Fact Twice a Week)
MUNZ NORTHERN AIRLINES
Guaranteed ZIEGLER
Dependable
Fuel Service
LP Gas
and Appliances
Office: Dial 2561 Res: Dial 2471
Deal With Confidence At
Green’s City Fuel & Transfer
&
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Stove Parts
* Repairs
Oil Heaters