Kotzebue Report . . .
By KOTZEBUE
CORRESPONDENT
There was a big turnout for vot
ing Nov. 12, with a total of 382 cast
ing their votes.
Highlight of the election was the
close tally of “for and against” sale
of intoxicating liquors in Kotze
bue. The No’s won out 199 to 183.
Thus Kotzebue will be a “dry”
town again. The Kotzebue non
profit liquor store got a vote of
confidence with 205 yes votes to
132 no votes and several unmarked
ballots. Unopposed John Schaeffer
was voted a member of the liquor
board to replace Edith Bullock
whose term expires. However, the
vote to ban the sale of intoxicating
liquor will do away with the Kot
zebue liquor store and the liquor
board this coming January.
Jack Jones and Bonnie Staheli
were elected for the one year coun
cilman term. Winners of the two
year term were Levi Mills, Rev.
Earl Perisho, Don Ferguson and
June McConnell. Tony Joule is the
lone holdover from the previous
Council.
Mike Viveiros was hired by the
Council to be city patrolman, re
placing Charlie Wilson who re
signed.
Delbert Hess was hired to work
on the city sanitation truck. He
and Clinton Gregg are now the
permanent crew.
At the bi-monthly Council meet
ing Nov. 7. Tony Joule was ap
pointed as the Council’s represen
tative on the BIA advisory school
board. This board is made up of
the executive committee of the
PTO, the BIA Principal, BIA Edu
cational Head and one member
from the City Council.
Also at the meeting the Council
revoked the use permit it had
granted to Northwest Poultry
Farms Inc. Mr. Hayes, owner of
Northwest Poultry, has until July
1, 1964, to move his building.
The BIA School is planning a
savings stamps and bonds pro
gram in the near future. The Stu
dent Council will handle this
project.
The staff of the Friends High
School newspaper “The Igloo
Press,” is as follows: Editor, Lee
Crump; Circulation Manager. El
len Jane Chappell; News Editor,
Gordon Schnare; Feature Article
Editor, Ethel Eva; and Sports
Editor, Harry Harvey.
Rev. and Mrs. Perisho will have
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NATIVE STORE
as their house guest this week Mr.
Leonard Pohl from Sherwood, Ore
gon. Mr Pohl visited Kotzebue in
June, 1962, so decided to see what
it looks like in winter.
Dr. Bob Takash of the PHS
Hospital departed Nov. 11 for
Unalakleet and that area for a
field clinic trip.
Miss Fran Pagenkopf, PHN,
plans a field trip to Noorvik Nov.
14 and return Nov. 16.
Mr. Allen J Brands, PHS Phar
machist Director, from Washing
ton. D.C., and Mr. Paul Honda,
Chief Pharmacist from Anchorage
PHS Hospital, were in Kotzebue
Nov. 6 and 7, conferring with Ar
thur William, PHS Pharmacist at
Kotzebue.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Bone, PHS
Maintenance Engineer, departed
for a two-month vacation Nov. 12.
They were accompanied by J. C.
King as far as Anchorage.
Father Ready, of Nome, came
Nov. 8 to take care of the Catholic
Parish while Father Pat Spoletini
is attending a retreat in Anchor
age. Father Ready returned to
Nome Nov. 12.
Miss Tesse Judivine, PHS nurse,
escorted a patient to the Anchor
age Hospital Nov. 6, and returned
the 8th.
Flossie Adams returned from
Nome Nov. 6.
John Barger came from Fair
banks Nov. 6 on his way back to
Noatak.
Tom Richards, Wien F-27 Cap
tain, arrived Kotzebue Nov. 6 for
a visit and returned to Fairbanks
Nov. 7. Tommy flew bush planes
for Wiens out of Kotzebue for
many years.
Ramon Lewis, Wien bush pilot,
returned to Nome Nov. 6.
Perry Jackson and Tommy Shel
don arrived from Fairbanks Nov.
7 on way home to Kiana.
Lee Staheli, Wien bush pilot,
departed on his vacation Nov. 8.
He will join his wife Bonnie and
son Lee in Fairbanks and con
tinue south to California and Mex
ico for a month’s vacation.
John Cross, Wien bush pilot, left
for Fairbanks Nov. 12 for a few
days.
Mabel and Whittier Williams Jr.
lost their small baby when he ex
pired suddenly Friday, Nov. 8.
U.S. Fish and Wildlife personnel
Bob Burkholder and Lee Ellis
from Anchorage shot 11 wolves
last week in the Koyuk and Buck
land areas. They play to be here
about one week.
Mike Viveiros, of the Kotzebue
FIGHT TUBERCULOSIS
and other
Respiratory Diseases
National Guard, leaves Nov. 14 for
Fort Benning, Ga., to take a course
in field radio repair. He will be
there until Feb. 25. This is his first
visit to the Lower 48 States in
15 years. He plans to spend the
holidays with his parents in Fall
River, Mass.
The Arctic Circle Chamber of
Commerce met for its monthly
meeting Nov. 5, with 13 members
and guests present. Out of town
visitor Mrs. Doogan of Fairbanks
attended as guest of Mabel John
Northwestern
Alaska
News Briefs
son. Rex Bowen and Edith Bul
lock reported on the State Cham
ber meeting they attended in
Juneau.
W nners of the men’s volleyball
games Nov. 5 were: B and R Tug
over Air Force A; Hospital over
Tweets; Wiens over BIA High
School; BIA Teachers over Friends
High School; Air F orce C over Na
tional Guard. Nov. 12 men’s win
ners were Hospital over Friends
High; BIA Teachers over B and R;
Wiens over National Guard;
Tweets over Air Force A; Air
Force C over BIA High.
Women winners in the Nov. 7
games were: Teachers over Hos
pital; FAA over Friends High;
BIA 8th Grade over BIA High.
A Special Forces soldier was one
of the few blood donors to Mr.
Jack Sampson of Noorvik. On 5
November, Mr. Sampson was ad
mitted to the Kotzebue PHS Hos
pital after having been evacuated
by an Army aircraft from his
home village of Noorvik. The Ar
my aircraft was visiting the Spe
cial Forces team training at Noor
vik. Mr. Sampson was bleeding
internally and required several
blood transfusions prior to further
evacuation to Anchorage. The blood
type needed is not a common type
(.B plus* and there were few donors
available in Kotzebue. Sergeant
Major Thomas W. Morgan, senior
NCO of the Special Furces De
tachment here, donated one pint
of blood shortly after Mr. Samp
son was admitted to the hospital.
The patient was evacuated to An
chorage the following day for fur
ther treatment.
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Pt. Hope Report . . .
By POINT HOPE
CORRESPONDENT
Miss Marian Bryan, Kotzebue
PUS Nutritionist, worked in Pt.
Hope Oct. 28-Nov. 1 and will re
turn the week of Nov. 18 as part
of a nutritional program.
Mr. Sterling Croell, Education
Specialist of Nome, made a super
visory visit to the Pt. Hope School
Oct. 28-29. He was accompanied
by Mr. Howard Burkher of An
chorage, who installed the radios
in the new school office.
Mr. Arthur Nagozruk Jr., Tribal
Operations Assistant, and Mr.
Herb Boroughs, Employment As
sistance Officer, both of the Nome
BIA office, were scheduled in
Point Hope Nov. 12-13.
Dr. Brenda M. Brush, Assistant
Commissioner of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs at Washington, D.C.,
will be is Point Hope Nov 21-23.
Her purpose in coming is to learn
News from
Savoonga
By SAVOONGA
CORRESPONDENT
Since October 30, two officers
and seven enlisted men of the U.S.
Army stationed at Ft Bragg. N.C..
have been at Savoonga offering
additional training to members of
the Savoonga National Guard. The
two-week program of instruction
includes lectures and demonstra
tions in weapons, demolition, medi
cal training, communications, op
erations and intelligence
From Savoonga the men will fly
to Cambell where they wil offer
the same type of instructional pro
gram to the members of the Gam
bell National Guard. They will
spend Thanksgiving Day in Gam
bell and hope to have roast turkey
for the occasion.
Officers of the Savoonga Na
tional Guard are:
Timothy Gologergen, Captain;
John Waghiyi, First Sergeant; Jo
seph Noongwook, Staff Sergeant,
NCOIC; Jonathan Annogiyuk, Staff
Sergeant, Communications; Ches
ter Noongwook. Fire Marshal.
In a recent church wedding
Helen Akeya was married to Mi
chael Kiyuklook. The evening cer
emony was performed on October
19 by Reverend Alvin Gall in the
sanctuary of the Savoonga Presby
terian Church. The matron of hon
or and best man were Mr. and
Mrs. Jerry Wongittilin.
Following the ceremony, the
groom’s mother, Mrs. Herbert Ki
yuklook, gave a reception for the
bride and groom to which relatives
and friends of the couple were in
vited. The reception was held in
the church school room of the Sa
voonga church.
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T11e Malehsaghtet Circle (Dis
ciples of Christ, translated from
Eskimo) of the Savoonga Presby
terian Church, held its monthly
evening party following discussion
of the lesson on Monday. Nov. 11,
at the church. The discussion lead
er of the young women’s circle is
Mrs. John Waghivi. The circle
chairman is Mrs. Emerson Kogas
sagoon.
the problems the village faces and
the thoughts of village leaders on
how a National Service Corpsman
might help the village. (The bill to
create a National Service Corps has
not passed the House of Represen
tatives, though it has passed the
Senate.) The Village Council re
quested a Peace Corps worker as
soon as the possibility of a Na
tional Peace Corps was announced
in the press several months ago.
Mrs. Jean Burand, Home Dem
onstration Agent for the University
of Alaska at Nome, plans to visit
Point Hope March 9-20, to con
duct a clothing construction work
shop at the request of Daniel Lis
bourne, Council President
Dr. Delbert Beswick, Head of the
Conservatory of Music at Baldwin
Wallace College at Berea, Ohio,
will be in Point Hope during April
and May as part of a study of the
Eskimo music. He is primarily in
terested in the structure of the
music. He last visited Pt. Hope in
August, 1962.
Dr. and Mrs. Harrison arrived
in Point Hope Nov 4 for medical
work. Mrs. Harrison and their two
year-old son returned to Kotzebue
Nov. 6. Dr. Harrison returned
Nov 8. He is residing and working
in the former Episcopal rectory. He
does medical wrork in the daytime
and continues with eye refractions
! at night.
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The Bureau of Indian Affairs,
Nome, has awarded a contract to
the Point Hope Native Store for
50 tons of ice at $20 per ton for
the BIA facilities at Pt. Hope.
Each load of ice requires a 12
mile dogteam trip. An average load
is about half a ton. Twenty-five
tons have been hauled in the past
two weeks. Eleven dogteams have
been used for 48 trips.
Caribou hunting has been rather
good the past two weeks. It takes
j from two to seven days for canbou
' hunting trips. A number of owls
i and ducks have been taken for
j food. too. Few seals have been
j taken so far.
I Albert Kiligruk of Pt. Hope is
i living and working in Reno, Nev.
His address is 1350 Coleman St.
He said he likes his job and he is
in good health.
The Pt. Hope Native Store has
a new post card of George Omnik
making a baleen basket. He has
made over 600 baleen baskets in
his 67 years. Herbert Koonuk is
the other person who makes baleen
baskets. He. too, has gained an
outstanding reputation as a skilled
basket weaver.
There are only a few hours of
daylight now. In about a month the
sun will not rise at all for 4 weeks.
The temperature has been around
zero degrees.
One woman recently scribbled
•‘atomic*’ in the age blank of her
employment application. — The
Boise Valley Herald, Middleton,
Idaho.
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