Upholstery Gets Underway
The upholstery class got off to
a hick-pulling start at the Lutheran
Church last week under the di
rection of Mrs. Jean Burand, Dis
trict Home Demonstration Agent
for the Cooperative Extension
Service.
Three davenports and two sec
tionals are included in the list of
furniture to be reupholstered.
Mrs. Donald Lyle is assisting
Mrs. Burand in holding the work
shop. Mrs. Fred Greene is chair
man of the group. Interested
people are welcome.
During the work session from
7 to 10 on Mondays and Fridays
Mrs. Dan Walsh. Mrs. Barrow Mor
gan, Mrs. Roald Amundson, Mr.
and Mrs. Bob Harwood, Mr. and
Mrs. Henry Ullrich, Mrs. Harold
Kelly. Mrs. Bob Scott and Mrs.
Wm. Komakhuk will have some
lovely pieces of furniture to greet
spring.
Don Hoover, manager of the
M & M Bank, returned from a |
business trip to Barrow where the ■
bank has a branch and brought '
back greetings from former resi-!
dents Gordon and Alice Osborne.
Dr. Fenslermacher reported at
Chamber meeting today that the
seminar on food handling held last
Friday was well received and al
though planned for professional
people, housewives were welcome
and could come to the second
meeting next Friday.
Mrs. Harold Kelly left for Ore
gon Friday due to the sudden
death of her father, Nicholas
Humphreys, at his home in Jen
nings Lodge.
COMIN' and GOIN'
From Fairbanks: Doris Wilke,
Robert Reusch, Chuck Frazier, Nels
Swanberg, Don Hoover, Wm. Pear
son. Grafton Bergman.
From Kotzebue: Lillian Olanna,
Billy Wiest, Phil Butler, Edward
Martineau.
To Kotzebue: Art Sandstrom, F.
Richardson, Loren Payne.
To Fairbanks: Alicia Fenover,
Stan Karhut, George Hoff, Dr.
Norvin Lewis, Mr. and Mrs. G.
Gibbons, Robert Henrich, Paul
Hampen, Morris Lesemann, Ray
!er, Nels Nordin. Clarence
Olanna.
VOLUNTEER FIREMEN
REGULAR MEETING
8:00 P.M. Wednesday
CITY HALL
Norvin Lewis Passes
Norvin Lewis, Sr., who has been
ill for some time, passed away at
noon today at the MMM Hospital,
where he has been employed as
bookkeeper.
Mr. Lewis, who was Clerk of
the U.S. District Court here for
many years, came to Nome in
1901. He was born in Seward,
Neb., Aug. 23, 1886.
He is survived by his wife, Lillie
Lewis, whom he married in 1918,
and four sons, Dr. Norvin Lewis,
Jr., who was here last week, and
Charles, Harry and Robert, and
one grandson.
He was a 33rd degree Mason,
being a Past Master of Anvil
Lodge F & A M No. 140, and also
a member of the Order of Eastern
Star and the Pioneers of Alaska.
He was a member of the Nome
Volunteer Fire Department since
it was first organized.
Burial announcement had not
been made at press time.
Lukens Steel Co.
Withdraws Price Increase
COATESVILLE, Pa. HV-Lukens
Steel Co. announced today it is
withdrawing price increases an
nounced last week on its plate
steel. It said the failure of its two
competitors to match the increases
necessitated the action to keep
Lukens competitive.
Lukens had raised prices $5 a
ton on carbon steel plate and $7
on alloy steel plate, produced also
by U. S. Steel and Bethlehem,
giants of the industry.
Today’s action by Lukens re
turned all its steel prices to the
levels they were at last week.
Kappy Birthday to Charlie
It’s happy birthday to Sen.
Charles D. Jones, who will be
celebrating his 88th birthday on
Friday at the Pioneer Home in
Sitka where he is resting from a
long trip which took him from
Nome to New York, Washington,
D.C. and California. After recu
perating from his travels he hopes
to return home to Nome.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Two babies, both girls, were
born at the hospital over the
weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Dean Ku
lowiyi of Savoonga had a girl on
April 20 and Mr. and Mrs. John
Analoak a girl on April 19.
Admitted: Margaret Siloak. Es
ther Herman, Paul Mandeville,
Richard Dearnley.
Discharged: Don Lee, Elizabeth
Kovaviloak, Dorothy Soolok and
infant, Tom Brown.
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I Chamber Prepares
Brochure In Support
Of Water-Sewer Project
The Chamber of Commerce has
prepared a brochure on why
Nome needs water and sewage. The
book is illustrated with glossy
prints showing how water and
sewage is handled and the urgent
need of modernization.
It also contains letters prepared
by the health officer, Dr. Robert
Fenstermacher and State Sanitarian
George Markham concerning the
health problems now in existence
and their hazards.
The brochures are being sent
to President John Kennedy and
i certain agencies at the nation’s
: capital as well as agencies at
| state level to show the need here
with the hope that Nome’s appli
cation for a water and sewage
project be included in the Accel
erated Public Works appropriation
recently approved bv Congress.
Chairman of the committee for
the project was Maurice Kelliher,
who is chairman of the Civic Af
fairs Committee for the Chamber.
FIRE DESTROYS USSR & M CO.
BUILDING AT LITTLE CREEK
A fire destroyed one of the
U.S. Smelting Co. buildings at
Little Creek on Saturday after
noon. The building was formerly
a carpenter shop north of the Little
Creek bunk house which was torn
down last year.
Three juveniles were appre
hended by State Police Officer
Rudolph within three hours after
the fire and they confessed to
having been shooting in the area.
They said they had gotten cold
and went into the building and
started a fire, failing to put it out
when they left.
Restitution for the burned build
ing will be made bv the boys in
volved, said Trooper Rudolph, who
also pointed out that shooting on
private property as well as tres
passing, is unlawful.
GENERAL SCOUT MEETING
SLATED WEDNESDAY NIGHT
There will be a general meeting
of all Boy Scouts, Explorers, Cubs,
representatives of all sponsoring
groups, interested adults and lead
ers in the Multipurpose Room at
8 p.m. Wednesday night.
This win be the first achieve
ment night program for the Cubs
in the new program. There will
be movies following the business
of the meeting.
ANNOUNCE ENGAGEMENT
Sven Larson and Eleanora Wil
son have announced their engage
ment. A May wedding is planned
but the date has not yet been
disclosed.
Mr. Larson is the baker for the
North Star and president of the
Bering Sea Lions Club and Mrs.
Wilson is a nurse at the MMM
Hospital.
Return from Meeting
Doris Wilke and Charles Fra
zier returned Saturday from the
meeting in Fairbanks of the Alaska
Central Committee of the Republi
can party. Nome representatives
of the Young Republicans includ
ed two girls, who are in school at
the U of A, Gail Mclver and Gail
Croell. •
CITY COUNCIL
MEETING TONIGHT
8:00 P.M. — CITY HALL
WANT ADS
FOUND: Pair of child’s glasses.
Call at Nugget.
FOUND: Telephoto and wide angle
attachment to Argus camera.
Call at Nugget and pay for ad.
FOR SALE: Old Methodist Church
builidng located at 2nd Ave. and
C St., on Lot 1, Block 27, City
of Nome, Alaska. Building to be
removed by Sept. 1, 1963. See
Pastor Howard DeVore or write
Box 296 for details. 50
NOMERAMA THEATER
THEY FOUGHT FACE TO FACE or SIDE BY SIDE!
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PRIZES PRESENTED TO
CARD PARTY WINNERS
Traditional gold nugget and jade
jewelry was presented the winners
of the annual Pioneer card party
series last Saturday with Mrs.
Herb Jenks and Mrs. Jess Wood
ward only one point apart for
first and second place. Bill Ull
rich won first place for the men
and Herb Jenks was second.
Winners for the evenings games
were Mrs. Bill Cameron, Mrs.
Pete Reader, Mrs. Carl Mickelson. i
For the men Jess Woodward led 1
with Don Lyle in second place and
Herb Jenks with low score.
WIN PATSY AWARDS
HOLLYWOOD — Televisions
talking horse, Mister Ed and Walt
Disney’s canine film star Big Red
won Patsy Awards as top animal
performers of 19G2.
The awards were presented Sat
urday by the American Hmane •
Society.
I
JEANETTE AMUNDSON IS
WINNER IN MATH CONTEST
Robert Gene Vodicka, a West
i Anchorage High School student,
! was top contestant in the recent
National Mathematics Contest in
Alaska, Dr. Francis Parker, head
1 of the University of Alaska Mathe
matic Dept, and contest chairman
for Alaska, announced Friday.
Vodicka’s score placed him at the
top of nearly 800 high school stu
dents from all over the state who
( competed in the contest.
Among the individual winners
at high schools participating in
i the contest was Jeanette Amund
| son of Nome High School.
Scout Hall Broken Into
Acting Chief of Police Jim
Carter reported that the Boy Scout
Hall was broken into over the
weekend sometime after the Scout
party on Saturday evening with
the hasp being removed from the
back door. Nothing was stolen,
stated the police officer.
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