Kotzebue Report . •
By KOTZEBUE
CORRESPONDENT
A coffee and baby shower were ,
given Nov. 15 for Mrs. William
Ment/er and baby son. Hostess
was Mrs. Tom Harrison.
Dr. Mentzer’s father, William
Mentzer II from California, ar
rived Nov. 17 for a brief visit. He I
and his wife (who has been here !
for the past few weeks) departed
for California Nov. 19.
Dr. Harrison, MOC at the PUS 1
Hospital and PHN Nurse Fran
Pngc-nkopf, went to Kiana Novem
ber 18 for a field clinic and plan
to return November 22.
Marian Brian, PHS nutritionist,
is spending this week at Point
Hope.
The Maricopa Club, PHS Hos
pital social organization, is having
a bake sale Nov. 23 for the pa
tients Christmas Fund. The Cath
olic Church is also having their
bake sale this same date. Thanks
to Mary Milbury, hospital dieti
tion, there will probably be all
kinds of lovely decorated cakes
and pastries at these sales. Mary
just completed a cake decorating
course to a group of grateful and
appreciative local townswomen.
She certainly deserves a vote of
thanks for giving so willingly of
her time and talent on her off duty
hours. She plans to begin teaching
a new group Nov. 20.
Norma Dallas, hospital house
keeper, is making some beautiful
candles this week which she is
donating to the bake sale. What
diversified talent one finds in
Kotzebue!
Since Arthur Willman, hospital
pharmacist and acting administra
tor, couldn't find his talent in
baking, candlemaking, etc., he is
making his mark of distinction
by being a sixth place winner in
a national Jello contest. After an
swering the eight questions suc
cessfully he was notified a few
weeks later that he was a semi
finalist and to complete the state
ment of I Enjoy Jello Gelatin
because . . . with 25 words or less.
We were all inquiring as to how
much Jello he had for sale, but
Art informed us he received a
lovely carving set instead, and
that incidentally there were a few
hundred sixth place winners. We
still think he did excellent.
Belated congratulations to
George and Evelyn Conwell on
their son born November 6. Allan
Brian joins seven sisters.
Kotzebue wras one of 19 cities
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and towns to hold a civilian de
fense conference. This conference
was held Nov. 19 from 8:45 a.m.
until 5 p.m. at Cudd Hall with 39
in attendance. It was conducted
by Mr. William A. Swick, Co
ordinator, University of Alaska
Civilian Defense Education pro
gram, and Mr. James Messick,
training and education officer
from the State Division of Civil
Defense, Anchorage. The Univer
sity of Alaska is under contract
with the Dept, of Defense, Office
of Civil Defense, to hold confer
ences for local government offi
cials and other influenttia persons
in 19 Alaska cities and towns. The
purpose of these conferences are
to stress the continuing need of
Civil Defense, to reacquaint the
participants with current prepared
ness programs, to re-emphasize
the local responsibilities for sur
vival measures and to timulate lo
ca reparedness programs. It was
a very interesting and enlighten
ing conference, and enjoyed by all
the participants. Those attending
the conference from the outlying
villages were Tommy Sheldon, vice
president Village Council, Kiana;
Fred N. Jackson, secretary, Vil
lage Council, Kiana; Helen Ka
goona, president, Village Council,
Noorvik; Levi Cleveland, repre
senting Village Council, Shung
nak; Ralph Ballot, assistant sec
retary, Village Council, Selawik:
Amos Lane, Councilman, Poinl
Hope, and Rev. Dwain McKenzie
representing Village Council, Poinl
Hope. These seven village dele
gates met with the Kotzebue Vil
lage Council in an executive com
mittee meeting Tuesday evening
November 19 to discuss variou:
village problems.
The City Council is taking ap
plications for the position of city
patrolman. The position has been
vacant since last Thursday when
Mike Viveiros left for National
Guard training in the lower 48.
Mr. Tiffany, BIA principal, re
ported that Arthur Jones has been
appointed to fill the new position
of warehouseman at the BIA
school.
Mrs. Horace Schnare is going
to be the additional elementary
teacher it is planned, and Mrs.
McClain will teach in split shifts
so that none of the elementary
casses wil have more than 31
pupils per class. No replacement
has been appointed as yet to take
Mrs. Schnare’s present position of
school secretary.
Ella Martin, PHS lab technician,
is terminating, and plans to leave
Kotzebue November 25 for her
home in San Francisco. We will
all miss those famous pizzas and
Chinese dinners she is so well
noted for.
The frozen ground in Kotzebue
cemetery resulted in an almost
two week delay in the burial of
an infant who had died in the
hospital here. After several days
of labor with digging tools, labor
ers had managed only to remove
loose rock from the surface of
the ground. Upon requet of a local
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Kotzebue, directed his adjutant, i
Capt. Anthony J. Broullon to give J
,dl assistance possible. Capt. Broul- 1
Ion, along with Speciaist Four j
Robert F. Jones and Specialist ;
Four Joseph R. Grondin, used ex- j
plosives to loosen the ground to a j
sufficient depth to permit com
pletion of the grave. The close
proximity of the cemetery to the
town necessitated careful placing
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of the explosives to prevent dam
age to persons or proerty. No
damages occurred and the neces
sary earth was removed to permit
burial of the infant on Nov. 8.
Traveling with Wiens this past
week were Hadley Ferguson, Clara
and Yvonne Salinas, Mike Viveir
os, Sadie Wally and William Res
ford on Nov. 14. Arriving from
Fairbanks wras John Cross. On the
15th was Mary Louise Stalker on
way to Barrow and Clarence Ar
nold and Dorothy Curtis (of Noor
vik) and Raven Sheldon to Fair
banks. Raven Sheldon and Doro
thy Curtis went in to make funeral
arrangements for Annie Snell
their sister and mother respec
tively, who passed away in Fair
banks following surgery. They re
turned Nov. 19 with the body
and traveled on to Noorvik the
same day for the funeral. Fred
Adams returned from Nome on
the 16th. Coming in on the 18th
were Clara and Yvonne Salinas.
Don Ferguson, Ray and Diane
Ferguson and Gene Joiner de
parted for Fairbanks the 19th.
Coming in from Nome on the 19th
were Trooper Jim Hemphill and
Delbert Wells, who was on his way
to Kiana. Arrivals on Nov. 20
were Chester Hill, BIA employe,
on his way to Kiana and Rollyn
Kagoona on his way to Noorvik.
Ft. Hope Report . . .
By POINT HOPE
CORRESPONDENT
Mr. Horace Van Schnare, BIA
Education Specialist, made a su
pervisory visit to the Pt. Hope
School Nov. 14-15.
Mr. Arthur Nagozruk, Jr.. Tribal
Operations Assistant, was in Pt.
Hope Nov. 14-15. A lengthy council
meeting on Nov. 14 was devoted to
a discussion of the 4th Class City ,
Incorporation Act. No decision was
made in favor of incorporation. It
was decided that more study must
be made first.
Mr. Stuart Tope, maintenance
superintendent for the State Divi
sion of Aviation, and State Sena
tor Willie Foster, both of Nome,
visited Pt. Hope Nov. 14-15 in con
nection with maintenance and im- !
provement of the airstrip. At a
council meeting they agreed to do
what they can to get landing lights
for the airstrip. It is also hoped
that a radio and homer can be
instaled. It is possible, too, that
the field will obtain a drag and
a truck. Both are needed for put
ting soil over the gravel field as
binder and for maintaining a good
airstrip.
Temperature for the first half of
November has averaged about 3
degrees above zero. The windiest
day was Nov. 11, with gusts to
50 and 60 mph. Sun is up about
three hours daily.
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Watches will be awarded to 18
school children by Dr. Lathrop and
the Village Council as a result of
the year-long dental health contest
at Point Hope. These 18 boys and
girls have developed no new cavi
ties since the dentist was here last
year. The names of the children
I will be revealed Nov. 25. Only
i two school children had no cavities
last fall when the dentist was here.
; The Council ordered the 18 watches
from West Germany for a total cost
! of about $75.
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Fifty tons of ice have been de
! livered to the school by 16 dif
; ferent dogteams making 88 trips
with an average load of over 1,100
pounds. Since each trip is 12 miles,
the total distance traveled was
more than a thousand miles. The
ice was carried at a time when
ice conditions are best and when
employment is needed the most.
Soon, most of the men will be busy
hunting seals.
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The fluoride for pre-school chil
dren is now in Kotzebue and will
arrive soon for distribution to
homes by Ella Frankson. Ella was
appointed bv the Council for this
program.
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The Point Hope school children
Reduce Fares for Clergy . . .
Alaska Airlines reduced rates
for members of the clergy became
effective Nov. 21, over the air
line’s total system for travel with
in Alaska and to and from Alaska.
Rev. Joseph R. Morse, President
of Airline Clergy Bureau, from
Sacramento, Calif., is the first
member of the clergy to travel on
ASA for 50 per cent of the regu
lar fare under the airline’s new
clergy fares, according to Robert
Giersdorf. vice president of traf
fic and sales.
Rev. Morse departed on ASA
Golden Nugget jet yesterday after
noon for Fairbanks and Anchorage
to meet with members of clergy
to stimulate travel over the air
lines system. ASA is the only car
rier in the Alaska tra\ el market
offering this fare.
In order to obtain travel at this
reduced fare the passenger must
secure an identification card from
the airlines Clergy Bureau. Muni
cipal Airport, Sacramento. Calif.
The Airlines Clergy Bureau acts
as a clearing house and repre
sents all religious denominations
and organizations in the United
States.
There are 331 registered reli
gions with 395.000 members of the
clergy who could take advantage
of the fare reduction. For their
; services the Airlines Clergy Bur
eau charges $12.50 for this spe
cial identification card which is
required and the card is good for
one year.
Letter-size and Legal File Folders
For Sale at the Nugget
have been exchanging letters, pic
tures, etc., with Grades 1-5 of the
North Shore Country Day School
of Winnetka, Illinois. They plan
to send a tape to Pt. Hope at
Christmas. Their principal writes:
“. . . Parents have commented
about the excitement that their
children have felt and carried
home with them as a result of
letters they have written and re
ceived and artifacts they have ac
tually touched here. If you have
had only a fraction of this much
enthusiasm in Point Hope, I would
count the whole thing as a success.”
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Lennie Lane, Jr., began work as
the school janitor on Nov. 14. He
works four hours each day. Daniel
Lisbourne, the maintenance man.
works eight hours daily.
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Dr. F. E. Hemphill, Capt., USAF,
visited Point Hope Nov. 15 in con
nection with rabies shots planned
for the dogs.
• • •
Cape Thompson has closed for
the winter, but will reopen in the
spring. The Arctic Research Lab
at Barrow notified the village
| council of this. They requested the
j help of the village in protecting
| property there.
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Construction of the new teach
! ers’ quarters may be completed the
I first or second week of December
I if all goes well.
The store now charges $4 deposit
when someone buys a drum of
stove oil. The $4 is refunded when
the drum is returned to the store.
There is a shortage of oil barrels
since nearly 2,000 of them were
used to build the Pt. Hope sea
wall last month.
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i News from
Savoonga
By SAVOONGA
CORRESPONDENT
On Thanksgiving Day the people
of Savoonga will come together
as they have for approximately
; the past 20 years to feast and cele
i brate the first Thanksgiving held
, at Plymouth. Massachusetts, on
December 13, 1621. The Savoonga
■ celebration was begun by a teacher
, at the Savoonga Day School whose
i name no one can remember. Today
. the feast is paid for from Council
’ funds.
I
Dinner will be served at the Sa
voonga Presbyterian Church twice
during the afternoon and evening.
The first serving will be at 1
o’clock for school children of sec
ond grade and beyond. The sec
ond serving will be at 5 o’clock
for adults, kindergarteners, and
first graders. The food will be
served by 24 older boys and girls
of the village and 23 school-age
boys and girls. The women of the
village will do the baking and
cooking.
Records will provide music
throughout the afternoon and
evening, and a short talk will be
made by Mr. Edward Gologergen,
■ | chairman of the Welfare Commit
: tee in charge of the event. Other
. officers and members of the Com
mittee, in addition to Mr. Golo
gergen, are Jacob Seppilu, secre
, tary; Floyd Kingeekuk, Jackson
, Mokoyck, Ruth Miklahuk, and Ora
Gologergen.