m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year No. 115
NOME, ALASKA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1963
Per Copy 15C
Yukon Army Head ‘At Home’ Here !
Brigadier General Andy A.
Lipscom, Commanding General,
Yukon Command and Fort Wain
wright, and his paity, were hosted
at the North Star’s Seaview Room
on Wednesday night. Speaking be
fore a capacity crowd, the general
lauded Nome’s hospitality and the
performance of the local National
Guard unit.
Mr. Boyd Harwood, member of
the State Military Advisory Board,
spoke of Nome's connection with
the military over the years and
introduced the guest of honor. The
general stated that there were
three major reasons for his visit
to Nome. 1. That Nome is an im
portant area of his new command
and that he wanted to see it as
soon as possible. 2. That he wanted
to meet, as soon as possible, the
Eskimo Scouts and their leaders.
3. That the long range patrol has
been out for four weeks, and he
wanted to check on their exercise.
“Tonight will be one of the most
memorable nights in my career,”
stated the general. ‘‘I have at
tended many parties in my honor
but Nome’s hospitality, evidenced
by the great turnout tonight, is
certainly refreshing. You people
have a wonderful way of making a
fellow feel at home.” The general
commented that our National
Guard unit is performing a great
service, and is a credit to the
U.S. Army and to the State of
Alaska. “I feel that in addition to
their regular missions,” said Gen
eral Lipscom, “they must assist in
the growth of this new frontier —
the Army and the people are part
ners in the development of this
new state.”
The general advised that he has
been at his new post only three
months, and has had a misconcep
» tion of what Alaskans are like. He
has found them sophisticated and
Alaska developed beyond what he
expected. For this reason, he has
been looking forward to his tour
to Nome and Kotzebue, Lipscom
stated further that “We have a
closer relationship with the people
up here than we do in the lower
States, and for this reason we
should play a bigger role in the de
velopment of the country.”
“In the late 30’s only 20 per
29 Years Ago Today . . .
Ickes considers sending repre
sentative to Nome for first hand
account of damage done by fire.
Dr. Ernest Grfxening, Director ol
Territorial Division, working or
winter housing program for home
less.
C. W. Mathews, of Lomens, lef’
for Seattle with pilot Bob Elli:
of Alaska Southern Airways, tc
buy lumber for shipment or
steamer Arthur J. Baldwin.
SS. Dellwood and SS. Depere t(
load to capacity—will arrive Norm
about October 6th and 12th
Freight at half-rate, says Alask;
team.
A 3 or 4 seat Boeing Flyinj
boat leaves Nome for Seattle Oc
tober 1st. Fare—$300.
M&M Bank vault opened — al
contents intact.
Passengers on the Dellwood, C
R. Scannon, C. M. Neuman, J. M
Bovee and Mr. O’Hearn, plus fou
in steerage.
cent of the troops had a high
school education, now some 70 per
cent are high school graduates and
many have had college training to
some degree. The Army has ad
vanced educationally. We have
many true professionals today,
such as men like your Sergeant
Posey, who are more qualified
than ever before,” commented the
commanding officer.
Traveling with General Lipscom
are Col. Cockerham, Major Ayler,
Major Ratcliff and Lt. Arthur.
Members of the Nome advisory
group and officers of the local
Guard unit present were Capt.
Priest, Capt. Caldwell, Capt. Fath
er Nevue, Lt. Engstrom and Sgt.
Posey. Present also were crew
members of the CH21 Vertol heli
copter, stationed at Nome tem
porarily for this patrol exercise,
Warrant officers Grant and Jetton.
In closing, the General stated,
“My judgment of what the people
here report to us will be much
better as a result of my visit to
Nome.”
The General and his staff left
at about 10 a.m. Thursday for An
chorage. after reviewing the patrol
somewhere out in the Kuzitrin
area.
Fish & Game Will Probe
For New Ideas Tonight
The Alaska Department of Fish
and Game announces that there
will be a meeting Friday, Sept. 27,
at 7 p.m. in Room 2 of the Nome
Public High School, to discuss
commercial. subsistence, and
sports fishing regulations in the
Nome area. The public will be in
formed on how to submit any pro
posals for regulation changes or
comments regarding regulations to
the Board of Fish and Game, which
meets in December to adopt the
regulations for next year.
Also the biology of salmon and
the role of fisheries management
in this area will be discussed.
All interested persons are in
vited to attend.
New PH Nurse Hails
From Provence de Quebec
A new resident of Nome is Miss
Yvonne Desroehers (pronounced
da-ro-shav). Miss Desroehers rep
resents the Alaska Department of
Public Health as the Nome itinerant
nurse. As such, her duties will
carry her to villages on the Sew
ard Peninsula as well as in Nome.
The new nurse, a French-Cana
dian lady, hails originally from
Quebec and most recently from
Tanana, where she was stationed
for one year.
Lower Yukon Air Strip Now In Use
Use of the new Lower Yukon
Airport near Andreafsky was re
cently inaugurated, according to
Lars L. Johnson, Director, Divi
sion of Aviation. The Division of
Aviation reported that the first
landing and take-off took place on
the evening of September 10th,
when a Northern Consolidated
Airlines’ Pilatus Turbo Porter pi
loted by James Hoffman picked
up supplies which the contractor
was shipping out at the comple
tion of the job.
Regular landings have been
made since then on the temporary
secondary length landing stri}:
which has been laid out within the
area being developed as an impor
tant trunk airport to serve the
many villages along the lower Yu
kon River. The present air serv
ice is associated almost exclusive
ly with the construction effort a.
the road to the nearest commu
nity, Andreafsky or St. Mary’s Mis
sion, will not be completed unti:
early in the 1964 season.
As soon as the road is com
pleted. the strip will also provid
dependable year-round transpor
tation to Andreafsky, which is tht
site of an important mission anc
boarding school operated by the
; Jesuits.
, Although the people are spreac
! among a number of villages, the
lower Yukon River area is one o:
i the faix-ly heavily populated re
. gions of the state. Small individua
landing strips will link these vil
l lages with the new trunk airport
The Division of Aviation has eith
< er completed^ under construction
. or programmed strips at all th<
major communities. These includ<
[ St. Michael, the historic seapor
serving the Yukon River transpor
tation; Stebbins, headquarters fo:
the area’s reindeer industry; Kot
r lik, a rapidly growing village oi
the deep-water north mouth of th«
Yukon; Emmonak'(Kwiguk), site
of an important salmon cannery;
and Alakanuk, a major trading
center on the south mouth of the
river. Others include Pilot Station,
the first major village upriver
from Andreafsky; Marshall, head
quarters for early-day mining ac
tivities; and Russian Mission.
In the past, air service has been
provided these communities bv
float planes in the summertime
and ski-equipped aircraft in the
winter, generally operating out of
Bethel. The large fuel load re
quired, and heavy floats, have se
verely restricted the number of
passengers and amount of cargo
that could be carried on these
flights. No transportation of any
kind was available for as long as
six weeks in the spring after the
snow disappeared and prevented
ski operations and before the riv
ers were sufficiently free of ic
to permit float plane operations.
The villages have been similarly
isolated for up to six weeks in
the fall, when ice running in the
■ rivers causes suspension of float
operations and the lack of snow
■ prevents ski operations.
Opening of the new Lower Yu
i kon Airport and the supporting
village landing strips will vastly
i improve the area’s transportation
■ and create important new markets
' for Anchorage, Fairbanks and
other commercial centers.
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THIS ONE DIDN'T GET AWAY!
Harold Bonner, of Bonner Elec
tric in Fairbanks, is the proud
possessor of a 32-inch Dolly Var
den. The fish was caught in the
Sinuk River and Leonard Anseth,
who guided Bonner to “his own
favorite hole,” witnessed the land
ing. The monster Dolly was caught
out of fast, shallow water below
a riffle. Mr. Bonner plans to have
the fish mounted.
In a conference held today,
called by Major Bob Reed, Director
of Information, Elmendorf Air j
Force Base, it was established that
Nome is soon to play host to the
most impressive array of digni
taries imaginable. There will be j
a total of 45 countries of the Free
World represented by the mili
tary attaches who will visit Nome
on October 8th.
These foreign government rep
resentatives have unanimously
chosen Nome as the locale they
would most desire to visit in the
State of Alaska. Plans call for their ,
arrival at Elmendorf AFB on Oc
tober 7 and a flight to Nome on
October 8. They come from Wash
ington, D.C., and plan to be in
Alaska only two days. This trip
to Nome, arranged by the Penta
gon with the co-operation of Ma
jor Reed, will serve to highlight
the Alaska visit of these military
figures.
The group will include a 3-star
general from Brazil, and several
P-TA Calendar A Success
I
The P-TA Calendar Committee
wishes to thank all those who
again helped to make the project
a success. The order was mailed
ept. 23rd. making it possible to
receive the 10 per cent bonus.
Over 300 calendars were sold.
There were 17 commercial ads and
1.580 listings.
Beverly Blanning and Ruth
Towner worked together as co
chairmen. Adeline Ullrich handled
the typing, and Alice Osborne was
in charge of meeting dates. Beverly
Blanning planned the commercial
ads. Checkers, counters and cor
rectors were Dotty Isabel!, Violet
Glass. Lennie Nerland, John
Towner and Ruth Towner.
Block Captains were Jane Fra
zier, Eunice Bruckner, Pepper
Gray, Mrs. Craft, Mrs. Fenster
macher. Miss Harriet Brown, ,
Grace Johnson, Rev. Morrell. Rad
bara Hanson, Debbie Shadier.
Mary Sackett, Fay Lienard.
Beverly Blanning, George Mayac.
Mrs. Leight, Caroline Reader, Ron
nie Hahn, Lottie Bahnke, Elbe Os
borne, Lucy Richardson, John
Towner, Mrs. Farley, Dotty Isa
ell, Lizzie Swanson. Joyce Galle
her, Lcla Oman and Ruth Towner.
Debbie Schadler and Mary Sa
ckett working together received a
prize for selling 82 listings and 24
calendars. First single worker
prize went to Barbara Hanson with
72 listings and 19 calendars. Sec
ond single worker prize went to
Fay Lienard with 63 listings and
25 calendars.
BULLETIN
In a wire received from Sen.
E. L. Bartlett, Mayor Don Hoov
er is advised lhai the City of
Nome has received an additional
grant for water pollution con
trol in connection with the wa
ter and sewer project. The addi
tional grant is in amount of
$15,040, which brings the total
grant from the Health, Educa
tion and Welfare to $37,580.
one- and two-star generals of
other nations. The group will also
be accompanied bv officials from
the Pentagon as well as movie cam
eramen who will record this his
toric event.
Members of various Nome or
ganizations plan to host these gen
tlemen during their 4-to-5-hour
visit, with an all-out display of
Northwestern Alaska hospitality.
Accompanying Major Reed is
Capt. and Mrs. Lloyd Smith, exec
utive department of Pan American
Airways, Washington, D.C.
Egan Asks
Kennedy 4Act to
Avoid Incident!*
JUNEAU '.ft — Gov. William A.
Egan said t<xiav he has asked
President Kennedy for positive
federal action to protect the rights
of U.S. king crab fishermen on
historic American fishing grounds
off Kodiak Island.
Egan said he sent his plea to
the President by wire late last
night, after American fishermen
reported new king crab gear losses
because of the operations of Rus
j sian trawlers in the same area.
The Governor told Kennedy that
‘‘conditions are such as to hold
the seeds of a possible interna
tional incident.”
Egan said resolution of "this
problem in the national interest
dictates a critical need for posi
tive action by the United States
to insure rights of American fish
ermen and to avoid the possibility
of a regrettable international in
cident.”
Egan said he had also discussed
the new Soviet actions with Sen.
E. L. Bartlett by phone and that
Bartlett advised him he would
make a personal appeal to the
White House and to the U.S. State
Department for prompt corrective
action.
Candidates to Be Presented
Frank Couch, president of North
western Alaska Chamber of Com
merce, has invited all candidates
in the forthcoming election to at
tend the regular Chamber lunch
eon meeting on Monday.
WANTED—WOMEN BOWLERS
Airs. Lou Oliver advises that
according to the Womens Inter
national Bowling Congress rules,
one more team of women bowlers
is needed to fill out the league.
The league cannot function with
out the addition of one more team.
Interested persons should contact
Faye Lienard, secretary of the city
association. Mrs. Oliver stated fur
ther that subs are badly needed to
fill in on all teams. This is for
Friday night bowling.