“Midnight Sundries”
“Midnight Sundries” promises to
be a real night of entertainment
for everybody next Friday with
many interesting acts being re
hearsed among the young and the
oldsters.
“The Little Gold Miners,” un
der the direction of Mildred Har
wood will be performing for the
public for the first time.
Two competing groups of Es
kimo dancers are practicing some
thing new for the event.
The can-can girls have been
working on a chorus number and
will also do the Charleston with
their song and dance.
Professional talent is being pro
vided by Cindy Hussey, the talent
ed visitor from Alabama and
Juanita Burke, who is currently
the popular entertainer at the
Bering Sea Club.
Ann Chambers, reigning Queen,
will introduce the girls vieing for
the 1963 title of Festival Queen.
TELLER TO INCORPORATE
AS FOURTH CLASS CITY
The Teller village council has
filed a request to become incor
porated as a 4th class city in the
State of Alaska.
Magistrate Maurice Kelliher
states that he will set a date
soon for the preliminary meeting
which if favorable will be follw
ed by a town meeting and election
of officers for the community.
Rev. E. S. Morell with his wife
and three children, aged 4, 6 and
8 years, arrived last week from
San Fernando, Cali., to take over
the work of Rev. Orval Schmidt at
the Church of the Nazarene and
will be here for the next four
years. Mrs. Morell cames from
Clastine, Ore.
Mrs. Jack Reed, who has been
in the states for surgery, returned
on Friday much improved and was
welcomed home by her many
friends.
NOTE OF THANKS
First of all, we want to express
our sincere thanks to the entire
staff of the MMM Hospital for the
best care our dear mother received
curing her hospitalization.
Also we thank everyone for their
-•nllingness to help at the funeral
and their kind comforting words.
From the families of:
Simon Sagoonick,
Gabriel Okiikon,
Oscar Swanson,
Edward Kimatoak,
David Otton
Littlest Ice Pool
On Monday the “Littlest Ice
! Guessing Pool” will go into opera
tion for the second successive
year, having started last year at
the Midnight Sun Festival.
The Little Ice Pool is situated
in the Midnight Festival head
quarters, near Charlie’s Barber
Shop, and is a large solidly fro
zen cake of ice in which a beau
tiful nugget has been frozen. The
nugget, this year, come from
Klery Creek, a tributary of the
Kobuk River and was mined in
1940 by Graham Lammers and it
weighs one ounce and 5 penny
weight. It is shaped like the
Seward Peninsula.
Last year the winner of the
guessing game was Mike Slaca
mana who sold the nugget for
$100.
Lorena Boehler and
Ron Engstrom Wed
Lorena Boehler, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Mills, was united
in matrimony to Ronald Engstrom,
some of Mr. and Mrs. Herb Eng
strom, Saturday evening at the
Friend’s Church at Kotzebue.
The ceremony planned for early
in the day was delayed awaiting
the arrival of the Nome plane
which was held up because of
bad weather in Kotzebue. Aboard
were the mother of the groom and
passengers planning to attend the
ceremony. When the plane cancel
ed out, the ceremony was held at
9 o’clock in the evening with
George Bell as best man and Mrs.
Lepita Cavillo as bride’s attend
ant.
The couple will take a short
honeymoon to Seattle and then re
turn to make Nome their home.
LEGIONNAIRES CONCLUDE
CONVENTION IN UNITY
The 44th annual convention of
the American Legion Dept, of
Alaska concluded in a note of
unity and extreme enthusiasm by
those who attended.
The convention held at Haines,
June 5-8, was a tremendous suc
cess with many Legionnaires and
distinguished guests attending from
all over the state.
George Petrovich of Anchorage
succeed Donald Moles of Juneau
as Dept. Commander and his motto
for the ensuing year is: “Let’s Do
More in Sixty-Four.”
Attending the convention from
Nome was Stan Harhut.
SUBSCRIBE TO THE NUGGET
LOMEN COMMERCIAL COMPANY
A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Sales Office: Dial 2234 Write Box 700
DEALERS IN
Lumber & Plywood Building Materials Wallboard Insulation
Oxygen & Acetylene Welding Machines Electrodes
Supplies and Accessories
Jaeger Pumps Zeus & Pioneer Light Plants
MacWyie Wire Rope—Standard Oil Products
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
Festival Queen Contest
Is Saturday Evening
All the friends of the girls par
ticipating in the Queen contest
will want to be at the Coronation
Ball on Saturday this year, states
Martha Reardon, Festival manager,
as 35 per cent of the judging will
be based on popularity. Each per
son attending the Coronation Ball
will be given a ballot on which to
select his favorite Queen contest
ant.
All persons are urged to attend
the ball in costume as there will
be prizes for costumes at this
time as well as the selection of
the beard winners.
VOLUNTEERS WANTED
Volunteers are needed to staff
the Festival Headquarters building
from 9-12; 2-4 p.m. and 7-9 each
evening this week.
The headquarters are not only
an information center but the lo
cation of the Littlest Ice Pool
which opened today.
Contact Martha Reardon if you
have time to serve any period of
any day this week.
This is YOUR FESTIVAL.
FOR SALE OR RENT — 50-ft.
house trailer, furnished in ex
cellent condition. Call 2255 after
6 p.m. tf
MAN WANTED to supply Rawleigh
Products to consumers in Nome,
full or part time. Good time to
start; no capital needed. Write
Rawleigh, 306 Adeline, Oakland,
Calif. 83
FOR SALE: 1957 Plymouth. Phone
2633. 75c
FOR IMMEDIATE SALE: Fur
nished home with garage, back
of school, also nine - passenger
International Travel-All with
four-wheel drive. Call 2474 or
see Earl Towner. 78p
LOST: On street or road. Valu
able medicine in plastic bottle.
Green and black capsules. Nome
Drug Store prescription label.
Finder call Nugget or city police.
Reward. 75c
FOR SALE: 1958 Chevy sedan. It
runs, $325. Jeep strip-down,
$350. 4x4 Dodge chassis with
wheels, transfer case and eight
tires, $200. See Chunn or phone
2585 after 6 p.m. tf
FOR SALE: 1959 Chevy 4-door
sedan. $850. Phone 2671. 75c
FOR SALE: 1954 Ford Ranch
Wagon. Call 2323 after 5:30. 75p
FOR SALE: Write to us for our
list of 45 R.P.M. records. 3,000
to choose from. Price $50 each.
R.R. “Bob” Blodgett, Teller
Commercial Co., Teller, Alaska
74c
FOR RENT OR SALE: Nicely
furnished two - bedroom house.
Call 2480. 74c
FOR SALE: To highest bidder,
1953 Ford station wagon. Box
532 or call Nugget. 74c
FOR SALE: Zenith Trans-Oceanic
radio, $50. See at Charlie’s
Barber Shop. 74c
FOR RENT: Midnight Sun Festival
costumes at Nomerama Theater.
Call 2853 before 6 p.m. 73c
LOST—Wallet containing payroll
check, cash and personal papers.
Reward for return to Sam
Ahwinona.
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ESKIMO SPORTS
MIDNIGHT SUN FESTIVAL
Sponsored by the Alaska Native Brotherhood
Arranged by Paul Green
Judges: Eddie Tockioo, Joe Amarok, James Moses, Wm. Okalik
Eliminations Thursday and Friday 7:00 pan. to 9:00 pan.
Finals Saturday 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.—7:00 to 9:00 pan.
On the Festival Platform
Place of Boat Events to Announced
THURSDAY
7:00*9:00 Elimination in Eskimo games and Dancing— Na
look-a-tuk (blanket toss); Ah-oog-tu-wu-al (Eskimo
wrestling); Ah-kroa-siahk (high kick); Ah-kloo-nok
tuk (rope trick).
FRIDAY
7:00-9:00 Eliminations continue in Eskimo Games and Dancing.
SATURDAY
1:00 Ah-moo-tahk (Eskimo tug of war) Kee-gik-tak-mee-yute
(Shishmaref people) vs. Ukiu-vak-mee-yute (King
Island people).
1:30 Pee-luk-too-ak (Women's seal skinning contest). Ah-muk
too-uk-shahk (Baby carrying demonstration).
2:00 No-lik-tuak (Spear throwing contest).
2:30 Omiak-tu-toak-shahk (Eskimo hunting expedition ready
to go in full equipment).
3:00 Ung-wak-tu-ruat (Skinbot race).
3:30 Kayak Demonstrations
STARRING
ALSO STARRING
RICHARD SIR RALPH DIANE BARRV DAVID DONALD
EGAN■ RICHARDSON • BAKER • COE • FARRAR • HOUSTON
NOMERAMA THEATER
MONDAY and TUESDAY
MIGHTY EPIC OF THE HANDFUL OF MEN...
WHO FORMED THE INCREDIBLE “FLYING
WEDGE’’AT THE BATTLE OF THERMOPYLAE!
- PRIZES -
HIGH KICKING
First $5.00 Second $3.00
ROPE TRICK
First $5.00 Second $3.00
SPEAR THROWING
First $10.00 Second $5.00
BABY CARRYING
First $5.00 Second $3.00
TUG OF WAR
King Island People vs. Shishmaref People
$20.00
SEAL SKINNING DEMONSTRATION
Prize — Meat of the Seal
Demonstration Hunting Equipment
(Most Completely Equipped)
$10.00
SKINBOAT RACE
$20.00
KAYAK DEMONSTRATION
$25.00
BEST DANCE GROUP
First $90.00 Second $70.00
BLANKET TOSS
Men Women
First $5.00 First $5.00
Second $3.00 Second $3.00
ESKIMO WRESTLING
First $5.00 Second $3.00