Commanders' Seminar
Held at Nome Armory
A commanders’ seminar, attend
ed by the company commanders
and staff officers of the 1st Scout
Bn., Alaska National Guard, was
conducted this week at the Nome
Armory.
This was the first of such con
ferences to be held by the Scout
Battalions and it is planned to be
held annually.
Attending the conference from
Nome were Maj. Robert Steele,
Capt. Wm. Caldwell, Lt. Ronald
Engstrom, CWO George Bell,
M/Sgt. Alfred Sahlin, M/Sgt. Wm.
Posey, and Sgt. 1C Orlando Berger -
son.
Out of town officers were Maj.
Lloyd Ahvakana, Anchorage; Maj.
Edward Pagano, Juneau; Maj. J.
B. Wight, Ft. Richardson; Capt.
Timothy Gologergen, Savoonga;
Capt. John Schaeffer, Kotzebue;
Lt. Francis Soxie, Unalakleet; Lt.
Alfred Hopson, Barrow; and Lt.
Lawrence Keys, Juneau.
NO CAVITIES FOUND IN
ANCIENT PT. HOPE PEOPLE
The men digging to lay founda
tion for the new Pt. Hope school
uncovered five human skeletons
this past week.
It is significant that none of
the teeth showed any sign of de
cay or cavities.
Dr. R. L. Lathrop, U.S. Public
Health Service dentist at Kotze
bue, attributes this to the all-meat
diet of the ancient Eskimos.
When Dr. Lathrop visited Pt.
last fall he found 1,972 decayed
surfaces on the permanent teeth of
modern Pt. Hope residents. In ad
dition, 1,625 permanent teeth were
missing and 307 had previous
fillings. This was from examina
tion of 218 people.
Jane McKinnon is visiting here
with her brother, Grant Nelson,
from her home in Juneau. This is
her first return trip to Nome after
an absence of 23 years, having at
tended school here. Her many
friends and former schoolmates
have enjoyed visiting with her.
Mrs. McKinnon has her 11-year
old son with her, the youngest of
her three children.
Vern Miller, Nome’s well known
plumber, suffered an eye injury
• Pile working with acid and has
L n hospitalized for a few days.
GAME NIGHT AT A.N.B.
8 o'clock Tonight
ADMISSION FREE - JACKPOT
REFRESHMENTS
Busy Registration Day
Deputy Tax Commissioner Stef
fen Andersen reports that on the
last day of registration of cars his
office was kept busy issuing li
censes all day with a total of 64
cars on that day.
There are still cars, however,
which are about town without
their 1963 licenses.
WILL SHOW SLIDES
Mrs. Pat Wilson will be show
ing slides of the Navajo Indians
at the June meeting of the Wom
en’s Society tomorrow evening
which is being held in the Fellow
ship Hall of the Community Metho
dist Church.
Beautiful Navajo jewelry of sil
ver and turquoise as well as
articles of Indian hand weaving
will also be on display.
Visitors are welcome as well as
the members from the four circles
of the church.
At a meeting of the Boy Scout
Committee for Troop 66, James
Hart who has been chairman, re
signed as he is leaving the com
munity and Maurice Kelliher was
named as the new chairman.
Amy Wilson and Marge Bristow
of the Anchorage office of the
U.S. Weather Bureau are here on
an official visit at the local head
quarters and doing some sight
seeing on the side.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Allen of
Kansas City, Mo., are visitors in
town for a few days as guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Donald Lyle. Mr.
Allen, who is with TWA, is a
brother of Mrs. Lyle.
Comedienne Zasu Pills
Succumbs from Cancer
HOLLYWOOD — Zasu Pitts,
the wavery - voiced comedienne
whose career spanned from silent
movies to television, died today at
63. She was a victim of cancer.
She was admitted to Good Sa
maritan Hospital Thursday night
and died at 9 a.m.
Miss Pitts, famed for her fluttery
hands and plaints of “Oh, dear
me,” last worked in the television
series “Oh Suzanna,” She was
married to John Woodall, a real
estate broker of Pasadena, Calif.
OMAN’S
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Open 3 lo 9 Weekdays
All Day Saturday
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Sales Office: Dial 2234 Write Box 700
DEALERS IN
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Oxygen & Acetylene Welding Machines Electrodes
Supplies and Accessories
Jaeger Pumps Zeus & Pioneer Light Plants
MacWyte Wire Rope—Standard Oil Products
FIRST BOAT DUE
ABOUT JUNE 15
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• DUE HOME TODAY
Willie Hoogendom, son of Mr.
and Mrs. Bill Hoogendorn, who
> was injured last fall from an acci
: dental gunshot and has lost the use
of both legs and recently was in
an auto accident breaking his legs,
is due home today.
Boy Scouts of which group he
; is a Life Socut, are planning to
surprise him and meet his plane
with his family.
Willie has many friends in Nome
who are anxious to see him and
his mother has requested that the
’ boys refrain from calling at the
, home for a few days until he has
’ had a chance to recuperate from
his trip.
FAA PERSONNEL CHANGES
Mr. Joel Caudle of Cold Bay has
been selected as the new station
manager for FAA here, replacing
James Hart who is retiring at the
end of this month.
Mr. Caudle is presently stationed
at Cold Bay.
Another change taking place
with FAA personnel here will be
the communications chief, Jim
Ray, who has been selected for a
transfer to Anchorage. He is pre
sently on leave in the states and
will not be returning. His replace
ment has not been named.
Other former Nomeites who are
changing their stations are Allen
Haferbecker, who goes from
Bethel to Tanana and Jim Sietz
from Aniak to Cordova.
Arthur Nagazruk Jr. Attends
Tanana Indian Conference
Arthur Nagazruk Jr., BIA tribal
operations officer, is in Tanana
this week attending the Tanana
Indian Conference and the Nuchal
awoya (an old festival being re
vived! at which delegates from 30
villages are having a three-day
conference.
Alfred Ketzler, chairman of the
Dena Nena Henash, interior Indian
organization, states that subjects to
be discussed during the conference
at which over 150 visitors are ex
pected at Tanana include, the
Rampart Dam, land claims, edu
cation and economic development.
Histories are more full of ex
amples of the fidelity of dogs than
of friends. —Alexander Pope
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list of 45 R.P.M. records. 3,000
to choose from. Price 500 each.
R. R. “Bob” Blodgett, Teller
Commercial Co., Teller, Alaska.
74c
FOR SALE OR RENT — 50-ft.
house trailer, furnished in ex
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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
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GIRL WANTED: Over school age—
work five hours a day at soda
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FOR RENT OR SALE: Nicely
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Fire Call at Noon Today
There was a fire call this noon
at the Simon Koenig residence.
No Damage was reported.
The home is rented out by Paul
Dryden.
Bob Smith Recuperating
Friends of Bob Smith, enter
prising manager of the U.S. Merc
who have missed him this past
week, will be glad to learn that
he is recuperating from his illness
and will be about soon.
Baby Girl for Houghs
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hough are
the parents of a daughter bom
last evening. Mrs. Hough is
the former Lois Swanberg, daugh
ter of Nels Swanberg and a niece
of Grace Edman. This is their 7th
daughter.
Alcoholics Anonymous meeting
Saturday evening, 7:30, Conference
Room, MMM Hospital.
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$2.98 to $4.50
SINGLE BED SHEETS
64x98 $2.25
DOUBLE BED SHEETS
81x108 $3.98
OUR RUMMAGE ROOM
WILL BE OPEN
SATURDAY, JUNE 8TH
1 TO 5 P.M.
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NOME UNEMPLOYMENT RATE
LAST WEEK WAS 26.7 PCT.
JUNEAU (jW — Alaska’s insured
unemployment rate took another
drop last week, to 8.7 per cent
compared with 10.5 the previous
week, Labor Commissioner Gil
Johnson said today.
Johnson attributed the drop to
increased hiring in the construc
tion, commercial fishing and re
frigerated warehousing industries.
Continuing unemployment dur
ing the week totaled 2,875, while
new unemployment amounted to
229.
The insured unemployment rate
by area included Anchorage, 9.8
per cent; Fairbanks, 9.8; Juneau,
4.2; Ketchikan, 4.6; Nome, 26.7;
Petersburg, 4.5; and Sitka, 2.8.
HOSPITAL NEWS
Admitted: Vern Miller, Hannah
Egelak, Jack Fagerstrom, Laura
Amaktoolik. Debbie and Daniel
Amarok, Wilbur Apayanak, John
Wheeler, Paul Katchatag, Paul
Garrison, Gwen and Gail Anagic,
Della Katchatag, Josie Okboak,
Norm Reilly, Mamie Dimmick,
Clara Reed.
Discharged: Steven Walker, Joe
PenataC, Harvey Miller, Ken Mor
gan Jr., Marv Weyiounna, Betty
Eningowuk, Frank Ahsaktaruk,
Arlene Barr, Robert Walker, Nina
Nayokpuk.
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ESKIMO LIFE
ESKIMO CUSTOMS
ESKIMO STORIES
By Mayokok
ESKIMO LEGENDS
By Lela Oman
UP WHERE LIFE BEGINS
By Della Goshaw