m NOME NUGGET
OLDEST NEWSPAPER IN ALASKA—MEMBER ASSOCIATED PRESS
64th Year
No. 113
NOME, ALASKA, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER
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Nortliwind Repairs
Ice Wounds
Between Missions
The U. S. Coast Guard Cutter
Northwind, commanded by Cap
tain Joseph P. Martin, arrived
at Nome on 20 September for two
days of rest and recreation for her
17 officers and 190 men. The North
wind, which is 269 foot long ice
breaker, has just completed a sev
en week and 8,000-mile long
oceanographic survey of the Chuk
chi, East Siberian and Laptev Seas
north of Siberia. The Northwind is
the first American vessel known
to have traversed these Arctic
waters.
me purpose oi me survey was to
obtain salinity, temperatures and
chemical composition of the water
and bottom samples to determine
the influence on the Arctic water
of the large Siberian rivers which
empty in the East Siberian and
Laptev Seas. The majority of the
area traversed was covered with
heavy ice and as a result North
wind suffered damage to her bow
and rudder tiller. However, tem
porary repairs will be effected at
Port Clarence this week to permit
the Northwind to participate with
the Navy icebreaker Staten Is
land in a seismic survey of the
Chukchi Sea off Barrow, which is
scheduled for October. Upon com
pletion of the seismic survey North
wind will return to her home port
in Seattle, Washington, arriving in
early November.
During the months of June and
July Northwind visited 15 native
villages along the Aleutian chain
and in the Bering Sea, to provide
medical and dental care as part of
the annual Bering Sea Patrol
Northwind carries two helicop
ters which are used for recon
naissance and transportation of
personnel and equipment. The hel
icopters are housed in a retractable
aluminum hangar which was in
stalled during Northwind’s latest
shipyard availability. The pilots
and crew members are stationed
at CG Air-Detachment. Kodiak.
FAA Publication Features
Nome Holiday
Nome received a fine bit of pub
licity in the September issue of
‘‘FAA Horizons.” An article en
titled “Nome’s Gold Rush Days
Relived,” carried pictures of Car
rie McLain and Christie Waldheim
as well as Queen Ann Chambers
and other Nomeites. Describing our
Midnight Sun Festival, and the
colorful spirit prevailing, the
“Horizons” has succeeded in
spreading the word of our attrac
tions to a new source of readers.
The FAA chose the time of fes
tival — June 22 — to dedicate
their new Flight Service Station,
and to introduce Ray Caudle, their
new Station Manager at Nome.
Reserved Meeting Starts
P-TA Winter Season
The Nome P-TA will meet Tues
day, Sept. 24, at 7:30 p.m. in the
Multi Purpose Room of the School.
This is the first meeting of the
winter season and all members
are requested to bring their $1
annual membership fee.
There will be entertainment pro
vided by the Girl Scouts. All teach
ers will be introduced at this meet
ing. There will be cash prizes for
the room producing the most par
ents and for the most fathers
present. Coffee and cookies will be
served. This meeting is reserved
for member and prospective mem
bers only, advised Frank Couch,
President. The present P-TA offi
cers are Couch, President; Jim
Planning, Vice-President; Danny
Karmun, Treasurer, and Everett
Bachelder, Secretary.
The Nome P-TA represents one
of 47,000 local P-TAs with a total
; of 12,000.000 members, stated Mr.
Couch. “This is a huge organiza
i tion dedicated to the health, edu
cation, and welfare of children.
It is truly important work,” re
! marked the president, “and we
want a good turnout, in order that
we may do our part.”
Disastrous Fire Swept
Nome 29 Years Ago
Twenty-nine years ago, Monday,
September 17, 1934, Nome suf
fered its tragic fire. The first pub
lication following this destructive
blaze was on Sept. 22. Twelve city
| blocks were wiped out, which took
. every business house in Nome with
j the exception of two lighterage
| plants — THE NOME NUGGET
I was one of them. This first issue,
and several to follow, were mim
eographed.
Our new column — "29 Years
Ago Today” will cover news high
[ lights from yesteryear. Your edi
| tor will appreciate comments
from readers regarding this ar
ticle. In the event time catches up
with some event in your life that
you would like to see in print
once more, please advise the Nug
get and we will see that it is
printed when that date — 29 years
ago — is reached.
John W. Troy was Governor and
Harold Ickes was Secretary of the
Interior. On Nome committee
named to handle emergency relief
funds were G. R. Jackson, chair
man; Mayor Rex Swartz, Jack
Levine, Alfred Lomen, James
Frawley, Lyman Brewster, Thom
as Gaffney, Hugh O'Neil. J. D.
Harlan, A. Polet, and Ross Kinney.
M. J. Walsh was named Secretary
of the Relief Committee, and un
der him were Norman McKay,
B. R. Farrell and Leroy Sullivan.
Nome asks for $300,000 in relief
funds.
TO OUR READERS
We inadvertently neglected to
give Jim Carter credit for the pic
ture on the front page of Friday’s
paper. It won’t happen again, Jim!
Army (General To
View Nat. Guard
Units Here
Brigadier General Andy A.
Lipscom, Commanding General
Yukon Command and Fort Wain
wright, Alaska, will arrive in Nome
on Wednesday for a two-day visit.
As Deputy Commander, United
States Army, Alaska, General Lips
comb is keenly interested in the
reconnaissance and surveillance
mission performed by Alaska Na
tional Guard Seoul Battalions.
His itinerary includes a visit to
one of the National Guard Village
units, possibly Teller unit. Thurs
day General Lipscomb will travel
by helicopter to Kuzitrin Lake
where he will inspect the Long j
Range Arctic Patrol being con
ducted by members of the Yukon
Command from Moses Point to
Cottonwood on the Pilgrim River.
The patrol is headed by 2d Lt.
Elrod and includes five enlisted
men. Accompanying the patrol is
a National Guard officer, 2d Lt.
Oscar Murray of Elim Unit.
On Wednesday General Lips
comb wall be a guest at the noon
luncheon of the Nome Rotary
Club. A no host dinner is planned
for Wednesday evening at 6:30 in
the Seaview Room of the North
Star for the General and his party.
General Lipscomb, Alabama
born and West Point graduated,
has a long and colorful career.
Commencing with his first assign
ment at Ft. Hamilton in 1938, he
has served at Panama, Ft. Ben
ning, Ga., Ft. Leavenworth, Kans.,
Cp. Picket, Va., Germany, Brazil.
New York, Turkey, Korea, and is
now stationed at Ft. Wainwright,
Alaska. He has received five ci
tations and decorations, including
the Purple Heart, and wears six
.service medals.
An ex-Pittsburgh Pirates pitch
er, possessor of several tennis tro
phies and a hole-in-one golf tro
phy, General Lipscomb can be tru
ly termed a sportsman.
NEW F.A.A. ARRIVAL
Mr. Ignace B. (Barney Ban, Jr.,
arrived last week to fill the va
cancy of Mr. Kessler at the Flight
Service Station Mr. Ban, a com
municator, comes to us fri n Fort
Yukon.
Meet The Teacher — She is Jean
ette T. Brisbois and she is teach
ing in Level 4. She has had two
years experience, and is equipped
with a B.A. degree plus 13 hours
in education frckn the University
of Maine. Miss Brisbois hails from
Beverly, Mass.
CANDIDATES RELUCTANT —
ELECTION OCT. 1
As of noon today, we have five
candidates for the various offices
open. They are as follows: Roscoe
Wilke — Mayor; Bob Harwood —
City Council; Ash Craft — School
Board; Chuck Frazier — Clerk;
Bob Smith — Mayor.
Tour Officials Love Nome
• • C
The Chamber of Commerce had
the Shaman putting out Saturday
as they were blessed with a beau
tiful, warm day for the benefit of
some most distinguished guests. !
At a well attended luncheon, in ;
the Sea View Room of the North
Star Hotel, the Alaska Travel Pro
motion Association was treated
to a buffet of local food items and
sparkling hospitality. Mr. Robert
Giersdorf, of Alaska Airlines, ;
spoke at length after an introduc
tion of all guests. He first compli
mented Willy Brown on the fine
showing he made at Cordova this !
past week. He stated that although
Brown was not successful in his bid
to get the 1964 convention of the
Alaska tour officials to Nome, it is
very likely we may get the 1965 i
convention. It will be held in Skag- 1
way in 1964. Paul Tiulana and his
wife were thanked for providing
a skin boat ride for the group. Mr.
Giersdorf commented that Nome
must get the word out to the rest
of the world in regard to what we
have for the tourist. He stated that '
we need to produce an attractive
folder for the State ferries, for
Tok Junction and for the sent
packs on the airlines.
Based on the 70,000-plus persons
who rode the ferries this year in
addition to the 12,000 additional
highway travelers over 1962. Giers
dorf said, Nome should be ready to
receive a greater number of tour- j
ists in 1964. He commented further
that Nome needs more hotel space
in addition to advertising of our
attractions.
‘•Anchorage ranks fourth in the
United States in the number of
international passengers passing
through,” commented Giersdorf.
"We’re only taking a back seat to ;
Los Angeles, Miami and New j
York.” He advised also that the; ’
are tens of thousands of people in j
a now prosperous Japan who are
ngerly awaiting lifting of Japan- j
ese travel restrictions. “When:
these restrictions are lifted,” re
lated Giersdorf, “we in Alaska mis'
be prepared to lure them through
Anchorage rather than to see them
coming to the U. S. via Honolulu ' :
Giersdorf concluded by noting that <
the travel market is fantastic,
that thousands of people are eng- •
crly awaiting an opportunity to
see Alaska and Nome must be
working on a device to bring them
WEATHER REPORT
Mostly fair today, tonight and
tomorrow. Little change in tem
perature.
Nome data last 24 hours as of
7 a.m. today: Temperatures: high
est 42, lowest 26. Maximum wind
18 miles an hour from the North
east. unrise at 5:47 a.m, sunset
at 5:59 pm.
Comparative Data — Tempera
tures year ago today: high 47, low
10. Extremes on this date since
1907: Highest 58 in 1929, lowest
18 in 1948.
here.
Mr. Voit Gilmore, Director of
the U. S. Travel Service, spoke to
the group with high praise of our
potential — touristwise. He stated
that the government now has of
fices in 42 foreign countries and
that these offices are increasing
U. S. travel as a result. Gilmore
remarked that tourism has shown a
50 per cent increase over 1961 as
a result of the government’s pro
gram. “These are sophisticated
travelers, for the most part desir
ous of seeing the less crowded
parts of our country,” advised Gil
more. “The fascinating parts of
the world, where they can view
the great out-of-doors, such sights
as Mt. McKinley, the Indians and
the Eskimos, are high on their
lists,” he stated.
The group left Nome at 2 p.m.
for Kotzebue and their return to
Anchorage. Additional visitors ar
riving aturday were Mike Miller,
Director Publicity Alaska Travel
Division; Len Griffith. Grayi.ne
Tour- Pr.‘.i : Rupert; Howard
Robinson, Juneau Gray line; and
G. E. Naugle, of the Westward
Hotel. Nome people and represen
tatives making the tour to Kotze
bue were John Bradley. Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Tiulana, Willie Brown,
and Ernie Hanson.
NOME PUNKS
SHOW THEIR COLORS
The Northvvind’s liberty at Nome
was marred Friday night and Sat
urday by rock throwing teenagers,
the Shore Patrol advised that on
several occasions, the hoodlums
threw rocks at passing liberty
boats and more than one crew
member was hit by stones of con
siderable size.
The Ice Worm Women Bowlers
announce their first bowling meet
ing of the season. The meeting
\ nl oe at Aukruk Lanes at 8 p.m.
:onight. There is one more team
leeded in order to fill out the
.vague, which will see action com
nencing Wednesday night.
\ssigned io Air Academy
L. S. AIR FORCE ACADEMY,
-'olo. —■ Airman First Class Rob
rt B. Trujillo of Doming, N M,
ins arrived here for assignment.
Airman Trujillo, a warehousing
pecialist, previously was assigned
o Walker AFB. N. M. He is the
on of Mrs. Santos Marques of
Doming and a former student at
latch, N. M., Union High School.
The airman’s wife, Lona, is the
laughter of Mr. and Mrs. Wil
iam Glover of Kotzebue, Alaska.
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Looks like most of the
candidates are waiting to
be begged.