Social Security Agent
! Due In Nome Feb. 25
Your Social Security representa
tive is due back in town. Ralph
Seward, assistant manager from
Juneau will be in Nome Monday,
Feb. 25. He will be in the court
room of the Post Office Bldg,
from 10 a.m. to 12 noon. Anyone
in the Nome area is urged to make
a note of Mr. Seward’s visit if
they wish to file a Social Security
claim or have a question about
Social Security.
Seward offered a few tips re
cently on how to get your first
Social Security check when it is
due.
If you are nearing retirement,
Seward suggests that you get in
touch with him, and take some
proof of your age with you. Have
him examine whatever proof you
may have to see if it will be ac
ceptable when you do retire.
Should you need better evidence
of your date of birth, you will be
given information to help you get
that additional evidence.
If you are within three months
of retirement age, the Social Se
curity office can take your appli
cation for benefits now.
TONIGHT
What is
the secret
that makes
a mother’s
heart so
frightened»
...a daughter’s
love so
forbidden
Bowling Alley Closed
To Permit Installation
Of New Bowling Pins
Tom Martin, of the board ol
directors of Nome Bowlers, states
that the new’ bowling pins have
arrived and that the alleys will be
closed all day so that the equip
ment can be overhauled and clean
ed. All the alleys will be cleaned
also, Martin said, if enough of
the members turn out to assist, so
that the alleys can open again
tomorrow.
Jr. High Valentine Dance
The Junior High Valetine's Day
dance was held under the sponsor
ship of Mrs. Pearse Walsh last
Saturday evening at the school.
Betty Ann Hoogendorn was
elected Queen, while her selection
for King was Mike Chase, a stu
dent recently transferred here from
Bethel.
IN SUPERIOR COURT
The case of Fred Cavota and R.
Miller vs. Larry Galvin was dis
missed at the request of the plain
tiffs with prejudice and that each
party bear their own costs. The
suit concerned the securing of a
note for Don and Charlotte Hun
gerford, which the plaintiffs had to
pay the M & M Bank when the
Hungerfords defaulted. They had
charged that Larry Galvin had
benefitted.
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COCKTAIL
LOUNGE
5 to 7 p.m.
EVERY DAY
Starting Today
BEER
and
MIXED DRINKS
60c
IN STOCK
One New Zeus
1250 Watt Light Plant (brushless) $269.00
Two Used Zeus
One at $150 and One at $175
Both overhauled in our shop—new valves, etc.
Slightly used—traded in on larger models
Two New Pioneer
1500 Watt Plants—Reg. $245 NOW $220 each
Three New Pioneer
2500 Watt Plants—Reg. $345 NOW $320 each
Two New Gas-Powered Lincoln
180 Amp. D.C. Welding Machines—Reg. $595 NOW $550
1W and 2" Jaeger
Gas-Powered Pumps—20% OFF
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A Division of Alaska Steamship Company
Sales Office: Dial 2234 « » Write Box 700
The “Big Picture”
Will Highlight the
1st Scout Battalion
Straight from the Army Pictorial
Center of New York is Bert Shi
paro, director for a special pro
duction of “The Big Picture,” fea
turing the 1st Scout Battalion.
With him is Lt. Ben Benoit, assist
ant director and Sgt. J. Devan,
who is chief camera man.
The camera work is being done
mainly in Nome and Shishmaref
and next week the group will be
including some shots of Eskimo
life here, including blanket tossing,
Eskimo dancing, Eskimo games
and fishing.
The story of the “1st Scout Bat
talion” will start with a National
Guard Scout finding a foreign
parachute and show how he gave
the information to the proper au
thority and how the information
is channelled until a patrol is sent
out to investigate and find a hid
den transmitter.
It is a documentary film based
on factual material and Maj. Robert
Steele, commander of the 1st
Scout Battalion is acting as tech
nical advisor.
Other members of the party are:
Sgt. Frank Campbell and Sgt.
Joe Saunders, assistant camera
men; Sgt. Jim Pullman, U.S. Ma
rine Corps, on special duty with
the U.S. Army, recorder; Sgt. Har
old Roberts, gaffer; and Sgt. Jack
Gray, sound-mixer.
Rev. R. Wilson Is Guest Speaker
At Fairbanks Luthem Church
Rev. R. F. Wilson of Our
Saviour’s Lutheran Church was
scheduled to be guest speaker at the
Fairbanks Luthem Church yester
day during an annual pre-Lent
preaching mission which started
yesterday in Fairbanks.
The services will continue
through Feb. 20 and Rev. Wilson’s
messages will follow the theme of
“Jesus on the Road Suffering.”
Arthur Patterson has been added
to the staff of the Bureau of In
dian Affairs here as Resource De
velopment officer. Mr. Patterson
comes from Mt. Edgecumbe and
will be joined here by his wife
and two daughters, when school is
out in June.
If two persons who sent a letter
to the editor signed F. W. W. and
B. E. W. would come to the Nug
get Office and sign the letter we
would be happy to publish it.
Your opinion is newsworthy.
Girl Scout Executive
Here on Official Business
Mrs. Shirley Owen, executive
director for the Farthest North
Girl Scout Council, with headquar
ters in Fairbanks, is here on offi
cial business and will be giving
a training course for Girl Scout
leaders starting tomorrow. Mrs.
Owen assumed this position last
fall. Anyone interested in the work
is invited to attend the sessions
which start at 9:30 tomorrow
morning at the City Hall.
The Nome Women’s Club (Home
Arts Club) which sponsors Scout
ing, have announced a “Get Ac
quainted Coffee” at the home of
the president, Mrs. Don Hoover at
3 p.m. tomorrow afternoon, to
which all women in the community
interested in Scouting or who have
girls of Scouting age are invited
to attend and meet Mrs. Owen.
Baby Girl for Marlins
Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Martin
are the parents of a daughter born
Saturday at the hospital. Maternal
grandparents are Mr. and Mrs.
Harry Johnsen and paternal
grandmother is Mrs. Robert Can
non.
The father is with the Nome
Police and Fire Department.
NOTICE
Brownie and Girl Seoul leaders,
parents and persons interested in
Scouting are invited to attend a
training course. Sessions start Feb.
19 at 9:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and con
tinue through Feb. 21 in the City
Hall under the direction of Mrs.
Shirley Owen.
Mrs. Dan Walsh, Chairman
OPEN INVITATION
The Nome Women's Club (for
merly Home Arts Club) invites all
women interested in Girl Scouting
to a "Get Acquainted Coffee" to
morrow afternoon at 3 p.m. to
meet Mrs. Shirley Owen, execu
tive director of Girl Scouts. The
coffee hour is at the home of Mrs.
Don Hoover.
WANT ADS
FOR SALE: Used juke box and
cigarette machine. Call 2442. 20c
FOUND — Child’s white overshoes
near Covenant Church. Call at
Nugget and pay for ad.
FOUND: Pair of glasses, dark rim,
upper half. Silver on lower half
of lens. Call at Nugget.
SEEKING INFORMATION con
ceming certain clandestine pub
lication which appeared in Nome
Saturday. Contact Federal In
vestigative Service.
ANNIE ADAMS PASSES
Annie Adams, 46, wife of Henry
Adams, passed away Saturday
at her home and will be buried
from the Covenant Church tomor
[ row at 2 pjn.
Mrs. Adams, who was born at
Koyuk, is survived by four sons,
Langford, Pat, Ricky and Stanley,
and two daughters, Lavonne and
Dolores, also two brothers and a
sister at Koyuk.
Following the funeral, the body
will be returned to Koyuk for
burial.
LEAVE ON VACATION
Mrs. Rose Bronson left for An
chorage today on the start of a
three-month vacation which will
take her into Mexico for several
weeks. At Anchorage she will be
met by Sen. Lester Bronson for
the Washington Birthday weekend.
She expects to spend some time
there with her daughter and her
family.
She anticipates a leisurely time
in Washington, Oregon, Califor
nia and Mexico, visiting friends
and relatives.
HIGH SCHOOL SELECTS KING
Friday night was the scene of
one of the outstanding social events
of the year for the students of
Nome High School.
David Craft was master of cere
monies at the annual Valentine
party. Pam Mulvihill and Dick
Arnold were crowned King and
Queen by last year’s royal couple,
Alice Arnold and Ronnie Locke.
Gloria Carlson and Pepper Gray
were atendants. They were pre
sented with gifts from the senior
class and will reign for the re
mainder of this year.
Peirivellis Leave Tomorrow
Sgt. Francis Petrivelli who has
been stationed here with the Army
Advisory Group to the First Scout
Battalion for the past two years,
leaves tomorrow with his family
for Ft. Monmouth, N.J., where he
will attend the US. Army Signal
School.
Admitted to the hospital: Edna
Martin, Ruth Milligruk, Alice Soo
look, Alice Fagerstrom.
Discharged: R. Workman and
David Hairy.
A daughter was born Sunday to
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Fagerstrom of
Golovin.
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The CML Circle of the Meth
odist Church will meet at 8 o’clock
tomorrow evening at the home of
Mrs. John Schadler.
The man who invented the safe
ty pin sold his patent rights for
$100.
Lurisse Lowe Will
Represent Nome at
Fur Rendezvous
Lurisse Lowe, leaves tomorrow
for Anchorage as Miss Nome in
the Miss Alaska contest being held
there during the Fur Rendezvous.
Miss Lowe, who is a high school
senior and daughter of Mrs. Edith
Thompson, was runner-up in the
Midnight Sun Festival and takes
the place of Ann Chambers, who
was the elected Queen, as Miss
Chambers is in college and could
leave at this time.
Lurisse has chosen as her talent,
Eskimo dancing which she does
very capably.
Miss Nome is sponsored by the
Midnight Sun Festival committee
and the director Mrs. Robert Rear
don state that the committee was
happy that the Rendezvous allowed
the runner-up to substitute for the
chosen queen as Lurisse Lowe has
more than earned the honor,
having assisted in the success of
three festivals. “Her community
spirit,” stated Mrs. Reardon, “is
most commendable and she will be
a fine representative.”
FIRE CALL SATURDAY
The Fire Department was called
out Saturday afternoon to the
Ralph Olanna house on E Street
where an overheatd wood stove
had ignited the ceiling of the
building which was vacant.
The prompt action of the Nome
Fire Department resulted in little
damage to the building outside of
the hole in the roof where the
fire was located.
The building had been occupied
by the James Savok family, who
moved recently to another part
of town.
INDUCTION CEREMONIES
High School students Pamela
Mulvihill, Alice Arnold, Dick Ar
nold, Jeanette Amundsen and Linda
Doyle have been admitted to the
National Honor Society as regular
members, while June Oman, Oscar
Swanson, Richard Foster and Jo
Ann Croell as associate members
during the induction ceremonies
which took place in the Multipur
pose Room last Thursday.
Principal Larry Bourger pre
sented the five candidates to regu
lar membership for pinning by
Victor Charles, Superintendent,
and then awarded them the Certi
ficate Membership. Mrs. Cameron
gave out the membership cards to
all nine candidates.
Mr. Horace Schnare, of the BIA,
leaves today for Gambell and
Northeast Cape on official busi
ness.