GRACE JOHNSON ENROLLS
IN UNIVERSITY OF ALASKA
Mrs. Grace Johnson, widow of
the late Art Johnson, who filled
out her husbands unexpired term
in the state legislature, is scheduled
to leave Nome next Saturday for
Fairbanks where she will enroll
in the University of Alaska as a
junior and complete her w’ork i
toward a Bachelor of Science De
gree in the teaching field.
She will be accompanied by her
four children, who will be enroll
ed in Fairbanks schools.
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
The winners of the annual holi
day merchandise awards at the
U.S. Merc and the Nome Hardware
were announced as follows by Mgr.
Bob Smith:
Tommy Teayoumeak won the
$250 gift certificate; Marry Ellen
Klementson, a Singer sewing ma
chine; Dan Karmun, 4-speed record
player; Jim Baldwin, Maytag wash
ing machine; Pearse Walsh, a box
of candy.
Manager Smith extended con
gratulations to the group as well as
the winner of the gift certificate
for the first baby born in 1963,
which was announced earlier.
PHOENIX SHIVERS
PHOENIX, Ariz. UP — Residents
of this winter resort city tried to
joke about their cold weather yes
terday as the temperature dropped
below freezing.
A shopping sign “Welcome Alas
ka” greeted a group of travel
writers who came to suburban
Scottsdale to receive awards.
The minimum at Phoenix early
in the day was 27 above — six
degrees below the minimum at An
chorage and Juneau.
Soviet Skipper Fined $84
For Illegal Fishing Off Ireland
WATERFORD, Ireland UPi — An
Irish court fined a Soviet trawler
skipper 30 pounds ($84) Monday
night and ordered the confiscation
of his catch and equipment. He
"as convicted of fishing inside
Irish territorial waters.
The trawler, the Paltus, skip
pered by Capt. Albert Kojhemjkin,
/as arrested off the Waterford
c ast by the Irish Corvette Maeva
Jan. 7.
Dial 2631 For
Arctic Sanitary
Service
Art Course Available
At KK Public Library !
A complete 20-lesson course in ■
Art Appreciation is now available
at the Kegoayak Kozga Public
Library prepared by the Metro
politan Museum of Art for individ
ual or organizational study. The
books are complete with litho
graphs in color of famous paintings.
The library is now open on Wed
nesday evenings from 7:30 to 9:00
and on Saturday morning from 10
to 11:30.
Two new members of the KK
Library will be giving their time
as librarians, rotating with the
present members. They are Mrs.
Frank Couch and Mrs. John Schad
ler. Miss Jo Chambers is assisting
on Saturday morning and earning
Girl Scout credits.
CML HOLDS PARTY FOR
MRS. ROBERT BALDWIN
The CML Circle of the Commu
nity Methodist Church were hos
tesses at a farewell party last eve
ning to Mrs. Robert Baldwin, who
leaves next week to make her
home in Fairbanks where her hus
band is being transferred by the
U.S. Smelting Co.
Mrs. Baldwnn has been very
active in the wrork of this women’s
organization as well as assisting
with the music of the church.
The party was held at the home
of Mrs. Charles Frazier with Mrs.
Harold Kelley as assisting hostess.
NEGRO IS TOP VOTE GETTER
DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. UP- —
Emanuel Knowles, 28, the first
Negro ever to run for the Deerfield
Beach City Commission, drew
more votes than any of the six
white candidates in the primary
election.
Knowles, a contractor, and the
next five ranking vote-getters in
yesterday’s primary will contest for
three commission seats in the regu
lar election Jan. 29.
Deerfield Beach is a small east
coast town about 35 miles north
of Miami. It had 3,327 registered
voters, including 813 Negroes.
Knowles polled 748 votes.
NOTICE
The Pioneer Women of Alaska,
Auxiliary No. 1, invite the Pioneer
Men and their families to a pot
luck supper on Saturday evening,
Jan. 19, at 6:30, after which in
stallation of officers will be held
for both organizations jointly. Fol
lowing the short installation cere
mony a program is planned by the
ladies. 9c
LOMEN COMMERCIAL CO.
A division of Alaska Steamship Co.
Sales Office: Dial 2234 Write Box 700
DEALERS IN
Lumber and Plywood
Building Materials
Wallboard Insulation
Oxygen and Acetylene
Welding Machines
Electrodes
Supplies and Accessories
Jaeger Pumps
Zeus and Pioneer Light Plants
MacWyte Wire Rope
Standard Oil Products
Lomen Commercial Co
City to A ) :1
Plumbing Code
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Peggy Kelliher appeared before
the Council on Monday evening
expressing the request that city
ordinances be changed so that citi
zens who are going out of town
during elections may cast their
vote by absentee. The issue was
brought up due to the fact that
the legislators and several other in
terested citizens must be away dur
ing the special bonding election
next week.
The Laws and Ordinances Com
mittee reported that they had
studied the plumbing code as well
as the uniform traffic control de
vices adopted for the state and rec- I
ommended the adoption of these
into the City of Nome Code.
The Nome Bowlers, who have
been unable to meet the payments
on the lease of the property where
the bowling alley is located, are
being advised by the city to make
arrangements to make payments
on the back rental.
The payment of $6,000 to Philleo
Engineering on the preliminary
plans for the water and sewage
plant was tabled pending the ac
ceptance of the plans by the FFHA.
Pioneers of Alaska were granted
a permit to play games of chance.
A bill was received by the city
from Richard Lee for $1,250 for
the use of certain lots belonging
to him by the city for dumping
snow during snow removal periods
from the streets. The bill was re
jected by the Council.
The Council approved March 1
for the date when all cars using
city streets must have their city
stickers.
All members of the City Council
were requested to be present at a
town meeting Thursday night spon
sored by the Jaycees at the Multi
purpose Room of the school to dis
cuss the bonding issue on sewage j
and water.
Activation of the ordinance re
quiring property owners in the
downtown area to keep the side- i
walks open was advised and the
Police Dept, was to be alerted to
see that the ordinance is enforced.
Tom Balone, city attorney, was
authorized by the Council to take
a two day trip to Anchorage to
do some research on the matter of
the suit against the city, filed by
Covenant Church.
The Mayor was authorized to
sign a deed coveying certain prop
erty in the school area to Mr. and
Mrs. Wilbur Arnold.
Special guests at the meeting
were the Cub Scout dens of Ruth
Towner and Mrs. Tom Tung
wenuk, who observed how a city is
managed.
Dial Phone for Unalakleei
The Unalakleet Village Council
approved the installation of a new
dial phone system with about 60
subcribers planned to be on the
system.
The system will be installed by
the same company which operates
systems in Bethel and McGrath
which is the Tundra Telephone Co.
It is estimated to cost about $30,000.
Hospital News
Admited: Anthony Pushruk, Fred
Ozenna, Sharon Golgergon, Irene
Foster, Ron Ahnangnaloguk. Dis
charged: Grace Mendenhall, Ver
onica Ivanoff, Lucille Schneider,
Marty Teayoumeak, Donald Lee.
WANT ADS
FOUND: Brown - rimmed glasses.
Call at Nugget.
FOR RENT: 3 room house, bath,
central heating. Call Nugget, tf
FOR SALE: “Witte” Model Adrea,
2500 watt 110/220 diesel-electric
plant. Rebuilt. Complete with
panel and 12-volt starter. Price
$1,200. Wire or write Bob Blod
gett, Teller, Alaska. 7c
FOUND: Key ring with nine keys.
Inquire at Nugget.
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WEDNESDAY and THURSDAY
“THE ENEMY GENERAL"
Van Johnson Jean Pierre Aumont Dany Carrel
FRIDAY and SATURDAY
“Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea”
Walter Pidgeon Joan Fontaine Barbara Eden
Peter Lorre Robert Sterling Michael Ansara
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Capt. Arnold Feener. New
Army Advisor for 1st Scout Bn.
Capt. Arnold Feener and wife,
Judith, with their two sons, Law
rence and Timothy, arrived yester
day for a two-year tour of duty
here in Nome.
Capt. Feener will be the Army
Advisor to the 1st Scout Bn. of
the 297th Infantry with his (kfice
at the Armory Bldg, here in Nome.
Capt. Feener was previously sta
tioned at Ft. Wainwright, and re
places Maj. David Money.
Schools Out Early Thursday
The Nome Education Assn, meet
ing for January will be held at
3:15 Thursday, Jan. 17, in the
Multipurpose Room. Schools will
be dismissed at 3:15 p.m. for all
grades.
The next scheduled meeting is
for 3:15 p.m., Feb. 7.
NANOOKS TO INVADE
UNALAKLEET COURTS
Weather permiting the Nanooks
will take off on a two-game junket
to Unalakleet this weekend for a
pair of court jousts with UHS.
On the home front City League
action wil be suspended tempor
arily in favor of a pair of female
frolics. In the prelim Friday the
Junior High Girls’ team will tangle
with the NHS Girl’s B team, and
the NHS Huskies will try to even
the score with the Polar Curio
lassies.
Alexander
utomotive
DIAL 2532
Heuston & Betty Alexander
( Your Town
Thrives on Local Business
Job Printing
Done in Nome
Keeps Your
Money at Home
The Nome Nugget
Print Shop
PUBLIC MEETING
ON
Water and Sewage Bond Issue
Sponsored by Jaycees
Thursday Evening at 8:00
Small School Auditorium
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Bring Your Questions ? ?
The Mayor and Councilmen will have the answers
COFFEE WILL BE SERVED