Kotzebue Report . . .
Jim Hemphill, state trooper, and
his wife Carol and two children
1' ft on Wiens Saturday, Oct. 12,
for Fairbanks. They plan to be gone
about a week.
A1 Stout, who has mined in the
Kobuk area the past ten years,
visited the Dave Johnsons and
other friends Friday and Saturday.
He has been working on the Noa
tak airfield and returned to Fair
banks Saturday. He and his wife
Roberta have purchased a home
at Tok.
Yutan Const. Co. of Fairbanks
has completed work on the Noatak
airfield and all personnel returned
to Fairbanks Saturday.
Rivers Const. Co. moved their
heavy duty equipment to Nome by
B&R barge and the tug Avik, which
departed Kotzebue Oct. 14. The
Avik arrived in Kotzebue from
Nome on Saturday, bringing freight
from the Alaska SS boat. The Avik
and barge will stay at Nome for
the winter, as ice is already form
ing in front of town and freeze
up should be very soon.
Gordon Osborne, of M&M Bank
at Nome passed through Kotzebue
Oct. 14 on Wiens on his way home
from Barrow.
Rob Blankenship, well known
store operator at Kiana, returned
last Thursday after a short vaca
tion and business trip to San Fran
cisco.
A1 Doyle, of Nome, passed
through today on his way to Lis
bourne.
Mrs. Pete Meyburg, wife of Wien
Station Manager at Tanana, and
her daughter Yolanda were house
guests of the Lee Stahelis Friday
and Sat. They also visited Mrs.
Bob Jones who had formerly lived
at Tanana.
Olive Leskovistch, nurse at the
PHS Hospital, left Kotzebue Oct.
14. Two new nurses arrived Kotze
bue recently as transfers from
Kanakanak Hospital. They are Vic
toria Znack and Jeanne Ross and
both are originally from Canada.
Miss Peg McColl, Director of
Nurses, leaves Friday, Oct. 18 for
three months vacation.
Dr. Harrison and family left Oct.
14 for a few weeks vacation to
Oregon and Los Angeles
Dr. and Mrs. Mentzer are en
joying the visit of Dr. Mentzer’s
mother, Mrs. William Mentzer, Sr
of Palo Alto, Calif. She plans to
stay for the arrival of the new baby
which is expected this month.
Jerry and Rose Fagerstrom plan
to leave the first part of Decem
ber for Red Lake, Minn. Jerry is
the PHS Hospital Administrator.
Mrs. Elda Moore, hospital nurse
and Eldon Gallear, hospital engin
eer, were married in Fairbanks the
first part of October. Mr. Gal
lear’s parents from Washington
attended the wedding.
The State Dept, of Health per
sonnel and PHS doctors held meet
ings Thursday and Friday, Oct. 10
and 11, to co-ordinate efforts for
health care of this area. Those at
tending from out of town were
Dr. A. V. O’Brien, ADH regional
health officer from Fairbanks;
Miss Helen Hartigan, ADH chief of
nurses from Juneau; Miss Yvonne
Desrochers, Nome itinerant nurse,
and Miss Ivy Caudill, Unalakleet
Fran Pagenkopf, Kotzebue itin
itinerant nurse.
erant nurse, left Sat. on Alaska
Airlines for Nome along with Miss
Hartigan, Miss Caudill, and Miss
Desrochers. After a weekend in
Nome, Fran plans to go to St.
Lawrence Island for two weeks
temporary duty.
Miss Eunice Logan of BIA Ju
neau office, Mrs. Daws of the
U.S. Dept, of Agriculture, and Miss
Palmer of the state nutrition pro
gram, arrived in Kotzebue Friday
and departed Saturday, Oct. 12.
They checked the hot lunch pro
gram at Kotzebue, but had to can
cel their proposed trip to Noorvik
and Kivalina due to delay in ar
I
riving from Banov..
Lloyd Clintock and Russell Si- !
mon, RIA electricians from Juneau
arrived Friday. They plan to be in
this area for some time working ;
both at Kotzebue and the BIA •
schools in surrounding villages.
Mr. and Mrs. David Trantham j
from Unalakleet were in Kotzebue J
overnight Oct. 8, on their way to j
Noorvik, where he will replace 1
Marian Hathaway as Maintenance j
Man. Mr. Hathaway has been
trnsferred to Mt. Edgccumbe. Mr.
Joe Chase accompanied them to
their station to orient Mr Tran
tham on his new duties.
Mrs. Nancy Walrath, first grade
teacher, terminated last week and
Mrs. Mary J. Becker is taking her
place.
Mrs. Warren Tiffany is in the
PIJS Hospital with possible Phle
bitis.
The Boy Scouts held a court of
honor in the school multipurpose
room Friday evening, Oct. 11.
The Chamber of Commerce an
nual Open House held Oct. 8 at
the BIA school was a big success,
with over 100 people attending.
The refreshments were beautifully
served, and the candlelight and sil
ver punch bowl added much to the
decorations.
Edith Bullock left Oct. 14, and
Rex Bowen Oct. 15, to attend the
State Chamber of Commerce
board meeting being held in Ju
neau.
Capt. Caldwell, Acting Batallion
Commander and party of three
from the National Guard Hq. at
Nome, made an inspection trip to
Kotzebue Saturday and to Kivalina
and Point Hope Sunday, Oct. 13.
Capt. John Schaeffer, local Nation
al Guard C-O, accompanied them
on the trip Sunday.
Two lay volunteer helpers for
the Catholic Church arrived the
first part of October. They are De
lores Lambert of Kirkland, Wash
ington, and Arlene Knops of Oro
fino, Idaho. There are 25 children
attending the kindergarten class
which is taught by these two girls
by the Montessori Method of edu
cation. Delores and Arlene also
help with catechism classes and
other youth activities, so are kept
quite busy.
Mrs. Rosie Barr passed away
Sunday, Oct. 13. Her funeral was
held at Deering Monday, Oct 14.
Congratulations to Frank and
Hattie Gregory on the birth of
their new daughter Alice on Oct
9. Frank is a pilot for Wiens. Con
gratulations also to the Rev. Ben
Sherbahns and the Ed Wards on
their baby girls bom the first part
of October.
The Kotzebue Library Associa
tion held their bi-monthly board
meeting Oct. 14. Seven of the
members were present. Most of the
library walls have been painted
and plans were discussed for the
painting of the shelves in the neai
future. Library furniture was or
dered recently and should arrive
soon. We are very proud of oui
growing library and would be
very happy to receive any book;
anyone wishes to donate. Jusi
send them to the Kotzebue Li
brary Association at Kotzebue
They will be greatly appreciated.
Alaska Airlines plans to move
their building, which has been ir
downtown Kotzebue, out to the air
■ port, this Thursday or Friday. I
; will be situated close to where
Wiens airport terminal building i:
r now located.
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Gam bell Report . . •
Gambell. Fall, 1963 i where.
By CLARENCE IRRIGOO
Summer construction season is
just over, in fact, it is all over here
in Gambell. The work on the air
field is closed until next spring
or summer. If the M-K men had
not left too early in September,
much more work would have been
done. What happened was that
they all went home thinking the
winter is coming. Some 3 weeks
of dry and sunny w'eather pre
vailed after everyone had left. Sev
eral men returned to level off
some portion of the runway and
kept busy until the recent storm
hampered all types of work every
Tribal Operations Officer Yiill Sound
Out Point Hope on (litv Incorporation
By POINT HOPE CORRESPONDENT
Mr, Arthur Nagozruk Jr., Tribal Operations Assistant for the
Nome District, plans to visit Point Hope on or about Oct. 23. A
council meeting is planned for that evening to go over the provi
sions of the Fourth Class City Incorporation Act of 1957, and any
other things in connection with the council work. A general meeting
of the village on the 24th may he
considered if there is enough inter
est for incorporation as a fourth
class city. (Mr. Nagozruk’s father
was the school teacher at Point
Hope about 10 years ago.
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Mrs. Andrew Tooyak left Point
Hope on Oct. 9 enroute to Mexico
City where she will attend a travel
agent’s convention. She goes under
the sponsorship of Wien Airlines
at Kotzebue. In Point Hope the
temperature is in the twenties and
the ground is covered with its
winter coat of snow. Mexico City
has summer-type temperatures.
The Point Hope Native Store ha?
! ordered 300 pounds of frozen trout
from Kivalina by air freight,
There is a shortage of fresh meat
in Pt. Hope. Those at fishing camp
on the Kukpuk River have not
returned. Mr. McKenzie flew over
their camps on Oct. 12 and
dropped some things.
Point Hope had its first snow
storm of the season on Oct. 5, fi
and 7. There was no mail plane
from Oct. 2 to Oct. 8. It contin
ued to snow each day through Oc
tober 12. Men working on the sea
wall continued their work even
during the blizzard except on Sun
day, Oct. 6. which was the worst
day of the storm.
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j The Point Hope Native Store has
a new $700 cash register. It makes
out receipts and totals each day’s
sales. It saves the store manager
a lot of time.
Sam Talack's crew killed a 42
! foot baleen whale off the ‘•point,-’
14 miles from Barrow on Sept. 27.
The Nome Nugget reported that
cutting was done “by the glow of
automobile headlights ringed
around the carcass” after it had
been towed to shore. (Point Hope
has no automobiles and does noi
have a fall whaling season any
more, just in spring.*
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Andrew Frankson returned
from the hospital on Oct. 8. Fran
ces Attungana. age 10, left that day
for the hospital. Ira Frankson is
still in the hospital. William Lis
bourne's small daughter is now at
the hospital. Margaret Killigvuk
and daughter are still at .Anchor
age Hospital. Othniel Oomittuck
and Morris Sae are still in the
Denver Army Hospital.
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On Oct. 12, Bob Tuckfield, age
75, caught a snow owl in a trap
at Pt. Hope. He says it is the best
food in the Arctic. 'He referred
to Stefansson’s books as saying
this, too.) On Oct. 13 he took his
10-vear-old grandson, Darrold, out
to teach him how to trap owls.
Tuckfield shot a small seal on the
beach last week with a shotgun.
George Omnik, age 67, shot a
walrus near Point Hope last week.
A National Guard plane visited
the village for a few hours on
Oct. 13.
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The Village of Point Hope is
exchanging a subscription to the
Pt. Hope News for "The Smoke
Signal,” publication of the Fed
erated Indians of California. They
publish at least six issues a year
(2727 Santa Clara Way. Sacra
mento 17).
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POINT HOPE: AN ESKIMO
VILLAGE IN TRANSITION, by
James W. VanStone, University of
Washington Press. 1962, is for sale
at the Pt. Hope Native Store. This
book will be sent prepaid for $5,
which is 25 cents off the retail
price. Picture post cards from Point
Hope are 5 cents each prepaid when
ordered with book.
Some better than 2000 feet is
completed so far, paved and black
topped, with other half leveled and
smoothed to the surface of the al
ready completed runway, making
a total of 4 to 5 thousand feet of
landing field. This is exactly what
Wien Airlines had been waiting
for ever since they took over the
mail contract between Nome and
Cambell, so they would do busi
ness — freight, passenger and mail
— without interruption. The land
ing field is good now.
Savoonga landing strip, said to
be built by Wien personnel, served
better than nothing. According to
the pilot of Cessna 180 stationed
here, the strip is very rough in
landing and taking off. When the
winds are blowing from north,
one can meet the little plane by
walking over tundra and rocks for
i two hours. Without any means of
over-land conveyance other than
dog-teams, it is far from being
called ‘ convenient.”
Miscellaneous "Shorts”:
Many years ago old people used
! to say that dead sharks are found
washed on only occasionally the
beaches of St. Lawrence Island,
and no live ones seen. This sum
! mer, several are killed by hunt
‘ ers, and schools are seen attack
ing whales.
Summer campers for fish and
seal are coming home, except for
i Solomon Booshu and his family
who is going to remain at Camp
Collier for fox trapping. Word is
received that they had found a
dead whale right in front of their
camp.
A Baptist minister and his fam
ily who came to stay and is hold
ing Sunday Services in the home
of one resident, inviting men.
women and children to attend their
meetings. It wras revealed that the
purpose of their coming to Gam
bell is because the Gospel is not
being preached to our people. This
surprises the local Presbyterian
Minister and those who carry on
the ministry, because for more
than TO years of our church’s his
tory, the Gospel is being preached
every Sunday, and the church is
strong and carrying on as far
! as its commission is concerned,
and it is not a dying church as
these Baptists believe.
A recent storm which did dam
aged to Barrow was not bad in our
area. There were few upturned
oomiaks and a National Guard en
gine room built in September this
summer landed in pieces miles off
Gambell. These are the only cas
ualties. Some good resulted from
this storm, dead whale and other
smaller dead animal drifted ashore,
as well as all kinds of sea weed
like (oopai, etc. Men, women and
children are hauling these by
buckets and gunny sacks.
"THE FREEDOM of the Press is
one of the great bulwarks of lib
erty and can never be restrained
but by despotic government” _
Constitution of the State of Vir
ginia, adopted June 29, 1776.
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