Kotzebue Report . . .
By KOTZEBUE
CORRESPONDENT
Blanche Lincoln, better known
as Beebix, drowned while skating
on ti e ice in front of Kotzebue Sat
urday afternoon Oct. 19th. Eleven
year-old Blanche and Candy Ipa
look fell into the icy waters when
the ice broke off suddenly. Candy
managed to cling to the edge of j
the ice and Michael Mendenhall
saved her by crawling on the ice
as near as possible and then using
his jacket for a towline to pull her
to safety. Blanche wras too far
out in the water and disappeared
from sight before help could get
to her.
The accident was viewed by Mrs.
Rex Bowen from their apartment
above Hansons store and she
quickly called for help over the
store intercom. Isaac Hensley and
other townspeople searched dili
gently for her body but to no
avail until almost 24 hours later.
She was found almost at the same
spot she had fallen in.
A rosary for Blanche was held
Monday evening, Oct. 21, at 7:30
p.m. at the Catholic Church, and
funeral services Tuesday, Oct. 22.
Blanche is survived by her par
ents, Rodney and Doris Lincoln
and by two brothers and three
sisters. Her father has been em
ployed by the BIA at Barrow' and
arrived home Sunday night by
charter plane.
This tragedy has had a stun
ning effect on the towmspeople, es
pecially the youngsters. Let us
hope that all learn from this acci
dent. in that the children w'ill
skate on either the skating rink
or on the shallow ponds around
town instead of on the unsafe ice
in front of town.
A near tragedy occurred Thurs
day when Willie Goodwin and son
were going across the ice to Shes
taulik by dogteam from the north
end of town. Young Goodwin was
riding on the sled when the ice
broke under them and all fell
through the ice into the water.
Willie was able to get his son dis
entangled from the driving lines
and to safety but one of the dogs
drowned.
The BIA teachers at Deering re
ported that the BIA powerplant
building there caught fire and
burned at 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct.
20. The school building also caught
fire but they w'ere able to put it
out so the loss to the building was
small. The Pow’er House and
drummed diesel fuel and gasoline
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Cant. John Schaeffer, command
ing officer of Alaska National
Guard at Kotzebue, reports that a
Special Forces detachment of five
officers and thirteen enlisted men
commanded by Major Solomon will
arrive Kotzebue Oct. 27th. They
plan to stay until Dec. 12, while
undergoing training. There will
also be special forces personnel at
the outlying villages to train with
the ANO personnel. They will in
struct the Eskimo Scouts in medi
cal techniques, weapons, demoli
tions, civil affairs, communications,
operations and intelligence, etc.
They in turn will learn the tech
niques of cold weather living from
the Eskimo Scouts.
Alaska Airlines moved their
building from downtown to the
airport on Friday, Oct. 18.
The BIA electricians from Ju
neau are installing electric ranges
in the new apartment buildings to
replace the oil ranges. They are
also installing a clock system in
the various classrooms of the
school so all rooms will have the
same time. The BIA school is in
the process of hooking up a salt
water sewage system from the PHS
Hospital.
The first Parent Teachers Or
ganization meeting will be Mon
day, Oct. 28, in the multipurpose
rom of the school. They will hold
election of new officers at this
meeting. Current officers are
Duane Shumaker, president; Jack
Jones, vice president; Ben Sher
bahn, secretary, and Elsie Adams,
treasurer.
Enrollment in the BIA special
program of adult education and
high school has increased to 38
pupils.
Volleyball enthusiasts met Fri
day evening, Oct. 18, at the school
to plan the schedule and tourna
ments for the winter months. The
men teams will play each Tuesday
evening and the women teams each
Thursday evening. Games are to
begin the first part of November.
Jerry and Rose Fagerstrom will
depart Sunday, Oct. 27, for Red
Lake, Minn. Their transfer became
effective a month earlier than
planned. It is not known who will
take Jerry’s place as PHS Hos
pital Administrator.
Mrs. Norma Dallas, chief house
keeper at PHS Hospital, returned
Thursday from vacation. She vis
ited friends and relatives on the
West Coast and took a trip down
to Tijuana, Mex.
A reception was held Tuesday,
Oct. 15th in the PHS 20 unit lounge
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• AFTER-SKI BOOTS
• IVORY CARVINGS
• ESKIMO DOLLS
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for the Gall ears. The newlyweds
were presented with a large lovely
three piece ivory carving set.
The Maricopa Club (PHS Hospi
tal employes social club) had a
spaghetti dinner Wednesday night
n the lounge. The club members
and their guests enjoyed bingo
after the feed.
Northwestern
Alaska
News Briefs
A going away tea was held for
Mrs. McCall, director of nurses,
Thursday. She left for a three
month vacation Friday.
Dr. and Mrs. Lathrop planned to
return from their Selawik field
trip Tuesday, Oct. 22. Dr. Lathrop
plans to attend a dental conference
in Anchorage beginning Oct. 25.
November 4 the Lathrops will leave
for Point Hope for another field
trip.
Bonnie Staheli, Wien Station
manager, and June McConnell,
Wien employe, flew to Seattle Fri
day, Oct. 18. as guests of Pan
American Airways. They returned
to Kotzebue on Wien’s flight Mon
day. On the same plane Monday
were the Hemphills returning from
Fairbanks and Piex Bowen re
turned from the State Chamber of
Commerce meeting at Juneau.
Edith Bullock, who also attended
the meeting, went on to Seattle
from Juneau.
John Cross, Wien bush pilot, is
in Ketchikan for a meeting of the
State Judiciary Council. He ex
pects to return to Kotzebue Oct. 23.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Fisher (for
mer Doris Kigrook* left Kotzebue
Saturday for Anchorage. They
went by way of Fairbanks so Doris
could visit a few days with her
many friends there. They then
planned to continue on to Anchor
age where Allen hopes to find
work at Elmendorf AFB as a ci
vilian employe. He retired from
the Air Force this spring.
Lyle Bowen left Monday for a
month’s vacation at Longview,
Wash.
Father Bob Jones, Episcopal min
ister, accompanied by his wife
Judy, departed for Nome Monday,
Oct. 21, to hold church services
there. They planned to return to
Kotzebue Oct. 23.
It has been reported that the
large caribou migration north of
Kotzebue the past few weeks man
aged to run off with about half
of Johnson Stalkers’ reindeer herd.
Several of the reindeer herds have
been lost to the caribou the past
few years.
Winter is finally here, about
four inches of new snow on the
ground, and still snowing.
Pi. Hope Report
David Stone left Oct. 16 for
15 days’ active duty with Army
Reserve. He will be at Fort Rich
ardson at Anchorage.
Ira Frankson has been trans
ferred from Kotzebue to Anchorage
Hospital and may undergo an ab
dominal operation. He is in
grade 7.
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Frances Attungana, grade 5, re- j
turned from Kotzebue Hospital on
Oct. 14. She had gone for ear treat- j
ment.
The ACS telegram schedule is
held at 4:15 p.m. each weekday.
This was formerly at 4:30 p.m.
Radio reception has been all right
lately.
On Sunday, Oct. 13, Titus Nash
ookpuk shot a small walrus; Amos
Lane found a dead walrus wim
large tusks, and shot an owl; Nick
Timothy and Earl Kingik shot an
oogruk; Daniel Lisbourne caught
an owl alive; Joe Tingook caught
two owls with traps, and Darrold
Tuckfield caught three owls with
traps.
On October 7, Harry Hank
caught a duck alive by the school.
It could not fly in the strong wind.
On October 5, Rev. Lawton took
the Boy Scouts on a hike. They
saw a red fox.
On October 5, Eddie Omnik and
Johnson Tuckfield killed three
ducks with a .22 rifle.
On October 4, Levy Kowunna
and Isaac Killigvuk shot two ducks
with a ..22 rifle.
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Antonio Weber brought his wife
from fishing camp with a load
of fish by dogtcam on October 13.
Amos Lane brought some fish that
day, too.
Raymond Stone brought Suzanne
Lane with a load of fish on Oct. la.
Patrick Attungana came from
fishing camp, too.
Edward Knox ordered 150
pounds of trout from Kivalina to
come by air freight.
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Helen Sage and Daisy Oomittuk
will bake bread this Saturday. If
the stove in the new school kitchen
is not fixed by then, they may wait
until another time to bake. They
can ask Andrew whether the stove
is fixed or not.
Ruth Nash and Sophie Tuckfield
did not bake last Saturday because
the stove was not fixed. They can
sign up to bake next month, in
stead.
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The new Point Hope sign is up.
It is near the airstrip. It was put
up by Laurie Kingik and John
Tingook. It is four feet by eight
feet and is on 3-i inch plywood.
Andrew Tooyak painted three
coats of white paint on it. John
Guinn, a junior at the University
of Alaska, did the lettering on pa
per for the sign. Betty McKenzie
lettered the sign itself from that
and painted the lettering. Dr. Bill
Pogue, a honeymooning tourist
from Los Angeles, helped choose
the words for the sign. The aim
was to put as much interesting in
formation as possible without
being cluttered.
Girl to sales clerk, showing her
new dress:
“Nothing with zippers, please.
My boy friend isn't mechanically
inclined.”
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Tito Embarks for Home
After Ship Bomb Scare
NEW YORK M — Yugoslav
President Tito left New York by
ship for home today after the ves
sel’s sailing was delayed 40 min
utes by a bomb scare.
The Coast Guard received a
phone call saying a bomb would
go off aboard the Dutch ship
“Rotterdam” this afternoon, but
after a search the ship was cleared
for sailing.
Before going up the gangplank,
Tito said his visit in the United
States had been a gratifying one.
And his talks with President Ken
nedy, he said, have been very
useful and will contribute to bet
ter mutual understanding.
Juneau Businessman Dies
JUNEAU OP — Elroy E. Ninnis, a
pioneer Juneau businessman who
operated the Juneau Motor Co.,
died Thursday. He was 60.
Ninnis came to Juneau with his
! family in 1903, at the age of three,
and had made his home here ever
since.
A former member of the Juneau
City Council, Ninnis is survived by
his widow, Mary; a son, Elroy Jr.
of Juneau; a daughter, Jane John
son of Douglas; a sister, Thelma
Ladum of Juneau, and two grand
daughters.
Book of the Month
The Battle of the Villa Fiorita,
Rumer Godden’s charming new
novel about two English children
who pick up the pieces of a bro
ken marriage, is the Book-of-the
Month Club selection for October.
"Here is a book set in fairy-tale
surroundings, with real suspense
and conflict among characters who
are all vivid and likeable human
beings,” says Basil Davenport in
his report on Miss Godden’s novel
to Club members.
Born in England and brought
up in India, Rumor Godden estab
lished her reputation as far back
as 1939, with a novel about India,
entitled Black Narcissus. Since
then she has published book after
book about India, England or the
Continent, including Breakfast with
the Nikolides. Take Three Tenses,
The River. An Episode of Spar
rows and China Court.
Forty years ago Americans paid
only $4 billion a year — $37 a per
son — for state and local taxes.
Today state and local taxes have
soared to $44 billion, or about
$241 for every man, woman and
child.
Where to Buy
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Shishmaref —
WALTER NAYOKPUK’S
Teller —
TELLER COMMERCIAL CO.
Unalakleet —
LIFFICK’S JEWELRY
Ktana —
BLANKTNSHIP TRADING
Gambell —
NATIVE STORE