The Nome nugget. (Nome, Alaska) 1919-1934, 1924-12-27
LOCAL NEWS
BARN DANCE COMMITTEE
PROMISES BIG TINE

Next Wednesday night bids fair
to be one long to be remembered
in the archives of Nome society
fer on that night. according to
plans worked out by the committee
in charge, will be given the gala
event of the season--the A. B.
Barn Dance.
The committee has held meet
ing and has arranged few little
surprises for the rural visitors ex-
pected to attend from the outIy-
ing farming sections These sur
rrises are not to be made known
at this time however, for their
unexpectedness will be part Of the
charm. for after mystery has
been described and explained. it
ceases to be a mystery. So the
public's curiosity Is to be piQued
to the point where It will Of nee
essity attend the dance in order
that it may see and be convinced
that this Barn Dance is all It is
represented to be.
Hiram Corntosser from the Pun
kin Center section has sent word
that he expects to hitch old Dob
bin to the spring wagon and bring
himself and family. along with
some of the neighbors to the do
ms. and that he will be disap-
pointed If many others of this
section do not deport themselves
likewise. 81 Perkins and his
family will be there. You all
know She never misses an A.
B. Barn Dance and he always
brings his charming wife and his
daughter along too. 81 lives up
the crick about ten miles in that
big two-story log house with the
big apple orchard around it. 1t
is from Sis own orchard that the
big juicy apples for the Barn
Dance were secured. Timothy
nay anu HIS tliDe anu a iot VI
his neighbors are going to knock
off work and come to town for the
big show. And you all know that
when Hi. 81. and Tim. come to
being the leading lights
in their respective sections, good
Il number trail along to see what
is going to happen. And on New
Years Eve there's plenty going to
happen.
The best fddlers for miles
around have been hired for this
dance. They come prepared to
play anything from buck-and-
wing to wedding march-and
it might happen that either or
both will be fitting and proper for
that night; Their euphonious
are expected to tickle
the feet of the devotees 'of Terp-
sichore to a degree never before
and a harvest of re-
grets will surely be the portion of
anyone who loves the art of dane
ing and does not attend that night.
One of the rural patrons of the
dance has promised to haul in
barrel of his best sweet cider. and
this. together with the apples from
81 Perkins orchard will help to
enliven the dance.
Farmers Dave L. Hofer and
Harry Little have promised to fix
up the barn and see that it's all
in readiness for the gathering
Dave declares that he is going to
hang up all the gears and run the
wagons and buggies and farming
tools out into the back pasture
and make lots OF room. He says
he'd like to try his hand at
little decorating too, but that It's
DANCED near useless in a country
where one can't get mistletoe for
that purpose. We wonder what
Dave means about this mistletoe
but be assured-Dave knows.
Harry Little says he's going to
sweep all the trash off'n the barn
floor and make it so tarnation
slick for the dancers that they
will think they are flying instead
Of dancing. Farmer Slim Ry-
deem is going to ladle out the
cider and apples and make him
self generally useful and orna-
mental around the premises, and
lend hand elsewhere II needed.
Farmer Harry Gabrielson is one
of the fiddlers-we didn't intend
to tell that. but since he's one Of
the committee, his duties have to
be told, so that in case our guests
DC not enjoy themselves, they will
know who to blame. Harry is
chairman of the committee too and
1t. will keep him busy seeing that
the rest of the committee does