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Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Vote your own way, but by all
means vote" was the final appeal
made today to flue-cured tobacco
growers of Columbus County by
Bill Hooks, chairman of the County
Agricultural Conservation Commit
tee, in urging farmers 10 partici-
bate in the tlue-cured tobacco rel
erendum on Saturday. July %.
Congress has made it possible
for farmers TO decide whether or
not they want marketing quotas on
flue-cured tobacco for 1850 and also
for 1851 and 1852. 1t is up to US TO
90 TO the polls and state our prefer
ence. Marketing quotas furnish
growers with 4 method OF ADJUST
ing supply to demand and can help
secure fair prices for the tobacco
they produce" ne said.
If quotas are approved, individual
farm acreage allotments for 1850
will be about the same as the 1919
allotment for any farm which has
produced up to rs per cent Of its
allotted acreage in any one Of the
psf three yers. There will be {
small acreage for adjustment Of old
farm allotments, and for establish
ing allotments on farms on which
no tobacco has been grown in the
past five years. If the supply ana
demand situation warrants, the
Secretary of Agriculture can IN
crease allotmentS any time up to
March /.
Every person who has an inter
est in the 1919 crop of flue-cured
tobacco as owner, tenant, or share
cropper is entitled to vote in the
referendum but no person is en-
titled to more than one vote even
though he produces tobacco in two
or more communities, counties, or
States. .,...-. ..........
Mr.. Hooks. said, II believe il is
I'D to us to show our interest by
going to the polls and voting one
way or the other. This is the DEM
ocratic way of deciding this i'm
portant issue. and urge that every
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Columbus Schools
Open September 1

Thursday. Sept. /. ha. been ten.
latively set as the date foc the
opening of the Columbus County
E:hools, Supt w. J. Roerr, Jr.. an
nonnced. The date was set SUBJ
ject to the approval OF the Board
of Education and depending upon
conditions existing at that time.
The county schools will have a
Total of ga teachers for the 194a-
10 term. This is an increase Of
I3 over the past years total.
The extra teachers wee allotted
as follows: Tabor City. one high
school; Chadhourn, one elemen-
tary; Cerro Gordo, one elemen-
tary; Williams Township. one high
school; Acme Delcho, one high
school.
Negro schools Tabor City. one
Gle rentary and one high school;
Chadbou'n, one elementary; Mt.
Olive district, one elementary. and
Armour, ono elementary.
Three full-time supervisors have
been allotted to the county sys-
tenn by the board of education,
and officials are now sekeing a
supervisor for the white schools
and one for the Negro schools.
Mr.. Eoger pointed out the prob.
lem now before the board is to
find persons to fill the posts.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Legion Will Aid
Veterans In
Getting Dividends

RALEIGH - The American LIE.
gion will assist all North Carolina
veterans in applying for their Ma
tional Service Life Insurance divi-
dends.
This was announced today by
K. c. Goodwin of New BEN. North
Carolina Department Commander
of the American Legion.
Our local posts throughout the
state will have the necessary ap-
plications which veterans will
,have to make to the VA to get
their NSLI dividends.' ~mmand-
err Goodwin said. Every veteran
who held his NSLI policy for 80
days or more will have refund
coming to him. The VA expects
to pay out approximately $780,
100000 in these refr' Is. Pay.
ments per veteran are expected to
average about SITS according to
the VA. On this basis North Car
olinas 100000 World War II vet
Grams will receive 100000 in cash
refunds"
VA has advised that Special ap-
plicatiOn forms are now being
prepared and should be in the
hands of Legion posts soMe time
b August. Information required
for applying for the dividends IN
cludes name, address, service
number and insurance policy num-
Der. Commander Goodwin said that
applications should be filed as
quickly as possible because 1t Will
take weeks and nonths for vet
eran to get his refund check
Actually, the Legio command
sr explained, the American Legion
will put on the biggest manhunt
in history trying to locate veteran"
who are eligible for the NSLl re-
funds.
THE VA estimates that some
16 100000 veterans are entitled 10
NsII refunds" Commander God
win said. To-day the VA has the
home address of only six milllc'
If elipible veterans. The :.merl-
can Legion will help it to locate
100000 others"
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Urges Big Farm Vote

.flue-cured tobacco grower in the
county go 10 his community voting
place on Saturday, July %, and
vote in this referendum"
Polls will be open from 500 O.
clock a. m. to 900 o'clock p. H., in
the following places:
south Fair Elufl, Fair Fluff
Town Hall.
North Fair Fluff, Fair Fluff
Town Hall.
Cerro Goldo, j. d. Hammonds'
Service Station.
Cedar Grove, Eack Of j. L.
Floyd's Stole.
Cherry Grove. o. W. William
sons Station.
South Chadbourn, Sam Carriers
Chadbou; Supply Co.
North Chadbourn, Sam Carriers
Chadbourn Supply Co.
South Tatum, Ever green Scnool,
North Tatum. - Tyners
Store.
Western Prong. Wooten's Store.
North WnIleville, Court House.
Whiteville, a. A. A. Office.
South Nhitevil.e, L. 5. HInsons
Station.
Mollie, S. C. Longs Store.
Beaverdam, Williams School.
Clarendon, Mrs. Stephens Store.
Tabor City. Tabor City Legion
Hut.
Sandy Plains, Norris Station
Sandy Plains.
Guideway, Guideway School.
Bug Hill, p. o. Cores Store.
East Lees, Mrs. w. j. Simmon Is
Store.
West Lees, Leamon Wards
Store.
North Lees, NJ. L. Hills Store.
Welches Creek. Voting Precinct
South Bogue, Voting Precinct.
North Bogue. Batten Bros, Sta
tiUn.
Waccamaw, Wananish Post o.
flee.
Bolton, Wilson-Holmes Store.
Freeman, T. w. Croom's store
DelcO, Deico School.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Carolina Yam Festival
Committee TO Meet

The committee on the 1919 Caro-
Iinas Yam Festival will meet in
the office of the Tabor City Me. :
chants Association. now located in
the Tribune Building. at 1870
O'Clock. Friday afternoon.
The Committee, composed of
merchants and county and state
agricultural workers. will make
plans for the annual celebratioE
scheduled tentatively for the Is,
IA and 10 Of Octobei
Larry AShby. committee secre-
tary. Indicated this week that
plans for the 1919 celebration will
include over 100 booths in the ex-
hibit hall. carnival rides. and two
dances featuring nationally known
bands. AShby also said that
national weekly magazine. as yet
undiSclosed. has indicated plans 10
cover the festival this year.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Guiidewav News
Bv MRS. LESTER LONG

Lester Lon. and Dillon Jacobs
were Tabor City visitors Wednes-
day.
Woodland Long and Jessie Smith
made a business trip to Lorls Sat
urday.
Harry Long visited in the Dulah
section this past week.
LaRue Jacobs was a dinner
guest of Mrs. Lester Long re-
Gently.
MI. and Mrs. Lester Long and
son, Georgia, visited Mrs. Dillon
Jacobs Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. r. ]. Long made
= business trip TO Tabor City
Thursday.
Wayman Cox visited Lester
Long Thursday.
MIS-. Lester Long, Lacy Long
and son. Georgia, were in Tabor
City Thursday.
Gilbert Soles made business
trip to Loris Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Faux ana
Eloise Faulls were visito's in the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Lesser Long
Sunday.
Friends will regret to learn that
Mrs. Nina Stocks is very Ill at
her home.
MIS-. Cledie ElTore spent Mon
dav with Mrs. guile Long.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Pfc. Albro Stevens
Training in Wyoming

FIT. WARREN, Wyo.. July 20
Pfc Albro F. Stevens, son Of Mr..
and Ms. D. A. Stevens, of Tabor
City. N. c., is presently training
us an air force technician at the
USAF Technical School at FIT.
F.ancis E. Warren, Wyoming, 1t
has been announced by the conf
handing officer.
At this historic former cavalry
post outside Cheyenne, the air
force is training young airmen in
the many specialties needed for
air power. Besides clerical skills
such as clerk-typist, cler!i-stenog-
rapher and administrative special
list. the schools at Fl. Warren
train automobile mechanics, pow
erman, electricians. teletype opera
tors and repairmen.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Mrs. Faircloth
Passes Following
Long Illness

Mrs. Cecilia Faircloth, GO, pass
ed away Wednesday night at
1915, following a long illness. She
was the widow Of the late William
E. Faircloth, pioneer citizen of Ia
Dor City, who later moved TO
Chattanooga, Tenn.
Rosary will be said in the Lewis
Funeral Home Friday evening at
5 O'CLOCK. Requiem Mass is to be
held at the st. Xavier Church on
Saturday morning at 1000 O'Clock.
Rev. Father Frank Howard WIZ
officiate. Burial will be in Chat
tanooga.
Mrs. Faircloth is survived by
one daughter, Mary D. Faircloth
of Tabor City, and one sister Mrs
Thomas I. Colyer of Tampa Fla
nd a number Of nieces ana
nephews who live in Tabor City.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Emerson News
By OSCAR SoLES

We are glad to report that Mrs
Mavis Hinson is able to be up
again.
We are glad to report that wan
da Gale Soles is we'll again.
Willie Cartrette, J. V. Norris
and Willis Tyron visited oscar
Soles Sunday. &c.,
Nh. and Mis-. Charles Tompklns
visited Mrs. Tompkins father SUM-
day.
Rraxton Cartrette and Boyd
Nealey visited Mr.. and Mrs. Jes-
sic Cartrette at Cerlo Gordo Sum
day. u..
MIR. and Mrs. Lewis Soles visit
ed Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnery Soies
Sunday evening.
We are having some mighty
heavy rains around Emerson no"
and CROPS are sure showing the
sion of damage. We are in nope
of some pretty weather.
Mr.. and Mrs. Billie So'es OF
Beaver Dam were in TABOR Cits
shopping Saturday. Fou" OF MT
and Mrs. Young Soles chiidren
were with them and we were glao
10 see them. ,o
We we're sorry to hear Of the
death Of Jess Mcpherson OF Rose
land. s.;.h
Some around here have finish
ed gathering tobacco while as, sq pnr
h?v. Just gotten started. MIR. Zen
H;uson finished up one patch u
his last Thursday.
Well, people have voted to nave
!, dry county, but there wili ps
mole whis!sey drinking IN Cotuin-
bus County than would have oeeh
if they had gotten ABc stores 81
let us leave off the bootlesgers
and let them sell all they can j..
lust what they will do.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
''ir. Donald Watts On
Duty In Japan

nth THE 18th INFANTRY
Ia $ENDAI. JAPAN - Pic.
L.. E2.:>. il. son OF Mr.. and
a . Watts. Box 3i2. Tabor
E0-'h Carolina. has recently
:. assigned with the 18th In
=; Regiment az Camp Schim-
.;:::-aa:g. ar-: Sendai. Japan.
Il Waits enlisted INTO the
= :, Tabor Cry. North Caro-
!. II My -. 1913. He COM
:. a.> infantry basic training
:;:: J-cIyon. South Carolina.
{ .@o5e- !yi>. ne received or
2 :es shi2sst to Japan. Upon
~. PIC, Watts was assigned
i Is: Calvary Division at
=: Dg2k- in Tokyo. In May.
:: = ", transferred to the
+ .a:2n;.y Regiment of che It'll
-'Sla and now stationed at
t.. Sca!mm-.pteunig.
e Watts J. now taking adj
:,-: io:-..rv in the Heavy
-;4, Company
:-:9:= he -r:eret the army. Pic.
,.,:s vs. SUDDEN: a, Tabor City
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Tabor Tobacco
Program On WEN(
Starts Monday

The Tabor City Tobacco Market
of the air, sponsored by the Tabor
City Merchants Association, will
commence broadcasts on Monday,
July %, at 1880 p. M. over station
WENC, Whiteville.
Larry Ashby, executive secretary
of the Association, will be in charge
of the program.
The annual program will origi-
nate from the studios of WENC
for the first week, and then will
come directly from the sales floors
on the Tabor City market for the
remainder Of the season
The program runs six days q
week, Monday through Saturday II
lao D. m.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Columbus County speeders ant
reckless drivers paid for their in
fractions of the law this week il
recorders Court to the tune o;
S445 plus court costs.
Cases heard this week are a
follows:
Jason Hinson, no operators i
,ense, mol pros with leave.
Farce Goodwin and John Robin
son, hit-and-run and assault wit
deadly weapon. mol pros with leave
Junior Gerald, no operators II
cense, mol pros with leave.
Alex Poe, possession Of tax pait
whiskey with seal broken, mol pro-
with leave.
Joseph Franklin Cook. imprope
brakes. cost.
James Lewis, speeding, mol pr
with leave following forfeiture
$50 cash bond.
Tommie Junior Soles, rockies
driving, $40 fine and cost.
Vance Williamson, speeding, II
fine and cost.
Bessie Palmer, driving drunF
500 fine and cost. License revoke
for IL months.
VIM. Charles Duncan, no opel
ator's license, cost.
Henley Bellamy, reckless driVih
and damage to property, $25 and
cost.
Eugene Buckhalter, reckless dri
ing, S25 and cost.
Genery Buffkin, no operators j.
cense, S25 and cost.
Brodie Edward Billiard, driving
drunk, 500 fine and cost. Ordered
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
R()ySTER To OPEN LOCAL MART AUGUST z
Town. Will Celebrate
National Record
Made In '48 Season. :

Fro s. Royster, president CT
the Tobacco Warehousemen's A.
ISOLATION 81 MOTH Caetlina, wai
aie in opening day festivities on
the tobacco. market. here August
?, w. A. Williams. president OF the
Tabor City Merchants Association,
announced on Wednesday,
Royeter will bic on hand to sell.
the first rile Of tobacco In the
1919 season. and will also deliver
IN address Ia ahe thousands OF to-
hacco growers expected to attend
the opening of the mcEket' :.
Tabor City 'merchant5 are NAV
ing elaborate plak for en- ell day
celebration. honoring the: nstiena!
record made by the local market
in 1913 when the Tabor City Mar.
l:et paid the highset average price
per hundred pounds TO growers
who sold their tobacco here.
Roystsr will open the 1919 sea-
son Nv selling the first pile Of to.
bacco at 500 o'clock in the morn:
ing and will address tobacco grow.
ers on Railroad Street at. ll!oo
o'clock. At 1870 P. ~. Larry Ash
nv will conduct an informal IN:
,erview with Royster. over the TO-
hor City Tobacco Market OF the
Air, Station WENc. - -.
An amateur hour will be con-
Quoted on Railroad Street from
$3.50 10 $3.50 P. u. =.
At 4:ao P. NJ. the merchants OF
Tabor City present over $l,M y
gifts to tobacco growers atteadins
the opening day festivities.
A concert: and so,,cSe dance 10
the evening will wind up the Gays
celebration.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Routing Cases And
Letter Box New
Additions To P. o.

The Tabor City Post Office has
received three large Rural Carrier
Routing cases. Mrs. Leona u.
Brown. acting postmaster an
nounced- The boxes save the car
riers time in making up their
routes and add beauty to tie post
office fixtures.
4 street letter mailing box Is
expected soon. Mrs. Brown said'
and will be installed at the corner
of Railroad Street. near Harret-
sons Phaltlacy. A box was just
recently set-up on Fifth Street at
the corner of the post office oulid-
ing. Mrs. Brown urges patrons TO
make use of the boxes.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Mcpherson Rites
Held Sunday

Jesse Mcpherson. 4S, farmer OF
The Beaver Dam section, died sat
urday morning at his hone lo-
lowing a lengthy illness.
Funeral services were held sun
day afternoon at 4 o'clock from
the Beaver Dam Baptist Church
with the Rev. Broadus Hulk Of
ficiating. Burial was made IN the
family cemetery.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs
Guida Goodwin Mcpherson; TWO
daughters, Mrs. Lacey Neaiey and
Miss Idel, Mcpherson; his father
w. M. Mcpherson; two brothers,
W. H. and Lee Mcpherson; and
four sisters, Mrs. Hubert William
son. Mrs. Horace Griffin, MIS-
Runn Worley, and Mrs. Roy Cod
win.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
To Maintain National Record
Eo,,, Large Modern
Ready
;n Leaf Sales


rho. c.s Tobacco Mar
...- ".arsv; in the ma
.- ....es. average pr in
,... sales Tuesday. Aug,
.,..s p the morning.
schedules tor the tour
.-sac,y Warehouses will De
-. nr,. week.
.r.4,-.,u and merchants.
-" .. ,.rrr year record
~. M,., market. a:e CON
= 49,. RE close OF the
r.E.r CIV viii still
.... he n.ghest aver-
obi. y..ao. Cfty Market
Bel; with the high
.,' use Of >53.ll: in
-. 49, Ny.:a Carolina Boz
..r.- .-, HIS hest average
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
In Drivers! / Must
Re'nex'.lieen,!es:
By December B

w. P. Graham, driver license
examiner, who .iA located. in Tabor
City every ~Fsesd ay tfterpoSn; this
week announced that L y drivers
have until Dec: 81 to renew theic
licenses. At the same time. he
POINTED out that drivers should
report for test: as early as possible
to avoid the laIsh In the last few
weeks.
Graham,s schedule is as, follows:
Fairmont, MONDAY .Eand Saturday;
Fair Bluff, Tuesday rpornilS; "a
Dor City,, Tuesday afternoon;. Rae
fordj Wednesday,, Red: Springs.
Thursday; Friday, ST.: Pauls. :.
The. examiner Is 'located at the
City Hall for the Tabor City e1-
arninations.' -" =. -
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Beloved Teacher
Dies Suddenly

"zS Name Lucille Bramlett. .
,sa'e' o; the Tabor City schoo
,>-''E, died suddenly in Florence
*. night. She was the newly
''''e H:->Ia~n: Of the Columbus
=: Uni: q: the North Carolina
'.,1!on Association, and thi:
- President OF the local Pionee.
=: club She was also an active
-~'s' o. ne Tabor City Wom-
g'eo and the Saint Paul Meth
q Church.
naive o; Greenville, S. c.. Miss
!, -'7'. caiur 70 Tabor City in
@at since that time taught
-" ana s@cved as High School
>''an. 81" vas recognized as an
11c!AI educator and Prime
y. II Primer spoke of her as
:. " ne oes' n the state"
>-sS 6Fa:ale,'. Who was engaged
!, -'''aseT school here for make
!. "''"' drove TO Florence FRI
] =. "o'n'n1. She had just reach
zone oI = friend when she
:c q stroke. She was admitted
-, ,,'-s9d : IH..rmary and died
! =, O'clock. She was Al years
=. a! S!:es were held in Green
S4aday afternoon at 5 o'clock,
,y,e;- rom Tabor City were
pa and Mrs. c. H. Primer
~ 'N'aian } Fowler. Miss Ann
D. |eH,ugIn and w. w
- E'aa!rGt is survived by -four
'.'7'a aat three sisters.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Brother of.:A.' A.:
White. Fatally
Injured In Fall,

The A. A.. White. family were
called to Elizabeth City. Saturday
On account of the. death pf'1Afr.
Whites brother, Leland j. Wins
To- gre 81.
Mr.. Winslow died, Friday follow
ing fail from q pole while work.
ing. He was an employee OF the
Virginia Carolina Power Company.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Mrs. c. E. Howe returned TO ~,
,onne At savannah, Ga, SUNDAY
after spending a week WIN ~. ~.
mother, Mrs. J. r. Grower a. .ns
o Brown home. Mrs. Grower
~ OHIO recently received treatment a.
the Columbus county hoSp''a'' L
convalescing nicely.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
To Be Interviewed

Larry Ashby, sales supervisor tor
the local tobacco market, will be
interviewed over Station WDSC'
Dillon, on Saturday, July %, at
1890 p. m.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

.g:. :y.H attending the furni-
,.Uw .: High Point this week
I'd c :. Do:man and John
..msN 70; The Dormar Furni-
.: Company aud Arthur Prince
+ Prime BROTHERS Furniture
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
D. G. Carmichael
Buried Wednesday

Daniel Claude Carmichael. 81,
brother Of Mrs. G. S. Cox died
Tuesday afternoon in Mullins. He
was d retired teacher.
Funeral rites were held from
the Cox Funeral Home at $3.50
Wednesday. Survivors other than
Mrs. Coz; include: a daughter, six
sons, his mother and three
brothers.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Wednesday Closing
Over Next Week

Wednesday, July q, will mark the
end of the Wednesday closing OF
Tabor City stores, for this year.
Stores will remain open on We'd
nesday afternoons commencing
with August 8.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Curtis Jacobs and Don Jernigan
have returned from Pittsburgh,
Pa, where they visited Mrs. Louise
Workinger. Mrs. G. c. Jacobs who
visited there for some time return
ed home with them.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20
Dogs Must Receive
Vaccination By
Saturday, July 80

Chief of Police L. P. watson Is
sued a final warning TO dog own
ers this week that all dogs must
be vaccinated and display Vaccina-
ton tags on their collars by Sat
urday. July 80.
Watson said that all dogs. vacci-
mated, must be kept off the streets
within the limits of the Town OF
Tabor Civ after Saturday.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Hosa Gore. local we'll known
nainter. is now associated with
tho Dorman Furniture Company.
Mrs. A. G. Strickland and SOL
Arnold, Jr.. visited relatives IN
Charlotte during the weekend.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

4 new warehouse for the Dor
man Furniture Company was COM
pleted this week. The building
located on Live Oak Street, Is APP
proximately 20 by 80 feet and Is
constructed of wood.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Gene Spivey. Joe Wilson. Billy
and Sammy Rogers are attend'ns
the Bow Scout camp at White Lake
this week.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Albert schild is returning today
from a buying trip to New YORK.
Sammy Schild of Conway accom-
panied him.
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

Miss Janet Tomlinson, member OF
the Tabor City school faculty, 1
spending several days here follow
ing a stay in Wilson where she at
tended summer school at A. c. ).
Tabor City tribune. (Tabor City, N.C.) 1946-1991, 1949-07-20

The Navy had the only two en-
listed men plotting planes IN the
Berlin Airlift.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-05

The surface of the Caspian Sea is 86 feet below sea level.
The Nome nugget., 1949-12-05
ROOF GARDEN
 SPECIALS
GOLD. GOLD. PRECIOUS

I GOLD. Since the days of King Solomon, down the ages, gold has been sought after and it has of- ten been one of the contributing causes of war. Thrones have top pied; empires have fallen; great adventures have explored the wilderness, risking everything in quest of this precious metal. Our own Alaska came into prominence as result of its discovery. Fifty years ago, Nome mushroomed overnight into a flourishing from tier town of 3O,O00 people, bring ing men from every quarter of the globe and from every walk in life to its bleak, forbidding shores. All for gold.
 On Dec. 10th one of the most realistic reproductions of the GOLD RUSH DAYS" will be staged at the High School Audi torium under the auspices of the Pioneers of Alaska, Igloo No. 1. In keeping with the spirit of this celebration a large gold nugget will be awarded as a prize to the lucky person chosen by the judges.
 Antedating the discovery of gold in Alaska by more than a century, a Russian explorer, Gre gor Shelikof established the first Russian colony in Alaska in the name of Czar Nicholas. Returning to St. Petersburg, he presented a beautiful set of Alaska furs to the Czarina. Since then, and down to the present, Alaska furs are uni versally recognized and prized in the fur markets of the world. The -aristocracy of Europe: Queens, PrincesseS. members of the Royal H O u ehold, and recently the Duchess of Windsor proudly wear andfondly cherish rare Alaska furs.
 Today in Nome, a fur specimen as rare and beautiful as ever graced the shoulders of a queen, princess or duchess is on display in Polet's artistic fur store, and at the stroke of twelve midnight, Dec. 10th, at the School Auditori- um, this exquisite, delicate, care fully matched and selected silver fox (ready to weaD stole will be awarded to someone. To whom? nobody knows until the judges m ake the announcement. TT MIGHT BE YOU, better be there. All we can advise you is, COME TO THE ROOF GARDEN AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.