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The Nome nugget., 1956-12-12
l2OO- Mile Underwater Cable System Between Alaska And United States Will Provide Better Communication

SEATTLE, R - A 20-million- dollar, 1900 mile underwater cable system was put into service between Alaska and the United States Tuesday to provide more and better communication facll- ities between the two areas.
 The new cable, stretching from Port Angeles to Skagway, Alaska, was opened officially with eere- monies in Washington, DC, Se- attle, Ketchikan, Juneau, An chorage and Fairbanks.
 Hatfield Chilson, assistant sec retary of the interior, and B. Frank Heintzleman, governor of Alaska, made the first call over a 4,650 mile telephone network which utilized the new cable as well as existing lines.
 The new facility is the result of a joint venture by the Long Lines Dept. of the American Telephone & Telegraph Co.,, and Alaska Communication System, branch of the Signal Corps of the United States Army. ACS built a shallow, 395-mile single cable fror,, Ketcbikap to Skaomav at a cost of six million. AT&T con- structed the deep water, 877-mile double cable between Port An geles, Wash, and Ketchikan at a cost of 15 million.
 The northern terminus of the cable at Skagway hooks into ACS land lines to Anchorage and Fair banks. The southern terminus at Port Angeles is relayed by radio
The Nome nugget., 1956-12-12
o Seattle and the nation.

to Seattle and the nation.
 Doubling the present capacity of radio and land circuits be- tween the United States and it's important bases in Alaska, the cable can carry 36 conversations at one time. It will perform, of- ficials said, with the clarity and reliability of the best states-side telephone lines.
 A single copper conductor run ming through the center of each cable transmits all voice signals simultaneously in one direction in the Port Angeles Ketchikan b le. Requiring protection against possible damage, it is IA inches in diameter and weighs about one pound per foot.
 The Ketchikan-Skagway cable, in much shallower water, re- quires heavier armor to protect it from ice floes, fishing trawlers and turbulent waters. It is more than 219 inches in diameter and weighs nine pounds per foot.
 Each deep water cable has in- tricate, costly repeaters spaced about 40 miles apart. Each re- peater amplifies about million times the voice currents that pass through it.
 The shallow water cable has II land based, unattended re- peater stations located about 40 miles apart.
 Cost of a three-minute cal be- tween points in the United States and eastern Alaska varies be- tween $5.25 and $825 during the day hours, depending upon where the call goes in the US. Night time and Sunday rates vary from $4.50 to $6.75 an hour.
 A three-minute call to western Alaska is either $8.25 or $900 during the day and $6.75 or $7.50 at night and Sundays.
The Nome nugget., 1956-12-12
Frozen Water Supply In Virginia Cty, Nev. Is Cause of Emergency

CARSON CITY, Nev., R-Gov Charles Russell has declared Vir- ginia City an emergency area as the first step in seeking federal aid to halt the historic towns week-long water crisis.
 The wooden fumes carrying water from a mountain reservoir froze because severe cold wea- ther came ahead of snow cover to insulate the fumes.
 If the Department of Interior approves, the governors office said Stead Air Force Base will be asked to lend the state it's weasels to help jar loose the ice.
 And federal funds would be asked to pump water from near by Silver City and American Flats.
 In the meantime, many Vir- ginia City residents go to Carson City to take baths and bring home buckets of water. The water company is helping by trucking water in.
 Fine Job priufiuo af The Nucdet
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17

Anchorage (AP)-The Alaska Chapter of the Associated General Contractors and Construction Un- ions in the territory have reached an agreement on wages and work ing conditions for the 1856 con- struction season, it was announced Thursday.
 Announcement of conditions will not be made, however, until re- spective Unions, approve the terms. Negotiations have been under way here the past ten days with repre- sentatives of operating engineers, laborers. teamsters, iron workers, cement masons, plastererS, brick layers and fathers.
 Meanwhile, the 1856 wage and working agreement negotiations were completed with the culinary workers for construction camps.
 Washington (AP)-Closed ses- sions to determine the fate of a bill to transfer control of Alaska's fish and game resources to the ter ritory will be held early next month by the House Territories Subcommittee, Rep. O'Brien (D- N. Y.) chairman. of the Subcom- mittee, announced the forthcoming hearings after testimony submit ted by State, Interior Department officials who oppose the bill as written.
 The Subcommittee has half dozen transfer proposals before it, O'Brien said, differing only in agreement of support Alaska would receive from the Pribilof Island seal fur receipts for financing pur- poses. He said he is now disposed to consider bill by Rep. Utt (R- Callf) which would give Alaska 70 per cent of the Pribilof net proceeds. This is the highest per centage of any bill.
 Washington (AP)-CAB examin- I-Ns
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
KIDDING SUGGESTED FOR PLANE CHARTER

Alaskan bush pilots and flying services who are equipped to car. ry passengers and cargo to near and remote sites through the Ter ritory during the coming construc- tion season are asked by the Al aska District Corps of Engineers to submit bids for supplying chart cred aircraft.
 The bids, under Invitation 56-43, will be opened March 28, at pm. in the Anchorage office of the Dis trict Engineer located on Elmen- dorf Air Force Base.
 The service to be furnished in- cludes two-engine wheeled plane with pilot; 6-passenger minimum capacity; for flights from site to site and standby time if requested. The charter service must meet
  all CAB and CAA requirements, be equipped for instrument fly ing, de-icing and cold weather gear, with qualified pilot who is familiar with flight conditions to such sites as Fort Yukon, Galena, Bethel, Gulkana, Unalakleet, Sit kinak, Chiniak, Kotzebue, Middle ton Island, Naknek and other loca- tionS.
 Bids are to be figured on the price per flying hour and standby time, make and model of plane, engines, climbing range and flying speed, ceiling, weight and other qualifications. Anchorage will be considered the home base for such flights. The chartered service is to continue through Dec. 31, 1856. Plans, specifications and bid forms may be obtained from the Alaska District Corps of Engineers at Anchorage.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
SWENsEN INDUCTED

Thomas M. Swensen, Jr., son of MT. and Mrs. Thomas M. Swensen, Sr., Kodiak Alaska, enlisted in the U. s. Army at Fort Richardson under the Army's new high school graduate program, which guaran- tees the enlistee the stateside training school of his choice be- fore taking the oath of enlistment.
 Private Swenson, sworn in by Captain Fred Robinson, assistant adJutant general, selected the Still Photography school at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for his technical training. Upon com'ple- tion of basic training at Fort Rich ardson, the 18-year old Private. a 1855 graduate of Kodiak High School, will attend the 16-week school beginning June 8.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
BIDDING AGAIN OPEN ON ADAK HOUSING PROJECT

An invitation for bids has been issued for the construction of fami- ly housing and direction finder fa- cility at Adak, Alaska, by the Dis trict Public Works on the Naval Station.
 The work will include the con struction of sixty-one units of fami- ly housing with wood frame con struction, cement asbestos exterior and drywall interior construction.
 This work was previously adver- tised and bids were opened. on March 8. All bids submitted were rejected according to Capt. R. B. Krum, District Public Works Of ficer, Seventeenth Naval District.
 The housing will be on more modified scale than the previous project.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
Another AnntUersary Chnlked Up

This week marked the 44th an- tiiversary of the Girl Scout move rnent in America. It was time for celebration, and was fittingly ob- served in all parts of the United States.
 Observing a code that pledges each girl to be honorable, loyal, useful, helpful to others, sister to other scouts, courteous, cheerful, thrifty, kind, 0bedient, and, clean in thought and deed the Girl Scout organization has been a ma- Jor factor in the lives of thousands of young American women.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
GARDEN CLUB MEETS

The Kodiak Garden Club met at the home of Mrs. Helen Hall on Wednesday, March IA.
 Following the business meeting, conducted by Pres. Bea Nachtweih, Kim Clark took over the program for the evening. He showed slides he had taken covering wildflowers around Kodiak and vicinity in their natural habitat of beach, meadows and alpine areas. Clark also identified the flowers by both their botanical and common names.
 Mrs. Fern Collins, acting hostess of the group, served refreshments.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
Nocturnal Barking

A dog is a dog is a dog is a dog. That's what Gertrude Stein would say.
 All we would say is a dog is one of the finest pets man could have. He is universally noted for his loyalty, his entertainment pos abilities and sometimes his use fuiness But for his barking pro- clivitieS anytime after midnight when you want to sleep puts him in the class of nuisance. A dog has to bark once in a while. So do hun1ans-it probably comes under the category of letting off steam.
 We have one in the neighbor-
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17

The Girl Scout training has taught the responsibility of citizen ship. homemaking and given their members a firm foundation upon which to build worthwhile life and home.
 The lasting impressions made on the young minds will carry through to later years when the results will show. Every anniversary cele- brated means more lives influenc- ed in the right direction. We say Happy Anniversary. May the Girl Scouts of America have many more of them.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
AFOGNAK REC. CAMP
 OPEN NEXT MONTH

The Afognak Recreational Camp for personnel on the Naval Station will be opened in mid-April ac- cording to an announcement by Special Services.
 This camp was put in excellent condition by the Sea Bees last year, and now has modern cot tages, hot and cold water, indoor facilities, oil heat and cook stoves.
 E. L. Conrey, BMC, is in charge of the camp.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17
St. Patrick s Day

St. Patrick's Day-the feast day of St. Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland. Falling on March 17th, the day is widely observed with festivities and ceremonies by per sons of Irish birth and descent.
 How little Irish blood flows in your veins before you quit cele- brating this great Irish day? Today irishmen with a mixture of all races in their blood will observe
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17

Kodiak skiers meet a strong Adak team this weekend in a match for the 17th Naval District Skiing Championship.
 Both teams will travel to Fort Richardson later this month for the All-Alaskan Ski Championship meet to be held March 22 and 24
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17

hood who has made himeslf very unpopular by his nocturnal tend. encies toward barking in the wee hours in the morning. His bark is a combination of yip, howl and a wolf call.
 We love dogs. We love people. But people who allow their dogs to bark all night to the annoyance of theirneighbors ought to be put in the same class as. the dog-they, too. should be annihilated.
 27 dogs were put away by the police last month. Apparently it was not enough.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17

in fitting style, and to their own liking, the feast day of their patron saint. It's always amazing how many Irishmen there are in the world, for many of whom you lit tie suspect will claim their heri- tage from the Emerald Isle on March 17th.
 But Irishmen. wherever they may be are the salt fthe earth. God Bless Them, Begorah!
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ALASKA DAIRYINC
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President of the American Dairy Association and himself a Pleasant Grove, Utah dairyman.
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Late BmHefins t Associated Press

Sitka (AP)-Charles Augustus Haley, 30, lifelong resident of Sit ka, died Thursday morning follow ing stroke earlier this month.
 Haley's father, Nicholas, Civil War vet, discovered the first lode of gold deposit in the territory in the early 1870's. Charles Haley brought several outstanding min ing engineers into the Sitka area. At the time of his death he was vice president of the Edgecumbe Exploration Company. His wife Flora survives him.
Kodiak mirror., 1956-03-17

Washington (AP)-CAB examin- CT Joseph Fitzmaurice recommend ed the approval of the purchase of Buers Airways, Inc, by Wien Al aska Airlines, for the sum of $25,OOO.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28
College Trustees To Determine Use
OF $4,000 Gilliom Gift Next Month

How the $4,000 Gilliom gift to
Bluffton college announced late last
week will be used in the schools
expansion program will probably be
determined at a meeting of fthe ex.'
ecutive committee of the colleges
board of trustees within the next
month.
The Rev. Harry Yoder, assistant to
the president of Bluffton college, said
that it had not been decided whether
the large gift of stock in the Lincoln
National Life Insurance company will
be applied to the present phase of
the expansion program or to some
special project.
The gift of 400 shares of stock
valued in excess of 5000 per share
was announced late Wednesday eve
ming by President Lloyd l.. Ramseyer
upon his return from Berne, Ind,
where the donor, Mrs. Lucy Gilliom
made the presentation at luncheon
in the Marine room of the Berne
auditorium.
Bluffton college was one of four
recipients of the gift, which totaled
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28
1856 Record Year For Community GrOvth
In Industry, Schools, And Churches

building. St. Johns Evangelical anG
Reformed church began SCI, ,00(
Sunday school building on their lot
behind their church. The years end
saw this nearing completion, too.
Kids Get Their Pool
Youngsters weren't left out either,
as Bluffton children saw a longtime
dream come true when a new swim
ming pool, which will compare with
any small town swimming pool in
this part of the state, was built and
put into service in a single sunRner.
BIuffton street lighting system which
had served Main Street since the
1920s was finally decommissioned as
the Ohio Power Company installed a
system the entire length of the town.
Sensible village planning was on the
way as new Mayor David Riser
appointed five-man village planning
commission. The new board was to
form regulations to see that Bluffton's
growth was orderly.
College Gets Boost
Higher education in Bluffton got
two major boosts during the year.
In early fall T. r. Schoonover of the
City Loan and Savings Co., Lima
presented President L. L. Ramseyer
of Bluffton college with $4,000
check to be used without reservation
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28
40 Trees Killed
By Elm Disease
At Buckeye Quarry

The elimination of a part of some
40 dead Elm trees, victims of the
Dutch Elm disease, from the banks
of Buckeye quarry, will be the maj
or task outlined for the annual New
Years Day work party of the Bluff
ton Community Sportsmen's club,
President John Gilbert has announc-
ed.
Members of the club will again be
urged to turn out enmasse for the
cleanup job which is scheduled to
get underway at 8 a. m Windup of
the project will be in time for the
Rose Bowl football game, MIR. Gilbert
said. If work starts promptly, it
should be completed by noon.
Mr.. Gilbert said that only about 10
of the 40 dead trees marked for e.
Elimination by Paul Diller, chairman
of the recreation commission, will be
cut down New Years Day. The dead
timber will be buzzed for use at the
park fireplaces.
Trash around the quarry will also
be policed up and burned Or hauled
away. Picnic tables will be stored for
the winter.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28

Looking back on 1856 the major
feature of the year for Bluffton has
been expansion. Expansion in the
schools, expansion in industry, ex-
pansion in the churches, expansion
in community facilities have all been
see on a large scale as the village
marks perhaps its greatest year for
growth.
Another major industry moved into
Bluffton this year. What was just a
vacant lot in the country last jan
uary has now become glistening
new factory building with nearly $50
workers on the payroll. AS the year
ended Ex-Cell-O corporation has even
leased the old turbine room in the
municipal power plant because they
have already outgrown their freshly
constructed facilities at jefferson ST.
and the County Line
# Neao Public Buildings
A fine modern grade school was
completed and put into service.
Happily the building was far enough
along to be put on display when
Bluffton high school celebrated the
18th anniversary of its first high
school graduating class
The Presbyterian church completed
modern Sunday school addition at
the rear of their present midtown
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28

for the expansion of the college. Just
before Christmas Mrs. o. F. Gilliom,
Berne, Ind, widow of a former
college trustee, presented the college
with stock in a life insurance COM
pany estimated to have a cash value
of SS2, 800.
Home owners also shared in the
local prosperity as at least % new
homes were completed or under con-
struction in or near Bluffton as the
year drew near its end.
Athletic prosperity"
Athletically the town prospered as
the high school Pirates brought home
two championships and Kenny Mast's
Beavers captured the Mid-Ohio Con-
ference football championship. The
high school won the non-county
basketball tournament for the first
time since 1912 and followed it up by
coping their first Northwest Con-
ference football championship since
they entered the league several years
ago.
Politically the year saw some major
changes in the village government
and its other departments as w. A.
Howe bowed out after practically Is
unbroken years as mayor. New
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The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28
Harmon Field To Be
Scene This Year OF
Burning Of Greens

Bluffton Girl Scouts and Brownies
will observe the medieval custom oi
the Burning of the Green's on the
Twelfth night after Christmas Sunday
evening January at 80 at Harmon
Field.
This VIII mark the fourth year they
have gathered around the great
bonfire of discarded Christmas trees
to sing carols as they officially close
the holiday.
The pre-Elizabethan custom of
Burning of the Green's on the
Twelfth Night" was a celebration of
the church of that period known as
the Epiphany held in remembrance
of the coming of the Magi to Bethle-
hem.
The trees will probably be burned
at the baseball diamond at the south
western end of Harmon Field. Street
Commissioner William Gaiffe saic
that special waste collection tour
will be made to pick up Christmas
trees exclusively on Friday, January
4, and part of these trees will be
delivered to the site of the bonfire.
Residents are urged to place their
discarded Christmas trees at the
curb by 8a m. Friday of next week.
Families of Girl Scouts and Brown
les are asked not to discard their
trees, but to keep them protected
from the weather so they will burn
brighter the night of the celebration.
Mrs. Robert E. Barnett is in charge
of the program.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28

people moving into a community
from the outside. Department of pub
lie health records, board of education
and figures from local sources were
the basis for the statewide report.
The report was prepared for the
department of liquor control to deter
mine what communities were entitled
to more licenses due to increases in
population.
The figures seem to reflect a trend
away from living in small towns
where there is no industry. Beaver
dam, Mt. Cory, Jenera and Rawson
all showed slight population de-
creases while towns such as Bluffton
and Pandora, which have one or
more large industries showed in
creases. An exception to the trend
was Lafayette which grew from 444
persons in 1850 to SIG in the latest
figures.
However, the number of farm resi-
dents in all the neighboring counties
showed an increase over the past
half-decade. Although the Hancock
county farm growth was only IL,
from 1929 to 13,301 Allen county
leaped from 27,782 farmers in 1850 to
30,271 this year. Putnam county farm
residents increased from 13,749 to
II, ,541.
Lima and Findlay both had major
increases since the last federal CEN
sus. Lima, bolstered by the addition
of several new industries grew from
50.246 to 55,912, an increase of almost
5000 persons. Findlay, where local
observers feel the reported 1856
population is below the actual figure,
nevertheless showed an increase
from 23,845 to 26,861.
The Bluffton news. [volume] (Bluffton, Ohio) 1875-current, 1956-12-28

hospital Tor several years prior JC
1889, will serve for six months, when
it is hoped the hopsital board will
have found a permanent replacement
for Miss Biederman.
Named to succeed Helen Maxwell,
the present Mrs. Lloyd Mas, in
February 1912, Miss Biederman has
held the hospital superintendency
ever since.
The job at the helm of the small
hospital is a busy one. For the past
Is years she has combined the posi-
tons of head nurse, purchasing
agent, director and teacher of
practical nurses training and book
keeper. In addition to these, she also
has made time for a great number
of outside interests.
A member of state and national
nurses organizations, she is also
active in the Red Cross Nurses asso-
citation. She serves regularly in the
Red Cross bloodmobile program in
Bluffton.
Miss Biederman is an active MEM
Der of the First Mennonite Church
and is a member of the Friendship
class of that church. Among the local
women's groups she is a member of
the Poinsettia club and the Business
and Professional Women's club.
One of her major honors came in
October 1858 when she was honored
as ''Bluffton's Business Woman of the
Week" by the Business and Profess
sional Women's club. This was part
of a national week which called at
tention to the achievements of wo-
men in business and the professions.
Miss Biederman is graduate of
Bowling Green State university.
Originally trained as teacher, she
served both in the old Bucheri school,
and. for nine years in the Bluffton
elementary school.
Working one summer in the old
Community hospital at the cprner
of Main ST. and College Ave-. she
decided to follow the profession of
nursing Immediately thereafter she
enrolled in the Lima Memorial hos
pital school of nursing, from which
she graduated in 1888. Her first job
was in the new Community hospital,
where she has served ever since.
In the fifteen years under Miss
Biederman's superintendency Com
munity hospital has gained a wide
spread reputation for warm, friendly
atmosphere not found in many larger
hospitals.