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Evening star., 1961-12-13
CC''ui Irons
Make
A Hobby
BY MARY l.. VAUGHAN
Star staff Writer

No household would be
complete without a pressing
iron, but how many have
ever stopped to wonder about
the history of this useful
appliance?
M Stanford Saper, owner
OF a Kansas City, Mo-, clean
ing business, is an expert on
the origin of irons and pos
sesseS a rare collection of
antique types.
Mr.. Saper was in Wash
ington recently attending a
management course at the
National Institute of Dry
cleaning, a nonprofit industry
association representing
about $500 drycleaners
throughout the Nation.
In the seven years since
he began collecting, Mr.. Sa-
per has gathered up some
200 irons. 36 of them i'm
ports. and has Travelled a
million miles in his search.
This collectors first acqui-
Sition was a "Tailors Goose
Cuff" pressing iron, lighter
and narrower than the usual
tailors iron which weighed
as much as 20 to "a pounds.
There is virtually no in
formation available on the
order of iron invention" Mr..
Saper asserts.
THE Chinese used char
coal for heating their open
face irons in the 10th CEN
tury. In the 17O0s there were
solid and flat irons which I
have in my collection" he
said.
Natural gas. gasoline and
alcohol all were used for
heating irons in the late
lS00s and in early 1900.
The electric iron was in
vented in 1882, but was not
manufactured or sold for
several years. This was the
first application of electricity
Evening star., 1961-12-13

Washington open Monday, Thursddy, Friday, It'll o
Virginia and Wheaton open ecery night It'll $3.50
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Prisons

Department of Correction Di-
rector Donald Clemmer seeks
35 new correctional officers for
the Districts five penal institu-
tionS in his request for $7,644,-
900.
An estimated increase of 225
in the city's prison population
for fiscal 1868, plus the need
to strengthen the night shift
guard force accounts for the
new positions requested. Mr..
Clemmer said the ratio at night
is one guard for every 40 pris-
onerS and said it is believed
dangerous to the community,
inmates, and employees to at
tempt to safeguard the inStitu-
tions and their inhabitants
with the limited manpower now
available.
The proposed new budget,
which is $755,278 more tnan
the current year, also calls for
% more professional personnel
for case work, II more teachers
and vocational instructors, six
clerks, five engineering en-
ployes and an additional chap
lain.
The request includes $354,733
for social science case work,
Evening star., 1961-08-24
BY JERRY O'LEARY, Jr.
Star Staff Writer

Police Chief Robert v. Muir
ray is seeking 100 additional
patrolmen for fiscal 1868 to
bring the Metropolitan Police
Department to within rs of its
authorized strength of 5000
men.
The request appears in the
$27, ,227, 900 budget for the next
fiscal year submitted to the
Commissioners today.
Chief Murray also asked the
city heads for 10 new civilian
jobs in supporting roles to the
uniformed and detective forces.
His 1868 budget is $1,219,00
more than the $26,008, 600
budget for the current year.
The other new jobs would be
as follows: Three in the traffic
division; two in the detective
bureau and four in supporting
departments.
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Fire Department

Fire Chief Millard H. Sutton
is seeking II more privates in
his 1868 budget request of $12,-
263, 900. This is $437,000 more
than the 1862 budget figure.
He estimated the II new men
would cost $4,000.
The Fire Department current
ly has 1,062 officers and men
in 80 engine companies, II truck
companies, three rescue squads,
seven ambulance units and one
fire boat.
He also reported to the Com
miSsioners the increasing num-
ber of helicopter landings and
take-offS in the District has
impelled a plan to keep a piece
of fire equipment on a ready"
basis around the clock to fight
aircraft fires.
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Civil Defense

The Office of Civil Defense
is seeking 6,6O1, an increase
of $8,601 over its budget for
fiscal 1862.
In its 1868 request submitted
to the Commissioners, the OCD
said civil defense activities here
will be expanded and strength
ened in the next fiscal year by
Federal matching funds ex-
pected to permit addition of IA
new staff members.
The increase sought in the
1868 budget is for a Pathological
instrument technician needed
to keep in repair the 1000
monitoring instruments which
are part of the national
Pathological monitoring net
work. The Federal Office of
Civil and Defense Mobilization
relinquishes maintenance of
these instruments next Decem-
ber.
Evening star., 1961-08-24

mitting a list of proposed
shortage" occupations and
fields providing many jobs:
Il must again emphasize
that even with . . training, a
substantial number Of these
occupational opportunities are
not available to many workers
primarily because of their race.
I would also point out that in
many of the listed occupations
there is already an excess of
applicants who are not being
employed because of their
race"
The unemployed would be
selected for the most part by
USES on the basis of tests
and counSeling. After training,
the schools would refer the
men and women to USES or
directly to employers. The
Welfare Department would be
responsible for follow-up after
job placement.
The city heads elected to try
this plan to improve the let
of the poor here after deciding
against taking part in the
temporary expansion of the aid
to dependent children program
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Job Traininq
Program Calls
For $4,000

Success of the Districts pro-
posed work training program
for the unemployed would
hinge on selection of a prom
inent citizen as its head, and
his support by a citizens
committee of business and la
Dor leaders, program planners
note.
Only thus could the CO.
operation Of leading employ
erS be assured to make the
a realistic one, partic-
ularly where racial barriers to
hiring are concerned, they feel.
Details Of the program, ap-
proved in general August l by
the Commissioners, were re-
leased yesterday as a request
for $220,000 to implement it
Evening star., 1961-08-24

was submitted to the Senate
District Appropriations Sub
committee.
The training program for
1900 unemployed, ablebod-
led. and, for the most part,
unskilled workers would be
headquartered at Veterans
High School Center at First
and o streets NV. It would
run from October to June.
Five-Week Period
The Welfare Department
would be allotted $174,OOO of
the total, with 100000 of this
money earmarked for emer-
gency grants for rent, utilities
and transportation for train
ees in need. The training Pc
riod would last about five weeks.
Grants would not be available
for food, but all trainees would
be eligible for free surplus
food.
The Board of Education
would receive $46,000 to de-
velop a curriculum around Job
needs suggested by the United
States Employment Service.
About 10 classes would train
some 200 men and women at
a time. Teachers salaries would
be paid on an hourly basis.
The project director would
receive $53 a day for an esti-
mated 100 days service. An
officer would carry
a GS-14 rating, and would re-
ceive $13,404 for the nine
period. Their salaries
would be paid out of Welfare's
$174,000.
Training would be given in
semi-skilled and in some skilled
trades.
Shortages Listed
Fred z. Hetzel, director of
the U. S. Employment Service
for the District, noted in sub
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Housing

Six new housing inspectors
are requested by the Depart
ment of Licenses and Inspec-
tions to launch application of
housing regulations in the
Southeast Conservation Area
beginning next July / through
1868.
These employees, plus two in
vestigators for the enforcement
division and II other engineers,
inspectors and clerks, are
sought in the 1868 fiscal budget
request for $3,o43,O00. This is
Evening star., 1961-08-24

would increase Corporation
Counsel Chester Gray's staff to
144. The proposed jobs are in
the appellate, civil proceedings,
domestic relations and collec-
tions, taxation, special assign
mentS and administrative di-
visions.
Accompanying the estimate
was the explanation that the
positions sought for the
domestic relations and collec-
tionS division probably will re-
turn to the District the greatest
amount of money for each dol
lar invested.
The 1862 Corporation Coun-
sells office figure is $934,030.
Evening star., 1961-08-24
National Guard

The District Of Columbia Ma
tional Guard proposed to op-
crate on nearly the same
amount of money for it's regu-
lar employees in 1868 as it is
doing in the current fiscal year.
The National Guard budget
estimate for the next fiscal
year is $187, ,689, an increase of
$2,689. The increase is solely
for within-grade salary ad-
vancements. The Guard con-
sists of 5000 men in SO COM
pany-Size units.
Evening star., 1961-08-24
psychological evaluation and
treatment of prisoners.
Municipal Court

More court reporters are
among 16 new job positions
sought in Municipal Court.
The total budget request is
for $6,181, ZOO, an increase of
$4,000 over the current fiscal
year. 1t is broken down this
way: $804,700 for Juvenile
Court; $1,777,843 for Municipal
Court; $184,430 for the Court of
Appeals; $4,000 for the U. S.
Tax Court and $3,375,527 for
the United States Courts.
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Police Budget Seeks
100 More PotroImen

$206,731 more than the 1867
budget.
The department asked
$285, 100 for administration;
$1,231, 400 for inspection; $685.
100 for licenses and permits;
$40, 500 for housing; $183,OOO
for coming and $103,600 for the
board for condemnation of in
sanitary buildings.
Evening star., 1961-08-24

by the Federal Government
which would cover children
whose parents are unemployed
as well as those whose fathers
are dead, incapacitated, or
absent from the home. r.
Evening star., 1961-08-24
Corporation Counsel

Fourteen new positions are
sought for the Corporation
CounSel's office in the 1868
budget.
If granted in the $1,047,0
budget request, the additions
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Group of Tour Agents
Take In Monies Highlights

The group of visiting tour
agents departed for Fairbanks this
morning after spending the night
here. They came by way of Kot-
zebue While here they attended
a no-host dinner at the SeavieW
Room, dance at King Island Viii
lage and looked over the town
Sunday afternoon. This morning
they were taken on tour of the
area in the Wien bus.
Last evening KNOM-TV show
ed Frank Whaley's new tour film
about Alaska which is narrated
by Lowell Thomas Jr.
In the party were Jerry Berg
man, Davidson's Travel Service,
Pasadena, Calf; William B.
Buchanan and Miss Marion Blu
chanan of Buchanan's Travel and
Insurance Agencies, Abbotsford,
B. c.; Russ Davee, Ell Canine
Travel Service, San Clemente,
Calf.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Dublin,
Mexico Travel Advisors, Mexico
City, Mex; Miss Mary Gorenflo,
Chef Simpsons Travel Service,
Crosse Pointe Farms, Mich; Mr..
and Mrs. Melvin P. Hanson, Eu
reka Travel Agency, Eureka,
Calf.
Mrs. Gladys G.. Kelly, Town
and Country Travel Bureau, Los
Angeles, Calf; Miss Sally Nor
rison, Sally Morrison, Travel, Inc,
San Mateo, Calf.
Miss Marilyn A. Ramsey, Uni
versity Travel Service, Palo Alto,
Calf; Mr. and Mrs. J. Ned Rich
ardson, Coughlin Travel Service,
Chico, Calf.
Glenn C. Burbank, Bob Bur-
bank Travel, Los Angeles, Calf.
and Byron o. Byrne, Byrne Travel
Service, Alhambra, Calf.
They were accompanied by Hal
Ryan of Arctic Alaska Tours and
Frank Whaley of Wien Airlines.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Mrs. Annie B. Pennycook
Passes at Sitka Pioneer Home

Word has been received here
of the death, on April %, of Mrs.
Annie B. Pennycook at the Sitka
Pioneer Home.
Mrs. Pennycook was born in
Glasgow, Scotland, in 1880 and
she came to Alaska in 1920, to
Cordova, where she was married
to Charles Pennycook. They
came to Nome in the 1905 and
made their home here until 1850
when they moved to Sitka. Mrs.
Pennycook took out her citizen
ship papers here. Mr.. Pennycook
died at the Pioneer Home in 1851.
She was a past president of
the Nome Igloo No. l Pioneer
Women's Auxiliary. She is sur
vived by a sister, Mrs. Elizabeth
Mum of Glasgow, Scotland.
Graveside funeral services were
held on May l at the Sitka Moose
Cemetery.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Potter Brothers Take
Top HonOrs In the
PinewOOd Derby

Two brothers ran off with the
honors at the Cub Scout Pine
wood Derby Saturday evening.
Steve Potter, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Conrad Potter, built the speediest
of them all, and his brother Har-
Odds car was judged the best
built racer.
A good crowd of mothers,
fathers, brothers and sisters of
the racers gathered at the school
gym as the annual derby was
run off.
Runner-up was Robbie O'Con-
nor, son of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Walters. Steve was awarded a
trophy for his feat and the other
two boys were awarded cash
prizes.
An added attraction of the race
was when James Gray, winner of
last years derby, challenged Steve.
However it was soon apparent
that the 1861 model was faster
than the 1860 car.
The judges were Miss Barbara
Cooper and Marc Beauchamp.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Khrushchev Sends
Congratulations to JFK
On Space Flight Feat

MOSCOW REPremier Khrush-
chew Saturday messaged congrat-
ulations to President Kennedy on
the space flight of Cmdr. Alan B.
Shepard Jr.
Tass News Agency said the
telegram offered Khrushchev's
congratulations in the name of the
people of the Soviet Union.
1.-THE latest outstanding achieve
ment in mans conquest of the
cosmos opens up unlimited pos
sibilities for the study of nature
in the name of progress" Khrush-
chew said.
A Soviet commentator con-
coded that the flight of Shepard
is "an undeniable achievement
of the American space explora-
ton program"
The words of praise came from
an unnamed scientific correspond
ent of Tass, the official Soviet
News Agency. It was broadcast
by Moscow radio.
Most of the article, however,
was devoted to explaining that
Shepard's space flight was "of less
technical completely and scienti-
fic value than the flight of Yuri
Gagarin in the spaceship Vostok
around the earth"
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Arrivals and Departures

Arriving from Fairbanks: Mrs.
H. Engstrom, William Aldrige,
Junius Jewett, Roy Wright. Bill
Adams, S. Guytten, Emily Hite,
Elsie Mae Smith and Robert
Lewis.
Departing for Fairbanks were:
Charles Bisordi, Sharon Sobo-
cienski, G. J. Martini, V. L. Ho-
gan and Earl Bolts.
Departing for Kotzebue were:
Lorraine Singer, V. F. Deane and
Dale Farmer.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Atty. Gen. Bob Kennedy
Says He'll Enforce Civil
Rights Laws Vigorously

ATHENS, Ga. Up = Speaking
at campus once struck by in
tegration rioting, U. S. Atty. Gen.
Robert F. Kennedy told deep
south audience Saturday he will
enforce civil rights laws vigor-
ously.
Making his first major address
as Attorney General, the Presi-
dents brother flung out an APP
peal as well as a warning.
In a speech at the University
of Georgia Law School, Ken
nedy said: you may ask, will
we enforce the civil rights statutes.
we enforce the civil rights statues
eve will not threaten, we will
try to help. We will not persecute,
we will prosecute he said.
eve will not make or interpret
the laws. We shall enforce them
= vigorously, without regional
bias or political slant.
"All this we intend to do. But
all the high rhetoric on Law Day
about the noble mansions of the
law; all the high-sounding speech
es about the liberty and justice,
are meaningless unless people
you and I-breathe meaning and
force into it."
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
"a DOGS GIVEN
SHOTS SATURDAY

The dogs are going to the city
to paraphrase an old saying.
At least "a of the CANNES were
given rabies andlor distemper
shots last Saturday at the City
Hall.
The incubation program is
being sponsored by the city as a
public service and the shots are
given at cost to dog owners.
Another clinic will be held next
Saturday afternoon at the City
Hall.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Local Minute Pool" Winners

Among the winners of minute
pools on the Nenana Ice last week
in Nome were: Boring Sea Club,
So pool, Paul Vaudeville and Don
Perkins; 81, Dwight Snyder.
Breakers Bar, So, Howard
Green, and 81, Dorothy Nichol-
son; Board of Trade, So, Jim West,
and 81, Henry Olanna and Au-
gustine Tocktoo. Polar Bar, S.,
John Osborn; So, Mae Hedreen;
81, Kitty Peterson and Sheldon
Keok.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
MIMI HOSPITAL

Admitted: Barbara Kokuluk,
Katy Tootkaylok, May Thompson,
Yvonne Carriker and Jane Per-
kins.
Dicharged: Mrs. Carriker and
infant son, Leah Tokienna,
Michael Ahnangnatok and Mag
dalene Omiak.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
NOME BOWLERS. INC.

The annual meeting of stock
holders of Nome Bowlers. Inc.
will be held at the City Hall.
Nome. Alaska. on the 9Th day Of
May. 1861. at $500 p. m. for the
purpose of electing directors. and
for the transaction of such other
business as may be brought be-
fore said meeting. The stock
transfer books will be closed at
5 o'clock p. m. April 9th. 1861.
and remain closed until 10 o'clock
a. m. May 10th. 1861.
Charles w. Frazier.
Secretary
Pub: April %, May 3, 8, 1861.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Two New Babies

Two babies were born last Fri
day at the hospital. A son was
born to Mr.. and Mrs. Duane Car
riker, and daughter to Mr.. and
Mrs. Don Perkins.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Mothers Club Meets Tonight

The Mothers Club meets tonight
- 7:30 at the LWY Community
Center. Mrs. Margaret Swanberg,
Fublic Health Nurse, will be the
guest speaker. Officers of the
club for next year will be chosen
at this meeting.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Murlin B. Spencer. chief of the

Murlin B. Spencer. chief of the
Associated Press Bureau in Seat
tie, is an overnight visitor in
Nome. MIR. Spencer attended the
opening of the Alaska .AP Mem
bers Assn. meeting in Fairbanks
last week. He took the Wien
flight to Nome by way of Kot-
zebue and will take the Alaska
Airlines flight to Anchorage to-
morrow.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Fire Call at ZYlstras

The Fire Department answered
an alarm Sunday night at 11:41
at the residence of Art Zylstra at
Radio KICY. The alarm was
caused by smoke from children's
crayonS which had been left on
top of the furnace. There was no
damage.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
Mrs. Emily Boucher. the edito

of The Nugget, went to Anchor
age last week, enroute to Fair
banks to attend the annual meet
ing of the Alaska Associated Press
Members Assn. Mrs. Boucher is
expected back here tomorrow.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
IN MAGISTRATES COURT

On state charges of disorderly
conduct, Louis Attatayuk was sem
fenced to serve Is days in jail,
and Francis Alvanna was fined
$50.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08

Fine Job Printing At The Nugget
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08

FOUND: Pair of prescription sun
glasses. Inquire at Nugget.
The Nome nugget. [volume] (Nome, Alaska) 1938-????, 1961-05-08
w A n T A ID S

FOUND: Three keys on Key
chain. Inquire at Nugget.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
Mrs. G. P. Sukis,
D. ATTORNEY.
Former Teacher

Mrs. George P. Sakis, an
area attorney, died yesterday
following a heart attack at her
home, 1915 Crittenden street
NV.
A native of Baltimore, Mrs.
Sakis, the former Mabel L.
Benson, had been a District
resident for over 40 years. A
teacher before studying law,
she attended George Washing
ton University and obtained q
doctor Of laws degree from Ma
tional University.
Mrs. Sakis had offices at the
Washington Loan and Trust
Building. She was a member
Of the Supreme Court Bar and
of the Court Of Claims. She
was also q member of Phi
Delta Delta legal sorority and
the Washington Board of
Trade.
She leaves her husband, Of
the home address.
Funeral Services will be at
IL am. Thursday at the Hines
Funeral Home, 2901 Fourteenth
street NV. followed by burial
at Rock Greek Cemetery.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
2HeId for Action
In Knife Staying

Two District men yesterday
were held for grand Jury action
by a coroner's jury in the
knife-hammer Staying of an.
other man last Saturday.
Held were John w. Bigman,
43, of the 300 block of Fourth
street NE, and Robert r.
Spencer, 80, of the 300 block
of Seventh street NE, scene
Of the homicide. They are ac-
cused Of stabbing and bludg-
coming Eugene A. Petty, 80, of
l249 Oates street NE, during
an argument.
In a second inquest, Allen B.
Quattlebaum, 10, Of the 4600
block of Fourth street NV,
was held for the grand jury in
the fatal shooting early Sunday
Of Dorsett L. McCrimmon, II,
of 1735 L street NE. Police
testified that the shooting took
place in the 1900 block of l.
street NE. after heated words.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
Grace Brotney,
Loudoun Resident

LEESBURG, Va. June 27
(SpeciaD Miss Grace Bur-
dette Bratney dies yesterday at
her home, Loudoun Orchards
near Leesburg, after a long ill
ness from a heart condition.
She was born III Illinois and
came to Loudoun County 20
years ago with her Orother,
Bertrand H. Bratney, from Glen
Ridge, N. j.
Miss Bratney, a student of
art and music all of her life,
lived for a number of years in
New York. She was educaZed
at Washington University, Co.
lumbia University and the Sor-
bonne in France.
Besides her brother, she
leaves a sister, Mrs. Armi-
stead r. Holcombe, of the home
address.
Funeral services will be held
at 3 pm. Wednesday tEDT) at
her residence. Burial will be
private in Leesburg Union Gem
etery.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
P. H. Funkhouser,
Accident Victim:
Funeral Today

Funeral services were to be
held at 10 am. today at the
Little Sanctuary Of st. Albans
for Phillip H. Funkhouser, IA
son of Mr.. and Mrs. Richard
Funkhouser of 1919 N street
NV.
The son was killed Sunday
when the car in which he was
riding overturned 80 mile
south of Buffalo, Wyo.
Wyoming State Police sale
that the youth was thrown
from the car, owned by the
James Harlan Ranch, neal
Kaycee, Wyo., when it appar.
emily went out of control anC
rolled over.
Driver of the car was Rich.
ard s. Harding, Is. of 500
Cranton road, Wood Acres
Md, police reported. The boys
who were schoolmates at st
Adams School for Boys here
were working on the ranch dur
ing their summer vacation.
Young Funkhouser was tht
son of the counsellor for eco
nomic affairs assigned to tht
American Embassy in Moscow
He recently had finished hi
sophomore year at st. Albans
where he was active on tht
school newspaper and literar!
magazine and a member of thI
wrestling team.
Besides his parents he leave
a brother, Bruce, IL, and a sis
ter, Blaine, 8. Interment will
be private.
Evening star., 1961-06-27
| Mrs. Whiting,
Mother of Two
Army Bundsmen

The mother of two area men
long associated with the Army
Field Band died yesterday in
a hospital in her hometown CT
Melrose. Mass.
She was Mrs. Emma M
Whiting, about IS. mother Of
1t. Col. Chester E. Whiting,
USA, retired, of 6702 Riggs
road. Hyattsville, and Master
Sergt. Frank B. Whiting Of 134
Compton avenue, Laurel.
Col. Whiting was conductor
and commander of the Fort
Meade-based band from its IN
ception in 1946 until he retired
last fall. His brother, also
with the band since the begin
ming, was a trumpeter and now
is the bands librarian.
Mrs. Whiting also is survived
by her husband, Joseph C.
Whiting. They had been mar
ried almost 70 years. He is 9
native of Dun Loring, Va.
Besides her husband and two
sons here, Mrs. Whiting also
leaves two other sons and foul
daughters. There also are q
grandchildren and II great
grandchildren.
Funeral services win be held
in Melrose Thursday, with bur-
ial in Everett, Mass.