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Tundra times., 1963-10-07
Gov. Approves Rural Project To Build Up Bank at Pt. Hope

POINT HOPE NEWS. September 26-Gov. Egan recently wrote Dan Lisbourne that he has approved the request for a Rural Development project at Pt. Hope. This is a pro- ject to build up the bank on the northwest beach by the village.
 At an appropriate time, empty oil drums will probably be filled with gravel after being bolted to- gether to strengthen the sea wall.
 The village was heavily flooded on August 30, 1862, when the sea water was blown into the village by strong northwest winds. It has been flooded in the past, too. It is hoped that this project will give enough strength to prevent this from hap pening again.
 A cultural exchange is taking place this year between the Pt. Hope school lGrades 1-8) and the North Shore Country Day School of Win- netka, Illinois. Grades Is of that school are participating.
 Personal correspondence takes place between teachers and pupils. School work is exchanged. Items of the different cultures are exchanged.
 Interest is high both in Winnetka and Pt. Hope. Parents are interested too.
 Andrew Tooyak. cook at Point Hope School. reports that the Toklat Kennels in Aspen. Colorado. would like to have an Eskimo dog-team driver. Andrew had that job until a few months ago when he returned to Pt. Hope to live.
 Andrew said he was disappointed that he never got the opportunity to give one of the Kennedys a dog team ride. l..
 Parents were told to help chtl- dren remember to brush their teeth after eating. The October record chart will be distributed next week. A clean cloth can be used if the, child. has no brush. Soda or salt can, take the. place. of toothpaste. -.. ,s . It is also important the children
Tundra times., 1963-10-07

do not chew gum or eat candy other than at meal time. The dentist will be here in November.
 Wristwatches will be given by the council to any school child with no new cavities since the dentist was here last year.
 September 30-This village has heard that the Russians are now whaling off the Aleutian Islands of Alaska
 MT. R. D. Hollingsworth, Area Field Representative for the Nome BIA District. has sent the following letter to the Point Hope Village Council. Dan Lisbourne feels the whole village deserves credit for any programs made and publishes the letter for the village to read:
 Dear Daniel and Council mem- bers:
 This letter is to congratulate you and the council for the fine job you are doing in administering the af- fairs of your village.
 The voluntary work projects, your interest in preserving the old time interesting items. your concern in the various health programs and the sanitation and appearance of your village and many more items ! could mention all point to a vigor. ous, alert and intelligent council.
 With your efforts and attitudes. your village caiinot help but be one of the outstanding ones of the area.
 Again congratulations and keep up the good work.
 With best wishes for the future.
 =. Sincerely.
 R. D. Hollingsworth'
 Area Field Representative Encouragement in such a manner as this fine letter from Hollings. worth Is greatly appreciated. It is easy to become'discouraged at doing voluntary work projects when faced with. problems of finapce. weather. isolation. and the daily hard work of making a living in the Arctic.
Tundra times., 1963-10-07
By Paul Green Nome, Alaska

Aknacheolook from Tigara was a small man. One summer, he went in. land hunting caribou all by him. self. He was husky and healthy man. He was always watchful wherever he went.
 When he made camp in the eve- ming he made it in thick willows where no one could find him. In the morning after he ate his break fast he started out and kept moving. During the morning he saw a bunch of caribou. He went toward them to : sneak up on him at any time. In the close to them.
 He caught two caribou and start ed to skin them right away. He was watchful and alert at the same time because he thought an enemy might sneak up on his at any time. In the early days the hunters watched all the time when they were hunting. They didn't want to take a chance - on someone who might kill them.
 Finally, Aknacheolook skinned the first caribou and started to skin the second one. He looked around and was startled to see bunch of men starting to circle around him. The circle was not yet formed SO he put his knife in his side case, picked up his bow and arrow and started off toward the open end of the half circle.
 The Chase
 One man started after him and he was running about the same speed as Aknacheolook. He knew he could l out run his pursuer hut he did not ] BTy. He looked back and noticed that
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ter when some dancers made mis- take.
 General Dance
 After the special dances were completed, the general dance be- gan. This was the dance in which anyone could participate, men, wo- men, and children. Women bobbed with the bend of their knees in time with the chant and the drum beat, their arms gesturing in their own feminine way of dancing. Men gesticulated vigorously. occasional ly issuing loud, triumphal sounds out of their mouths, their right feet humping hard on the floor.
 With the succession of dances, the floor became crowded with happy dancers. Children who were learn- ing the dance, learned more.
 Around midnight, the dance fin ally came to an end. An elder of the church stood up and said, We will now pray" The crowd stood up, bowed their heads and said the Lords prayer.
 The people dispersed and each family wended its way to its igloo relaxed and happy. Whatever ten sion that had built up during the lean times was gone and in place of it was hope for a better tomor- row.
 Spectacle, But Much More
 The Eskimo dance is a fine spec tacle to behold but to the people of the north it is more than just a dance It is a deep expression of a way of life of people. Its rendi- tion is performed with emphasis on the light-hearted side of life. Ii is at once intricate and vigorous.
 It is dance that has been estab- lished with subtleties of psychology woven into it and these subtleties are interpreted through the ar and skill of the performer, not un.
Tundra times., 1963-10-07
AN ESKIMO TALE:
 Hunter, Surrounded by Enemies, Outruns Them, Gets Home Safely

the man running after him was way ahead of the rest. Aknacheolook gradually increased his speed.
 He looked back again and the man was gaining on him little. Since the two runners had left the rest way behind, Aknacheolook allowed his pursuer to gain on him. After some time they were out of sight of the rest of the pursuers.
 "Go ahead and run all you want to. You won't get away from mev' shouted his pursuer.
 Aknacheolook knew a river with a high bank and he ran to it. He was not very far ahead of his en. emy. When he got to the bank he jumped down and stopped right there and waited.
 The pursuer, who had closely fol- lowed his quary's trail, suddenly showed up over the bank. Aknach- eolook shot him with his bow and arrow and killed him. He could not miss because his enemy was very close. Safely Home
 He began to run again for quite distance and hid and watched for his other enemies. After a long while they showed up at the bank where their companion was killed. They crowded around their dead friend. Aknacheolook was surprised to see that there was SO many of his enemies.
 He began to run again on the beach cut of sight of his enemies. He ran on and on. He made it safe ly home to Tigara. .-. | ] . Aknacheolooks never did. find out; where his pursuers came from. ;
Tundra times., 1963-10-07
By Howard Rock Times Editor

The first heavy beat of the drums booned and the aged dancer be- came suddenly alert A pause and | then the beat of the drums went into the rhythmic but varied tenn DO. At the first beat. strength and vigor seemed to take possession of the dancers body. His right foot stamped hard on the floor in time with the drums and his arms ges- tured vigorously but With precise, quick motions. His 79 years did not seem to be hindrance as his ener- getic dance continued.
 Drama of the Dance
 AS his head moved from side to side, up and then down with each dance motion. there was an express sion on his face that seemed to pro- ject, not to the present. but to the past. There was pleasure, pathos, strength, and above all, triumph This was the expression brought on by the intense concentration of the rendition of his performance. It ended abruptly with a dramatic movement of the arms and the up- ward motion of the bcdy as the drums echoed the last vibrant beat
 Thus. Christopher Tingook oi Point Hope, danced the way his ancestors had danced - the dance that expressed intricate aestheti cisn. the dance that expressed tho spirit of his people, the Eskimos His rendition was the way the Eski mo dance was meant to be per. formed - the performance that al once, gave his audience the feeling of pleasure, pathos, strength, ano uplifting of the spirit. It was g triun1phal dance of survival.
 Unseen Tenseness
 In the days when this writer wa! a small boy. there were times wher hunting conditions became almos intolerable Hunters came home enpty-handed. Food supplies be- came low in the village and the people and their dogs began to feel the bangs of.hunger.
 Such situation should have been sufficient reason for dread and
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gloom but it was not visibly ap- parent among the people of the village. People met, visited, smil- ed. Whatever tension there was among the villagers. it was hidden in their hearts. To allay this build up. something would have to be done.
 Calls Dance
 An elderly man, sage and respect ed and one of the finest dancers in the village told three boys one early evining, Go around the vil- lage and tell the people that there will be dance at Kukoruk's house this evening"
 The boys scattered on the run. Each clambered up the tunnel hall ways up to the skylight of the sod igloos and hollered down, There is going to be dance at Kukoruk's s house tonight
 The people in the house looked up to the skylight and answered "Ee, naquumaruq. Taiqungakneak tuqut unaakun." (Yes. that is good We will go there this eveningf)
 After eating their meager meals the people began to converge or Kukoruk's igloo. It had been pick. ed because it was the roomiest house in the village. In short time the ! house was crowded until the people were tightly punched together , About a 9-foot wide floor space wa . left for the dancers in front of tn, 3 room.
 |. Drums : Presently, six men sat down sid, . by side along the 9-foot floor space [ in front of the audience. A mar , brought out large bag filled witl l drums.
 The drums were made out of l; specially hard driftwood, loopee
 into a 2-foot diameter circle. Int s loop was an inch wide and abou , 3/8 inch thick with groove on tn f outside. The hand grip was mad' , out of walrus ivory carved witt indentations to fit the drummer! fingers.
 The drumhead was from the bow. head whale liver skin considered the finest drum material by the Eskimos. It had more vibrancy and
Tundra times., 1963-10-07
TUN ORA TIM Es

drum with a long corded relndeer | or caribou sinew.
 The drummers picked out their l drums. A basin of water was pass ed around to each drumer and he moistened the whale liver skin on each side. The moisture gave it more resonance and vibrancy. Each drummer picked up his drum stick and tested his drum. He gripped one end of the stick with his right hand and struck the bot tom of the drum sharply, taking care so the other end of the stick hits the bottom of the drum with about an inch and a half of the stick to spare. The sharp strike caused the stick to bend in the middle and the sharp impact slap ped against the drumhead causing it to vibrate with loud drum tone.
 The Warmup
 With the preparation done and the drums in proper working order | the drummers were now ready to commence the dance. One of the two center men started a chant and the rest of the drummers joined in and finally the audience.
 The chant was of general char acter used usually as warmup song. The drummers slapped their sticks lightly against their drums in time with the chant until the whole song was completed. On the second round of the chant, the drummers suddenly struck boom- ing roll all at the same time, a pause. and then steady, loud boom of the drums until the song was over.
 Leader
 The next chant was special song of the elderly man who had called the dance. At the start of the chant. he rose from the crowd and made his way to the dance area. Once on it. he started to keep time with the light drumming and the chant with his feet as he don- ned his gloves. He then commence ed to gesticulate casually the basic motions to his special song. The chant was about a caribou hunt in the hills east of Point Hope.
 The Story
 The chant started with the hunter walking up gentle hill, looking around as he went. He got up on a Knoll and looked around shading his eyes from the sun. He saw caribou and quickly ducked behind the knoll. He began to sneak up on the animals and was soon within range of his bow and arrow.
 He took aim and his arrow flew. It hit the mark and the caribou fell to the ground. He quartered the carcass, loaded his pack bag with meat and started for home happy with the game he had caught When the first stanza of the chant ended, the drummers hit the first booming roll. Precisely at the same moment, the dancer became suddenly alive. A pause, at which the dancer stood up to his full height, his legs set wide. His arms rose over his head in a dramatic gesture.
 In the next instant the heavy drum beat resumed. The drumming had steady succession of beats, pauses. and off beats according to what the hunter dancer was doing. Interpretation
 His interpretation of the hunting story was done with amazingly pre- else timing with the beat of the drums. Although presented in semi- abstract manner, perceptive audi ence took in the entire story in. terpreted by the skill and art of the dancer told in two minutes. The dancer had captured the ima- gination and spirit of his audience. The dance was on in earnest.
 After the elderly man finished L.: >A
Tundra times., 1963-10-07
Monday, Oct. 7, 1963
 ESKIMO DANCE UPL|FTS SOUL IN HARSH FIGHT FOR SURVIVAL

like the art and skill of a great ballet dancer.
 A great dancer such as Christo. pher Tingook. interprets the spirit of his people. As he performs, the dance becomes an encouragement and a steadying force - a dance that had been established to ease the ever present pressure created by the great rigors of the north country.
 Dance Discouraged
 In being the way it is, the dance has been an intricately woven facet of culture in the life of the Eski. mos. It is deeply woven into their lives. For this reason the dance of the Eskimos should never be dis couraged and yet it is today. Some religious denominations have discouraged the Eskimo dance calling it the work of the devil. Some of these denominations have successfully banned IL. what nap. pens when this comes to pass? It leaves a void in the lives of the Eskimos - void that is not easily replaced.
 The taking of this culture facet has led to some demoralization of the people. This is great price to pay by the Eskimos who have lived intimately with the dance drowned upon by people who do not under- stand it; who do not fathom its deep meaning to the Eskimos who had embraced it as one of the most ne- cessary outlets to the uplifting of the soul in their fight for survival down through the ages.
Tundra times., 1963-10-07

I believe in the sacredness of promise, that a mans word should be as good as his bond; that char acter-not wealth or power or posi- tion-is of supreme worth.
 John D. Rockefeller, Jr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-03
Sheriff's Sale
Of Valuable Personal Property
STATE OF MARYLAND

vi VdiuaDlo personal Property
STATE OF MARYLAND
Montgomery County, to wit,
BY virtue Of Writ Of Fier1
Facias issued by the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County
and to me as Sheriff Of said
County directed at the suit Of
State National Bank Of Bethee.
da VS.. Fay Pfeferman and MUIR
ray Pfeferman I have this 10th
day Of June, 1868, seized and
taken into execution all the
right and title, claim, interest
and estate both at law and In
equity Of the said Fay Pfefer.
man and Murray Pfeferman of,
in, to and about the following
described property, to wit:
1860 Oldsrnobile 4-Door Sedan
Serial No. 9L-01415
/ hereby give notice that I
will sell all the right, title,
claim, interest and estate both
at law and in equity Of the said
Fay PfeferTnan and Murray
Pfeferman Of, In, to and about
the above described property to
the highest bidders for camf1 ~
Reed Brothers Garage, 600 East
Montgomery Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland, on
TUESDAY, JULY 9, 1858
AT 1880 AM.
Terms of Sale: CASH.
RALPH w. OFFUTT
Sheriff
Montgomery County, Nd.
2t.O633.7.a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-03
Trustees Sale
OF Valuable Improved Lot II

OF Valuable Improved Lot In
the City of Rockville and
UnimprOved Lot, containing 2
acres, near Good Hope Road
in Montgomery County, Mary.
land.
By virtue of a Decree of the
Circuit Court for Montgomery
County, Maryland, In Equity
Cause 26245 wherein Catherine
P. Wilburn was Complainant
and James ]. Wilburn was De-
PENDANT, the undersigned trus-
tees were appointed to make
sale of the property described
in said proceedings being
LOT IL, BLOCK Z, H. L.
ENGLANDS SECOND ADD
TON TO LINCOLN PARK
improved by premises 200
Elizabeth Avenue, Rockville,
Maryland, a stucco bungalow
with two bedrooms, living
room and bath, served by
public sewer and water and
fronting on a paved street,
and also
2 acres, unimproved, part
of SNOWDENS MANOR EN-
LARGED lying in the 9Th
Election District of Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, de-
scribed in Liber 2454 at Folio
400, among the land records
of said County and fronting
on a 20 foot right of way
leading to Good Hope Road.
The undersigned trustees will
sell both parcels, together OF
separately, to the highest bid
der for cash, all of the right,
title and interest of the parties
to these proceedings at the
Court House door in Rockville,
beginning
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-03
Legal Advertisement
Burton M. Greenstein
Attorney
20 East Lexington Street
Baltimore 2, Md.
T.A,C Gil

OF Valuable Fee Simple Prop.
erty.
| Under and by virtue of de-
cree of the Circuit Court of
Montgomery County, Maryland,
in Equity, in a proceeding en-
titled Consolidated Security
Savings and Loan Association,
Inc, Assignee, VS.. Robert E.
Bond and Reva C. Bond, his
wife Equity No. 26910), the
undersigned trustees will offer
for sale at public auction in
front of the door of the Circuit
Court for Montgomery County,
Rockville, Maryland:
TUESDAY, JULY 8, 1868
AT 1880 O'CLOCK Am.
All that lot, piece or parcel
of land situate lying and being
in Montgomery County, State of
Maryland, being parts of the
tracts of land known as and
called Flint Hill and Bradfords
Rest, or by whatever name or
names the same may be known
or called and being part of the
1895 acres of land, as conveyed
by George w. c. Beall and Mary
A. Beall, his wife, to Thomas
Bond and Julia A. Bond, his
wife, by Deed dated June 6,
1876, and duly recorded among
the Land Records of Montgom-
cry County, Maryland, in Liber
EBP No. Is, folio 1893, the part
herein intended to be sold being
more particularly described as
follows:
Beginning for the same at
the end of 630.21 feet on the
fourth line of the aforesaid
conveyance, and running
thence with the said fourth
line South IS degrees 80 min
utes East 205.06 feet, thence
to include a portion of the
said conveyance, South 18 de-
grees 40 minutes West 308.15
feet to the Northerly edge of
a Is foot Right-of.Way,
thence with said Right-of.Way
North II degrees 20 minutes
West 237.61 feet, thence leav-
ing said Right-of-Way North
"a degrees 80 minutes East
330.73 feet to the place of
beginning. Containing 1.62
acres, more or less.
TERMS OF SALE: All cash
within ten (10) days of ratifica-
ton thereof by the Circuit
Court of Montgomery County,
Maryland, and a deposit of One
Thousand Five Hundred and
00/1O0 Dollars ($1,5O0.O0) will
be required at the time of sale.
Conveyancing, recording, notary
fees, examination of title, ETC.,
will be at the cost of the pur
chaser. State and County and
other taxes and assessments
ETC., shall be adjusted to the
date of sale and assumed there
after by the purchaser.
BURTON M. GREENSTEIN
Trustee 3t-0790-7-a
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1963-07-03
Legal Advertisement

The property will then be offer
ed as one unit in its entirety
and any advance over the total
of the individual bids previous.
ly received will automatically
cancel such Individual bids, and
the Trustees will proceed to sell
the property as one unit in its
entirety. In the event there is
no advance over the total of the
individual bids, the property
will be knocked down and sold
to the individual bidders. A de.
post of 100000 by cash or GER
titled check payable to the
Trustees will be required at the
time of the sale of the property
for each unit or item if the
properties shall be sold to indi.
vidual bidders; and deposit of
$20,000.00 by cash or certified
check payable to the Trustees
will be required at the time of
the sale if the property is sold
as one unit in its entirety; the
balance or balances due in eth
er event to be due and payable
in cash with interest at the rate
Of SO per annum from the
date of sale to the date of pay
ment.
The cost of conveyancing, re-
cording, notary fees, State and
Federal Revenue Stamps, exam.
nation of title, transfer tax due
Montgomery County, Maryland
and any and all other costs Incl
dent to settlement are to be paid
by the purchaser. State and
County taxes and charges of
the Washington Suburban San
itary Commission are to be adj
justed to the date of sale and
thereafter assumed by the pur.
chaser or purchasers. Lots 2 and
20 will be sold subject to prior
encumbrances, the terms, condi-
tons and unpaid balances of
which will be announced at the
time Of sale. Terms of this sale
are to be complied with at a
settlement to be held within five
90 days after ratification of
said sale by the Circuit Court
for Montgomery County; Mary
land, otherwise, said property
will be re-sold at the risk and
cost Of the defaulting purchas-
er.
For further details concern
Ing the properties and sale con-
tact the undersigned Trustees
at Oliver 4-7910.
J. ROBERT MARYMAN,
Trustee
CROCKETT MUIR,
Trustee
7401 Wisconsin Avenue
Bethesda ID, Maryland
Isl Robert L. McClosky
Robert L. McClosky
Attorney at Law
Solicitor for Trustees
5000 Norfolk Avenue
Bethesda II, Maryland.
4t-0764-7-4