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OAK ON A NEWS***********VALDA FALK
I marvel at these lovely days we are
; having, A lofctof us areclooking ahead for
; summer and most of us have our work cut
; out for us, I am also looking for the
! first pussy willow and the buds on the
j trees. The kids are begining to go with'
| jackets open and forgetting their ir ttens.
| The doors are left open a little-, and the
j stoves just won't turn down low:enough. '
| T'ater is dripwing off the eves. Have
i you ever noticed how different bit e the
sky.seems to turn. Why do we look for
| spring so its becauseSpringtime in Alaska
; holds a wealth of wonders for all of us.
! ,dTe anticipate a big tourist season ahead
| so polish up yov.r smiles, show then, how
glad we are to have them see this won
derful State of ours.
i
Big event this past week, there is a
; fell,on that is walking a foot off the
ground, andthe buttons off. his shirt,
. also a big box of cigars. The Sari
i Barnards had a baby boy Eeb.irary 17, he
! is uelcorned by two sisters and his name
is Acne C, Barnard. So we extend CON*
GRADUATIONS to the Barnards from all
Q.f US.
Mr. Cleo B. McMahan will be re—
t turning home this week, he has been
...shoving' his hunting film in many of the
I States and also had his picture and an
! article in a paper out there'. Mrs. Eva
! Holt, Mrs. McMahans sister, has left this
I week to return to Washington she liked
g it.here and made a lot of new friefr s.
! ...She also hopes to return.
; irne Sundt and family have left
! for the lower forty eight on a trin,
j business, ~nd pleasure combined.
Mr. Mrs. Sgt.. Roy German left this
| week their tour, of duty here is over.
| They will be in England for a while
| where. Mrs. German* s folks Live.
The new Mr Force re placement at
I the lodge is Pat Loo.ck. He also mill
i rlay basket ball. Welcome to Gakona Pat.
j -
j *' Yes indeed, we were back on the .
j basket ball floor with Copper Center
I ladies. We really had a good time and
I we did have a wounded in action. Haulm ey
| broke her little finger, but she played
j a wonderful game anyway. The Copper
| center girls are good sports and we had
; a grand time. 11 so the t-cam thanks the
\ ■ cheer leaders we couldn’t have won with
j out them. Hew member on the team Petty
i Gene,
j
Our Gakona P.T.A, bake and rummage
j sale at the Legion Fall had very good
' results with a profit of '''170 or about.
We thank all of those that did come &
also Gladys and Harry Rinse for helping us
Tickets on sale for the BIG HOG RACE
so try and buy some , to ehlp out on the
prizee.
L.
Open 20 4 Hours a Day
STEHCS ADD CHOPS '
SAJ~DTTICFPS * OO^EEE * POM^TADE BREADS
c T"T'T) 'AES * HALTS * SF'.KES
Bill and Elnor
Do no ever ’stop and think hop7 badly
we oo need our teachers. There certahily ■
must be some way to make this vocation
more inviting:'to . them. Tre are lasing more
each year, and less are chosing it for a
career.■ . If we do not stand up for better j
conditi ns for them, we are being slack
on one of our biggest dutys to our Children;
Ah’ little luxury don'-t you cry,
| you’ll become a necessity by and by.
. • . Anym.
GAKONA SCHOOL FELrS
Spring's on Its T'ay
Spring is on its ray. All.the snow
is ret aijd the mountain sides arc getting
dry. Mhe'n -the kids go out to../olay,. they
j all come in ret... The. house roofs are
dripping and everything is- ret outside.
Ill the nets mostly come in ret and muddy. ;
Our. skating rink is going to go pretty
soon, too.
| , By Sandra Falk-Or. 4 . j
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Speaking Contestants
On March 5 there will he a sneaking j
contest at Conner Valley Gym. Those who
will go from Gakona are Cliftion Smith
i and Eveline Neeley for grades 1 and 2,
Fish "COCKTAILS" also Fruit o-r Juice, &
DIFFERS BY . APPOINTMENT ..'
..Phone- 33^5 r ..