TWO BOYS FAIL
THROUGH ICE
Two Spldovia boys,
Oscar English and Ri
chard Olessen, were
involved in near tra
gic accidents last
week. Both boys fell
through the ice while
skating on the s-alt
lake at the head of
the- slough.
Richard Giessen
broke through ‘ ■ the
surface but Was not
completely immersed
in the 'water*.
Oscar English was
not so. lucky, and it
was only the quick
. t-h ink in g of hi s fel
low skaters which "sa
ved .. hi 9 life** The
boys threw JthemselveS '
down, pn the surface
of the ice to fcrm a
human chain £ : an d ' pul1•
Oscar; to safety* ' .v,
Both beys appar
ently suffered no ill
effects from -their-'
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GARLANOBACK
7 ROM ANCHOR AGL
The- ship Garland
was back • at the Sel
dov.ia dock . Sunday,
after she- had earlier
touched here briefly
■last Friday ' en route
-to Anchor age.
The heavily laden
.vessel, which carried
four carloads of ce
ment and six carloads
of household ‘furni
ture, was unable to
penetrate the ice- 12
miles .this side * of
anchorage j and was
forced .to ‘turn back
•without discharging
her cargo*.
.The Garland bat*
-bled ice all. the way
up the:Inlet,. and was
finally stopped at
the south end of Fire'
Island by wha.t ap
peared to be a solid
sheet; of Ice* Her
captain said she was
scratched . by. contact
with the ice,, but su
ffered./ no material
damage.
me snip t-iea up
here during Monday1s .
storm. She will con
tinue t<? Whittier
when w'e at her /permi t s
there to unload * at
t.h.e army docks.
From- Whittieh; her
Anchorage cargo will
be transported north
via . The Alaska Rail
road .
Sp« cftnnon goes
Mrs. Gertrude Can
non, who has been em
ployed as a bookkeep
er • in -Sharp’s Cash
Store for nearly five
years, left Seldovia
this ;week to spend'
the winter Outside.
* Mr's. Cannon, .said
she had no* immediate
plans beyond a .visit
with her-mother, Mrs.
> JSs t e 1 l a Ha yd an, . wh o
lives in Wymore, Neb.
Mrs. Cannon was
•indefinite about her
future' plans,■ - but
'said' she did .expect
to return to Alaska.
The ^freight. which
the Garland carried
.-was :p8fr.t of a ship
ment which was sent
from Seattle by rail
to Prince .Rupert ,B.C .
and •there.loaded a
bbard ship for Alas
kan delivery.
. Freight was stowed ^
•in every available
: corner of the ship,
an d f o ur * t ar p aul in ed
davenports even were
roped to the pilot
house of the craft.
The : Garland, a
Berger ship/ is, skip
pered by Thor Hof
stad, a former Seldo
vian* After the ship
i.s un'i o ade d at Wh if -
tier :she .Is scheduled
*.to ..make a. .trip to Ko
diak ’’ to pi?k up a
freight- shipment
there,;
Coors Carpenter & Repair Shop
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equipped to handle all your hauling
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