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VA OFFICIAL
IN SF. LDOV IA
TILL TOMORROW
^ Ken Kerry, a rep
resentative of the
Ve t er an s T in i s tr a -
tion office headquar
tered. in Anchorage,
is now in Seldovia to
confer with all vet
eran s . Mr • Kerny ar
rived Monday and v.’ill
• be here through this
evening, leaving on
tomorrow!s mailboat.
n He may be reached
at the Bea c he omb er
^ Hotel, room 8, this
evening if there are
men who wish to speak
. with him.
Men who wish to
file dental claims,
or men who had dental
work done in the ser
vice and have not yet
filed a dental claim,
are at the top of Mr,
Kenny*s list on this
v i s i t •
However he is av
ailable for consulta
tion to any veteran
of either war, and he
,, will endeavor to ad
vise on all types of
veterans* problems,
*. It is promised VA
representatives will
make regular trips
to SeIdovia now.
Well Baby Clinic
To Be Held Friday
Ther3 will be a
V/ell Baby Clinic at
the Health Center be
tween the hours of 2
and 4 o’clock Friday
afternoon, Miss An
ette Jacobsen, public
health nurse, announ
ced this week.
Miss Jacobsen re
ouested that as many
babies as possible be
brought to the clinic
Friday for there
will not be another
for some time.
Miss * Jacobsen
leaves soon for a two
weeks stay in Homer.
AFU MEETINGS
CHANGED TO
MONDAY NIGHT
The. night of the
meetings of the Ala
ska Fis herman T s Unirn
has been changed,
agent Buck Douglas
said this week. Be
ginning on Feb. 3,
the.. meeting night,
will be switched to
Mon cay• >«.!so begin
ning on that date,
(Cent. Page 6)
I
SHIR NOW BEING
OVERHAULED BY
FORMER RESIDENTS
The sale of the
tanker Y-11C to Ralph
and ’-'aldo Anderson of
Seldovia, In company
with Ben Crawford of
Anchorage, was annou
nced recently. The
ship is now undergo
ing repairs at Se
ward.
The tanker had an
appraised value of
£125,000 hut was pur
chased by the three
buyers for £22,000.
All of the shinfs new
owners are Alaskans
by birth.
The vessel, not
yet renamed, is being
overhauled by Harold
Engeseth, formerly an
engineer on the can
nery tender Cypress
owned by the Fidalgo
Island Packing Co.,
and by Kenneth Knute
•sen • Both men came
north from Seattle
with Capt. T. V;. And
erson early this
month, and have been
engaged in their work
on the ship since
that time.
The andersons re
port, the overhaul job
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