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COPPER NUGGETS
Joy Morgan
It.seems only yesterday- or perhaps
the day before-that books were laid
aside, and tfye kids headed for the
joys of vacation. Now the long va
cation of 19o3 is over, school begin;
again. Who remembers now the joys
of June, and the breaking of bonds?
Mothers, have been busy getting
school wardrobes in order; older
youngsters are proudly offering to
* pay for "their own", with summer
earnings. We’re proud of the many
young people in our communities who
have spent many of their vacation
hours hard at work. Just a few of
•chose who come to mind are: Randall
Ashby, Jill Goddard, Theresa Morgan,
Dick Hunt, Laurie Ashby, Dorothy
Johns, Terry Ann Spencer, Vivian Lin
coln, Junior Hunt, Bernie Martin,
Gary Sharon, Alex Zerbinos, Bruce
Heaton, Sue McMahon, and Karen Di
monde*
The Spencer family have moved their
trailer to their Glennallen property,
Peter McKinnon, age 14, will be stay
ing with Mrs Jack Larson for the
school year. He expects to enter the
Gth.grade at the Copper Center Schi.
Little League baseball is
finally coming to a slow
grinding halt. Two of
the teams, C-lennallen
. and Gakona, have dropped/''
out of the competition. [(
This leaves Kenny Lake \
and Copper Center still
doing battle. Although
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I am sure that the Kenny
Lake team will be named
League champions. I don?t
think that enough public
recognition has been given the two
fine women coaches for Kenny Lake,
Pat Helkenn and Sonny Rogers. These
women have spent countless hours
ddiving long distances to pick up
boys for games and practices. They
have pleaded with parents, prodded
the boys, given up their own plans
for the sake of the game. The boys
too, deserve recognition . They were’
good' sports and good ball-players V
PIPPIN L'lKE MAN n SUICIDE
_il Pierce, a long-time resident of
Alaska, shot and killed himself
1 at his home on the Pippin Lake cut
off on Thursday morning, august 29.
A1 had been in poor health for some
time, and recently visited a Doctor
in Anchorage.
Mr. Pierce was a veteran of•World
War 1. He came to Copper Center
about 1956, and located where The
Grizzly Gift Shop now stands. Prior
to living in Copper, Al had lived
“and worked in Fairbanks; he had
also worked on the Alcan Highway
in the 40? s.
Mr. Pierce was divorced, but it
is believed that he is survived by
a son in Wisconsin. Funeral arrange
ments are still pending.
The accident was discovered by
Carl Bauer who heard the shot and
- went to investigate. Mr. Bauer was
staying on the Pierce property. One
empty shell was found on the porch,
and the body was found in the house.
Bobby Kelsey, son of Myrtle and
Junior Kelsy of Valdez, was killed
in a car'accident in Valdez on the
evening of August 2gth.
Arlene Craig, who taught herself to
swim in the local ponds-,, was one of
a handful of 4H campers at Kings
Lake camp, to swim half-way across
the lake* Considering that most of
the campers were kids from Palmer
and Anchorage, with access to many
lakes, iirleneTs feat was remarkable*
Four children attended the- camp
from Copper Center, along with Mrs
Goddard* The beys came home with
cottonwood boats and canoes which
they had learned to carve.
Julie Waugh dropped in for a quick
visit. She and Hal had just compleed
a boat trip down the Alatna river,
and were now looking forward to
their son DanTs return from Greece,
where he had gone with the Boy Scout
encampment.