Vol, I Soldovia, Alaska, May 7, 1947 No, 49
‘ SCHOOL PLAY TD BE PRODUCED TOMORROW
♦ STRIKE MAY STOP
Ait FISHING,
DOUG L AS SAYS
The AF of L strike
which' last -Saturday
tied ud all cannery
preparations in Cook
Inlet for the coming
season, can be a ser
ious threat to the
entire fishing indus
try, agent Buck Doug
las of the Alaska Fi
sherman^ Union said
yesterday*
Although the
strike does not dir
ectly concern the aFU
local here, which is
a CIO affiliate, it
does prevent cannery
freight shipments
from arriving until
an agreement is rea
ched. Members of the
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COUNCIL MEETS
FRI DAY AT 7;30
There will be a
regular meeting of
the Soldovia city
council at 7:30 p.m.
Friday evening in the
city hall, it was an
nounced today by May
.or Harry Leonhardt.
Doctor Given
Scholarship
.Seldovia’s Dr.
Melvin Beltz has been
honored by the grant
ing of a scholarship
for a 30-day research
project on cancer at
Memorial hospital in
New York, it was
learned here yester
day.
Dr. Beltz is one
of two doctors from
the territory who
have been granted a
scholarship in tho
large New York hospi
tal. The Territorial
Department of Health
made the award.
The scholarship,
which must be comp
leted this summer,
provides round - trip
transportation to New
York.
Seldovia’s doctor
yesterday expressed
his pleasure at the
opportunity for . fur
ther study, 'which ho
termed "the chance"
that comes once in a
lifetime.” This op
portunity ' is one
which seldom come? to
a small-town doctor,
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DRAMATIC CLUB
MEMBERS PRESENT
THEIR FIRST PLAY
The seven members
of the dramatic club
of Seldovia High
School guarantee a
scare or two, moments
of suspense and num
erous opportunities
to laugh when "Tho
Chintz Cottage" takes
the stage in the high
school gymnasium at
8 o'clock tomorrow
evening.
a. meddlesome old
aunt, a winsome young
lass intent on avoid
ing both men and the
social whirl and an
absent-minded country
neighbor all work out
a complicated plot
that touches both
murder and comedy.
Headlining the
production is Norma
Swain in the role of
the young society
girl who wants to
leave tho world be
hind her. Included
in tho cast are Mar
tha Thompson as her
maid, Olga Nelson as
the interfering aunt,
Jerry Thompson, tho
absent-minded neigh
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