GAKONA miS VAL© A FALK
i Good long warm days this past weok,every
one has been very busy. The yards are getting
cleaned and lots of clearing is going on0 The
gardens are getting plowed up and r '.l^r has
warmed the soil for another planting season.
Report cards have been toted home and checked
over by Mom and Dad., books have put aw ay for
the summer, And it’s time for fishinf and
, ball games .Some over this' way have already
; been swimming in the gravel pit, a little
chilly but in anyway,
Boa Pos.ton from Slana was badly burned last
i~week* She .spent a few days in the hospital in
i|. Glennallen. But painful as it was she still
•j had her big smile and s 'id she was fine, Good
i.rne Sundt had an emergency appendectomy
! this week,The rest may do .irne good but I do
i not know how Nancy"will keep him off his. cat,
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Betty Lappi and Daphney McMahan were in
| anchorage for a couple days, D. Mcmahan is
I getting pump and things for their Trailer
j Park'which is.already getting busy0
J due McMahan and her Dad flew to Paxson
| where she will be employed for the summer«
May 175 19of Graduation at Gakona
The 8th grade graduates weresVirgini
Hiene Gene and Ma’rgaret'Ewan. There
Schoolo
a Go ne
was a
very nice program,, hith Fred Ewan giving in
vocation and Benediction. End Markle Ewan
presenting the Diplomas, also he gave the
j gradU'ntos a very " nice adress . • .,.11 - the pupils
j particapated in the program., the girls played
I the piano and the whole school sang The G.akonr
jSchool song for the first time for parents
\ and friends o.uad a surprise when three appeared
jdressed as black crows and classmates sang
j5> Billy Magee'' . Nancy Sundt was accompanist0
!c of fee and cookies were served- by the P.T.A,
!1 am sure it was enjoyed by all of us.
] would like te take this time to thank our
f ?e-tellers for the post; four years of service
jin cur school c Our -hiId ren have had the
jbenefit of two of the nicest and best teachers
{whom I am sure will not be surpassed for some
1 time,They will remain here at Gakona and are
i, a great asset to our area.
| This will be my last week on the paper and
wish I had more time to give to it, I have
■! enjoyed the fellowship of all the workers and
Cordean Tallcot and I both wish you all a
nice summero
Shirley Smith will be Gakona reporter add a
"very good one I am sure™
It matters not how well you do something
only how hard you try,
; Don't incubate an idea too long or it will
| hatch and fly away.,
jhisdom is a seed planted inall of us , but it
I must be.trained and fedto grow, no better way
: to do this than read, us^Jhd support youi
library. j
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Mr. and Mrs. Otto Hanson will spend a few
weeks with their son in the lower 480
Library wishes to thank the Homemakers for
the $50o0C and Glennallen Lodge and 'I Bar F •
and Larry Strode for the stove oil they gave
them. * ’ Florence Clayton.,
GAKONA SCHOOL NEWS
Pi’cnic
The Gakona Grade School had it’s picnic on
May 18 eight miles up the Richardson Highwayo
The picnic lasted all dayD
During the:, picnic wo played base balls, end
other games J«e had a kite contest there were |
prizes for the games 0 We also had a kite cont-i
esto We all had a marvelous time 0 If
SPRING IS COM MING |
There is no school when it is spring. You J
can sing and carry logs0 I
By Clifton Smith- Grlj
LONGS PUR
he have a longspun at school 3 one of the ;3
children was looking at it and it jumped up ait
him. He drinks water and eats .When we look at |
| him he opens his mouth. We keep him in a box? !
with a glass on top of it, he hops around ini ,
the boxl like to see him hop around. When we; j
look at him he looks at us . •' j
| ‘ By Eveline Neeley Grc 2 • 1
A NARROW MOUNTAIN TRAIL
A narrow mountain trail
Is like a little path.
There is only rain and snow
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BIG TIMBER JUNCTION j
There are a lot of rocks up there
But that is a lot more- than I can bear
For those rocks are pretty high, jj
So if I fell off I might even die,
By Chuck McMahan Gr, 4 jj
FIGHTING BIRDS
Last Saturday, April 26, I was playing-in j
the yard. The,. I saw two Golden Eagles fight
ing c They sounded like somebody blowing a
1 whistle when they fight*' j
After they were through fighting I went up j
the hill to see what they were fighting aboutl
then I got there I saw seme rabbit hairy'
By Morris Ewan —Gr« 7
VACATION
V is for fun in vacation*
| A is for adventerous vacation
! G is for Camping fun,
A is for Adventuring hikes and walks *
. T is for good times we have0 J
I is for Interesting things we see,
0 is for Clois of the wo'ods 0
N is for the Nights we camp out,
By Lynn Falk gr J 7
HAPPY VACATION TO EVERYONE