THE GHOST TOWN GAZETTE
CKITINa, ALASKA AUGUST 22, 1956
EDITOR j JO WILSON
ART EDITOR.: CAROL STEADMAN
Hunting season .13 upon us and tho
sound of guns is echoing through
those onoo silent, lonely, majos
tle etc, mountains. The mighty
hunters are searching tho valleys
and canyons for tho Copper hiverT3
famous ivioocarbiireop, Sol don has
a hunter bagged this fabulous
trophy. To incourage and urge the
fearless hunter on in his quest for
this much sought uftor prize, The
Gazette is offering a fabulous re
ward for the first right hand
tonsil along with the right fore
hind foot oa a Moocarbareep, A
now 1956 model Blivet, fully load
ed, is waiting" for the luc/cy hunt
er who. ofa-Mhs first Moo'carbar
Sorry no second p>rize is
attiered. This contest is open
to all sovrcfough.3 excluding'' of ' '
.course the. Qazette Staff,.
hdna C. Thompson, Public Health
Nurse, was in Chitinaon the 16th
giving polio shots to the child*
ren. She gave 19 shots and said
the kids wore real brave* hiss
Thompson returned to Anchorage on'
the 17th and will return to Glenn
allon shortly whore a new health
center is being established. It
is presently located between the
Highschool and tho A.C,S, Bldg,
iildna is new in our area but 3he is
not new in Alaska a3 sho has
been all over the Territory during
the past few years.
kick Barbari is in Chitina for a
while, when I asked him how long
he intended to stay, he said until
until ho is thrown out*. Wo expect
him to be.leaving in a day or two*.
hr s *. J ame s Mar ch, s i a t or of Mr s
Fred Foldmun,has just .returned
from Pt. Barrow where she has
been with her husband who was
working there. She went on to
Anchorage after a short visit
with her family Tho McCrarys,
Howard Knutson is in Ghitina with
hla super cub, Ho is flying hunters
to their respective hunting areas*
His v/ifu Adina (Dee) m d daughters
arr i v o d y o s t c r day.
Charley McCarthy he's been in
Chitina for the past week. He
plans to do sono hunting if ho
can persuade George hagongast to
leave hi3 Chitina Gar.
Mr, and Mrs, David P, Thomas end
Mr, and Mrs* Tony- Shulenski wore
in our overcrowded city for a
brief visit. They wont on a
tour of inspection of Chitina’s
Civil Dofenso project which
includes our 15b8mm canon.
Some people word or why us nits
in Chitina don’t go crazy from
being alone so much, but then they
probably don’t-have those little
frio nds for company,
According to reports Jack and
Liz had a double tour in McCarthy
and everyone had to oat in shifts.
Sounds like Rita and Liz didn’t
got much sleep for a few days r
Harvoy Ashby of Copper Center is
rumored to have plans to revive
the old McClaren River Copper
Mine * "
Vi/hilo relaxing over an evening
cocktail in the Spirit House
(Chitina Bar), the following
conversation was overheard: "0,K,
Okay 30 a Jackass is a beast of
burden-that still don’t alter
the fact that a pink elephant is
a beast of bourbon"*
Lis and Fred Coleclough have
bvon visiting our neighboring
Cit„ Valdez*(
be certianly have some beautiful
girls running around Chitina now.
The newest one Jo Seward is
really a di.3h*
Jack kichards i3 waiting for the
weather to clear up so he can go
to the T-bone Mine and do some
more exploration work#