Or, Beltz Ireats Remote Patient
Through Radioed Instructions
a diagnosis and
prescribed treatment
made over the radio
telephone have sent
the young daughter of
Morris Porter of Tut
ka Bay well on the
road to recovery to
day.
The little girl
became very ill last
week, and a radio
call for Dr. Melvin
Beltz of Seldovia
hospital ' was sent
from the Porter home.
Several times Dr.
Beltz prepared to go
to the home on Eldred
Passage in Tutka Bay,
but each time rough
waters prevented the
trip.
V’hen Pr.* Beltz
found he would be un
able to get to the
Porter home, he call
ed the family on the
radio telephone and
asked for symptoms.
From the description
of the child’s ill
ness Dr. Beltz made,
his diagnosis and pre
scribed the treat
ment .
Three times daily
for several days last
week, Dr. Beltz took
to the air waves to
check on the progress
of his little pat
ient. Today the
child is almost en
tirely recovered from
her illness.
TO ANCHORAGE
Earl Herr left for
Anchorage on Thurs
day’s mailboat. ; He
expected to be back
in Seldovia sometime
this weekend, unless
called Outside.
J *
H APPY
> New „
Ycar,
EVERYBODY
H.S. YOUNG MERCANTILE
COMPANY
TO LIVE AT KEN AI
Mr. and Mrs. Al
lan Peterson, now li
ving at Unga, are to
make their home in
Kenai after the first
of the year, it was
this
Mr. Peterson is
being transferred to
the post of U. S. de
puty marshall in that
area •
who
formerly taught
school in Seldovia
for several years, is
at present a teacher
at Unga._
Here For
Holidays
Miss Marguerite
Adams, an Anchorage
schoolteacher, has
been a houseguest at
the home of Mrs. Ju
anita Anderson over
~ the Christmas holi
days .
* Miss Adams arrived
in Seldovia by boat
Monday, and she ex
m until
• rff^PiWi^^^^turn ing
to Anchorage in time
•to resume her teach
ing duties- next Mon
day morning.
V : • '»'■ 'A.VP
In order to reduce
bookkeeping, and over
head expenses, and to
give cash customers a
fairer deal, I am
putting my business
on a cash basis, ef
fective Jan, 1, 1947,
BALTAZOR'S