HOUSING CONDITIONS IMPROVING i
IN NATIVE VILLAGES '
Housing conditions, for .Alaska's Natives,
arc inproving according to Bob Druxnan,
Juneau public relations counsel, i;ho recont
ly made sin inspection trip of Arctic and
Interior Alaska for tho Alaska Native Ser
vice.
Don C. Foster, ANS General Superintendent,
revealed that Druxnan reported he had found
nany Eskimos and Indians moving out of
their forner hones into more'modern housing
Tho Juneau nan declared that the sod igloo
is being abandoned for modern insulated
franc buildings. Sonc of these, he said,
have tro or norc roons and are conparaglo
to those found in any modern American city.
Some hones even have tro stories, ho re
ported, • ' 1 <
Druxnan stated that the change is being in
fluenced by the advico of Alls personnel rho
have pointed out tho unsanitary aspects of
the old, primitive type, hones. ThcvNatives
have purchased the necessary nor building?
materials through ANS from money, they have
earned.
The gillago of Point Berror, he said, is
o$o of the loading villages on the basis of1
net; hones but, he added, many others are
catching up. Improvements includo noro |
sanitary rater and meat storage.
BACK FROM . THO STATES
Chari io Monaghan and Jdtnic Monaghan aro i
back in tho Valley from a trip to tho
States. CRhrlio has been at Corpus C'risti;
Texas for tho post four months. ..He rc
tunsed last Sunday via the’ Hi.ghrdy and ras!
accompanied by his brother. Jimy, rho is
nor out of the Army; and. his cousin,Dor. Id
Lamp, rho- has been in Seattle for the. pa'st
three years. They rerc fortunate in missing
all the bad storms along the ray.
REA & MEA INVESTIGATE LINE
EXTENSION POSSIBILITIES
Ton'Lo'pak, Ralph Mooro from, the M.E.A, and
H,G. Bryan fron tho R.E.A. hold a nooting
at Alpino on Uodnosday ovcning of this nook
to take applications for Electric Porcr in
order to dotemino rhother it is feasible '
to construct porcr linos to Sutton and Eska,
Lator a sinilar nooting is plannod for
Chugiak to investigate tho feasibility of
extending poror lines os far as,Eagle River.
Mr* Bryan stated that hrrangenonts are-being
cortplotod to incroaso the M.EcAo'denarii'for
poror fron 470 EU to 600 KT7 at the 3:;vr.na
sub Station, This increased donand uoad
then tako care of tho proposed additional
linos.
Tho Anchorage Utility Board has not rith
tho M.E.A. Board to discuss the roneroi of
the Uholosalo Pors?r Contract. As scon 03
an agreonent is rbachod it rill be ratified
by the MEA BOARD and ANCHORAGE UTILITY
Board and then submitted to tho REA in
Palncr.
NE'N GROCERY OPEN FOR
BUSINESS
The Valley Grocery openod its doors for
business this rook on the oornor of Valley
Stroot and tho GlOnn Highray. Evorott Yohn
and Marty Shoman, partners in this ncrost
business establishment in Falnor, announced
this rook that the storo rould bo opon fron
§:0C a.n. until 9:00 p.n. They rill carry
a conplote line of grocorios including
fresh Valley oggs and nilk.
Marty Shoman,rho has boon ennloycd at the
Co-op Trading Post, has tendered his resig
nation at the Jest, and rill be leaving
tho Co-op cnploynent as soon as soncono is
found to replaco hin.
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SLEEPER SERVICE from ANCHORAGE to SEATTLE
NON-STOP 7 7 HRS.
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$50. PLUS TAX $ 57.-Z5 TOTAL
FARE INCLUDES TRANSPORTATION TO ANCHORAGE
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