THRI1K lJOU. PRTIEDT REflfiEliS
Many of you have been reading The Front
iersman for a month now, and it is felt that
in all fairness you are entitled to some ex
planation of the very imperfect copies you
have so willingly accepted.
The primary reason for the poor inking
and fuzzy print which appears on some pages
of every issue of The Frontiersman is that
mimeographs and stencils (and editors) work
better when the weather is warmer. The ink
which prints The Frontiersman is evidently a
relative of molasses, and like molasses, it
thickens and refuses to spread as the temp
erature goes down.
Stencils, on the other hand, get more and
more brittle as the mercury plunges, and of
ten not much more than an unkind look is su
fficient to tear a headline or rip the bor
der of an ad.
The uneven margins were blamed by the me
chanically ignorant editor on a defect in
the mimeograph. However it now seems that
this difficulty is due only to an unlevel ta
bletop. • Last week when the mimeograph was
shifted to a bench in front of the stove for
Warmth* sake, copies ran through very near
ly straight.
all these things, plus clumsy fingers
working on the drawing board, have resulted
in a mechanically imperfect paper. However
the problems are being dealth with in turn,
and it is my promise that warmer weather and
better facilities will give you readers a
better Frontiersman in the.weeks ahead.
In the meantime, thank you for your pa
tience and understanding. It has helped a
lot when the planned pages came from the mi
eograph so far short of what they were
meant to be.
6 MORE DAYS TO GET )
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THAT ' CH RISTMAS
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SHO P PING DONE *
27 DOZEN CARDS
SOLD FOR ACCA
IN SELDOVIA
A total sale of 27
dozen Christmas cards
of the Alaska Cripp
led Children’s assoc
iation was recorded
in Seldovia, Mrs. Su
san English reported
this week. Receipts
totalled more than
$30.
The money has been
forwarded to Anchor
age where it will go
into ACCA chapter
funds being raised
for the financing of
an orthopedic hospi
tal in Alaska.
The Seldovia mem
bership drive of the
ACCa has been post
poned until after the
holidays, Mrs. Eng
lish reported.
School Prepares
For Christmas
The stage for the
school Christmas pro
gram now is being
constructed in the
gymnasium, according
to J. W. Thompson,
principal. Christmas
decorations are be
ginning to appear in
the classrooms also.
Each room is planning
to trim a Christmas
tree this year.
TC HOSPITAL
Mrs. Ann Keogh en
tered Seldovia hospi
tal for surgical
treatment last week.