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Mr and krs Bob Weeks are the pleased and
proud parents of a *little(?) girl who weighed
in at the astounding weight of 12 pounds,
3 ounces I hr /eeks is employed .as foreman
at the Eureka drilling rig. The family is
originally from the. "Crows Nest" region of
British Columbia. The new daughter has been
named Roberta, and joins two sisters. "De-.
Dee” and Shirley, and brother alberWV
i Hal and Julie Waugh and son Danny from
j Fairbanks "ha de a fast trip to our area last
! week-end. They took a quick look at their
! Kenny Lake cabin and spent an hour or so
I in the air with pilot Jack Wilson. The
j Waugh’s have planned some fascinating
i doings for the summer months, including a
j boat trip floating down the .tlatna River.
Waugh is one of the best known guides in
the Territory a d has often guided parties
: in the Wrangells , as well as other ia rts
! of Alaska. His writings often appear in
! the "Alaska Sportsman”, krs Waugh is curr
j ently teaching in Fairbanks, although she
| once taught at Kenny Lake too.
While the outside of our postoffice still
retains all its old original rustic charm,
the interior is rapidly being modernized
i bv "Texn Barnard. Ve have acquired boxes.
letter drops, add all the rest of
the new-fangled-things that go
with a ’’town” postofficei It’s -j»
going to be © nothing of a chores
to remember a box combination
1 when we've become usea io sucn persuiicij.
service. In keeping with the now look, we
are aL so to have new postal hours. Begin
ning April 1st, the hours will be from
9 Ah to 5PM, with no noontime break. The
lobby hours will be posted In the near
future.
■ An old fashioned skating m rty was given
) by Donald Lorgan during the school holi
! days'. The location was the slough in back
of his h -ome, where a large area had formed
a perfect natural rink. Refreshments were
1 in the form of h ot cocoa, toasted marsh
! mellows and weiners, popcorn, etc. Those
enjoying the pa rty were .ilex Zcrbinos,
Jerry Curry, Irene Dementieff, .mgela Her
bert, Theresa .Solomon, Ronnie Edwards on,
! Nigel Cunningham, Linda Fleming, Laurie **sh'
| by, Becky Johns, and harlene and Arlene Crai
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Beth and Sacille Jackson have left our
community for the big town of Glennallen;
as Bacille is janitor for Faith Hospital,
he felt he should be closer to his work.
The Jackson’s were active in the local PT^
and in the Community Chapel, so we hope
they don’t stay away too long!
Miss Diana Donnelly celebrated her 7th
birthday by inviting her classmated to
a ja rty at her home, held on the 26th.
I Grandma 'McKinley has been sent to tne ulasko
J Native Service Hospital in .jnchoiage. Shu
| was arms. rently aa other flu victim.
Joy horgan
Bill Bayliss has finished his tour of duty
with Uncle Sam and is tack home in Copper,
.ifter taking a look at the campus in Berke
ly, California, Bill has decided to hit the
books in earnest and try for future admitt
ance to the California college. He has al
ready done some work at the U of .ilaska in
the fields of economics and accountancy.
hr and hrs Jack Goddard and their two dau
ghters, Jill and Barbara, combined business
with pleasure on their jaunt to Fairbanks
last week.
Passing through our village on their way
home to Valdez were 7alt and Gloria Day,
Ed Nickerman, hartin Finnesend, Johnny
Broadus, and Jim Dieringer.
Oscar, and Lary Craig went to the dograces
in Fa rbanks as a small rooting section
for the xiNB entry, Bill Ewan of Gulkana...
also sponsored by the Lappi's.
i Jim. hcKinley has been elected acting pastor
| for the next few months by members of the
Coprx r Center Community Chanel. He and
Harry Johns act as alternating ministers,
hiss Faye Crandell of Faith Hospital is
filling in as Sunday School teacher for the
nursery group, in the absence of Beth Jack
son.
George Nagengast has moved a small trailer
into Bunsek’s trailer court; he will be
working in tnis general area with the
purvey crew.
If the weather cooperates, Dick Donnelly
will be entering the Tok dogracos this week
end. 7e all wish him the best of luck. He
has been '"clogged'1 by misfortune in his races
so far this year, but we hope the bad luck j
is all behind him ncjw. y
Mrs Josephine Roach, head teacher at the |
-t. Copper Center School was one of the many j
teachers attending the annual Teacher’s
Conference, held ]a st week in anchorage.
This was also quite an occasion for her twe
boys, Teddy, and-Craig, being their first
trip to town in almost two years.