COPPER NUGGETS
Joy Morgan
FIRE DESTROYS NEW HOME
An overheated floor furnace is be- -
lieved to have been the cause of
the tragic fire that completely des
troyed the new home of Rose and
Nicholas Zerbinos, located in the
Tazlina Flat area. The fire was
discovered by Rose in the early
morning hours last Tuesday. She
awakened Nick, who was quick to
throw a bucket of water on the
flames. Thinking he had the fire
under control, Mick went out of the
house to check the basement; find
ing it completely engulfed in flames
he called to his wife to leave the
house immediately. ‘ he light plant
was not running, and in the darkness
Rose-was unable to locate her shoes.
She just had time to grab a parka
and slacks. Nick had a jacket and
had managed to,find shoes, but had
no stockings. It was a long hike to
the nearest neighbor, Joe Goodlataw,
and on their arrival, Rose had to
be taken'to Faith Hospital, where
she is still a patient..suffering
from extreme frostbite of both feet.
The family had just moved into the
home a few days prior to the fire,
after having worked on the house
since last summer. Everything but
the light-plant was completely lost.
Friends and neighbors will be taking
donations for the Zerbinos family
at BrenwickTs "Tazlina Trading Post"
on*Saturday, the 19th. Any contrib
ution will be appreciated, be it
clothing, housewares, building sup
- plies, or money. Ethel Brenden of
Copper Center and Mrs Graige of
Tazlina will be on hand all day to
receive donations, and Lucy is
supplying hot coffee to all donors.
There will also be cake and cookies
served. Both Mr and Mrs Zerbinos
have been employed as lay workers
at Copper Valley School, but it will
be some time before Mrs Zerbinos is
able to work again. Check your
store-rooms and attics folks; perhaps
you711 find something that these
good people could use l
SUBMIT BIDS
The Copper Center Postoffice is now
calling for bids for installation
of lock-boxes. All bids should be
submitted to Postmistress Patricia
Goble before’ the 1st of February.
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Mary and Neil Huddleston with Rose
Kronk were recent visitors to Valdez.
The HuddlestonTs visited their dau
ghter and son-in-law, Joan and Bob
Schilling.
SMALL FRY BASKETBALL
After losing their first two games
of the season to Glennallen, the
Copper Center Eagles scored a
victory Saturday night by defeating
the Gakona Stars by a score of 15
to 14. The battle was fiercely
contested all the way, and one of
our boys got so excited he sank a
basket for Gakona’ Coach Buz Roach
is to be congratulated; he doesn’t
have an easy job’
ANNUAL FUND DRIVES
Mrs Jean Huddleston has been named
as district chairman for the Coppper
Center area Polio drive. She has
placed coin containers at the var
ious business houses, and is making
tentative plans for a benefit dance.
A special movie was shown to the
Copper Center school children about
the need for funds to support the
drive against polio, arthritis and
birth defects. Children were remind
ed that thier pennies made dimes,
and dimes made dollars. Mrs Joy
Morgan has been appointed local
Heart Fund chairman. The Heart Fund
drive gains its full momentum in
February. Mrs Morgan has a list of
films available to schools and
organizations, all on the subject
of the heart. Contact her at 3266
if your group desires such a film.
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Judy Ashby has returned to Seattle
University for her final semester
with the books. Ford Webb expects
to leave soon for another term at
the College in Fairbanks.
Mrs Frances Kibble has been appointed
as teacher at the Kenny Lake School,
replacing Philip Rubin, who resign
ed after the Christmas holidays.Mr
Kibble is the Kenny Lake reporter
for the "CURRENT".
Jake and Shirley Miller have had to
move in with their in-laws, the
Herman Jacksons, since their home
was damaged by fire shortly after
the New Year. It is thought that
an overheated wood stove caused the
fire, which destroyed a portion of
the floor and also damaged the roof.
The Jack Keubler's of Copper Center
now have their son Max helping them
in the garage. Max arrived a few
weeks ago from California.
Ed Miller is now back at home after
a sojourn in Faith Hospital.