The Alaska Native Brotherhood held
its regular meeting last Monday, the
7th of October. The employment sit
uation ( or lack of same) was the
main topic of discussion. The Brother
hood have been encouraged by recent
hirings of the State Highway Depart^
ment of local men such as Tom Me Kin
ley, Pete Stickwan, Andy Tyone, Pete
Ewan, and Charles DeWitt. Mr. Tom
Young of the Glennallen office is to
be congratulated on his local-hire
program. Howver, it is regretable
that most of these men were hired
only after the exodus of the many
hundreds of ’^Outside” college stud
ents brought here at state expense
to work on the roads. How is it that
our local men are suddenly found
capable of running instruments, etc.
when 3 months ago they supposedly
lacked the qualifications necessary
for employment?
Howard Kibble of Kenny Lake, and
feature writer for the CURRENT, is
now employed by the Copper Valley
Electric association on the right
of-way crew. Johnny Goodlataw of
Tazlina Flats is also on the crew.
The parents of Mrs Beth Hooper of
Willow Lake, are now back home in
Chicago, after having spent a month
visiting with Roy and Beth and the 3
young grandchildren. Mr. Wynan is
foreman of the Transfer Department
of the main branch of the Chicago
Postoffice.
Leo Jones of Copper, who has been in
the VetTs Hospital in Walla Walla is
due in anchorage, Friday evening,, the
llth.Leo?s talents as carpenter,
store-keeper, and general handy-man,
have been sorely missed by the area.
Barbara Nagengast of Lower Tonsina
held.permit if X for the Delta buffalo
hunt, and came back with a record
breaking kill.
Shirley Miller was 2 years old on th
4th of October, and she celebrated
the occasion with a large party at th
home of her grandparents, Tony and
Mary Jackson. Most of the Copper Cen
ter youngfry were in attendance.
Are you in a fever when youT,r0 i
on the highway because yoiytr j J
car isnT t running ffj i ijy j I j
right?
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Let
\ an expert mechajhic look
at the ailing motor? .
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'//I- We count ourselves
// I lucky here in Copper that
/ /the recent windstorms did
so little damage. Our sym
pathies go out to the vill
’ agers of Pont Barrow who
suiiered such tremendous losses
(luring the gale
Jim Spencer of Glennallen was in
jured and his car demolished , when
car and moose met during the early
evening hours at about Mile 1$5 on th
Glenn. Spencer was taken to Faith Hos
pital suffering numerous facial cuts
and bruises. Fortunately Dolly and th
youngsters were not with Jim at the
"time of the accident. Spencer is with
the RCA and is also working on a
trailer court in the rear of Kloept?s
property at Glennallen.
The State Department of Aviation has
granted an allottment of $750.00 to
the Copper Center Village Council,
now headed by Bacille George- the mon
ey to be used for hring laborers to
maintain the 2 small local airstrips.
One strip is located next to the Post
office and the other strip is on the
hill, about Mi.9$, Richardson Hiway.
Oscar Craig, local head of the ANB
was instrumental in securing the-.
contract.
Harry Isaacson of Mile 2, Kenny
hake cutoff, will move into one of
eMcCrary?s cabins at Copper for the
'Winter season. We7ve never seen finer
ediamond willow carving than that done
by Harry, and he is also an oil
painter of no small skill.
Jack Coats of Glenna.llen brought
K. Ri r.kcy back from his prospecting
venture across the Copper River;
Rickey had spent all summer working
his ground, and now-expects to leave
in a few days for Outside. Coats will
be working again this winter on the
Summit for the highway department.
Some of you may remember Mike Madro3
who was a graduate of Copper Valley
: Mission, and played a lot of fine
basketball for the highschool and the
staff. He is now in ANS with TB, and
would enjoy your cards and letters.