HISTORIC SITKA tou t
We, promyshleniki, look all
around,
AI! around there are Logouts
on the water! 0
In those dugouts there are mi
believable people,
Paging like wild animals! 0
Painted with tree bark,
Powdered with feathers! 0
These people go around bare
foot, and they go around
naked! 0
They were thinking, those
scoundrels, that thc\
would catch us napping!
Oh yea! 0
We warded off their venture,
And have everything under
control! Of course! 0
Soon the spring will be here,
The snow is rolling off the
mountains! 0
Crass is turning green,
and our worries are in
creasing! 0
One day then* is log over a
little cove,
and tla re is Baranov, him
self, sailing in to visit us! °
Taking our skiff's to water
We are going to meet Bara
iiov*. *
W e meet him and we con
gratulate him,
< )n his sate arrival!. 0
Greetings our esteemed fa
ther!
\V<;* an* going to make you
a wreath! 0
We art* going to make yon
a wreath,
out oi our sincere hearts! 0
And we will put this wreath
around your head,
and we are going to sing you
a valiant song! B
We will sing, and we will
sing,
about our hie in America! *
Living in \meriea,
We are having plentv ol
grief! *
Plenty of grief are having
we
At times \\e receive
reds ol lashings! 0
mind
Haven of safety
in a sadden storm
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U I P«rt«nM 04R«*
By Jimmy Hallo
In PLANNING THEIR DAUGHTER'S
WEDDING RECEPTION,THE SHOEHORNS
TOLD THE CLUB STEWARD-^ And we quote)
oh, no—you WON'T NEED^
ANV EXTPA HELP*** WE
WANT TO KEEP IT SMALL
JUST THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILIES/ NOT MOPE
THAN TWENTY OR SO*
fi
Mh'
Comes the gia D4y/4ND enough
LD4DERS F4LL IN ID FILL 6I6T0WN
BOWLES STEW4P0 FLIPS FEDOR4 •*'
At time we receive hund
reds of lashings,
At times we receive a half
goblet of liquor! 9
Ilulf-goblet of liquor of liqu
or do we drink,
in< 1 thou wo again forget
our grief! *
We again forget our 'grief,
And then we are grateful! •
We are grateful that we are
living in America!
W e are living in America, we
are living in America!0
Promyshleniki were Siber
ian iishermcn, hunters and
trappers hired !>) the Hnssian
American < ’ornpany to hunt
%< a otter and fur seals.)
A copy ot this tape has
been presented to the Lib
rary ot Congress tor their
Alaskan section and it is tell
that from this obscure song,
a valuable link in the story
>1 Hnssian America and Alex
ander Baranof lias been gain
ed,
9 « O *
Speech
Program
Completed
The Alaska Dept, of Hea
lth speech and hearing ther
ipy program for Southeast
■in Alaska has been expand
d so lar as screening lor
hearing is concerned to in
hid the areas of Yletlakatla,
\mi(»tte, llydalmrg, Craig
i11< 1 Klawock .
Major activities for the |an.
I**™ *
cud Feb. period was the com
plction of the screening pro
cram for the Sitka area.
Sitka Schools
The screening program in
itiated by Mrs. Isaac Knoll,
former president of the PTA,
and carried on by Mr, Geo.
Beacom, present president oi
the PTA, was completed
with dispatch under the di
rect supervision oi Mrs. Oath
mine Shennett, school nurse.
The following volunteers
assisted in the screening &
have also volunteered to as
sist the program in other
ways:
Mis. Pauline bergdahl, Mrs.
Evelyn Krug, Mrs. Jeas Nel
son, Mrs. Dean Frazer, Mrs.
Jo Ann LaCour, Mrs. Geo.
Pankey, Mrs. Tony Herman,
Mrs. B. E. McBrayer N Mrs.
laieille Peterson 332 child
ren were given sweepcheck
screening tests during the
course oi the program and
73 recheeks were rnarle. At
the present time Mrs. McBra
ver and Mrs. LaCour are as
sisting Mrs. Shennett in
threshold testing for child
ren who were located By the
screening program and who
may have hearing losses.
Many of these losses would
have remained unsuspected
had it not been for the help
ot the volunteer workers.
The therapy program has
been considerably augment
ed in the Sitka area by the
addition of a part time work
er, Mrs. Both Verbruggen,
who will assist with speech
and speech reading classes
m both the Baranot & Front
Street schools. Mrs. James
Ogren, who has in the past
given service to children in
the Orthopedic Ward at Mt
Edgecumbe, has been ass’s
ing a child from the Fro
Street School as well. i n
organization of guilds by a.
Alaska Crippled Chih'r
Association has H
siblc for ma
unteer ass is la
suited in the s
several grou .»
games to be directed ov voi*
unteer workers. Among these
workers are Mrs. O’Connell,
Mrs. Ruth Curry, Mrs. Lucil
h* Peterson, and Mary Muff
smith. A regular schedule of
therapy will be a part of our
next report.
Two (url Scout troops are
working on the manufacture
ot games and materials for
the speech therapy program
under the direction of Mrs.
Pauline Bergdahl and Mrs.
Hud Dunlap.
Sheldon Jackson
At Sheldon Jackson Junior
College, threshold tests were
completed for students locat
ed by tin* screening program
and Miss Mary Elizabeth
Winaiis, assisted by Mrs. Rol
land Armstrong, has organiz
ed two speech clubs for the
purpose of eliminating dial
ectal problems and develop
ing poise and confidence in
speaking situations. A speech
reading class and individual
work with four students has
also been set up as part of
the therapy program.
Mr. Herbert Wells of KS
KW who has had work in
speech correction, lias also
volunteered to assist in some;
group therapy for students
from Baranof School in Sitka,
Mt. Edgecunilie High Seho
(con’t on Page 8)
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