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Kentona Club met June 20th at
Fran Kibfaxes and our next meeting is
to be it mmma Be lie on the' 5th of Julj
There .us a dinner honoring t ne
new pae tor and f a mi xy Rev. ana i-Irs .
Joe Virgin after church last Sunday
at t he ad a m Be 11 ho me . x,ve ry one
brought a dish and enjoyed a fellow
ship together. Those attending were
Linco Ins , Be 11 s , Kit c le s a nd Ro ge rs .
Ke n ny Late Motes- -Kibble
The re 1 s a s t re t c h o f r o a d be
tween lower Tonsina and the to an of
Chitina thats a rich opportunity for
the State Do pa rtment of datur a 1
Resources to set up a number of way
side view p o in t s a nd o v e r a i gh t c a trip -
in g facilities.
For b re a t h -1 a a i n g vie w s o f t n i s
far-flung basin of ours as well as
several nice streams ana lames for
potential sites that coula ce dc velop
ed to 4ccommodate dozens of campers,
its one of the nest in this end oi
s ta te .
I thinie the town of Chi tin a is
fir f ro m be 1 n 3 ,) us t a .sheet to 0 n 10
be i n c 1 uu e d o n t he i t i ne ro ry o f t he
tourist is i curiosity only. The
p la ce ho s c hi r j c te r i nd o sort of
Alpine setting thots unique.
I'm thinking of 0hit used to be
2 forgotten mining villi ae of Apsen, ]
Colo ro d o , now o s hi-me coo ns we lias j
the scene of on annual festival of
music that draws people nation-vide ,
when I think of Chitina. This piece
of highway has a sort of ’’end of the
rood” aspect to the traveler from out;
side but I don't think it will always]
be so. However, Tnile it is we who
live he re can do much toward makin3
it a very pleasant side trip for the
tourist or other vacationers.
re r ha ps w he e Is a re clicking and
gears beginning to slowly grind in
state government places and .vith
private indiviaulists to make some
thing of this sort a reality, if so,
fine-if not, concerted inquiry and
suggestions Seeiii to Ce tne thing todoj
"ZIP CODA”
Our five-digit ZIP code is 995^6
pr-, 4- a ivI. i4 a ail a lju\).-ar
today.
Zv e ry0 ne i n da k0 n a , alaska w ill
use this ZIP Code- on all their
correspondence to speed mail deliv
e r ie s and re d uc e the c ha nee of mi 3 -
sent mail, (next col.)
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ZIP Code, tde Post. -Office Dept,
revolutionary new system of .Improved
moil dispatch and delivery, '3002 into
effect on July 1.
The Postmaster stressed the imp-:
ortonce of all citizens of 3a hono
learning this city's Code and using
it in their return addresses on in
coming mail snould be used. It should
f 01 low the city and state in addressed
Ex a jip le : Va Id a 11. F a 1 k
3azona, Alaska 99586
with ZIP Code, a clerk needs onlj
to glance at the code to mn a a im
am d lately to wtut national a re a, state
and post of lice the setter is destinec
cutting up to 24 hours off the time
between deposit and delivery.
Then ZIP Code is in full swing
the United States will have "the most
modern system of mail distribution
and delivery in existence."
3TIER ’
The cost of carelessness is hthi
jitier xroiu vehicles or de
li cerate 1 y d urn pe d a 10 n g t he high w a y
right-of-wiy, costs approximately
454 ,000 ye arly, Sam E. Johnson,Sta te
Highw ay Ha in te n nice En gine e r s a id
tod-ay. This amounts to nearly one
do 1 la r for each p a s s c. n ge r car and
station w a go n re gists red in t he St ate
of Alaska.
"mitter is an expensive luxury’,’
Jo-nnson said.
In each or the state maintenance
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