C.V.U.A...NEWS RELEASE
It was very gratifying to note at the
last board meeting April 18 the number of
interested members present.
A number of consumer problems were
brought forth for action by the Board and
these are being worked on by the Board at
the present time.
We wish to thank all of those members that
were present at the meeting for their sup
port. This was the first board meeting
than any membership attended for many many
months and we hope that we have more meet
ings like this one.
It was also noted that we had the M Press”
at the meeting so we trust that a fair and
unbiased report of the business conducted
will be presented in the Copper River Cur
rent.
The Board needs support from the member
ship and attending meetings is one way for
the membership to become aware of the prob
lems confronting the Board.
Again, Members, we thank you.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
COPPER VALLEY ELECTRIC ASSOCI
TION, INC.
KENNY LAKE NOTES
The steady influx of settlers to the
plateau here goes on, a good indication
of the value of peoples choice of a way
of life that some socialogists contend
has deteriorated in recent years.
The nation wide trend has been a move
to the more urban areas, partly, I suppose,
because of a certain current of restless
ness that sweeps through American people
periodically and sends them in search of a
new scene and a new way of life.
Some of the growth of incoming people
is inevitable for such an empty space as
Alaska, they just leave population pres
sure and flow to where it lessens, where -
ever that may be. But I think people who
homestead, at least these at Kenny Lake,
come with something besides an indefine
able urge to 11 get away1’. They have plans,
they calculate chances and conditions,
they explore possibilities, and then they
move •
These plateau inhabitants are anything
but drifters, that type comes to look and
takes their restless gaze elsewhere. Their
motives are as many and varied as their
numbers, but somehow they all have a same
ness too, they have a sort of disregard
for the protective cloak of human concen
tration of the city or village, a little
of the self reliance any new settler has
had since the days of the thirteen colonies,
quite a lot of ingenuity, and just a small
dash of fool-hardiness without which no
one ever ventured into the strange and un
known.
My era is not filled with chances to
be a part of such a social movement, nor
opportunities to watch a country unfold
and stand on its wobbley new legs, the
physical pioneering is mostly past in the
other areas of the U.S. but up here in
Alaska it’s a ground floor proposition
for those that are interested. And judging
by the shiny, new, log houses, and the bel
lowing snort of land clearing caterpillers
the interested ones have arrived, and more
to come - and more to come,
Howard Kibble.
ALASKA TIMBER PRODUCTS
and
SONTAG CONSTRUCTION COMPANY
We have moved our offices to our sawmill
north of town.
Leave any word for us to contact you
by telephoning TE 5-3201 (Dolphin Cafe).
Any size lumber, rough of finished, in
Spruce, Fir, Hemlock or Cedar.
We also carry a limited supply of ply
wood at reasonable prices. Other building
materials can be supplied on short notice
(2 weeks delivery).
Box 346
Valde z
PROTEST PETITION
We, the undersigned, being legal residents
and voters of the Copper River Valley, do
hereby certify, that we are not members of,
nor do we endorse or support the so called,
‘’COPPER VALLEY CIVIC CLUB”, that this group
was formed in a secretive manner and with
out the public knowledge of this community.
| Therefore, we do not recognize it as the
| legal or otherwise representative voice of
| this area.”
This petition is being circulated for
| the benefit of those who desire to sign it.
If you have not been contacted and wish to
sign it, you may do so by contacting Lucy
Brenwick, TA 2-3277. This is the only
petition in circulation.
i
ORAL CANCER PROCLAMATION
I WHEREAS, Oral Cancer will cause about 9,000
I deaths in the United States; and
j WHEREAS, many of these deaths can be pre
| vented because the mouth is easily access
i ible to visual examination by Dentists or
j Physicians; and
WHEREAS, the members of the Alaska Dental
Society have volunteered to provide free
examination in their offices;
WHEREAS, this will provide life-saving in
formation to all Alaskan who will avail
themselves of this services
NOW, THEREFORE, I, WILLIAM A. EGAN, Governoi
of Alaska, designate the first week in May,
j 1963, as
ORAL CANCEL DENTAL CLINIC WEEK in Alaska,
and urge that every citizen of the State
cooperate in this program to save lives,
* * * *
FOR SALEs 1962 Builtmore trailer, 10fx50!
phone TA 2-3311 or %k 2-3353.