(Note- The Kenny Lake News is now
being written by Mrs. Marie (Ralph)
Barnard,•• a young Kenny Lake home
steader, and mother of .,-2 ■•youngsters . )
The Kenny Lake community turned out
on Sunday, the 22nd of September, foi
a surprise housewarming on the Jack
Rogers;family. Everyone joined in foi
a potluck dinner and a gift was pre
sented as a tfwelcomen to our commun
ity.
Paul Hamilton spent three weeks
recently at home and in this time
complated the building of his log
house.
A joint birthday party was cel-e- -
brated at the John i.bsher home on Oct
3rd in honor of the- birthdays of
Ricky alley and Bob Absher.
The Kentona Club met Oct 3 at the
home of Ina Lincoln with 12 members
present. The next meeting will be
Oct. 17 at the home Bf Paggy Virgin
with Thelma Hartman as co-hostess.
Cake and coffee we re served Satur
day evening at the Bob Bice home as
Kenny Lakers gathered to bid a ^good
bye” to the Bices and their so'n,Skeet
who left Lion day for Texas for the
winter. This is the Bices first trip
'rout?? in 5 years.
Work is progressing on the Kenny
Lake Chapel. The pilings are in and
the Rev. Virgin is working steadily
on the structure.
New in our area is Charles Ferber
who is homesteading on the Pippin
Lake road.
Several of the local women gathered
at the home of Rosie iibsher on Mon.,
Get.7th, for tTWahoo?t. Lunch was
served by Mrs' ubsher and Mrs Brittair:
The Kenny Lake Community Advance
ment League had its monthly business
meeting Friday, Sept. 13th. Nomin
ations were opened for all offices
and the election will be held on
Oct. 11th. Sam Lightwood was made
building supervisor of the community
building with the resignation of Roy
Brittain.. Rev. Virgin gave a report
on the'new church. Volunteers will
be needed for both of these projects.
Home from the University of ulaska
for the weekend was Junior Hunt, son
of Mr and Mrs* Francis Hunt.
. A1 Roig and Tom Ross will be leav
ing in the near future for theT?South
48tT.
Preparations for winter are obvious
all along the road. The construction
"season is almost over so most of the
local people are back to the business
of serious homesteading. WeTre almost
'back to*the season of building, log
. ging, woodcutting^ and later-the pin
ochle games, the books there hawn? t
been time to read. We look to winter
with anticipation rather than dread.)
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COPPER NUGGETS
Joy
continued
Morgan
Mrs Maralee Feldman of St. Louis arr
ived early this week for a visit
with her parents, the Nels McCrary’s,,
This was Maralee’s first trip home
in over 7 years, altho the McCrary’s
spent a winter with her in St. Louis
several years ago. Another daughter,
Helen March , drove Mrs. Feldman
from anchorage. Wednesday afternoon
. the four left for Valdez, where they
were to board the Chilkat Thursay
i morning for Cordova. Cordova is host
this year for the 47th Grand Igloo
meeting, of the Alaska Pioneers. Mrs
March is an alternate delegate from.
Igloo #15, and her husband, Jim March,
also a delegate from the same-Igloo.
Mr. March expects to join the group
Sat. morning when he,will fly into
Cordova from Anchorage-.Maralee will
. also be getting acquainted with her
new grandson, and her son Jerry
Cochrane and his wife of Cordova.
Another visitor is Mr. Ralph Sutton
| of Minnesota who is here visiting
| with his daughter, Mrs Pat Goble
and her family.
Dick Roberts was another accident
victim this week. He rolled over a
bank on the Denali, trying to avoid
a hunter who had pulled out onto
the road in front of him. The new
tanker Dick was driving was badly
damaged, and Dick received a broken
rib and numerous bruises.
n large spruce tree, blown by the
high winds, narrowly missed the
trailer home of Nick and Rose Zer
binos. The tree scratched the trailer
roof and then bounced off. This was
during the same week that the car wan
being repaired, and the ligh-plant
refused to function. Howard Bayless
has the drill on their lot now, and
Rose is anticipating all the lovely
| wet water that will soon gush forthT.
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