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COPPER NUGGETS
BIBLE CONFERENCE
The annual .NLaska Native Bible Conference
will open at Copper Center on June 30th,
and will continue thru July 7th. *xll during
the week there will be special musical pro
grams ^ and it is exnected there will be
at least several outstanding speakers. The
visiting speaker the first Sunday will be
Rev. Tommy Thompson of .mchorage. A large
committee has been selected to help with the
weeks activities :
.•president: Joe Goodlataw
Vice-President: Ben Neeley
; Secretary: Ruth Johns
i Treasurer: Lamie Charlie
; program: Harry Johns
Food: Frank Hobson
Recreation:...Bacille Jackson
Welcoming Committe: Jim McKinley
Advertising: Beth Jackson
Grounds Comm: John Tyone
Finances: Ruth Johns
Building: Louie Lincoln
Transportation: Markle Ewan
Housing: Bacil^e George
G xmp Boss : Free Swan
Kitchen Boss: Martha Goodlataw
Members of the Community Chapel have been
busy adding tc existing buildings, and making
necessary repairs, Louie Lincoln would be
most happy id any of the men would care to
rive him a hand with the building program.
This conference is open to ALL,persons, and
is not just for the native people, as is
generally believed. SVSd'IONE 13 iJELCOMS ill
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The ghosts in Chitina are getting more com
pany these days; in the past three months
at least 3 families have settled there. The j
pay 3t aid or s moved back from Glenallen, the
Norman Poiriers from Fairbanks, and the L.
Ivy family irom .uichorage. The Ivy family
bought the leorge Nagengast log home on the j
hill, and arc hoping to establish a home
and school ,;or wayward and orphaned boys ) in j
the immediate future. Chitina would seem to I
be an ideal oh Cc for such a school, being
remote eno:gh -from man-inspired temptations,
and yet net lacking in some of the creature
comforts. ..such as power, .after all, we can’t
just take those neglected kids out and shoot
-them L The problem of juvenile delinquency isT
national in scope, and has been especially
difficult to handle in .SLaska because of our
lack of proper detention facilities. Purely,
if cur State ca n continue to invest large
sums in tie ferry system and the tourist
industry, they can support our greatest
asset.. . .:ur children l
A woma:. in New York telephoned the garbage
department that her uninsured diamond ring,
worth ;6 Q00, had been accidentally thrown
in the :'.rabge which had been hauled away.
The garbage, fortunately, was in a blue bag.
ii check if records showed that the garbage
had already been dimmed on the barge, just
1 about midship. a half hour and a small miracle
later, a foreman turned up the blue garbage
bag with the missing ring still wrapped in
tissue. The barge had held 800 tons of ref
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Copper Dredgings
Jack and Cecelia Larson are building a
new.home across the road from hentasta
i ete s and toward the Copper..
The Goddards, Louise ./ebb, Pierce, George
.xShby and Father Fallert were among those
attending the borough meeting in VaL dez.
This was Valdez week again in Copper, when
wc greeted "Jhif " and Helen McGill, who
had just deposited s~:x small fry at a.
Soldotna children’s cargo; Charlie Vile ox
and Marie linelan out to enjoy our sunshine,
and George Gilson, passing the good word
along about the new baker in Valdez.
Sandra and Stevie Goble were tonsilectomy
patients at Faith Hospital.Joan and
Bob Schilling moving again,- this-time to
richer age, where Bob is working for the. Dis
trict Engineers at Elmendorf; they’re also
owners, of a new LG...Paul Sparks, changed
his mind at the last minute and went to
work at Lendeltna Lodge instead of Tonsina
Lodge,as we reported last week.... Vera
Harshman is up and around again after a
serious bout of the flu .Pete Stickwan *
has his crew busy at work brush-cutting for
the CVILjl,the crew being Hector Swan,Herman
Jackson, Junior JohnsThe C-ranc family,
who lived in the old Catholic Chapel, and
who came to .PLaska as lay workers,have left
for their home in Kentucky.... Did ycu
hear Hank and Gary g/alik as they passed by
on their way to Valdez? They’re home "on
leave" now: more about them in the next
paper...... lies Gil Beggs spent 3 or br days
at Copper,is now back home in Eagle liver...
Roy and Lil LcCrary and 3 of the children
have had a happy week of "camping" at one
of PicCrak’s old cabins,while the 2 older
girls spent the week at Girl Scout Camp...
Jeanie Gooc^ataw of Tazlina Flats was also
a Girl Scout camper .Las Van ./ye,.once of
Glennallen»now of Fairbanks,visiting in
Copper with Po Roach.__ Lottie Carlson is
back home aftgp spending a month with the
Goodlataws....4 rumors are flying that the
Ticket Roadhouse has been sol’ to Dave
Hoag of anchorage, known to many along the
highway as driver for John Knudsen. Dave's,
father-in-law is the new baker for Gilson's
in Valdez.
Larry Strode
just keeps rolling
■ ■ on with his "Cat"
ph, be in.; the local
ij/j answer to the
;-i Homesteader's
Ip prayer l This week
iRp he has been clear
p|ij irjg at the hoy
/hi} hooper place
Lake, and still has a little clearinr and
road work to do for the Nick Zerbinos’*
TIRED OF FISK ???
Don’t forget we carry a fall line of
meats«, from cold cuts to T- Bones 1
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