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MAY 2. 1958
The editor and Publisher of thi3
one and the same paper is happy to
announce that she is ready to break
that ''Ghostly silence,r since her
return to °hitina and the Gazette
after a long liar a winter in Cordova
and a job as Reporter and Adver
tising Solicitor for the Cordova
Times, Published by one each ‘'Skip
per "Boris er, from which, I might add,
many new tricks in the News Paper
Business was duly learned. Here is
hoping "Skipper".will not object to
my stealing hia "steam".
Much appreciation is owed to the
"Old Cynic", Mr. Nelson, for keep
ing The Ghost Town Gazette alive
since my absence in October. It
would seem appropriate that I should
admit that the very clever wit and
sarcasm which appeared during that
time was not due to efforts pro
vided by myself, ana I hope "Old
hnik" of the -“-nchorage Maily Times
will inform his readers so they
will know that the letters of ad
miration a3 well as those of com
plaint were passed on to our "Old
Cynic " •
4. love all the flattery, but am
a coward at heart so i cannot take
"trradl t~Tbr the good and '’pas 3 the
buck” for the bad. You will note
however that from this point on I
am quite willing to take upon my
sagging shoulders the burden of
anything which should appear in
these columns, and I hope due credit
will be given to O.A. for the re
marks that appear in the Old Cynics
Column,
_Adit or sjq Wilson
We have heard, by way of bush
telegraph, that Gene “icliards, one
of our former residents for many
years, is returning to Chitina to
live sometime this month. Welcome
home Gene,_
Yrank Carroll has returned this
woeK to Copper Center after spend
ing the winter in the States.
That leathery looking akin of his
is not caused from the result of
too many years as an old Sourdough
in the Territory but is from the
sunshine down in Yuma Arizona,
Sorry to disa&point you but the
rumor-of a new Mrs. Carroll is
pure fiction._
GOA pilot, Howard Knutson,has
purchased the Coleclough home and
has moved his.family in this week#
Hard work never killed anyone —
and few people care to r3,sk being
the first victim#
Elizabeth Colo dough left Chitira
last week, she will bo in Fairbanks
for some time or until she lias
attended to pending business#
Elizabeth plans to settle in Sea
ttle with a sister and will not
return to Chitina. She will be
missed a great deal by her neighbors
here. _
Jack Wilson of 'Wilson Air Service
is getting his planes in shape for
the summer season. Joe Cretzier from
noosibou Service Station on the
Glenn Highway is in Chitina as
mechanic# Joe has been busy re
lic onsing, and giving inspections
for several planes, hurley King
and "mao Momorrow brought their
planes up from Cordova for Joe to
give them the once over, or dtiould
wo say, "twice over" since he is a
poeticklor inspector#
It ha3 doon suggested to this
papor,that 31noo the Anchorage
Daily Nev/3 had an advice column by
Ann Landers, that we should insti
gate something of a -similar nature.
After giving the thought- some dalib
eration and careful study it was
decided to give it a try. We know
we are not educated in this direct
tion and are neither so worldly or
wise as Ann, but what we lack in
this respect can be made up for by
a bit of wit. We do not wish to
be"copy-cats" and wo hope tho News
will not be offended* We will be
glad to give what advice wo ban to
troubled individuals who feel the
need of such assistance, Please
make letters short and to the
point, we arc too pore to hire a
secretary to handle such vast
ammounts of correspondence.
The first part of the pedestrians*
signals, "^on't Walk11 and "Walk, M
should bo changed to • " Don’t
Walk, Hun,M
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