Bctt^ start saving up your dirty cloths,
folks, McMahan’s self-service launderette
at Gakona should be in operation .within
three weeks. If enough demand for it, could #
arrange to -pick up, wash, and deliver. Also
showers. Wash yourself while your clothes
are washing and drying,
TAlbott 2-3299
bubble, room
Gakona
GAKONA NEWS
SHIRLEY SMITH
Hi, this is your new Gakona reporter,
Shirley Smith, I hope you will bear with me
during these first' few’issues, until I get
the hang of things. First, I -would like to
say we are sorry that Valda Falk and Cord
ean Talcott had to~ wuit, we will miss them.
However we understand how busy they are,.
especially at this time of year.
Wednesday, May 22nd,, Gakona welcomed
home Roy Sundt, everyone was happy to see
Roy after that long winter of study he put
in, in Anchorage, Roy will -be helping with
the paper too,
Gakona Lodge had an interesting May the
“23rd. in the person of George Purvis, who
was down visiting from Fairbai ks, where he
is circulation manager for f!The Tundra-TimesM
Wo invited him down to visit while we were
putting out our own little paper and he was
-'very happy to accept', in fact.he became so
interested in our operation that he volun
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teered his help, and we very soon had the
paper ready for mailing. Mr,Purvis also has
taken out a. subscription of "The Copper Ri
ver Current",
This has been garden week in Gakona,
with such wonderfully warm weather everyone
has been up to knees and elbows in good old
mother earth.
The Gakona School P.T.A, ballgame and
picnic, held Saturday May 26th., was a fine
success. The P.T.A. cleared about $90.00,
and everyone had a good time. There was lots
of ball playing and plenty t.o .eat and drink,
I’m quite sure all the children finally got
filled up.
Arne Sundt is up and about after that
emergency appendectomy at Faith Hospital '
last week. He is anxious to get back to
work, but Doctor Schneider says he must take
it easy for awhile.
Cleo McMahan flew to Fairbanks Sunday
the 27th. and flying with him was Henra
Sundt. Passenger Sundt and pilot McMahan
returned Tuesday, they had excellent wather
for their trip."
Lynne Sundt is visiting in Anchorage
with Pat and Clayton Ford, she left Sunday
evening of the 27th, with Sd Devine and4
plans to spend about a week there,
Week-day Bible School opened Monday, v ^
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May 28th,* and I know al_L§ es'children who
are attending will learn a great deal. We
all wish to thank Daphne McMahft, Betty La
ppi, Roy Sundt, and Henra Sundt for being
such good bus drivers,for all our children,
Valda Falk and daughter Trudy made a
quick trip to Anchorage Monday, They left
in the wee small hours that morning and ar
rived home late that evening.
Cat-skinning is a going concern once
again in the Gakona-Gulkana area, Richard
Hobson is working Arne Sundt’s nD~8” clear
ing for the ballpark to be used by the
P.T.A, and the Gulkana team,' Immediately
to follow is work on the Earl Barnard and
Ken Hughes homesteads.
At the Lion’s meeting last week 'Fred
Lappi and Bill Burns were elected to re
present the Copper Valley Basin Lion’s
Club at the Lion’s Club convention in Nome,
beginning May 29th. It will last four days.
All accomodations have been booked and to
take care of the Overflow there will be a
tent city erected* Five hundred to one
thousand people are expected.
The Fred Lappi's have been hosts of the
Elder Levert family from Montana, Mr. Le~
bert will be going into Northern Alaska to
work as cook and his wife Helen and son
Mike may decide to stay in. this area for
the summer. More visitors of the Lappi!s
over the past week-end, were Mary. Kling
beil and. her boys Jim and Wade.
The traveling bug has really bitten Ga
kona citizens, as Daphne McMahan drove in
to Anchorage on business Wednesday morning
and returned late Thursday night. Not to
bo out-done Nancy Sundt, nenra Sundt, and
Shirley Smith hopped into the car with
Shelley, Sylvia, and Carol and drove to
Palmer Thursday of the 31st. They returned
the same day, loaded with tomato and cab
bage plants for the garden.
Over the week-end guests at Gakona
Lodge included an old friend of Henra’s,
Marion Woolford. With Marion was Pamelia
Pittman. The ladies had a nice visit with
Henra and took an interesting walk in the
woods with Daphne McMahan. Mrs,Woolford
will be in Missoula, Montana soon, ih ere
she will attend the.University, until the
latter part of August, when she will.re
turn to Anch orage. Good-luck Mari on.
FERRY NEWS
The Malasoina has made 25 rouM trips car
rying 1,1U8'vehicles and 8782 passengers.
The Taku carried 127 vehicles and 10li2 pas
sengers an the three round trips since be
ing placed in service last month. Ferry
traffic is continuing to exceed forecasts.
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