Vol. I Seldovia, Alaska, September 17> 19U7
EARL HERR SELLS SEA BEE
STRANDED MEN
RECfEVE SUPPLIES
8Y AIR
Eight days v/ith out
cigarettes and the last
of supplies exhausted v/as
what Merrill Hcnington
found when he ai svrcred an
? emergency ‘request last
v/eek for five men on St.
Augustine Island.
The men, taken in
to the island sometime
ago aboard the Albcrio,
have been vrorking there
taking out pumice* They
finally managed the last
of the week to get a rad
io message into Anchorage
that their food supply
was depleted. The mess
age was relayed to Kerril
Ilcnington who agreed to
make the flight to the
island with supplies.
Due to bad weather
and choppy seas Mr. Hen
ington was unable to land
near the camp and v/as
forced to set his plane
dorm about two miles dov/n
beach. The first, thing
the food hungry men scr
ambled for was cigarettes
and they said they had
been without any for ei
ght days and had even
tried smoking coffee and'
tea. The 1-st of their
remaining supplies, pot
► atoes, had been consumed
the day before.
Mr. Hcnington took
two of the men into Anch
orage and the remaining
three stayed on at the
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SORRY, - BUT I
COTTA STAY HOME
'Tit MY COIOS BETTER'
It is requested that
all parents who have chi
ldren v.dth colds or with
a touch of the flTi please
keep then- at hone until
the- danger of spreading
the bold germ has passed*
Miss Dorothy Dress
ier, public health nurse
stated this week that
colds are spreading in
rapidity throughout the
? the town and a great
deal of this is due to the
fact that small children
with colds arc out play
ing v/hen they should act
ually be confined to th
eir home ‘area until
the contageous stage has
passed,,
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I
- MERRIL HENINGTON ~
EXPANDS. HIS
AIR SERVICE
I
t
Earl Herr announced
yesterday that he ' has
sold out of the air bus
iness and that Merril
Henington is the new ow
ner of the seabec.
Mr. Henington said
that he will continue to
operate the business in
its present location and
that the name will be the
Henington Air Service.
Mr. Herr plans to
keep the books and accou
nts for Mr. Henington and
will remain in the off
ice for "some time taking
care of this phase of the
business.
Tms makes Mr, Hen
ington with a fleet of
two planes at the present
time, and he will be ava
ible for charter flights
to most parts of the sur
rounding country,
Mr. Henington said
this morning that he will
be handling the ships
himself and will be fly*
. ing regularly.
Dick Miller, who has
been associated with Mr.
1 Herr in the flying busin
ess had not be contacted
at press time in regards
to his plans for the fut
ure.