Yol. I Saldovia, Alaska, Jan, 1, 1S47 N<5. 14
CLOSING ORDINANCE DECISION PUT OFF
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NO IN FORMATION
ON NEW PLANE
< FOR S E LDOV I A AIR
^ Earl Herr, who re
turned from a busi
ness trip to Anchor
age last '"ednesday,
said today that there
still could be no de
4 finite announcement
of a delivery date
for a new plane for
• Seldovia air Service.
Mr . Kerr e r p 1 a in e d
that arrangements now
were awaiting further
word from the factory
regarding an avail
* able delivery date of
a plane r ext May. If
Seldovia air Service
* can guarantee that a
plane will be deliv
ered to pilot John
Cross in Kotzebue in
May, then Mr. Cross
is willing to trans
fer his ownership in
an amphibian plane
now in Seattle.
If the transfer in
planes is made, Sel
dovia Air Service
again will have a
ship in operation in
a matter of a week or
two. If, however,
,r such an arrangement
‘ cannot be effected,
Mr. Herr said it
would be "six or
eight months" before
his company could re
Commissioner
Is Improving
The condition of
G. M. Chambers, U. S.
Commissioner who was
admitted to Seldovia
hospital on Christmas
day, is improved,
hospital attendants
said yesterday.
However the "no
visitors” rule has
not yet been relaxed.
YES, BOYS AND GIRLS,
MR, SMITH CAN
The answer to that
o ue s t i or; wh i c h has
been bothering one or
two young Seldovians
is "Yes.”'
Merrill Smith,
former' pastor of the
Seventh Day adventist
Church here, is an
ordained minister and
can perform marriage
services.
Since Commissioner
Chambers has been
confined to the hos
pital by illness,
there has been a con
siderable furrowing
of brows over the
question as to who
can do the marrying
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COUNCIL DELAYS
FOR DEALERS'
RECOMMENDATION
The proposed pas
sage of a closing or
dinance for Seldo
via’s bars and liquor
stores cane to nought
at last night’s coun
cil meeting,
L. P. Rasmussen,
representing the li
ouor dealers of this
city, asked the coun
cil for a two weeks
extension of tine for
the drafting of rec
ommendations by the
Liquor Dealers Assoc
iation •
iur • Kasinus sen p±ea
the busy holiday sea
son and the Thursday
docking of the Lakina
as reason for the re
quest for postpone
ment, He said the
dealers had found no
time in which to
meet •
The dealers have
set this Sunday as
the time for their
meeting, and their
recommendations1 esta
blished at that time
will be brought be
fore the city council
on Jan. 17.
The only other im
portant matter to
come before the coun
cil last night was