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Vol. I Seldovia, Alaska,
SELDOVIA SCON MAY BE WITHOUT WAItli
ICE CARRIES
FISHING BOATS
ON THE ROCKS
The ice sheet
which has filled Sel
dovia Bay for the
past few days yester
day brought near dis
aster to • several
fishing boats anchor
ed at the head of the
bay.
Low tide carried
the ice-locked boats
toward the mouth of
the bay. and piled two
of them, John Col
berg’s Copper and
Dave Murphy’s Joan on
the rocks just beyond
the Seldovia Cash
Store. Two other
boats were carried
out with the floe,
but the ice cakes
around them kept them
free of the rocks.
No information
concerning damage to
the boats was avail
able at presstime.
. . The Anderson tug,
anchored well out in
the middle of the
bay, also was caught
in the ice pack and
carried out with the
tide toward the mouth
of the bay. However
the ship floated free
of the ice and re
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Primary Pupils.
UJin Banner
The first and se
cond grade students
of Mrs. J. W. Thomp
son at Seldovia
school were first to
win the Coogan ban
ner, awarded for the
largest contribution
to the Alaska Crip
pled Children’s Asso
ciation jar in school
classrooms.
- The primary stu
dents contributed
$13.03 in the first
two weeks of the
drive. They were gi
ven their blue and
gold banner, designed
oy Mrs. duck uougias,
by Midge English, ju
nior chairman of the
aCCA in Seldovia.
Total contribu
tions to the aCCA
drive from the school
amounted to $48.92.
Town contributions
will not be collected
until late this aft
ernoon .
Proceeds in the
jars will be split
between the ACCA and
the March of Dimes
campaign for this
collection only.
Hereafter only ACCA
funds . will go in the
collection jars.
HOUSE HOLDE RS
ASKED TO SAVE
WHERE POSSIBLE
The situation of
Seldovia’s water sup
ply is daily becoming
more serious with
each continuing day
of cold weather, ac
cording to city clerk
R. J. McNealy. Mr.
McNealy said that if
the present weather
holds for another
week, it will become
necessary to shut off
the water supply to
houses and business
establishments which
allow water to run
constantly.
There is at pre
sent no reserve sup
ply of water in the
reservoir. Gene Wad
sworth and Jack Eng
lish checked the dam
early this week and
found that the city’s
water supply is now
dependent upon water
flowing into the pipe
from two springs
there.
Water pressure is
very low, and is gra
dually decreasing
each day, it was re
ported.
any break in the
weather, or even an
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