Vol. I Seldovia,' Alaska, September 3, 19U7 No. 8l
: _ selhovir schhui. npfns nn i-chioule
.holiday trip
PROVES
SUCCESSFUL.
Seldov-ia had -hej*
_ first taste of tourist
trad* this ’-reek when she
played host to 66 Dist
, tict Engineer’s Associa
V tes from Fort Richardson.
The .visiting group
arrived at rider son Dock
.aboard the. one hundred
and five foot Army tug
LT 6I4.6, about 5ih5 p• ni•
Satruday afternodn ' and
were met by a welcoming
committee of Se1dorian’s.
A . The Linvood Rail w&e
opened to . the group on
Satruday and Sunday night
for dancing and" the .-maj
ority of the guests Avere
there.
me beiaovia nouse
and Beachcomber hotels had
rooms for about .'ti/enty of
the group andf and Mrs,
Morris opened/thei'r hone
to a numbed of them for
. sleeping addomod^Vions anc
i the / remainder j dp<?nt the
night at the /pliool gym.
•/ 'On Sunday Kaby
presented the guests of
•"the city.with fresh fruit
t for their breakfast.’ At
noon C. E.' (Sqaeaky) And
erson ( a navy man at
heart) opened the doors -
of his cannery mess hall
v toi'thp* Army itich to'-- the
delight of the ’viritors
* who all cqmmQnted on the
fine mea-l jat ,tpe cannery.
A weinner roast was
held at Cook's beach in
( t>o/to J. ^
■ 'k - •• •
f I SH ERM AN .
-STm HISSING
Reports from Anch
orage this week state
that Harry Lowery has
identified himself . as
the companion of Cole Ca
, mpbell, a fisherman who
is believed to have been
drowned in Cook Inlet a
i week ago.
Lowery Said that he
bnd Campbell left Anch
orage in a canoe for Se
ldovIA,' The boat was
;caught in a rip tide and
Lowery told Campbell to
take him back to shore.
Campbell did so and told
Lowery he was going to
try to make it to Fire
Island and visit a frie
nd there, ’{hat Lappened
after that is unknovm.
His boat was found
awash and adrift four mi
les * off Tire Island Tues
A ttppIt acm.
73 ENROLLMENTS
WITH MORE
£ X P EC T E 0
School opened for
the students of Seldovia
on Tuesday morning and
! approximately seventy- fi
ve pupils enrolled in Sel
dovia School on that day.
The enrollment figures
,are not completed as yet
due -to the fact that some
of the. children who will
attend school have not re
turned from summers work
and vacation, however com
plete attendance is expec
in in a short time*
J, W, Thompson, sup
erintendent of Seldovia
school is busy arranging
schedules to accomodate
the twenty students who
have enrolled in the high
school and stated that the
. following subjects are te
ntatively planned for that
group. English 2 and Eng
lish 3; Algebra; Shop; Am
erican history; biology;
home econoifiics; typing;
physical education; music;
and penmanship and spell
ing.
Those subjects that
will not fit into the
first semister schedule
will be lined up in the
second semister work.
Mr. Thompson’s fac
ulty this year will .con
sist of Hiss Elnora Chest
erman who taught last year
at Capitan, New Mexico;
Francis M. Malcolm who
comes from Estancia, New
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