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THE GHOST TOWN GAZETTE
Jo Viilson '.i-i:.;.• •it,-'; P,cb.3.19.57. Art Editor: .Carol Steadman
This V*inter weather.- in' Chitlria .Hes
bov>n unusually balmy- compared Ito
lt.st year, The average temperature
low ici .ten ..degrees higher . than Jan*
in 5o. Cordova is still gloating
about their record 52° on Jan* 29th
while down in "the Old Country". :
parts of Washington and .Oregon
v/cre suffering-near zero-tempera
ture's* /
Wes . Kennedy is leaving for a week
in Cordova. He has not yet start
ed the construction on the up
stairs of-’The dohoe Inn. • •
"Pappy" Oavis arrived here via
Cordova Airlines about a week ago*
He plans to spend the rest of the
winter, in Chitinu..
Our citizens are still moving out
one by one: Roy Falquist left for
the states recently because of a
death in'-his family* Pete Ponnoff
returned to work for the
at Glennallen this week.,\ Billy
— Buck- Ibft-last-^euk-f or^jmphorage^
and plans to go on to Fairbanks
before he returns to work*
Mr. and'-Mrs. York "Young'went ’to • .
Glennallen for a’few “day3V 'They
_took Susie Br’ickell out so she
'can take care of some pending
bu&ine ss*
A* Buffet Supper was served at the’
Chitina Bar last Sat. Nearly ,
everyone including the sourdoughs
showed up. Florence Young was
highly comended on her superb
hasenpfeffer. George served some
of his famed Chitina Spirits*
Jack and Jo Y«llson were in Cordova
the past v*eek on a short -vacation*
which enabled this editor-to
gather a bit'of information for
• the Gazette,
,Pat Flynn has been in Seattle on
a business trip, • ' ••
''Kernel horn went hack'to-Missouri
to attend his brothers funeral and
at the present time is at Mayo
’Brothers getting a checkup ,* He
.will return to Cordova in the
near future, .* ‘ . !• % *
' Cordova airlines has acquired a
new C-46 which at the present
time is in Florida being converted,
Mr, cno. Mrs. M.K. Smith plan to
lesive for Florida in the near
. future.
Hay Stevens will como. to Chitina •
this month to relieve-Howard . •,
Knutson while lid goes on hi3 .
vacation to Cordova
So far the river has npt frozen,
over. This condition creates a
crisis in the prospective, wood
cutting. However plans.’hay.e^'been
revised by York cciVilson Wood chopp
ers Inc..•' Whoy plan to start
cutting on Cannon Kill this side ",'
of the. river-and'-towing- It .down
by cat* ‘ •
0* A. Nelson is getting plenty of;/
exercise those days by making two.
trip3 a day down fcb the river to :
turn off the power plant uuring .
the daylight hours. It is hoped
that this procedure will economise
water for power until.thq.spring
thaw. . *
As the Old Cynic goe$ about;
dally tasks with the rays -L'the0
3un bouncing off his balding'bean
, ho seems happily unaware that his.
friends* can ‘hbrt'C"'that^tio:'i'SJ-3iipp^
' ing into his second wolf hood. •.
'Alien somo one came on hill the;,other
nite ‘gazing-at the boon and singl
ing a ditty about Young Charlotte
he was naive enuf to think they
accepted his explanation that, ho
was studying the weatherv iidybe'
he was going• to. so*.; and wanted 'to
know if the coast was clear, He
3earns quite contented in the know
ledge that ho"affords hi3 neigh
bors something to think and talk
about'besides their loss serious
• affairs. And he thinks, that be
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