REEF K NOT STILl TO BE UNLCADEDAT SEWARD
ROSENBUSH BOAT,
WRECKED LAST WEEK,
CAN BE REPAIRED
The boat of L. G.
Ro sen bus h, which wa s
wrecked #n Bluff
?oi*t near Homer last
week, is rot the to
tal lAss it was first
feared, according to
renorts which reached
SeldA via later in the
week.
The accident oc
curred when the
boat’s engine failed,
and waves carried the
craft onto the beach.
However the boat was
lodged on a narrow
shelf cf sandy beach
between the rocks and
therefore did not
break up in last
week’s weather.
Witnesses say the
boat can be repaired.
New planks and ribs
will put it in usable
condition again.
Mr. Rosenbush has
not yet returned to
Seldovia. He is
staying with his boat
awaiting moderate
weather so that the
craft can be towed
into the bay here.
L. V. Sommerville
made a trip to Homer
to get Mr. Rosenbush
Tuesday, but bad
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Search Continues
For Or, Bannister
The search for Dr.
Ray Bannister, Se
ward’s ’’flying doctor’
is still continuing,
although Dr* Bannis
ter has been missing
on a flight from Se
ward to Homer for
over two weeks now.
Citizens of Seward
Homer and Anchorage
have contributed gen
erously toward funds
for gasoline and oil
for all private
planes aiding in the
search.
The search area
has been widened, and
is being systematic
ally combed. Pilots
are allotted definite
areas of search.
DOCTOR AND WIFE
RETURN TO CITY
Dr. and Mrs. Mel
vin Beltz of Seldovia
hospital returned to
this city with Mer
rill Smith late Wed
nesday afternoon.
They had been de
tained in Anchorage
by bad weather since
Surd ay.
LONGSHOREMAN'S
DISPUTE HOLDS
RELIEF SHIP IDL E
The relief ship
Reef Knot, whose
1 sailing from Portland
Alaskans were anx
iously awaiting last
month, was still ly
ing loaded at Seward
docks at an early
hour yesterday.
The ship has been
tied up there since
her arrival pending
the settlement of a
‘ dispute between sail
ors and longshoremen
as to which group
will operate the
winches in unloading
' vessels.
The dispute has
kept three Alaskan
ships, the Denali and
the Baranof in addi
tion to the Reef Knot
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UTILITY BOARD
MEETS MONDAY
The Public Utility
Board will hold its
regular monthly meet*
ing in the council
chambers of the city *
hall. at 8 oTclock
next Monday evening,
board chairman Jack
English reminded mem
bers today.