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DR MC KINLEY FIGHTS
The battle Dr Dee McKinley of Anchorage is having with
the Alaska Dental Society and the American Dental Association
has caused many, many folks here on the, Kenai Peninsula and
elsewhere outside of Anchorage to realise that if the'good
doctor did use his abilities as a dentist to further his
political ambitions then it has been the first tine they ever
got anything good out of an Anchorage politician
We would not pretend to say whether the doctor has been
right or wrong or whether those organisation men are right or
wrong, but after talking with lots of local folks who have
been served both here in Boner and on short notice.in Dr.
VcKinley’s Anchorage office, we know that local people appre
ciate what the doctor has done for their.
Dr. VcKinley has carried on a running battle with the
Alaska Dental Society for sone tire concerning the irethod
through which new dentists are permitted to practice in the
territory. It appears that he has lost one of the rounds in
the battle.
After talking to Dr. VcKinley last Saturday we know that
he has just begun to fight what he tenrs the monopolistic
practices of the society. fte wish him luck and sincerely
hope that the next round and the final victory are his.
JUST NATIVES
The death toll as a result of the measles outbreak over
at Port Graham and English Pay has now reached six, according
to Dr. A^strong of the Seldovia hospital Vany of the
natives in the villages are still weak from the revages of
the disease and its complications
This unnecessary loss of life is a sorry tribute to the
millions of taxpayers’ dollars spent annually supposedly to
prevent just such occurrences.
When the measle epidemic first broke out among the na
tives a call for help was sent out by the Fedalgo Island
Packing Company which operates the cannery at Port Graham.
Two nurses were flown in*. They stayed overnight, gave a num
ber of shots and left. Three babies died first from pneu
monia which followed the measles. Since then another child
and two adults have died. The cannery operators asked for a
doctor and it has been reported that the answer was "none
available.”
In our conversation with Mrs. Ruth Hursh, Public Health
Nurse for this area who first went to Port Graham, she said
that she and the nurse sent down from Anchorage ^id all that
could have been done. It was her opinion that a doctor could
have done no more.
People who know Mrs. Karsh' have come to respect her
opinion and appreciate the vast amount of good work accomp
lished by her as she travels up and down the Kenai Peninsula.
However we feel that a complete investiga ion should be made
•of the epidemic and its effect on the health and welfare of
the people of Port Graham and English Pay. fln effort should
be made to find out why a doctor and more medicine was not
sent to the distressed area. It is not a matter of merely
placing the blame for the loss of six lives, but rather to
prevent such things from happening again.
Some have shrugged off the deatns as nothing because
they were natives. This hypocritical attitude is not worthy
of intelligent American men apd women, much less Alaskans who
have moved into this beautiful land and brought to the natives
in many cases disease, distress and disaster.
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HOMER
'AtDOING DAY Si 7
Vr. and Mrs, Cart ivern of
Hotrer have. announcej the con?'*'
ipg carriage of their daughter
Alice to Robert F'reecan. Date
for the redding is August 14
at- the Christian Coccunity
Church. a reception will
folic* the wedding and will
be held in the forcer "Yah,
Sure" building.
The bride-to-be race to
Hocer with ner aother in 1944
and afterjattending one year
in the Hocer High school the
f am ly coved fro® here to
Puyallup, Washington. She
continued her schooling there
and in Stadia® High School in
Tacotra. She nas also cocr
pleted two years at Washington
.State College. She is now ec~
ployed at the Boner Cafe
The' grocir is an employee
of the Robert H- Ray Coerpany.
CHARTERS SB!P
The aiss;<^ Steacship Coc~
pany announced this week that
it is chartering the Liberty
ship Harold D. Whitehead to
augc^nt its fleet of 15 ves
sels to ceet seasonal trans
portation reouirecents of the
Alaska fishing industry.
On a bareboat charter for
caxicrutr of 90,days,the White
head sailed August 5 for
Southeastern‘Alaska ports.
TV
Phil Howarth of Seward Coo~
trunity TV, Inc., was in Poire r
last week to v,neck the pc.*c»w*ri
bility of bringing televisi on
to this area at socre future
date Transin ssion would be
by iricro wave length to a lo~
cal receiving poinu and by
coaxial cable around the town.
At present the corporation is
working to establish televi
sion repeater stations be
tween Anchorage and Seward
and expect to have television
in Seward by the end of this
year or early next year,
RLTURPS HOl/h
Vrs, Inez Pilbao returned
to Hocer Saturday on the Pf1fl
plane froo? the hospital in
Anchorage, She;has been there
several wee*s suffering froir
an infected leg and is repor
ted doing well.
FOa THF best
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PLANE FOUND
A CAP plane from anchorage
with two passengers aboard
;was reported irissing on the
Peninsula Friday night and was
found safe On the teach at
Harriet Point across from
Kenai early Saturday morning
Three planes froir Homer took
part in the search. Flying
the local CAP plane was Bob
Edlund with Reuben Lee as ob
server. Gene Lawrence, with
J. C. Reynolds as observer
and Homer High with Pill Gra~
hair as ot server completed the
local ph-.ne trio._
VISIT BRIEFLY
Charlie Sharpe and Ger
trude, forrrer Seldovia resi
dents, were in Hon er last
wee* for a brief visit before
returning to Seldovia. They
drove in froir Phoenix, Ari
zona, and *ere guests at the
Heady Hotel
NEK ?a?Y HOME
Mrs. Fred Hatfield and new
baby son, Frank, returned to
Homer Saturday evening fro®
the hospital in Seldovia.
Frank was born there August 5.
CLUBS FINISH PROJECTS
All of tr-e baking, meal
preparation and sewing 4~H
club projects have been com
pleted for this summer,accor
ding to Ed Leitenthal, exten
sion agent. The garden club
members still have to have
thear gardens judged, Leiben”
thal said. This will be done
sometime before the Hom5r
Fair Augu3t 27-2R-29.
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