VqI. I Seldovia, Alaska, April 5, 1947 No. 40
UTILITY ELECTION TO BE NEXT TUESDAY
ELECTION RESULTS
CONFIRMED AT
' SPECIAL SESSION
It’s official now.
the city council met
in special session
last night and okayed
Tuesday’s election
results as required
by municipal ordin
ance.
The last technical
stumbling block is
now removed from the
path of Messrs. L. H.
Alexander, Harry Le
onhard t, K. C. Pattor
and Dari Herr and
Mrs. Alta Henington,
and their path to a
council seat on April
25 is clear.
Last night!s spec
ial session conducted
no other business,
although members in
formally discussed
lumber shipments on
order for Boardwalk
repair. The matter
will come before the
regular session of
the council when it
next meets on April
11.
The April 11 meet
ing will be the final
session for the pre
sent city council. On
April 25 the present
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Chaplain Talks
Rt Assembly
Chaplain Raymond
Ma thew s on was guest
speaker at an assem
bly at the Seldovia
school yesterday.
Chaplain Mathewson,
who came to Seldovia
on Thursday*s mail
boat to take charge
of Easter services at
the Methodist church,
has been stationed at
Fort Richardson near
Anchorage for the
past month. He spent
two years in the Eur
opean theater of op
eration during the
war, and was station
ed in Maine prior to
his transfer to Ala
ska. _
ED MEREDITH
IS RECOVERING
Ed Meredith, who
recently flew Outside
to the Portland Hos
pital and Sanitarium
for surgical treat
ment, is successfully
recovering from an
operation, according
to word received by
Mrs. L. V. Sommer
ville this week.
DOUGLAS. COOK.
BAHRS TRY FOR
BOARD SEATS
3eldoviaTs voters
will be asked to re
turn to the polls
again next Tuesday to
name two men as Pub
lic Utility Board
members* Nominations
were made at the last
Public Utility meet
ing, but all candi
dates named except
two have refused the
nomination•
Men whose names
will appear on the
ballot Tuesday are
Buckley Douglas,
George Cook and 2dwin
Bahrs* Mr* Cook is
one of the two Board
members whos e t erm
expires* Simon Jos
efsen, the second, is
not a candidate for
re-election•
Nominees whose
names have been with
drawn include Ray
Avery, L. H. Alexan
der and Robert Garr.
A requirement for
voting in this elec
tion is registration.
AH Teldov Ian's wTTo
have not previous!y
voted in a Public Ut
ilities ?Tfccfriop 'must
register* in order to
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