1 HELEN YUTH CROWNED AS CONTEST WINNER
^ PLANE CRACKS UP
i IN LANDING ON BAY
LAST SATURDAY
* Merrill Hening
ton*s Taylorcraft,
which he recently
flew from Texas to
Seldovia, was damaged
considerably in a
landing on Seldovia
, Bay late last Satur
day afternoon.
Mr. Henington car
» ried a passenger,
k Tarl Herr, whom he
was bringing from Ho
| mer •
m me acciQant oc
| curred as the plane
was sideslipping in
¥ for a landing at the
beach, A down draft
pulled the plane to
ward the water, and
the ship landed at an
angle. One float was
damaged and connect
ing struts were twis
ted and broken. The
plane’s propellor al
so was damaged in the
landing.
Neither Mr. Hen
ington nor his pas
isenger, Mr. Herr, was
hurt.
It was stated that
it will be some time
(Cont. Page 4)
(Dr, Chambers
i
Back At Work
Commissioner G. M.
Chambers was released
from Seldovia hospi
tal late last Satur
day afternoon. He
was back on the job
at ,his desk in the
city hall on Tuesday
morning. He plans to
spend seme part of
each day in his of
fice, but will work
only short hours un
til he is stronger.
COUNCIL MEETS
NEXT FRIDAY
There will be a
regular meeting of
the city council at
8 o'clock Friday eve
ning, it was announ
ced by Mayor Simon
Josefsen this week*
HEALTH COUNCIL
MEETING TOMORROW
Members and others
interested are remin
ded of the meeting of
..the Public Health
..Council tomorrow eve
ning at 8 o'clock.
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973 BALLOTS CAST
FOR MISS YUTH;
CONTEST NETS %220
The hackers of He
len Yuth in the popu
larity contest which
ended last week in
Seldovia school, were
rewarded when their
choice was crowned
queen of the semi
formal hall held in
the gym last Saturday
night. a total of
973 tickets was pur
chased for Miss Yuth.
Runner-up in the
contest was Norma
Swain, for whom 848
votes were purchased.
Lillian Josefsen was
the third contestant.
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CANNERY WORKERS
TO MEET FRIDAY
There is an impor
tant meeting of the
Cannery Workerfs Un
ion scheduled for
7:30 Friday evening,
president Peggy Dai
gan announced today.
All members are urged
to attend.