CE ANDERSON ELECTED REA CHAIRMAN
PLANE CRASHES '
WITH WORK CREW,
NONE HURT
Three of the men
of the Standard Oil
* Company* s -construc
tion crew which ar
rived here Tast Sdt
urday had much more
than a routine•flight
on their trip down
the Inlet from anch
orage to Seldovia•
The men left anch
orage. with pilot
'Haakon Christensen
last Friday. .Hear
Kasilof the V/aco in
which they rode- r an
into heavy fog and
the pilot brought his
ship down low .over
the water in an -ef
fort to gain better
visibility.
The floats of the
ship struck a ridge
on the shore and the,
plane flipped over otv
its back. None of
the passengers nor
the pilot was injured.
However when,the ra
dio antenna .was un
reeled to report the
accident to the Kenai
station, a short cir
cuit caused a fire
♦ which totally destr
oyed the plane.
Mr. Christensen *s
passengers were flown
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Council HIeets ”
Tonight
special session
of the city council
prior to the. Board of
Equalization meeting
tonight . has been an
nounced by Mayor
Harry Leonhardt. The
council will discuss
its business at 7:30
p'.m. The Equaliza
tion meeting opens at
8 o'clock•
r. second Equalize-.,
tion meeting is sche
duled. for 8 o'clock
tomorrow evening,
•with further meetings
tb b.^ called if the
calendar of business
*is too heavy to be
dealt with, at the two
meetings•
PINK RUN 57ARTS
AT PCRT DICK
: The pink salmon
run began in earnest
in the Port Dick and
Karneshak areas yes
terday, according to
news which reached
Seldovia by radio.
Local earners were
anticipating capacity
loads of fish, which
were due tc-begin ar
riving here this
morning.
PETITIONS SIC-NEb
BY POTENTIAL
MEMBERSHIP
(By Patrick O'Brian)
"Who’s got a pen
cil?”
Those ■•were the
.first words, • last
Mo nc ay evening, of
C’. E. o.rld arson, newly
elected' • permanent
chairman of the group
of citizens who are
requesting the organ
ization of a Rural
Electrification asso
ciation co-Qp here*
‘ When Mr. Anderson
had borrowed the pen
cil he immediately
set down his "Squeaky
i.nderson” on the
first line^ of one of
the REa petitions
presented at the Mon
day meeting, and then
passed it on to the
members of the ’'Let’s
build a better Seldo
via” clique who at
tended the meeting.
These petitions,
drawn up by members
of the RE* committee
appointed at a pre
vious meeting, re
quest the organiza
tion of a co-op here,
and petition that the
signers be included
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