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THE GHOST;-TOWN,:.(MZETTE
OIIITPa* ALASKA, AUGyST; 1$^ 195<5,..
•Sdit6r: Jo Wilson.
' 'krt 'Editor Carpi- .Gta^dman..
Wo folds' in ‘Chitiria can boast: o^f having
the best burned’’ cook' iirAJLasfek. and' any- .
onp who ob jects c’an‘ jesti eoni’e put- her©,
and .prove himself. (ThsrtV includes the-**,
cook at Tebay).•
Was Kennedy originated in Lewistown
Montana and like any good Scotchman de
cided to head north where.' tho s;quee'zens
lookod good’ (corn squoozens of opurs.0.'.
not to speak of the pehnoy squeezopp) *.
Yep things un ntorth looked good. to. Wes,...
30 ’ho grabbed the fir'st .fast boat .to -
Juneau i,n l£2?2;'then bn to Ketchloan* . ,•
He lived in Petersburg, .Fairbanks,
Anchorage, Cordova, and almost every .>
town in Alaska. He was once part,owner.,
of Copper Center Road House as well as
the Windsor Hotel in Cordova* Ho was a
cock at Mt. McKinley aa well as jmny
other ^eating establishmonts in* "the
Territory. **oo our cook isn’t short of
experience, or**friends; •
Wes opened the'. Spooks Nook in 1955 and
j,ust this spring opened the. ngifr/Goho©
Inn. .iiouiso,V/os1 s* sister'froth Lewistowij
hPjS'beoii working withWes: for ar year now.
Wes has4been selected tb- cook the; dinner
for-the Pion err3 Convention in Oot. at
Oordoyac
Rita Jordt, wife of Dave Jordt Geologist,
v/as in Ohitina* for ‘the ^past" week. Rita
has.gone on to McCarthy to work for Liz
Wei.nrick at the Lodge* Mrs* Jordt has
been attending the University* of.Alaska
and has only orTe mbreyear to finish, she
hope3 to become a teacher* •
Fixhepmen at Tobay this week were Tom
N$ssa, exrcbrfstruction bum-.who 3;s -unable
to • find work in*'Ala Ska, arid retirod- bpot
ledger,, A^t’ Johnson’ , who'-kindly gave-mo
permission., to uae th « r name's invaiip*
Spme o,f .ou^r busli* happy 'Geologists were j
in .Chitdr.a this 'bast-:weok< ‘‘Amoijg .'them
•was lr.cBo"tli> • who is reputed to
have, lecen:/<> .phot* a rabbiut. at’50 paces
with, hi i*' p'^s o; JO -JO i\ ' The rabbet was
said .to.nave died of'Powder burns
Tel,. Ormh .o lainib the construction on the
aii pod ‘.•vii 11 ’go bn tonight after another
unfortunate* holdup* To.x went to Anchor~
ago o''or the we kora with Bob and Dotty
Lucas in 'their new Oersna 172. Bob and
DoVy were on >. vacation and stopped at
Chii.ina on the way through.
Gene Christopherson still has that 46
Hudson, if any of your friends are
collecting antiques.
TH6/Be'dr .‘Greek Minings'Grew'-helve re- .•
turned with; their •«"Egg Boater "*•-to Mo-;..
Oarthy. They were' very"-anxou3;. to..r:e-<
turn to their bowling Alley «wh.iroihi con-,
sists of one two fingered bowling ball-,
bed lhattVese for a'-'b-ack^ stop ,cfnd. reg-r
ulcyr pljns (situated iw vtho{ old Pioneer
Hall. The Best Pin boy turned ,-out- to
be Pete Donald due to hia* adaptability
to that profession. The averages are
a‘s follows • Rdy 128S dim 122,. M^t ll1?
Norm/112,’ Jack’ 112, Bob llOy Pet.© *110,
Pat Albers 168. •* : •' .1 •
Mrs# JE.F. (Ruth) Sohriebor and Jean
Shultz of Fairbanks were recent'.visit
or a, to ..Ohitina. Ruth tn an old' time
A1 askan, ' she en3 oyod r snevring' r ■'
acquaintahoe .with 'Wes'* •' ; >
According to reports out Ooppe.r Center
way, the' makings of a-Chrome -.Minu is
in. sight* Mr-'Lund an"d> 'Mr
Williams are doing some exploration
work -cm their property looted .approx
imately 7) miles southeast of Upper
Tonsina. 8 .
OarT EdOnCommissioner at Copeer
Center, recently- returned# from-a vac
ation in the States. .
Barbara Hdpper a*nd Louis Barr on* were
marribd in G-leftn Allen •Chp^pol on
itugust '4th. The rtf were 200. people at
th<? reception-which was hO.ld at the,
A.0c.S-> Be creation-Hall.: . The Newly Weds
are living at Mondeltna.
Hajrry Eckert- and 3erT,-Simon., were fish
ing at* Tab ay this, .past woekond* Berl
was very surpr isLari- to find the cook
and the pilot were from his home town
Craig? Ooloradd* • ;
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