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: Feb. 22, 1947 No. 28
1 LEflGTH OF DRIFT RETS inCREflSED TO 200 FOTHOdTS
SELDOVIA'S queen
TO BE CROWNED
k IN GVM TONIGHT
a pearl - trimmed
crown of black velvet
* and a seat on a blue
and white decked
throne in the school
gymnasium awaits one
of three Seldovia
girls tonight, '."he
ther that girl who
dons the crown and is
seated or the throne
will be Norma Swain,
1 Helen Yuth or Lillian
Josefsen still was
unknown at a late
hour today. The
% girls themselves do
net know who will
reign at the sem.i
formal ball in the
gym tonight.
The cueen’s iden
tity will be closely
guarded until shortly
before 9 o’clock,
when her name will be
mads known to ball
goers, Irnmed lately
afterward she will be
crowned in a formal
coronation ceremony by
Margery Spencer of the
t faculty planning com
mittee, The corona
tion will precede the
t Grand March,
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Health Council
To Meet Thursday
There will be a
meeting of the Public
Health Council at 8
ofclock next Thursday
evening, Council
president Susan Eng
lish announced this
week• 'The meeting
will be held in the
office of Miss Anette
Jacobsen in city hall.
Details of plans
for the coming March
carnival will be the
nest important item
of business to be
discussed at the
meeting.
M R, CHAMBERS IS
COMING HOME
C omnis sion or G. M•
Chambers will be re
leased from Seldovia
hospital within the
next day or two, his
physician, Dr. Melvin
Seitz announced yes
terday. Mr. Chambers
has been imor ovine:
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s t e adi1y in health
for the past two
weeks •
NEW FWS RULING
TO MEAN MORE WORK
FOR LOCAL FISHERS
The announ c emen t
of an increase in
length of drift gill
nets from 100 to 200
fathoms for fishing
in this area was re
ceived this week. The
information was wired
to agent Buck Douglas
of the aFU from M.C.
James, assistant di
rector of the Fish
and Y/ildlife Service.
Mr. Douglas termed
it a "very important
decision" for the
f i s he r me n of Low er
Cook Inlet. . It was
one of two recommen
dations voiced by Mr.
Douglas at the Fish
and Fildlife hearings
• in Anchorage last
fall. •
The second natter,
a -request that no
change in equipment
be made for fishermen
here, also was favor
ably considered by
the FWS•
Mr. Douglas said
that the increase in
drift net length from
ICO to 200 fathoms
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