4CC4 PRESSES FOR*'
APPROPRIATION/ '•
A letter from* .the
parent, chapter of the
Alaska Crippled Chil
dren’s Association in
Anchorage, requesting
that local residents
urge the passage of
the proposed Depart
ment of Health appro
priation to' be con
sidered by the legis
lature, was read • at
the Public Health
Council meeting last
Thursday,
The proposed ap
propriation of *35,
000 per annum is of
vital interest to the
ACCa because of the*
opening of the new
orthopedic hospital
on Japonski Island
this month.
The Iorner navy
hospital there, a re
inforced ' concrete,
fireprpof building,
is to be used as the
territory!s orthope
dic hospital. The
building has an 80
bed capacity, and it
is planned, in the
future, to add a 200
bed tuberculosis san
itarium.
Cost to the • De
partment of Health/
through;the Crippled
Children’s * ' program,.?
will be $5.75 a day
for each patient ca
red for. This cost
is materially • less
Wfc, HENJNGTQN WAS
UNEXPECTED POST MAh
Merrill Henington,
who has been in An
chorage to secure re
pair parts for his
plane, damaged in a
landing on the bay,
was responsible for
the extra mail deliv
ery this week.
Mr. Henington re
turned to Seldovia
Monday aboard Steve
Zawistowski»s boat,
and he very thought
fully brought all the,•
mail at. the Homer
postoffice for?Seldd
via with him
ALEXANDERS ARE
PINOCHLE HOSTS
Mr. and Mrs. L. H.
Alexander and Thomas
Olson will be host's
at FridayTs pinochle
party in the - library'.
Play will begin at..
7:30 p.m. as usual.
than that paid in Se
attle at present.
The A CCA would
have Seldovians write
to their legislators
urging the need for
the health program
and pressing for the ■
passage of the’-'bill
appropriating the
J35,000 considered
necessary.
; B'ALTAIOR'S
Vakiiiv, Notion & Ntws Stoki
SeldOvia, Alaska
DISTRICT COURT
I ,HERE IN MAY//
For the first vt3.me
in several years Dis
trict Court will sit
in Seldovla • * this
spring, it was learn
ed here last week.
Ford ’from the office
of Judge Anthony Di
mond " said that court
will be held in this
city on May 26,
Judge Dimond, this
year will make his
annual tour of Third
District communities
by water rather than
by air. The Coast
Guard' cutter Y/achu
sett, a 254 - foot
steam-powered craft,
will convey the judge
to these communities:
Seldovia, Kodiak,
Larsen Bay, Perry
ville, Squaw Harbor,
King Cove, False
Pass,' Naknek, Dill
ingham, St. Paul Is
land and Unalaska.
ACCA FUNDS TO BE
COLLECTED
The February con
tribution to the ACCA
in the jars in local
business houses will
be collected Thursday
afternoon•
Com fort; {hirer.
Convenience
you'll find them ;
BEflCHCOmBER
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