The McCarthy
Weekly News
McCarthy, alaska. Saturday, lUiy^tu una
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MOVIE rsHOW
A Vc\ < Slew aa ill be £>iven
In dm, 11 ow night
T!u* {mi^rain will be:
Henvst Patlm New s.
:,by Mine” 6 act comedy
pi »ye by Madge Kennedy.
JLST KF< E1VETP A fresh
shipm *nt Beef, Pork, Lamb Tur
key Veal, (lee>e and f esb killed
chickens. A f» per cent reduc
ion on Beef and Mutton.
R.L H X ai sliall.
A complete lire of ladies
suits.dresses waists’ and suni
mei coats. Also children's gords
i 1 great variety. Mail orders
prom lit attention.
Dotighei .*y‘s f ordova.
FJBcthe J i j !s 1 \ 1 e pre-war
postage rates ol 2 cents for let
ters and one cent lor |.osKards
went inTo effect.
The Second class rates are un
< 1 tr 11 <1.
Mr.BO. Gial am, ti e Corpor
at I on attoi r. * y is a Med rthy vis
itor ll is week
Mr. and Mis Lysle 1). Brown
were in town irtm Niiina f< r
The holiday
Mrs. King of , u ieau was in
M cCarthy yesterday
Kenneci>tt visitors were the*
I tennis family Wilson family, &
1 l.eConnors family.
.lack O'.Veil] returned from a
Hying trip to Cord ova yesterday
St rein a celebrated the Fourth
i i great style, many visitors
were present from Chitina, Xug
et Creek etc.
Mrs J. BO’Neill anl Deanie
r ^turned from a vacation at Strel
u a.
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FOURTH, o2 JULY
CELEBRATION
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! Yesterday McCarthy donned
its gala attire and proceeded to
j celebrate the Fourth in tl e good
| old fashioned way.
Flags flew from *11 buildings
and stores and residences were
I decorated with bunting.
| At an early hour visitors began
I to appear from nearby camps &
j soon large numbers wv re • onirre
| gated in readiness for the events
! The Kern ( cott ] eople turned
out in full force and the baseball
game and many of the events
were won by tlie visitors.
Ideil weather made the i>Tei -
ure of t'.ie d ly c mi >lafc».
The following are the results
of the contests.
Riojs, Girls 10 ard under 1st
: D. Lnbbe, 2nd. F. Murie
12 and under l si, E. Murie. 2nd
Margaret Wood in J
Hand under M. Wills 2nd C Cole |
j Boys Races l(j and under 1stj
G. Wilscn, 2nd B. Dennis.
14 and under 1st V. Marshall.
2nd Groff. .*
10 and under 1st Roy 2nd Alan;
Huntington j
H aid under 1st Fred Sel ten rich
2nd F Wills.
1 (X) yd.Free for ail D ish. l*rout
Ladies Race 75 yds Mrs Me Leu
nan
Fat Ladies R ice Mrs. Schultz.
Fat Mans Race, Harvey
Potito Race W. Front
Three Legged Race Front and
Johnson
Packing Contest 1st Mime &
Bren wrick, 2nd Slimfoit i nd
Huntington.
Rockdrlling c Kites ft 1st Woodin j
and Peterson 2i.d Moon & HiJI. |
Mrs Aron Erickson and Mil-j
dred were Mrs Pete Johnsons j
guests for the Fourth.
ATHLETIC EVENTS
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BASEBALL GAME
Kennecott won the Annual 4 th
July game of ball from Mc
Carthy by a score of 18 to 13.
! The home team led until the
I ninth inning when Kennecot
scored 10 runs and won.
It w is one of the most inter
esting and exciting games play
j ed here in a long time.
Sommer and Lam on t both
pitched good bill.
The line-iip was as follows.
K Mines »t j: S veeney, 2n 1, Wing
2nd. Dougli-:, C. Bunker, li. F.
Lommel., C_ P BiatmV, 1m.
Lament, P. Dennis, L. P.
Heiley, S S.
Mc^irtV OWi'II. I;'.. Ge1 -1
c*-‘*en, C. Sommer, P. Nickel.S.
S Widing. U. F. Murrey :2nd.
Ne\vto>, 8rd. Lubbe, If. F. Por
ter, L F.
Umpires, C.Parker krnith &
J. Dennis, Sr.
The Dance which was held in i
the evening was a Uglily mic- j
cussluk an.ui. o.er one nundrtd I
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persons being prese.o. ana
most enjos abi* ume was s.>etu '
by all.
During the evening i painting|
wlnoli was the won: of airs Hi,-!
bnch and donaleu to the lirej
lire department land was ral-i
I
lied, realizing about $:2U. tue win,
ner was Miss Allen.
The music was further onli-i
ve. cd by the singing of a male
quartet, in which tlx* voices of
Billy Wie'zel, Fred I tube, Bil
ly Woodm and some Kamnecott
visitors were heard to advantage.'
Financially the dance was a
great success’ and it is expect-!
td that the Firr Depurtmant;
will be benefited to a good a-!
i
mount .approximately ninety j
dollars.
• NEWS ITEMS
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^Special to News.
At the Worlds Championship
j Will and Dempsey fight at Tole
do yesterday, Willard was knock
| out in the 3rd round alter receiv
! ing a severe heating
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1 Frink Iv.3r.s01 will have be
tween 7f> & 10) tons of turnips
v*c 47) *ons of hay on his ranch
this Ftll
A shed 50 by 77) feet is under
construction, cipable of holding'
7;)to:is of feed which he expects
to have this next year.
Strawberries, peas, carrots &
oni»»ns are all coming u[) in fine
shape and Frank expects g..x)l
ivturns from his home,tend
The Copper River In li ms are
having one of the b’gg»st Pot
latch in their Ir story, it Co>per
Center beginning Jtdy 4th.
There will prop ibly be --KX) n it
sent present, as t’l *y a-v arriv
ing from \l nan n 1 ill n?igi
b ring ponts, son ‘ on the riv o*
md o hers on the trails.
Mr. Brower has made two trips
from (,‘hijin; with lii-j F>’1
ten n ttive - >; • 1) 1 m 11; vi si
ors are pi inning t.) take a it, >s
oat to see the d inces.
News b en received fr >rn Mr.
and Mrs. J, D. R>jvfelle.\ form
erly of Chitina, they have pur
chased an interest in a grocery
business in Modesto, C ilifo.mia,
with Mr.C.Hull. also formerly of
Cnivina and are much pleased in
their new location.
letters have been r»cnive i
fiom El Kurts formerly a beak,
man on the north end of the C.
R and X. vV-Ry
He is now runningan engine
o s one of the allied roads in the
vicinity of Ai channel in Northern
Russia- he says his rifle !s n°v
er out of reach of his hard,
There are about 700 American
soldiers.and even more Allied
troops about Archangel.
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