Village Gossip
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The custom of celebrating Hallow
een on the 31st of October is of En
glish origin. Hallow-mass, or holy
day for all the saints, is held on Nov.
J, while the day before is reserved for
other spirits and ghosts of darker in
clinations, who are supposed to make
the most of this one day given them
for high revelry, and this probably ac
counts for the strange noises that we
heard last night and the ghostly soap
marks that we discovered on our win
dows this morning.
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• The We-Ara Club was pleasantly
entertained at the home of Mrs. W.
L. Brown Thursday afternoon. Lunch
eon was served at the close of a de
lightful meeting. The members pres
ent were Mrs. Walter L. Smith, Mrs.
T. C. Matson, Mrs. W. H. Smith, Mrs.
fjayton Smith, Mrs. H. P. Aiken, Miss
Florence Fraisure, Miss Ethel Graham
and Mrs. W. L. Brown.
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D. L. Leaton was the guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Foystan at a duck
dinner Thursday evening.
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Eyak lake was pretty well frozen
before the snow fell, but not suf
ficiently strong to allow skating.
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“Slim” Elliot, well known to many
Cordovans, was last heard of in
France. He married a French girl
and accepted a very responsible posi
tion there with the idea of making
France a more or less permanent place
of abode.
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Miss Laura Bacon was hostess at
a very enjoyable party last Monday
evening. Songs and games were in
dulged in until the serving of refresh
- ,
ments. Those present were: Mr.
and Mrs. R. A. Wilcox, Mr. and Mrs.
Sam Jones, Mrs. Keating, Charles
Rogers, Walter Stoesser, G. Cozakas,
Donald Wilcox, Delia Wilcox,1 Miss
Beulah Bacon, Miss Charlotte Bacon
and Miss Daura Bacon.
* * *
Mrs. Henry Slater is at present
having a pleasant visit with relatives
in British Columbia. Mrs. Slater will
not return to Cordova until some time
late in the spring.
* * *
Cordova was treated to a wonder
ful display of Northern Dights for a
few minutes last Thursday evening.
The whole sky appeared as a huge
inverted bowl into which were poured
all the colors of the rainbow. Masses
of this brilliant light would ripple
across the sky with an audible swish;
but you really should drop into the
Cordova Bank and get a real good
description of this electrical display
from John Muller, for most of the
rest of us were safely at home when
it happened.
* * *
The Rev. A. G. Shriver returned
from a trip to Kennecott and other
places along the line on Friday’s
local.
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From the society columns of the
Anchorage Times we learn that Miss
Ruby DeGraff was hosteess at an en
tertainment in honor of Mrs. Mabel
Douglas, the new organist at the Em
press theater. The club rooms of the
theater were used for the affair, and
during the reception more than one
hundred women called.
Receiving with the hostess were
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Mrs. W. E. Edes, Mrs. A. G. Tbomp- ■
son and Mrs. W. B. Clayton. Mrs.
Frederick Mears, Mrs. Leopold Da
vid, Mrs. Charles Brown and Mrs. J.
B. Beason poured. Serving the
guests were Mrs. D. D. Vint, Mrs. B.
C. Elmes, Mrs. Charles E. Herron,
Mrs. A. B. Coe, Mrs. C. W. Mossman,
Mrs. E. F. Bauer, Mrs. R. S. Timme
and Miss Emma Protz.
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All the jurors from this section
who have been dismissed are re
quired to report again in Valdez on
the 24th of November. The jurors
from Seward and vicinity were re
leased from attendance because of
possible prejudice in the case of
Dempsey, who is to be tried on the
24th of this month.
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Mrs. E. H. Harwood is at presen
undergoing treatment at the Mayo
Bros’, institution.
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The Alpha School of Dancing held
its weekly social evening Wednesday.
A number of friends of the school
were in attendance, and a very good
time was had by the ten or more
couples present.
* * *
W. Milroie, a well-known Alaska
lumberman, visited in Cordova while
the Alameda was in port. Mr. Mil
roie will spend the winter in the
States.
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Mrs. J. D. Davis of Valdez was a pas
senger on the last Alameda. Mrs.
Davis will make an extended visit
to friends and relatives on the Out
side.
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Just a hint to Cordova: A number
of the fair employes from the herring
saltery of the Franklin Packing Com
pany will pass through Cordova on
the next Alameda, and they are said
to be mighty good dancers.
* * *
Mrs. Hanna McCrary, who has been
a patient in the hospital for some
time past, returned to the Windsor
hotel this week.
* * *
Members of the Cordova Times staff
are branching out into other fields of
endeavor. Kelly Robinson, Bill Nye
and Ed Ferguson spent one whole
evening and several of the wee, bad
hours of the next morning calcimin
ing various parts of the Northern ho
tel. They refuse to state whether
they are growing altruistic or are
planning on running an opposition to
Robinson & Bogart, inc.
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Honestly, it makes a person’s head
swim, the burst of energy that the
Times office is showing lately. All |
the peaceful old rubbish that reposed
harmlessly in the rear of the work*
shop had to vacate and shelves sprang
up where there were only bare walls
before. Packages of papers that had
always been content to rest on the
floor are now the proud occupants of
shelves that lose themselves near the
ceiling. Certain members of the staff
now talk glibly of whitewashing walls
and putting in windows where win
dows were never dreamt of before,
lights are being burned long into the
night, and dirty, mussy, ink-splgshers
in the daytime turn into enthusiastic
carpenters at night. In fact, nothing
less than rampant Bolshevism has
sprung up in our midst.
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Gerald Hoadley.^who was employed
at the Pioneer Packing Company’s
plant last summer, and who has spent
the last two months in Katalla work
ing in the oil fields, is at present in
Cordova, waiting for a south-bound
boat.
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R. W. McCrary, T. J. McCarthy, J.
E. Richardson and J. Buchanan, all
of whom have been employed on
steam shovel X35, returned to town
recently.
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Harry Hoyt, recently of Valdez,
came over to Cordova on the Alameda
and is now employed by the Blum
O'Neill Co.
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M. Beegler and wife, a newly-mar
ried couple from Fairbanks, are
guests at the Windsor hotel, while
waiting for a south-bound boat.
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Mrs. Cloud Stuart of Kenny Lake is
registered at the Windsor hotel. Mrs.
Stuart will be a passenger on one of
the first boats going south.
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Abe Van Vechten, who formerly was
connected with the Northern drug
store here, is said to have resumed
his former position at the Hollywood
farm, near Seattle.
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It is rumored that Dorothy Walker,
remembered by many Cordova friends,,
has been married in San Francisco.
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Mrs. G. L. Buchanan and daughter,
Miss Madeline, are again receiving
their old friends at their home on Rail
road row. Mrs. Buchanan and her
daughter have been Outside for six
months, visiting friends, and have
spent considerable time in each of
the larger cities on the Pacific coast.
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Miss Carrie Thompson, formerly of
Cordova, was recently seen by friends
in San Francisco. Miss Thompson is
connected with the Owl drug store in
that city.
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Mr. and Mrs. A1 Moore will leave
on the trai ntomorrow for Chitina to
establish a winter residence there.
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The “yama-yama” dance given by
the Harmony Club at Eagle hall last
evenfcig was voted by its large attend
ance a complete success. Practically
all who attended wore the gayly-col
ored "yama-yama” costumes, which
turned the hall into a circling mass of
rainbow shades.
rainbow shades. There will be an
other dance given at Eagle hall to
night.
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Edward Ferguson, the new press
man of the Cordova Daily Times, has
a grievance. Mr. Ferguson had en
joyed an evening at the theater with
some friends, but coming out he got
separated from his party, and he grew
to be the only unprotected man on the
street. As soon as some of Cordova’s
enterprising future citizens realized
this fact, all sorts of snowballs came
in his direction. Now, Mr. Ferguson
is built on an elongated plan, but he
wasn’t able to dodge all the snowballs
coming his way. He maintains this
morning that Cordova snow should be
seen and not felt.
JUDGE CHAS. E. BUNNELL j
A BUSY MAN THESE DAYS
A telegraphic message received by
the clerk of court, H. Claude Kelly,
from Judge Charles E. Bunnell, states
that the term of court set for opening
here on November 10 next has been
postponed until January 12, 1920, by
which time the judge hopes to have
the coast calendars cleaned and to be
back at home.
Judge Bunnell is at present filling
Judge Brown’s position in the Third
division, and is holding a term of court
at Valdez. He states that he will ad
journ that term the latter part of this
month and go to Anchorage to hold a
short term. Upon the completion of
the Anchorage court business Judge
Bunnell will return to Valdez and try
the Dempsey murder cases, one for
the murder of Margaret Davor and the
other for the murder of Deputy Unit
ed States Marshal Isaac Evans, at
Seward.
The judge hopes to have these dis
posed of by December 1, at which time
he is due to open another term at Cor
dova. From Cordova he will probably
return to Fairbanks in time to be with
his family for the Christmas holidays.
—Fairbanks Citizen.
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