Valdez News
MRS. INEZ MOORE
The recent visit of Delegate
Bartlett and Mrs. Bartlett was
occasion for a real celebration, is
:t was a chance to hear first hand
what Washington has planned
for our section of Alaska. The
Tillicum Club was filled with in
terested citizens who welcomed
the pair to what was really i
home-coming, as they were mar
ried in Valdez several years ag*.
They were surprised to find Val
dez “bursting out all over’’—and
that is what we are really doing.
From a population of 500, it has
jumped to 1500 and that tends
to fill up all the vacant places
with many more needed. Each
year at this time, the question of
“To Be or Not To Be”—in keep
ing our highway open—has added
to the worries of the local trier
chants as well as the new comers
and it was this point Delegate
Bartlett made clear—“TO BE."
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Valdez has a surplus of post
holes it will sell or give away to
anyone wanting to fence in an
Alaskan homestead. Our streets
are FULL OF THEM. Motorists
will be happy to see someone take
them away.
♦ * * *
Mrs. Leo Sowers and children
were South Bound passengers on
the Denali this week. They will
join Mr. Sowers in a new home.;
in Seattle.
PASSENGER LINERS
From Seward
S.S. BARANOF
Thurs., Dec. 6.
Sitka
Juneau
Ketchikan
Seattle
S.S. DENALI
Thurs., Dec. 13
Valdez
Juneau
Petersburg
Wrangell,
Ketchikan
Seattle
FREIGHTER SERVICE
From Seattle
FREIGHTERS
M. V. COASTAL MONARCH
Leaving Seattle November 28,
calling at Sitka, Yakatak,
Seldovia, Valdez. Seward and
Homer.
M.V. SUSITNA
Leaving Seattle December 5,
calling at Seward, Valdez and
Cordova.
FOR INFORMATION
T. J. MALONEY, Agent
Phone 22001
Office: Westward Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska
Mr and Mr* E D Colyer are
the proud parents of a new
j daughter. born Nov 10th in the
local hospital Mr. Colyer is the1
manager of Stith's Garage
Mrs Jean North returned from
Seafttle on the Denali which came
in on Nov 16th.
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The Virgil Erdmann family
have sold their property here and
will make their new home in An- i
chorage. Mr. Erdman is in the
trucking business.
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Mr. and Mrs. R. A. Sullivan are \
j driving to the States for a vaca- ,
lion. They will leave via Rich- j
ardsun Highway and Alcan High
way on November 22nd Mr. Sul-!
livan is with the Alaska Road
Commission.
* * * *
Owen Meals, our Light, Power |
and Telephone man has been get
ting around on crutches for the j
last several weeks as a result of
coming down off a light pole be
fore he was ready. He feels lucky
that the accident didn’t prove
more disastrous. As it is, crushed
bones in the foot and ankle are
plenty painful. We hope he will
not be on crutches too long, as
those Square Dances that are
proving a big success are going
to be a real temptation.
Mr and Mm. Jack Antritter
•it among the group that will vi
ration in the State* by way of
Richardson and Alcan highway .
They will leave early in Decem
ber Mr Antritter 11 with Alaska
Freight Lines
• • • •
"Red" Ferner it building a new
home on Key atone Ave.. between
McKinley and Hobart street*.
Red'’ like most of the other fel
loes who are trying to build new
homes on the hours between
Long-shoring jobs will really ap
preciate them when thev are fin
ished
• • • •
Valdez Chamber of Commerce
holds a noon luncheon each Sa*
urday in the Tillicum Club. If
you are a visitor in town, drop in
and join them and learn first
hand what plans are being made
for a bigger and better Valdez.
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Five of the new Dial phones
have been installed and are work
ing perfectly. By Christmas the
town should be phone minded as
the work is being rushed as fast
as cables can be hung. Unlike the
old time party lines that were al
ways "busy", each is an individu
al phone with clear cut tones and
perfect modulation.
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Inez Moore was a patient in
Community hospital early this
month with a severe case of
bronchial trouble. It’s really very
tough to lose one’s voice but that
didn’t bother her so much as the
disappointment of not being able
to attend Council meeting and
learn how a Board of Equaliza
tion could EQUALIZE TAXES
in VALDEZ ITS SIMPLY UN
HEARD OF
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The Valdez Civic Club held it'i
Bazaar in the High School Gym
nasium on Nov. 17th The vari
ous committees deserve a lot of
praise for the efforts they put in
to making the bazaar a success. I
Their goal is a new Mortuary for
Valdez and each dollar spent with
them brings us nearer to realiztn * |
that goal. They have something
new and exciting planned fot
each month this year, so join the
boosters club and give them a
boost.
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Mrs. Aimee Hamm and Miss
Daisy Palmer recently enjoyed
the trip to Fairbanks over the1
Richardson Highway and re
turned by way of Anchorage and
Seward on the Alaska Railroad
and by boat from Seward back
to Valdez. This was their first
visit to the Interior since coming
here from South Africa a year
ago. The scenic beauty of the trip
is one they will long remember
and they are high in their praise
I
School Buses Inspected
Christensen buses which sup
P\v luniputtitmn to Palmer
school children were inspect** 1
thu past week by the Alaska
Highway Patrol, following a re
c*ent order from the Territorial
Board of Education
Barring minor repairs to be
made immediately, the Patrol r?
ported all buses in good genercl
condition
First aid kits and fire extin
guishers will be placed in any bus
not having them at the time of
inspection
of the hospitality of the Alaskan * s.
people wherever they stopped
• • • •
Mrs. George Wufford is flying
from Valdez the first of Decern
ber. to her home town in South
Carolina for a visit with relatives
there. Mr Wafford will remain
in Valdez alt ho he had planned
a vacation trip too. but finds busi
ness will not permit it at this
time.
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