Ketchikan Couple Help
Homeless Lad Once, Now
Make It Full-Time Job
A thoughtful act of kindness on
a cold, stormy winter’s night in
Ketchikan has grown to a full
time occupation for Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred Everson of that city, it is
reported in an article published
recently in the Christian Science
Monitor. On that wintery night,
Mr. Everson, a janitor at the
Ketchikan Postoffice, brought
home a young native boy, who
had sought warmth and shelter
from the out-of-doors in the post
office.
Today the Eversons, who have
proved up on a five-acre homesite
in the Tongass Forest near Ketch
ikan, are making a home for more
than a dozen young native boys.
At times, the neglected children
who have come to the Eversons
have swelled their family roll to
a total of 21 boys.
The territory pays $45 a month
for each child living in the home,
which the Eversons have called
the Guiding Light Home. Civic;
and fraternal organizations of
Ketchikan, supplemented by con
tributions from individuals, make
up the difference needed to feed
and clothe an active and growing
boy.
The boys in the home help with
dishes and bedmaking and other
simple household tasks, and they!
take turns working in the vege- i
table garden they have planted
nearby. A special school bus
takes the children to Ketchikan
to school. On Sundays. Mrs.
Everson conducts her own Sun
day School. She is giving piano
lessons to several of her young
charges, and has organized others
into a choir.
SANDViK GUESTS MADE
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THEY'LL STAY
Mr. and Mrs. Sam M. Johnson
and sons of Flint, Mich., who have
been the houseguests of the C. A.
Sandvik family for the past sev
eral weeks, have decided to make
their Valley visit a permanent
one. The Johnsons have pur
chased houselogs here, and intend
to construct their home in the
Valley, at some future date.
The family includes Stanley, a
senior in high school, and Sam,
Jr. The latter son has returned
to the states.
The Johnsons have returned
only recently from a visit in Fair
banks where they were the guests
of Jennings Johnson and family.
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