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Two full pages! CHI TINA, ALASKA JULY, 10 1932 All News!
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THE MOST horriblepara.de came off the i
first thing 4th of July A.MJ It Start
ed at the U.S. Commissioner's. All the i
children of school age were in it, &
their color bearer was Hal Barnett ,
but he i$‘not quite old Snuff to .go
tb s'chpol. They were wearing masks.
The. Navy, was represented by’ . Ora C.
Nelson and Kfegjorie Shepard, * dressed
in sailer suits and trousers. Then
same the foreign countries and the
circus, represented by Florence Nel
son and Everett Davis. Florence was
in an Arabian outfit & sun
:^'Sh&'e ., Everebt had a green suit and
tjahbddglpeen-mtggly-snakes as ;a> .snake.;
charmer. (But they were not alive as
"Thar ain't no snakes"in Alaska.This
is true.) The next in line were thO
V,S .Army of America^ the pioneers ,
representedby Jackie Coats* in a brown
fringed'suit and coonskin cap and a
big gun. Army v/s>s‘ Philip Nelson Clad
in’keirki'with pistols and gun.' The
herder to keep them in procession was
Adrian as clown with tamborsen-noise
maker. The noise’was homes, and there
was plenty of it.. They marched. t 0
every house in .town. At Coats' they
were treated to fudge, At Shepard's to
Cherries. At Clough's'TO pink lemonade
and pepermint sticks. After they had
unmasked so it was safe for them “to
have them came fire crackers. Jackie
Coats as Daniel Boone was n winner.
Mr/.&.Frs.FRED COIECLOUGH came all the
way over from Valdez & picked'up th
eir mother Mrs* Andrew Nels or, whb 'hah d
been "at Paxon Lodge, to spend the day
in Chitina with her son Sc family and
the Clcmghs.Fred took charge cf the
during the fire crakers,while
Harriet took charge of. the visiting.
They:; stayed;. to supp er.vaf ' theANsis ens
and wdnt on to Copper Center tha t
night, so Fred could do buisness with
Gillam cf the Airways. Then went back
to Valdez the next deny andhtook Mrs,
AAdrcw Nelson with them over the lov
ely Valdez Trail to visit along the
coast.
Oscar W INC HELL is now flying for the
He Gee Airv/ays to the westward. He
has been making flights into the Kus
kokwim and He Grath.Ve hope that he
will come back to Chitina some day
as he inspired’much confidence among j
Chitina people.He Gee Airv/ays have‘a
very fine pilot in Oscar.
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Fred: My’fathers a lion, Moose,Elk &
an Eagle,
Nick: How much docs it cost to see
him?
FIRST SEAPLANE landing in Chitina*
Clayton L. Scott, weel known Al
askan pilot with his 300 horsd pow
er ’Loening' Commutter seaplane, with
Fr. Troast, Dr. Gordon (Recently giv
en office pf Indian Affairs) & Roy
Douglas of Cordova as passengers lit
on the lake in-‘front of Chitina but
not until they had circled a number'
of times to get their location. It
really an amphibian* but the wheels
'ire in Cordova. These men left Cor
dova a few days ago'and since then,
have been to Circle, Ft. Yukon,Bea
ver and Fairbanks .-At,- Fa4rb&dks-:Sc'Gtt
^landed lit :the viver
! the bridge. Coming to Chitina he lir‘
at'Copper Center on the Copper Riv
er. So^tlmt h-e could take off, for
Valdez, and from there to Cordova so
that'his passengers could catch the
boat, he took off and lit in the la
rger lake not more than 500 ft. aw
ay from Trout lake in Chitina** Then
he headed T'Test to Valdez. On the lost
trip he made over 30 steps.The pilot
threw a rope to shore, .and they an
chored to the track Miich is right
up close to the lake, and pulled ihe
seaplane up"tc shore as if it had
been a beat. It seems rather unusu
al for airplanes to light right in
the heart of town as they do hre in
Chitina .The plane which they came
in was bret up from Los Angeles this
winter by °cott and on the trip from
Los Angeles he flew as far up th§.
coast as Nome. Fere than half of the
V-ople in Chitina went down tomwel
come the pilot and his passengers*
DR. GORDON. & TO. TRQAST the ArChit*c
ect cf the new Native (Sec
H e raid ■ f W No V^ I 93 1} cam e ‘t bih $
town of Chitina'with Clayton L.Scoti
in his se^.plane, They hurried up the
road where they caught Harry Kingthc
Che if and his auto. He drove their;
up to inspect #he Native School and
Hospital. There is that fine hospit
al built sc snug and warm without a
stick cf furniture in it, not even
a stove. Eventualy it will have six
stoves* Thfe U.S. Govt, seem to beout
of dcugh-baby. Even tho the Govt,is
out of appropriations it is right on
the job. The very fine proof is they
have put Dr. Gordon in charge of the
Native ^ork for th^ territory andhe
has verytine qualifications, which
re printed below':
Dr. Gordon attended Earlham College,
R1 chnond. I nd.y; Uni vers ity of Pari s
Prance; Colombia' Uni. The broad Ed
ucational wrrk ti'At he has done in b ,
Japan dc Pick Un.i. as well as his ser
vice cn'tbc staff, of the Institute
cf Got/1, $OCE’toVoh pligs Study of law
& orde-i" arnon~ the Pueblos of N.Fex