OLDTIMER FOUND DEAD
Oldtimer Ton Overwlok* known throughout
Bristol Bay as ^Hardworkin* Toan died
* e.i---v.Q in hie cabin up the river sometime
; around February l?th* judging from his
s iajc entry in a daily log he had faith
fully kept through most of his 81 years
of life* Each morning he recorded the
temperature and barometer readings then
in the evening he filled in the events of
wne day0 On Feb® 17th only the morning
entries were made*,*
His body was discovered on March 21
i by Pilot Bill Ingram who stopped by to
- check on the wants cf the old man* V/alter
Noden brought in the (.avia the next day*
Funeral services w* re held for
Hardworkin* Tom on March 24th at the
Church of Christ and his body was inter
red in tlio Dillingham Evergreen Cemete*y*
s® cuR&etrja if?
s conquest over tuberculosis# the
once-dreaded “white plague” moved an im
portant stop nearer total victory with
the discovery of a new antibiotic drug
•ihat has produced impressive improvements
in sa^re^e cases of pulmonary TB*
The new drug is known as cycloserine
and will be sold undsr the trade name of
Se.rmy'3?.n* It is the soil-mold product, of
the same type as Streptomycin# another
drug that has proved highly effective in
treatment of TB*
Dr* Roberts Wilkins of the Anchorage
Medical Society said recently# ”Tuheroulcv»
sis is one of the most curable of disease
if doctors just ar9 given the chance to
treat it before it is too advanoed*
ALASKA FI SHES' w7l 3 TSACRIFICED
Former Washington Fisheriea Director
Milo Mocre said in Seattle on March 22nd
that the US may ”sacrifice a good part of
Alaska fisheries’' becoree the Shat a de
partment has not shewn a sincere interest
rights.
He predicted a serious threat from
Japanese fishermen using motho2’ chips
the Bering Sea and around the Aleutian*
and blamed "our policy makers in the S-et—
department"s
The three~mill limit, he said, for
territorial waters is obsolete and with
new fishing equipment abused® He pointed
out that many other nations were claim!, ';
territorial waters as much as 200 miles
at sea but the US and Canada still allow*
ed ships from distant countries to ccme
within sight of their shores® He said
such ships could harvest fish resources
the US has built up with conservation;}
He said fishermen and spokesmen for
the fishing industry should have a greats
er voioe in diplomatic policies conoer:>
ing fisheries®
CUR5AINJ20 TNGJJP
A DATE WITH Fiji directed by Mr* Ha^v
kins, EVENING STAR, directed by Mr. KaY
lenberg., and ANYTHING GAN HAPPEN directed
by Mrs* Hawkins comprised the docket of
three one-act plays presented by the DT
High School thespAsa panel on March 31
in the Igloo Theater*,
Twenty-one students ’’tripped the light
fantastic’1 in their imaginary rolls and
the stage was more attractive than ec-r *
with the new lighting effects and painted
_trj.ru
A week long Evangelistic Meeting, cm
ducted by Mr* Herbert Knapp, will begin
8Sundry evening April 3rd/, at 7 s 30 p*®,
in the Church of Christ and will conclude
on Easter Sunday evening. All are we!c;:v>
ar,d your interest is sure to become en
snared by the graphic presentation of
the Gospel of Christ ajB it__is jpl aimed o_ ^
Eon*” you Tilce this ureas I'm wearing?*”
Isn't it pretty, this little gathering it*,
the back?
1 Yes, and that* s
^ 9
quite a crowd in
ine front* tooi
' My girl wants
candlelight and
wine* I give her
beer and a flash*
lights
m m mmm mmm mmm mmm mmm mm* m-m
Did you ever
realise that if r.
all the butter
flies in the
world were plan-':1
_ aide by &ic.e,«
! there4 d be a 3 -?t
go re cate rr» i 11 ;o
How did the lig
ning bug feel
he backed into
the fan?
De--lights<i0«. •»
no end*,