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Emergency food supplies have come to
Bristol Bay—at long last# Dillingham*&
chare has been stored in the Coop Ware
house and is being distributed to the
needy families through committee channel c
supervised by Dennis Fenne, Chairman or
the Food Distribution Committee#
It is lamentable that the foods in
cluded in this Ar*I Government Relief
Program are beef* cheeso* shortening*
dried milk and butter; since the nativea
ir± this area are in greater need or such1
staples as flour* rice* sugar* coffee*
tea and corn meel# (Word has ,1ust been
received that another shipment oF food
is being made to this area—a shipment
consisting of sugar fcnd flour!)
An Air Force C-124 from the 54th Troop
Barrier Squadron took off from Elmendorf
for King Salmon carrying 21,270#= of food3
for the Naknek area and 19*3605^ for Dill*
ingha m# This was the second of 3 such:
relief food flights,,, barlier an Air Foran
plane took 25*10t>^ or food to bethel and.
uhe 3rd flight will carry lo,572j)- to
Iliamna# „
Anchorage has been a "big sister" Em
ber generosity to the B ristol B|^ Til
lages ever sinco the plight of the na
tives here was published# Money contri
butions, spearheaded by the Izaak Wal
ton League, have been received by Vans
Sporting (jigods gnd^jrd Vigils, who was
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Flirting with obvious adventure, Mar
lene . 8ehroeder, Gladys Andrews, and A la.
Dillon took off in separate planes pilot
ed by Chuck Meyers, Jack Meyers and Artio
Johnson respectively, at 11:45 a*m* i'.z.:,
the Dillingham airport on Feb© 23 (aA;
a check en the King Salmon weather) Ac:: a
week*s vacation visiting Naknek, Ege?rik
and Port Holler#
The weather was not too good at Dill
ingham, but the condition was understood
to be local* The wind was blowing ea_'
northeast at a.nnroximately 15 mrh p.nA
a little gusty. Chuck Meyers and Masv
took off first| Jack and Gladys wer:e
second; and Artie Johnson with Ada? ( "' c*
had been planning the trip for weeks-'?
last#AThe trip to Naknek was uneventfi.'.L
and flying weather was wonderful*
Jack did not stop at Naknek but went
straight through to i^egik, arriving
there at ±>.m* The weather was bai
upon arrival••©from Frank*s Creek to
Egegik a 50-mile easterly wind made it
necessary to alter the course and head
for the coast# Upon arrival in Egegik*.
Jlack started to wonder about the other
two planes. This being Bristol Bay the?j
was NOTHING to do but. wonder*• *and wait#.
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