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CHITINA, ALASKA. JAN. 8, 1933
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CALVIN COOLIPGE IN LAST SLUMBER . The
Nation is bereaved "by a loss of one
of it»s greatest presidents. It is
^ great loss to Alaska as well as
the States. We went te his'birth -
' place, at Springfield, Vt.,in &921,
saw his home in North Hamptoh Mass,
Sat in his pew at the churgh, and
visited the capitol v/hen was 'pres
ident; 'apd he lived in the Whit c
House, We extend our deepest symph
athy to h^s family and relatives,
^ADRIAN IjELSON. EDITOR.
As SOON' AS;. MISS MOSELEY arrived at!
Chitina, Les Dyer had the wedd in g i
imediately,'It v/as held at Mr.&Mrs, |
Ed Barnetts, and after the cerefconyi
Mrs. Barnett gave a big,banquet,and
everybody at.e&ate exept Les,he v/as
afriad t‘S open his mouth for fearcf
■eating- his wife.., she ..looked so
sweeeeeeeet. Those there-.Celia and
Os oar ,(Jui s tberg, Mi s s Fern LaMrum , '
Mary: Moore, Mr.&Mrs, Barnett ,aann&4
-rthe Bride & Grocml
A BRIDGE PARTY WAS HELD NEW YEARS'
Eve at the Pioneer Hall, Miss Land
rum & Mrs, Lyons were the committee
They had .5 tables of .bridge They
danced & had lunch afterwards. Mr, R.T.
Shepard won the men's ’ prize, & Mrs,
Wm. Neimi the ladies'. Mr. Barnett got
the. booby prizei A can with every -
thing scracked off, exept"Pure Sap”
But inside the syrup Wc,s gc si,for it
was maple, .. _
We are glad to see FLYER KIRKPATRIK
out of the hospital and able tc fly
agaia, after his tonsil operation ,
He flew dp with 2 passangers,‘1 far
Chitina , and 1 for He Oarthy*' At
Me Carthy he pifcked up a nurse, who
went to Cordova, & picked up a man
•at Chitina who also went to Cordova*
EUES * AT 7: P ,M, THERE WAS} AX EARTH
QUAKE . There were 2 very distinc t
shodks that set the lihgts to swing
ing, and houses groaning,There was
no'damage done,'It was felt as far
North as Seward, and as far South as
Seattle, The copper R, valley had
another shock later in the wvening,
ADRIAN AND PHILIP made a' SNOW PORT,
for all of us 4 children. The y
piled it up like a wall 2 ft,high.
It is about 15 ft, long and is shap
ed like a ” V ”, It is over where
the old tractor used to be at the
South of'our yard. We play s now bat- j
tlefeild,Sometimes we pretend tc f
take East or West front, and some - !
times are all on i side,-Ora- Nelson ^
OSCAR WINCEELL WHO USED TO EE WITH
Gi11am Airways here in Chitina,had
ftuite some trip'for the Mr Gee Air
ways , •oh Friday, who he is flyin g
for new,He, flew into the far inter
ior and then "backed up to Akiak, 4
there he took on £ passengers for Tin
the Anchorage Hospital. It couldn’t'
he' much fun flying 3 such sick peo
ple ovey the frozen Inside of Alakka
oc it was getting colder, 45 helow.
What if he had to land alone with
his 3 hospitalities in some dist -
ant wilderness? Sounds as if the y
thot Oscar'was Dr,& nurse as well
as aviator. At least they) must thirk
he has lots of common Sense, Well,
he didn’t'have to land, Oscar sel
dome does. _
MOS QUIT CHS ARE MOSQUITOES in AlaO
ska. They drove an old trapper into
his'tent. Even there they pursue d
him,’pushing their long hills 6 or
8 in, thru the canvas. He pieke d
up his ax and clinched their hills
on the inside of the tent, just as'
if they were nails,The he turned ir.,
hut soon Woke up to find the devils
hi ting hiip,away up yonder against
the stars he could see his tent as
sailing away to the mountains. The
I clinched mosquitoes had flowhaway
with the tent, poles and all.
|how about the ducks that flew away
'with the lake?
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MRS. JOHN A. HA&ELET DOES'THE HER
aid a good turn. Recently, the Dec,
no, of the Long Beash,Calif,”Tea
!ohers* Journal” came to this office,
lit contained a fine article of sev
eral pages, upon the subject of or
Chitina Weekly Herald.Mrs, Hut h
Adiar Hazelet was the author,& we
extend our thanks to her, & the
Magazine Editors,
The Publishers,
We plowed down to the Power plart
hill last Sat, with the snowplow war
helped Dad to make. The-plow par t
is made from’sheet iron, sort of
like a ” V And the body is made
from a wooden box a. little over 3
ft, long. We put both a handle' on
the back and rope on the front. It
usualy takes abctit 4 people to get
it thru the snow, as we break a
trail with it,We broke trail as far
as the Dutchman's on the hospital
Road, in the other direction to
the house where the teacher baches,
and Jackie coatsj We plowed around
by Moa^h & the Post Office,
Ora HeIson,8 years old.