saga of TraTscxw
Emil Sorensen and his sons, Ralph'and
Emil Jr,, left with the Selma S on a
freight trip to Monagutuk up the Snake
Sixer. They had not gone far-, up the river
before the scow rammed into a- rock and
tore out the bottom, Emil was able to
beach it partially but it required a con
stant bailing crew working to keep the
backend afloat,
Meanwhile, a strong storm, threatened
to loose Sorsensen?s larger scow from its
anchorage off the 1)1_ r, . am beach, Rive
days elapsed with no ;t r • ii. ana
no one left to check ox. noe.qux muex.t c
This was not like his way ef conducting
business, so Clarence Worden decided to
go looking for him.
After finding tho stranded scow and
three bedraggled Sorensens—still bailing
aftor five gruesome days—ho landed, talk
ed the situation over before returning to
town for help* In his take-off, Clarence
flipped over his plane doing it consider
able damage but escaping unhurt himself.
He joined Sorenson*s crow to await another
rescuer*
Roy Smith, alarmed when Clarence failed
to return on time, picked up Walter Roden
and went out looking for Clarence. They
found him and returned t'o town for re
pair material and food.
Tf/hen the scow was temporarily fixed it
was taken to Clark*s , towing the wrecked
plane to the mouth of Snake River where
Noden will tow-it on to Dillingham,
This is not an unusual chain of re
actions following one mishap in this
primitive frontier*
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A Birthday Party was given by the
Trumpn Embergs at their home for Erling
TTrsin and ’Hardworking1 Tom on the even
ing of togust'eth* A wonderful time was
had by pH but the evening vanished with
out anyone finding out how old Tom west
(Least ways that*s the way I heered it*)
The' Air Force is seeking the authority
to spend $1 million at Aniak for oper
ational facilities* bhy, oh why, doesn’t
this happen EEKEi
noL) oartlett senas word that several
members of the benate Committee on Inter
ior and Insular A ffairs will be in Ket
chikan on August 16 to hold meetings on
statehood* Many communities have asked
to be included in the party’s itinerary
but Bos wants all to know that he is
powerless to alter the plans as it-is
under the exclusive control of the Sen
ate committee and Bob is accompanying
the group only upon invitation of Sen
ator Butler and in simply a guest.
Bob sends his regrets that Dillingham
cannot be included amongst the towns to
be visitodo
The customer was annoyed by the waiter
who kept scratching his tojnmy and finally
.asked,” Do you have eczema?”
The waiter replied; ”No special orders;
just what’s on the menu,”
I hear he got a big job with the
President’s cabinet.all he has to do
is open it and clean the silverwarel
Today’s chicks are tomorrow’s old hensl
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