_Poet’s Corner
Ode to an Abandoned Blazo Box
►Stranger, do not scorn this box.
Without it. there might he
No homestead habitation fit
For man or menagerie.
Many a woman blessed its boards
And threatened suicide
If Blazo ever changed its pack
And came up wire-tied.
Gupboard, bookcase, dresser drawer,
Table, desk, or chest.
High-chair, pantry, vanity,
Kindling at its best.
Remember times and tastes do change
And who knows fashion’s flairs?
Antiques were once castoff things
That Grandma shoved upstairs.
Who knows?
This may be an antique yet!
—By ELSIE SEAMAN.
Seaman’s Furniture. Kenai.
Commercial Fishing
Regulations Changed
The Alaska Board of Fish and
Game concluded its hearing on
the fish and game proposals for
1962 Dec. 10, after a ten-day
session at Anchorage.
AH the proposals for the 1902
regulations submitted to the
Board by members of the fish
and game staff, the Board mem
bers. the general public, sports
men, processors, fishermen a n d
others were carefully deliberated
upon before final rejection or
adoption. The successful manage
ment of the commercial fisheries
affect in some degree every resi
dent in the State of Alaska.
The highlights were as follow:
Cook Inlet Area
Regulations promulgated by the
Board for 1962 include: on salm
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on, a June 7 opening with a two
<!ay-a-week fishery for the Nor
thern, North Central and South
central districts, and a June 7
opening for the four-day-a-week
Southern district.
Former trap sites above Anch
or Point contiguous with areas
presently open to set nets have
been opened to set nets.
Eliminated were requirements
that one stake of each net must
go dry on the lowest tide of the
season, and that one end must be
fashioned to a stake driven with
out the aid of any floating craft.
The South shore of Chinitna
Bay was closed to set nets.
Shellfish regulation changes
include prohibition of trawling
for crab in all the Cook Inlet area
and the establishment of pot lim
it. for Dungeness crab.
Alaska Peninsula Area
Changes affecting the south
side of tlie Peninsula included the
additions to the closed waters of
Saint Catherine Cove, Morzhovoi
Bay, a portion of Zachary Bay,
Dorenoi Bay, pert oi (.!. ub Gulch
and the i. ■ ■ i. size of
lead alb v e : • m of
from 75 fatb t . mum
of 150 fa! h lb lie;’ - j non
season opc;>r: .■ tic Ji side
of the \ la- i May
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( ALE FROM i IS
KENAI - 11 .-old McGrady
and his brother. True, spent
Christmas together in Harold's
home here and received a long
Ii-lance telephone call from New
•Mexico, wishing them season's
greetings from their parents.
ON TRIP or t Si BE
NORTH KENAI V. E. “Bud"
Chamberlain left here by plane
last, Friday to spend Christmas
with his mother, brothers, a n d
sisters at Vancouver', Wash.
Gar Wish for You
A Joyous
and
Profitable
New Year
and a healthy one using
Crescent Dairy Milk
Crescent Dairy
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Alaska Provides
Best Hunting
Hunting in Alaska is no differ
ent than hunting anywhere else,
.‘•aid a recent visitor returning
from the 4bth State, except that
in Alaska there are fewer hunt
ers, more game, bigger animals,
and greater varieties of wildlife
than anywhere else in the coun
try.
1 h e enthusiastic visitor was
! >t exaggerating, states the Al
aska Division of Tourism, Juneau.
As many as 18 different species
of large game animals can be
take.', by a hal’d working hunter
in a single season—three times
as many as are available in any
other state!
One species - bison — is no
longer available this year; hunt
ing was conducted on a permit
basis and the b() pe: mittees whose
names were drawn last July have
all filled their bags. That leaves
Sitka black-tailed deer, moose,
caribou, elk. mountain goat, Dali
• brown, giizz.lv, black and
polar bear, wait us, four kinds of
seals, sealioa, porpoise, and belu
ga whale.
If a hunter is really bent on
rounding out the bag. he can add
wolf-—shot from an airplane (a
permit is required) if he likes
Us sport really thrilling— ansi a
glacier hear which is actually a
blue colored variety of the black
bea r.
Deer are currently so abun
dant ( and so under-harvested)
that the bag limit is four per
hunter—no further north than
the Southeastern Alaska panhan
dle. In the same area a hunter
can take a hi own bear, two goats,
three black bear, and an unlimit
ed number of sea lions, porpoises,
and wolves.
From the middle of the pan
handle north is moose country,
and once north of the panhandle
ill Southcentral and Interior Al
aska the hunt is for moose, cari
bou, sheep and black bear. T he
interior country also offers griz
zly in place of the brownie, which
is a coastal animal.
Most famous of the Alaska
game animals is probably t h e
polar hear on the Arctic coasts.
Increasingly popular as a trophy
is the walrus wnich is also a tar
North specie.
Current game regulations and
guide registers are available from
the Alaska Dept, of Fish and
(lame, Subport Bldg-., Juneau.
Social Security
Questions Answered
Question: I have not. worked
for 11 months because I cannot
find a job. I am 51 years old.
Can T freeze my record during
this unemployment period.
Answer: No; there is no pro
vision in the Social Security Law
which will enable you to freeze
your record because you are un
able to find a job. The only time
that a non-work period can be
disregarded is when you are de
termined to be totally disabled
under the social security provi
sions. It should be remembered
that it is permissible to drop-out!
five of your lowest or non-earn
iny years when your benefit ;v
mount is fiyured.
When in Seward area Stop-Shop at
‘Srvr ftletcalfs Cash Grey.
MILE r»ij, SEWARD HWV.
(The Friendly Store Where Courtesy is an Every Day Special)
Ql DIE t OR I HE W EEK: "1 he beauty of the old-fashioned
blacksmith was that when you brought your horse to be 1
shod he didn’t think of 10 other things that ought to be
done to it!"
For A Real
Happy Mew Year
(iet your car tuned up for
Cold Weather Starting
at
ifOY'S TEXACO
SOLDO I N A PHONE 202-17^2
with live music !
AT THE
Ace of Clubs
Ear and Restaurant
Southern Fit Barbecue Dinners
and Homemade Texas Chili
“HAT I'l HERE OR TAKE IT HOME-’
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THE CITY NAT L BANK OF ANCHORAGE
in Kenai
washes you a Prosperous
and Happy New Year
and asks you to
join ns in building a
and better Kenai.
Show faith in the area you live in
plan now for your spring building program
TALK OVER YOl R PLANS WITH
THE FRIENDLY FOLKS AT
CITY NATIONAL BANK in KENAI
PHONE 283-7545
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