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CHITINA, ALASKA. DEG. 25, 1932.
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THE BIG REI1TDEER TREK we told you n,{\
bout last Dec., of how the huge her dj r
i.s being driven across the continents]
from Alaska to Hudson Bay,is still 1i
crossing over & must be about there4f
■7e hoped to be able to report the exf
act progress for you but no authenfV
ic information has come to us yet, [V
\7e wish them a grate success & hope ^
the' drivers had a big Christmas din-;\
ner,& the herd a hig feed of rein - fj
deer moss. The Publishers. h
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TRAGIC CHR IG Ilf AS FOR OUR ERIE1D E LTJRY^
Amos ElueuryfErenchy)the man who had
appendicitis so bad last yr but liv^r
ed thru it, thanks to Gi11am Airways
& Cordova Hr,had some worse luck yes
terday,when' he froze his feet & part
of the-rest of him on his trap-line.
Erenchy was mushing along Klutina L
.Lake with his dogteam,30 miles from
Copper Ctr,wheh he ran into- Overflow,
He climbed out,wet to the knees, and
could'do nothing hut start on again,
But it was cold, 30 be low, his feet fr
oze-to the trail. Then when the dogs
prime -to him,he released them, 5c’whe'n
' f 'thf dogs appeared in camp,his partner
came' 5c found him,Both .of his feet wev
‘ere frozen,5c he was'in n bud 'fix;But'
' a native,i o Indian, coming along,soon,
• found him-but could'not carry him in
his stiff condition,& the native mush
ed back 30' files to take the news for1
’help to Copper Ctr.There is a phone
there„So 'Gi 11am, at Chitina took off
; -in a plane 5c started to get Fleury .
nIf I fm not back'by 5 O'clock, septi n
dogteam after me,1* were GiHam's part
ing v/ords,Eor there is slush-ice re
ported at Klutina Lake .And he probab*
ly will. Eor John FcCrary at Copper,
is all ready'to go a§ter theme with h**
.his team of huskies if.necessary.
' 'PHILIP HAD A BERTKPAY CHRISTMAS EVE.
He is the Bus.Mgr of this- Paper & he"
is 11 yrs old now.* He had his gifts
early in the dny locau^sc he- didn' t
want them to get mixed up with ’-his
Christmas presents ,r/hen he was aloud,
by Mother to invite a gest-to eat o
ver,’he incited Jackie Coats to din -
ner .Grandmother C-lough has a old. In~
lish resipe called Plum Puding. Her
mother was a Ingl'ish lady .Grandmoth
er made the Puding Sc sent it to Phil
ip all the way from Hew England for
his berthday present from her. ’ By
Ora C.Nelson. 8 yrs. 3rd Grade.
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Y/E TURNED OPP THE-. 5&ECTRIC LIGHTS IN
.THE'HOUSE becausc it was light enuf
to see to do things at 11;40 in the
morning cn Forefathers Pay. T,rc turtle
ed. the lights on again at P;b p.K.
CHRIST HAS RADIO DAD FIDE THIS YEAR
The Alaskan Stations KGBU Ketchikan
A KFQ.D Anchorage,had extra fine mu
sic. The last sta broadcast some, lov
ly pieces at the request ofKrGeist
YJho is a big man in T rashington,P.C,
in honor of the handful of people
living on st Lawrence Island up in
the Arctic. 6 months of the yr they
don * t get.>-any mail.The cold is ter
rible & they can1t get anywhere.Ad
ded to the winter darkness is a th
,icl fog that settles down .all over.
There* are only 2 women there Sc the
operh selections must have been a
nice Christmas suprise,to them.
GRANDMOTHER NELSON’S EIBST CHRIST
ras in A la sleap n hummer*,aLhe was up
’litre a long time age, it weis many yis
ago, that spe came up to visit Mn 1-« 1
Lyons & O.A.Nelson her children,up
here in Alaska.She youst to live in
Revear.She lives in Kahoca,Kissuri
now,This is the ist winter she has
ever spent in Alaska,This year she
can sre all of us grandchildren
she came over to the Hall last nitc
to see the children act in plays at
the Tree,Sc to hear Adrian play Holy
Night ,5c Jungle Bells, on Nordby’s a*
a.ccordi&nt. XIc hope she had a nice
Christmas even if it was to cold
.for, her to go out in the day. It
was 25 below zero in the dray time,
it was 31 below at nite by Marshal
Conrad’s thermometer.By Ora Nelson.
EDITORIAL - IT IS D*P OS BIBLE for
us boys to send a letter of thanks
to ‘every one who sent Greeting carls
lett. ers & gifts to us today .So ma
ny -friphds, subscribers 5c wellwish
ers want to take this way -
of tha hieing you- ALL-for your part,p
hope your Christmas Was Merry,too.
The Publishers,of thi.HERALD.
"the CHRISTMAS PROGRAM., t-fyvt the. tea
cher,Miss Landrum,staged ph Christ
mas Eve,was a great suddens. There
were presents-galore & everybody w
was happy,The 8 school children st
aged plays,& pieces,with songs, Sc
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