I
A BANG UP HOLIDAY
On the island of Jsmica, Christ
mas is heralded with firecrackers.
Instead of using snowballs, Ja
maican children wage friendly
battles with cap pistols outside the
church.
al«, either by medieval
French monks. The
tune to which it is sung today
was first published in 1751 in a
collection known as “Cantus Di
gram its original Latin, the
carol has been translated into 120
languages, among them all the
European, Scandinanvian, and
Slav tongues, Chinese, Japanese,
Swaahili, Malagasay, Urdu, Ko
rean, Melanesian and Polynesian.
There are at least 40 English
versions of the words, but the
best known is that by Frederick
Oakley:
5 O Come, all ye faithful,
Joyful and triumphant,
O come ye, O come ye, to
Bethlehem;
Come and behold Hkn,
° Christ toe Lord* "
Sing ihola .1 iog.li
Alaska Bush Pilots
May Be Wrangell
Guests Next Month
WRANGELL — Pioneer Alaska
bush pilots, who blazed the avia
tion trail in the north and brought
many an “old klunck” in with a
wing and a prayer, may be the
guests of Wrangell next month
if a plan now in the making,
sponsored by the school and the
Chamber of Commerce develops.
in line with the school pro
gram of having representatives
of various businesses and indus
tries address the students on their
specialty, the thought has been
advanced that experiences of the
veteran pilots would be highly
educational and interesting. Con
tact has been made with some of
the old pilots who have indi
cated a willingness to fly in for
the rendezvous'. Formal invita
tions will be extended.
Among the veteran “flyers," as
they were known in another era,
who are being invited will be Art
Woodley, head of PNA, the Alaska
Flag Line; Bob Reeve, who runs
the Reeve Aleutian Airline;
Archie Ferguson of Kotzebue;
NoelWien, an old timer in the
Fairbanks-Nome-Barrow and Arc
tic operation; Ray Peterson, who
runs his own line out of Anchor
age; Merle Smith of Cordova;
Shell Shrimmcns, one of the fath
ers of Alaska Coastal; Bob Ellis of
Ellis Airlines; Ray Renshaw,
Coastal’s chief pilot who flew
them in the OX-- days; and Tony
Schwamm, manager ot-the Inter
national Airport at Anchorage,
who used to carry the “snoose”
from Wrangell to Petersburg in
his old Petersburg Air Service
An illustrous .array of aviation
vet.!
BEST WISHES FOR A
erry Christinas
ONE OF THE JOYS OF THIS SEASON IS THE
OPPORTUNITY TO WISH YOU
A MERRY CHRISTMAS
MODERN LAUNDRY
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it
ank you for your patronage
,S|jJess & Lil Woodward Imr,
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FOR YOUR PAST PATRONAGE
May we serve you in the future as we have in the past. The
we fed, you want and deserve to be catered to by
Friendly, Hdpful, Courteous Service
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and a
Wide Variety of Top Quality Merchandise
HAPPY NEW YEAR
Congratulations to the Winners of Free Turkeys
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