DEVOTED TO THE INTERESTS OF MOOSE PASS AND KENAI PENINSULA -
EXCELLENT CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
IS GIVEN BY SCHOOL CHILDREN
The holiday-decorated schoolroom was
crowded Friday evening with Moose Pass res
idents who gathered to hear the annual
Christmas program given by the school chil
dren. The program was excellent. Harry
L. Smith t head of the school» led off with
an address during which he told a revealing
story. He said that one evening after the
children had rehearsed the program number,
“Christmas In Many Lands" they were asked,
"In which of these lands would you rather
be?" As one voice they answered "In Moose
Pass!" The entire audience echoed this
decision oi xne scnooicniiaren.
The welcome number was given by Helen
Velanis ans Joanne Nelson. It was very
well done. Then Evelyn Velanis recited
"The Christmas Tree" in splendid form.Then
the entire school with a Santa Claus gave
"Ready for Christmas." after which they
sang "Come Light the Christmas Candle."
A Christm s Acrostic was next on the
program and following that, Geraldine Griese
recited "Once More" excellently well. Next
Joanne Nelson recited "The American Stock
ing" and this was followed by a playlet,
"Mother Goose’s Visit to Santa Claus," and
the ensemble number, "Khristmas In Many
Lands."
o uauiiD ooLiig v ^ x jr oviwvjLy
clearly, the song "Beautiful Star." Joanne,
six years old, has perfect tone control and
will undoubtedly be a singer in the not
far distant future, John Thurston gave a
reading- The Arrest - n forceful style.
Next was "Luther's Cradle Hymn and story,"
followed by a monologue, well given, by
Don Cook. Next, Dolores Laubscher read,
"Mother Goose’s Tea Party," and the school
sang "Christ Was Once a Little Baby," An
outstanding number on the program was a
playlet, "Santa Has His Troubles" given by
Dolores Laubscher and Donnie Cook. Mrs,
Smith wrote the playlet and the actors en
tered happily into the spirit of it. "We
Three Kings" was splendidly portrayed by
Don Cook, Teddie V lanis and John Thurston.
A charming note was Evelyn Velanis'ren
dition of "The Doll Song" after which the
school closed the program with "First Aid
for Santa" ending with "Merry, Merry Christ
mas BellB."
Enu ciat on thrufut was distinct,nobody
missed a word that was spoken or sung. Roy
Luckey acted as stage manager and operated
the curtain without a hitch. Mrs. Smith,
who directed the children and rehearsed
them, is to be congratulated on the excel
lence of their performance, A very effi
cient Santa Claus dismantled the beautiful
ly decorated Christmas tree.
OLYMPICS CALLED OFF
When, lest year, Japan canceled her
obligation as host to the 1940 Olympic
because she was engaged in a war and
Finland took them on, nobody - not even
Finland - dreamed that by 1940 that peace
ful little lend would be torn up by war.
Count Henri De Baillet-Lntour, pres
ident of the International Olympic com
mittee, has announced that the 1940 Olym
pic games are off. Finland has returned
its commission to hold the games under
the regulation that a nation engaged in
war automatically loses the position of
host.
The Deportment of the Interior will
build airfields at three Alaska sites,
recently withdrawn from public land. The
prospective sites for airfields are 35
acres at Takotna, 35 acres at Colorado
station south of Cantwell and 406 acres
at the south of the Tatine river on the
South fork of the Kuskokwim.
Food left seven years ago by the ill
fated Cosmic Ray Expedition to Mount Mc
Kinley was found in good condition by
park rangers on patrol in Mount McKinley
National Park. The supplies were part
of a cache made near Muldrow Glacier on
Mount McKinley. Two of the three scien
tists sent on this expedition in 1932 by
the University of Chicago, lost their
lives. Of the food cache the rangers
reported! "We used some of the dehydrated
milk and potatoes and found the food very
well preserved."
The Anchorage Times ran an Ad for Bill
Fairclough pointing out that the city as»
sessed his lot at $750 and that it was
for sale at $450. Mayor Herbert E.Brown
was considerably irked.
Robert Mayokok, Eskimo who took his
family from Cape Prince of Tales to New
York to be part of an exhibit at the
world's fair, has been given a winter
long job as caretaker of the Carrier igloo.
Dr. 0. A. Armstrong has been elected
president of the Seward Chamber of Com
merce succeeding Leon Urbach,who gave
distinguished service at the head of the
organization for 16 years.
Winnie Ruth Judd was recaptured in Yuma
following her second escape from the Ar
izona hospital for the insane. She has
made full confession of her crime of kil
ling two nurses and shipping their dis
membered bodies in trunks to Los Angeles.