(May not be able to get a turkey - since we can't get to Seward
but Mrs. Shaw will serve a good dinner.$1.25 & tax
Vy e hope the NEW YEAR brings to a 1 ^
- good ^
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of our
friends and patrons
cheer,
good health and prosperit Jgg!:
ESTES BROTHERS
MOOSE PASS ,ALASKA
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Report of Moose Pass
School for month ending
December 19, 1941i
Percent of attendance 99.27
Percent of punctuality
100.
Names of pupils neither
absent nor tardy for month:
Robert Condit
Iris Smith
Helen Velanis
Beverley Seater
Evelyn Velanis
Donald Smith
John Thurston
Margie Velanis
Teddy Velanis
Orah Dee Clark
Teacher
Russell Williams, having
served the agreed seven
months and eleven days in
the draftee army, at Camp
Selby, Mies.,was dischargee
with rhe rank of corporal.
He returned to his work at
Anderson, Ind., and wrote
the Christensens not to
rent his cabin - that he
was returning to Moose Pass
War has probably changed
his plans.
Chester Howard, Denver
realtor and owner of a mink
and chinchilla on Genesee
mountain near Denver, who
spent some time in Moose
Pass summer before last and
is well-remembered,was mar
ried in Denver several
months ago.
Mrs. M. M. Thompson of
Jonesville, is visiting
Mrs. Leora Roycroft.
Last October, Secretary j
of the Navy Knox said, while
addressing a conference, "I
pray to God that we can say
we prepared too much and too
soon, rather than too little
and too late."
This story may be looked
upon as an advertisement for
Ivory soap. It's according
to how you look at it.
Up at Chulitna two trap
pers built a cache high off
the ground and - they were
sure - bear-proof.
Returning from a several
days' absence, they found
the cache all but demolished
their store of meat, dried
fruits, potatoes, everything
eatable gone and a case of !
Ivory soap broken into and
distinct marks of bear teeth
in the few remaining cakes.
They shouldered their gum
and started after Mr, Bear
right now. Rounding the
cabin they came upon Mr.Bear
not 20 feet away, lying on
the ground, foaming at the
^mouth - foaming Ivory soap.
He was so sick he refused
to stand up to be shot so
| they shot him in his reclin
1 ing posture. He was a
brown bear and measured
eight feet.
Kodiak Island can't get
the government to help them
get rid of their brown bears
so - why not get Ivory soap?
Mrs. W. J. Baker of Sewan
is recovering from the seri
ous head injury she suffered
when she fell thru a floor
door in the new Mart buildinj
There are about 150 Aleu
tian Islands. Together
they have an area of more
than 6,300 square miles.
A few of the islands still
belong to Russia.
A century ago there were
more than 2,400 persons on
the islands. Smallpox and
other diseases have cut down
the number, and today it is
only around a thousand.
Thruout the year the tem
perature on the Aleutian Is
lands averages about 38 de
grees above zero.
The Alaska Weekly inter
viewed T. W. Hawkins in Se
attle. It states*
i "When asked about how the
new railroad terminal at
Whittier would affect Seward,
the oldtime Sewardite snort
ed, "Portage Bay, helll I'll
take a bet right now that
the government will never
run a train thru that tun
nel ."
Mrs. Roycroft has received
a wire from Bob that he and
Bob Hunt and Chuck Whitmarsh
have arrived in Seattle.
The 170th birthday of
the Bill of Rights was cele
brated December 15 with
special radio programs.
President Roosevelt spoke
briefly.
Mrs. S. 0. Schofield of
Hope, returned this week
from a trip to the Staxes.
. Alaska 74 years old, 1943.