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NuVKMBKR 1916. V,,l. XVII. No.
Thanksgiving'
^ \ W K I ) V K 1 ) A Y PVfllilltr h.'fure
w I’htinUMujiv im; |) iv w»' hald our
•! inid wivk s»*rvii »*. Thf»8iit»jt»<‘t
f -vhirh whs “ IT.ankf nitons ’
- t hfl <3 ** l i |£ ht of ;ill Thurwlny wn*j
\ Mint ’Him children «i i< i thotr
: rMiijr work and Indeed put tin* ta
il - in plan** f.ir «1 i11vi• r.
As c Irl wnatlmr oanif* somewhat
* : r than us mil this year, tin* l«k* s
«♦ *• ' <11 fi’■ •/••n and tin* skating; win
n ; 1»* Phan ks rj viiijr Day, s<< that
th hildron put in **c# ry available
• ite bavinjr a good tiiiin on the i<*e.
VI <n :iy before Thanksgiving
M'u Cl»is»• »i, ii ir kitchen matron,
with a v.-ry painful ac-id.-nt.
hy tin loir range hiih of tin*
h- v oven doors, winch if soenm whs
r 1 v partially latolod, fell open,
;»•' - !I.if h»*r just bel.nv the knee, far**
fur ; the bone. The d«*Cf..r whs rail
1 i i put her leg in splint*, hut it
v i-i three da vs before she could leave
h (1, an 1 a week before «h«> was
ii’ * '•» cnine do ' n stairs and even
. r suffering was very great. Of
tIn* neeid» i,t iiieapM- itated her
f 'ting up the rimuksgiving din
i. vhieh faet caused her hs much
•is :.s the fract.ured bone,
ss Johnson and Supf. Learn,
wr i h e assistance of so in e of the
^irl, sa ho have been working in the
kit«• h*»i». prepared the dinner, which
con Minted of stewed chicken, mashed
pniatcH'H, hisciiits aiid gravy, j*• 11 y,
cottage pudding, vanilla sauce, candy
and nuts.
Our guests were Agues and Fred
Stewart and Alec Oalngan. We bud
expected Mr. Snggett • f Kodiak also,
but be did not c<une.
As soon rh the dinner whs <e er the
children all went on the lake and hud
« j lly time skating mid sliding till
d*rk Then the girls came and
wash* d the dish* ** and the boys at
tended to their evening chores.
In the evening fr<>m 7 till 9.10 <»*
*d* ek. the older boys Hud girls hud a
delightful tiniein »h** assembly room
" ith ninsi** and games and light re
f reshments.
Election Day
IIE W EA I' 11 Ktt on election Hay
X w as beautiful and the sea wag
calm. so tlier** wa nothing t.» hinder
our going to fCodiak to vote.
It was a red-letter day for Willie
and Mike, \\ h«» became of age last A
pril and w« re casting their first vote;
and also for Miss John sen and Miss
tiorrell, who for the fii&t time were
in wonnn*8 sufferage territory ami
could vote.
We were all g’ad of the opportuni
ty of expressing our sentiments in
favor of abolishing saloons in Alaska.
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