The frontiersman. [volume], October 08, 1947, Image 1

About The frontiersman. [volume] (Seldovia, Alaska) 1946-19??

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PURSE
4
WOMENS CLUB HAS
MEETING
President Betty
Thorsness last night
called the regular month
ly meeting of the Seld
ovia “Women's Club \ to
order at eight o•clock in
m the library at City H§11,
' Reports were heard
from the follwoing comm
ittees: Social, vrelfare,
program, membership, pub
licity, library and the/
Crippled Childrens Assoc*
The members of the
Club dedided to hold
their bake sale on next
Monday, the 13th.
All ladies irere ask
ed to bring their food
contributions to the lib
rary by one o'clock in
the afternoon in order
that the various food.S/v
could be priced and put
on display by two o'clock
when the sale is sched
uled to begin. * ‘Member^1
were also asked to itea
t ize the cost of ingred^
ients used in order that
a just price could:be set*
on the homemade foods.
Mrs. Juaiita Ander-f
+ son was given a rising
vote of thanks by the
club members for the Y»rk
that & e has put forth in
the library clean up pro
. ject.
The following ladies
were voted in as new mem
bers of the club; Bessie
Smith, Slnora Chesterman
(cont. page 3 col. 1)
N/ PINOCHLi 4r
PARTIES BEGIN
Leave . the'dishes in
the sirfk on Friday night1
That is r if you like to
play Pinochle, for this
is the evening on which
the seasons local pin
ochle parties at the lib
rary commence.
Proceeds of the
parties Trill be advanced :
towards the library fund
the same as l>st year#
; •> l£st. year* a total
of #131.00 was contrib
uted to the library fund
by the Pinochle players £:
First and second
grand- prizes will be aw
areded again this year and
this ye?rs_party players
who hold low. score will
again have the honor of
doing .dishes after ref
reshments are served.
It ishoped and ex
pected that a large crowd
Trill bo in attend- :■
ance Friday night at eig
ht o’clock to enjoy the
party and the refreshm
ents which will be served
under the hostesship of
Mrs, Susan English,
CHAMBER MEETING
DISCLOSES REPORT
Hcmday nights Cham
ber of Vdommerce meeting
disclosed a report to the
effect th^t Kodiak fish
ermen are ;-j. attempting to
jeperdize « lantent money
potentialities of Seldovia
by requesting the use of
purse seiijers to wipe out
the large'school of herr
ing which.now reported
iri; Katchemak Bay.
According to Alaska
Fishing'.. Regulations Sec*
209^* 2h"t he praters of Kat
chemak Bay ; are closed to
purse seinihg from Nubble
Point to Bluff Point and
it is reported that cert
ain Kodiak Fishermen are
attempting to get this
repealed.
Seldovian’s are well
aware of the disasterious
effect of a well organ
ized purse seinihg jaunt
on the herring grounds.
Local reports have
it that if this school of
herring are protected for
possibly two years more
and are then fished acc
ording to the law Seldov
ian’s will again have the
benefits of herring salt
ry payrolls for possibly
a period of ten years.
It was the action of
the Chaiiber of Commerce
to pass a resolution re
questing that no' changes
in regulations regarding
this be allowed at this
(cont. page U col. 3)