The Cordova daily times., 1920-06-19
Village Gossip
By MARY BAEN WRIGHT

immediately for Chitina, where she taught school until last Christmas, is expecting by the next boat the arrival of her sister, from Michigan, who will spend the summer with her at Chitina and teach at Kennecott next fall.
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 Cordova's North Pole, The Tripod" was reached by party last Monday evening, after several unsuccessful at tompts by others earlier in the season. MT. and Mrs. F. Thompson, MT and Mrs. Harry Nelson, Mrs. s. N, Laurie, the Misses Olive Audette, Marian Daggett, Dorothy Dooley and Margaret Foster, chaperoned by H. E. Nye, Harry Atchison and c. J. Fisk, started about o'clock, and by half after nine several dots moving about on the bald rock knoll proclaimed their arrival There they built fire to dry themselves out as much as pos sible-for the climb was an extremely slushy squashy undertaking and en- joyed the wonderful view the point af- lords, which on this occasion included the sailing of the Alameda into the bay.
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 Ed Richmond, A. J. Mcconnell, Leslie Counts, Mrs. Richmond, her sister, Miss Grace Cawker, and Miss Gladys Wegner had a good time on fishing trip to Twin Lakes Thursday. When they returned the score stood as follows. Miss Wegner. two jelly fish; Mr. Mcconnell, two snags; MT. Counts, one extra large jelly-fish; MT. Rishmond, fine string of black bass. 'I # * * 'E Will Clayson is making arrange ) ments with an large Eastern music house for the publication of his three step, which, when tried out at a recent dance, made a very decided hit. MT. I CIayson intends to give his compost tion a name suggestive of Alaska, which would be novelty. All sec l tions of the States, not to mention Hawaii, have been celebrated in mu- sica1 compositions, and it's high time | our great territory had it's turn.
 
 H. H. Lines, of the cable office, went I over to Valdez on the Alameda to re- enlist in the service for the next three years. He will return today. Mrs. Lines accompanied him. # # # ] The annual children's day program of the Presbyterian church will be | presented tomorrow evening at 7:3O } at the church. The Rev. MT. Waldron, late of Vashon, Wash, will come in } from Mile to attend the exercises ) and give a brief talk, as pastor pro <, tempore.
 # # # Monday, June 21, will mark the sum mer solstice, the longest day of the year, and several midnight picnics are benig planned to celebrate it. # # # ! Charlie Rogers declares that the re port of his having left for Seward is f as Mark Twain once commented upor a rumor of his own death, greatly ex aggerated,"
 y Kennedy Betts will leave Seattle soon for Cordova to spend the sum- mer with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. G. | K. Betts.
 # # # Word was received by the last boa that Rev. A. G. Shriver and family are much pleased with their new home a Gle Blum, Wash which is almost <, ready for occupancy. The church, the building of which MT. Shriver is sup ervising, will be located almost in the heart of the city. MT. Shriver's four year-old son Robert became ill during the trip from Cordova, and had to have his tonsils removed in Seattle. H * # Oscar Anderson, bookkeeper for the Alaska Sea Food Company, was il town Friday.
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 MT. and Mrs. Harry Wilson, ot , Chitina, have arrived in Cordova to :, spend the summer. MT. Wilson is a railroad conductor.
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 Miss Minnie ThorstensOn returned returned today from a brief stay in Ellamar
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 The Alameda. here Monday, had a