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11-21-86
9326 Glacier Hwy., Apt. 49
Juneau, Alaska 99801
Dear son, Roy: The material you mailed with your note of the 17th is or appears interesting. I just scaned it, but will read it carefully later.
Your grandfather, John, left Yugoslavia at the early age of 16, and landed in San Francisco.
Shortly after he arrived there word got around that there was a young man from Yugoslavia in town who knew how to make fish nets. Those days it was all made by hand-no machinery. the company that was building the 1st cannery in Alaska, at Klawock searched and finally located him. When they were satisfied that your grandfather was an expert, they hired him and shipped him to Klawock where he started immediately making fish nets. The name of the salmon company was:
(North Pacific Trading & Packing Co.,
San Francisco, California.)
In the Territorial Days, Keithan, an ex-teacher from Hydalburg, was the curator of the museum. Those days the library was also housed in the same office in the of Juneau Federal building. This is the man who wrote a book on "Totem Poles." He showed us a register which included the name of the sailing ship your grandfather came over on, and his name listed among the passengers. Son, I plan to go to the State Museum & Library to check this out, but it will have to wait until I get wheels again.