Woman's Page
Hostess of the Week
by VIKI ELLIS
Mrs. Marvin Kinberg, “Al
pha” to almost everyone in
Sitka, is, perhaps more than
anything else, a true pioneer.
This attractive brunette who
loves to tell hunting stories
and is an excellent hostess
seems to have taken many a
hardship in stride and we
feel certain that her hearty
humour and solid philoso
phies have often stood her in
good stead. As coffee brewed
on a wood-burning stove, we
discovered that Mrs. Kinberg
has spent almost thirty years
in Alaska but was a pioneer
long before that. Childhood
on a homestead in Oregon
certainly must have provided
an excellent preparation for
the rigours of Alaska*
Mrs. Kinberg graduated
from school in Newberg Ore
gon, attended Manmouth
Normal School and had her
first teaching assignment in
a one-room country school
at Alpha, Oregon.
Here she had six students
(and oeeassionally a wild ra
coon') and, as was the eus
tom in that day, boarded
with a family, walking two
miles to school and back.
Sometimes she travelled by
horseback. Those were the
days, too, when teacher was
also nurse and umpire at re
cess!
But in 1929 Mrs. Kinberg
decided to try “life in the
last frontier” and moved to
Petersburg, Alaska, where an
aunt lived. Here she worked
in her uncle’s crab cannery
but this was a short-lived
career for in June of that
year she married Marvin
Kinberg, formerly of Taco
ma, Wash, who was at the
time fishing shrimp for Karl
Ohrner, known in these parts
as the “Cowboy Shrimp
King.’ Shrimp season over,
Mr. Kinberg joined the crew
of the cannery tender “City
of Blaine”. Some time later,
when the tender's cook “walk
£d off”, Mrs. Kinberg, always
willing to lend a helping
hand, stepped in to till the
gap, she remained on for
several trips, the first woman
to cook on a cannery tender
in Alaska.
In spite of a growing fam
ily., one son, Marvin, Jr., and
two daughters, Jay and Su
san, the Kinbergs decided to
head north in 1934. These
were depression years and
people often moved an entire
household to another com
munity where there was pro
mise of a job. So it was with
the Kinbergs who travelled
from Petersburg to Appleton
Cove with their family and
belongings in a 22-foot flat
bottomed boat powered by a
“Petersburg Special”, plenty
of courage and NO com
pass! Once in Appelton Cove
there was fishing and crab
canning in another uncles
cannery.
During the remaining thir
ties and forties the Kinbergs,
with their five children, con
tinued to do a good deal of
travelling, leading a most
diversified life. Mrs. Kin
berg recalls a sojourn to El
fin Cov e where she and her
husband operated a restaur
ant, a go at farming in Sitka,
(here daughter Rosie & son,
Tom, were born) and a stay
of one year in Tacoma,
Wash, where Mr. kinberg
worked for an Army Or
dinance Depot. This trip is
fondly remembered by the
entire family, for it was then
that the children first met
their grandparents & Christ
mas Dinner that year was a
grand family reunion with
more than a hundred rela
tives gathered together.
A closely knit family, the
Kinbergs have worked toget
her, too, during the last twen
ty years when Mr. Kinberg
has done commercial fishing
from time to time. This cap
able, versatile woman not
only has maintained a house
hold for seven aboard their
many boats, but found time
to help with the actual fish
ing and navigating, as welt!
The children loved this ad
venturous lift1 and had many
playmates, for other fishing
boats had families aboard.
Children and adults alike en
joyed picnics and bonfires
in quiet harbors and explor
ing the many little hamlets
and fishing villages. No one
in the family has ever for
gotten a sprightly couple
who lived in an isolated
cove. The man of the house
was a hundred and eight
years old but his wife only
one hundred!
In 1950 the Kinhergs be
gan still another type of life.
They had heard of several
hundred acres of clear land
in this area and, although
skeptical, at first, decided to
explore. First, they travelled
by boat to Mud Bay, then
hiking across Kruzof Island
to Shelikov Bay found the
“promised land ’. Here are
wide acres of grass flats; part
nmskkeg and part river front
age, beautiful stretches of
sandy beaches and meadows
enclosed by timlx red ridges
of spruce and hemlock. Lit
tle wonder they fell in love
with this spot ideal for
farming which they have
done for the past eight years,
having had as many as thir
teen head of cattle. And Mrs.
Kiliberg tells us that this
area, which is a magificent
profusion of wild flowers, is
also excellent for gardening
with no rocks and stumps to
clear and plenty of sea
weed near by! Her abundant
harvests sound like a seed
catalog index and yield
appn>ximate 1 y ftnir hundred
quarts a year of canned del
icacies. (We sampled her can
ned sauerkraut and it is su
perb!) Strawberries and ras
1 jerries are successful, and it
is not unusual for Mrs. Kin
berg to pick three milk pails
(nine gallons to you and me!)
in a single morning. And
there’s lots of fresh cream -
too!! Butter is made on “the i
farm" by means of an old
fashioned glass churn with a
crank. A handle like that on
an egg beater turns a pad
dle which churns the butter.
Many other milk products
are made, too, and Mrs. Kin
berg has very kindly given us
her recipe for Cottage Che
ese. But “Sourdoughs for
breakfast” seem to be most
heartily enjoyed by the many
visitors to the Kin berg’s farm.
In the midst of wild life
country, it is not unusual to
see a bear or deer heading
for the river. But the prox
imity of bear does not dis
turb Mrs. Kinberg who is an
excellent shot. Although she
is quick to admit she hasn’t
bavged a bear, she w as pre
sent when Mr. Kinberg cap
tured the one shown in the
picture. Mrs. Kinberg, an out
door enthusiast loves hiking
camping out and beach comb
jug; certainly a profitable
past-time in this neck of the
woods for the Kinbergs have
a wonderful collection of
colorful glass balls in all
sizes bearing Russian, Jap
anese and Korean writing,
many- beautiful sea-shells and
rocks and an interesting
grouping of driftwood. We
were offered mints from a
driftwood tray that looked
very much like a miniature
canoe.
And now that our visit
with Mrs Kinberg is over we
have decided that she is in
deed a true Alaskan. Try her
recipe for “Alaskan 1 urkey .
W e thing you’ll agree!
Alaskan Turkey ala Kinberg.
Ingredients:
Shoulder of Venison
Your favorite bread stuf
fing
Lower shoulder tip cut
into cubes
Remove bone from shoulder
of venison. Then add the tip
cubes to your favorite dress
ing. Stuff the hollow of the
shoulder and sew together.
Roast and baste as you
would poultry.
Mrs. Kinbergs recipe for
cottage cheese.
Ingredients:
About three gallons of
skimmed milk.
salt
cream
Let milk stand until it sours
and becomes quite “clabber
ed (in farm language!) Then
simmer on back of wood
stove ( on “low" if your stove
isn’t wood-burning) until it
separates. This takes a couple
of hours. Then drain off
whay and wash curds. Sea
son with salt and cream and
it's ready to serve!
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Due to an error last week
on Mrs. Ayers ts recipe we
aie running it again. This is
her recipe for Great-Grand*
mot hers Gin gerl >read.
12 cup sugar
l/z cup butter and lard mix
ed
112 tsp. soda
1 tsp. cinnamon
G tsp. ginger
pinch of cloves
I egg
1 cup Brer Babbit Molas
ses
21/2 cup sifted flour
l2 tsp. salt
1 cup hot water
Cream shortening and sugar.
Add beaten egg, molasses,
then dry ingredients which
have been mixed together.
Add hot water last and beat
until smooth. Bake in greas
ed shallow pan 40-45 min.
in moderate oven (350)
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THIS WEEK’S RECIPE
Old-Fashioned Fruit Salad
(Serves 4-6)
2 large oranges
1 large red apple
2 bananas
Vz cup walnuts
% cup heavy cream, whipped
2 tablespoons lemon juice
2 tablespoons sugar
Pare and section oranges.
Core and dice unpared apple.
Peel and slice bananas. Break
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drained pineapple.
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mushroom caps and chicken liv
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crusty rolls.
Blend together softened butter
and garlic salt, then spread this
on very thinly sliced small rya
bread and toast until bread curls
slightly. These are delicious appe
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Dip day-old slices of bread with
crusts removed into sweetened
condensed milk. Drain and dip in
coconut flakes. Toast on lightly
greased cookie sheet in a moderate
oven for 15 minutes. This makes
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New Home for
White Elephant
Shop
5li WhiV Elephant shop
is moved to new quarters
n.ul is now doing business at
the new stand.
The Russian Orthodox
Church has kindly offered
the use of their Parish Meet
ing Hall (C. 1. O. Building)
to the Alaska Crippled Child
rep's Association and here it
is that the White Elephant
Shop may be found.
With th * eveeotion of the
annual Faster S *al drive the
White Elephant Shop is the
only means of raising funds
the ACC A has locally. It is of
great interest to know that
all of the funds stay right
lu re in Sitka and are used
for local projects entirely.
Currently the local ACCA
pays the salary of a house
mother in the orthopedic
wards of the Mt. Edgecombe
hospital and has pledged $1,
000 toward a speech therapy
program in the Sitka area.
The White. Elephant shop
is just what the name im
y> ~<m~ w"<r 'vr-yy
plies., a shop where you can
unload unneeded items and
where others can see them
and buy them. The ACCA
asks earnestly that you throw
nothing away .... clothing,
books, magazines, furniture,
dishes anything you no
longer need, simply place a
ill to the ACCA and they
will pick it up .... or if you
have time, take it to the
White Elephant shop any
Thursday which is the day
the shop is open, or leave any
packages inside the Kettle
son Building.
You are invited to visit the
siiop you’ll be surprised
what you can find that you
may need. A lady who had
the project of braiding a
large woolen rug found all
the wool she needed in the
form of old coats, etc. at very
small cost at the shop. She
has her rug, and the ACCA
had help in its very worth
while projects.
The ACCA is a very im
portant part of the commun
ity, far more so than folks
realize. They need the help
of the community and in giv
ing that help, you help your
self by getting rid of things
that may be cluttering up the
house.
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