Daily Sitka Sennnei a Arrowhead Press
Page Two Monday, October 31, 1955
DAILY SITKA, ALASKA, SENTINEL
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Sitka's Home-Owned Newspaper
Interpreting News
by J. M. Roberts
A. P. News Analyst
Did you notice the story a
bout the little Texas boy who
wrote the Roanoke. Va., police
department about some unclaim
ed bicycles?
There wlasn’it any chance for
bicycles in his family, he said,
and here he was, 9 years old. I
with a brother 12, a sister 13,
and a balby, 3. The response
was three new bicycles and a
tricycle.
How would you like to be 9
years old, and waiting for your
first bicycle?
Aifter Jerry Wayne heard
what was coming, his mother
said he would wake up at night
and inquire if he was still only
dreaming.
When I began to dream about
a bicycle, my family was much
better off than Jerry Wayne’s
Rut my father was building a
new place to replace the huge
old house he had rented for his
school, and everything except
eating money went into that. I
goit badly needed clothing for
birthdays and Christmas, and
books. My mother saw than we
were never short olf books. I
don’t ever recall having a
“store” toy, although a vast a
stiount of family do-it-yourself
ingenuity went into our enter
tainment. We had a good time,
the kids tihat gathered round,
and mostly didn’t miss what
we didnh have. But I sure did
want a bicycle.
I made a little change selling
the surplus from the family
garden, and milk from the cow
or two or three we always kept.
I agree I could increase the bus
iness if I could extend my pro
duce route with a bicycle. No
thing doing. The family’s gen
eral welfare came first.
Then I got a break, after per
haps two years of yearning. An
older boarding student at the
new school had left ia well worn
bicycle at a former boarding
place. He would sell cheap. But
he still wanted more than I
could dream of. I made a deal
with my father about my fu
ture share of garden and cow
products, and went for the
wheel'.
its tires were shiny, flat and
molten. Somehow I managed
new ones. Its handlebars were
high and old-fashioned, like
the Europeans used. Its pedals
were of serrated metal, so that
a mien’s booted foot would not
sliips, (but were almost non-nego
tia'ble for a barefoot boy. Even
dually I got rubber. If had a
coaster ibrake. but not a very
good one, and the gear ratio was
too low to keep up, except by
the excess energy which I ap
plied. with (the newer wheels
of my friends.
But that day I became a Cen
taur.
The lickings I had had
and iwould get again, the burrs
on which 1 stepped, the cow
that flicked her wet tail in my
face when I tried to milk her,
the learning which my school
teacher parents and aurn.s tried
to force upon me — nothing
made any difference.
The sun cast a golden glow
upon all otf life.
We rode those wheels — the
gang did — in ways that make
me shudder to remember.
But there are other things eo
remember, too:
Cool mountain springs far
from town where we ate our
excursion luncheons; the sense
of achievement after a well
made repair; or a sunny coun
try road, where inches of warm
dust oozed between bare toes
when you dismounted. And a
boy had no thought for the days
to come.
Such things I hope Jerry
Wayne will find, and you will
enjoy remembering, of you can.
LEAVES FOR STATES
Cleon Pace lelft Saturday by
plane for the south, where he
will join his family. Mrs. Pace
: who had been ill. had left sev
eral weeks previously to seek
medical treatment.
As soon as she is complete
ly recovered, the family plans
'to return to Sitka, where Mr.
Pace has been employed by
the ci’ty for some years.
MRS. JUDSON LANIER
TO MEETINGS
Mrs. Jufdson Lanier left Fri
day for Wranlgetl'l to attend
the three-day session of the
Southeastern Alaska Woman’s
Auxiliary of the Episcopal
Church as a delegate from St.
Peter’s Guild.
HAROLD SCHAEFER’S
HOME
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schaef
er returned home yesterday
after an absence of several
months during which he was
Working for the Columbia Lum
bar Co. at Juneau and Whittier
CLEVE HASKINS’ HOME
Returning home from a:
month’s vacation spent in the
south were Mr. and Mrs. Cleve
Haskins, who arrived by plane
Sunday. j
- In md Around Sitka -
xMRS. KEN CRAVENS
HOME SUNDAY
Mrs. Ken Cravens arrived
home Sunday by plane after
an absence of several weeks.
First she vilsilted relatives in
Seattle, then went to Honolulu
Hawaii, for the triennial ses
sion of the Womlaris Auxiliary
of the Episcopal Church.
Returning s'he spent several
days at Wrangelil, where a
three-day session of the South
eastern Alaska Woman’s Aux
iliary was h!tld. Mrs. Cravens
is president of the group.
MRS. MARIE FORBES
LEAVES ON VACATION
Mrs. Marie Forbes left Sat
urday morning f;or the south to
enjoy a brief vacation in the
Seattle area. She expects to re
turn in about two weeks.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Forbes ac
companied his mother south.
He is employed at Mt. Edge
cumibe and his wife at the
First Bank of Sitka.
i
MT. EDGECUMBE
HOSPITAL ROSTER
Admitted Thursday to Mt.
Edgecumlbe hospital were Nick
Moses of Sitka and Maria Oya
gak of the girls dorm. Gloria
McMahon was discharged to
Sitka.
ALASKA COASTAL PLANE
PASSENGER LIST
Arriving Friday:
Mr. and Mrs. James Houston
A. N. Trobfct, H. A. Saund
er, Dr. Phillip Moore, Roy
Plumb. Mason Hargett. Neil
He it man, Warren Christianson
Vernon Joyer. Robert Jern
berg, Richard McLean and Don
Dafoe from .Juneau.
Leaving Friday:
Mrs. Boroughs, David Rho
ades, Bill Brown. L. Lindstrom
Frank Baines, Miss Goss. Eliz
abeth Didrickson, H. Larson,
Wi'lia Rhulbright H. Boroughs.
Mr. Furness. Mr. Dent, L. A'b
’ erna'.hy. Roy Plumlb, Mr. Pey
ton, Miss Baker, J. Woodruff
to Juneau;
George Nelson. Mary Jim, &
'Charles Walter to Angoon.
Bertha Natkong to Hyda
burg.
O. Rowen. Rev. Armstrong
to Klawock
T. Young and Frances Paul
to Cape Pole
Lawrence Milton to Metla
ka.la.
Mrs. L. Enjgstrom and Mrs.
Judson Lanier to Wranigell. |
Arriving Saturday:
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Schae
fer, S. Riadae'h, Alida Warner,
Mrs. I. Hermansen, Helen Mer
cado, Sam Roberson and Wil
liam Johnson from Juneau.
Leaving Saturday:
Clem Pace. Don Dafoe, Mr.
and Mrs. Ben Forbes, Marie
Forbes. Mr. and Mrs. Day, L.
Huckroll, R. Jernberg, J. Wood
ruff. Mr. McKay, Mr. Reed,
G. H. Rongren, Frank Ward,
M. Hargett, A. N. Torbett, Mr.
and Mrs. James Houston, H.
A. Saunders, Mr. Trifte and*
child, Mr. Heitman and Mr. j
Roberson to Juneau.
Arriving Sunday:
Harry Haloff, Mary Wil
liams, Mrs. B. E. Feero, Fen
ton Dennis. Joel Campbell, Na
talie and Charles Melentoanich
I Laura Engleman. Mr. & Mrs.
Boroughs, Miss Goss. Miss Ba
ker. Mr. & Mrs. Cleve Haskins
Mrs. Rogers and Mrs. S. Crav
ens from Juneau.
Leaving Sunday:
Tom Cameron, R. G. Stan
baugh. Sam Torum, Mrs. Sing
leton to Juneau.
Mr. Sulser and Mr. Thor
buxn to Ranjamin Lake.
ST. MICHAEL S COMM.
HAS MEETING
Committee working for the
restoration of St. Michael’s
Cathedral met Friday evening
ait the home of Mrs. D. A.
Hope to outline plans for the
fund solicitation.
Bishop Amvrossey will leave
for New York this week,
where further plans will be
made through talks with the
Metropolitan Of the church.
This historic edifice has
ibeen in need of major repairs
for miany years and this drive
m!arks the start of restoring
the church.
POLICE COURT BLOTTER
Oct. 17 Karl Tagg, Mt. Edge
oumlbe, drunk and disorderly.
$10 and 30 days, the jail term
suspended.
Eugene McRobsr.s, Sitka,
drunk and disorderly, transfer
red to U. S. commissioner’s
court.
TWO YOUTH HONOR DAY
PARTIES PLANNED
As is traditional in Sitka,
two Youth Honor Day parties
have been arranged for chil
dren and younjg people — the
first for the pre-school group
to age 12 at the Moose Hall:
and the second for teen-agers
a dancing party at the Elks
Clubrooms.
Both are to be held Hallow
e’en Eve. Monday, October 31.
The smaill-fry party is from 7
p. m. to 9 p. m., under the aus
pices of the Moose Lodge. Teen
age dance begins at 8 p. m.,
under the sponsorship of the
Elks Lodge and American Le
gion.
Refreshments will feature
both affairs, with games and
treats as highlights for the
youngsters’ party.
Admission will be by signed
pledge card only.
MOOSE
Meeting
EVSEY
WOV^Y
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We heard our door open
this morning and a loud
voice exclaim, “Trick or
Treat, gents!”
Looking up from our
desks we saw a man in an
outlandish get-up walk into
the office. He wore a long
black toga, a beret and an
enormous blonde beard, ob
viously false. If it were noli
for the balgts under his eyes
we wou^d never have recog
nized our old friend Mat
thew J. Quiddy.
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“Greetings. Matthew,” we
said, “what in the world are
you trying to demons1.rate
sashaying around in that
yogi outfit?”
“There is a mistaken idea
goinlg around,” said Mr. Q,
“that Hallowe’en is strictly
a kidls’ deal . that
once you get to be a taxpay
er you don’t J'eel prankish
or like 'to go out looking for
pushovers.
“I have unseilifishly under
taken to disprove that the
ory,” Mr. Quiddy contin
ued, “but I find that I am
lacking funds to carry on the
necessary research. Hence
this solicitation. I would
deem a $10 or $20 donation
to my campaign a great fav
or and, who knows, the
studies that I propose mak
ing this evening may result
in a “Pat & Forty Honor
Day” which I’m sure elder
ly citizens like yourselves
would find enjoyable.”
“Matthew,” we said, “we
guess you’re going to have
to do trick because we’re
doing no treating for this
cause.”
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