Canada and Alaska Are Settings For
Walt Disney Movie “White Wilderness”
Like its predecessors in Walt
Disney’s unique wildlife features,
“White Wilderness,” playing Sun
day and Monday, conveys the time
*md place for a particular kind of
animal population. Locale for this
latest chapter in his magnificent
film book of natural history is the
glaciated roof of the world, from
•limber line in Canada and Alaska
across the barrens and tundra to
She fringes of the polar shelf.
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Some of the picture’s most ex
citing action, seen in Technicolor,
is the stampede of the caribou,
as they seek escape from attack
ing timber wolves. The most vic
ious of North American animals,
the wolverne si shown as a thiev
ing, fighting killer
The mad migration panic which
periodically seizes the little arctic
animals called the lemming and
drives them to mass destruction
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KNUDSEN’S OUTFITTERS
is explained.
Polar bear are seen in their
natural habitat, as are musk ox,
arctic fox, minx, along with many
other creatures.
A dozen top naturalists with
cameras ranged the northland of
Canada and Alaska for three years
to film scenes for “White Wilder
ness,” following their quarry
across the vast expanse of sub
arctic from Hudson Bay to the
Brooks Range of Alaska, and from
the upper reaches of Alberta, Sas
katchewan and Manitoba to the
polar ice fringe.
Today
Gene Kelly not only stars in
“The Happy Road,” but also pro
duced and directed it.
Featured in its international
cast are French star Barbara
Laage, England’s Michael Red
grave, ten-year-old French child
actress Brigitte Fossey, and eleven
year-old Bobby Clark, who lpayed
the kidnapped boy in “Ransom-”
and John Miljan’s grandson in
‘The Ten Commandments.’
Combining humor, adventure
and romance, “The Happy Road”
tells the story of an American
boy and a little French girl, who
run away from a school in Switzer
land. It; was filmed entirely on lo
cations in the south of France.
Tuesday and Wednesday
“The Scarlet Hour” screen
debuts stars Carol Ohmart and
Tom Tryon, cast respectively as
the wife and the man she’ll pay
any price to get. Directed by
Michael Curtis, the movie tells
a suspenseful tale of love and mur
der.
Jody Lawrence is co-starred.
Thursday and Friday
Scenes for the wide-screen ver
sion of the ape-man series, “Tar
zan and the Lost Safari,” were
shot in Kenya, Tanganyikam,
Uganda and the Belgian Congo,
with 14 different tribes providing
IMPORTANT
ANNOUNCEMENT
Change of Policy
BEGINNING NEXT WEEK
The Kodiak Mirror
Will Appear On The Streets Friday Afternoon
Instead Of Saturday Morning As Heretofore.
This Change In Policy Will
1. Get the news to our readers earlier.
2. Speed the message of the advertiser to you.
3. Offer a better service to the community.
We make this change in the hope that we may
better serve you as a news media and as an ad
vertising media.
HOUSE TO HOUSE DELIVERY WILL NOW
BE MADE ON FRIDAYS
THE KODIAK MIRROR
added atmosphere, not to mention
lion, buffalo, elephant, leopard and
rhino.
Gordon Scott, No. 11 in the line
of motion picture Tarzans, stars in
the production, which is the thirty
first in the series. The cast in
cludes Betta St. John, Peter Arne,
Wilfrid Hyde White, Robert Beat
ty, Yolande Donlan and George
Coulouris.
TEACHER IS HONORED
AFTER AVIATION COURSE
Mrs. Gladene Stewart, On-Base
schoolteacher returned recently
from the other 48. She attended
the National Aviation Education
Workshop, held at Montana State
University at Missoula, Montana,
June 29 to July 31.
190 teachers attended the work
shop, which dealt with all phases
of aviation, structural, operating
development and significance, and
included well-known speakers as
lecturers.
Mrs. Stewart was singled out to
represent the group in the gradua
tion ceremonies following the
workshop, because she “represent
ed the prompt and studious atti
tude of teachers meeting require
ments of the course.”
Others attending from here were
Mrs. Dorothy Arnold and Mrs.
Dorothy Miskovsky.
The beginning of midshipmen in
the Navy is traced to the early
days when each warship carried
a number of young lads who acted
as messengers, rushing orders
from the officers aft to the men
up forward. Generally, a midship
man was regarded as an officer
candidate. y
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Meets the 3rd Thursday of every
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AMERICAN LEGION,
meets the 1st Thursday of every
month, at 7:30 p.m. at the Ameri
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hall.
BUSINESS & PROFESSIONAL
WOMENS CLUB
Business Meeting—1st Monday at
7:30 pm.
Dinner Meeting—3rd Monday at
7:00 pm. at Island Fountain.
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Meets on 2nd Sunday of every
month, 12 noon at Labor Temple.
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1st and 3rd Tuesday 8 p.m. at
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