Kodiak Kapsules—
(By Bill Mason)
(continued from page 1)
other girls at the cannery.
"How did your husband reg
ister at the hotel?" one co-worker
wanted to know.
"Fine,” the stenographer said
enthusiastically, “Just fine.”
• •it
The thought has been passed on
to Kapsules that the Chamber of
Commerce take on the task of col
lecting a number of gifts for the
first halibut vessel to establish its
headquarters in Kodiak. We know
of one business firm ready to con
tribute to the program. And it just
might set a trend.
• * « •
An Anchorage woman, an in
formation clerk for the U.S.
Army was the recent winner of
a suggestion award to use
printed bond cover sheet mail
ers for press releases instead of
envelopes to save considerable
time and money for the govern
ment.
Another suggestion, which
probably won't win any prizes,
comes from the writer of this
column who would put a half to
all releases from office holders
and government agencies which
would save a whale of a lot of
money time on part of the post
office and those who open them.
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SUNDAY A M. THOT: When you
discover you can’t stand the ter
rible crashing of snowflakes as
they hit the ground, you’ve had
enough.
* * * *
Know what a lot of newcomers
(of feminine sex) miss most on
arriving at Kodiak?
We have asked quite a num
ber since our arrival, including
quite a number of servicemen’s’
wives, and tht universal answer
is “Grocery advertisements” —
the first ads they’ve been ac
customed to reading in the Low
er 48.
* * • *
It’s still pretty hard to convince
some people.
Sen. Bob Bartlett who can main
tain his sense of humor in that he
isn’t running for anything this year
reports:
“It was apparent this week that
at least one person remains in the
U.S. who believes Sen. Bartlett
wears a hat as Alaska Ambassador
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486-2231
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Extraordinary Plentitpoten
tiary and that in Alaska arranged
marriages may be the order of the
day.
Frequent in the days nefore
1959. the Senator comments, let
ters addressed to the Alaskan Em
bassy had been rare during the
3^ years of statehood. In this
case, it was possible that the mail
man may have had some doubts,
later resolved, as evidenced by the
17-day delay in delivery of the
Florida letter. Here's the informa
tion the junior high school student,
studying foreign countries, wanted:
Dating customs, arranged mar
riages. native foods and dress, fam
ily relations (compared with the
l'.S.) teenage activities, education,
fads, and religious beliefs.
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Yet, you find many frontier
aspects of living in the 49th
state.
We were interested in reading
a recent report of a death in the
Bristol Bay Digest. It reads:
Since the local undertaker was
on the fishing grounds, his duties
were taken over by various
townspeople. Two ADF&G men
dug the grave, the carpenter at
PAF made the coffin which was
trimmed and covered by three
ladies.
Flowers were scarce so the tof
---
fin was blanketed with wild del
phiniums. wrild roses, greenery
indigent to the area and a few
artificial flowers.
• • • •
We can t vouch for the authen
ticity of this big-game hunting
yarn, but it does sound plausible
after hearing some tall ones over
the years.
The scene is Kodiak, and the
bear-hunter became separated from
the rest*of his group and slowly
made his way back to camp.
Just at the approach to the camp
a huge bear walked out of the for
est about 20 feet away. As the bear
tensed to spring, the hunter fired
his last bullet and missed. How
ever. the bear jumped too far
and landed about 10 feet beyond
the hunter. The hunter ran for
the camp.
Thankful for his fortunate es
cape and determined not to let it
happen again, the next morning
the hunter went back of the camp
and practiced shooting at close
range. Suddenly he heard a noise
in the trees and walked over to
look. There was the bear-practicing
short leaps.
• • • •
INTERNATIONAL NOTE:
As long as the Russians persist
in fishing off the shores of Ko
Try the 49 ROOM this week
Dining out at its Best
Serving fall coarse dinners
Open Daily at 5 p.m. Except Monday
Wednesday, August 1
FRIED CHICKEN
Includes salad, mashed potatoes, vegetable, bread, butter and
coffee.
All You Can Eat—$2.19 plus tax
WATCH FOR NEXT WEEK’S WEDNESDAY SPECIAL
*», spwF •
Mecca 49 Room
For Reservations Call
Ph. 486-2949 or 4862444
diak waters, and as long as the
ADF&G keeps taking pictures of
the fishing activity, we think it
only cricket that the pilots and
others Uking photographs be
equipped with sticks to throw
back at the Reds who throw them
at the planes. If it’s going to be
a sticks and stones war, at least
we should be prepared.
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