SOCIAL NOTES
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Happenings About Town
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Of This and That
By BETHA DIGREE
Ears erect . . . bushy tail curled
high over his back. . . white fur,
marked with touches of black,
heavy on his powerful body, Kar
luk was a familiar sight on the
streets of Kodiak for many years.
But Karluk will not longer proud
ly pace beside his master . . . No
longer wait patiently outside the
door for his friend ... No longer
pass the smaller dogs, that attempt
ed to annoy him, without deigning
to quarrel with them. Karluk was
a beautiful Husky dog belonging
to John and Phyllis Raft, and
whenever John went downtown
one could be certain that Karluk
would be nearby. The years passed,
and Karluk walked just a bit more
slowly . . . His eyesight and hear
ing became less keen . . . Disease
took its toll. Tuesday morning, af
ter 15 years of living a good life,
Karluk left his friends forever. We
would like to think that some
where he is again young, walking
in quiet dignity as he did while
alive . . .
Mrs. Clara Helgason and her son
and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs.
Leonard Helgason, spent a few
days in town last week. They all
make their home at Terror Bay.
“We each got a caribou and we
had a wonderful trip,” said Marie
Cardinal when she and her hus
band, Ed, returned home last
week. They spent three weeks
vacationing on the Mainland, and
saw many former Kodiak residents
while there.
We are certain the visiting Elks
amd their wives won’t believe that
Kodiak does have nice weather, af
ter the sample they’ve had this
week. We don’t like it, either!
(Thursday The weather man re
lented and gave out with the sun
shine. Bless his heart . . .
S. E. Spracker
Married To
Miss A. Hamilton
A former resident of Kodiak,
Sherman Spracker, and Mrs. Al
berta Hamilton of Yakima, Wash
ington, were married on Satur
day, September 26 at the home of
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hall of this
city. The ceremony was performed*
by U. S. Commissioner Mabel Fen
ner.
Mrs. Spracker chose a dark blue
taffeta dress with white accessor
ies for the occasion. Her corsage
was made of white gladioli. Her
matron of honor, Mrs. Hall, wore
a sheath of dark blue silk. Her ac
cessories and corsage were also
white.
Mr. Robert Hall attended the
groom as best man. Mr. Spracker,
who first came to Kodiak in 1941,
worked on the Naval Station for
several years. He then went to
Adak 3Vz years ago, where he now
works at the Carpenter Shop.
Mrs. Spracker, who was in the
real estate business in Yakima
previous to her marriage, is study
ing law. The couple plan to go to
Adak this month and will make
their home there.
Catherine Lowe
Goes Outside
An outgoing passenger on the
direct PNA flight to Seattle was
Catharine Lowe, co-owner of the
Wardrobe. She is on a combined
business trip and vacation.
Miss Lowe will go to Portland
to visit her son-in-law and daugh
ter, Herb and Gail Norris, and
family. She will then go to Chica
go and New York on a buying trip.
She plans to spend a week or two
in Florida before returning to the
West Coast, where she will visit
in California, Oregon and Wash
ington. Miss Lowe expects to be
gone at least four months.
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Japanese Theme
For Club Affair
“Japanese Festival* set the
theme for the installation of the
newly elected officers of Navy
Wives Club No. 126 at the Naval
Station Chief Petty Officer’s Club,
Friday, September 18.
Outgoing President, Wilma An
derson, convened the ceremony by
introducing as guests, Captain and
Mrs. G. D. Roullard and Captain
and Mrs. W. A. McLennan. Mrs.
McLennan is the Club Sponsor for
Navy Wives Club No. 126.
Captain G. D. Roullard, USN,
conducted the installation cere
mony, administering the oath of
office to the following: Christene
White, President; Esther Wortham,
Vice President; Lucille Shannon,
Recording Secretary; Wilma An
derson, Corresponding Secretary,
Olivia Kuehner, Treasurer; Marsha
Lewis, Parliamentarian and Betty
Smith, Chaplain.
Mrs. White introduced as Com
mittee Chairmen the following:
June Fleck, Ways and Means;
Eileen Grisham, Publicity; Esther
Wortham, Membership and Hospi
tality; Jean Truett, Community
Projects; Melba Pajari, Refresh
ments and Arrangements; Joan
Schramm, Program.
The club room was gaily deco
rated with Japanese lanterns and
cherry blossoms. The dinner tables
were set with placemats, napkins
and place cards to further the
theme with toriis and figurines as
centerpieces. Most of the decora
tions were made by club members.
Immediately following the in
stallation ceremony, dancing was
enjoyed to the music of The Cava
liers.
Contest Winners
Winners of the Garden and
Yard Improvement Contest, spon
sored toy the Kodiak Garden Club,
were awarded by the judging com
mittee as follows: 1st prize, Mr.
and Mrs. Swede Breckburg, Mis
sion Rad; 2nd prize, Lt. and Mrs.
Henry Atwood, No. 15 Lake Louise
and 3rd prize, Lt. Cmdr. and Mrs.
J. J. Baker, JOQ-BA. Prizes were
awarded for the amount and type
of improvement made during the
past year.
The Kodiak Garden Club will
meet at the apartment of Mrs.
Gyneth Kash, Springhill Apart
ments, Wednesday, October 14th at
7:30 p.m. Installation of officers
will be held. Guests and new mem
bers will be welcome.
Rockney Returns
Ed Rockney, who has been va
cationing Outside the past two
months, returned Friday morning
via direct PNA flight
Rockney visited relatives and
friends in Minnesota, Oregon and
Washington while he was gone.
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GRANDMOTHERS CLUB
WILL INSTALL OFFICERS
Installation of officers will be
held at a meeting of the Kodiak
Grandmothers Club on Wednes
day evening, October 7.
All membrs are urged to be
present at the meeting, which will
ibe held at the home of Mrs. Edgar
Ogborn, 30 F-B, Naval Station.
A Boy For Two
Christened Dennis Laneth, and
weighing 6 pounds, 11% ounces,
a baby boy was born to Catherine
and Laneth Womack, on the 22nd
of September.
Little Dennis is the second child
for the Womacks. The senior Wo
mack is attached to the Navy here,
with a rate of EN1. They reside
in the Aleutian Homes area.
New Discoveries
In Plant World
Plants tailor-made to man’s
needs may result from a signifi
cant discovery of plant develop
ment made by a team of U. S. De
partment of Agriculture scientists.
The scietists have found a
“triggering” mechanism by recov
ering pigment forms from corn
plants. By removing some of the
impurities, a protein is isolated
and functions as an enzyme. Lab
oratory instruments then are used
to detect the various pigment
forms, by the absorption of red
or far-red light.
As explained to the University
of Alaska Cooperative Extension
Service, the scientists see possi
bilities of crops of special heights
for better harvesting, flowering
of plants at times convenient to
man, or better control of plant
pests.
Dr. Byon T. Shaw, administra
tor of USDA’s Agricultural Re
search Service, hails the discovery
as an outstanding basic research
development. The discovery was
made by Drs. Harry A. Borthwick
and Sterling B. Hendricks at the
research center, Beltsville, Md.
It has been long known that
light controls the reddening of
apples by governing the forma
tion of the coloring materia) The
side of the apple facing out from
the tree is usually redder than
the side facing the center of the
tree. In further research, Drs.
Borthwick and Hendricks found
growth responses to be governel
by a reversible chemical reaction
that is controlled by the color and
intensity of light acting upon two
pigment forms present in plants
in invisible quantities.
One form of the pigment ab
sorbs red light and the other
far-red light. The pigment iorm
that predominates in a plant de
pends upon the color of light to
which the plant is exposed. The
form produced by the action of red
light regulates plant growh and
can absorb far-red light. However,
if this form absorbs far-red light
it is converted back to the red
absorbing form that does hot regu
late plant growth.
To obtain the various colors of
light for the experiment, the scien
tists directed white light from a
high-infensity electric arc thr »ugh
a prism to break it into all the
colors of the spectrum as is a rain
bow. The portion of the light used
in this work was the red part of
the spectrum from yellow (5,800
A.) to far-red (near the limit of
visible red light—7,000 to *7,500
A.), which is near the range of in
fra-red or heat energy. An Ang
strom unit, a measure of wave
length of light is one millionth of
a centimeter.
An example of the research was
that done with Great Lakes lettuce
(grown by many in Alaska): Maxi
mum suppression of germination
of the seed took place near 7,000
A. The scientists also found that
elongation of the lettuce root was
controlled by color of light. Elong
ation was found to be suppressed,
at 6,100 A. (range) and stimulated
by exposure to light in the far-red
region of 7,500 A.
Recipe Of The Week
Spread Steak With Flavor
You can always make a good thing better—even steak! Zesty
spreads and marinades can be a steak’s best friend, and Tabasco’s
warm piquancy enhances the good honest meat flavor.
The liquid red pepper seasoning sparks a Roquefort spread to
go on a fine steak after it is broiled, and lends flavor to a marinade
to prepare less tender cuts for quick cooking.
Tabasco Roquefort Steak Spread
V2 teaspoon Tabasco 1 3-ounce package
2 tablespoons butter Roquefort cheese
Cream together all ingredients until blended. Spread over
broiled steak.
Yield: Enough for 2 4-pound steaks.
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Tabasco Steak Marinade
3/i cup salad oil V6 teaspoon Tabasco
H cup lime juice 1 teaspoon dry mustard
Vi teaspoon salt
Blend salad oil, lime juice and Tabasco in shallow dish. Stir
in dry mustard and salt Put steak in marinade; let stand 5 hours,
turning once.
Yield: Enough for 14-pound steak.
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LUNCHEON ITEMS
Napkins—Placemats in Plastic and
Nylon Woven
Beautiful Artificial Flowers—
For an Attractive Centerpiece
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