Mrs. Jo Salmine and Miss 1961 of Kodiak
Staff Photo
Letter to the Editor
Editor, Kodiak Mirror:
In my opinion, someday in the
near future a thankful people, in
spite of lies spread about Social
ism, will recognize the correct posi
tion of the Socialist Labor Party
the crazy mess that the world is
in and rally around the Socialist
Labor Party solution of building
a new decent Socialist World, NOT
as in Russia.
Then mankind will be able to
live and really enjoy life, instead
of having to worry about jobs, be
ing broke, the curse of racial hat
red, and facing the threat of a
horrible war of annihilation.
The Socialist Labor Party is the
i Ol 'RTH oldest party in these
United States. It was founded
back in 1890 by Daniel De Leon,
the famous Socialist.
Those who would like to know
what real Socialism means, are
invited to write for free literature
to the SLP-61 Cliff Street- New
York 38, N. Y.
(Signed) Nathan Pressman
KEN MATTHEWS RETURNS
Ken Matthews returned Tuesday
f;om vacationing in the South 48.
He has been gone about three
weeks on the tr.p which took him
to the West Coast and Denver,
Colorado.
Free hot dogs and a roaiing big fire drew young and old to the
scene of the Jaycee’s Christmas tree burning Saturday night.
Photos by the Staff Photographer.
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1st Baby Of Year
Born To Salmines
It took a newcomer to Kodiak to
present the first 1961 baby born
here. Born to Josephine and John
Sal mine was a daughter, Lisa Kay,
weighing 7 pounds, 7 ounces. The
happy event took place at the Grif
fin Memorial Hospital, Jan. 5,
1961.
The parents are new arrivals
from Durango, Colorado. John
works at the Kodiak Mirror as a
typesetter and pressman and prin
ter. His wife, “Jo” arrived here
with their five children, Friday,
December 16.
The newest girl will find herself
in good company, for she has four
sisters and a brother. The children
range in age from Cathy, 10; Pam,
8; Pattey & Ricky, 4; Westley'Ann,
2.
The Salmines live at 1492 North
Boulevard in the Aleutian Homes
project.
Rainbow Girls
Install Officers
Installation of officers will be
held by the Rainbow Girls, Sunday,
Jan. 15, beginning at 2 p.m., at
the Masonic Temple.
The officers to be installed are
as follows; L u a n a Garoutte,
Worthy Advisor; Chickie Zehe,
Worthy Associate Advisor; Beth
Acheson, Charity; Polly Perry,
Hope; Charlene Frost, Faith;
Peggy Heglin, Recorder; Judy
Walker, Treasurer; Svea Breck
burg, Chaplain; Nadine Flotre,
Drill Leader; Elana Ross, Love;
Dale McKinley, Religion; Carolyn
Rockstad, Nature; Joni Johnmeyer,
Immortality; Linda Beck, Fidelity;
Audrey Beck, Patroitism; Kathy
Vosgien, Service; Pam Clemens,
Confidential Observer; Ann Hall,
Outer Observer; Kathryn Alvine,
Musician; Melanie Draper, Bible
Bearer.
The Rainbow Dream Man will
be Courtney Starbird.
The public is cordially invited.
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
BIRTHS
A son, Glen Lee, weighing 7
lbs. 13 ozs., was born on December
27 to Jamie Ray and Alton Morris.
* * *
A daughter, Julie Ann, weighing
7 lbs. 12 ozs., was born December
28 to Nora and Moses Maultin of
Karluk.
* n *
A daughter, Lisa Kay, weighing
7 lbs. 7 ozs., was born on January
5 to Josephine and John Salmine.
Kodiak Public
School
MENU
Jan. 16-20
MONDAY, Macaroni and Cheese,
Buttered Beets, Applesauce, Bread
Butter and Milk.
TUESDAY, Beef and Noodle Cas
serole, Buttered Spinach, Sliced
Peaches, Bread,Butter and Milk.
WEDNESDAY, Barbecued Ham
burger, Potato Salad, Carrot
Sticks, Apple Cobbler, and Choco
late Milk.
THURSDAY, Baked Turkey Pie,
Cabbage and Carrot Salad, Plums
Bread, Butter and Milk.
FRIDAY, Egg Salad Sandwich,
Hot Buttered Vegetables, Peanut
Butter Cookies, Fruit and milk.
(Soup for High School)
Space Report
Since Sputnik, 35 man-made
satellites have been put into orbit
around the earth or sun. Of these,
28 have been from the United
States. Of the 19 still up, 17 are
American.
Personnel from the Kodiak Marine Barracks presented the Kodiak
Baptist Mission a check recently. This was in lieu of a Christmas
party.
Above is pictured Major Sullivan, C.O. of the Barracks handing Bill
Stone, Superintendent of the Mission, the check, which will be used
for Mission recreational purposes. Equipment for both outdoor and
indoor recreation will be purchased with the funds, according to
Stone. Pictured also left is M/Sgt. Garcia and to the right of the
Major, Pvt. Allen. The six children, residents of the Mission, are
Alice Anderson, Rachael Leslie, Charley Reft, Clide Peterson, Kathy
Anderson and Mike Kelly. U. S. Navy photo
Mirrored Reflections
By Sig Digree
Enjoying as we do here the mild
climate of this the banana belt of
Alaska, it is not often we can wax
eloquent about the snow, for it
either falls and soon turns to road
way rivulets, or remains upon the
mountaintops.
Just to refresh your memory
that there is a different kind of
snow somewhere else, we herewith
reprint from the column of Jay
P. Smith, a weekly editor in Michi
gan and father of Mrs. Nathan
Lincoln, the CO’s wife on the naval
station. We can get the “feel” of
his description that follows, since,
we, too, were born and lived a part
of our boyhood days in Michigan.
Hope you enjoy it.
It was impossible not to recall
the first line of Whittier’s "Snow
bound,” as we sat in the window
and watched the white flakes lazi
ly floating to earth . . .
“The snow had begun in the
gloaming ...”
It was gloaming and the snow
had begun. It was also candlelight
time, but we wanted no light in
side to compete with wihat was
left of the day outside.
Down it came, as though each
flake had above it an invisible
little parachute to keep its fall
measured, from cloud to earth,
and to ease it gently into its ap
pointed resting place between
other flakes.
It is claimed that no two snow
flakes with their unusual shapes
and patterns, are alike. How could
that be? The air is filled with bil
lions of them. And no two alike?
Perhaps, for the hand that shapes
them into their beautiful forms as
they fall, could also be celever
enough to change the pattern in
each shaping.
Down they come, straight as
fairy plummets, until the faintest
breath of air moves around the
corner of the porch and suddenly
there is confusion. One group lazi
ly changes course and drifts be
hind the oak tree. Another seems
to lift straight up for a few feet,
move to the right, and then resume
its sleepy descent. The errant puff
of air is gone and the ranks are
in order again, marching in slow
step straight down.
Since we have sat there watch
ing, snow has covered the four
o’clock tracks of small feet on
their way home from school. The
dog tracks which dimpled the
front yard have been filled and
leveled by the new snowfall. The
maple branch which fell in the
last wind, is buried now and only
a twig at its top end writes a
Chinese character against the
white.
The bird feeding station on the
side of the oak now looks like a
Swiss chalet made of some confec
tion with a deep, white frosting.
Maple and oak branches have long
white lines following their dark
underbellies, and the young moun
tain ash tree looks like the spray
of a fountain suddenly frozen in
midair.
Mother Nature is tenderly
spreading her white blanket over
the world as a mother would gently
lay a covering over her sleeping
child.
Dar kness has also fallen with
the snow, snowflakes have lost
their entity and become an indis
tinguishable part of the dusk.
“The snow had begun in the
gloaming ...” jay P. Smith
To Form Chapter
There will be a meeting of the
Alaska State Employees Associa
tion members in the Alaska De
partment of Fish and Game Re
search Center (old Federal Jail
Building) at 5:00 p.m. Friday,
January 20. Purpose of the meet
ing will be to form a Kodiak Chap
ter of the ASEA and elect chapter
officers.
FISH TRAP CASE
JUNEAU Vf) — The State Su
preme Court has set Feb. 20 as
date for oral arguments here in the
fish trap controversy, which has
been in the courts for a year and
a half.
On the same day, the court will
I
hear arguments in the State pro
Perty tax case, which has been
the subject of legal action for
nearly five years.
FEDERAL GRANT TO ALASKA
JUNEAU (A*) — Gov. Egan said
there is a strong feeling that the
Kennedy administration may re
commend Federal grants to states
with seasonal employment prob
lems, such as Alaska.
He said this might open the way
for Federal forgiveness of Alaska’s
$8,765,000 unemployment compen
sation fund to the U. S. Govern
ment.
More tomatoes are canned than
any other vegetable.