Feona Peterson
Taken By Death
Death came to a long-time resi
dent of Kodiak. Mrs. Feona Peter
son. 69. during the early morning
hours Friday, September 22, at her
home The cause of death was can
cer.
Mrs. Peterson was born at Little
Afognak on April 15, 1892. She
spent part of her childhood years
there, then moved with her family
to Ouzinkie On August 19. 1919,
she married Andrew Peterson at
Unga. Alaska. Mr. and Mrs. Peter
son made their home in Kodiak
since shortly after their marriage.
Altho Mrs. Peterson had none
of her own, she deeply loved
children, and she and her husband
adopted a daughter, who is now
Mrs. Mary Cooper of Seward.
Two months ago the deceased
slipped on wet grass outside her
home and broke a leg. She spent
eight weeks in the ANS Hospital
in Anchorage, and had just re
turned to her home Wednesday of
last week.
Services were conducted by Fr.
Tragonsky at the Russian Ortho
dox Church, Monday at two o’clock,
with interment following in the
Russian Cemetery
Besides her husband and daugh
ter, Mrs. Peterson is survived by
her sister. Mrs. Annie Christoffer
son of Kodiak, and another sister,
Xenia, who lives in Oregon.
Feona Peterson who had a
keen sense of humor and ready wit,
always had a smile and cheerful
greeting. Highly respected and
always thoughtful of others, she
will be mourned by her countless
friends and long-remembered by
them.
Civilian Women
Slate Lunch
Election of officers will be held
at the Civilian Women's Lunch
eon Club meeting to be held in the
Rose Room, Civilian Club. Naval
Station on Thursday, October 5.
The luncheon will begin promptly
at 1:00 P. M.
A style show\ through the cour
tesy of Anna's Apparel, will follow
the business session.
Reservations for the affair may
be made by calling Ethel Hamilton,
486—5535, or Mane Carnahan, 487
—3361 before Wednesday noon.
Members are invited to bring
guests.
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Reports Given
At BPW Meet
Committe chairmen activity re
ports were presented as a part of
the program at the Kodiak Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Club dinner meeting held at the
Town Club, September 18. During
the meeting Margaret Lightfoot
Thompson was presented with a
farewell gift from club members.
A business meeting is scheduled
for October 2 at 7:30 P. M. at the
home of Mrs. Fostina Johnson. Mrs.
Justine Hinckel and Mrs. Norma
Clique will act as co-hostesses.
Nuptials Planned
The engagement of their daugh
ter, Mildred Campbell , to Private
First Class Gus Thomas Beerwart,
USMC, has been announced by Lt
(j.g.) and Mrs. Frank Jones. Naval
Station.
TTie wedding will be held at the
Naval Station Chapel Sunday, Oc
tober 29.
Mrs. Cooper Here
Mrs. Mary Cooper. Seward, ar
rived here Friday of last week to
attend the funeral of her mother.
Mrs. Feona Peterson.
Mrs. Cooper plans to remain in
Kodiak until October 3.
Of This and That
By BETHA DIGREE
■tM tH-H-HM'i i i h
Kodiak doesn't seem quite the
same since Margaret Lightfoot
Thompson left town last Friday ...
Margaret, who first came here in
June. 1946, had been employed by
Alaska Communications System for
nearly ten years (since October,
1946) as Administrative Assistant
and Commercial Accountant . . .
A big title and a big job for such
a little gal. but one that she de
served, and carried out to the last
detail. As ACS Station Manager,
Sgt. Archie Zehe, remarked. “It
will take two men to do Margaret's
work as well as she did It” ... Mar
garet spent last weekend in Anch
orage with Margie Gibbons and
Myraa Perkins, both former resi
dent of Kodiak. On Monday she left
for Seattle. She planned to fly to
Honolulu. Hawaii. Tuesday to join
her husband. John, who has been
transferred there by Lockheed
Corp. Missiles Division . . . The
Thompsons’ expect to remain in
Hawaii for several months . . .
Margaret's cheerful smile and
friendliness will be sorely missed
by many of us in Kodiak, and we
agree with Sgt. Zehe that “No one
can replace Margaret! . . .
Miss Irene Comisky arrived here
from Ketchikan last week to spend
several months at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. James Healy . . . Miss
Comisky is the niece of Mrs. Healy.
Plenty of amusement is promised
at the Carnival to be held at the
National Guard Armory on Satur
day. October 7 ... Mrs. Mary Valen
tine, publicity chairman for the af
fair. which is being sponsored by
St. Mary’s Altar Society, told us
there will be fifteen booths in op
eration. “Our cotton-candy should
really be good this year,” she said,
“as we have a brand new machine
to make it” . . . There will be
plenty of soft drinks, coffee. Juicy
bergers and hot dogs to eat while
trying the several games that will
be in progress . . . Baseball throw,
fish pond, airplane rides, pop-gun
gallery and many other games will
be offered from 11:00 a. m. until
9:00 p. m. . . . “There will be fun
for everyone and the public is cor
dially invited to join in that fun,”
said Mrs. Valentine .. .
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One would think that a town the
size of Kodiak would have some
sort of pound for stray animals . ..
But such is not the case at the pres
ent time, at least. We learned this
through experience when we had
a kitten come to our home, cold
and hungry and evidently lost . . .
Not wanting a cat around our
house (ANYTHING but THAT!)
we called police heaquarters, think
ing we could leave the animal there
until the owner claimed it . . . We
were informed that there is no
such facility as a pound here . . .
What does one do under such cir
cumstances? We couldn’t do as
was suggested ... put the kitten
into a sack, weigh it down with
rocks, and toss it into the sea . ..
So we ignored the pitiful mewing
until the kitten eventually wand
ered away. We sincerely hope that
it found it’s way home, because it
wasn’t easy to close one's ears to
the plea for food and warmth . . .
Surely some arrangements could
be made to care for these strays
aad lost animals . ..
GARDNERS’ NOTE
It all started before World War
I. Some scientists with the Depart
ment of Agriculture were experi
menting with the cross-breeding of
various shrubs and plants. One day
they crossed a hyacinth with
spreading tax us and they got a
creeping, virulent growth that now
infests the whole government —
hya-taxus ... Anon.
Miss Chase To Wed
Mr, J. F. Williams
The wedding of Miss Carolyn
Chase and Mrs. James E. Williams
wili take place tomorrow. Septem
ber 30, at the Community Baptist
Church.
The bride-to-be. who is the sister
of Mr. Ronald Chase of this city,
has been employed as a secretary
at the Naval Station since her ar
rival here last October from her
home in Lovelace, Nevada.
Mr. Williams is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Carlus Williams, Uvalde,
Texa-. He is Chief Petty Officer,
U. S. Navy, attached to a patrol
squadron based at Whidbey Naval
Station, Oak Plarbor, Washington.
Acacia Pledge
William Damery, Jr., son of Mr.
and Mrs. William Damery of this
city, is a recent pledge of the
Acacia fraternity at the University
of Washington, Seattle. Acacia is
well-known for the high scholastic
standards required of the fratern
ity members.
Young Danfery, who attended
East Central Junior College at De
catur, Mississippi the past two
yeais, entered the University of
Washington this term.
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