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By BETHA DIGREE
Kodiak Cub Scouts are living
the meaning of generosity and
community spirit, as is clearly
shown by the letters sent with
their donations to Griffin Memor
ial Hospital Fund. These fine
young citizens should be given
credit, and we are certain they will
make good citizens of the future.
We herewith are publishing two
additional letters received this
week:
“Dear Sisters:
The boys of Den 2, Oub Scout
Pack 213, would like to contribute
our letter writing prize money to
the hospital also.
Sincerely,
Michael Chase
Michael Turner
Michael Loomis
Stuart Rickey
John Jensen
Sandy Parker
Freddie Leonard
Steven Draper,
Den Chief
Mrs. Robert Parker,
Den Mother.”
“Dear Members of the
Hospital Board:
Enclosed are the proceeds from
the sale of home made candy held
by Cub Scouts of Den 5 at the
recent King Crab Festival. We
are happy to be able to give to
the fund.
Sincerely,
Pat Poland
John Fitzgerald
Dennis Bell
Dicky Boucher
Donald Malutin
Wally Shuravloff
* Billy Amason
Billy Bacus
Stephen Jarvela
David Hylton
Larry Wheeler
John Borenin
Michael Peterson
Benny Johanson
Mrs. Doris Bacus,
Den Mother.”
‘Myrtle the Turtle’, who has
been a member of Olita Kay’s
family more than 14 years, drew
much attention at the King Crab
Festival Kiddies parade. Myrtle,
who was carried by prize winner
Pat Hooker, is a long way from
home as she originally lived in the
Mojave desert. She seems to be
happy in her Kodiak home, tho,
and has her own favorite resting
places in the Kay’s quarters at
Lake Louise. Unfortunately, Bob
and Olita must soon bid their pet
farewell. They will be leaving for
Hawaii in June and are sending
Myrtle to Olita’s brother in Cali
fornia. It seems that they would
be forced to put Myrtle in quar
antine for at least 4 months and
they feel that she would not care
for that . . . So . . . the best of
friends must part . . .
Mrs. Helen Hall and daughter
Jeanne flew to Anchorage Sunday
afternoon, and returned home
Monday . . .
Mrs. Sibyl Boggs
Honored At Tea
More than a hundred friends of
Mrs. Sibyl Boggs attended a tea
in her honor at the Civil Service
Club, Naval Station, Monday after
noon. The affair was sponsored by
the many clubs in which Mrs.
Boggs has been an active member
during her residence on the Naval
Station.
Hostess clubs were Kodiiak Em
blem Club, Grandmothers Club,
Eastern Star, Fireweed Club, Gar
den Club, Pinochle Club, Civilian
Women’s Club and the Grand
mothers Bowling Team. The ladies
that poured were Mrs. Nina John
son, president of the Civilian
Women’s Club; Mrs. Dottie Valen,
president of the Emblem Club;
Mrs. Marjorie Farrell, president of
the Garden Club; Mrs. Virginia
Curley, president of Grandmothers
Club; Mrs. Elva Nachand, Captain,
Bowling Team, and Mrs. Frances
Patterson, Worthy Matron, East
ern Star.
Mrs. Evelyn Lee and Mrs. Ruth
Rushaw were in charge of the
guest book.
BPW Officers
To Be Installed
Installation of officers of the
Kodiak Business and Professional
Women’s Club will be held at 7
p.m. Monday at the Island Foun
tain, with Past President Mrs.
Fostina Johnson acting as install
ing officer.
To be installed are Mrs. Melanie
Draper, president; Mrs. Betty
Springhill, vice president; Miss
Connie Dandeneau, recording sec
retary: Mrs. Helen Schott, corres
ponding secretary, and Mrs. Mar
cia Craig, treasurer.
Mrs. Marian Johnson, Scholar
ship chairman, has announced that
an original painting by Mrs. Eu
dora Preston, and donated by her,
is being sold for the benefit of the
Scholarship fund. Kodiak BPW
Club has made an annual award
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late for the past several years.
This year the award has been
raised to $250.00, and the club
hopes that the same amount may
t>e given each year in the future.
Outgoing president Lillian Smith
requests all members to remember
that "May Days Are Pay Days,”
and that dues are payable.
Sandi Marconi
Joins Parents
Miss Sandi Marconi, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Marconi, ar
rived in Kodiak via PNA direct
flight Tuesday from Seattle.
Miss Marconi, who has been em
ployed as secretary by States Ma
rine, a shipping concern in Seat
tle, plans to make her home here
with her parents.
HS Junior To Get
Science Training
Sharon Hayden, a Junior in the
Kodiak high school, has been ac
cepted to participate in the Sum
mer Science Training Program for
Secondary School Students at the
University of Alaska, August 7
to August 27 of this year.
This program is to provide ex
ceptional students with more
knowledge of the possibilities and
training available in the field of
science.
Mrs. Strickler
Is Newcomer
Who Loves Alaska
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By Miriam J. Angell
Mrs. Marion StricWer, wife of
Captain Lyle E. Strickler who be
came Chief of Staff to the 17th
Naval District last December, is
as enthusiastic about Alaska as
any cheechako you will ever meet.
She declares that if it were pos
sible “we would like to build a
home and stay here permanently.
All our family loves Alaska.” This
wish is not likely to sway the
sympathy of the Navy, however,
as the list of their past duty sta
tions shows, very clearly.
Captain and Mrs. Strickler were
married in California in 1936 and
two years later were transferred
to the Navy sub school in New
London. Connecticut. From there
they went to Portsmouth, New
Hampshire, to San Diego and on
to Honolulu for two years. In the
tense days of November 1941,
Captain Strickler sailed for Cor
regidor aboard the submarine
Swordfish and his family sailed
for the states where they arrived
just ten days before Pearl Harbor.
Swordfish later evacuated Manuel
Quezon, his family and other Phil
ippine leaders at the fall of Cor
regidor.
Along with many other service
wives Mrs. Strickler waited out the
war years until their peacetime
assignment in Panama in 1945.
There, a second child was born.
Seattle; San Diego; Portmouth,
Virginia; Washington, D. C.—all
were home ports during the next
few years. In Newport, Rhode
Island, while the captain attended
War College, Mrs. Strickler went
back to her avid love, the theatre,
for the first time since her mar
riage.
Mrs. Strickler was originally a
singer. She began in her home
town of Tulsa, Oklahoma, when
she was four years old. progressing
through operetta, play work and
light opera. As a senior in high
school she met Lyle Strickler at
tryouts for a play. He went on to
Annapolis; she directed little
theatre groups and sang roles in
summer opera.
MR. AND MRS. RAYMOND MARTIN, JR.
Shown cutting the wedding cake at a reception following their
marriage April 23 are Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Martin, Jr. Rev.
Raymond Talbott, S. J., officiated at the ceremony which was held
at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, with Mr. Leon Johnson acting as
witness. Attendants to the bride were Mrs. Frances Iani and Mrs.
Charlotte Alexander, while Mr. James Paulos served as best man
to the groom. Mrs. Iani was in charge of the guest book at the re
ception, held at the Elks Hall, which was attended by several
hundred guests. Photo by Taylor
MRS. MARION STRICKLER
In 1934, Mrs. Strickler went to
New York as secretary to the
conductor in charge of the stage
of the Metropolitan Opera House.
This was the last of the Golden
Era of Tibbets and Melchoir; Flag
staad made her debut that year.
“When I heard Flagstaad sing—
such a magnificent voice—I de
cided right then that my talents
lay eleswdiere.”
During their last assignment
before coming here the family
bought a home in San Climente,
California, and she put her con
siderable talents to work, acting
and directing in Community
Theatre. She directed Grammercy
Ghost and acted in Bernadine, The
Importance of Being Ernest, and
the Shirley Booth role in Good
bye, Mv Fancy. For Norman
Wright she acted in a documentary
film.
The Stricklers have two daugh
ters. Judith and Victoria. Judy is
taking time off from college be
cause her parents feel she should
not miss living in Kodiak while
she Has the chance to do so. Vicki
is a student at the on-base junior
high school.
Mrs. Strickler is a tall, striking
woman who practically seethes
with enthusiasm for whatever she
is doing at the moment. When we
visited her at home she was fairly
gloating over plans for the play,
Petticoat Fever, which she will
direct for the Kodiactors, the
Naval Base little theatre group.
Those who saw Poop-Deck Panic
will remember her as the director
and a star of that show.
Over coffee we admired most,
of all her furnishings, the exceed
ingly handsome rug. We had not
seen one like it since the days of
our Grandmother’s don’t - touch
parlor. It is a deep, deep blue with
off - white patterned border, it
came from North China and is
twenty feet long.
The family dog, a silky white
cocker spaniel named Daniel
O'Houlihan does not, unfortunate
ly, match the rug. “The rug is so
blue, he is so white and he sheds
all the time. We’ve been threaten
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