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OF THIS AND THAT By Retha Digree
We are still trying to wipe up
the dust and grit from the recent
volcanic eruption, but it seems to
be a hopeless, never-ending task
. . . Each time the wind blows a
bit or a car passes by, more of the
gritty substance drifts into the
office and settles on the desks and
books. We would really prefer a
thunder and lightning shower in
stead of the messy volcanic ash.
The latest word from the Roland
Vickery family is that they left
Miami Tuesday to visit in New
Jersey and New York before be
ginning their return trip to Alaska
via the Alcan Highway. Chief Vick
ery’s father was ill while the fam
ily visited in Miami, but is now out
of hospital, according to Roland.
Helen Hall and daughter Jean,
who went to Anchorage Tuesday,
reported seeing plumes of smoke
erupting to a height of approxi
mately 8000 feet from the active
volcano when they returned home
Wednesday . . .
Bob Acheson of DonneUey &
Acheson went to Anchorage on
business Tuesday morning, return
ing Wednesday afternoon . . .
Roy Jones of Alaska Packers,
Larsen Bay, spent a few days in
Anchorage this week on business.
Miss Lois Marie Andrews
Wed To Mr. William Mclinn
The Naval Station Chapel, dec
orated with roses, was the scene
of the marriage of Miss Lois Marie
Andrews and Mr. William Howard
McLinn at seven o’clock Sunday
evening, August 21.
Mrs. McLinn, the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Denver Paul An
drews, Naval Station, was given
in marriage by her father. Chap
lain Robert Vaughan officiated at
the double ring ceremony.
The bride wore a waltz length
gown of white lace and taffeta
with long sleeves and a tiny collar.
Her shoulder length veil was at
tached to a cap of white organdy
leaves, each tipped with a seed
pearl. She carried a bridal bouquet
of red roses.
Miss Nancy Jennings, maid of
honor, wore a gown of salmon
colored net over taffeta and carried
a nosegay of white carnations.
Flower girl Rosalind Heffner,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Danny
Heffner, wore an iridescent or
ganza dress and carried a basket
of rose petals which she scattered
as the bride approached the altar.
Mr. Walter Nestel acted as best
man for the groom, who is the son
of Mr. and Mrs. Howard McLinn
of Kodiak. The bride’s brother,
David, was ring bearer, and ushers
were the Messrs. I. Cosley, Ernest
Jones and Richard Palmer.
The bride’s mother was attired
in a tan suit with beige accessories,
and Mrs. MoLinn, Sr. chose a light
blue suit for the occasion. Both
wore a corsage of red roses.
A reception held at the Rose
Room, Civil Service Club on the
Naval Station was attended by ap
proximately 125 guests.
The young couple will make
their home in Kodiak.
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Safety Lady Faced With Home Disaster
As Volcano Eruption Precedes Interview
By Miriam J. Angel)
The day Mt. Katmai exploded
and sent its volcanic ash to cloud
our skies and confound the house
wife’s cleaning problem, we had
planned to interview CDR and
Mrs. Joseph F. Stanton before the
CDR took off on a flight to Juneau.
The day was ill chosen; in the
morning ten-year-old Smokie Stan
ton and a friend went off to climb
Old Woman, with the promise to
return by four in the afternoon.
When the blinding ash was at its
their juice. I invented the puppets,
Woof and Lulu, and use them in
skits to teach the lessons.
“We have covered every imagin
able subject of safety. The coop
eration of Chief Vickery and Mr.
Starbird, the base safety specialist,
have helped a great deal. The pro
gram will come on live again dur
ing fire prevention week in Oc
tober.
“As to past experience, I was in
every play in college that they
would let me do ... at Regis Col
dren and raise them. I did join
the Beverly Players in 1955 when
we were stationed in my home
state, Massachusetts, but then I
was having another child so I took
tickets at the door.
“I graduated in June of ’48 and
Joe and I were married a month
later. He was between stations, on
his way to Miami so that was my
first tour as a Coast Guard wife.
Since Joe isn’t here, let me tell
you about him. He was born in
Annapolis, Maryland, where his
father was athletic instructor at
the Naval Academy, but he calls
Rochester, New York, his home.
He went to the University of Ken
tucky, was in the Navy V-5 pro
CDR. and MRS. JOSEPH F. STANTON
worst and blowing mightily on the
mountain, Hy Stanton became
quite worried that her son and his
companion might become blinded
and fall. For two uncomfortable
hours she watched through binocu
lars, searching the slopes and gul
leys of Old Woman, but without
success. Finally and thankfully,
number one son appeared, some
what dusty but unhurt, and more
intrigued with collecting samples
of volcanic ash than with the bath
his mother prepared for him.
This should have ended the day
happily but Mt. Katmai, not con
tent with near or possible disaster,
with a gust of wind slammed the
big front door on child number
five’s finger, ripping off the tip
and nail. Melinda, aged four, be
came a real victim. Jimmy, nine,
Jacko, six, and seven - year - old
Deborah were subject to nothing
more serious than hunger pangs
this day.
By the time the shock had worn
off next day, Mrs. Stanton could
remark, “What will people say?
Of all the children on the base,
wouldn’t you know it would have
to be the Safety Lady’s child who
goes to the hospital!”
All Kodiak knows Hy Stanton as
the Safety Lady of AFRTS tele
vision. We asked how the program
got started and what other similar
experience might have prepared
her for television. “I just happened
to fall into the Safety Lady pro
gram. I did a commercial at the
studio and when they needed
someone for this, I applied and
was accepted. I enjoy it; it’s a
challenge. 'Every town needs a
safety program. I was never par
ticularly safety conscious until I
got into this, but we are all very
safety conscious now. I enjoy the
response I get from children and
their enthusiasm. It’s wonderful
to drive along and be hailed by
them. I get a lot of phone calls
from children who tattle on their
friends for doing something un
safe, and at the studio, calls from
mothers who ask me to ask Woof
to tell Janie or Bobby to stay in
bed or take their pills or drink
lege in Weston, Massachusetts, and
then at Catholic University in the
District of Columbia. I studied
there under Walter and Jean
(Please Don’t Eat the Daisies)
Kerr and also under John Baird,
who is now a Broadway director.
My best role was the lead in the
premiere performance of Our
Hearts Were Young and Gay. All
I’ve done since then is have chil
gram and switched to the Coast
Guard after he got his commission.
He has been in the Coast Guard
for seventeen years, loves it, and
loves flying. While we were sta
tioned at Floyd Bennet field in
New York he went to survival
school three hundred miles north
of the Arctic Circle. This was the
really rugged course; they were
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