SOCIAL NOTES
8
_ Homemaking —
Happeningj About Town
— Gardening —
Of This and That
By Betha Digree
A card postmarked Anna Marie,
Florida arrived last week from
Marion Lynch. She wrote that she
would like to bring the warm
white sand beach home with her
. . . Marion is now visiting her
family in Marathon, Wisconsin . ..
Our spies tell us that Stan Nel
son celebrated his birthday Mon
day . . . We extend belated, but
sincere good wishes to Stan . . .
—o—o—o—
Timothy Kraft, son of Walter
and Audrey Kraft, celebrated his
third birthday Tuesday with a
party at home . . .
—0—O-0—
Replicas of paddles used by
Xorthwest Coast Indians for dif
ferent tribal ceremonies are being
made by students at Sheldon Jack
son Junior College and High
School at Sitka. Each paddle has
a particular story of meaning be
hind the design painted or carved
upon it. While some picture a
complete story, others only illus
trate a character of prominence
mentioned in one or more of the
legends of the various tribes or
clans.
They are usually made of native
yellow cedar, first sawed, then
shaped, sanded and carved or
woodburned before being painted.
Designs most commonly used are
the Thunderbird, Raven, Frog,
Beaver, Whale and Octopus. There
are many interesting Tlingit and
Haida legends about these birds
and animals that have come down
through the years.
The students do the work during
after-school hours, receiving a por
tion of the money realized from
each sale. Another portion is used
for materials in the work shop,
while the balance is set aside for
the proposed new Student Union
Center.
The work is being done by both
girls and boys, many of whom
earn much of their tuition in this
manner. Plaques in the shape of a
shield are also made.
Additional information and leaf
lets may be obtained by writing
the Sheldon Jackson Junior Col
lege, Sitka, Alaska. Prices listed
in the leaflet we received seem
very reasonable for these items
that would add much to collections
of Alaskan artistry . . .
We were so enthralled by the
performance of the Augsburg Col
lege Band Wednesday evening that
we just had to play their recording
when we arrived home . . . Hav
ing seen these young people, and
heard them actually playing, add
ed much to the enjoyment of the
record ... We shall long remem-.
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is our favorite number of all . . .
2 Local Girls
On Trip Outside
Miss Joan Benson, Worthy Ad
visor of Kodiak Assembly No. 8,
Order of Rainbow Girls, and Miss
Candace Wilson left early last
week to visit friends in Seattle
and Auburn, Washington.
Miss Wilson is still in Washing
ton, but Miss Benson left Tuesday
for Miami, Florida where she will
attend the Supreme Assembly of
ORG. Miss Benson is traveling with
a group from Alaska, Washington
and Idaho by chartered bus on a
month-long trip. Stops will be
made at various points of interest
enroute.
Earlier in June Miss Benson at
tended the Grand Assembly Ses
sions, ORG, in Vancouver, Wash
ington. She also visited Portland,
Oregon, where she saw the Rose
Parade.
Visitors Here
From Anchorage
Dan and Ina Jean Petersen of
Anchorage arrived here Tuesday
to spend the summer vacation with
their grandparents, John and Katy
Rogers.
Dan, who just finished his first
year at the University of Wash
ington Dental School, plans to go
out with the fishing fleet when
the season opens. Ina Jean, an An
chorage High Shcool senior, will
remain in town with the Rogers’
until school reopens.
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Home Duties, Hobbies, Meeting People
Gives Zest to Living For Mrs. Gotch
By Miriam J. Angell
We spent a wonderfully pleasant
afternoon recently with Gertrude
Gotch whose husband is CDR
James R. Gotch, Naval Station
Executive Officer. When we talked
of an interview she protested that
her life had been unglamorous,
unexciting. We assured her it was
not necessary to win the local
turkey shoot or climb an alp to be
interesting. People are interesting
and interested, in many and di
verse ways.
CDR and Mrs. Gotch transferred
here last December from Patuxant
Naval Air Station some sixty miles
from Washington, D. C. “We were
and get to know them better, what
with PTA and other school activi
ties.
“This is such a busy place. We
like to beachcomb and take pic
tures—we have a good start on
pictures—but so far we’ve been
unable to get away from the sta
tion very often. I’m learning to
bowl on a team; we are in that
mixed-up officers’ league. I love
it but I’m a rank beginner. My
son says ‘You’re all right, Mom;
you have the highest handicap
here!’ Everybody else goes along
making strikes and spares all the
time but when I get one everybody
cheers.
; .RS. GERTRUDE GOTCH
thrilled to come to Kodiak; we are
going into our eighth month here
and it doesn’t seem possible that
time has passed so quickly. The
children have a wonderful time;
they just love it.”
Their children are Virginia, 12,
Mary Louise, 10, and Robert, 14.
The Gotch household also includes
two parakeets, Pete and Perry,
and Bonnie Sue, a beautiful Collie
whose parents were both champion
show dogs.
“One thing we like about Kodiak
is that you meet more people than
you do in a large city. We’ve en
joyed meeting townspeople and in
the fall when Robert starts high
school we expect to meet more
“I love the flowers here and
have the garden club. We haven’t
many, mostly flower boxes and
little sections outside but we have
all kinds of seeds planted. The
girls and I have taken up ceramics
and do them together. It’s lots of
fun and so satisfying to work with.
I do enjoy books and good music
very much but just try to find time
for them. Yes, I do Grey Lady
work and have for a number of
years. Of course I’ve done Wives’
Club work and Bob and I have
been active in PTA work at other
duty stations. I love doing house
work, and cooking. It’s a little hard
to put down a recipe on paper
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