— Kodiak Kapsuales --
(By Bill Mason)
(continued from page 1)
noon, as a lone sailor was dogging
their every footstep. Finally one
of the girls wheeled round and
announced angrily, “You there,
Mr. Fresh! Either quit following
us this way or get another sailor!”
* * * *
The Mirror is seeking a Navy
wife or someone on the base who
would be willing to gather base
items for us. It is our hope t«
build up a page of Navy news in
each edition of the Mirror, but
we need a correspondent there
to carry on for us.
Admittedly the remuneration
is small, just like the editor’s,
but there’s the satisfaction of
having people call you up and
jumping all over you for making
a mistake or misspelling a name.
Seldom do the readers thank you
for a job well done, but then
that's expected.
w w w w
Earlier this week Yours Truly
noticed a worried-looking man in
the City Market who asked for
three potted geraniums. “I’m sor
ry,” said the clerk. “We’re out of
geraniums just now, but we have
some nice potted Chrysanthe
mums.”
“No, they won’t do," replied the
customer. “I promised my wife I’d
water her geraniums while she
was in Seattle and she is due back
pn tomorrow’s plane.”
* * * *
Only 11 more days and we’ll
; know who won the election and
- if the capital is going to be
* moved from Juneau. Think of
f
Re-elect
RALPH J. RIVERS
(Democrat)
to
CONGRESS
Keep his experience and sen
iority in Congress working for
you.
Pd. Pol. Adv.
Rivers for Congress Comm.
DON’T SACRIFICE
KODIAK’S
PUBLIC WORKS
PROGRAM
j FOR A NEW CAPITAL
VOTE NO!
ON INITIATIVE NO. 1
the havoc that will raise with the
oldsters who memorized the en
tire 50 states and their capitals.
(The younger generation isn’t
subjected to that anymore.)
With Halloween, the elections
and the capital move all over,
we’ll have little to look forward
to except the newspapers telling
you howr many shopping days
until Christmas and the State
Department’s advisor, William
C. Herrington, ultimatum to the
Russians to get out of our fish
ing waters. (Who’s dreaming
now?)
* * * *
WHO REMEMBERS
Spelling spell-downs on Friday
afternoons at school? . . . The Sat
urday serials where the heroine,
Pearl White, was left strapped to
the railroad tracks or hanging on
a cliff at the end of each sequence?
. . . When boys wore pongee shirts
and short trousers? . . . When
youngsters wore masks to ward off
the flu bug? (Gosh, are you that
old?) . . . When you got the crust
off the first loaf of home-made
bread? . . . When youngsters had
a specified number of chores to
----
earn that 25c aiiowance? . . . When
the entire family gathered around
the player piano to sing (sorry,
that was before our time.) . . .
When car-coats were called Macki
naws? . . . When the health offi
cers used to come along with
quarantine signs whenever a case
of measles or mumps broke out?
. . . When members of the family
took turns using the radio ear
phones? . . . When you bought
Life and Judge to get in your
humorous reading? . . . When all
the teenagers scattered for home
as the curfew sounded?
We suppose you heard about
the Kodiak fisherman who pro
tested an income tax clerk’s rul
ing that a baby born on Jan. 24
was not deductible on last year’s
income. “Why not?” he asked.
“It was last year’s business!”
* * * *
And closing out the last week of
October, newspaperwise, we
mustn’t overlook the juvenile de
partment and the tale of the 10
year-old who was asked by his
Uncle, “Do you have a girl?”
“Gosh, no,” shouted the young
ster as he ran off to his baseball
game.
The little girl next door smiled
wisely at Uncle and said, “They’re
always the last ones to know.”
To aid the nation’s superior students, the Elks National
Foundation is offering 142 scholarships totalling $110,000 In its
1963 Most Valuable Student Competition, Exalted Ruler Tom
Frost, Jr., of the Kodiak Elks Lodge announced today. According
to John F. Malley of Boston, Mass., chairman of the Foundation’s
trustees, the scholarships range from $700 to a top of $1,500
with boys and girls competing separately for identical awards.
This is the 29th consecutive year that the Foundation, the
philanthropic trust fund of the Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, has offered scholarships designed specifically to provide
financial assistance for exceptionally talented but needy young
sters. To be considered, applicants must have a scholastic rating
of 90 per cent or better and be in the upper 5 per cent of their
class. Other merit standards are citizenship, personality, leader
ship, perseverance, resourcefulness, patriotism, general worthi
ness and financial need. The Competition is open to all high
school seniors or college students except seniors who are U.S.
citizens residing in the jurisdiction of the Order.
Exalted Ruler Tom Frost, Jr., said that application forms
may be obtained from Lee. Knight Wally Valen. Applicants
should obtain endorsement of the lodge so that completed
brochure may be filed with the Secretary of the State Elks As
sociation by March 1, 1963.
The Elks National Foundation does not limit its aid to the
country’s top students. Other scholarship programs with less
stringent scholastic requirements provide assistance each year
for nearly 200 students. In addition, the Foundation makes
many grant0 each year to doctors, nurses, therapists and tech
nicians for advanced training in cerebral palsy therapy.
Kodiak Elks Lodge No. 1772
GOOD GOVERMNENT
OEGINS NOV. 6
With Your
Vote For
R. W. “BOB”
STRATTON "
Republican Candidate
STATE SENATE
*
I BELIEVE:
That irresponsible destruction of our Alas
ka fishermen’s gear by Russian trawlers is
inexcusable and should bring about a demand
from our State Department for repayment of
losses and a firm stand against future viola
tions. The failure of the State Department to
take a firm position in dealing with Commu
nism since World War II has been tantamount
to our surrendering on the installment plan
around the world. We must take a firm stand
in dealing with Communism and its leader
Khrushchev.
We Must Preserve Alaskan
Waters For Alaska Fishermen
Sound — Proven — Progressive
ALASKA NEEDS YOUR VOTE
ALASKA NEEDS BOB STRATTON
VOTE * RIGHT
VOTE ★ STRATTON