Curved Bar Awards Presented Carl Scouts Bn Ceremony
Curved Bar Awards, the highest
award a Girl Scout can receive,
went to a group of girls in Joint
Court of Award ceremonies held
at the Kodiak high school, October
27. Girls and parents from the
Base and Town Troops participat
ed. Sponsor of the Base Troop is
the Chief’s Club while the Kodiak
Emblem Cluh is the sponsor of the
Kodiak Troop.
The highlight of the evening’s
program, which was emceed by
Chief J. R. Perry, USN, was the
.awarding of Curved Bars to four
girls. The parents and their daugh
ters, pictured above, are from left
to right, Mr. and Mrs. Herb Down
ing and daughter, Janet; Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Selig and daughter,
Rosemary; Mr. and Mrs. George
Wick and daughter, Janelle; and
Mr. and Mrs. John Springhill and
daughter Marya. The Troop mem
bers and their parents were es
corted by former Curved Bar re
cipients, and color Guard. These
were Connie Trent, Judy Herman,
Diana Dootson, Stephanie Valtman,
Dawn Erdman and Bonnie Breck
burg.
There were second class and pro
Staff photo
ficiency badges, special awards
and first class badges given, as
well as performances by several
of the Troops. The Curved Bar
Awards were presented by Mrs.
Dottie Valen, President of the
Emblem Club.
TV Schedule
Saturday
1:00—Sports Time
3:30—Lucky Lager Sports
4:00—Cartoons
4:30—Mr. Wizard
5:00—Air Power
5:30—Big Picture
6:00—Jack Benny
6:30—'Noahs Ark
7:00—Big Story
7:30—Schlitz Playhouse
8:00—Rawhide
9:00—Peter Gunn
9:30—The Texan
10:00—Movie
Sunday
1:00—Frontiers of Faith
1:30—Sacred Heart
1:45—Christian Science
2:00—Stereo Startime
3:09—'Omnibus
4:00—Music On Ice
5:00—Tenn. Ernie Ford
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5:30—You Are There
6:00—Zane Grey Theatre
6:30—Gunsmoke
7:00—News Of The Week In Re
view
7:30—Twilight Zone
8:00—Perry Mason
9:00—The Untouchables
10:00—Movie
Monday
6:00—Silent Service
6:30—Ozzie And Harriet
7:00—News Of The Day
7:15—JEiBF
7:30—Jimmie Rodgers
8:00—Milton Berle
8:30—Star Performance
9:00—This Is Kodiak
9:30—Wrestling
10:00—Ed Sullivan
Tuesday
6:00—Men Of Annapolis
6:30—Harbor Command
7:00—News Of The Day
7:15—EBF
7:30—The Real McCoys
8:00—I’ve Got A Secret
8:30—People Are Funny
9:00—Dr. Christian
9:30—Cross Current
10:00—Summer On Ice
Wednesday
6:00—Robin Hood
6:30—Safety Lady
KNUDSEN’S
Toys, Christmas Cards, Tree Trim
and Dolls
We halve a g.QQd selection and we are sure you will like our
selections.
Alaskan souvenirs for every member
of the family.
Stuffed animals and are they cute.
Parkas, Slippers
Mido watches are completely automatic and water proof.
KNUDSEN’S — Where All Kodiak Shops
7:00—News Of The Day
7:15—EBF
7:30—Voice Of Firestone
8:00—Four Star Anthology
8:30—Science In Action
9:00—Wed. Nite Fights
10:00—Movie
Thursday
6:00—What’s My Line
6:30—Dennis Day
7:00—News Of The Day
7:15—EBF
7:30—Highway Patrol
8:00—Ann Southern
8:30—Martin Kane
9:00—Lawerence Welk
10:00—Armstrong Circle Theatre
Friday
6:00—Phil Silvers
6:30—Death Valley Days
7:00—News Of The Day
7:15—EBF
7:30—High Road To Danger
8:00—Royal Playhouse
8:30—Man Called X
9:00—Wanted Dead Or Alive
9:30—Markham
10:00—Chevy Mystery Show
11:00—Movie
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March of Dimes Support Urged by Mother
Who Lost Birth Defects Baby in 49 Days
(editor's Note: Mary Sfrous, young
Laurelville, Ohio, mother, tells in her
own words the tragic story of what
happens in a family when a child is
born with a serious birth defect.)
By MARY STROUS
Our baby Laura was born on
Mother’s Day seven years ago.
We lost Laura seven weeks
later on Father’s Day.
She gave a soft little sigh as
she died in my arms. My hus
band and I buried her with the
rattle to which she had clung
tightly during her brief life.
But Laura, who died of the
terrible birth defects known as
open spine and too much fluid
on the brain, still lives in the
hearts of her father Don and
myself. When asked by stran
gers, we always say we have
three daughters (instead of
really only two), and I want
to explain why.
We feel that each of us, in
cluding our tiny Laura, is
brought into the world to serve
a purpose, even if our stay on
earth is as tragically short as
49 days.
For years we were numbed
by our baby’s passing. But to
day we recognize that in being
asked by The National Foun
dation to renew our memories
of ' those despairing seven
weeks, my husband and I are
somehow fulfilling the purpose
of Laura’s fleeting visit with us.
That purpose is to repeat as
forcefully as we can the les
sons we have learned:
1. Scientists insist that par
ents should not be ashamed
over the birth of an infant with
a congenital malformation; in
stead, face the situation bravely
and seek professional advice.
Feelings of guilt aren’t justi
fied.
2. There is no medical evi
dence that birth defects are
always hereditary; and
3. There is no evidence that
because a couple have had one
defective baby, they are likely
to have another. Doctors at
Columbus, Ohio, near our farm
at Laurelville, said our chances
of having another malformed
baby were something like one
in 40,000. (Donna Marguerite,
Mary Strous, of Ohio, and daughters Julie Ann, two, and
Donna Marguerite, five, study photos of youngest child,
Laura, who died of birth defects at seven weeks.
five years old, and Julie Ann,
two, who followed Laura after
Don and I had reflected deeply
and sought advice, could not
be healthier or more normal.)
But by no means have Don
and I forgotten our hopeless
ness and indeed our self-loath
ing during those 49 days and
nights when we took turns
holding Laura in our arms, or
sat hour after hour beside her
bassinet, watching life drain
from her eyes.
We detested ourselves be
cause of torments that some
thing was wrong with ua
physically, or that a shameful
defect had been inherited from
our forebears (later proved
untrue), and that we were
thus responsible for this cruelty
to an innocent baby.
Never will we forget the
frantic drive, while our baby
was dying, to our church so
that she might be baptized be
fore she left us. In some way
our congregation had learned
of the reason for our headlong
visit, and the tears of those
sorrowing folks flowed with
ours.
Our Laura was one of 250,000
babies born each year in our
country with significant birth
defects; that tragic total is
growing with our increasing
population. Our baby was one
of 34,000 who in addition die
annually from theese congeni
tal malformations; and that
awful figure is also ipounting.
At last, something construc
tive is being done about birth
defects. With March of Dimes
contributions, The National
Foundation is directing a broad
study of this devastating puz
zle, just as it fought polio and
in time found the Salk vaccine
to prevent it.
With a donation in January
from each of us, in time there
will be many fewer Lauras in
our land.
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