SOCIAL NOTES
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Happenings About Town
— Gardening —
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Of This and That
By BETHA DIGREE
Perhaps we should be grateful
that we have as yet had no snow,
hut that almost seems preferable
to the heavy rainfall and the mis
erable cold winds we have had re
cently . . . .This sort of weather
makes one want to just stay in
doors where it is warm and dry.
We have some charming, chat
tering new friends that we find
interesting. . . Several magpies
and sea gulls have learned that
we frequently toss out stale bread
and cake for them. Each morning
now we see several magpies sit
ting on posts and power lines, im
patiently calling for their food,
while the gulls soar overhead,
gradually swooping lower and
lower until they are on the road
in fro-nt of the house . . . There
is one magpie, a bit larger than
than the rest of the flock, who ap
pears to ibe rather a bully and is
usually driving the others away
until he has had his fill .... Then
there is the miser who hides his
loot in the moss we have placed
around the base of our plants in
the garden. He very carefully
scratches a hole in the moss, drops
the bread into the hole, then cov
ers it before dashing back for
another bite. We are wondering if
he remembers where he has hid
den it, and if he will salvage it
when he gets hungry. Perhaps we
should take a few days vacation
so that we can watch hm.
(We asked the Editor about tak
ing time off but he feels certain
the bird can take care of himself,
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and vetoed the idea. We will have
to think of a better excuse for
taking time off!)
Mrs. Edna Kraft
And Mrs. Suender
Go To California
Mrs. Edna Kraft, widow of the
late Ben Kraft, and Mrs. Rika
Suender left Sunday for San
Raphael, California where Mrs.
Kraft has been making her home
the past few years.
Mrs. Suender, who has been ill,
will visit Mrs. Kraft while taking
further medical treatment. She has
been employed in Kraft’s Dry
Goods Department for many years,
and was last Outside eleven years
ago.
Mother On Visit
Here Five Weeks
Mrs. C. B. Winchell spent five
weeks recently at the A1 Nixon
ranch. She left for her home at
Cook, Minnesota, October 6 .
Mrs. Winchell is the mother of
Hazel Nixon, and is B2 years old.
She was here four years ago when
she visited the ranch of the Nix
on’s at Crooked Island. The Nix
ons operate Nixon’s Dairy.
Grandmothers Club
Meets Next Week
Kodiak Grandmothers Club will
meet on Wednesday, November 4,
at the home of Mrs. Sibyl Boggs,
Quarters 22 E, Naval Station. Mrs.
Jim Munro will be hostess for the
meeting, which begins at 8 p.m.
Gray Lady Course
Begins Next Week
The Gray Lady Course which
the Kodiak Chapter of the Red
Cross is sponsoring for the Naval
Station Hospital was set up at
a prelimentary meeting in the
Library of the Naval Station
Hospital, on Tuesday afternoon,
October 27th.
the need for, and purpose of,
Gray Ladies w'as explained and
eight application blanks were giv
en to interested ladies.
Classes will begin next Tuesday,
November 3, at the hospital and
will run for three weeks, every
Tuesday and Friday afternoon
from 2:00 to 4:00 o’clock. Further
applications for the training may
be made before November 3, by
calling either the Gray Lady
Chairman, Lou Muirhead at 207
or the Red Cross Field Director at
394.
Beoma Blimi
Visits Parents
Miss Beoma Blinn, who is attend
Seattf/ ^ BCaUty 801,001 «
Parents' ***" Visiting her
parents the past ten days. She ac
Mr' and Mrs* Blinn,
c , ff, had '^een‘ vacationing in
^la,U e: w^en they returned to at
tend the funeral of Mrs. Blinn’s
brother, Ben Kraft.
^i“n eXpects t0 retum to
her training. WeCkend to resun,e
FormerSteSdents
Visiting Here
PauW n K.°diak residents. Mrs.
Paulme Hunt of Phoenix. Arizona,
Seta^l Margaret Bogen of
r°a„le- are carting 'relatives and
Sstet* Jnvrt0Wn’ They are ‘he
sistm of Mrs. FVedia Blinn and
ehouseguests at the Blinn home.
Mrs. Hunt and Mrs. Bogen who
brother “r*"8 the funeral of‘heir
brother, Ben Kraft, and have as
yet not set their departure date
Mayor & Mrs. Coon
Returned to Kodiak
Mayor Merrill Coon spent a few
days in Seattle recently, where he
joined Mrs. Coon who had been
visiting her mother in Kimbell,
Nebraska.
Mayor Coon, who was delayed in
Anchorage for two days because
of adverse weather conditions, ar
rived home last Thursday & Mrs.
Coon arrived here last Friday.
Son Is Born
A,son, their first child, was born
on October 12 to Iride Edith and
Neil Henry Woodward, BMC, USN,
at the Naval Station Hospital. The
baby, who weighed 3 lbs. 4 ozs.,
has been named Neil Henry II.
Mr. and Mrs. Woodward reside
at Quarters 47-C-B, Naval Station.
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Daughter Born
A daughter, Nancy Jane, weigh
ing 8 lbs. 10Vz ozs., was botrn on
October 23 to Virginia Gertrude
and George Chester Ameigh, Jr.,
at the Naval Station Hospital.
SKC Ameigh, who is serving
with the U. S. Navy, and Mrs.
Ameigh have one other child.
They live at 1549 North Blvd.,
Aleutian Homes.
Vera Churchill
Resigns Office
The resignation of Vera Chur
chill as secretary-treasurer of the
Ladies Auxiliary of the VFW
Post 7056, was announced this
week. *
The Churchills’ plan on leaving
Kodiak shortly.
Mrs. Churchill has held the post
in the ladies oganization for sev
eral years, and would have com
pleted 3 years in April, 1960. Last
year she received a trophy for re
cruiting the most members. Her
husband, John, is active in the
VFW and is Post Surgeo.n
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On-Base T eachcrs
Guests of K» E. A.
The regular monthly meeting of
the Kodiak Education Association
was held on Wednesday, Oct 21,
with the teachers from the On-Base
School as guests.
Refresnments were served and
the regular business meeting fol
lowed. Reports were given -by the
three delegates to the AEA Dele
gates’ Assembly which was held
in Anchorage on Sept-ember 24-26.
These delegates were Mrs. Ellen
Dawson, Mrsv Gladene Stewart,
and Mrs. Louise Walker.
VETERANS* CHILDRENS
CHRISTMAS LIST UP
The VFW Christmas list is now
posted in the Post .rooms, accord
ing to an announcement from
that organization.
All children, 12 years odd and
under, belonging to Post members,
are urged to see that their ch i ld -
tren’s names are listed. Deadline
is November 15.
we An THE CLASS AM "
“The Vagabond King” Wins Acclaim
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AS Rousing Musical Adventure
“The Vagabond King”, the most
colorful and rousing adventure
story ever set to music, opens
Tuesday, November 10th for a 2
day showing at the Orpheum
Theatre, under -the sponsorship of
the Kodiak Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club.
The new Paramount production
starrring Kathryn Grayson; the
young European tenor, Oreste, in
his motion picture debut; Rita
Moreno; Sir Cedric Hardwicke and
Walter Hampden, is a glittering
film of tremendous spectacle and
sweep, told to the ever-fresh, ever
delightful Rudolf Friml music.
PreformanceSj both musical and
dramatic, vie for praise with mag
nificent settings and exciting act
ion in this VistaVision, Techni
color version of a turbulent chap
ter in French history. The plot, of
course, deals with Francois Villon,
the swordsman-poet whose raga
muffin army recruited from the
streets of Paris battled the might
of the invading Burgundians in the
15th Century, and in the title role
Oreste proves he has one of the
great voices of our times, as well
as a handsome, dashing presence.
Well-matched with lovely Kath
ryn Grayson, whose renditions af
the Frimal music are In themsel
ves worth the price of the aduds
sion, the Maltese-born tenor sings
the famed ‘Song of the Vagabonds' ~
and ‘Only a Rose* with virility
asnd glorious soaring tones, hali#^
les a sword like a fencing master,
romances with the aplomb of a
Don Jtian.
Sets, costumes and back
grounds are extremely lavish and
colorful.
In addition to the original songs
Friml himself has written several
new ones that blend cleverly .with*
the plot, and there are lively
dances galore. All in all, “The
Vagabond King’ is a wonderful
treat for both eyes and ears.
. Tickets may be purchased*, fron*
any BPW member. Student tick
ets (through 8th grade) .will be
sold for 75c during advance sale.
The Community Baptist Church
“The Big White Church on the Hill” ''
' REV. JOHN MOLLETTI, PASTOR
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Sunday School—9:45 a.m. .... 5 .
Morning Worship—11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups—0:30 p.m.
Evening Worship-r-7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m., Wednesday
| “Holding Forth the Word of Life”
GRAND OPENING OCTOBER 31
Mr. Bill Prelim
The Naval Station Hair Stylist
Proudly announces that he will be at
“THE HOUSE OF ESKA”
A Modern Stylist in Hair Design Salon
For The Women of Kodiak
Across the Street from Kraft’s Clothing Store
Evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m.
And All Day Saturday from 8 a.m. to 5 pjn.
An Eska-protein wave technician and Franchised Salon
Specialist in all coloring and Silver Bkmding!
-Phone 5633 for Appointments —
REFRESHMENTS SERVED TREATS FOR THE BIDS