SOCIAL NOTES
_ Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
_ Gardening —
Of This and That
By Betha Digree
One five-year-old in Kodiak is
slightly doubtful that his father is,
as the boy felt until last Sunday,
the very smartest man in the whole
wide world . . . Unfortunately we
promised the boy’s father that we
would not mention his name if we
wrote about the reason for the
doubt, and we keep our promises
whenever at all possible ... So
the gentleman must remain anony
mous . . .
It all began last Sunday when
the family decided to go picnick
ing at Chiniak. Looking for a se
cluded spot, father saw what he
thought would be a perfect loca
tion. In order to reach the place,
however, two small streams had
to be forded. Their Volkswagen
navigated the first stream easily
and had almost reached the far
side of the second when the rear
end of the car suddenly dropped
into rather deep water. Hastily
turning the wheel over to his wife,
the driver jumped out and tried to
push the car. The motor, having
been completely submerged,
coughed a few times, then remain
ed silent. With the assistance of
three men who happened to be
nearby, the Volkswagen was event
ually lifted out of the stream onto
dry land.
The two young sons of the couple
had been asleep on the back seat
while enroute from town. Suddenly
the five-year-old awakened, looked
at the water pouring into the car,
and asked, “Mama, how come
Daddy parked HERE?” , . . The
affair ended happily, tho. After
the water was bailed out of the
car and the motor dried off a bit,
it was again in operating condition.
The picnic was held in the chosen
spot but no further attempt was
made to drive across the second
stream . . . Walking seemed so
much more simple to everyone,
but especially so to father!
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Margie Gibbons, who recently
sold her dress shop (Mar Lou
Apparel) to Anna Mueller, left
this week for Anchorage. Margie
will spend several weeks with her
sister, Myrna Perkins. She expects
to have medical treatment while
in Anchorage, and will remain at
least to the latter part of August.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Crawford,
former Kodiak residents now living
in Anchorage, have announced the
birth of a son. The baby, who has
been named Stuart Guy, was born
June 27 and weighed 5 lbs. 15 ozs.
He is the Crawfords’ fifth child.
Ed and Marie Cardinal have re
turned from their trip to Europe
but we have not had a chance to
get many details from them. We
did see Ed for a few moments, and
noted that he looked rather wist
ful as he remarked: “It was all a
lot of fun” ... Ed left Marie in
Vancouver, B. C. to spend a few
extra days visiting her family
w^i’e he came back to work. Marie
n” "ved home on the direct flight
“'.tesday morning . . .
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Open every Friday until 8 p.m.
Judges Chosen
By Emblem Club
Five judges have been chosen to
select the candidate from Kodiak
Emblem Club No. 187 for the
“Emblem Club Woman of the
Year.” The judges, who are not
connected with the Emblem Club
or BPO Elks, are: William Lamme,
Mabel Fenner and Helen Hall of
Kodiak and Grace Campbell and
Lcdr. J. I. Baker, CEC, USN, of
the Naval Station.
The judges will select the local
candidate whose qualifications
will be presented to the National
Committee where the final selec
tion will be made by a group of
impartial judges. The “Emblem
Club Woman of the Year” will be
announced on October 13th, at the
second session of the National Em
blem Club Convention at Coronado,
California.
Girls’ Guild
House Party
Begins July 22
All girls planning to attend the
Girls’ Guild House Party at Woody
Island camp July 22-24 will meet
at D&A dock at 12 noon on Friday,
July 22. Transportation will be
furnished by Rev. Norman Smith
on the Evangel. Each girl is re
quested to bring a sack lunch. The
Evangel will arrive at Woody
Island at 1:00 p.m.
Discussion leaders and council
ors for the Community Baptist
Church sponsored House Party
will be Miss Twiila Bartz, professor
at the Baptist Missionary Training
School, Chicago, Illinois; Mrs.
Joyce Smith, missionary at Ouzin
kie; Miss Estelle Marlin, director
of Christian Education, Kodiak
Baptist Church: Miss Mary Nieber
gall, Everett, Washington, State
Guild chairman for Alaska and
Washington; Miss Jerilynn Smith,
chairman of the local Guild, and
Miss Nadina Brown, Kodiak Guild
House Party director.
Outdoor Vespers, outdoor recre
ation, campfires and service proj
ects are planned.
Anyone wishing to register or in
need of further information may
call Miss Marlin or Miss Nieber
gall at 2572 or Mrs. Brown at 6721.
Rev„ Talbott
Honored At
Buffet Dinner
More than a hundred members
of St. Mary’s Parish and other
friends gathered at St. Mary’s
School last Sunday for a buffet
dinner honoring Rev. Raymond
Talbott, S. J.. who left this week
for his new post at Harlem, Mon
tana.
During the dinner, which was
sponsored by the Altar Society
and ladies of the parish, presenta
tion of a purse from parishioners
and friends was made to Rev. Tal
bott by Leon Johnson. A gift was
also presented from altar boys
Steve Descloux, Mark Johnson,
David Kraft and John Moss.
The room and tables were dec
orated with flowers arranged by
Sister St. Ambrose. Hostesses were
the Mesdames Bell, Cichoski, Cor
nelius. Kraft, Moss and Vickery.
In addition to members of the
parish present were guests Lt. An
l ton Kollar, Catholic Chaplain,
j| Naval Station; Rev. and Mrs.
I* Roman Sturmer; Mrs. Levitch;
j. Rev. and Mrs. Lewis White; Dr.
j! and Mrs. A. Holmes Johnson; Mr.
I and Mrs. 0. A. Torgerson; Mr. and
Mre. A1 Hochberger; Mr. and Mrs.
Sig Digree: Mrs. John Trent and
children; Mr. and Mrs. Okey Chan
dler; Robert LaFollette; Mrs. Ellis
Wamser; Mrs. Eunice Neseth: Mrs.
Haller and Mr. and Mrs. Basil
Clark.
Hobbies, Family, Outdoor Activities
Make For Busy Life For Mrs. Lincoln
By Miriam J. Angell
We had tried to interview
Dorothy Ann Lincoln for some
time but the demands of her busy
life prevented a meeting until just
recently. Mrs. Lincoln is the wife
of Captain Nathan R. Lincoln, Jr.,
Commanding Officer of the Naval
Station. They have a lively family
of three children, Mary, fourteen,
Jay, twelve, Susan, ten, and two
black miniature poodles named
George and Bridget.
We asked the obvious and Mrs.
Lincoln told us that the Captain
w*as indeed distantly related to
Abraham Lincoln but that “he had
never delved into this much be
both p'’ay together, he the organ
and I, the piano. The children also
play the organ; they all have the
interest, for which we are very
glad. I do have a musical back
ground in voice. As a young girl
I went to the National Music Camp
in Interlochen, Michigan. In my
teens I studied voice with George
Rasley, tenor of the Metropolitan
Opera, and there was interviewed
by Dr. Howard Hansen, Director
of the Eastman School of Music,
for a scholarship to Eastman,
which I got. There I studied with
Arthur Kraft, concert tenor.
“I met my husband while I was
soloing in his church for Christmas
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MRS. OOROTIIY ANN LINCOLN
cause his favorite saying is ‘If you
climb a family tree you might be
hanged.’ We came here from
NATTC, Memphis, Tennessee
where Abe was a Plans Officer in
CNATECHTRA for Admiral Fitz
hugh Lee; it was a command of
contrast, the Southern Lee and the
Northern Lincoln.”
We admired the grand piano
and an organ in one corner of the
living room. Mrs. Lincoln informed
us that it was a Baldwin Orgasonic
and that her husband had taught
himself to play it, though he had
no musical background. “It is
Captain Lincoln’s tranquilizer. We
service. Me was on leave ana i
was on vacation from college. We
did not believe in long engage
ments: I was Mrs. Skipper at the
tender age of nineteen when I
couldn’t tell an ensign from a
lieutenant. When I was a new
bride Abe mentioned sea pay and
told me it was a penny per depend
ent. I believed him for years. He
never talks shop at home because
he believes the ideal Navy wife
should be a civilian at heart. I
have always been a civilian and
my family has always come first.
“For the first two years of our
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