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By BETHA D1GREE
Emil Knudsen, who left the hos
pital in Seattle last week follow
ing surgery, wrote that “Because
of the many cards and visitors my
recovery has been rapid... My
thanks to all my well-wishers”...
Emil’s wife, Marge, left for Se
attle last Friday to join her hus
band. They expect to return to
Kodiak within the next three
weeks...
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George Decker, Assistant Area
Supervisor for Sears, Roebuck &
Co., from Anchorage, has been in
town this week on business and
as a visitor to the Crab Festival...
Be sure to stop in at the Log
Cabin Liquor building during the
Crab Festival... The ladies of
the Russian Women’s Club are
sponsoring a food and baked goods
sale today, tomorrow and Sunday.
.. .These ladies are noted for their
good cooking and baking, and you
will find some tasty food to take
home...
—O—O—O—
Nancy and Tom Sweeney, form
er Kodiak residents who have
been living at Delta the past two
years, arrived here Monday on va
cation. .. They will spend the next
two weeks visiting Nancy's par
ents, Mr. and Mrs. Leif Norman...
The Sweeneys’ two young sons,
Mike and John, are also visitors
here... Tom, who is a member of
the Alaska State Police, has just
been promoted to Investigator,
and the family will move to Fair
banks. ..
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Mrs. Marianne Fitzgerald, Kodi
ak Hotel operator, left yesterday
for a vacation... Marianne will
stop in Seattle to see the Century
21 Fair, then spend some time in
Salem, Oregon, before returning
to Alaska... She will visit friends
and relatives on the Mainland be
fore coming home... Marianne
plans to be gone three months...
Mrs. Etta Edris left last week
to spend two weeks in Juneau...
She is visiting her son, Brig. Gen.
Thomas Carroll, and his family...
DON’T MISS, repeat, DON’T
MISS the Millkens show "Apples
to Atoms,” at the high school audi
torium... If you can’t catch this
show tonight, make a point of see
ing it tomorrow evening... We
hear it will be a hilarious show...
A business meeting of the Ko
diak Business and Professional
Women’s Club will be held at the
home of Mrs. Maxine Brooks on
Monday, May 7, at 7:30 P.M.
Co-hostesses for the evening will
be Mrs. Dorothy Clark and Miss
Connie Dandedeau.
—O—O—O—
Millie and Walt Muller are va
cationing Outside for a few weeks.
...Walt left last Friday and Mil
lie joined him in Seattle this
week... They plan to attend Cen
tury 21, visit in Oregon, and also
go to Vancouver, B.C., where Walt
will attend the Rotary Conference.
Stan Lee returned to Kodiak
this week after spending a vaca
tion in Washington State... W'hile
there he also visited his sister,
Thelma Anderson, who is now liv
ing in Bremerton. ..
—O—O—O—
Ruth and Fred Brechan are
home after spending several
weeks Outside and on the Main
land.. .
Coast Guard
Assigns Cutters
In response and compliance
with a request from the U.S. Bur
eau of Commercial Fisheries, the
Coast Guard has announced it is
expanding its patrol of fisheries
of the Bering Sea and waters off
Alaska this year to enforce inter
national and U.S. fisheries regu
lations.
Three extra cutters will be as
signed to aid the present patrol
and will be assisted by Coast
Guard planes.
A spokesman for tne coast
Guard headquarters here at Ko
diak advised the Mirror that the
three extra cutters assigned to as
sist the present patrol will prob
ably make provisioning stops here
but continue to be assigned to
their regular bases.
The cutters Winona, based at
Port Angeles, Wash., and Wachu
sett and Klamath, both stationed
at Seattle, make up the extra pa
trol ships.
The areas to be covered are tne
eastern half of the Bering Sea,
Bristol Bay, the area immediately
south of the Aleutian Islands, and
the Gulf of Alaska. This patrol
will be in addition to the regular
Bering Sea ice patrol, which has
been carried out by the Coast
Guard since 1867. This year’s Ber
ing Sea Patrol will be conducted
by the icebreakers Northwind,
out of Seattle, and Storis, based
at Kodiak.
The Interior Department said
that the expanded Coast Guard
patrol will permit the Fisheries
Bureau’s vessel, the John R. Man
ning, to increase its patrol efforts
for protecting the halibut fisher
ies of the northern Pacific Ocean.
Say It With Flowers
Fresh Cut Flowers
Corsages Made To Order
Blooming Potted Plants
Your florist is as near as your phone.
Call 486-2332
MONTMARTRE FLORISTS
Variety Is The Spice Of Life
Is Rule Followed By The Millikens
It all started over a cup of cof
fee.
A couple of housewives were
talking as ladies do when they get
together and one of them re
marked that it would be nice to
liven up the 4th of July celebra
tions with a variety show.
And thus the idea of the Mil
likens was born. This was in
1958.
Original Millikens still in the
organization are Jane Melarvie,
LaRue Troyer, Jo Keers, Lola Har
vey. Betty Weir, Ginger Veerman,
Sally Ramaglia, Pat Cannon, Marge
Wolf and Maxine Brooks.
The Gay Nineties was the first
offering, with a cast of twelve or
thirteen. They were accepted, to
put it mildly.
In 1959 they did another show.
This was also during the 4th of
July celebration, but the ladies
projected themselves into the
later years. This time they called
their production the Roaring
Twenties, and for the first time
included men in their act. As be
fore, they designed and made
their own costumes, paying for
them out of their own pockets.
From the Roaring Twenties the
ladies went real modern, and put
on a Beatnik show, also during
the 4th of July in 1960.
It was after this the ladies were
really noticed and were asked to
do a show for the Crab Festival
in 1961. It was then they decided
to go legitimate and in order to
get proper billing, they had to
have a name. The name—yes
you guessed it—The Millikens.
During these years since the
two ladies gave birth to the idea
over a cup of coffee, member
ship grew and with it an organiza
tion. Monthly meetings became
necessary. There had to be plan
ning, germination of ideas, cos
tuming, and a host of details
worked out between shows. Most
of these ladies, as housewives go,
belonged to several organizations.
They didn’t want one more that
would fit them into a pattern, and
that would become almost manda
tory to attend. They decided:
“Why not meet at a monthly
luncheon, dispense with the for
mality of a president and officers,
and still accomplish what we want
—the fun of putting on variety
shows.” That is what they have
been doing all these years, and
with the exception of one officer—
a treasurer—there are no officers.
Anyone who was around here
last year remembers “Mirth
Around the Earth.” This was a
two hour show that received plaud
its, and curtain calls. Putting on
shows, such as that without even
a dime to your name—that calls
for showmanship, faith and some
thing more. When the night of
the show rolled around, they
were $550 in debt. The rest is
history. The end of the night
showed they had not only made
their expenses but had enough
left over to underwrite the pres
ent show, “Apples to Atoms”
which is scheduled for two eve
nings. Friday and Saturday of this
week.
The Millikens are amateurs in
every sense of the word—we’re
sure they would be the last to
want to lose that standing—but
since “Mirth” they have done
portions during the Realtors* Con
vention, donating the proceeds,
which were substantial, to charity.
They followed that by doing a re
quest show at the big Town-Base
Christmas party in hanger One,
before an audience of over 2,000.
As everyone knows, the Milli
kens are to appear before the foot
lights tonight and tomorrow night
at the high school auditoriumm.
For the first time, they will have
a stage, complete with curtains,
lights, etc., and proper acoustics.
Most of the material used is orig
inal, even the music, lyrics and
script. The Millikens produce
their own show, do their own
choreography, make their own
props, decorations and costumes.
The whole idea of the Millikens
is to entertain and to have fun
doing it. They have proven in
the past they do just that. “Ap
ples to Atoms” should be no ex
ception.
New members in the organiza
tion are welcome. All that is
necessary is to appear at the Mont
martre Inn for one of their lunch
eons. They meet the third Wed
nesday of each month. “No ex
perience needed,” they say.
Kodiak Student
Bs Recipient
Of HigBi Honor
Janet Zieba, a 1959 graduate of
the Kodiak high school, and now
a junior at the University of Wash
ington, was the recipient of a high
honor, as she was “tapped” by
Mortar Board, national senior
women’s honorary, on April 23.
Miss Zieba, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Zieba of Kodiak, was
among the 14 junior women who
were selected “on the basis of
outstanding leadership, scholar
ship and service to the University
of Washington.” She was select
ed from more than 100 who were
recommended as outstanding jun
ior women.
The University of Washington
Daily chronicled the event, in
part as follows: “As present
members made the rounds of the
various women’s living groups,
each newly selected member was
handed a black mortar board and
gown—and asked to join the
ranks of outstanding senior wom
en by ‘falling in’ and marching
along from the women’s dorms
to Greek Row.”
For two days, the newly elected
Mortar Board members wore the
black hats and gowns on the camp
us in recognition of their election.
Janice made this comment in a
letter to her mother: “‘If you ever
want to feel ridiculous just try
walking around campus in your
cap and gown for two days when
most people on the campus think
you are practicing for graduation!
The informed people around here
made you feel real good though.”
In a letter to the parents from
Mrs. Dorothy R. Strawn, Dean of
Women, the latter congratulated
them and stated: “This achieve
ment will be on record in our of
fice and will become a part of any
recommendations prepared by this
staff.
“This is a substantial honor
your daughter has earned, and we
share your pride in the fine rec
ord she is making at the Univer
sity of Washington.”
DON’T MISS!
Apples to Atoms
Tonight
At 8 P.M.
1 May 1962
Hayward, California
Hi Kodiak
This note is to advise you of the availability of
a limited number of copies of “Alaska’s KODIAK
ISLAND” in a hard cover just like those books
in the library. You can now get your copy of
“Alaska’s KODIAK ISLAND” for your own library
in a volume that will last a lifetime. And what
a wonderful gift for those back home.
Use the order form below to order your copies.
Get it in the mail right now to be sure that you
get your copy on the first shipment.
Best regards to all
v George C. Ameigh Jr.
PS
Hard cover copies will only
be available by special order.
This offer expires on 8 June 1962.
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