Of This and That
By BETHA DIGREE
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At times like this, with gusts of
wind almost sweeping one off one’s
te-et, slipping and sliding along the
streets and most sidewalks solidly
covered with ice, one thinks long
ingly of a warmer clime . . . We
just picked the wrong winter to
upend Outside . . . Should have
waited until this year, or better
yet, have stayed out until this one
is past . . .
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Mayor Merrill Coon has just an
nounced (that he has two second
hand garbage cans that were flown
into his yard Tuesday night. They
made a bang-up crash landing. Mer
i ill said the owner may claim the
fans at the Coon residence. As
there may he a large crowd of gar
bage-caailess people in line, it may
be well to get there early! . . .
The ladies of the Russian Ortho
dox Church will hold a bake sale
on December 2. Beginning at 9:00
a. m., the sale will be held at
Kraft’s Supermarket and will fea
ture breads, cakes, pies and cook
ies .. .
Club Slates
Charity Affair
A Charity Express Carnival and
Smorgasbord is scheduled to be
held at the Elks Hall on December
9. Sponsored by Kodiak Emblem
Club # 187, the event will be held to
raise funds for the club charity
fund.
According to a spokesman for the
group, the Emblem Club contrib
utes to many community projects,
j*s well as sponsoring the Girl
Scouts. Emblem Club assists in buy
ing equipment for Griffin Memor
ial Hospital, makes an annual do
nation to Kodiak Health and Wel
fare Council and assists in obtain
ing eye, ear, nose and throat care
for needy children.
Donations are also made to both
the Heart and Tuberculosis funds.
Baskets of food are sent at Thanks
giving, Christmas and New Years
to families who might otherwise
he deprived of any sort of celebra
tion during the holidays.
“The Emblem Club tries to help
in all charitable work possible,”
the spokesman added. “We hope
that a large crowd will attend our
carnival of fun and good food.”
The carnival and smorgasbord
will be open to the public and sev
eral forms of amusement will be
offered. The smorgasbord will be
served from 6:30 p. m. until 8:30
p. m.
Mrs. Rohwer
Returns Home
Mrs. Dorothy Rohwer, Worthy
Matron, Kodiak Chapter, Order of
Eastern Star, has returned from a
monthdong stay Outside. She was
delegate serving as Grand Usher
to the General Grand Chapter,
O.E.S. triennial assembly held dur
ing the week of November 6 at
Miami Beach, Fla.
She visited relatives and friends
in her hometown of Springfield,
Ohio, and a brother at Arcadia, Fla.
Enroute home she was met in
Seattle by her husband, John, who
is Worthy Patron, E.O.S. They
spent several days in Seattle before
returning to Kodiak last week.
Slogan For The Week
Driving like your vehicle had
wings, doesn’t guarantee you a pair
in heaven.
Couple Engaged
Mr. and Mrs. Philip Borokin of
Tatitlek, Alaska, announce the en
gagement of their granddaughter,
Miss Lubov Andreevna Gregorieff,
to Seminarian Simeon Simeonovich
Oskolkoff. His Grace, Bishop Am
vrossy, blessed the bethrothal on
Holy Archangel Michael’s Day, No
vember 21, following Pontifical Di
vine Liturgy Services in the St.
Michael’s Orthodox Cathedral,
Sitka.
rne weaaing wm oe penormeu
in St. Michael’s Cathedral at Sitka
on January 28, 1962.
Miss Lubov Andreevna Gregor i
eff has been the Sunday School
teacher of St. Nicholas Orthodox
Church for five years in Tatitlek.
She is now receiving special Cate
chatical Instructions in the church
Slavonic language from Reverend
Cyril Bulashevioh in Sitka.
Seminarian Simeon Oskolkoff
served six years in the U. S. Air
Force, during which time he grad
uated from two meteorological
schools. He was honorably dis
charged with the rank of Sergeant
in December of 1953.
Seminarian Oskolkoff attended
Emblem Club
CHARITY EXPRESS CARHIVAL
and
SMORGASBORD
Elks Club December 9
Dinner from 6:30 to 8:30 p. m.
PRIZES DOOR PRIZE
COME EARLY —STAY LATE
St. Tikhon’s Russian Orthodox
Theological Seminary in Pennsyl
vania under the G. I. Bill program
and graduated May 30, 1961. At the
present time he is secretary
to Bishop Amvrossy and assistant
teacher of the Religious Instruction
Class at Mt. Edgecumbe High
School.
Ordination to the Holy Orders of
Seminarian Simeon Simeonovich
Oskolkoff is planned for Blaster
of 1962 at Sitka.
Three Initiated
Three new members, Sharon
Strope, Feckla Metrokin and Mar
garet Johnson, were initiated into
Kodiak Emblem Club at a meeting
held at the Elks Haill November 16.
The in kites will be known as the
Beth Wheeldon Class.
The works of some people are
constant prayers of self-praise.
If you have something to sell
try a classified ad in the Mirror.
NOTICE
Dr. E. E. Bach, Optometrist, will
be in Kodiak to do eye examina
tions Nov. 26 thru Nov. 30.
FOR AN APPOINTMENT
Call Mrs. Huer, Ph. 486-2451
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GET THEM NOW!
Warn Hoods,
Caps and Gloves
For These Cold,
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Windy Days
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