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Happenings About Town
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By BETHA DIGBEE
Try to imagine that you are a
15 year-old girl flying from Ko
•diak, Alaska, to Manila, P. I.
You know none of your fellow
passengers on the trip. In addi
tion, Tokyo officials have neglect
ed to properly stamp your visa
and your baggage has been taken
off the plane in Tokyo in error.
There is no one to meet you when
you land in Manila at one o’clock
in the morning because your
name had been spelled incorrectly
on the passenger list and your
hosts do not expect you at this
time.
That is the predicament Alberta
Mueller found herself in last
month. Alberta, the daughter of
Erich and Anna Mueller, who ope
rate the Thompson Transfer com
pany here, was enroute to the
U.S. Naval Station at Subic Bay
near Manila to visit her school
chum, Claudia Lee Stephens.
Claudia Lee is the daughter of
Chief Boatswain’s Mate and Mrs.
C. C. Stephens who were formerly
stationed at Kodiak.
But Alberta didn’t let the situa
tion upset her. She admitted that
she was a little bit worried, but
everyone was so nice to her on
the plane and at the airport that
site didn’t have a dhance to get
downhearted. Shortly after the
plane landed she was introduced
to J. Parakeet, a friend of her
hosts, who hapitened to be at
the airport when she arrived.
Parakeet helped her register at a
hotel and then contacted the
Stephens family at Subic. Her
luggage finally reached her a week
later.
Alberta has been busy with the
many activities planned for her
entertainment. A luncheon party
at the Stephens’ uarters, a visit to
the Naval Reservation Junior
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College and Olongapo Hign School
were on the agenda. Trips to
Baguio and points of interest near
Manila were also taken.
Alberta, who is active in Girl
Scout activities here and is a
sophomore student here, is expect
ed to return home the latter part
of this month or e«rly in Septem
ber.
A Circus Party
For Marc Geriene
Eight young friends will help
Marc Geriene celebrate his sixth
birthday this afternoon at a cir
cus party to be held at the hofhe
of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ver
lyn Geriene. On hand to entertain
the youngsters will be Teeny the
Clown. '
A special guest will be Mrs.
Clara Helgason of Terror Bay,
who is in town for a few days.
Mrs. Hess Weds
Harry Gottschalk
• Mrs. Gyneth Hess and Mr.
Harry Gottsqhalk were married
Thursday evening at the Gotts
chalk home. U. S. Commissioner
Mabel Fenner officiated at the
ceremony.
Attendants were Miss Gail
Gottschalk, daughter of the groom,
and Mr. Ray Martin, Sr.
Mrs. Gottschalk chose a beige
coat-dress with white accessories
for the ocasion and wore a white
orchid corsage. Miss Gottschalk
wore an orange-sherbet colored
suit, white accessories and a cor
sage of yellow roses.
The wedding party dined at the
Mecca 49 Room following the cere
mony. Others present at the din
ner were Mr. and Mrs. Ardis Fen
ner, Mrs. Beulah Short and Mr.
Ray Martin, Jr.
A reception for the couple was
held later in the evening at the
Ship’s Tavern.
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Garden Beauty
On Woody Island
By HELEN HALL
Members of the Kodiak Garden
Club were unusually enthusiastic
in their praise of Mr. and Mrs.
Darrell Chaffin’s gardens, on
Woody Island, upon their return
from a visit there on Monday.
The vegetable garden was much
more wonderful than most State
side gardens, ,remarked one guest
Turnips were larger than a pair
of fists, and carrots large, crisp
and juicy. The huge, well filled
peapods captured lavish praise.
Yule (Mrs. Chaffin), who does
most of the, gardening, has planted
several varieties which will yield
an ever-maturing crop until the
first frost. Cabbages, cauliflower,
beets and strawberries were also
unusually large, and maturing.
The Chaffin’s lawn is beautiful
to behold. It makes one want to
take off one’s shoes and walk on it
barefoot.
The gladioli were at least 4J^
inches in diameter, and the roses
a profusion of color and size. In
addition, Yule has a variety of
nasturtium, schizanthus, poppies,
dasies and dahlias, all grown from
seed, as well as many other an
nuals and perennials.
Mi's. Chaffin has successfully
grown several types of spirea and
other ornamental shrubs. Tucked
away in one sunny corner was a
beautiful calla lily. There was so
much to see and admire, including
the breath-taking view of the sea
and mountains. “ ~
The Chaffin sun porch is ar
tistically arranged with many
species of house plants with their
lush foilage, against a backdrop of
beachcombings of driftwood, glass
fishnet floats and marine speci
mens.
Delicious refreshments were
served by the hostess, who was
assisted by Mrs. Jessie Smith. Mrs.
Smith, in spite of her efforts of less
than a year, has the beginning of
a very fine lawn, and roses, nas
turtiums and other flowers are
blooming.
Mr. and Mrs. Chaffin, who came
to Kodiak seventeen years ago, in
tended to stay only six months,
but now feel they would be unable
to leave under any circumstances.
They keep in close touch with the
University of Alaska Extension
Service in Palmer. Yule stated the
Agricultural Experiment Station
has been extremely cooperative in
supplying advice, booklets and in
formation.
Anyone wanting or needing in
spiration or information on grow
ing flowers and vegetables in this
area would certainly do well to
seek advice from Darrell and Yule
Chaffin.
Ray Langleys'
Here Few Days
Enroute from Chignik to Elling
ton, Missouri, Mr. and Mrs. Ray
Langley spent a few days in Ko
diak this week. Langley has been
working as cook for Chignik Fish
eries.
The Langleys’, who have been
spending the summer in Alaska for
many years, plan to return from
Ellington in the spring.
Book Review
Advise and Consent
Advise and Consent by Allen
Drury, and published by Double
day & Company, August 11, 1959.
Book of the month selection.
Allen Drury came to Washing
ton in 1943 as a journalist cover
ing national politics and the Sen
ate for the United Press. Within
five years there began to stir in
his mind the vague outlines of a
book in which he would express
his ynuosophy ab .:; Congress,
about America, and a*; out the Am
erican people in relation to their
times and to each other.
When Drury finally came to
write his book the result was a
vigorous and dramatic novel.
Though teeming with towering
and forceful personalities, the
true hero is the U.S. Senate. The
action spans slightly more than
two weeks, during which the Pres
ident of the United States nomi
nates for Secretary of State, and
the Senate renders judgment on, a
highly controversial public serv
ant, Robert A. Leffingweli.
The ramifications of the Leffing
weli nomination become more and
molt lvoivea, eveniuany raising
questions as»to the integrity and
motives not only of the President
but of the Majority Leader of (he
Senate, the sorely tried Robert
Munson of Michigan; of Sea*
Cooley, senior Senator from South
Carolina (Leffingwell’s — and the
Administration’s — most capable
opponent; of Brigham Anderson.,
senior Senator from Utah, chair
man of the subcommittee of the
Senate Foreign Affairs Committee
before whom Leffingwell must
testify; and finally of the most
powerful member of the Senahn,
the vigorous and volatile Orrie
Knox of Illinois. But it is only
the Senate as a group who can
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“The Big White Church on the Hill”
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Morning Worship—11:00 a.m. j
Youth Fellowship Groups—6:30 p.m.
Evening Worship—7:30 p.m.
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