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Of This And That
By BETHA DIGREE
Bom and raised in Santa Bar
bara, California, Mrs.' r Brenda
Masters had her first introduction
to snow this week. Mrs/Masters,
a charming, dark-haired: young
. woman, and her husband* Jesse,
spent Monday . in, Kodiak eniroute
to Chernofski Harbor''on Unalaska
Island n«ar the tip of the Aleu
tian chain, where they will spend
the next eighteen months, Masters
has a contract with the Alaska
Livestock & Trading Company,
which is headed by William Bis
' hop of the Oregon" Worsted Mills,
Portland, Oregon. He will round
up the many wild horses on the
90,000 acre ranch, taming some
«f them for ranch use. “There
are many cattle running on the
ranch,” said Masters, “as. well as
sheep that have not been sheared
lor three or four years.”
The young couple, who went to
Chernofski Harbor an the mail
boat Expansion, are looking for
ward to their stay on the isolated
island. Mrs. Masters is a geolo
gist, as well as sharing her hus
band’s hobby of photography.
“Brenda has seen snow on the
mountains at home,” her husband
remarked, “But this is the first
time she has walked in it or seen
it fall ”
Masters is no newcomer to Alas
ka, tho, as he was stationed a'
Kodiak during 1949-51 when he
was attached to the Bittersweet
He was in the US Coast Guart
service for eight years.
A card from Marian Sullivar
this week telling us that then
was an “Alaska Day” in Pain
Springs, California Monday. Thej
spent the day with “Torgie” anc
Ruth Torgeson and Larry anc
Sigrid Wodlinger. “93 degree;
yesterday and about 80 today,’
she wrote. “We are getting-''oiv
tans fast here and Gene is feeling
fine. We are enjoying our staj
here but mi$s you all,” she added
We are happy to learn that Dr
Sullivan is improving and we’l
certainly be glad when he come;
home to do the dental work! . .
.Happy birthday greetings ar<
due to Erik Mueller and son Pau
... . Margie Gibbons . . . and t<
Peggy Simmons, Tenora Rockne:
and Ray Shannon, who celebrate*
with a ; dinner party at the Sim
mon’s home. . . .
This seems to be our week fon
cards from dentists . . . Had on<
from Dr. Paul Jaeger to tell us
that the is now in Chicago . .
Taking another post graduate
course.
R«cipe Of The Week
Chocolate Chips Mi Interest
To Simple Vanilla Cream Pie
By Betty Barclay
Don’t be fooled by the deceptively simple exterior of this easy-to
make cream pie. it harbors a rich, delicious secret. A layer of
melted chocolate chips is spread over the crust before the cooked
vanilla pie filling is poured into the shell. Keep the secret until
dinner-time and watch the expression of surprise and delight on
everyone’s face when you 3erve them.
Vanilla Crtam Surprit* Pit
1 package vanilla pudding
and pie tilling mix
1% cups milk
*4 cup chocolate chip* - - j
3 tablespoons water
1 baked 8-inch pie shell
Combine pie filling mix and
milk in saucepan. Cook and stir
ever medium heat until mixture
tomes to a full boil. Remove
from beat. Cool, stirring ©eee
monaHy.
Add chocolate to water in top
of double boiler and place over
hot water, stirring until chocolate
is melted and blended. Spread
mixture over bottom of cold pie
shell and cool slightly. Then turn
pudding into pie shell, spread
ing evenly over chocolate layer.
Garnish with chopped nuts or
meringue.
Ft 9-inch pit, increase pie fill
ing tail to 2 packages and mint •
is 9% tops.
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If all goes along as planned
Kodiak will be represented at the
Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival
next month (April €-12)
Eadora Preston and this writer
;. have • decided, we don’t - want .to
miss it and we hope to see Vin pie
and Mary Root there, too. Any
. one else planning to be in Seattle
at . that time? ... * ..
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A party honoring pianist Jakob.
Gimpel was co-hpsted by .Les and
Mary Scrum and Bill and -Lillian
: Lamme at the Sorum home folldw
f ing Gimpel’s concert at the high
I schoolt Monday evening. Horace
Martinez, the* pianist Who accbm
t panied ' Stanley Plummer at the
November cOhcert, was among the
guests.,.-.“Marty’’ is making the
r tour of 'Alaska Music Trails with
, Gimpel. *
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VFW Auxiliary
i Elects Officers > '
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’ Mrs. Elinor Gottschalk was
• elected president of the Ladies
r Auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign
r Wars Katmi Post 7956 at a.meet-'
. ing held Monday evening, March 9.
Others elected to office for the
L coming year were Mrs. Ghlora
\ Clymer, Sr. V. P.; Mrs. Mildred
. Sylling, Jr. V. P.; Mrs. Vera Chur
chill, Sec’ty-Theas; Mrs. Carmel
s Schumaker, Chaplain; Mrs. Mar
L garet Norem, Conductress; Mrs.
> Jane Webber, Guard;.'Mrs. Rose
r Valtman, 1st year Trustee; Mrs.
I Elsie Lilliness, 2nd year Trustee
- and Mrs. Catharine Chichenoff,
3rd year Trustee.
i Baby Contest
8 Entry Forms
* Now Available
Parents wishing to enter their
children in the annual Baby Show
Contest, sponsored by the VFW
Ladies Auxiliary, may now obtain
entry forms at Knudsen’s and
Wodlinger Drug Store. The show
is scheduled for 2 pm. on Sunday,
March 29, at the high school audi
torium. Children up to the age of
36 months are eligible.
Chairman of the show is Ouida
Vaughn, assisted by co-chairmen
Elsie Lilliness and Carmel Schu
maker.
Isabel Nelson
Married to
Phillip Franklin
Miss Isabel Nelson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Nelson of
Kodiak, became the bride of Mr.
Phillip Michael Franklin on Jan
uary 31 at St. Catherine’s Church
in Burlingame, California. The
groom is the son of Mrs. Charles
F. Nickell, Goodman, Mo. Reve
rend Kevin P. Gaffey officiated
at the ceremony which was fol
lowed by a reception at the Bur
lingame Women’s Club.
Given in marriage by her father,
the bride wore a waltz length
govn of Chantilly lace over satin
with an illusion net yoke scalloped
with pearl and crystal beads.
Her full circle veil was attached
to a lace crown edged with pearls.
She carried a bridal bouquet of
white orchids and stephanotis.
Mrs. Marie Humphreys, sister of
the bride, was matron of honor.
Bridesmaids Miss Lynn Escale„ a
cousin of the bride, and Miss
Sally Prunetti wore ballerina
length gowns of white net over
taffeta with Chantilly lace bo
leros. They carried boquets of
scarlet carnations.
Mr. Richard Denser served as
best maif"and ushers were Mr.
Tom Doyle antt Mr. Neil Zeise.
. :;Mrs. Frank! m is a graduate of
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Kodiak High School and attended
Seattle "University. She was em*.
ployed oh the Naval Station short
ly before departing for California.
* After his graduation from Ve
nitia High School the groom
entered San Jose State College,
where he is majoring in Business
Administration.
The • young couple spent their
honeymoon at Carmel-by-the-Sea
and are now at home at Mountain
View,-California. '
Mrs. Brightman.
Is Home Again
Mrs. Irene Brightman returned
to Kodiak last Saturday after an
absence of nearly three months.
She spent'some time in Sitka,
then went to Everett, Washington,
where • she entered the hospital
for surgery. — '
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Floral Salute
To Alaskans
By Washington
Elaborate plans for entertain
ment of Alaskan visitors have
been made for the 26th annual
Puyallup Valley Daffodil Festival
in the Puget Sound area of the
State of Washington.
.Theme of the 1959 event, which
will be held April 6 through
April 12, is “Daffodils Salute
Alaska” as a floral salute to the
49th state.
Members of the Tacoma Cham
ber of Commerce, the Puyallup
Valley Daffodil Festival, and offi
cials of both the City of Tacoma
and the County of Pierce are co
ordinating plans for special events
and entertainment of Alaskan
visitors.
Communities of Tacoma, Puyall
up, Sumner and. Ortfhg annually
band together to stage the gigan
tic Puyallup Valley Daffodil Fes^
tival as a salute to spring and t»
herald the^ blossoming of the.
world's largest stands of t.he King
Alfred d.affpdil in the Puyallup
Valley- ’ v :
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\ Coronation, flower show, three
city parade, community dinner*
marine regatta, athletic contests
for both young and old, dances ...
and a multitude of‘events are a
part, of the Daffodil Festival
which is one of . the earliest of
all outdoor spectacles of the. na
tion. „ .
Special events of interest to
Alaskans at Daffodil Festival time
include:
Friday j April 10 at 12 nooa.
Luncheon for Aiaskan Visitors.
2 to 4 pm. Tour of Industrial
plants and/or visit to Daffodil
Flower Show. 6:00 pm. Reception
and dinner for. visitors from Alay
ka, Portland Rose Festival, Seattle
Seafair and others.
Saturday, April 11 at 10:00 am.
Floral street parade of 125 floats,
bands, marching and mounted
units. (Fur Rendezvous) Queen
will appear on Tacoma Retail
Trade Bureau float) 12:30 pm.
Luncheon. 2-4 pm. Flower Show
open for visitors. 6:00 pm. Recep
tion and dinner for Alaskans only,
and hosts.
Sunday, April 12 at 12:30 pm.
Marine Regatta with parade of
decorated yachts, Commencement
Bay.
Alaskans recently had an oppor
tunity to say hello to Quees
Gretchen Brockhoff of Tacoma,
monarch of the Puyallup Valley
Daffodil Festival, when she at
tended the 1959 Fur Rendezvoa*
in Anchorage. Members of the Ta
coma Chamber of Commerce
extended the first invitation t*
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Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Michael Franklin