Beoma Blinn Returns From Tour
Visits 17 European Countries
After travelling several thous
ands of miles and visiting seven
teen foreign countries. Miss Beoma
Blinn arrived home on the direct
PNA flight from Seattle Tuesday
morning “With many wonderful
memories.’’ Miss Blinn flew to Se
attle June 30. where she spent six
days before flying to Los Angeles.
A direct flight of 1014 hours took
her to London to meet a group of
seventeen other young people who
then began a conducted tour of
Europe.
Traveling by bus most of the
time, with the same driver through
out the entire tour, they visited
points of interest in England, Scot
land. Norway, Sweden, Denmark,
Spain. West Germany. Bavaria.
Austria, Switzerland. Italy. France.
Andorra, San Marino, Holland.
Monaco and Vatican City.
The group did make a few trips
by train and went by ship from
Newcastle, England, to Norway.
"Of all the countries we visited. I
liked Norway best of all. The peo
ple were all so friendly and eager
to be helpful, and the food was un
surpassed. There, especially, we
found most people were able to
speak English." Miss Blinn re
called. She added, “The scenery
there is so much like that of
Alaska.”
Other countries that came in for
praise for cleanliness and good
food were Denmark (Copenhagen
particularily) and Holland. Scot
land was the least impressive, ac
cording to Miss Blinn. "Monaco,
the home of Prince and Princess
Rainier, looks just as it does in
photographs, but the palace is not
at all beautiful outwardly.” Miss
Blinn remarked.
One disappointment mentioned
was the "flat-tasting spaghetti we
were served in Italy. It had very
little flavor and wasn't nearly as
good as that served in America.”
A reunion was held in Vienna
with another Kodiak resident. Miss
Jill Acheson, when Miss Blinn
checked into her hotel. They spent
two happy days together “catching
up on the news from home.” she
said.
Miss Blinn found Switzerland
another interesting country, one
that is clean and attractive.
At the end of the 2-months-long
tour. Miss Blinn embarked on a
Holland-American Line ship at Rot
terdam. Holland. Eight days of
peaceful, restful sailing took her
NAVY WIVES CLUB OFFICERS—Back row. left to right, Betty
Palcher. Barbara Lewis, Xatalie Crossen. Rosalie Palmer, Gene
Burch, Edna Hardin. Esther Wortham. Front row, Louise State and
Shirley Dumas.
Navy Wives Club
Installs Officers
The Kodiak Island Navy Wives
Club No. 126. held their Installa
tion Dinner Dance at the Enlisted
Mens Club. Saturday, September
23. 1961.
The Installation was well at
tended and the club had as honored
guests Cmdr. and Mrs. Routzahn.
with Cmdr. Routzahn officiating as
installin': officer.
The incoming officers are Rosa
lie Palmer. President, Shirley Du
mas. Vice-President. Edna Hardin.
Treasurer, Louise Stute, Corres
ponding Secretary. Natalie Cros
sen. Recording Secretary. Barbara
Lewis. Chaplain. Gene Burch. Par
liraentarian. Ester Wortham and
Betty Palcher. Board Members.
The incoming committee chair
men are Shirley Dumas. Member
sh p. Edna Harden and Emile Tay
lor, Program, Rosemary Kennedy
and Betty Palcher. Refreshments
and Arrangements. Betty Palcher
and Rosemary Kennedy, Thrift
Shop. Norma Kee. Transient Bar
racks. Natalie Crossen. Hospitality
Kit Donna Heikes. Publicity.
Donna Heikes and Sylvia Stock
dill. Contact Committee.
Music was the decorating theme
of the evening. The walls and ceil
ing were decorated with records
and musical instruments. Dance
music was supplied by the Don
Stute Band.
We are happy to announce that
MISS BEOMA BUNN
Is back at
BEAUTYKRAFT
With the latest European trends in hair styling
MISS DARLENE CONWAY
Is leaving Kodiak October 20. If she has designed a hair style
especially for you, try to make an appointment with her so that
other operators may be familiar with your rfyle.
BEAUTYKRAFT
to New York. Two days were spent
there sightseeing, then a flight to
St. Louis, where she was met by
her sister and brother-in-law, Mar*
lvss and Jim Eggemeyer. Miss
Blinn spent ten days with the
Eggemeyer family at their home in
Chester, Illinois, where she found
the weather “much too hot and
humid for comfort."
Her next flight took her to Se
attle, and then the final flight to
Kodiak. “It was all so much fun
and so very interesting. I am very
happy that I made the tour. There
was seldom any difficulty with
language as so many Europeans
speak English.” she said. “It does
n’t seem possible now that I really
did see so much and go to so many
places. But I enjoyed it very, very
much.”
Of This and That
By BETHA DIGREE
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Some changes have been made at
FAA, Woody Island . . . Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Thomas and their
youngest daughter left last Friday
for their new station at Northway.
Their other daughter, Susan, will
remain in Kodiak to complete this
year at Kodiak high school before
she joins her family. Mr. Thomas
is FAA Chief of Operations at
Northway. The Thomas’ have been
stationed at Woody Island the past
two years ...
Newcomers to FAA, Woody Is
land. are Mr. and Mrs. Bert Court
wright who arrived here from An
chorage October 5 . . . Mr. Court
wTight has been in Civil Service
the past twenty years ... A hearty
welcome to both of them .. .
AAA
Traveling many thousands of
miles by plane, a young lady from
Liverpool. England, is expected to
arrive in Kodiak Tuesday morning
on the direct flight from Seattle ...
Miss Elizabeth Stamper, who will
leave London on October 16, is
coming here to join the Walter
Kraft family in the capacity of
"mothers’ helper” . .. We extend a
welcome to Miss Stamper and hope
she will enjoy her venture into a
new country and soon learn to like
the way Alaskans live ...
While we shivered with cold and
opened our mail with half-numb
hands Wednesday morning, we
found a letter from sunny, warm
Hawaii that made us feel rather
envious ... Margaret Thompson
wrote to tell us that she and hus
band John are now settled in an
apartment on the beach near Dia
mond Head in Honolulu. She
wrote, “We are having difficulty
in adjusting to the heat. 91 de
grees Friday. Can you picture us
running around in shorts . . . and
not even shoes? This life could
become a habit” . . . (Wish we
could trade some of Kodiak’s frost
for some of Honolulu’s warmth) ...
The Thompsons’ sent “regards to
all our friends” .. .
The Merrill Coon family is again
reunited at thome . . . Mayor Coon
returned from Seattle Monday af
ternoon and Mrs. Coon arrived on
the direct flight Tuesday. Their
young son, Corky, was the guest
of Rev. and Mrs. Lewis White dur
ing the absence of his parents . . .
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