Lost Fishermen’s Memorial Fund Gets
First Contribution Toward $2500 Goal
r irst donor for the Fisherman s
Memorial, proposed to be erected
at the Small Boat Harbor, is Bruce
Howard, who contributed $7 to
ward the fund this week.
Howard left his wallet at Knud
sen’s after making some purchases
there, and after some great effort
he was located. In appreciation he
offered to give a reward, but Emil
Knudsen suggested that it be used
for the memorial for Fishermen
lost at sea.
The Memorial was first proposed
by Roland E. Brusco of Cathlamet,
Wash., who lost his brother at sea
last winter, and suggested that
such a commemoration be made.
He told Kodiak residents that ne
would make a subtantial contribu
tion towards such a memorial if
the community would undertake
the project.
Meanwhile the Chamber ap
pointed Knudsen to head up such
a committee and he has contacted
an artist to draw a sketch of the
memorial which is estimated to
cost about $2,500.
Contributions for the memorial
Another Medical
Course Planned
Another medical self-help course
will be started Monday, Aug. 20,
under the direction of Jo Hajdu.
The class will be held on Mon
day and Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in
the downstairs classroom at the
Downtown school.
Present enrollment is more than
12, and anyone else who wishes to
enroll may do so by contacting
Mrs. Hajdu at 486—5430 after 5:30
p.m. on weekdays or on weekends.
may be mailed to the Kodiak Cham
ber of Commerce’s Fishermen’s
Memorial Committee or left at
Knudsen’s store or at the Mirror
office and it will be turned over
to the committee.
Police Business
On The Upgrade
Business picked up for the Ko
diak police department this past
week as eight arrests involving in
toxication were recorded with one
offender being arrested twice iiv
the week’s span.
Fined and forfeiting $25 bail
bonds for intoxication were Al
fred Hansen. Edward Nelson,
Thomas Swenson, Arthur A. Con
dardy and Artho Manning. Nelson
was rearrested and handed a 30
day jail sentence.
/Two minors James Krunz and
Raymond Corona, Jr., were handed
$25 fines and given 30 day sus
pended jail sentences after being
found guilty of being under the
influence.
LL Awards Night
Is On Saturday
The Navy Station’s Enlisted
Men’s Club will be the scene of the
annual Little League Family and
Awards Night Saturday at 7 p.m.
A spaghetti dinner will be
served by mothers of the Little
Leaguers and awards will be made
following the dinner.
Separation of church and state
is still the foundation of religious
and political freedom.
Sizes Small and Medium $14.95
Sizes Large and Extra Large $16.98
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AT
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borrowing the family car. The fa
ther announces, “The next time I
want it, I’ll just take it.”
* * * *
A word of congratulations comes
this week from Sen. Bob Bartlett
addressed to Yours Truly, John
Salmine and Bob lies as follows:
“Congratulations to all of you
for the good job you are doing
with the KODIAK MIRROR. If at
any time we can be of help back
here please let us know.”
That, dear readers, is Lesson No.
1 of numerous lessons on how to
get to Washington.
* * * *
In this day of reduced-sized
candy bars, false bottoms on
jigger glasses and other infla
tionary devices to make you be
lieve you are getting as much for
your dollar as you used to, we’ve
run into the prize gimmick.
It is an electric cord we bought
last week for the coffee perco
lator which was about half the
size you might expect. Attached
was a card explaining that the
shortened cord was a new idea in
cords with the result that it was
easier to store, would not get
curled and brought the appliance
closer to the outlet.
It was almost convincing until
you stopped to ponder the ab
surdity of it all.
Personally, we would just as
soon have the smaller cord
without a misleading and am
biguous explanation.
* * * *
POST-ELECTION T H 0 T: He
who throws mud loses ground.
* * * #
Kodiak can pride itself on not
having a fatal traffic mishap in
the past four years, though we
had a close call last week. But
that doesn’t deter some of those
who would spoil the record, par
ticularly those rounding the
hilltop and approaching Benson
and the Alaska Way intersection.
The pedestrian is strictly on his
own.
* * * *
AND WHY CAN’T WE . . .
Have a letter box downtown to
mail our letters, so that it isn’t
necessary to walk all„the way to
the postoffice? . . . The Chamber
of Commerce invite the new
teachers to our community to its
first meeting in September, so that
they may feel at home? . . . Infor
mation on why it is necessary to
limit catches at the time the ac
tion is necessary rather than later
when ill-feelings have been
stirred? . . . More talk and action
on roads on the island at other
times than just before elections?
. . . Compile a recipe book based
on King Crab, salmon and shrimp
caught in the Kodiak district?
(Enough copies could probably be
sold on the island to pay for the
printing).
* * * *
Well • you - never - know dept.:
Over on the other side of the
continent in Newfoundland, a
trans-island train was attacked
regularly by moose until it
changed its whistle. The whistle
sounded like a mating call.
* * * *
“Almighty God, we acknowledge
our dependence upon Thee, and
we beg Thy blessings upon us, our
parents, our teachers and our coun
try.”
This is the prayer which caused
all the controversy when the U.S.
Supreme Court ruled that such
prayers in our public schools were
unconstitutional.
We hope the day never comes
when government storm troopers
break into the schools and drag a
pupil off to jail for reciting such
prayers.
* * * *
The Daily Alaska Empire, pub
lished in Juneau, points out that
Texas has pretty well accepted
its second-place rating in size un
der the threat of the Alaskans
that Alaska would be divided
and thus Texas would become
the THIRD largest state.
Now that is what the Editor
says, but if all that ice melts it
will probably be about the size
of Rhode Island.—A Texan
The Empire brings into focus
that California’s pride, Mt. Whit
ney at 14,496, is now far down on
the list among the highest moun
tains in the U.S. with such giants
as Mt. McKinley (or Denali) 20,
320, and such other lesser-down
elevations as Mt. Foraker 17,317,
Mt. Sanborn, 16, 208; Mt. Black
burn 16,140; Mt. Bona 16,240;
and Mt. Bear 14,850.
About all that California has
to brag about now is having the
lowest point in the U.S. _ in
Death Y’alley — which is as it
should be.
* * * *
How long can a government sur
vive that requires one out of every
six of the nation’s workers to run
it, and has spent so much more
over the year than it has taken in
that it is in debt $1.2 trillion—or
$6,642 for every man, woman and
child in the country? These fig
ures are from a Senate Republican
Policy Committee report and sug
gest it really is time for that
change we heard about in 1952.
* * *
In this enlightened day of so
cializing our school child, the
chances are that few today learn
the multiplication tables such as
three times three is nine; three
times four is 12, etc.
But it was too may years ago
that it was standard practice in
the lower grades, and we have
recollection of the father read
ing his newspaper while junior
was pouring over the multiplica
tion tables, thusly: “Two times
two, the SOB is four; two times
three the SOB is six.”
Aghast, father dropped his pa
per to question the youngster
who in turn was adamant that
that was the way it was taught
to him.
Turns out, as you recall, was
that the teacher directed the
youngsters to repeat that the
tables in this manner: “Two
times two, the sum of which is
four. Two times three, the sum of
which is six.”
Apparently it is a case of
watch your eununciation — as
well as your language.
FAIR VISITORS
Registering at the Alaska exhibit
in Seattle on August 6 were Mr.
and Mrs. Loren Hansen of Kodiak.
Kodiak-Aleutian
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is quite as welcome
as Flowers
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Potted Plants
Cut Flowers
Corsages
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