THIS GROWNUP LOOKING young lady is Melanie Draper,
contestant in the Kodiak King Crab Festival Queen contest. The hair
do of this pretty 17-year-old miss does it for her.
A blond with blue eyes, Miss Draper has lived in Kodiak for
the past seven'years. She is a senior in the Kodiak high school, major
ing in business. Hdr future plans, however, are to become a beau
tician.
The contestant is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Draper
and comes from Des Moines, Wash.
Hobbies are bowling, dancing and cooking.
Miss Draper is being sponsored by the American Legion.
Photo By Ameigh
Red Cross
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Armed Forces. The charter was
revised in 1905, spelling out the
responsibilities of Red Cross on a
national level, and adding to its
duties, that of being the official
relief agency in times of disaster.
In the years since it accepted the
great burdens the charter imposed,
Red Cross has gathered unto itself
acclaim, gratitude, and criticism.
The criticism stems mainly from
the status given it by the Congres
sional charter, which, because it
makes provision for such a wide
scope of service to the military,
under military direction, makes it
too easy for confusion between
what is Red Cross policy, and what
is military decision.
Two cases in point clearly illus
trate reasons for confusion. Red
Cross policy has always been to
give away its services and whatever
else people need. During World
War II in London, the American
Red Cross set up rest hotels, com
fortable places where battle weary
American troops could find relaxa
tion. Red Cross reluctantly charged
50 cents a night for the facilities it
had intended would be free. They
did so because Secretary of War
Stimson was aware that American
soldiers, sailors and airmen were
better paid than any of the allies
who were being charged for simi
lar privileges. Mr. Stimson told
Red Cross it must charge a nom
inal fee. Now 50 cents was a drop
in the bucket to what it actually
cost to provide lodging in the rest
hotels, but to this day, you will
hear gripes from veterans who re
sented paying anything. (There
were further accusations of Red
Cross things being sold in those
days. Some were sold, but not by
Red Cross. A kid in Iceland being
transferred south might deoide he
wouldn’t need the heavy sweater
a kind lady volunteer in the Ho
boken Red Cross chapter had
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knitted, and donated to him. He
might say to his relief, ‘‘You want
thi3 sweater? Costs a buck.” The
sailor who paid the dollar is prob
ably still convinced that Red Cross
sold sweaters to the Navy during
the war. Multiply this opportunist
a few times and you have a raft of
unfair rumors. Then again, some
shipments of cigarettes marked
“Donated by American Red Cross,”
were hijacked and sold by black
marketeers; occasionally Red Cross
cigarettes showed up in PX’s, by
mistake.)
Tne second, and sometimes cur
rent case in point is a routine serv
ice to all branches of the Armed
Forces — verifying reasons for
emergency leave. When a man re
ceives word from home that his
presence is badly needed because
of serious illness, or other acute
problems, the Red Cross Field Di
rector wires the man’s hometown
Red Cross chapter for information.
At home, a professional or volun
teer caseworker investigates. She
will talk over a problem with the
man’s family, or if there is illness,
she will determine the extent and
seriousness of it by getting a state
ment from the doctor in attend
ance. She wires her information to
the Field Director, and he in turn,
gives the message to the man’s
unit. The Commanding Officer is
the one person who can grant or
deny emergency leave, but because
Red Cross is the instrument for
information on which he bases his
decision, denial of leave is fre
quently blamed on Red Cross.
So much for the headaches in
herent in a quasi (in a sense) gov
ernment agency. Beyond all crit
icism or doubt of worthiness of
this organization that asks you for
money, is an enviable record of
good accomplished on a giant scale.
One of the most impressive parts
of the whole shebang is this fact:
For each paid professional worker
in Red Cross there are 157 volun
teers. Therein lies the strength of
Red Cross—the reason it can do
so much. Instructors for all but a
few Red Cross courses are volun
teers, the Grey Ladies and Nurses’
Aids, the canteen workers at dis
aster scenes and troop trains, many
case workers and office aids, the
emergency first aid workers at dis
asters and large gatherings, many
doctors and nurses who 6erve at
blood collection centers and during
disasters—all are volunteers. The
officers and directors of the Na
tional organization, and of the
chapters all over the country are
also volunteers, which to a great
extent accounts for the low over
head—the mony that goes for sal
aries, rent, and pencils. And in a
manner of speaking, those of us
who contribute money are indi
rectly volunteers because we put
into other hands the means to help
someone next door, or a thousand,
or five thousand miles away.
We can put clothing, food and
housing into a community in Penn
sylvania whose people have es
caped raging flood waters with
only the shirts on their backs. (Red
Cross did that in Johnstown in 1936
to the tune of half a million dol
lars and a year of work.) We can
assist a family laid low by calamity,
and help them to help themselves
back to normal living. (Red Cross
does this every day, somewhere.)
We can put into the hands of pris
oners of war food and medicine—
life. (Red Cross has done this
thousands of times, and does to
this day. Some of the contents of
these packages may not reach the
man intended, but most do; world
opinion is important .even to ban
dits. Bishop Walsh, now interned
in Red China, recently told a re
porter from the West that he is liv
ing largely on Red Cross food
packages.)
Next week we intend to deal
briefly with the Red Cross on our
local level, the Kodiak Chapter,
and the iFeld Director of the 17th.
Naval District, and with what some
of the Red Cross programs can
mean to you in safety and service.
Christian Science
Society
Sunday School .9:30 a. m.
Sunday Service .... 11:00 a. m
Testimony Meeting .. 4th Wed.
8:00 p.m
Reading Room.Wed.
7-8 p. m.
Located on Shelikoff
near Cope St.
Church of God
Fred Mamaloff, Pastor
Sunday School.10 a.m.
Morning Worship.11 a.m.
Evening Service_7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service ... 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Youth Service .. 7 p.m. Friday
Located off Mission Rd.
near the hospital.
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Sunday School 10:00 A. M.
Worship Service 10:45 A. M.
Meeting Each Sunday Morning
In The Old City HaU Bldg.
For Information Call 486—2478
Kodiak Assembly
of God Church
Mission Road
Pastor Wm. L. Cummins
Phone 486—2491
“Not By Might, Nor By Power,
But By My Spirit, Saith the
Lord of Hosts.”
SERVICE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
Sunday School.10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ... 11:00a.m.
Christ’s Ambassadors 6:30 p.m.
Evangelistic Service .. 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Missionettes.1:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Women’s Prayer
Meeting.2:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer & Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
FRLDAY
Youth Meeting.7:00 p.m.
Berean Baptist Church
REV. CLETIS LESVERETT, PASTOR
L. B. LINDSEY, S. S. SUPERINTENDENT
A Bible Believing Baptist Church with
a Real Concern for Souls of Men.
! * *
SUNDAY SCHOOL 10:00
MORNING WORSHIP 11:00
EVENING SERVICE 7:00
PRAYER MEETING (Wed.) 7:30
“For the Word of God and the
Testimony of Jesus Christ”
The Community Baptist Church
Rev. Lewis White
“The Bif White Onireh on the Hill"
Sunday School—9:45 a.m.
Morntof Worship—11:00 a.m.
Youth FdkursMp Groups—6:30 p.m.
Bveataf Wenhlp—7:S0 p.m.
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m. Wednesday
"HOLDING FORTH THR WORD OF LIFE"
KODIAK DIRECTORY
BARTENDERS LOCAL 875 A.F.L.
Meets on 2nd Sunday of every
month, 12 noon at Fishermen’s
Hall
KODIAK
EMBLEM
CLUB
No. 187
Greets 1st k 3rd
Thursday at
8 p.m. at the
Elks Club.
KODIAK LODGE NO. 1772 BPOE
Meets every Friday
evening
at 8:30 p.m.
VisHing Membeis Welcome
ALASKA COMMUNICATIONS
SYSTEM
Hours of Business
Monday thru Friday, 9 am to 6 pm
Saturday, 9 am to 12 noon
Sundays and Holidays, Closed
Emergency wires may be filed
during the elosed office hours at
the message center.
KODIAK ISLAND JAYCEES
Meet the 1st. and 3rd.
Wednesday of each
month.
7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m.
In the Montmartre
Basement.
KODIAK
LODGE
F. & A. M.
No. 295
Meetings — Stated 3rd Monday,
8 p.m. at Kodiak Masonic Tempi®
BUSINESS ft PROFESSIONAL
WOMEN’S CLUB
Business Meeting—1st Monday at
7:30 p.m.
Dinner Meeting—3rd Monday at
7:00 p.m. at Island Fountain.
VETERANS OF FOREIGN WARS
Regular meetings 1st and 3rd
Tuesdays, 8 p.m.,
at the VFW Hall.
JACK ALLMAN POST NO. 17
AMERICAN LEGION
meets the 1st Thursday of every
month at 7:30 p.m. at the
American Legion Dug out
above city hall.
KODIAK ISLAND
TOASTMASTERS CLUB NO. 1968
Dinner meetings every Tues.
from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
In the Montmartre Basement.
Visitors are cordially invited.