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By Betha Digree
Best wishes to Frances Vickery,
who celebrated her 21st birthday
Thursday, July 7. Frances, who is
employed at Kraft’s Super Market,
informed us that she doesn’t
“really feel so old” . . .
Mrs. Clara Hochberger has been
named chairman of the Cancer
Crusade, which will be held in
Kodiak August 6 through August
20. Plans for the drive are now
being made and cans will be dis
tributed soon. The Cancer Crusade
deserves the support of everyone
in the community .. . Every penny,
as well as dollar, will help in the
fight against cancer, which strikes
so many people . . .
Recent visitors to Kodiak were
Mr. and Mrs. Parm Dickson of
Okanogan, Washington. Dickson,
who is president of the Washington
State Cattlemen’s Association, and
his wife were guests of Wells and
Lillian Smith, long-time friends.
Taken to visit the Beatty Ranch,
Dickson said that he was “very
impressed” by the quantity and
quality of the cattle in Kodiak
Island. Dickson not only has large
holdings of cattle, but owns large
flocks of sheep as well . . .
Mrs. Helen Wright is in Seattle
where she is having medical tests
taken at Virginia Mason Clinic
She is not confined to the hospital,
but goes each day for additional
tests. Her husband. Bill, doesn’t
know when she will return, but
hopes it will be soon . . .
Eudora Preston, who is a candi
date for the State House of Repre
sentatives, left last weekend for a
trip around the island. She plan
ned to spend several days with
friends at Karluk and Ouzinkie.
She also hopes to visit Larsen Bay
and other villages on the island.
Miss Dresner
Weekend Visitor
Miss Edith Dresner of Anchor
age was a visitor in town over
the holiday weekend.
Miss Dresner, who is a member
of the staff of Ralph Cottis, attor
ney, returned to the mainland
Wednesday morning.
GRANDMOTHERS TO MEET
There will be a meeting of the
Kodiak Grandmothers Club at 8
p.m„ July 13, at the home of Mrs.
Marge Farrell, Qtrs. MEMQ AAB,
Naval Station. Guests are welcome
to attend.
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GLACIER PARK, Mont. (Spec
ial)—Too many Americans look
upon government as a rich and
indulgent relative, always gener
ous and always ready to help us
out, Mrs. Louise Bushnell of New
York City told the Montana Feder
ation of Women’s Clubs convention
here this week.
“For many years now, we have
been passing responsibilities over
to government as soon as we rec
ognized a need,” Mrs. Bushnell
said. “For a while this seemed to
work, but so many of these prob
lems have been sent along to Wash
ington that now we are beginning
to find out the frightful price we
must pay.”
Mrs. Bushnell, who is Program
Director, Women’s Organizations,
for the National Association of
Manufacturers, reminded her audi
ence that we are now laboring
under a national debt greater than
the national debt of all the other
free nations put together, and that
we are paying more in taxes every
year than all the other free peo
ples together.
Pointing out that the cost of
government continues to spiral,
Mrs. Bushnell told the convention
that already one-third of the na
tional income goes for taxes. “To
day, government is the fastest
growing industry in America, and
this growth is at the expense of
the hopes and plans of every fam
ily,” Mrs. Bushnell said.
“We have one big American
family budget. In the family, if the
husband spends more, the wife
must spend less. So it is with our
national income. When the govern
ment spends more, then the Ameri
can people must spend less. There
is no way to escape this fact.
“Are we getting the kind of gov
ernment we want, and is the price
fair? It is our family budget that
buys government, and we must
judge it, just as we judge among
brands of soap or makes of wash
ing machines.
“The quality of government, and
(he costs we pay, will depend upon
(he kind of men and women we
elect to office.”
Mrs. Louise Coon
Slowly Improving
Mrs. Louise Coon, wife of Kodiak 1
Mayor Merrill Coon, who became
ill while in Seattle recently, is
slowly recovering. Mayor and Mrs. .
Coon returned home Tuesday '
morning following a vacation Out- ‘
side.
Mrs. Coon, who was hospitalized
in Seattle for more than two weeks, !
was partially paralyzed and lost '
the use of her vocal cords. Mr.
Coon reports that she is gradually
improving, and that she is again
able to speak.
Their son Corky, who accompan- !
ied his parents on their vacation,
returned to Kodiak last Saturday. 1
Superior General
To Visit Kodiak
Reverend Mother Mary Ita, Su
perior General of the Order of
Grey Nuns of the Sacred Heart,
from the Mother House in Phila
delphia, Pa., is expected to arrive
in Kodiak on July 15. She will be
accompanied by Mother St. Ed
ward, who is also from the Mother
House.
Reverend Mother Mary Ita made
one previous visit to Kodiak, but
it will be Mother St. Edward’s
third trip. They will visit the Order
of Grey Nuns here approximately
two weeks.
Early Life In Kodiak Described As
Mrs. Johnson Recalls War-time Living
By Miriam J. Angell
When Ralph C. Johnson, now
Assistant Director, Real Estate.
Naval Base, first came to Kodiak
in 1935 to audit books for Kodiak
Fisheries, there was no base and
no apparent plans for one. The
small fishing village had two ve
hicles of transportation, a truck
that delivered for Kraft’s and a
touring car sent here for Mr.
Erskine’s daughter to use on her
summer vacation from college.
Two stores. Kraft’s and Erskine’s,
a post office on the site of Donnel
ley and Acheson’s Men’s Store,
ruins of a Russian bell foundry
age is now, on the circle. Well,
you know I got on that plane all
dressed up, with a new hat and
even an umbrella. Everybody else
was in heavy clothing. We landed
in the worst williwaw you can
imagine, on a Saturday night. It
was my first time away from home
and family and 1 kept thinking I
was just camping out.
"Ralph told me immediately that
all dependents were evacuated to
bunkers about once a month and
that no matter what else I did I
must be sure to get on that evacu
ation bus. When 1 heard the siren
blow I was to get on my heaviest
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MRS. NINA JOHNSON Photo by Ameigh
which had supplied bells to a num
t>er of missions on the California
:oast, a few homes and buildings
ind some bars, largely comprised
:he village of Kodiak. The original
Eiussian church was here; it burned
town and was rebuilt later. There
vas no bank: fishermen took their
money to Mr. Erskine or MU'.
Kraft, bought on credit and col
ected whatever was left at the end
>f a season. There was no hospital,
10 doctor; residents who needed
nedical care went by slow boat
o Seward. One grade school served
he town.
At the close of the fishing sea
1011 Ralph Johnson went home to
lis wife, Nina, in Spokane, Wash
ngton. “Ralph told me then that
lome day he wanted to take me
0 see that beautiful country of
\laska, but never in my wildest
ireams did I imagine we would
ive there.We came up in 1948 to
Jay a year and we are still here.
“I came on the diaper run, a
nicket seat plane they ran just for
lependents. Ralph had arrived
;arlier and had lived in the old
30Q: it was down where the gar
dothing and warmest boots, get
out on the doorstep and wait. If
a dependent failed to show up, a
letter went into her husband’s
jacket and this was a black mark
on his record. The only thing he
neglected to tell me was that the
siren always blew at noon on Mon
day.
“There were no pavements any
where on the island then, and no
stop signs. The road to town was
awful; oneway in some spots and
often impassable. There were only
about thirty cars on Kodiak when
we had our car sent up; that took
four months. When you went
around that corner where Kraft’s
Super Market is now you expected
to see Bill Hart walk out of a
saloon.
“I’ll never forget one December
day. We had gone into Kodiak to
do some Christmas shopping but
first we stopped in at the Mecca
Bar. There had been a wedding;
the bride arrived at the Mecca in
heavy boots, heavy slacks, a huge
corsage and a white net hat with
a veil. Her groom wore a black
suit and tie and high top boots.
They sat her up on the bar and a
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