— The Base Breeze --
By Willow Lawrence.Phone 486—5530
Officers Wives
Choose Officers
The Officers Wives Club held
elections at tfyeir monthly lunch
eon, Thursday, Nov. 8, at the Of
ficers Club. The following ladies
will be installed as officers at the
Dec. 13 luncheon.
Ninon Williams, president; Ruby
Hedblom, vice-president; Esther
Bruce, treasurer; Carolyn Pyeatt,
secretary; Beverly Meissner, on
base representative; and Judy
Wright, in town representative.
Club Corner
OFFICERS CLUB
A monthly Hail and Farewell
sponsored by Fleet Weather Cen
tral will be held at the Officers
Club on Friday, Nov. 16.
The theme will be Thanksgiving.
Dinner and dancing will be pre
ceeded by a Happy Hour.
CPO CLUB
Finals for the Shuffleboard
Tournament were held Monday,
Nov. 12, at 8 p.m. at the Chief
Petty Officers Club. Prizes were
awarded the winners, Mr. Karl
Espieg and Chief L. B. Campbell.
Runners-up, Chief O. W. Osvatics
and Chief James B. Wilson also
received gifts. Forty were entered
in this tournament which was or
ganized by Senior Chief Dave
“Crash” Carroll. Another will be
held next month.
Floyd Ayer of Line Maintenance
was initiated into the Chief Petty
Officers Club Nov. 16, upon being
advanced to the rate of Chief Avi
ation Machinists Mate. Chief Ayer
hails from Bristol, Conn. He and
his wife, Beatrice, have one son,
Jim, who attends Kodiak High
School.
EM CLUB
The annual Fleet Reserve Asso
ciation Friendship Dinner-Dance
will be held in the main ballroom
of the Enlisted Men’s Club. Steak
dinner will be served at 7 p.m.
From 9 p.m. on, there will be dan
cing to the music of the Crescent
City 5.
This affair is being held to unite
all local members and to interest
others in joining the organization.
One-hundred and fifty members
plus guests are expected. For tic
ket information call President R.
J. Roberts at 7-3391.
NAVY WIVES CLUB
.On Monday, Nov. 12, at the Base
Chapel Annex, delegate Shirley
Dumas showed some very interest
ing and informative colored slides
of both the Convention and the
World’s Fair, after a detailed dis
cussion of the Navy Wives Conven
tion at Seattle by our two repre
sentatives, Mrs. Dumas and Mrs.
Wertz. A new membership drive
with the theme of “Time” was also
voted upon.
PTA PATTER
In honor of National Education
Week Open House was held at the
Base School, Monday, Nov. 12. All
through the week parents were in
vited into the classrooms to watch
and hear teachers and students at
work.
Free Gift Wrap
Service Started
A free gift wrapping service for
service men away from home has
been in progress since Oct. 31 .'n
the lobby outside the Base Ex
change. It will continue until De
cember 8.
Navy Officers’ Wives have vol
unteered according to depart
ments. Other volunteers include
Coast Guard Officers’ Wives, Coast
Guard Wives, the Kodiak Island
Navy Wives Club, Marine Wives,
wives of the U.S.S. Kodiak officers,
and Navy nurses.
Lt. Young and Chief Cain head
this Special Services project which
was put into operation by Mrs.
Ruby Hedblom and Mrs. Betty
Clark of the Navy Officers’ Wives
Club.
Feminine Facts
BASE BASKET
Each member of the Base Sun
day School has been asked to do
nate one item of canned goods
the Sunday prior to Thanksgiving.
In turn, Sunday School teachers
and workers will contribute enough
money to purchase meat and fresh
produce which, along with the
canned goods, will be made into
a Thanksgiving Basket that will be
given to some needy Kodiak fam
ily by Chaplain Goss.
KNUDS N’S
It’s time to order Christmas cards and we can have your
photo on a good Alaskan scene made into your personal card.
Cameras — Film — Projectors — Screens — Albums
Alaskan Jewelry — Jade — Nuggets — Ivory — Hermatite
Toys — Games — Paint By Number Sets — Dolls
Books — and Lots of Cute Items
PARKAS AND SLIPPERS
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KNUDSEN’S — Where All Kodiak Shops |
Ski Patrol Asks
For Volunteers
Volunteers are urgently needet
for work on the Kodiak Ski Patrol
Some skiing experience is neces
sary.
A First Aid Course is being con
ducted at the Base Hospital start
ing Monday, Nov. 19, at 7:15 fo
ski patrol volunteers who will worl
at the ski chalet. Their duties wil
be to insure that all safety precau
tions are enforced, to instruct ski
ers, and to give first aid whet
needed.
The Ski Patrol is a national sys
tern, the local section chief bein:
Dr. Bruce Keers of Kodiak
Bob Acheson is a National Patrol
man. Each volunteer becomes .
registered member of the Nation:
Ski Patrol when he qualifies.
Further information may be ob
tained by calling 1st Lt. Tinker a
either 7-2294 or 6-2391.
BOYS WILL BE BOYS
“November’s new members” t(
the male population at the Base
Hospital are:
Randal Jay Smith who weighec
8 lbs., 15% oz. He arrived on Nov
8 and is the son of RM1 US1>
George and Eva Smith.
And Relph Leon Baker, whos<
birth weight was 8 lbs. 12 oz., wa
born Nov. 11. His parents ar
USMC Corporal Ralph and Mar
Baker.
POLICE SLOGAN
Whiskey to stimulate; gasolin
to accelerate; mix to exterminat<
St. James Plans
Communion, Also
Potluck Dinner
The new Church building of St.
James the Fisherman will be a
busy place this Sunday, according
I to the Rev. Don Bullock, Deacon
in charge.
Activities get underway with a
celebration of Holy Communion at
8 a.m., with the Rev. Alexander C.
Zabriskie the celebrant.
Sunday school classes will meet
at 9:30 a.m. in the new building
for the first time.
At 11 a.m. there will be a serv
ice of Holy Communion and Ser
t mon, with Father Zabriskie again
the celebrant and preacher.
That evening the Church family
; will gather for a potluck dinner
. in the Parish hall. Honored guests
- will be Mr. and Mrs. John Lotz
i who will leave Kodiak shortly. Mr.
I I.otz has served as Church treas
urer since the Mission began.
Veterans Officer
In Town Tonight
Joseph LaFournaise, officer in
charge of the Veterans Admini
stration has been in Kodiak since
Nov. 14 and will remain through
the 17th.
The Veterans official was at the
base on Wednesday and Thursday
and will be at the V.F.W. Hall to
night for consultation.
Looking For Job?
The Alaska State Employment
Service, Kodiak office, has open
ings for four positions. The of
fice is next to the PNA office
and the phone number is 6-2405.
The four openings are: (1)
clerk-stenographer; (2) clerk
typist. (3) ranch hand, and (41
janitor.
DEFENSE SIREN
The Civil Defense siren will be
tested at noon on Saturday, Nov.
17.
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