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FIRE
We saw a brilliant looking fire
the other day from our office
window. r ^
We saw children stomping over
the ground in a frantic effort to
put out what fire they had started.
tt was north of Resonoff, above
Brooklyn,-Avenue. Not too far
above were houses—nice houses—
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many of them must have cost the
owners their life savings and a
bUle *mer*r-Ttie homes after they
were completed,: and every spare
dollar, and much more, were put
rrto them, represented all many
nf the o people had, or would have
for years to come.
The fire looked beautiful from
our office. The brilliancy of the
orange and red flames in con
trast to the drab of the grassy
hillside, was beautiful. Those same
flames represented power—in this
case, power to destroy. It wasn’t
difficult to envision the whole hill
side a brilliant flame, the houses
one by one becoming a charred
mass, as:the flames, fanned by a
stiff breeze, burned them to the
ground. .i
Imagination? Maybe. But it’s
close to the real thing, too. Un
fortunately, this fire and several
others of late, were started by
children—of course they didn’t
know about such a thing as a
fire spreading—of how it can wipe
out a whole neighborhood.
Fire Chief George. M a gnu son
stated that there have been four
such fires in two days. That’s
bad. He also says the grass is
bone dry, after a week of sun
shine.. These fires can easily get
out of hand. Some of them have
been close to buildings.
A child’s mind in starting a
fire, thinks only of warmth, its
glow—seeing the flames shoot up
into the sky. A word of caution
from the parents should help.
Curb their tendencies in other
directions.
Another cause of these fires—
two of them, in fact ftris week—
were unwatched incinerator fires
spreading. The fire chief urged
these be watched because of the
dry grass condition at present.
The crew of volunteer firemen
can’t do it all—they need help
from the grownups and the child
ren, too.
Outdoors men Pfsn
Seafood Dinner
Fine seafoods, home prepared
lay the members, is promised at
the first annual Kodiak Outdoors
men Buffet dinner, to be held
at the Elks hall, Saturday, Febru
ary 28.
Tickets are being sold by mem
bers of the club at $2.50 each
for adults and $1 for those under
16 years. Tickets can be obtained
at Tony’s Bar from Curly Wilson,
Kadiak Bottling Works, Mar Dou’s
Bfess shop, Dick Berg at D & A,
Kodiak Outfitters, and the Break
er Bar.
dinner will be served from
6 jp.m. to 9 p.m. The public is
invited, according to Marie Cardi
nal, who is arranging for the
dinner.
G.6. Committee
To Meet Feb. 16
There will be a meeting of the
Girl Scouts Community Committee
on Thursday, February 19, at the
Girl Scout Quonset at 1:30 pm.
All leaders and committee mem
bers are urged to attend the
meeting.
Sunrise - Sunset
Sunrise Sunset
Feb. 14 . 7:45 5:05
Feb. 15 7:43 5:06
Feb, 16 . 7:41 5:09
Feb. 17 ........ 7:38 5:11
Feb. 18 . 7:36 5:13
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Here, There emi Evetywhere
ay «IG DIGREB .
(Ed. note: This might be termed
a sequel to last weeks outburst
by the Scotty. This week’s foot:
note to a dog’s life concerns the
life of the master during court
ship days—the dogs, that is.)'
This period in a dog’s life
may be described as both “hell”
and “heaven.” For the master it
is plain “hell.” “Love is a spirit
of compact fire,” the poet said, and
it must hit the dog as well as the
human being.
During -that time our little
black friend pays little attention
to our entreaties to come into the
house. If you get him into the
house, he is much like a little
boy who is confined indoors
when he would much rather be
up the street with his companions.
He becomes a worry-wart, a wear
you-downer. * '
He emits little grunts and
groans, a. whimper under his
breath, which grows louder as you
continue to ignore him.
Then there follows the restless
pacing across the room. Lying
down for a Tew minutes in one
spot; up in a minute or so, and
over to another spot. Hard to
concentrate on what I am doing
under these conditions.
. Qld. .s^d-eyes (and I mean old:
He is over 80 by human calcu
lations) has this wear youxiown
system developed to a fine point.
You better sit up and take notice,
or else. He concentrates his
ammunition for the big push. The
idea is to stare you out. He will
sit on his haunches by the door,
fifteen or twenty feet away, and
stare at you. You ignore him.
He moves up about five feet. You
continue to ignore him. He
moves closer. Same thing. All the
while he is emitting these little
wearysome sounds under his
breath. Finally, he is within a
few feet of you—he continues
to stare. Finally, if you have
been able to ignore him after all
that, he emits a grant, eloquent
with disgust, and goes back to his
position next to the* door. The
same little drama is played over
again as long as you can take it
Are you a man without feeling—
without a heart; or are you just
human, and finally rush to the
door—despite cops, dog catchers,,
what have you—open the door
wide and say: “You winv fido,
happy hunting!”
Given an opening like that, a
man will say “yes” without any
more talk—who can resist the
honeyed words of. the fair sex?
What has prompted girls down
through the years to suggest one
single boy take her out of the
select group of young damsels—
who are sought after, catered to,
besieged on all sides, soda-popped,
ice-creamed, juke-box serenaded.
For then its the next thing to
the real thing—the period of “for
better or worse” which follows.
St. Valentine’s Day is Febru
ary 14—that’s today. Beware
young man! Valentine, or Valen
tinus, is the name of a consider
able number of saints. The most
celebrated are the two martyrs
whose festivals fall on Feb. 14, the
one, a Roman priest, the other,
Bishop of Temi. The association
of the lover’s festival witji St
Valentine seems to arise from the
fact that the feast of the saint
falls in early spring, and is purely
accidental.
It may be accidental that “a
young man’s fancy lightly turns
to love” about that time, but it
is no accident when he unwit
tingly says “yes” to the “Be my
valentine” routine. I mean the
young man just hasn’t a chance.
In his own mind he might be
capable of resolving the world’s
problems better than John Foster
Dulles; or he may be capable of
flying a supersonic airplane; or
unravel the most baffling equa
tion with the best of the mathme
CHAMBER OK’s
(Continued from Page 1)
President Kincaid sought the
support of the group in opposing
the business tax revision bill now
before the Senate. A Committee
consisting of Maurice Egan, A1
Hochberger, Dick Berg and Bill
Poland were appointed to make a
study of the bill and offer recom
mendations.
NELSON IS NAMED
JUNEAU UP)—Urban C. (Pete)
Nelson was named acting Regional
Director, Bureau of Sport Fisher
ies and Wildlife this week.
ticians; or he may possess the
brain power of a top scientist
who can explore outer space with
the ease tvith which most of us
walk across the living room—but
when she utters those few words—
he is lost, brother, he is lost.
That is as it should be! These
batchelors—heh! More spending
money? More leisure? More peace
and quiet? More freedom? That’s
a laugh. It’s rather: no money!
No leisure, but boredom; no peace
and quiet, but more boredom.
Well, freedom. Maybe. But for
what? ill somebody please stop me.
what? Will somebody please stop
me?
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
—ADMISSIONS—
Patients admitted to Griffin
Memorial Hospital the past week
included Mrs. Luba Agnot, Alitak;
Ross Cook; Clifford Chrf&offeri
son and Hans Eide. 4 4' • '
• —DISCHARGED—,, 1
Those discharged were' Tim
Melovedoff; Joanne Buekers aid
Hick Anderson.
—BIRTHS—
Cole Brian, weighing 7 lbs.
1 oz., was born on February 10
to Leona and Henry Harrison of
Woody Isladd.
G.M. Hospital
Receives Books
During the past summer, the
merchants of the city were ap
proached for advertising matter
to be inserted in a number of
books to be donated to the hos
pital library. The books have
finally been delivered, and will be
on display in the lobby of the
hospital during the present week
end. There are some unusuaf
titles, fine bindings, and the ad
vertising is very attractive^ One
excellent feature is the insertion
of- a library card and pocket in
each book, simplifying the task
of cataloging. ; , .
“The Sisters are very grateful
to the advertisers who made pos
sible this fine addition to
the library,” n said a spokesman
for the hospital. “The books have
been used by a number of the
patients; they will certainly add
many hours of pleasure to what
would otherwise be a montonous
period of hospitalization.”
Changes Made
In VA Rules
Hospitalization of Veterans at
Veterans Administration expense
will be governed by regulations
now effective in the States. Only
Veterans with a rated service
connected disability, in need of
emergency treatment for the ser
vice connected disability, may be
hospitalized a<t VA expense m
private contract^ hospitals.
CORRECTION
Due to an error while typing,
the names of Mr. and Mrs. Bill
Poland and Mr. and Mrs. Robert
Hall were omitted from the list tf
geests 'present at the dinner gl
en Sunday evening by Mayor and
Mrs. Merrill Coon in honor off
Hanson Baldwin.
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Sesquicentennial.
Limited Amount
per customer available for the asking.