‘Pioneer Will Be 90 Next Monday
Bob Chamberlin will be 90 years
o*d next Monday.
The Kodnk pioneer, hale and
hfaifty and active at four score
and ten, has been an Alaska resi
dent for 63 years.
Bom in Iowa, Bob started for
the Klondike at the time of the
gold rush but, as he put it, ‘I
wcimd tip instead in Rampart.’
From Rampart he went on to Nome
* arsd then, on a hunch that the
Tanana River Valley would! be
a gold producer, he started up
river. Bob Chamberlin wintered
at Circle City and before he could
ireach the country of which Fair
banks is now the hub, gold had
been struck there by Felix Pedro.
Bob remained in Fairbanks until
and then came to Kodiak. He
has lived here ever since.
In his 63 Alaska years, Bob
CShamberlin has been Outside
C^ree times—4he last time in 1908.
Christmas Party
At VFW Deo. 20
Tbe ennual Christmas party
, ftsr chSdren of the members of the
VFW Post here will he held at
W*** Post rooms on Sunday,,
einber 20, at 2 p.m.
’ Hie party wilbe complete with
Christmas tree, gifts far the
youngsters, entertainment and re
‘ftcts&Lineaits.
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ARTHUR M. TORGRAMSEN
(AHTNC)—Army Pvt. Arthur M.
Torgramsen, son of Mrs. Rieka
Torgramsen, Kodiak, Alaska, re
cently was graduated from the
lJist Airborne ii; vision Jump
School at Fort Campbell, Ky. Tor
gramsen received Ills parsttrodper
wings after completing three weeks
of intensive ground and aerial trai
ning which included five parachute
jumps_The 2J year-old soldier en
tered the Army last f ebruary and
completed basic combat training
at Fort Ord, Calif. He is a 1957
graduate of Kodiak High School.
HEY KIDSH!
mm will visit mum
Between 1 & 4 pm Saturday
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Store Hours For Your Convenience
FRIDAY, DEC. 18 THRU WEDNESDAY, DEC. S3
10:00 A-M. — 9:00 P.M.
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THURSDAY. DEC. 24
A.M. — 7:0« FJH.
School Teacher
Yuletide Skills
Denver (AP)—Denver’s famous
Opportunity School, which teaches
everything all year long from shoe
making to practical nursing, has
its own Christmas rush.
Founded in 1916 by slight, dy
namic Emily Griffith, the school
is now a tax-supported adult and
vocational branch of the Denver
public schools. It has 23,GOO stu
dents.
Fifteen years ago Denver mer
chants asked the school to train
temporary or part-time clerks for
the November-December buying
spree.
'Now from 250 to 400 reop.’e • ke
the pre Chri-tm^s classes. Most
of them are hired before the cour
ses are completed. Several of
Denver’s largest department
stores furnish instructors.
But the clerk-training courses
are not the only extra Yuletide
service at Opportunity.
Special holiday food courses run
for five weeks before Christmas.
Students learn to cook tested reci
pes for holiday delicacies, to deco
rate cakes and cookies‘ <and to do
holiday table decorating.
“Our students in these courses
usually are no brides;’ says EdiTa
Jean Kershey, assistant day prin
ciple. "Some are grandmothers
who want to give a new touch to
Capt. Lyle ,E. Strickleiy USN,
assumed his duties as_ Chief of
Staff to Commander Alaskan Sea
Frontier and Commandant 17th
Naval District here on December
11.
Above Is pictured Capt. Georg©
Rouilard, former Chief .of Staff,
who joined the staff of Commander
Western- Sea_ Frontier- in San
Francisco, Calif.
Capt. Roullprd reported here as
Insepctor General in 1957, and was
later appointed as Chief of Staff.
Sunrise • Sunset
Dec. Sunrise Sunset
19 8:52 3:22
20 8:52 3:22
21 8:53 3:22
22 8:54 3:23
23 8:54 3:24
24 8:55 3:24
25 8:55 3 35
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the family Christmas dinner. Some
bring in a recipe which has been
in a family for generations and
for which a modem touch is de
sired.'
Other classes are conducted in
gift wrapping. The school's regu
lar art courses take on the holiday
spirit. Various ceramic items are
/turned out *as gifts. Lamp shades,
jewelry and Christmas cards come
out otf other classes.
Box Kent Due
Those patrons of the post office
who pay their box rent on a quar
terly basis will find notices in
their boxes Monday notifying them
box rent is due again.
The (box rents must be paid be
fore January. After (that date
mail will be removed from the un
paid boxes.
One Case Heard
William C. Smack appeared be
fore the US. Ocwnmristeianer this
week on a petty larceny charge
and was sentenced to 150 days, 60
of which were suspended.
LOST SACK FOUND
The Police Department reports
a large sack containing Christmas
items, apparently lost, that was
turned in, and may be redeemed
by anyone who can describe the
contents.
The sack was found at the in
tersection of Brooklyn and Mill
Bay roads
BUY, RENT OR SELL, TRY A
CLASSIFIED AD IN THE KODI
AK MIRROR. THEY BRING RE
SULTS!
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ELKS & EMBLEM CLUB MEMBERS
CHRISTMAS PARTY
AT THE ELKS CLUB
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 19
BRING A GIFT
Elks And Their Ladies, Emblem Club
Members And Escorts/
For All Your
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