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Mirrored Reflections
By SIG DIGREE
Letters We Like to Receive:
Dear Sig;
You good people of Kodiak may
think your old Navy friends forget
our pleasant associations in the fab
ulous North soon after our depar
ture for the “South Forty-Eight.”
How wrong! Cdr. Roger Burum,
USN, Lt. Col. A1 Wood, USMC, as
well as your’s truly, continue to
whip up Sourdogh Bread and hot
cakes . . . yes, from the same
“starter” we acquired in Alaska,
and so carefully transported with
our other valuables when we
moved south. The following article
published in our Coronado Journal
will illustrate just how much Alas
ka is in our minds, and how many
converts we are making. Even
among the Republicans.
Just in case you didn’t happen
to know, the Coronado Journal is
quite similar to your paper . . .
published once a week and read by
our little community of 18,000.
“Last week Mayor Goodenough
notified councilmen that there
is an “illegal” business going
on at 400 Second St., “But I
guess it’s all right as long as
it’s for a good charity, conserv
ative government.” It seems
that the GOP sent Mrs. A. M.
Hurst, former councilman, one
dollar and asked that she try
to pyramid it for the coming
campaign. A neighbor gave her
a yeast “starter” and instruc
tions (Cdr. Burum and Capt.
Roullard) that came all the
way from Fairbanks, Alaska by
way of Kodiak, and she began
making sour dough brejid, al
though she has never made a
loaf of bread before. She can
only make three loaves a day
and they’re going for $1 each.
Last week she had 48 orders
and three weeks to fill them.
She makes the dough at 11:30
p. m. and when it rises she
rises at 9:30 the next morning
to pop them into the oven.
The puns flowed freely at
council meeting: Councilman
Turpin: “You can’t call Mrs.
Hurst a loafer anymore.” Good
enough: “It took a lot of crust
to say that.” Turpin: “Anyway
she’s well bred and she’s in the
k
dough.”
Most Sincerely,
Geo. D. Roullard,
Capt. (USN, Ret)
P.S.: We’ve got quite a collection
of “sourdoughs” here in the San
Diego area and occasionally
throw a party just to again swap
yarns and fish stories. Our me
morable times and wonderful
friends in Kodiak are never for
gotten. Our very best to your
wife and the other fine friends
we have in Kodiak.
G. D. R.
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Hail To The Chief
Chief of Police Roland Vickery
celebrated his 60th birthday Sun
day. It is also his 9th year with
the Police Department here. Con
gratulations are in order.
• * •
Trends of Alaska business ac
tivity during the eight years of
1951-59 show a 29.6 per cent in
crease in number of employees to
23,155; a 49 per cent increase in
number of firms to 3,180; and 85
per cent increase in payroll for
Jan.—Mar., up to $33,639,000.
Letter to the Editor
To Whom Is May Concern
We, Forest J. and I. Eledes Me
Connel, have purchased Lot 8 of
Block 16 U. S. Survey No. 2537B
Kodiak Townsite, from Henry and
Eunice Neseth.
We wish to retain the right of
way to this lot. Therefore we do
not wish to give up this right of
way as advertised by the City Clerk
in the Kodiak Mirror. We desire
that our wishes be made public and
the above mentioned advertising
by the City Clerk be cancelled and
that all rights to this lot l)e re
tained.
Forest J. McConnel
I. Eledes McConnel
Leader Sought
As school starts again, so do the
usual outside activities that our
young girls attend and all of these
groups must have leaders. As this
Girl Scout Troop loses one great
leader we find a vacancy that needs
to be filled if our girls shall con
tinue to know the thrill and adven
CHIEFS CHALLENGE
BOOTLEGGERS
A three-man team of CPO’s, featuring such stars as
Wrong Number Osvatics, Low Fog McManus and Belley
Robber Keuhner, challenged the famous Bootleggers to a
four-game match play at the Elks Bowling alleys next
week. Capone Lewis, Luciano Winston and Nitti Nelson
of the Bootleggers say they can taste that free booze and
tender steaks already. THEY ACCEPT.
tures that await them in Scouting.
You may volunteer your time, just
one (1) hour a week to giving so
little and yet learning so much and
finding too, the thrill of working
with the leaders of tommorrow.
Call Mrs. Acheson at 486—2647
and let her sign you up for this
great work with “your girls.”
Girl Scout Troop
Octopus
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There are two compelling rea
sons why, at this point in our his
tory, the schools should “retrench"
—if retrenchment it is. The first
is that the family is still ithe main
unit in American life, and it must
be given back some of its respon
sibility.
I have seen parents at a P. T. A.
begging the schools to tell their
children that they don’t need the
family car on Saturday nights and
that they should be in at a reason
able hour. The parents were com
ing to the school as the ultimate
authority. This is the perversion of
an important American concept,
and schools should retrench for
this reason alone. Parents must
once again be the ones to insist
that homework be done before
their youngsters watch TV.
But there is another reason. No
institution, any more than any per
son, which tries to do everything
can do it all well. The schools were
instituted to teach the basic sub
jects, the intellectual disciplines
of reading, writing, language, math
ematics and science.
If and when schools return to
major emphasis on just these sub
jects, they will be in a position to
do a good job with them. But those
who favor a real basic education
would still have to keep an eye
on the schools’ programs, because
the failure to do the essential job
well is always a temptation to di
versionary enterprises.
Rotary
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to students in 70 countries for
study in 50 countries, with grants
averaging $2,600. Since 1951 two
students from British Columbia,
two from Anchorage, Alaska, and
one from Mount Vernon, Washing
ton, have been awarded this much
prized Rotary fellowship.
“With fellowship and service to
others as its keynote, Rotary pro
vides a common ground for over
511,000 business and professional
executives throughout the world,
regardless of differing nationalities
or customs or language or political
and religious beliefs,” the Rotary
District Governor emphasized.
“In addition to the promotion of
international understanding” Mr.
Fletcher continued, “special em
phasis is being placed on commun
ity betterment in this district,”
which includes 43 Rotary Clubs in
Alaska, Western British Columbia
and Northwest Washington.
Mr. Fletcher urged all local Ro
tarians to attend the Rotary dis
trict conference to be held in Van
couver May 5th to May 8th, 1962,
with headquarters in the Hotel
Vancouver, and to make plans for
the Club to be represented at the
53rd annual convention of Rotary
International.
ALASKA BAPTIST
(Continued from Page One)
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Leslie; Miss
Pearle Rold; Miss Mildred Crowell;
the seven last named are from Ko
diak; and Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Nor
man Smith from Ouzinkie.
The retreat will begin on Mon
day and conclude on Wednesday.
WAYNE KOZAK IS PICTURED ABOVE as his mother puts pin
on him designating him as an Eagle Scout. Wayne was presented the
high Scouting award at a Recognition Dinner held Friday, August 11,
at the E. M. Club, by Capt. E. C. Smith, CO on the Naval Station.
His father Frank is pictured at right.
Skin Divers Salvage Equipment
Over 150 feet below the surface
of the crystal clear waters of Spiri
don Lake on the mountainous west
ern side of Kodiak Island, SCUBA
divers Bill McLinn and Guy C.
Powell, Sunday salvaged from the
lake bottom, the U. S. Geological
Survey equipment lost when a skiff
swamped and sunk losing three
men of the Survey team last week.
Flown in Sunday by Bob Hall of
Kodiak Airways, the divers sal
vaged the submerged 12-foot skiff,
15 hp motor, a 30-06 rifle, adalade,
tripod, two large brush knives,
and other valuable equipment.
Naval Station
Births
A daughter, Teresa Anne, weigh
ing 8 lbs. 7 ozs., was born on Au
gust 12 to Paula Lorraine and Rus
sell W. Havens, DT2, USN.
A daughter, Shari Merie, weigh
ing 6 lbs. 13 ozs., was born on Au
gust 12 to Allie A. B. and Ralph
Leroy Oldham, RMC, USN.
“Tts all m a days work, the
divers said. “We’re glad to get var
ious jobs to keep in practice and
in physical condition.”
Bantam Bowlers
Banquet Slated
Members of the Bantam Bowlers
League will be guests of the local
Elks at a banquet to be held at the
Elks Club Thursday evening, Au
gust 21, at 6:30 P. M.
BowL'r. trophies to be presented
at the ’nnqct are now on display
at the L ks Bowling Lanes.
Plans Shaping Up
For Alaska Cities
Convention Here
Several outstanding officials
Loin loth the State and Federal
governments, as well as individual
organizations, have been invited
to address the delegates to the
eleventh annual League of Alaskan
Cities convention scheduled to
meet here Oct. 26-28.
ELKS ELKS ELKS
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ELKS ANNUAL PICNIC
SUNDAY, AUGUST 27
' 1 - 1 mi
CUFF POINT
or Elks and their families, Emblem Club members and escorts
Visiting Elks Welcome
If inclement weather, the picnic win be held at the Elks Club
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