First Lyceum Artist, A Petite Violinist,
Alice Schoenfield, Began Career At Five
The Lyceum will present violin
ist Alice Schoenfeld in the first
concert of the current Alaska
Music Trail series on Monday, Oct.
15, at the High School Auditorium
at 8:15 p.m.
This engaging, petite violinist,
who serves as coach of the South
ern California University orches
tra and as a private violin tutor at
Occidental College, was a child
prodigy. She received her first
violin at three, gave her first pro
fessional dance and violin recital
at the age of five, and retired tem
porarily from public appearances
at the age of nine.
“My Professor in Berlin warned
my parents that I would probably
be a burned out, has been, in an
other three years," she says. “And
so 1 went back to more serious
musical studies, played concerts
occasionally, and concentrated also
ALICE SCIIOEN FIELD
on my school work. But that did
not really change anything, music
was my first love and it has re
mained so. The big problem my
parents had, was not getting me to
practice, but getting me to stop.”
BORN TO MUSIC
Miss Sehoenfeld was literally
born to a musical career. Her fa
ther, Johan, now retired, was a
professional violinist; her mother,
Johanna was a professional pianist.
She is making her first trip to
British Columbia, Northern Cana
da, and the 49th State as an Alaska
Music Trail artist. She has only
seen the North in color slides
which have intrigued her and made
her curious to know what the coun
try is really like. She is much more
accustomed to appearing in major
European cities than she is to fill
Outdoorsmen Look
For Camp Sites
In Kodiak Area
About 50 people attended the
October meeting of the Kodiak
Outdoorsmen Club Tuesday night
at the Armory and heard of plans
to stake out a number of public
camping sites on Kodiak Isalnd.
Paul (Smokey) Stover of the
Alaska Highway Department de
scribed where possible camping
sites might be designated.
The Outdoorsmen welcomed a
number of new members and an
nounced that door prizes would be
given at each meeting.
A series of movies including a
polar bear hunt by Halls Carpen
ter, brown bear fishing for salmon
and an elk herd on Afognak Island
were shown to the crowd.
President Frank Kozak presided
over the meeting and will head a
committee to look over the camp
ing and picnic sites next week.
ATTENDS MEETING
Father John J. Marx, pastor of
St. Mary’s Church, attended a
meeting of Diocesan Priests in An
chorage from Tuesday through
Thursday of this week.
ing engagements in the communi
ties of the Alaska Music Trail.
In January and February she
will be appearing with major or
chestras and in solo recitals in
Germany. Great Britain, France
and Italy.
Residents Honor
Sonya Anderson’s
85th Birthday
Over a score of local pioneer
residents gathered last Sunday at
the home of Mrs. Sarah Bandy on
the occasion of the 85th birthday
of Mrs. Sonya Anderson.
Mrs. Anderson, a house guest of
Mrs. Bandy during the absence on
a trip to Seattle of a daughter,
Mrs. Verna Steadman, was born on
Woody Island and lived most of
her life here. Mrs. Bandy was as
sisted by her daughter, Carlene
Mahle, in planning the event. Mrs.
Lee Matthews, eldest daughter of
Mrs. Anderson, provided the dec
orated birthday cake and assisted
in serving guests.
Guests included: Mrs. Joe Heit
man, Mrs. Senafont Malutin, Mrs.
Bill Robertson, Mrs. Dunia Hart
man, Mrs. Torsten Mikelson, Mrs.
Margaret Magnuson, Mrs. Bill An
derson, Mrs. Tom Frost, Mrs. Ger
trude Berestoff, Mr. and Mrs. Nick
Shuravloff, Mr. and Mrs. Walter
Shuravloff, Mr. and Mrs. John
Chya, Mrs. Lucy Gregorioff, Mrs.
Zack Chichinoff, Mrs. Cecil Brown,
Mrs. Laura Olson, Mrs. Robert
Gurtler and daughter, Alan Ab
ston and Karl Armstrong.
Eight From Area
At Sitka School
Ted Angasan of South Naknex,
Molly Gould of King Cove, and
Hugh Devlin, Alec Panamaroff,
John Reft, Herman Shanagin, Tom
Shugak and Roger Spinharney, all
of Kodiak, are registered at Shel
don Jackson Junior College in
Sitka.
All are freshmen except Shugax.
They are a part of the student
group which comes from 23 Alaska
towns, three other states of the
U.S., Japan, Jordan and East
Kenya.
So far, judging from receipts,
our neighbors have poor gardens
this year.
Demos Postpone
Precinct Election
Postponement for two weeks of
the election of precinct officers of
the Democratic party of Kodiak
was agreed upon. Election of parly
officers on an area basis caucus
rather than a precinct basis was
discussed and it was decided to at
tempt to elect on an area basis at
the next meeting should it be de
termined party by-rules permit.
16 Cadets Enroll
In CAP Training
Sixteen cadet members are now
enrolled in the CAP as of Oct. 2,
it was announced this week.
Senior members, Second Lt. Mar
garet Cook, Commandant of Ca
dets, Second Lt. Eugene Harding,
Supply Officer; Senior Member
Letitia Harding and possibly Sen
ior Member Charles Hamilton will
attend an area conference to be
held at Anchorage and Elmendorf
AFB on Oct. 6 and 8. They plan to
leave Friday afternoon.
The next Cadet meeting will be
held on Tuesday, Oct. 9, at 7 p.m.
at the high school, Room 105.
At this week’s meeting a gen
eral instruction program was be
gun and an Air Force news film
was shown with Senior Member
Larry Cray assisting.
Celestial Slides Shown Rotarians
Photo slides taken from the Pal
omar Observatory at M. Wilson,
Calif., and narrated by Dr. Don
Fenner, Kodiak optometrist, were
presented to the Rotary Club,
Tuesday, at its regular meeting
held at the Mecca Club.
The slides covered the planets
and star galaxies as viewed
through the lens at the observa
tory.
Guests were Lt. Paul Fredrix,
legal officer at the Adak Naval
Station, who was the guest of Cdr.
Dick Stacer, and Bill Mason of the
Mirror, guest of A1 Hochberger.
Rotary directors held a meeting
at the home of Art Brooks, Tues
day evening.
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mocracy believes in his own doc
trines.
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