Of This and That
By BET1IA DIGREE
Bright sunshine and warmth
make life more cheerful after
those long dreary months of snow,
ice and rain. . .Marian Lynch re
ported crocus in bloom. . . Helen
Hall says her columbine, honey
suckle and daffodils are showing
tiny shoots of green. . . Spring
fever seems to be prevalent. . .
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Our thanks to Mrs. Howard
Wakefield of Seattle for the gift
of blooming forsythia, quince,
cherry and almond blossoms, as
weD as daphne odora that she
seat to us when Howard came to
Kodiak Monday. . . When we saw
the glowing beauty of the blooms,
we were almost speechless with
happiness. . .
Millie Markham, co-owner of
the Montmartre Inn, spent several
days in Anchorage this week on
business. . .
Grace Healy, Wodlinger Drug
Store staff member, left today for
Seattle on the direct PNA flight
to Seattle. . . Grace plans to go
to Montana, returning to Kodiak
within two weeks. . .
One of the highlights of a stork
shower held in honor of Mrs. Al
len Tinker on February 15 was
•tlTe presentation of an Alaska
State flag by the flag designer,
Bonny Ponson. . . Benny made the
presentation to Mrs. Tinker and
■her husband, Lt. Allen Tinker,
IT SMC, after Mrs. Tinker had
opened her gifts. . . Mrs. Wallace
Nelson was hostess at the shower
at her residence. . .
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Belated Happy Birthday wishes
to Lillian Lamme, Helen Hall, Jo
Salmine and daughter Pamela,
Smokey (Paul) Stover. . . These
nice people each had a birthday
last week (Couldn’t get Smokey
to admit his age, of course. . . He
insisted he and Jack Benny are
the same age. . . 39 (?)... The
Salmine family joined the Stovers'
at a birthday dinner party at the
Stover residence at Island Lake
on Sunday. . .
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During the Millikens luncheon
at the Montmartre Wednesday we
heard outlines of some of the
plans for the show the group will
present during the King Crab Fes
tival. . . Sounds like one of the
best yet. . . A fun show that no
one should miss. . .
Beoma Kay Blinn
Engaged To
Lt. (j.g.) Oakley
The engagement of his daugh
ter, Beoma Kay, to Lt. (j.g.) Allen
Laverne Oakley was announced
this week by Mr. Jess Blinn.
The wedding will be held at St.
Alphonsus Church in Seattle early
in April.
The groom-to-be, son of Mr. and
Mrs. Leslie Oakley, Fairfield,
Montana, is attached to V P Squad
ron 17, stationed at Whidbey Na
val Air Station at Oak Harbor,
Washington. The young couple
will make their home there after
the wedding.
DAY BY DAY
Worry less about the future and
more about the present and our
progress can be doubled.
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Annual Meeting of Your Cooperative
Kodiak Electric Association
The Annual Meeting of the members of the Kodiak Electric
Assoc, will be held at 8 p.m. on Monday, March 5th, 1962, at
the Kodiak Elk’s Hall, Kodiak, Alaska.
The purpose of this meeting is for the election of a new board
•f nine (9) directors to serve until others are chosen and
qualified in their stead; and for the transaction of such other
business as may properly come before the meeting.
Dated the 31st day of January, 1962
Kodiak, Alaska
A. M. Given
Secretary
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Mrs. Emily Matz
Honored by ARC
Presentation of a 100 hour
service stripe and a letter of
commendation was made to Mrs.
Emily Matz recently by American
Red Cross Field Director W. H.
Woodward on the naval station.
The presentation was made in
recognition of the more than ICO
hours service Mrs. Matz had do
nated to the Red Cross activities
during her stay in Kodiak.
Mrs. Matz, who has been living
with her son-in-law and daughter,
Radm. and Mrs. H. H. Caldwell
for nearly two years, left Febru
ary 6 to visit her sister at Fort
Myers, Florida.
Wedding Held
In Sitka Jan. 28
The wedding of Miss Lubov
Gregorieff, granddaughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Phillip Borodkin of
Tatitlek, to Seminarian Simeon Os
kolkoff. Jr., was held on January
28 at the Russian Orthodox church
in Sitka, Fr. Cyril Bulashevich of
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Mated at the ceremony.
The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Simeon Oskolkoff of Ninilchik, is
i graduate of St. Tikhon’s Semin
»ry in Pennsylvania.
The couple will make their home
n Sitka.
Speaker’s Club
To Meet Tuesday
Tuesday evening’s meeting of
the Kodiak Island Toastmaster’s
Club will be chairmanned by Bill
Sheridan, who will act as Toast
master. The meeting will be held
at the Montmartre Inn and will
begin at 7:30.
Chuck Weir will handle Table
Topics, with George Cornelius as
Chief Critic. Speakers will be
Russ Wellborn, Dave Warner and
Dirk Hensel. Evaluators will be
Karl Brunstad, Bill Lencer and
Mel Vega.
All those interested in Toast
masters are invited to attend.
BLOWING OUT THE BIRTHDAY CANDLES can mean different
things to different people. Seen above are members of the opposite
sexes and a little girl as they share the honors during a joint cele
bration of the event. Pictured are, left to right, Paul “Smokey”
Stover, Mrs. John Salmine and little Pamela Salmine. Members
of both families had a get-to-gether Sunday afternoon in observance
of the important occasion.
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