SOCIAL NOTES
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Of This and That
By BETHA DIGREE
A few pennies in the wrong
parking meter in Anchorage and
a chance meeting with a travel
agent resulted in a dream being
realized. It all began last Febru
ary when Ed and Marie Cardinal
were on a visit to the Mainland.
They had parked their rented car
while doing some shopping in An
chorage and realined that their
parking time was running out Ed
was depositing pennies, in what
he thought was the meter for
their car, when a man walked up
and thanked him. The two cars
were similar and Ed had deposited
his coins in the wrong meter . . .
While they were chatting, Ed
learned that his new acquaintance
was the head of the Polaris Travel
Agency. Further meetings led to
the discussion of Ed’s and Marie’s
dream of making a trip to Europe
with the result that tickets have
been purchased, reservations made
and passports obtained. Ed .and
Marie will leave Kodiak on April
29 with ten weeks of travel ahead
of them . . .
They will fly via Seattle, Chicago
and New York, arriving in London
May 1. Surface transportation will
take them to Ireland and Scotland
and return to London. There they
will join a conducted Caravan
Tour of 11 Free Europe countries
which include England, Holland,
Belgium, Luxembourg, Liechten
stein, Germany. Switzerland. Aus
tria, Italy, Monaco and Prance. A
highlight to which they are look
ing forward is a visit to Oberam
mergau, Germany, where they will
see tne world-famous Passion
Play . . .
Tne tour will end June 2 in
Paris, where they will board an
Air France plane for New York
with stop-overs in Madrid, Spain
and Lisbon, Portugal. On to Can
ada from New York . . . Montreal,
Ottawa, Winnipeg and Vancouver,
where they will visit relatives of
•both Ed and Marie. They will re
turn to Seattle for the return
flight to Kodiak . . . Ten weeks
and many memories later .. . May
their trip be fun all the way, and
may they enjoy every minute of
it . . .
There will be a good show on
AFRS-TV Thursday evening, Ap
ril 28, between 7-9 when Chief Al
Hooker will show his complete
series of movies of bear, sea lions,
elk, beaver ... Of course, r.ome
of the beauty will be lost in TV
because of the lack of color, but
they should be very interesting.
G. M. Hospital
Fund Drive Has
Good Beginning
A total of $2,715.00 had been
received for the Griffin Memorial
Hospital by Wednesday morning,
according to Sister Dorothy, hos
pital Administrator. “We are very
grateful to all those who have so
generously contributed to t h e
Fund," she said, “And we wish to
thank each one.” The goal set by
the Hospital Advisory Board is
$18,000.00 to wipe out the operat
ing deficit.
Among those who have already
contributed are the Most Reverend
Dermott O’Flanagan, Bishop of
Juneau; Kodiak Emblem Club No.
187; Kodiak Grandmothers Club;
Larry K. and Sigrid Wodlinger;
Louis Long; Charles Hamilton; Sid
Old; Kodiak Business and Profes
sional Women’s Club; Frontier
Shop & Shoe Box; Clark’s Garage
and Miss Louise Barker.
Others were Philip Starhird;
Wanda Garrett; Holmes Johnson
Clinic; Ruth L. Williams; A. M.
Taylor; Paul and Catherine Ponte;
Herman Durall; Mr. and Mrs. J. M.
Zidba; Lester and Mary Sorum;
Maurice Egan; Mariane Fitzgerald.
Kodiak Hotel; Morris Burnham,
Kodiak Welding; Knudsen’s; Don
nelley & Acheson; National Bank
of Alaska, Kodiak Branch.
There were also two anonymous
donations of $10.00 each, one for
$5.00 and one of $2.00
Additional donors names will be
published in the next issue of the
MIRROR.
P. T. A. Will Aid
Health & Welfare
The Kodiak PTA will be holding
a door to door campaign to raise
funds for the Kodiak Health and
Welfare Department, Saturday,
May 14, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
Volunteers including school chil
dren and volunteers will conduct
the campaign.
At the meeting of the PTA held
Thursday, April 14, Mrs. Margaret
Hafemeister, District Representa
tive, Division of Welfare, Alaska
Department of Health and Wel
fare, spoke to the group on the
subject of the “Borderline Neg
lected Child.” In the discussion
period that followed, it was sug
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gested that the PTA woric with
local authorities to obtain a train
ed social worker to work with the
schools on this and other prob
lems.
Efforts to obta'n a swimming
pool for Kodiak was reported on
by Mrs. Simone Talbott.
The seventh grade mothers
served refreshments in the cafe
teria following the meeting.
King & Queen
Chosen Sunday
At Baby Contest
King Arlin and Queen Carol
reigned supreme at the VFW
Ladies Auxiliary sponsored Baby
Contest held at the high school
auditorium Easter Sunday.
King Arlin, age 2 years, is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Arlin E.
Somers. Queen Carol, 29 months
old, is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. James Duros. Both young
sters were entered in the Walker
class.
Winner in the Toddler class was
22 month old Shery Lynn Burress,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edgar
Burress.
Babes - in - Arras class winners
were 10 months old Gaye Steele,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. E.
Steele, and Gary Duane Elliott,
6 months old son of Mr. and Mrs.
F. B. Elliott.
Judges for the event were
Mayor Merrill Coon, Ldcr. I. N.
Sterghos and Miss Teddie Diste
fano.
In addition to contributors listed
last week were B. & B. Bar &
Liquor Store; Kodiak Mirror;
Kodiak Cleaners; B. & J. Auto
Sales; Reed’s Appliance; Rhoades
Furniture; Polar Bear Cafe;
Naughton’s Bakery; Mecca Cab;
Doghouse and Kodiak Creamery.
Banking Women
Plan Conference
The annual Spring Conference
of the Northwestern Division, Na
tional Association of Bank Women
will be held in Spokane. May 6, 7
and 8. Kodiak member of the
Association is Mrs. Mary E. Sorum,
Assistant Cashier of the Kodiak
Branch, National Bank of Alaska.
The Association, with member
ship of women bank executives,
will be represented at the Con
ference by members from banks
in Alaska, Idaho, Montana, Oregon
and Washington.
Prominent speakers will partici
pate in the conference. Education
and training for women who wish
to progress in banking careers
will be the major consideration of
the conference.
CUB SCOUTS MEET THURSDAY
The regular monthly Pack Meet
ing of the Cub Scouts will be held
Thursday, April 28, at 7:00 in the
auditorium of the Main School.
This is a change of date and time.
The Cub Scouts will have a
concession stand during the King
Crab Festival, May 6, 7 and 8,
selling tins and bags of candy.
Proceeds from the sale will go for
summer camping this year.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank Mayor Mer
rill Coon, Ldcr. Sterghos and Miss
Teddie Distenfano for acting as
Judges at our Annual Baby Con
test held on Easter Sunday. We
also thank George Ameigh for
doing the photography.
(s) Ellen Pagano,
Baby Contest Chairman,
VFW Ladies Auxiliary
KING ARLIN AND QUEEN CAROL
Above are the newly crowned King and Queen of the 1960 Baby Show,
just after they donned their regalia, following selection by the judges.
In the picture below, it just goes to show kings and queens act that
way towards each &her, too!
NAVY WIVES CLUB OFFICERS INSTALLED — Left to right —
Sylvia Stockdale, Parliamentarian; Melba Pajari, Board Member,
Christene White, Vice President; Florence Culver, Corresponding
Secretary; Olivia Kuehner, President; Betty Smyth, Treasurer; June
Vance, Board Member; Lois Nave, Chaplain; Mrs. W. A. McLennan,
Club Sponsor and Marsha Lewis, Recording Secretary.
It’s Here!
JANUARY THAW
Tonite & Saturday at 8 p.m.
at the
High School Gymnasium