Returning Voyager
Gives Impressions
Views and impressions of two
continents gained on a 10-month
trip were shared by Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson with members and guests
of the Rotary club at the noon
luncheon Tuesday at the 49 Room.
Dr. and Mrs. Johnson returned
to Kodiak Sunday from a trip to
Africa and Europe that combined
freighter, plane and automobile
travel, acquainted them with the
peoples and problems of many
diverse countries, and for Dr.
Johnson, a past president of Rot
ary, a chance to visit Rotary clubs
in almost all the nations he visited.
The only weekly meetings he miss
ed were while aboard ship, or in
Spain, where Rotary clubs are not
allowed.
Using a world globe and maps
to illustrate his talk, Dr. John, on
told of leaving last fall by freight
er from San Pedro, Calif., going
through the Panama canal, stop
ping at Trinidad and then cross
ing the Atlantic to Capetown,
South Africa. Having experienced
many Atlantic crossing on passen
ger liners, he said none could
compare with freighter travel.
At Capetown he realized he was
just about exactly through the
world from Kodiak. The Johnsons
spent a month visiting a sister and
family and saw much of the Cape
and its urban and resort areas.
Renting a car there, they travelled
the “Garden” route up the east
coast of Africa and in to Johan~
nesDurg.
Among African highlights .was
a visit to Victoria Falls, a plane
trip over reserves teeming * with
exotic game, and a Irip to Zanzi
bar, spiice headquarters of the
world.
Describing Africa as a land in
transition, the speaker touched on
aparteid, the policy of strict segre
gation of black and white, but
with promised opportunities for
the black races in their apportion
ed places. Th-e next five years, he
said, will see tremendous changes
as the world trend to nationalism
grows in Africa.
The Johnsons took an Italian
liner from Mombassa to Venice,
travelled to Zurich to pick up a
Volkswagen and* then - began a
leisurely tour of Europe. Travel
ling to Dijon, in France, they saw
cities where Dr. Johnson had seen
military service in the first World
War and then followed a route
that took them to the French Rivi
era, Spain, back up to Paris and
over to England, to return by
Dutch freighter again through the
Panama canal to California.
Visiting Rotary clubs abroad
was a lesson in the important
part Rotary can play in interna
tional understanding, Dr. John
son said, and he concluded by
stating that nowhere had he seen
a nicer place to live than Kodiak,
with a geographic beauty of its
own that sometimes we do not
appreciate.
The speaker was introduced by
Sig Digree, chairman of the In
ternational Contacts committee.
When Dr. Johnson completes as
sembling of over a thousand color
slides he took the committee plans
additional programs so more time
can be devoted to specific places.
Guests at the luncheon included
Del Valentine, Don Fenner, and
Rotarian from Seattle, F r an k
McConaghy.
NOTICE
I will not be responsible for any
debts incurred by anyone other
than myself.
(s) Mrs. W. L. Phillips
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Questions and Answers
Q. I talked with someone in your
office a few weeks ago and learned
that I need two more years of
work to be eligible for social secu
rity retirement payments. Since I
am now 64, would any work after
age 65 count?
A. Yes, it would. Social security
credits may be earned any time
from 1937 on, and at any age.
Q. I work as a housekeeper in
a private nome and revive $12J
a month plus my room and board.
Would this room and board be
counted as wages for social sec
urity purposes?
A. No, they wouldn’t. Room and
board received for domestic work
is not credited toward your soc
ial security account.
Q. I am a woman who will be 62
on September 15, 1959. Would I
be paid half a monthly payment
in September because I am 62 for
half that month?
A. No, you’d receive a full
monthly payment for September,
provided you file your applica
tion.
Cub Scout Picnic
Slated For Aug. 2
Cut Scout Pack 213 will hold
their August outdoor pack meet
ing at Cliff Point August 2. This
was learned Thursday at the regu
lar committee meeting at the home
of chairman Emil Knudsen.
Cut bcout ieauers are preparing
the picnic program for all Cub
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II am Jeraldine Markee of Sitka,
Alaska.
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For me Sheldon Jackson is sup
plying my first two basic years
I of college at about the price of
I one year in other states.
For more information please write to Dr. R.
Holland Armstrong, President, Sheldon Jackson
Junior College, Sitka, Alaska.
College Registration: September 14, 1959 '
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Scouts and their families whether
they are now in an active den or
not.
There are several awards on
hand now. Cubmaster Richard
In order to make up the guest
who have been waiting to receive
awards to please plan to attend the
picnic meeting where these awards
are to be presented.
Loch miller has asked that the boys
list, all Cub Scout Pack 213 may
call the cubmaster at 4874 even
ings, Mrs. Doris Bacus, 3342 or
Mrs. Edith Byrd 2864 evenings.
The landings end takeoffs at the
213 traffic control towers operated
by the FA A totaled 26,599,719 for
the year 1958.
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