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Reflections
try was in good hands.
♦ * *
Throughout the three day con
ference it became apparent that
the training of our youth is in good
hands. This was notably demon
strated in indoctrination and tour
at the United States Marine Corps
Training Center at San Diego
where the young recruits went
through a rigorous body building
schedule involving obstacle cours
es, lifting and lowering buckets of
sand, and hand-to-hand combat
with padded sticks. We were told
that the average Marine during
this training consumes 4200 calor
ies a day, and it was evident that
he had to with the amount of en
ergy he expended.
Aboard an Aircraft Carrier, we
were told by the skipper that 95
per cent of the boys, many of whom
are teenagers, gave no trouble. The
5 per cent had to be disciplined.
Some of them would alter their ID
cards to make them older, so they
could drink with the older boys.
His form of descipline in instances
of this and of a similar nature was
to put the boy in three day con
finement when he would be served
nothing but baby food. The ex
treme punishment, he said should
he repeat, would be to put him in
diapers.
The group watched a war fought
on a sandtable. complete with can
non fire and bomb dropping: they
saw an interesting desplay of un
derwater demolition by frogmen.
Training by these men is one of the
most rigorous in the Armed Serv
ices, where even football players
drop out to return to the less rig
orous sport.
These are only a few of the
events staged for the Navy Leagu
ers. It was truly educational. All
who participated returned home
with a feeling that they had had
an insight into another world.
Certainly they felt, as we stated be
fore that, the security of our nation
was in good hands.
* * *
Pleasant memories from the trip
for the Kodiak group are of meet
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who are now living in Coronado.
Renewing of friendships by our
group were with Cmdr. Roger and
Elaine Burum, George and Mrs.
Roullard (he’s retired, and is go
ing to teach), the McKechnies, who
are now stationed at Coronado—
all seem in high spirits and good
health.
Highlights for me were several
get-to-gethers with Bill O’Brien,
former resident of Kodiak, and his
wife Millie. It was a busy three
days, but well worth the trip.
The SI,250,000,000 Rampart Dam
project has been pronounced feasi
lbe, and a market exists for its
power output, according to Sen.
Earnest Gruening’s weekly News
letter. Those are the findings from
a preliminary study by the Develop
ment and Resourse Corporation, a
New York firm hired to make the
study.
“Century 21” To
Feature Kodiak
Space is being reserved for ex
hibition of the world record Ko
diak Bear and the record Kodiak
King Crab at Century 21, Seattle’s
World Fair, it has been learned by
the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce.
Morris Ford, director of Century
21 exhibits advised the local cham
ber that he will soon be in Kodiak
to obtain more details on Kodiak
Bear and King Crab and will seek
pictures as well as information.
Ford advised the chamber that
Emil Norton of Kodiak has agreed
to loan the record King Crab for
exhibition and a similar promise
of loan has been obtained from the
owner of the record bear mount.
Griffin Memorial
Births
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A son, Thor Benjiman, weighing
9 lbs., was born on January 5 to
Nell and Robert Waage.
A daughter, Kelly Marie, weigh
ing 6 lbs. 5 and one-half ozs., was
born on January 8 to Kathleen and
Robert Hayes of Afognak.
A daughter, Virginia Laverne,
weighing 9 lbs. 6 and one-half ozs.,
was born on January 14 to Mae and
Calvin Colberg of Seldovia.
Card of Thanks
We wish to thank the many good
people who came to our aid after
our recent fire loss.
The Norman Fox family
Letter to the Editor
Dear “Sig’s Neighbor,”
I can not understand how any
one can defend “the poisoner.”
Obviously you don’t know all the
facts concerning this menace to
society.
In the first place this person
doesn’t care what or who he kills.
Anyone clever enough to get away
with the killings this long must
realize that eventually it may be a
child who takes the bait. Most
parents know how unfussy young
children are about eating anything
which appears eatable—or gobbling
handfuls of snow when playing out.
More than once I’ve watched my
children in cold fear after seeing
them with a mouthful of snow.
If you’d seen dogs die the agoniz
ing death this stuff causes you’d
realize what horror it would be for
will be) when a child gets into it.
You hint strongly that “the
poisoner” is trying only to protect
his property from dogs. We live
two miles outside the city limits.
Our dogs never roamed far away.
The female was so huge with pup
pies she was hardly leaving her
bed. Yet when we put them out
for the night it wasn’t fifteen
minutes until they were both hav
ing convulsions and near death.
Perhaps “the poisoner” objects to
dog manure even two miles out
side the city! The poisoned food
was apparently carefully spread
out so that both dogs would get
some. Two other dogs also died
near our front yard.
I was afraid to let the children
outside for over a week. I’m still
scared. I know my kids aren’t much
fussier than those dogs.
Loving the dogs very dearly we
were physically sick to see them
die in such a way. If this persoi?
simply wanted to kill our dogs why
didn’t he shoot. At least it’s kinder.
You speak of dogs as property.
Cur dogs were valued at $300. It
wasn’t the money we thought of as
they died. Believe me dogs can
mean more to people than proper
ty.
If you still have anything to say
in defense of this maniac, let me
know.
Sincerely,
Nell Waage
Kodiak Business
Leads Upswing
The business population of Ko
diak increased a whopping eight
per cent during 1961, according to
statistics released this week by W.
H. Berry, district manager of the
Seattle office of Dun & Bradstreet,
Inc.
Basing his facts on a physical
count of the current edition of the
Dun & Bradstreet Reference Book,
Berry reports that at the close of
1961, there were 83 listings as com
pard with but 76 in 1960 in Kodiak.
Th Kodiak increase was the lar
gest among the five principal com
munities of the state during the
past year. The overall state picture
shows a 1961 increase of .3 per
cent.
Using the Dun & Bradstreet
listings as a guide, the following
business populations changes were
shown: Kodiak, 8 per cent increase;
Juneau 5 per cent increase; Ketchi
kan, 4 per cent increase; Anchor
age, 4 per cent decrease; Fair
banks, 7 per cent decrease.
Assault Charged
90 Day Sentence
Arrested on the naval station
and charged with assault and dis
orderly conduct this week, Arnold
J. Bjerken, a base employee, receiv
ed two sentences of 90 days each in
District Magistrate Mabel Fenner’s
court.
Forty-five days of the sentences,
which are to be served concurrent
ly, was conditionally suspended by
the court.
PRINCIPLES
Aim high in this life—even
those who fail to reach their
goal still stand as winners.
Stricklers Leave
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equipped for stage productions.
Captain Strickler was graduated
from the Naval Academy in 1934.
He has served in submarines, de
stroyers, battleships, carriers, tran
sports, and various staff assign
ments. He served on the submarine
SWORDFISH, which evacuated
President Quezon from Corregidor
in 1942.
1962—Record Year
By Barbara M. Dugan
The nation’s leading economists
are predicting a record-breaking
year in most respects. Their opin
ion is that all major indicators of
the economy will advance in 1962,
with many of them setting new re
cords. These indicators include
Gross National Product, Federal
Reserve Index of Industrial Pro
duction, business inventories, and
construction work. Stock analysts
believe that the Dow-Jones Indus
trial Average will reach a new high.
Stocks for potential price ap
preciation include Texas Gas Sul
phur, Whirlpool Corporation, Stan
dard Oil (N.J.), Bendix Corpora
tion, Dow Chemical, and F. W.
Woolworth. Recommended stocks
for safety and income are Ameri
can Telephone and Telegraph,
Idaho Power, Sears, Roebuck &
Company, and U.S. Tobacco. Com
panies with substantial rates of re
turn include Bethlehem Steel and
Best & Company. “Blue chip”
stocks bring to mind du Pont,
American Tel & Tel, Standard Oil
(N.J.), and Standard Oil (Cal.).
Recent volume of trading on the
New York Stock Exchange has
averaged 3,500,000. The Dow-Jones
Industrial Average declined slight
ly during the beginning of the
week to 709.
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