Arctic Range Area
Sought By State
Governor William A. Egan dis
closed this week the State of Alas
ka has asked the Secretary of the
Interior to make the Northeast
Alaska area encompassed by the
proposed Arctic Wildlife Range
available for State selection.
“It is my conviction,” he said,
“that conservation needs of the
Nation and the State for an unspoil
ed Arctic Wildlife management
area can only be achieved under
State management.”
The governor said the request
that the lands be made available
to the State was made in a letter
to Secretary of the Interior Seaton
over the weekend.
“Inasmuch as the wildlife re
sources of the State are a State
resource, their habitat must be
under State management to achieve
the highest conservation objec
tives,” the Governor said.
“State laws and regulations pro
vide the necessary flexibility to
manage this area in the interest
of true conservation.”
Egan said it was the State’s in
tent, upon acquisition of the Wh
million acre area, to open the area
to exploration for minerals “with
such safeguards as will keep the
area unspoiled and will not permit
the destruction of wildlife and
wild values.”
Ole Erickson
To Go Outside
Ole Erickson is selling out his
holdings at Larsen Bay and is going
outside to visit his sister on the
Columbia River. He has lived in
the vicinity of Larsen Bay for 30
years. He plans to establish a home
outside, but also plans to return
to Alaska in the spring.
We learned all this when Mr.
Erickson came in to change his
subscription address for the win
ter
POLICE SLOGAN
If you decide to risk your life—
don’t include your children and
wife.
Read the classifieds for profit;
use them for results.
Christian Science
Society
Sunday School.9:30 a. m.
Sunday Service_11:00 a. m.
Testimony Meeting .. 4th Wed.
8:00 p.m.
Reading Room.Wed.
7-8 p. m.
Located on Shelikoff
near Cope St.
Church of God
Fred Mamaloff, Pastor
Sunday School.10 a.m.
Morning Worship.11 ajn.
Evening Service_7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service ... 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday
Youth Service .. 7 p.m. Friday
Located off Mission Rd.
near the hospital.
Social Security
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Q. I’m a widow, 64 years old.
I’ve been drawing widow’s social
security checks since I was 62.
I’ll be 65 in October and intend
at that time to change over from
widow’s payments to my own social
security, based on my own earn
ings. Will my social security have
any kind of a reduction because
I received benefits before the age
of 65?
A. No. A woman may receive
widow’s social security payments
before the age 65—and then at 65,
file on her own earnings and re
ceive the full amount of her pay
ments.
Q. I’m over 72 and am self-em
ployed. I’m now receiving social
security of $116.00 a month, which
I understand has been the top
payment. But last year I made
over $4800.00. Will this in any way
increase the amount I’m getting?
A. Yes it will. 1959 was the first
year you could pay on earnings up
to $4800.00 — and including these
additional earnings would raise
your benefit to $119.00 a month.
You may file an application to have
your benefit rate refigured.
For more information about your
social security, write to your social
security office, P. O. Box 1331,
Juneau, Alaska.
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
BIRTHS
Twin girls, Marlene Marie,
weigh!nig 5 lbs. 2 ozs. and Darlene
Dianne weighing 5 lbs. 3 ozs. were
born on September 29 to Anna and
Orville Volker.
Breakfast Booster
Banana French Toast holds
the hidden persuader—a layer of
fruit between appetite tempting
French toast—to bring tots, teens
and t’others to breakfast. Try a
fruit change-about, orange slices
or canned fruit. A sprinkling of
confectioners’ sugar or a spoon
ful of sirup tops the toast. Serve
with crisp bacon, hot sausages or
fried ham.
Banana French Toast
2 eggs, beaten
% cup milk
1 teaspoon nutmeg
8 slices enriched bread
Vt cup shortening
3 medium-sized bananas,
sliced
Combine beaten eggs, milk
and nutmeg in a shallow bowl.
Melt shortening in a skillet Dip
bread slices into egg mixture,
turning them to coat both
sides. Brown bread on both sides
in hot fat Place a layer of sliced
bananas on 4 slices of French
toast Cover bananas with a sec
ond slice of French toast Serve
with maple sirup.
Yield: 4 servings—2 slices toast
per serving.
The Community Baptist Church
Rev. Lewis White
“The Big White Church on the Hill”
Sunday School—9:45 a.m.
Morning Worship—11:00 a.m.
Youth Fellowship Groups—6:30 p.m.
* Evening Worship—7:30 p.m.
Mid Week Service—7:30 p.m. WTednesday
“HOLDING FORTH THE WORD OF LIFE”
The Metrekins
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going to school, all the yards were
fenced in and the fence post tops
just stuck up above the snow. I’ve
seen these narrows here frozen
solid. In the winter of 1919 we went
trapping in Kalsin Bay. To get
back we couldn’t come in through
the islands; we went around by
Buskin Bay and had to stop down
by the dock because of the ice.
That year a rancher drove a team
of horses across the ice on
Woman’s Bay. We had some cold
winters here then. Even some of
the summers were pretty cold. The
day the Church burned (the Rus
sian Orthodox Church burned in
July, 1943) I was out fishing in
Ugak Bay and there was a little
skim of ice in the wash basin, even
in July.
Mrs. Metrokin remembered the
day and the fire. “I was coming
down a hill toward town and saw
a lot of smoke. This was on Satur
day, July 17. not too long after
church. It burned very fast but
they did get some things out. You
know, the church is built like a
cross; in one of the wings there
were a lot of books and records.
Some burned, some didn’t. Most
of the baptismal records were
saved and this was very lucky be
cause these are the only records
of birth for many people. The
priest from here makes trips every
year to the villages on the island.
He makes a record of all the births
and brings back the baptismal rec
ords. From these they will make
birth certificates in Juneau. When
the base was first built many peo
ple couldn’t get jobs until they
used those old records; I signed
affidavits for some.
“The new church was finished in
1946. It took quite a while to re
build it because there was only
$30,000 of insurance on the old
one, and it was worth $100,000.”
We asked if she had been back
to visit in Chignik lately? “No, I
would like to go there but I haven’t
been back since 1933. We have
heard from some friends there that
this is a big year for fishing. They
say something needs to be done
because the fishermen are allowed
to fish only two days a week; the
salmon go up to big lakes to spawn
and there are too many of them.
They are just packed in the lakes.”
Eli Metrokin continued, “They
should have five days to fish in a
good year like this one. A good
year is usually followed by another
good year. There are a lot of moose
at Chignik as well as fish. A few
years ago there were so many
wolves along the peninsula, they
drove the moose down that way.
This is the place they should have
planted some — on Kodiak. They
planted only nine elk at Kalsin
Bay in 1929; they really multiplied
and the Experimental Station com
plained they bothered the cattle,
so they took them all to Afognak.
There are probably thousands of
them there now. This is a paradise
Kodiak Assembly
of God Church
Mission Road
Pastor Wm. L. Cummins
Phone 6491
“Not By Might, Nor By Power,
But By My Spirit, Saith the
Lord of Hosts.”
SERVICE SCHEDULE
SUNDAY
Sunday School.10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship ... 11:00 a.m.
Christ’s Ambassadors 6:30 p.m.
Evangelistic Service .. 7:30 p.m.
MONDAY
Missionettes.1:30 p.m.
TUESDAY
Women’s Prayer
Meeting.2:00 p.m.
WEDNESDAY
Prayer & Bible Study 7:30 p.m.
FRIDAY
Youth Meeting.7:00 p.m.
for game. I wish they would plant
moose on this island: they are good
to hunt and good to eat.”
Mr. Metrokin was a boy of ten
when Katmai erupted, and he gave
us a fascinating, firsthand account
of the ash fall here, and the evacu
ation of the island. But with the
anniversary edition of the Mirror
in mind, we will save the informa
tion for that time.
White House Jinx
The man elected President this
year will be defying a 120-year
old jinx. Since 1840, the Presi
dent elected every 20th year has
died in office, six in all. Three
of the six were assassinated.
VISITOR TO KODIAK
Jack McCord, rancher of Sitkali
dak Island, visited in Kodiak last
week.
The oldest covered bridge still
standing is at Lucerne, Switzer
land. It was built in 1333.
NOTICE
$250.00 reward for information
leading to the arrest and convic
tion of any person or persons
killing, stealing or maliciously
molesting livestock owned by
any member of the Kodiak Live
stock Growers Association.
Harbor Light
Pentecostal
Chapel
Kenneth W. French, pastor
Sunday Services
Sunday School .... 10:00 a.m.
Morning Worship .. 11:00 a.m.
Evangelistic Service 7:45 p.m
Weekday Services
Wednesday & Friday 7:45 p.m.
“A friendly church with a
timely message.”
(Located on Mission Road,
about one-half mile from
postoffice).
RALLY DAY will be observed in the Sunday School
of the COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH this Sunday at 9:45 a.m.
This is a “BACK TO CHURCH” time. There are classes for all
ages—a Baby Nursery through an ADULT COUPLES’ CLASS.
EVERYONE not attending Sunday School and all who have
attended this Sunday School at some time or other, are cordially
invited.
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WORLD COMMUNION SUNDAY will be observed with a
COMMUNION SERVICE AT THE 11 A. M. Worship Service.
FOR ALL YOUR
Welding Needs
or Problems
PHONE 2151
KODIAK WELDING WORKS
The MV EXPANSION
Departs Kodiak making stops at Old
Harbor, Alitak, Karluk, Larsen Bay,
San Juan and Uganik, Port Bailey,
Afognak and Uzinki.
SAMPLE NATES
Passengers: Round trip.$55
(Including meals) plus tax
Freight: $1.30 per hundred pounds
or 65£ per cubic foot.
For freight and passenger rates to
any point contact the City Dock.
Phone 3551
Aleutian Marine Transport Co., Inc.