' . ■ J r * \ ■ NAVY WIVES CLUB :
The Navy Wives Club held their monthly meeting at the R* E. building May 26, ...
We welcomed four new members, ' Margie Nelson, Eve Felker, Gilma Tomasula, and
Lib Knickerbocker. Betty Miller was a guest. ., * .
The Castle family is leaving June 5th for the Phillipines by the way of Ore
gon, **•••'•. '• *' ;/ ,./■ ■' ■ ' .
Gussie Herget was four years old May 2£>th and , Bobby Varner celebrated,bis
fifth birthday with a small party May 27th* 1 -
Mrs.'William Marter and Mrs, Vernon Cooper are two new Coast Guard families
we wish to welcome on the island* Mrs. H. C,» Miller is also a welcome newcomer
here. Let us show these new arrivals just how friendly this island really is,
I've been hearing reports from people arriving on this island that it isn't a
very friendly place to be. Let iis not, forget what it was like when we first. -
arvived here,
We hope that Mrs.' Tvy and Mrs, Mosure will keep on the road of recovery fol- ...
lowing their brief-' stay in the hospital. * Get -well wishes go out to- the Monte
forte boy, ... *
Word has been received from Chief and Mrs. Parker and they are now in Cody,
Wyoming, We have also heard that Ken Thompson, EN2 has received orders to Salt
Lane City, Utah for two years shore duty.
The Navy Wives Club is sponsoring a cake sale at the Bering galley 'Wednesday
June 1st, Pick-up points aTe Dessie Ballew, E-43; Eve Felker. 164-A: and Win
00a Diet*^ IC-124.
The coj'umn is real short this time but we have had no phone calls telling us
newsa Li you have any news concerning birthdays, anniversaries or anything •
else you may feel of interest’, kindly let us know. People are especially inter
ested in knowing about .the families that have left here, where they are and
what they are doing. Call. Betty miller at 649-W, or Ruth Varner at 337.
' Betty.:, and Ruth,
KODIAK, Alaska, May 17—Navy bombs again fell on Alaska* s Yukon River today
m an effort to break heavy, ice jams causing flood,waters to inundate the Vil
lage of Holy Cross, “ “
The plane, a Navy Neptune patrol bomber attached to patrol Squardron 19 based
at the U, S, Naval Station here, was piloted by Lieutenant Bruce W, Matson,
USN, of Fort Worth, Texas, It carried eight--500- pound general purpose ‘bombs’
when it took of at 8:30 this morning^
Yesterday*s mission punched holes in. an ice floe estimated to be 25»- feet *
thick^ The pilot of that mission, Lieutenant L. Rw Patterson, USN, of Stockton
Calif,, reported several other floes moving into the area.which may have caus-•
ed today* s flood problem, * . ,
The second call for help airriyed at Navy headquarters here last night which
stated that water had risen a foot and a half in five minutes and that half of
the village was under water.
No casualties have been reported to Na^y’headquartersJiere, Pilot Patterson
reported ample high ground near Holy Cross on which the villagers could take
refuge.1 ‘ . ; ‘
Today*s flight was the second aircraft launched by the squardron this morning.
The first plane had to return to base for repair when it was struck by seven
sea-gulls on take-off. In the meantime, .a. second aircraft was readied to ccor .
plete the'mission, * ' '• . .