SOCIAL NOTES
- Homemaking _
Happenings About Town
— Gardening —
Off This And That
By Betha Digree
We tried to explain to Bill and
Lillian Lamme’s ‘god-who-brings
rain’ (and a very handsome little
fellow he is) that we hoped he
would take a vacation for a while
.... didn’t do much good, altho
he must have rested Sunday and
Monday
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According to a letter from
Marie Cardinal, Seattle could real
ly use some of our rainfall....
Marie wrote that the temperature
has been soaring above ninety...
“It’s just too darn hot here,” she
added.. ..Ed met Marie in Van
couver, British Columbia, upon
her return from the east, and they
are now vacationing in Seattle,
but expect to begin their return
journey soon
The tea held Sunday at the USO.
honoring Miss Ethel McCurry,
new Director at. the USO Club,
was well attended.... and busy
as usual, even tho officially off
duty, were Howard and Mabel De
marest_ Always friendly, will
ing to be helpful when needed,
the Demarests will be missed
Our best wishes go with them to
Guam_Pouring at the tea were
Maxine Brooks, Ginger Veerman,
Dorothy Haag, Irene Brooks, Etta
Edris, Lois Nicolet and Betha Di
gree_ Good luck to Miss Mc
Curry. .. We hope that she will
enjoy being in Kodiak_
The next few weeks will, no
doubt, bring out extra friendliness
- smiles... and charm turned
otn full blast by all those with po
litical aspirations_ Unfortun
ately, there is another side to the
picture.... There may be some at
tempts to blacken reputations_
accusations tossed forth.... mud
slinging-It won’t be all sweet
ness and kindness (we speak
from experience, having gone
through a rough political cam
paign a few years ago)_ and
someone is bound to get hurt_
That is to be expected... but our
hope is that those running for of
fice do not make promises that
they cannot possibly keep... vo
ters do not appreciate being
thought of as being gullible and
stupid.... Let those who wish to
serve as public servants enter the
race with a sincere desire to GIVE
to the people and the State, rather
than wonder what they can GET
out ot an office for their own per
sonal gain, or for that of their
friends. .. . either financially or in
so-called ‘prestige’.
There is no bargain sale on
postage stamps... the new rates
go into effect August 1 despite the
efforts of one lady who bought
* supply of stamps at the
old ... “to save money when
ones go on sale”_ it
just doesn t work out that way
- the lady, we fear, will be
busy licking all those extra
stamps.
Mrs. Anita Mann
Vacationing Here
Mrs. Anita Mann, daughter of
Mrs. Edna Kraft and sister of Wil
ton White, arrived recently to
visit relatives and friends for a
few weeks. Her son, Jackie, has
been in Kodiak since the end of
the school term.
Mrs. Kraft, accompanied by
Mrs. Mann’s daughter, Feather, is
expected to arrive ;'1 Kcdiak with
in the next few weeks.
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Kraft Recovering
Following Surgery
Ben Kraft, who heads O. Kraft
& Son, has been in Seattle the
past few weeks for medical atten
tion. He was released from hos
pital early this week following
surgery, and is reported to be re
cuperating very well.
He hopes to be able to return
to Kodiak within the next week or
ten days.
Navy Wives Club
To Meet July 28
A program featuring Betty
Reed’s dance students, and Mary
Escue’s baton group, will be pre
sented at the meeting of the Kodi
ak Island Navy Wives Club at
the Chapel Annex at 7:30 p.m
July 28.
The business meeting will be
held following the program. Wives
of all servicemen, especially new
comers, are cordially invited to
attend.
Mrs. Louise Coon
Goes on Trip East
Leaving this week, Mrs. Louise
Coon, wife of Kodiak mayor Mer
rill Coon, will travel to the East
coast, and expects to be gone six
or eight weeks.
Stopping first in Seattle, she
wijl go to Boise and Twin Falls,
Idaho, then on to Kimball, Ne
braska. St. Louis, Mo. and Wash
ington D. C. are next on her itin
erary.
From September 8 to 12 Mrs.
Coon will be attending the conven
tion of the Order of Eastern Star
in Philadelphia. She will then at
tend the national convention of
the Emblem Club in Swampscott,
Mass, from September 21 to 27.
Mrs. Coon will fly on the trip
eastbound, but plans to return to
Seattle via train.
Birth Announcement Received
A boy was born to Jackie and
Wayne Henrick on July 3, accord
ing to word received here this
week.
Jackie is the daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. E. E. Foster of this city.
The baby boy, named Todd Mat
thews, weighed 6 pounds, 7 ounces
when born. The HenricKS live m
Seattle.
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Hours of Light
Promote Growth
An extremely favorable situa
tion for photosynthetic processes
explains the phenomenal growth
of adapted crops in the subarctic,
a University of Alaska scientist
has stated in a recently published
paper on Arctic and Sub-Arctic
Agriculture.
Photosynthesis is the formation
of carbohydrates in the chloro
phyll-containing tissues of plants
exposed to light.
Dr. Allan H. Mick, director of
the University of Alaska Agricul
tural Experiment Station, ob
serves that cabbage, at its peak
growing season in Fairbanks, syn
thesizes for 20 to 22 hours a day.
In the lush garden truck garden
areas of California, the cabbage
forms carbohydrates for perhaps
13 hours a day.
Dr. Mick notes that in Alaska,
“marketable heads form rapidly
and tissues are not physiologically
aged as in southern climates by
the time the product is consum
ed.” His paper was delivered at
the 18th Biology Colloquium at
Corvallis, Oregon last year.
He also says that “studies of
forage response show that an acre
of land in the Matanuska Valley
can produce as much or more pro
tein (harvested in the form of
grass) as will an acre of land in
Georgia or Nebraska( where it is
harvested in the form of corn.)”
Of course, as Dr. Mick points
out, the great amount of light can
be a drawback, especially to home
gardeners who are dismayed at
seeing their red beets, spinach,
chard, celery and other vegetable;
“bolt,” that is, bloom without com
pitting their full vegetative devel
opment.
USO SCHEDULE
July 26 to August 1
Saturday—6:00 p.m. ping pong
8:00 p.m. movie, “Raiders on th<
Seven Seas.”
Sunday—10:00 a.m. to 11 p.m
open house.
Monday—8:00 p.m. Alaska’s fav
orite game.
Tuesday—1:30 p.m. leathercrafi
and sewing classes; 7:30 p.m
leathercraft.
Wednesday—1:00 p.m. to 11:0(
i op^Ti ho'??e.
Thursday — 1:30 leathercraft'.
8:00 p.m. movie, “Hell on Frisco
Bay.”
Friday—8:00 p.m. pinochle and
canasta.
NOTICE
There will be a meeting of the
Kodiak Fish Producers Associa
tion at 8:00 p.m. on August 30.
A. J. Cichoski,
Secretary
POLICE SLOGAN
Kill your speed so your speed!
won’t kill.
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Recipe of the Week
A Little Extra Work Pays
Off In Added Eye Appeal
By Max Winkler
President, Restaurants Longchamps
This is another recipe dealing with the glorification ol
the lowly potato. It is something of a production but the
result is well worth the extra work.
Tis said the eye has almost as much to do with the
taste ox a disn as the tongue. This is particularly true in
tins case. Baked stuffed ciuo potatoes properly turned out,
are a decoration before they are eaten and a fond memory
alter wards. Try them.
BAKED STUFFED CLUB POTATOES (serves 6)
6 Idaho potatoes
1 cup butter
1 omon, chopped
\ cup cookeu nam, chopped
b slices crisp bacon,
chopped
1 stalk ceiery, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
2 bunches chives, chopped
3 ozs. Parmesan cheese,
grated
1 teaspoon chopped celery
Salt and pepper
Paprika
Bake potatoes at 450 degrees F. lor 50 to 60 minutes.
Cut in halt. Kemove inside ox potato and mash. Melt %-cup
butter in pan. Add onion, ham, bacon and celery, and saute
lor 10 minutes. Add this to the potato and mix well. Add
cream, chives, 2 ozs. cheese, parsley and remaining butter
and mix well. Season to taste. Fill potato shells with this
mixture. Sprinkle with remaining cheese and paprika. Bake
at 350 degrees F. 18 to 20 minutes.
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