SOCIAL NOTES
_ Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
_ Gardening —
Of This And That
By Betha Digree
We think we may have learned
the reason for all the recent ram
fall_ While in Bangkok, Thai
land a few years ago, Bill and Lil
lian Lamme acquired a small fig
urine that was identified as “the
god that brings rain”- Lillian
polished the figure quite thor
oughly about a month ago-and
we all know what sort of weather
we’ve had since... It has been
suggested to Bill that they send
the little monster back home be
fore we all begin to mildew
he refused to do that, hut did
promise to do no more polishing
We hope that Charles and Con
nie Conner find sunshine in Se
attle, where they are spending
their vacation... Charles, who
works at the Naval Station, and
Connie (Wodlinger Drug Store)
left on the MSTS General Patrick
last week and will return on the
MSTS General Funston the lat
ter part of July.
All dressed up (and looking
mighty pretty), and with a place
to go_ Barbara Cooper cele
brated her seventeenth birthday
last Thursday, July 3- com
plete with presents and cake
and birthday dinner at the Town
Club with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Russell- Barbara
is a part-time member of the Kod
iak Mirorr staff....
John Otto, brother-in-law of
Ed and Lina Getty, Naval Station,
is the house guest of the_ Gettys
_ He was employed at the Na
val Station a few years ago but
now makes his home in Minne
apolis, Minnesota
Another former resident of
the Naval Station, Mrs. Margaret
Conners, left Sunday to return to
her home in Ashland, Oregon...
Marvaret spent the pad; month
visiting at the home of Fred and
Evelyn Rave, and with Ed and
Lina Getty
Normally it’s reasonably quiet
at the home of Coy and Helen
Stockard (unless Helen loses a
fishing lure) on the Naval Sta
tion_ but we will wager that
there have been some changes
made since yesterday when grand
son Joe Stockard, 10, his eight
year-old sister, Denise, and their
young cousin Stevie Endcott ar
rived to spend the summer with
the Stockards’_ Joe and Den
ise are from Seattle... Stevie
comes from Libby, Montana
The youngsters, no doubt, will be
come first rate fishermen under
the expert tutelage of Grandma
Stockard
A business visitor to town this
week was Mrs. Flora Camp, who
demonstrated the latest in Du
Barry Cosmetics at Wodlinger’s
Drug Store_ Mrs. Camp, who
makes her home in The Dalles,
Oregon when she is not travelling,
was in Kodiak two years ago_
Recipe of the Week
These “Banana Island Tortes” are truly islands of delight—^easy
i for you to make and wonderful for your family to eat. They’re a
l creamy filling surrounded by an island of crusty, chocolaty good
j ness. With summer almost here, we’re always looking for a different
| chilled dessert—and here it is made the quick way with Albers
precooked Oatsi.
Banana Island Tories
3 tablespoons butter % cup semi-sweet chocolate chips
V/2 cups Albers Oats I package Vanilla pudding
2 cups milk
Melt butter in frying pan over low heat. Add Albers Oats. Stir
constantly over low heat for 8 minutes. Remove from heat and add
chocolate chips. Stir until chocolate is completely blended. Spoon
mixture around sides and bottom of 6 paper baking cups. Press
gently to sides with back of spoon. Chill about 30 minutes. Prepare
vanilla pudding according to package directions. Pour into chocolate
shells. Top with sliced bananas. Keep chilled until served.
Banana Island Pie
Spoon chocolate-Albers Oats mixture into buttered 8-inch pie
plate. Chill 30 minutes. Pour vanilla pudding filling into crust Top
frith sliced bananas. Keep chilled until ready to cut
she informed us that she really
looks forward to each trip to Kod
iak_thinks the people are nice
and the scenery magnificent....
We thank: you, Mrs. Camp-and
we think Oregon is a beautiful
state, too>...
Then we have visitors from the
once-upon-a-time largest state in
the Union... Texas... these are
nice, friendly-toward-Alaska Tex
ans, tho9 that like Alaska and are
not at all jealous of our space
even said they are happy we won
Statehood.... .Mr. and Mrs. Carl
A. Hooker of Dallas have been
here the past two weeks on busi
ness. .. They are affiliated with
the American Library Builders, an
organization that furnishes books
to hospitals and military installa
tions throughout the country - • • •
Mr. and Mrs. Hooker are working
on a program that will create an
up-to-date library at our own Grif
fin Memorial Hospital at no cost
to the hospital- Financing is
done entirely through advertising
by local business firms, and the
books will be available to patients,
and their visitors who must wait
at times, at no cost_A library
has long been needed, and it is
gratifying to learn that it is at
last to become a reality- We
are happy that these particular
southeners came to visit us_
there are a few that might not
be so welcome!.
Mary Benson
Dies Suddenly
A former resident of Kodiak
Naval Station, Mrs. Mary Benson,
54, wife of Larry Benson, died
suddenly Saturday morning, July
5, at Adak Naval Station where
her husband is employed by Civil
Service.
Mr. and Mrs. Benson lived on
the Kodiak Naval Station for
more than two years before they
went to Adak nearly two years
ago.
Mrs. Benson, seemingly in fair
ly good health, had suffered a
stroke two weeks ago which left
her partially paralyzed. A second
stroke followed within & week
which resulted in complete par
alysis and death.
The body, accompanied by Mr.
Benson, was flown to Mount Vern
on, Washington early this week,
and services were held there at
the Light Funeral Home at 1:30
p.m. on Thursday.
Other survivors include Mrs.
Benson’s mother, Mrs. Lydia Cook
of Sedro Wooley, Washington,
four daughters and one sen.
Nurse's Aides
Receive Caps
At an informal ceremony Wed
nesday afternoon, Mrs. Robert
Miller, Mrs. Herbert L. Hansen
and Mrs. Kenneth Williams re
ceived their Nurse’s Aides caps.
The simple, but dignified cere
mony, which was held at the quar
ters of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Benne
thum on the Naval Station, was
attended by the husbands of the
ladies.
Instructor for the newly com
pleted course was Mrs. Esther
Huntley, assisted by Ldcr. Marie
A. Pongratz, Chief Nurse, Naval
Station Hospital, who supervised
the probationary work at the hos
pital. Although the training was
given on the Naval Station, the
new Nurse’s Aides will also work
at Griffin Memorial Hospital.
Lewis Bennethum, Field Direc
tor, American Red Cross, Naval
Station, acted as Master of Cere
monies and offered a welcome
and congratulations to the gradu
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Amateur Artist Inspired by Charm
And Beauty of Alaska and Kodiak
Landscapes, Sea,
People, Subjects
For Local Artist
Putting on canvas the world
about you is a dream many fleet
ingly indulge in, but actually do
ing that is left to just a relatively
few.
Rona Zucker, a talented young
lady of 22, no doubt, felt that
urge some years ago when she
enrolled in the Fine. Arts Acad
emy of the Brooklyn City . College
in New York. She graduated from
there in January, 1956, • finishing
a four-year course in three years.
She was an honor student all thru
school.
Rona Zucker
Now living in Kodiak, this tal
ented young lady is putting on
canvas her impressions of the
scenes surroundng her—the moun
tains, landscapes, waterfront, and
the people, particularly the chil
dren. Photogenic Kodiak, long a
subject for the camera fan, has
been transferred to the canvas by
many artists the past few years
At first Rona began as a hobby.
She did drawings—pastels of land
scenes and of native children, and
gave them to friends. The re
sponse was spontaneous. Others
saw them, and wanted one. She be
gan to take orders, commissioned
as it were to do a painting or
drawing to an individuals taste
Before she knew it, she war
swamped with orders.
In addition to pastels, Mrs
Zucker does oil and water colors,
particularly scenes of Kodiak ansi
the surrounding terrain. The wa
terfront has been her subject
many times. But she does not
confine herself to scenery and
actual subjects, but many of her
paintings are reproductions of
camera shots and pictures. The
picture shown herewith is that ©I
a little Eskimo child. Her pictures
have vitality, and eye appeal.
Rona Lee Rubin Zucker is the
wife of Lt (jg) Marty Zucker, wh©
is stationed here as Supply Offi
cer, Fasron 114. Her hair is black,
eyes brown and with a fair skins,
she could well be a subject for
another artist herself. She has
been a model and designer but
not professionally. The Zucker?.
have been in Kodiak since Sep
tember, 1956 and reside at 1605
Willow. She finds time for paint
ing despite the fact that she
works.
Mrs. Elizabeth Rubin, mother of
Mrs. Zucker, is presently visiting
them. She is from New York.
This is Mrs. Rubin’s first trip to
Alaska.
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Pictured above is the 4th of July Queen, Charlotte Benson, and
Princess Zoe Nelson of Afognak, who were guests of honor at a
no-host luncheon at the Town Club on Independence Day. Ben
Benson, designer of Alaska’s flag is in the center. Note the flag
above with only 45 stars, which was given to Ben by his father
letter to the editor
Dear Sir:
Will you kindly give notice to
the following in your paper?
“Anyone knowing the where
abouts of Raymond or Ray Gayle
r
is requested to contact his mother^
Mrs. Adela Broberg, who is ser>
ously ill, at 2519 E. 104th St., Ta
coma, Washington.”
Sincerely,
Mrs. Jessie Bett
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