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Newspaper Bey Day-October 4,1958
' Vow 4'*'->,r.'j<,o-/* I • Wai/io E.
tTppr»rifi''.>:>fi A<*Gny Governor of
the Territory of Alaska, do frerebv
proclaim Saturday, October 4,
1958. as NEWSPAPER DAY in
the Territory of Alaska; and
I further call upon the citizens of
the Territory to bestow proper
recognition on these enterprising
young men who serve you so
faithfutly throughout the year."
The above, taken from the Act
ing Governor Waino Hendrick
son’s proclamation, designates
today as Newspaper Boy Day. It is
fitting that tribute should come in
some form of recognition It is
fitting the boys in Kodak who
year after year have seen to it
that you get your copy of the Mir
ror every week, be given a public
“thank you" for their efforts.
While you are asleep, or in the
house on. a cold, blustery day, or
keeping dry with the rain pelting
down outside, these boys (and
girls) don foul weather gea",
slickers and boots, and complete
the service you expect of them.
We take ’em for granted.
Many of the boys delivering the
Kodiak Mirror have been doing it
long before they could even count
the change. Many have come and
gone, matured into manhood, ren
dering perhaps a still grea^ ser
vice to the public in other fields.
Delivering a newspaper can
teach you many things—but the
idea of service is firmly planted
in the mind of a boy or girl who
delivers your paper — service in
good or bad weather, service on
time, and, yes, service with a
smile.
We welcome this opportunity
of paying tribute to our newspa
per boys and girls. May the oi>
portunities for service they are
now enjoying continue with them
into their adult years.
Here, There And Everywhere
The world s tensions intensify
and shift, the seething turmoil in
the oil-soaked Middle East loses
the spotlight for the tiny island
of Quemoy.“Firm” notes
from Ike to blasting Khrushchev
.... war fears changed to “maybe
not.”. ... Mme. Chiang Kai-shek—
the big sell.The Little Rock
problem still seething.Inter
gration-segregation across the sea
ki staid Briton. Sherman
Adams steps down... .De Gaulle’s
constitution ratified.The Mil
waukee Braves on top in the World
Series.We progress in time
from the sublime moment as we
stand on the brink of war, to that
supreme moment of th? pitched
ball.... We must continue to live
whether or not we die tomorrow.
Kinis Are Twilfe^rv;
The notes of a songbird heard
as we left the house this morning,
still is remembered, and we know
all’s well with the world. His
song would be no less welcome
or any the less haunting were he
pouring it forth in the rain, but in
the w^arm sunshine it takes on a
double meaning, becoming all the
more significant because of the
effect of sunshine on human be
ings. Or is a bird, too, affected by
sunshine?
Russia ten or twelve years ago
was described by Capt, Roullard
of the Naval Station in a talk be
fore the Rotary dub, as a country
of unhappy people, a fact which
he attributed to poor living condi
tions, and poor distribution of
food. If we can believe present
day travelers, much of this hasn’t
changed. The standard of living,
of course, has risen. Roullard des
cribed Moscow as the showplace
of Russia, but Ernest Lindsley,
writing in News-week, said of it:
“Coming here from Scandinavia
is like moving to the wrong side
of the railroad tracks.” He says
the people are adequately clothed
and shod, but few women stylishly
clothed. Crowded living condi
tions have their effect on people.
Stating that the Soviet people
have been converted into “mental
goosesteppers,” and calling atten
tion to the tact that an extremely
high percentage of Soviet produc
tion continues to flow into arma
ments and further industrial ex
pansion, for one purpose only, he
says: “The belief that Commun
ism is ordained to become univer
sal might be dismissed as a quaint
bit of dogma were it not harness
ed to a mission to achieve that re
sult by any means, however foul.”
Referring to what the present
day Russian knows about the
Western world, Lindsley says they
are “systematically deceived.” De
spite their attainments in sci
ence, Lindsley sees litttle chance
of ‘Recovery for the mutilated
Soviet political mind.”
The Local Political Front
Let’s get back into the little
small corner of the world, called
Kodiak. Here we have little to
disturb the tranquility of the pas
toral scene hereabouts — even a
civic election doesn’t disturb the
outward calm of this sun-drench
ed isle. There are no apparent is
sues to split the town apart. There
is an issue, however, whether
imagined or not, which will have
a telling effect on the election.
Four men seek two offices—at
least we have a choice. We say
“ seek.” But none of them seek
the office they aspire to. Modest
in their claims, they say it is up to
the electors. Fine sentiments, but
poor copy for a newspaper.
Sometimes we’d like to go back
to the old days of a few years ago,
when practically the whole coun
cil was swept out of office over
an “issue.” Good or bad* there
were lively discussions, at least
.i, M.C-:Copn, Mayor pf Kodiak,..
Alaska do hereby proclaim Octo
ber 5, 1958 through, October 11,
19f>8 to be National business Wo
, men’s Week.
This annual Week, sponsored
throughout the United States by
The National Federation of Busi
ness and Professional Women’s
Clubs, Inc. is set aside to pay tri
bute to women in business and the
professions, and the contribution
they make to the nation. The
theme of 1958 “National Business
Women’s Week” is “More Power
with Womanpower”.
(signed) M. C. Coon, Mayor
POETRY DAY OCTOBER 15
Schools, clubs, literary organi
zations, public libraries and citi
z.ers generally are asked in a proc
lamation emanating from Actmg
Governor Waino Hendrickson’s
office to observe Poetry Day in
Alaska October !5.
Describing poetry as “the cul
tural heritage of mankind, the
proclamation suggests the observ
ance of the day with appropriate
readings of the ballads and other
verse of poets, past and present.
NOAH WEBSTER HONORED
IN COMMEMORATIVE STAMP
Two new commemorative
stamps are slated to go on sale
soon at the local post office. The
Overland -Mail commemorative
will be placed on sale Saturday,
Oct. 11, to be followed by another
special 4-center honoring the
100th anniversary of the birth of
Noah Webster, to be sold begin
ning Friday, Oct. 17.
HEINTZLEMAN HONORED
SALT LAKE CITY W—The So
ciety of American Foresters Wed
nesday awarded Alaska’s former
governor Heintzleman the annual
Sir William Schlich memorial
medal for distinguished service in
forestry. %
Heintzleman spent 42 years
with the U. S. Forest Service, 40
of which were spent in Alaska, and
was the major force in setting up
pulp mills in Alaska. He is now
working on the production of cok
ing coal for export to Japan.
MORE VOTES NEEDED
WASHINGTON (/PI—With Alas
ka becoming the 49th state, it will
take more electoral votes to pick
the next president.
Its arrival will increase the
senate to 98 members and the
house of representatives to 436.
Th electoral college will be rais
ed by three votes to 534 for each
member of congress.
“The car a fellow drives doesn’t
necessarily give .you an idea of
what he makes. It may indicate
what he owes.”—Daily Olympia,
Olympia (Wash.)
A barber in Marina, Calif, has
been ordered to desist from ‘un
fair inducements’ in his shop by
his union. He can no longer give
lollipops to his child customers
.Then there’s the fellow who
was looking for an apartment_
someplace where he could put
up with his wife.He’s the
same guy who says he wishes his
wife could make bread like his
mother used to and she says she
wishes he could make dough like
her father.
A FOOL AND HIS MONEY
“How a fool and his money get
separated is no puzzle compared
with how they ever got together in
the first place.”—Traer (Iowa)
Star-Clipper.
mobility Record
Set by- Nation - : <
In Last Decade
A picture of a nation on the go
is portrayed by the U.S. Bureau
of the'Census in data covering the
mobility of the population of the
United States in the period from
1947 to 1957.
This decade ranks as one of the
great periods of internal migra
tion in the nation’s history, and at
the same time one of spectacular
economic growth and steadily in
creasing living standards.
Th Census Bureau figures show
that ,on the average, about a fifth
of the civilian population moved
every year in the period. The
number of movers varied from
year to year, but the percentage
changes in relation to the popula
tion were only minor.
Significance of Mobility
For the year ended in April,
1957, the number of movers was
just under 32 million, the second
highest on record. Of these, 21%
million, or about two out of every
three who changed homes, stayed
in the same county in which they
lived. The other 1014 million mov
ers were about equally divided
between those that crossed county
lines within a State and those
that went from one State to an
other.
Mobility of a population by its
very nature imparts a dynamic
quality to an economy, and this
has been apparent in the eco
nomic records of the last decade
and in the widening of opportuni
ties for the individual. But mo
bility has not been confined to
people alone. It is also evident in
many areas of economic activity—
in the decentralization trend in
business and industry, in the ex
tent to which new plants have
been built outside city limits all
over the country, and in the boom
in shopping centers and other
type of building as well as homes
in the suburbs.
Characteristics of Movers
An analysis of the mobility
figures shows certain salient and
continuing movement from year to
year. The young, for example, es
pecially those in their twenties,
are more mobile than their elders.
The search for employment is a
great mobility factor, and also
tends to make people move great
er distances. Regionally, Western
ers are the movingest people in
the country.
Underlying the population
movements of the 1947-57 decade
is the great migration from farm
to urban areas. In 1947 there were
more than 27 million persons liv
ing on farms, or nearly a fifth of
the entire population. The com
parable figure last year was under
21 million, or only 12 per cent.
LEROY LARIONOFF TO
ATTEND SCHOOL HERE
LeRoy Larionoff arrived from
Larsen Bay last week to live with
his uncle and aunt, John and Katy
Rogers, while he attends school in
Kodiak. LeRoy, who is 14 years
old, is in the eighth grade.
t
ALF ANDERSMSf JIft MARRIED
a,Mr. Alfred Anderson, Jr., and.
Miss tJaror Grekier were married
September 22 at Salem, Oregon. *1;
The groom, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Alfred- Anderson, Sr., of Kodiak,
and:-the bride are both students
at Oregon College of Education
at Monmouth, Oregon where they
plan to continue their education.
SAS RECEIVES GRANTS
WASHINGTON UP* — The Civil
Aeronautics Board granted Scan
dinavian Airlines System the right
to provide service between the
Scandinavian countries and An
chorage. ^
STATE VFW HEAD COMING
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1956, followed by Department Sr.
Vice Commander this year.
Jim Fennel is married, and is
employed with the Department of
Health in Alaska, with residence
in Anchorage.
On Sunday, October 12, open
house will be held at Dr. Paul
Jaeger’s new dental office. Dr.
Jaeger is Department of Alaska
Jr. Vice Commander. On Monday,
October 13 and Tuesday, October
14, he will hold a free children’s
dental clinic in connection with
Katmai Post 7056 Community ser
vice program.
Other events slated for October
include a birthday party on Satur
day, October 18 for all members
who have a birthday this month—
All with birthdays are asked to
call 4093 or 6363; on October 31 a
masquerade halloween party will
be held. Regular' post meetings
will be held October 7 and Mon
day, October 21. Auxiliary meet
ings are Monday, October 13 and
Monday, October 20.
Post Commander Charles Chris
toffersen presented Phillip C.
Dinglasa with a past commander
pin and a past post commander
distinguished service pin'at the
Past Commanders dnnner Sept. 2a
Past commanders present were
George Sonntag, Elwood (Pye)
Watson and Phil C. Dinglasa.
Policy Pointers
ART BROOKS
In keeping with our practice of
informing you of changes in the
insurance field, there has been
a change in the Extended Cover
age forms and rates.
The changes are effective Oct.
1, 1958 and involve both dwell
ing and mercantile risks.
Dwelling Extended Coverage
rates are now: .06 w/deductible;
.10 without deductible; Coo
tents .066 without deductible.
Windstorm and hail losses to
TV antennas, radio antennas,
masts, towers, cloth awnings,
signs and metal smoke stacks
now carry a $50.00 deductible.
Mercantile risk rates have in
creased from .16 to .32.
Stop in at our new location and
we will further explain these
changes, or call 3401.
Kodiak Insurance
& Bldg. Corp.
3401. 2561
- WE’VE MOVED -
We are in the old ACS office in the
same building. Stop in and see our
larger quarters.
Kodiak Insurance & Bldg. Corp.