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Breath Of Fresh Air
A candidate for the Presidency
of the United States said:
“They (the voter;) want relief
from unbridled spending and con
fiscatory taxes. They want their
children and R-ar.dcliildreu to-have
opportunities to achieve, their fond
est ambitions, unfettered by- op
pressive taxation and unhampered
by bureaucratic interference. They
want m end to being taxed to pay
for supplying foreign governments
With things that the people of
l ’lose governments themselves
>uhl lie paying taxes to provide
'■ :ey vf mt ait end to being taxed
to pay ldb inepdship with foreign
nations and people that is seldom
forthcoming. They want an end 1o
the foreign give-aways that are
buying disaster instead of defense.
“They want an end to war-breed
ing interationalism. They want no
part of worla government. They
are tired of fighting other nations’
battles. They don’t want their sons
ordered out by any foreign com
mand to fight any nit on’s wars
They want an end to international
agreements that put their jobs and
the jobs of millions of their fellow
Americans as the will of foreign
eggheads. They want an end to en
roachment upon the rights of
all three branches of the Federal
Government. T hey want • istora
tion of those rights of thei>- states
that the Federal Government has
already usurped. In short, they
want the Federal Government ta
respect the Constitution and mind
its own business at home and
abroad."
These are the words of T. Cole
man Andrews, nominated in Rich
mond, Va. by ac-lamation of 2,000
representatives of right wing
states rights groups from both the
Republican anl Democratic par
ties. He was formerly Director ol
the Internal Revenue Department
The names of independent elec
tors for Mr. Andrews’ and his run
ning mate, former Representative
Thomas H. Werdet. of California,
will be found on the ballots ot 14
states: Alabama, Arkansas, Ioxva,
Kentucky, Louis, jv:. Mississippi
New Jersey. No r Mexico’ North
Dakota, South Ci olina Tenn .^.-.e,
Texas, Virginia a^d W;:>eo\.-i.i
And in another two dozen states
where election lav/s permit it, the
names of An Lews and Werdel
may be written in on the ballots
by states rights voters.
As a result, millions of conserva
tive voters who have felt them
selves disfranchised by both par
ties and had planned, in the par
lance of A1 Smith to "take a walk”
on election Day. can now walk to
the polls—instead of away from
them!
The above views were expressed
by Bob Taylor, of Washington, D
C. Whatever merit Andrews and
his party may or may not have, is
not for us to say. One thing is cer
tain, some of the prog ‘am makes
sense. Andrews has made consider
able sense in his advocacy of tax
reform. Taxes today are. eight
times more than they ye. e twenty
years ago, as mentioned elsewhere
in this issue. Th >v have been stead
ily going up every year. Neither
major party oilers much in tue
way of .tax reform or even tax re
duction. *
The chances for a victory for a
third party is slim indeed. We
would, however, like to see An
drews poll a good vote—which
would be in the nature of a pro
test vote. In tf.’.t event, it would
then behoove the party in power
to study the Tl^rd party's plat
form, with a view to the adoption
of some of its planks—some must
have merit.
Utilization
w ha I if we have this pro
duct .Kodiak’s HISTORY!
What do we do with it? How do we
get “personal enjoyment” out of
it? How do we realize “monetary
gain?"
The answer lies in UTILIZA
TION. The product is available,
the potential is here. We have but
Jo FIND it, to DISPLAY it, to AD
VERTISE it. In this manner will
we come to know of the blood, the
sweat, the tears, the joys, the cre
ativeness the whole of which
makes up the HISTORY and cul
tural portrait of Kodiak. Our “per
sonal enjoyment” comes with the
pride in this knowledge.
, To FIND it—Historians and an
thropologists supply much know
ledge for us. Individuals supply
knowledge and historic artifacts.
We are extremely fortunate in hav
ing the Kodiak and Aleutian Is
lands Historical Society contribut
ing both new facts and artifacts
and an organization of old mater
ial for Hir ready consumption.
To DISPLAY it—It’s here. Let’s
see it! Right now the Tourist Com
mittee of the Chamber of Com
merce is making rustic signs U
mark historic sites in town. Pam
phlets are forthcoming containing
a map of these sites and a brici
historic note about each. We need
a central place where these pam
phlts and others may be distribut
ed. We also need a place where our
historic facts and artifacts may br
readily available to all. We need i
Museum! We have reason to be
lieve that we will have one within
several months.
To ADVERTISE it—People whc
are aware of Kodiak’s HISTORY
talk about it ... . the more the>
know, the more they say. People
write about it.in the news
paper, the Chamber Rrochure an
occasional magazine. Progressive,
quantity advertising is, at present,
out of our class because it costs too
much.
Where does “monetary gain
come in? hen we FIND and DIS
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
They say that little boys are
made of snips and snails aftd pup
py dog tails—and some little girls
too. Nothing is so traditional os a
child and his dog. What happens
when the child and his dog are
separated, the family moves or are
transferred to another doty sta
tion and the dog is left to forage
for himself? Maybe the family nas,
in good faith, given the dog to an
other family but he has been ra:s
ed and is used to some one else.
Nine times out ol' ten the dog will
go back to his original heme and
do without food, water, hoping his
little master will return In ,ime
he becomes not only hungry but
frustrated and there you have the
makings of a vicious animal.
Kodiak is full of this type of pel.
Well meaning families have- given
their children a pet, perhaps even
had it licensed, then moved and
left it. Our little girl met up with
just such a dog last week, and land
ed in the hospital with claw marks
and a vicious bite on her cheek.
I would like to suggest that in
the future if a licensed dag is giv
en to another family that that fam
*.y re-register that dog in their
.erne and transfer the license
mudi the same as transferring the
title of a car. If they care enough
ior their new pet they will gladly
do it. Then, any dogs who are left
unlicensed can be mercifully pet
to sleep and alleviate the hungry
packs that roam the streets night
and day. I would be most happy to
hear a public opinion on this sug
gestion.
Mrs. Robert Spencer
Here There Everywhere
(Continued f,-om oace ?)
to eat may play “even more of a
role in the destiny of the world”
than famine. The Doctoi expressed
these sentiments to the European
Congress of Cardioogy at its rec
ent Stockholm meeting. It is esti
mated that 40 million Americans
are overweight.
Safe Driving Award was made
to Russell D. Egnor, who lives in
the vicinity of Spruce and Mission
Road.
* * * * •
Everything is on the up and up.
Tax collections are setting records,
too. For the. first time in U. S. his
tory, the annual tax lake will total
$100 billion this yeai. That, accord
ing to figures, totals up to $608 a
year for every man, woman and
child, or nearly eigh* times move
than the tax bite of 20 years ago.
* * * *
Blackie Patterson 'll twelve
feet while working on Norm Sut
liff’s new building. The remark
able thing v^as he fell on his head,
but suffered a sprained hand. The
inference gathered is that his head
is a “tough nut to crack.”
* * * * H!
Bob Hall of the Kodiak Airways
noted a huge explosion, accompan
ied by a big cloud of smoke, com
ing from the direction of Mt. Kat
mai or Trident last Thursday about
1:30 p. m. Both mountains were in
a direct line at the time, and he
couldn’t be sure, but everything
indicated one of them had erupted.
Heavy clouds were hanging over
afterwards. These clouds drifted
over Kodiak, where they remained
for some time.
PLAY Kodiak’s HISTORY, we lay
the foundation for Kodiak’s NEW.
INDUSTRY. Then we will have
something to. ADVERTISE. Then
there will be REASON for
people to visit Kodiak, for its HIS
TORY will be VISIBLE!
There is one point we must not
overlook. This UTILIZATION
takes work! This Work can come
from no one but the people of Ko
diak.
—Dr. Bob Johnson
GRIFFIN MEMORIAL NOTES
Admitted to Griffin Memorial
Hospital during the past week
were Howard Green, Melvin Erick
son, Mrs. Vivian Beukers, Einar
Pederson Beverly Spencer and
Mrs. Grace Kerr.
Discharged were Mrs. Freda
Green, Alexis Chichenoff. Jr., Mrs.
Dorothy MoUetti an-1 infant son.
Howard Green and Nick Shurav
loff.
BIRTHS
Carol Elaine weighing ihs.
ozs., was born on October 19 to Mr.
and Mrs. Dana P. Andrews.
Kathryn Ann, weighing 7 lbs.,
was born on October 21 to Mr. and
Mrs. Robert J. Simon.
DAW CROCKETT Jiff.
THREE HUNDRED AN' SIXTy FIVE
DAYS IN TH' yEAR, AN' I GOTTA
GET TH' MEASELS ON MAH
SCHOOL vacation;
ACROSS
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4. Reveres
8. Abound
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13. Yearn
14. Shield bearing
15. Evergreen tree '
16. Amuse
18. Prepares for
| publication
t 20. Entrance
i 21. Perform
22. Belonging to him
23. Dash
27. Part of foot
29. Companion
30. Ordinary
language
81. Boy’s nickname
32. Scarlet
33. Distress signal
34. And, Latin
35. Belief
37. Encountered
38. Dance step
39. Anon
10. Morning moisture
41. Italian river
42. Daybreak
44. Adhesive
47. Kind of maclti. •
51. Youngster
1 52. State
i 53. Wander
54. Before
i 55. Obtains
i 56. Quarrel
. 57. Lair
DOWN'
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' 2. Sour
' 3. Ridicule
4. Mimics
i 5. Conquer
’ 6. Require
i 7. Plants
8. Walks unsteadily
9. Period of time
10. High priest
11. Adult males
17. Japanese mile
19. Toward
Behold
Bewildered
Seines
Makes lace
Oil, comb, form
. I ondle
. Cooking vessel
. Makes
. Stitch
. Negative word
. Trusted adviser
. Mailed
. Runt
. Parent
. Measure of area
. Hunted animal
. Weight allowance
. Paradise
. Silence
. Night before
. Clear
Kggs
is being made to determine how \
ace serving our customers and we a
enclosing a self-addressed postcard
our October 31, 1966. bank stai
ments.
We will appreciate your response
Bank of Kodiak
KODIAK. ALASKA