Eodiak Mirror
“&Ce<ios of {America's Last ‘frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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l*cal news published herein.
Ballot Box Boredom
For the first time in the City of Kodiak, a single slate
of nominees has been filed for the positions of mayor and
'councilmen.
It is not unusual for a single ■ name to appear on a bal
lot for mayor, but there has in the past always been competi
tion for the councilmen’s posts.
What reasons can be advanced for this failure to make
the coming city election a competitive one?
Is it lack of interest in local politics and the operation
of the city a big-business affair? Perhaps so, for Kodiakians
customarily turn out in toj-small numbers at the elections.
Is it satisfaction with the way things have been done
in the past year? Not likely, for criticism is heard frequently.
Is it an idea that groups other than the businessmen
who make up the Progressive Party can’t win anyway, sc
why bother? That may be, but consider the national presi
dential election for instance. Vegeterians, Greenbacks,
Prohibitionists, and other odd minority groups try to get
their candidates in, although even they must know they will
never get to first base.
Whatever the reason, the result is an unhealthy sign.
Ours is a democratic form of government and no democracj
can last long or function well without a vocal opposition anc
articulate minority.
The student body of thei
Kodiak High School will again
publish the monthly news-'
paper, Island Star, this year. ;
Nine issues will appear.
Letters to businesses in town
have been sent by Miss Cherie
Stover, asking them to again i
purchase advertising space in 1
the paper. Miss Stover and her.
staff will call on the busi
nesses next week, she has 1
advised.
Alexander Popoff, Jr., left!
this week to return to the j
University of Washington at i
Seattle, where he will be aj
sophomore. I
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Carl Caidwell, consulting- en
ginner for the City of Kodiak,
was gue^t speaker at Tues
day’s Rotary meeting.
Caldwell discussed engineer
ing of utilities in the city, in
respect to future plans.
Several guests attended the
meeting.
Classes at the Kodiak Public
School were called off Monday
because of a furnace explosion
which occured around 7:30 am.
Little damage was done but
the school was smoked up con
siderably. Classes were re
sumed Tuesday.
DO YOU NEED TO FIND
AN "OUTSIDE” ADDRESS
The bank is the only place in Kodiak
where you will find up-to-date telephone
directories of the large Pacific Coast cities.
They are in our lobby for your con
venience.
Seattle
Tacoma
Portland
Oakland
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Long Beach
San Diego
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\utiiakian& Called
For Jury Duty
Several persons from the
Kodiak area have been called
as jurors, and will report in
Anchorage next month when
petit and grand juries are
selected.
Called as petit jurors are the
following, to report on October
21 at 10 am: J. Lester Minner,
Mike Mullan, Julia Beals,
•Frances E. Bowman, Marie
Cardinal. Agnes Cook, Dora
Corgatelli, Dewitt Fields,
Wanda Fields,Donald Koznek,
Beatrice Martz, Georgia Nor
man, Robert Owen, Leona Pe
terson, and John Rohwer.
Selected as possible grand
\ jurors to report Oct. 20, are
j Cora M. Snyder, Jules Radin
] sky, John Raft, Esther Mag
!nusen, Joe Heitman, Jr., Dave
j Gibson, Georgya Ellis, W. H.
, Fish, and Madeline Alvine.
j Several of these persons
have left Kodiak, and others
have claimed exemption from
jury duty.
Garden Club Enters
State Competition
The Kodiak Garden Club
will enter a garden show com
petition with clubs which are
members of the Washington
State Federation of Garden
! Clubs, to which the local group
belongs.
Scrapbook of pictures of
flowers shows will be assem
, bled and prizes awarded on
i the basis of this material,
i Clubs will be divided for the
competition into groups de
pending on their membership.
. Any persons who have pic
,! tures of the local garden show
| held August 31 are asked to
• call Mrs. John Given, club
, j president, at 4592 or 2161.
The local club met Wednes
day evening at the home of
j Mrs. Robert L. Hall.
Frosh Get It!
Kodiak High School fresh
men underwent initiation
Thursday and yesterday at the
hands of the senior class. The
_ two-day program ended with
a dance last night at the
school.
New officers of the senior
class are the following: JoAnn
Knudsen, president: Jasper
Hollman, vice-president;
Virginia Foster, treasurer,
and Sally Heitman, secretary.
Attend Hearing
Several cannery executives
and representatives of the
Alaska Salmon Industry arri
ved yesterday and Thursday
| to attend the annual fall fish
ieries hearing conducted by the
Fish and Wildlife Service last
evening.
The hearings were conduc
j ted by Richard Shuman of the
j Fish and Wildlife Service.
I Others present were George
I King, San Juan Packing; Earl
Seifferman and Chuck Turner,
Kadiak Fisheries; Orin Kuhn
ley, Halferty; Tom Johnson,
Pacific American; and Steel
| Culberton and Elmer Harris,
| ASI.
Teach Children Love Of Reading,
Sister Hilary Tells Parents
By Sister St. Hilary
The word “education”
means essentially a “drawing
out” or a “leading forth”, and
as such it relates first and
foremost to the child.
To create in any person a
love uf good literature and the
ability to discriminate between
what is fine gold or dross, one
must almost invariably begin
with the pre-school child.
Every child is eager to learn.
His mind is open, he drinks in
knowledge as the parched
earth the rain. Every adult
who has dealt in any manner
with children can testify to
the endless stream of ques
tions, sometimes staggering in
their wisdom, which the very
young child can hurl at his
e'ders, then stand exoectantly,
waiting for an infallible an
swer from parent or teacher.
And who has not felt at times,
a deep sense of humility at the
realization that a little child is
hanging eagerly on your an
swer to his questions? For
surely Teacher, or Mother, or
Daddy must KNOW!
To implant into the mind of
a child its first seeds of know
i ledge is at once a grave re
sponsibility and a great privi
lege. Children, to quote Sir
Arthur Quiller-Couch in his ex
cellent book “The Art of
Reading”, “desire to talk and
listen, to act, to draw, paint
and model, to dance and sing,
to know the why of things,
and to construct things.” If tc
“educate” means to “Draw
out” then the drawing-out
process must be based upon
the things the child wants to
do.
Hence, to use the first item
on the list, to “talk and
listen, ” we have the answer
in the art of reading to chil
dren. Judging from the mil
lions of comic books in circu
lation, one might reasonably
conclude that it is fast becom
ing a lost art, else why do so
very many youngsters spend
hours pouring over Superman
when they could be reading
not looking at, but really read
ing and comprehending the
hundreds of worthwhile
children’s stories and poems
written especially for them by
really fine authors.
I Try reading aloud to your
child, if you have not already
started this salutary practice.
Do not fear that they will not
understand what you are
reading; perhaps just at first
they won’t, but they will grasp
beauty and goodness, and they
do understand much more
than their elders think. It is
possible, and a most enjoyable
task, too, to lead them gently
into the realms of really good
literature. They are children
of God, and the Kingdom of
j Heaven lies within them. So
! much, so very much of their
! mental and spiritual growth
depends upon what they are
taught to love in early child
hood.
i A meeting of the proposed
Mission Road Improvement
District will be held as soon as
a suitable place is obtained,
A.L. Fenner, chairmant said
j yesterday. All property owners
! residing beyond the city limits
1 will be invited to attend.
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BOY SCOUTS OF AMERICA
We are proud to publicly acknowledge the great
work of this Movement during the past 42 years.
The very fact that Scouting has served 19,000,000
boys and men during this period is proof that it has
f strengthened America.
LA LANDES’
KODIAK BAKERY