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Here There Everywhere
Did you know there was a solar eclipse last Wednesday? Of
course you oid’nt unless you read about it some where. What
with dripping skies and prevailing fog its hard enough to see
a duck or seagull,let alone a sun that can’t be seen according
astromie&l calculations. The blackout of the sun that we
have beet* havrogae jant ab.out, as piuch of a total eclipse a3
you coti#£& fur.
Witnessing a total eclipse of the sun is an exp ricnce that
is hardly comparable to anything else. On a clear day some
years ago, wo watched this fleeting extinction of the sun,
t’h re was something eerie about the manner in which this
hugh ball of fire faded away much like the beginning of twi
light. Astronomers have traveled thousands of miles to ob
serve and record these eclipses. In 1955, astronomers from all
over the world traveled to Batticaloa, Ceylon where one of
seven and-two-tenths minutes indurance occured. A sudden
bank of clouds at the last minute obscured it -hence no photo
graphs.
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| “Disappointment and frustration are the lot of the astron
omer when the skies cloud over, when equipment fails to
function, or apparatus loses adjustment because of rapid tem
perature changes/’ according to an article in Natural History,
; “for the next opportunity to make observations may be dec
jades away.”One*observer $$id:;“ I have traveled ninety thou
jsand miles to Witness total-eclipses of the sun. The total ac
cumulation of time afforded for scientific observations during
these nine eclipses has been approximately eighteen minutes. ’ ’
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j A total eclipse, of course, occurs when the earth moves into
;the shadow of the moon, which sometimes reaches the earth’s
isurfaee. We won’t go into the subject of planes of the moon
and earth’s orbits, or “the line of nodes”—see your nearest
scientist for that. We liave become a little: moon Conscious
jSince the Russian satellite: This man made moon has eclipsed
'the West’s Msuh-”for; the time being.
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‘ The satellite has po-T ’ a new
Dror’> m. The Reds will now he
singing about the harvest moon,
from a propaganda benefit point
!of view. No longer will it be “Red
Skies in the Sunset”, but “Red
Moon in tho Sky”. The problem;
Which moon are the Russian
young people going to “spoon” by?
We assume they still do.
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Whose making all the money
these days? Tko commerce depart
ment reports total national income
rose 5¥i per cent during the first
half of the year. A further rise in
the year’s third quarter is clearly
indicated. The department said
that total jprofits havj shown little
change since 1955, because a nar
rowing percentage margin has off
set higher sales.We havo now
found the answer as to why we
aren’t making any money.
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The recent decision of the
Kodiak Elk’s Lodge to pay 5
on their building bonds makes this
a good investment for others as
well as Elks. This fine structure
has reached street leyel construc
tion, and Whs to be a greatasset to
f8 (^letion
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depends on the bond sales. The
Tank of Kodiak is cooperating to
make it possible for the small in
vestment opportunity right here.
LATE *NEWS ‘GLEANINGS:
Army has announced it will move
1,600 troops of the 4th Division
from Ft. Lewis to Cold Bay for
“Exercises Cold Bay” early next
year.Traffic continues by
Ferry along Alaska Highway across
Peace River site, where bridge col
lapsed. New problem is ice in
river.Two sections of Ancho
rage will still not be served by re
tail liquor stores according to a
decision of the Territorial Liquor
Control Board. They also denied
application in Fairbanks, and sus
pended 10 bars for violation of
liquor code.Coastwise Line
steamship Philippine Bear unload
ing in Anchorage because work
stoppage of Seward longshoremen
at that port.
Sponsored by the Coastguards
and the Kodiak Elks Club, a
Halloween Party for local Boy
Scouts is to be held at the Loren
Station on Monday, October 28,
starting at 7 p.m.
Reginald Kell
Well Received
Any qualms that the clarinet,
as a solo instrument for two
hours, might be hard to take
were blown away within the
first ten minutes of Reginald
Kell's recital last Saturday at
the first of the season's Alas
ka Music Trails Concerts in
the High School Auditorium.
Realization of the range and
full round tones possessed by ,
the clarinet [ when played by
a great technician and true ar
tist ] came for the first time
to many of the 250 members
of "the audience.
Starring thi program was
the Concerto in A Major, K 6
22 by Mozart and Kell lived up
to the reputation given him by
the New York Times “among
the greatest Moza t in erpre
ters of our time". His touch
was light, and sure - the mus
ic flowing.
With a human touch audie
nces always love, Kell did
some explaining before he and
his accompanist Robert l)r
umm, played Six Folk Song St
udies by the English composer
Ralph Vaughan Williams.
He walked onto the platform
with two clarinets under his
arm and. anticipating his aud
ience said, “no,- he wasn't go
ing to play two at once." One
instrument was a B flat clari
net and the other an A.
Three of the songs were wri
tten for the B flat clarinet but
there really isn‘t much diff er
ence," he said Perore launch
ing into the folk song studies.
After the intermission came
the Brahms Sonata in F Minor
Op 120, Nod, then accompan
ist: Robert. Drumm: delighted
the^tiudience* with three > piano
solos. First was Rage-over
a Lost Penny by Beethoven
to which .Drumm added his
own burner and gave a wond
erful interpretation. Kis o h
er sojto,3 wara Nighti ngale by
Liszt and L 'ise Joyeuse by
Debussey.
Matching each other perfectly
the two artists continued with
Kell's arrangement of Siciliana
and Giga.bty Handel, Ravel’s
Fiece en Forme de Habanera
and another Kell arrangement
of Corhlli’s Giugue.
For his encores, Kell compil
ed with a request, given to
him, he said with the dry wi
of an Englishman, on the
main street of Kodiak some
time that day. The request w as
“to play something the audi
ence knew.”
Kell then announced he
could at least play something
he and Drumm knew. An un
nsual arrangement of J^rthur
Benjamin’s Jamaican Rhumba
was tne rirst encore and the
ovation of the audience
brought them out once more
to play Saint-Seans “The
Swan.”
The next concert of the
series will be on Saturday,
November 23 when Eva Gus
tavson, ceieDratfed Norwegian
contralto will appear.
NO TIME FOR SERGEANTS
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$2.00, children $1.00. There is no
charge for military personnel or
their dependents.
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Kodiak Insurance &
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Phone 3401
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It’s not the amount, it is theregu
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gets you nowhere.” “ v t
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