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Of This And That
by BETHA DIGREE
Tonight’s THE night! See those
chic new suits and gowns modeled
by live models... the latest for
mals in glowing colors and rich
fabrics... Those “just right” ac
cessories from the Shoe Box thru
the courtesy of Tenora Rockney
_ That glowing make-up in
Merle Norman Cosmetics through
the courtesy of Margaret Light
foot_ Hear Maestro Jules Ra
dinsky give out with the sweet
music (Please, Jules, NOT “My
Blue Heaven”)... All of this just
leads up to a reminder not to miss
“Fashions in Orbit,” the style
show being presented tonight by
Marge Gibbons of Mar Lou Ap
parel. The show is being sponsor
ed by Kodiak Emblem Club No.
187, and all proceeds will go to
ward the Elks Building Fund (and
we hope the fund grows fast be
cause we’re anxious to see the
building fill that empty skyline on
the beach)_There will be two
or three surprises for some of
the audience, too, but what they
are must remain a secret until to
night. So don’t miss the show. It
promises to be much more inter
esting than any program you
might see on TV tonight.
The residents of the Kodiak
area to be more fortunate than
they realize in having a non-com
mercial radio station. We escape
having to listen to long-winded
political campaign speeches that
are filled with promises that can
not posibly be kept, and the rat
tling of skeletons hauled out of
some dark closet, at least- It’s
boring enough to read some of
the nonsensical tripe released to
the newspapers and put out on
flyers_ Now we know why we
have been yawning so often these
past weeks_
If the “ghost-writers” for some
of the candidates were really in
telligent they would realize they
could win more votes for their
clients by writing something con
structive instead of desperately
trying to destroy the opponent...
A man that is honest enough to
say, “My opponent has tried to do
his best for the people, but I will
try to do even better,” deserves
respect and confidence.
Not being a candidate for any
office, this writer is free to make
a snide crack (and it comes easy)
about fossils. We enjoy looking at
them in collections and in mu
seums, but only if they are a few
million years old like some we col
lected at Narrow Cape fossil beds
... But when the future of a
young state is at stake we prefer
having it placed in the hands of
younger men who also have a fu
ture, not just a past...
There is an interesting and
Recipe Of The Week
Kicc Consumer Service
Stuffed Onions In Hamburger Hoops
With this recipe, we hail rice as
one of the most versatile of all
foods! Here it’s a stuffing as well
as a meat extender.
Tender cooked onions are hol
lowed out and filled with rice
and green peas. A savory rice
and ground beef mixture is
pressed up and around the on
ions. This is an award winner
— our candidate for an “Oscar”.
INGREDIENTS:
6 large mild onions (about 3*4
ins. in diameter)
2*4 cups cooked white rice
1 teaspoon Worcestershire
sauce
y, cup canned tiny green peas,
drained
*4 teaspoon black pepper
5 tablespoons milk
1 y» lbs. ground beef
1 egg
iy> teaspoons thick steak sauce
iy2 teaspoons salt
6 small slices American cheese
METHOD: Remove the brown
skins from the onions. Simmer
the onions until tender. Drain.
Cool. Cut a large hole in the
tops of the onions. Cut down
into the onion to remove the
center. Leave a substantial wall
of 2 or 3 layers of onion.
Mix together 1 % cups of the
rice, Worcestershire sauce, green
peas, V& teaspoon of the black
pepper and 3 tablespoons of the
milk. Fill the onions with this
mixture.
Mix ground beef, 1 cup of the
rice, egg, steak sauce, salt, Vs
teaspoon of file pepper and 2
tablespoons of the ftiilk. Form
into 6 equal-sized balls. Place
on a well greased large shallow
baking pan. Flatten into meat
patties. Make a hole in each
meat patty large enough to hold
a stuffed onion. Place an onion
in each hole. Press the meat up
around the onions to within
about Vz inch of the top. Bake
in a preheated 350° oven for
15 to 20 minutes or until the
meat is done. Cover the rice
filling with cheese. Heat until
cheese melts.
Serve with a hot tomato sauce,
mushroom soup sauce or gravy
made from drippings.
This reoipe makes 6 generous,
servings.
thought-provoking article the
November issue of the Ladies
Home Journal |xy (Jerald W. John
son, “Women’s Good Sense Is
Needed in Politics.” We recom
mend that all candidates and vo
ters read it_ But enough of
politics.
John Rogers returned Monday
from Anchorage where he spent
a week having a medical check-up.
We hope that thg. strong gusts
of wind we had early in the week
have left the area for a while
it is frustrating to search the
beach for a new garbage can that
has been blown away, and then
have to chop ice away in order
to retrieve the thing
Think we should organize a
“Nibbler’s Club” now that Dr.
Sullivan has gone, and Dr. Jaeger
does not plan to come back to
Kodiak any longer, leaving the
town with no dentist... All of
us left with vacant holes where
we formerly had teeth could com
miserate together while watching
more fortunate people chew
steaks, apples, celery, corn on the
cob and all those things_ Of
course, some are in even more
dire straits, having only four
teeth or none at all left... Please,
isn’t there some adventurous dent
ist somewhere that will take pity
on us and come to our aid? Of
course, one can always go to
Anchorage or Seattle_that’s a
tempting idea-Maybe we could
use our tax money for plane fare.
Wonder if the IRS would ap
prove? _
John Springhill
Flys to Finland
Over Polar Route
Returning to his birthplace for
the first time since he left in 1915,
John Springhill left Tuesday for
Kortesjari, Finland via the Polar
route. Springhill flew to Anchor
age Tuesday evening and boarded
a Scandinavian Airlines System
plane Wednesday morning. Due
to arrive at Vaasa, Finland, Thurs
day evening, he planned to go on
to Kortesjari to visit his family.
He was especially anxious to see
his brother who is crtically ill.
SDringhill, who came to the
United States in 1915, first went
to Minnesota, coming to Kodiak
in 1941. He and his wife. Betty,
were married here in 1944. They
have a daughter, Marya, who is
eleven years old. Mrs. Springhill
teaches in the Kodiak Public
school.
“We called the family Tues
day evening.” said Mrs. Spring
hill, ‘‘and were surprised that the
call was put through in just a
few minutes. My conversation with
my sister-in-law, who speaks only
Finnish, was translated by the
telephone operator in Finland, and
she spoke excellent English.”
Springhill is expected to return
to Kodiak -within the next three
weeks.
Capt. Roullard
Tells BPW of
Life in Russia
Telling; of some of his experi
ences when he was stationed in
Russia, Capt. G. D. Roullard, USN,
Chief of Staff, Naval Station, was
guest speaker at the Business and
Profesional Women’s Club dinner
meeting Monday evening at the
Island Fountain. Capt. Roullard,
who was Assistant Naval Attache
and a member of the Military Mis
sion to the USSR from 1941 to
1946, gave an interesting talk on
life in Russia as he saw it during
those years. He stated that out
side of Moscow, which is
place c-r Russia, the oe^e ■■ <
drab liv»>s and that they p'1 lacfce
food and clothing.
€apt. Roullard was introduce
to the group by Helen Schott, 'n
ternat;o^al Relations chKvma*'
In keening with the comic
election. Connie Dandenemi fo*-r:
ed two teams of club member^
then qnizzd the teams on the ca~
didates for office, asking qiK
tions pertaining to names nartic
offices an dother items. She st?'
ed that all the answers to Ik
questions had appeared in the las
issue of the Kodiak Mirror, am
added, “Maybe we all shoul<
have read it a little more thor
oughly.”
The program was concluded b:
the playing of the record “I An
an American,” by Edmond 0
Brien.
' The next buslr< ss meetJng wiB
? be held at the home of Maxine
Brooks with Ruth Ameson, Pa
? tricia CannOn and Margaret Can
. non acting as co-hostesses.
’ Programs Began
. At Early Age
For Gifted Artist
Program planning for Stanley
- Plummer, gifted . violinist,
will play here on Nov. 17 at thr
t second program of the Alaska Mu
1 sic Trails concert series, began
1 at the early age of six when he
- provided an evening of music for
the Lions Club of Arbuckle, Calif.
r This earned him an honorary
i membership in the club. A radi*'
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Mr. and Mrs. Howard Alan Nichols who were recently married al
the Russian Orthodox church. —Photo by Jim Monroe
'fitottie* Shaft
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