Eodiak ftlirror
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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.
MIRROR PUBLISHING COMPANY
Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
Joanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
" . . . that government of the people, h\> the oeople,
tor the people shill not pg'-x.h fmoj the earth. ’—Lincoln
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The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
for veDublication of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
Goodbye, Father Fink '
Father Louis B. Fink, S. J., priest for Saint Mary’s .
Catholic Church for the past six years is leaving Kodiak for a <
new assignment in Spokane, Washington. He will be missed ]
by the whole community.
While here he not only filled his duties at the church j
b»t worked and planned for the construction of a new Catho- i
lie Church. The church building fund has grown under his i
direction and plans for the new building are already prepared., 1
Flather Fink served as a member of the local draft board when j
Selective Service was again started following World War II. i
His counsel and judgement greatly benefited the board.
He was speaker at numerous occasions and gave the
high school commencement and baccalaureate address several'
times during the past six years.
Father Fink has the love and respect not only of his
church members but of the entire community. He will long
be remembered in Kodiak.
Gail Blankenburg
To Wed June 19
Mrs. Catherine Blankenburg
has announced that the mar
riage of her daughter Gail to
S-Sgt. Herbert R. Norris, U.
S. Marine Corps, will take
place at 8 pm Thursday even
ing June 19 at Hillside Chapel.
A reception at the Marine
Club will follow the ceremony.
Miss Blankenburg, associ
ated with her mother in the
Frontier Shop, is a graduate
of St. Mary’s Academy in
Portland.
Sgrt. Norris and his bride
will leave for the states,
shortly after the wedding, |
and he will receive his dis
charge from the service.
After a honeymoon outside, 1
j the couple will return to Ko
diak to live. i
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Norris,
parents of the prospective
bridegroom, will come here
from their home in Glenwood,
Ore., for the wedding.
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LETTER TO EDITOR
Dear Editor:
All about us we see mani
festations of growth and pros
perity and vividly brings to
nind the “forgotten man”
:hat made this progress pos
sible. I am referring to the
some and property owner
vho, through the years, have
lontributed more and more
;axes until they have reached
;he saturation point. We all
nust realize that this one
fided affair cannot go on in
ief.nitely.
We need mere and better
ffreets, pavements, sidewalks,
ire fighting equipment, etc.
vhich all costs money. I
lonestly believe that it is
>nly just and fair that those
vho make their dollars here—
ise our streets and facilities,
ihould pay their rightful share
if maintenance and improve
nents.
The painless way would be
i small sales tax (say 2%),
vould not hurt anyone but, it’
vould relieve some of the tax
rnrden from the home owner j
ind help make Kodiak a city
ve can be well proud of.
I am
Very truly yours,
Bill Worth
Book Review
By Sister St. Hilary
A BREEZE OF MORNING
by Charles Morgan
211 pp. MacMillan
An apparently commonplace
olot, strewn with quite ordi-1
nary incidents, becomes sheer
artistry in the hands of a
master craftsman.
Written in the first person,
A Breeze of Morning gives us
a picture of David Harbroolq
at fourteen, enchanted by
Rose Letterby, to whom he
paid his first youthful homage
of adoration. But David was
more than a schoolboy; he was
being led by Rose’s father,
crotchety old Squire Letterby,
into the demanding but fas
cinating world of literature
and classical learning. David’s
home life, his close associa
tion with his older sister, and
the part he plays in her own
romance are beautifully
brought out.
It is difficult for mature
r^OITirl frt iiimf /\ I- 4-L nnMl-fr
years of his life, for as he
says in “Final Retrospect”—
“When I was young, all lives
but mine
Were windows in a house of
stone,
From which interior light did
shine
On me, outside, alone.”
A Breeze of Morning is a
quiet book, fresh, clean, and
satisfying. It is probably not
a great buok, but it would be
a great pity to miss it.
Hospital News
Births:
To Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas!
Laktonen of Larsen Bay, a^
laughter, June 3; weight 8
lbs., 5 oz.; name, JuditFi May.
The regular meeting of the
Chamber of Commerce will bei
leld Thursday noon.
ELKS CLUB
FLAG DAY CEREMONY
June 14, 1952
FLAG DAY DANCE
Dancing 9:00 - 2:00
Dollar a Couple Elks and their Guests
for your
automatic defrost
Philco Refrigerator
Philco Freezers
Electric Ranges
Kodiak Cold Storage Co.
hit your children
going to college?
Can you be sure they will have the money when the
time comes?
The Equitable Society with 3 Vi billion dollars in assets
will guarantee that your boy or girl will receive the
full amount of the educaiion fund you provide, even
in the event of your deaih.
Without obligation, consult
V. G. ELLIS
Insurance Department - Bank of Kodiak
Phone 2233
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Wl EQUITABLE LIFE ASSURANCE SOCIETY
OF THt tMrrcp STATES
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WE INVITE YOU TO
Daily Vacation
| Bible School
June 9 to June 20 at the
j COMMUNITY BAPTIST CHURCH
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1 3 yrs. old thru 6 graders
JUNIOR HIGH & HIGH SCHOOL
9:00 to 11:30 am 7:30 lo 9:30 pm