SOCIAL NOTES
_ Homemaking —
Happenings About Town
_ Gardening —
Of This And That
By BETHA DIGREE
A former resident of Kodiak,
Bud Metzgar, spent a few days in
town this week. Bud told us that
his wife, Nita, is beginning to
like Anchorage (where the Metz
gars now make their home) bet
ter, but that she still sets home
sick for Kodiak- He also gave
us some bad news. Oscar, the
Metzear’s bulldog, became ill and
is now having that la«t long sleen.
Most everyone in Kodiak knew
and liked Oscar, pnd still miss
seeing him around the town. “He
went to s),eep quietly without a
whimper,” Bud said- Oscar
was a brave dog for his size, and
that’s the way he would like it.
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More news from Anchorage is
that Aline La Lande has been se
riously ill. She has been in Provi
dence hospital in Anchorage the
past two weeks, where she had
surgery for ulcers-She is now
improving, tho, and Bud said she
is expected to be able to leave
the hospital this weekend.
Friends of Maurice and Kitty
Briggs, retiring postmaster and
clerk who left last month tor the
(other) States, are enjoying them
selves in Washington where they
lived before coming to Alaska.
After seeing friends in Ellensburg
they drove to Sequim, which they
are investigating as a likely place
to retire. They will then spend
some time with friends in Lind,
Washington, before driving to
Oklahoma to see their son, Rev.
Kenneth Briggs, and his family.
“There are a great many small
activities that take place here
that never reach the public eye”
... so reads a note to our desk.
We agree that many things hap
pen, and we will gladly print
them if we are informed of such
happenings. But, unless someone
takes a little time and effort
to make a phone call, we know
nothing about them and can’t pub
lish them- We have a small
staff, much work, and not enough
hours in the day to cover the
town. We have attempted to get
people to call us when they have
an item, but most either forget un
til the news is a week or two old,
or forget completely.... or they
just assume that we will have
heard of the visitor, trip, party,
or whatever it may be_ So we
again repeat, “If you have news,
call 3123.” But please call as ear
ly in the week as possible_
we do run out of space frequently
.... If sent by mail, names, dates,
times and other details should be
included....
In the last edition of ‘Who’s
Who in the West' we find the
names of two Kodiak residents,
Eudora Preston, who is the only
Alaskan artist listed, and Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson_ Rather a
good percentage for a small town,
we think, and we of Kodiak should
be proud of the listings_
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Speaking of Eudora Preston
(we find her an interesting sub
ject), she will be teaching Art
classes in the Adult Education
Program at the high school on
Tuesday evenings- She also
holds beginners classes on Friday
in her home
To the imbecile who smashed
the fender of the grey and blue
Nash Rambler Sunday night while
it was parked on South Brooklyn;
Next time you smash into some
thing, try a solid stone wall
Anyone that does that much dam
age to someone else’s car and
fails to report it, or offer to have
repairs made, must really be quite
a cowardly person
The cast of ‘Around the World
in a Daze’ deserves a big hand
for their performance... It’s nice
when so many busy people can get
together and give the audience so
many laughs.... They did very
well with so little time for re
hearsals. There was one slightly
sour spot, and that was the over
hamming of one character- A
bit of hamming is usually inevi
table, but when it reaches a cer
tain point it ceases to be amus
ing, and becomes boring_ But
despite that* it was a most en
joyable show. As usual, we en
joyed the singing of Maxine Mad
sen, Leon Johnson and Vinnie
Root. From the applause of the
audience, we gathered that every
one also enjoyed their songs_
We would like to see more shows
put on by local residents_
There is a lot of talent in Kodiak
that should not remain hidden...
Torgersons Gone
To Palm Springs
President of the Bank of Kodiak
O.A. (Torgie) Torgerson and Mrs.
Torgerson left Sunday morning
for Palm Springs, California.
They will visit their family in
Palm Springs, their former home,
for a time, then go to Idyllwild,
a small community in the San
Jacinto Mountains, where they will
spend the winter.
A1 Hochberger, vice president of
the bank, will assume the duties
of president during the absence
of Torgerson, who plans to return
to Kodiak sometime in March.
Chester Family
Visits Mainland
Loren and Germaine Chester,
and their young son, spent the
past week vacationing on the main
land. They visited Germaine’s
sister, Mrs. Alice McDonald, and
family in Seward, and friends in
Anchorage.
Loren is employed at Kraft’s
Supermarket butcher shop. They
are expected to return today or
tomorrow'.
Jess Ballards
To Attend
Elks Convention
Beginning their vacation Wed
nesday, Jess and Calla Ballard
plan to leave for Ketchikan,
where they will attend the Terri
torial Elks Convention October 8
11.
They will then go to Seattle and
Portland, and possibly Arizona,
returning the latter part of Octo
ber.
Ballard is the manager of Aleu
tian Homes, Inc., and his wife
heads O. Kraft & Son Dry Goods
Department.
The Ballard’s daughter, Judi,
who spent the summer vacation
with her parents, will leave the
first part of the week for Seattle,
where she will return to Seattle
University as a sophomore.
Thomas Barrys
Return to Home
After spending a month in Ko
diak, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas F.
Barry left Monday to return to
their home in Beverly, Mass. The
Barrys’ have been visiting their
son and daughter-in-law, S/Sgt
and Mrs. Thomas M. Barry.
While in Kodiak, Mrs. Barry,
Sr., made many sketches and
water colors, as well as taking
photographs. During the winter
she will do the sketches in oils
for her 1959 Fall exhibit. She has
studied under the renowned artist
David Breedo for the past eight
years. Mrs. Barry’s mediums are
pastels, charcoal, water colors and
oils. She also does etching, and
works with gold leaf, sepia, and
enamels.
Mrs. Barry is doing a story
with photographs, on Kodiak for
her local newspaper. She wonder
ed, “How four weeks of breath
less beauty, salmon fishing, beach
combing and other pleasant
activities can be crammed into
1,500 words.” She added, “Our
only complaint about Kodiak is
the dust”.
GRANDMOTHERS CLUB
TO INSTALL OFFICERS
Installation of new officers will
be the feature of the next meeting
of the Kodiak Grandmothers Club.
The meeting will be called at 8
pm, Wednesday, October 1, at the
home of Helen Stockard, Qtrs. 10
E, Naval Station.
Officers to be installed are
Mabel Mates, president; Beulah
Ogborn, vice president; Vivian
Munro, secretary; and Sadie
Rhoades, treasurer.
ALEUTIAN HOMES CIRCLE
SCHEDULE BAKE SALE OCT. 4
A bake sale will be sponsored
by the Aleutian Homes Circle on
October 4 at Kraft’s Supermarket.
The sale will begin at 9 a.m. and
continue until all items are sold.
In addition to cakes, pies, cookies,
candies, etc., there will be a few
pieces of embroidered handwork
on sale.
Recipe of the Week
For those readers who have
filled, or are filling, their freezers
with wild game, Mrs. Mary Jack
son has submitted three recipes
that she recently presented over
AFRS-TV. The first is a marinade
for venison, moose or bear. The
second is for those ducks and
geese, while the third is a mashed
potato stuffing for the geese or
ducks,
MARINADE FOR ELK, MOOSE
OR BEAR
Wash meat thoroughly, then
lard it by threading it with strips
of salt pork or bacon through slits
cut in the meat.
Place roast in shallow pan or
dish (do not use metal) for marin
ating. Cover with cold water. To
each quart of water add:
Vi tspn salt
2 slices of lemon (use rind)
1 small or Vt large onion sliced
V\ tspn allspice
1 tbspn wine vinegar (or other)
2 tbspns sherry wine (optional)
1 tspn Worcestershire sauce
1 large bay leai
2 chili teapeanies or red winners
Pour back over roast and marin
ate 24 to 36 hours. Then b‘r^ the
roast with paper towel until d-y.
Dredge with flour to which has
been added xk tspn dry mustard,
a small amount of salt and pepper,
and paprika. Oregano may also
be added if desired. Brown meat
on top of stove until well browned
all over (Mrs. Jackson recom
mends bacon fat).
• Remove meat, add enough flour
to absorb fat in pan, add 1 cup
of the marinade, the onion,, Vi
cup sherry, 1 tspn sugar, 1 tspn
Worcestershire sauce, and
enough water to make a thin
gravy. Put roast back in pan and
bake. If gravy thickens, add more
water. A 4-pound roast will take
about 3 hours to bake, depending
on the kind of roast. Tough cuts
of meat will take four hours. Do
not lard bear meat when roasting.
ROAST DUCK OR GOOSE
Pluck, singe and wash fowl Blot
with paper towel. Put bird on rack
in roaster, breast down. Roast
goose at 375° for IV2 hours, and
duck for about 1 hour. This ren
ders off the fat, which can be used
for cooking.
Drain off fat. Salt and pepper
the bird, and rub with lemon
juice. Stuff with mashed potato
stuffing and return to oven. Bake
Hfe hours, or until tender (ducks
1
take le«s Boil giblets. Use
juice for basting and for gravy.
Chon giblets, add to gravy. Sherry
added to the gravy is optional.
MASHED POTATO DRESSING
2 cups mashed potatoes
4 cups crumbled white bread
(no crusts)
l/z cup melted butter .
1 tspn salt
1 can mushrooms
1 tspn poultry seasoning
1 egg : .::
V* tspn pepper
2 tbspns chopped parsley
2 tbspns chopped onion
2 tbspns chopped celery
2 tbspns hot milk
Mix ingredients together lightly
with fork. This dressing can also
be used for chicken.
Naval Station
Births
Edgar “L,” weighing 7 lbs. 3Mt
ozs., was born on September 19
to Lila Edgar and Lomiga Sa
lonoa, GS2, USCG.
Clark Ellis, weighing 7 lbs., was
bom on September 20 to Eileen
Turnbull and William Ellis Gris
ham, YNC, USN.
NOTICE
Breakfast will be served at the
Masonic Temple Sunday, October
5. Masons and Guests. 20-2n
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