Here There Everywhere
seni mis mue tasnion note:
Where else but Hollywood could
you see a sight like this: A pretty
blonde in a white convertible seat
ed next to a big black French
poodle wearing a red beret. (Ed.
note: That correspondent has never
been in Kodiak no doubt. This
town can outdo Hollywood once in
a while.)
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We received a letter from a ci
respondent which went someth;
like this: “I am interested in u
terial on Christmas customs a
traditions among the Ekimt
toys preferred by children; tvpk
Christmas dinner; Santa's die:
customs similar to hanging stoc
ings, mistletoe, decorating Chri
mas trees; activity of groups th
bring Christmas to the Eskmt
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The writer asks us for this kind
of information—in other words, a
first hand account. Little does he
know, we’d have to go about 500
miles to see one ourselves. In fact,
the only time we have seen an Es
kimo was on a trip two hundred
miles north of Fairbanks to the lit
tle town of Wiseman—but it wasn’t
r Christmas. This letter comes from
1 Virginia, and the writer is doing
( an article on “Christmas with the
1 Eskimo!" The vastness of this ter
ritory is just too much for the
Stateside habitat to grasp, appar
ently. Some of us may have felt we
were in Eskimo land the last few
days, but compared to the main
land, where its now “operation
freezeup” this is still the Banana
Belt of Alaska.
1
, Everybody's thrilled by some
1 thing new—a new lif? coming into
! the world; a new house, gadget or
furniture,., a new book, etc. A new
magazine has just crossed our
desk entitled “Popular Boating.”
' In the October issue, which is its
*» first, there are articles on “Out
board Adventuring,” “Sixty Days
Alone In the Atlantic” the latter
by .the first and only woman to
cioss the Atlantic alone; "Boat of
Month” and “Boatman of the
Month;" articles on How to Do It,
one of which is how to build an
Indian canoe; Fall Fitting Out.
Under “Bulkhead Bulletins” are
listed Boat Show Calendar, Club
Cruises, Fishing Events (Nation
,al), A.P.B.A. Regatta Dates. Its all
very interesting reading, and at
this time is strictly for the arm
chair boating enthusiast whether
his love is the “stinkpot” or the
“windjammer.”
*****
From its pages we learned of a
76 year-old retired civil engineer,
who was living in an old soldiers
home, got bored with it, bought a
15 foot outboard kit boat, assem
bled it equipped it with a 10 horse
motor and headed down the Missi
ssippi for New Orleans. He picked
up a tow across the Gulf of Mexi
co to the west coast of Florida,
then cruised around to Port Rit
chie on the east coast. He then
took a 5,400 mile trip up the Inland
Waterway of the Atlantic Coast,
and then via canal and Great Lakes
to Chicago. His name was Henry
J Hecker, and he was a non-swim
mer.
Being a non-swimmer didn't
stop him from plunging into the
sea of nlatrimony about this time.
He and his 74 year-old brida em
barked on a 7000 mile outboard
honeymoon. An some of you “old
sters” of fifty years say you are
too old for either boating or mar
riage? This account ought to put
you to shame.
* • ♦ • •
“Dear Editor,” a little girl wrote
the Bakersfield Californian, “My
name is Janice Anderson. I am ten
years old. I would like to know the
difference between Democrats and
Republicans. My mother and father
are Republicans and my neighbor
is a Democrat. My mother and
father explained it, but 1 still can't
understand it. Thank you.” The ed
itor reached for his dictionary.
That didn’t help. Then he called
on the professionals for help, from
the Kern County level up to the
White House and Libertyville. The
response was voluminous, if not
explicit. Janice still doesn’t know .
.But she is only ten. She
has plenty of time .But
the voters in next Tuesday s elec
tion don’t have much time to learn
the answer to that one.
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Notary Bo* *38
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