Here There Everywhere
Last week we published a com
parative list of food prices in Al
aska and Seattle. We didn’t have
any figures for Kodiak at the time,
-but as many people are interested,
we checked the local markets. It
costs only $2.52V2 more for the
"basket” of groceries than in Seat
tle. The total cost was $12.70V2 as
compared to $10.18 in Seattle. That
is lower than anywhere in the ter
ritory with the exception of Ju
neau, which was only 2 cents be
low.
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A girl registered at the Univer
sity of Alaska, we are told, who
-came from New York, arrived
there with a sleeping bag, parka,
hunting knife, a 30.06, ammuni
tion, jeans and beads, but no dress
up clothes. The beads she planned
to use for barter in her travels
around the territory. Our inform
ant said, “the University would
-not accept beads in payment of
registration or dormitory rent, so
the New Yorker had to write home
for some plain old money.” It
seems traveling!* still educational.
A co-incidence—Karl and Dera
Brunstad advertised their house
tor rent for the summer months,
and who should rent- is but an
other Brunstad. They are not re
lated. Benney Brunstad, a civilian
worker at the Naval Station, who
recently arrived from Tacoma, is
planning to bring his family to Ko
diak for the summer—and so rent
ed the house.
There are many instances of a
news item or a classified ad bring
ing long separated relatives to
gether. With all their pulling pow
er, we never thought one of our
classified ads could bring two un
related people with a somewhat
unusual name such as Brunstad, to
gether, between the faraway points
of Tacoma and Kodiak.
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Mildred Markham, Montmartre
.Inn entrepreneur and owner of
the famed Beachcombers, announ
ces the return of Roy Bruner
end his City Dudes to the latter
bistro. Western and popular music
.will-be played by the friendly trio,
who offer to play request numbers
as dong as -the patrons ask for
them. She also plans to serve ex
cellent food and something special
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The busiest man in town last
week was new arrival Rudy Koch.
He came here for the express pur
pose of marrying Rose Whinery.
Blood tests and the securing of a
marriage license, hotel accommo
dations, apartment, etc., kept him
busy, after a delay in arriving due
to bad weather, when his plane
went back to Anchorage. The local
Scotland Yard somehow got their
wires crossed and had him down as
a suspect of some kind (perhaps
due to the fact he carries a gun
some of the time). His bride-to-be
and many of his friends, including
also the landlady and others, were
thrown into a furor, until inter
views with the Marshal and police
clarified the whole situation. “I
had been told of the friendly peo
ple in Kodiak, before I came here,”
Koch said, “but in my travels, prac
tically around the world, this is
the hottest reception 1 have ever
had.”
Koch, as it turned out, is per
haps something out of the ordinary
as a law abiding citizen. He
neither drinks (not even coffee or
tea) nor smokes, was a boxer with
a rubbing acquaintance with Joe
Lewis and Jack Dempsey, a former
Army man, and a law enforcement
officer at one time. He is also a
Shriner, and has a wallet full of
I. D. cards. What happened to the
FBI training received by the local
constabulary on “Civil Rights?”
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We know SPRING must be here
now, despite the fact that there
were come snowflurries encoun
tered in the early morning last
Tuesday. How do we know? Be
cause in the spring so many people
get itchy feet, change jobs or
places, and this past week has
been no exception—with resigna
tions flying around right and left.
Oscar Hanson started it a few
weeks ago with his resignation as
rental manager of the Aleutian
Homes. Dick Berg, City Clerk
Treasurer since 1954, also resigned.
He replaces Drew Painter at Don
nelley and Acheson’s, who is go
ing elsewhere. The latest one to
resign is Ernest Harding, who is
in charge of the Bank of Kodiak
Insurance Department. It must be
Spring!
Commencement and graduation
brings on speeches with consider
able advice to the younger genera
tion. Kodiak, too, has had its
share. But it remained for a bluff
old Britisher, who side-stepped the
cheery platitudes customary on
such occasions by saying he takes a
liverish view of progress in general
and youth in particular. “I believe,”
he said, “that you’ll make just as
big a mess of things as we have.
In fact, you are absolutely bound
to ... . The only thing I hope is
that you not make the same mis
takes we did. But I expect even
that is asking for too much.”
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John Cushing and Jim Bright
man left Thursday for a bear hunt.
They plan to hunt out a big one
over on Afognak Island. eW asked
John if he thought it was wise to
expose himself on a bear hunt
with the bad cold he had. “Oh,
sure,” was his instant reply, “we’re
taking along some medicine for
that.” They expect to be back
about Monday. If his cold is cured,
we’ll get the brand of the medi
cine. The only thing we’re wonder
ing if you have to go on a bear
hunt, too, to effect a cure.
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A landmark for many residents
since the war years, may be moved
soon. We refer to the Shore Patrol
office on the corner of Alaska Way
and Brooklyn Ave. Permission has
been granted to house the office in'
the City jail building. It is necej.
sary to obtain final approval from
the Department of the Navy. $100
is the rental agreed on.
WOVUNGER - BERTS
DRUG STORES
JUST ARRIVED
New Stock of Jewelry
For Mother’s Day
Many Other Items
To Make Her Day
A Happy One
“Shop the Drug Stores First”
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For Mother.On Hei Day!
Roses -in- Snow Cake
Sweeter than words.... for showing love
on Mother’s Day.... Roses -in- Snow Cake.
Hich, heart-shaped layers, covered with
swirls of snowy icing. And it’s made
from ingredients as fine'as you can buy.
So order your Mother’s gift
today — fresh and delicious from
LaLandes Kodiak Bakery
Around the corner from the theatre
Phone 3454