Boston Singers
Add 2 Concerts
Two additional stops in Alaska
have been arranged for members
of the Boston University girls’ and
men’s glee clubs who leave March
28 for a 19-day concert tour of
Alaska. Added to their schedule
wil be stops at Salena Air Force
base on April 1 and King Salmon
Air Force Base on April 9.
The tour, which will reach both
servicemen and civilians in dif
ferent Alaskan cities, will include
both sacred and secular music,
conducted by Dr. James R. Hough
ton of Lynnfield Center, Mass.,
conductor and chairman of the
Department of Church Music and
professor of vocal music at Bos
ton University.
The tour itinerary already an
nounced includes Ladd Air Force
Base, Fort Greeley, 11th Air Di
vision site, Fairbanks, Fort Rich
ardson, Elmendorf Air Force Base,
10th Air Division site, Anchorage,
Whittier, Adak and Kodiak.
The trip is sponsored by the
chaplaincy of the United States
Air Force.
Welfare Council
Gives Summary
A three year summary of the
activities of the Kodiak Health
and Welfare Council was given
this week by Marion Johnson, sec
retary of the group, and reveals
that $2,672.52 has been spent on
eye, ear, nose and throat and
BLIND CHILDREN AND
THEIR DOGS
Frlskies Research kennels
You couldn’t find sixteen
Wealthier, happier, better-fed or
better groomed dogs than those
kenneled in a handsome red
brick building at the New York
Institute for the Education of
the Blind, the oldest institute
of its type in the Western Hem*
isphere.
This group of purebred dogs
plays a starring role in the ani*
mai husbandry course offered
by the school. Their young
masters and mistresses, though
totally blind, blind and spastic,
or partially blind, master every
aspect of dog care and handling
under the kind and gentle tu*
' toring of director of training,
Louis V. Ciccia, a true dog-lover
and professional trainer.
Walk Into the bright, spotless
§.nd airy kennel room on an
early afternoon and you may
find a twelve - year • old boy
weighing the dog’s food. He’s
accurate to the fraction of an
ounce. You may hear a running
conversation between a frisky
poodle and his master who is
busily brushing the mats out of
his pet’s coat, collected over
the weekend when the pair
went home to the country.
In the kennel library of books
in braille, two girls are boning
up on dog care.
Out on the lawn you’ll find
y* Mr. Ciccia conducting a class.
With a leash tied to his wrist
he’s jerking it to and fro to
demonstrate to a young girl,
who's, holding the other end of
the leash, the pulling antics of
a pup. When the child learns
to be gentle enough with the
leash so that she won’t harm
or scare the puppy, she can
have one of her own of the
breed she chooses if her parents
give their consent.
Whether or not the young
sters graduating from the school
go on working with dogs, as
many do in kennels and shows,
they take their dog home. The
loneliness that would be theirs
when their friends go off to
play ball or dance is missing,
for they have a constant friend
and companion to care for and
love.
dental cases since origination of
the fund in 1955. A total of $2,915.
90 has been raised.
Of the amount' spent, $489.52
has been spent on eye glasses and
$2r183 on dental work. Forty-six
children have had their teeth re
paired during 1956, 1957 and 1958.
“This is a worthy fund,” the re
port states, “as these boys and
girls would not have had their
teeth repaired without its help.
Glasses are a needed item for
some to get the most out of their
schooling.
“We would like to thank all the
organizations and individual peo
ple that have made this work pos
sible,” the report concludes.
Weeds of Alaska
“A rose by any other name
would smell as sweet.” This ex
pression would surely apply to
most of the important weeds found
in Alaska, as they nearly all have
a variety of fascinating names.
Take “lambsquarters” for ex
ample. It is also known as pig
weed, white goosefeet and meal
weed. And its Latin equivalent is
“ehenopodium album.”
“Shepherd’s purse” has the in
teresting aliases of St. James
weed, mother’s heart, pepper
plant, case weed and shovel weed.
“Larkspur” is also called poison
weed, cow poison or stagger weed.
Also bad for dairy cattle, as it
gives milk a bitter taste and odor,
is “pennyeress,” known too as
Frenchweed, stinkweed, fanweed
or bastard cress.
None of the troublesome weeds
in Alaska’s cultivated fields, gar
dens or lawns is native to the ter
ritory, it is stated in the newly re
vised edition of “Weeds in Alas
ka.” The 32 page printed bulletin
was compiled by R. L. Taylor, A.
C. Wilton and L. J. Klebesadel of
the Alaska Agricultural Experi
Aleutian Distributors
Phone 2244
MILLER BREV/ING COMPANY MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
ment Stations 11~ is available free
of charge at University of Alaska
Extension Offices in Fairbanks,
Palmer, Anchorage, Homer, Jun
eau and Ketchikan.
“Most of our weeds have been
introduced from the United States
or other countries,” the bulletin
notes. It stressed that weeds must
be controlled and presents illus
trations of common Alaskan weeds
and measures for their control.
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Program of Talks
Start at USO
Starting Sunday, March 30 at
the Kodiak USO the Religious Ad
visory Committee will sponsor a
program of talks and discussion
periods from 5:00 to 5:30 p.m. Re
freshments will follow.
The various churches of Kodiak
will sponsor this new activity.
Easter Breakfast
Elks Club
Sunday/ April 6
Adults: $1.75
Children Half Price
Proceeds in Aid ©f Cerebral Palsy
£0-2 p.m.
Elks—Bring Your family and friends
for a fine breakfast Easter Sunday.
Town Club
Judy Merrill
“The Songbird of Alaska”
Mary Foster
“The First Lady of the Keyboard” ‘
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“King of Food”
Pizza Pie Chinese Food
Chicken Steak
Your Hosts: Don Mueller & «lim Bri^htman
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