Kolliak Mier
cJ\eews of c/irnerica's Last frontier
Published Every Saturd^ at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered :n 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
Jeanne R. Crawford, Associate Editor
Candace Crawford, Executive Editor
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HOSPITAL DAY
With this issue of the Mirror we saluie hospitals every
where—and our own Griffin Memorial Hospital in particular.
Today, May 10, is Hospital Day at Griffin Memorial and May
12, is the 29th observance of National Hospital Day, a day
set aside each year by official proclamation to provide an op
portunity for people to become better acquainted with the
hospitals that serve them so well and so unselfishly.
Open house will begin here today at 3 pm and the Sis
ters at the hospital will be assisted in receiving the guests by
the newly capped Nurse’s Aides.
This is an opportunity to meet the people whose un
swerving devotion to duty, whose sympathetic care and in
terest has made it possible for so many to recover their
health after illnesses and accidents.
Perhaps, as much as anything else, the hospital policy
of pccepting for treatment any person requiring: it, regardless
of race or religion or their ability to pay for treatment, has
been responsible for the esteem in which it is held.
For all of us in Kodiak, Hospital Day provides an op
portunity to show our appreciation of this institution and its
personnel.
Visit the hospital today. Your presence will help tc
show the gratitude owed by all of us.
A request for a dismissal of
a divorce action by Mrs.
Florence Lander from H. H.
Lander has been hied with the
Third District Court by Paul j
A. Dupler, attorney for Mrs. '
Lander.
A request for an annul,
ment of the marriage is being
prepared by the attorney anc
will be filed in Third Distrid
Court soon, Dupler said.
A NEW AND BETTER DEAL
ON U. S. SAVINGS BONDS
Beginning May 1, the U. S. Treasury has bettered
the terms of all savings bonds. Interest on Series E
bonds will be 3% They will mature in 9 years and 8
months. The cash values begin to increase after only 6
months and are more attractive chan the former issue.
Investors who need cash income each 6 months
may purchase Series H or Series K bonds, which yield
3® and 2.76% and have many attractive features.
The bank wili be glad to give information about
past and future issues of savings bonds. See any teller or
ask for our Cashier, Mrs. MaryE. Sorum.
Booking service at N. O. B., Fridays. Old Administration Building, 3:00 t:30 F. M
MEMBER FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
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Closed every Thursday
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Open House For
Griffin ft.esiioria3
I Gi’iffin Memorial Hospital
will be open to the public to
,day, from 3 to 5 pm. in ob
servance of annual Hospita
Day
Hospital Day is a national
event, in honor of Florence
. Nighingale.
Tea will be served on the
lower floor of the hospital
• from 3 to 5, and visitors will
be shown the hospital.
Pouring at the tea will be
Mrs. Richard Nixon, Mrs. A.
Holmes Johnson, Mrs. Ben
Kraft, and Mrs. Robert Ache
son.
At 2:45, preceding the tea,
several nurses’ aides will re
ceive their caps in a brief
ceremony, from Mrs. John
son. The nurses’ aid program
was under the supervision of
a Red Cross committee headed
by Mrs. Charles SutlifT.
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Wosvital News
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. Henry
Gould, a son, 8 lbs., 8 oz.t
May 8. Name, Dennis Ray.
To Mr. and Mrs. George
: Peterson, a daughter, 8 lbs.,
7 oz., May 9, name Deborah
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Mother’s Day Program
At Elks Club !
The local Elks lodge will;
observe Mother’s Day to-1
morrow in the club rooms at
2 pm. The event is an annual
j affair.
It is believed that all
Mothers in the Kodiak area
are invited to attend as that
has been the rule in past
years. Repeated efforts to ob
tain details of the affair were
unsuccessful.
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Phone Service, Rates
Discussed By Group
The Chamber of Commerce
devoted the last portion of the
business meeting Thursday to
the service and charges made
by the Kodiak Telephone Com
ipany.
The cost for branch lines
and extensions was termed too
high by several members. J.
G. Martz and Paul Dupler
were named as a committee to
contact representatives of the
telephone company and re
quest that service be improv
ed- They also discussed the
: current rates for telephones
sand extensions.
( Wodlingers Home
| Mr. and Mrs. L. K. Wod
j linger returned to Kodiak
1 Thursday after spending the
j winter outside. Wodlinger is
j owner of Berts-Wodlinger
j Drug Stores.
| Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
I “Pop” Haas have been man
' aging the stores during the
| absence of the Wodlingers.
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NOTICE
The meeting planned by the
|NAACP Monday night has
I been postponed until further
notice.
Gail Bl irkenburg
Engaged
Mrs. Catherine Blanken
burg announced the engage
ment of her daughter,* Gail,
to Staff Sergeant Herbert R
Norris, USMC, yesterday.
Sgt. Norris is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Arthur Norris of
Glenwood, Oregon.
Mrs. Blankenburg is the
owner of the Frontier Shop
and has lived in Kodiak for
the past 10 years. Miss
Blankenburg is a graduate of
Kodiak High School and is
associated with her mother in
the operation of the Frontier
Shop.
Engineers Arrive
Three engineers from Hub
bell and Waller Engineering
Corp., of Seattle arrived in
town Wednesday to begin pre
paring a staking plan for con
struction of the new water
system.
Carl Blakely, Jack Damus
and Sam Conrad of the cor
poration will do the work.
They expect to be here for
around three weeks.
The engineers will also lay
out pipe lines and survey the
dam site.
Sea Lion Calls
For CG Help
The Sea Lion, seif propelled
barge of Alaska Packers with
16 persons aboard was es
corted into port Wednesday
by the USCG Sedge.
Tuesday the Sea Lion
radioed the Coast Guard for
assistance. '’They requested a
pump and gave their position
of approximately 100 miles
from Marmot Island. The
Sedge immediately left port
and a CG PBY took off from
Kodiak Naval Station to as
sist in locating the barge.
The Sedge contacted the
barge late Wednesday after
noon and stood by. Earlier the
PBY had located the barge
and radioed its exact position
to the Sedge.
The new city police patrol
car arrived on the Coastal
Monarch Monday. The vehicle
is painted the traditional
black and has police depart
ment lettering on the doors
and trunk.
Acting Police Chief Ovid
McKinley took it to Clark’s
Garage Tuesday to have it
undercoated and a red flash
installed on the top.
Have you got
your ticket ya£?
jy it’s the ticket which entitles you to quit your job and
111 retire with a guaranteed income. The ticket which re
lieves you of business worries, and invites you to settle
down to a life of good living in your own home or in
I the vacationland you choose.
Lot me help you with your retirement or family pro- jj ]
tcction p.ogram. Without obligation. L
V. G. ELLIS
Insurance Department - Bank of Kodiak
Phone 2233
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SUNDAY, MAY 12-MOTHERS DAY RITUAL.
Most of all the beautiful things in life come by
twos and threes, by dozens and hundreds. There are
plenty of roses, stars, sunsets, rainbows, brothers and
sisters, comrades and friends—but only one MOTHER in
the whole world. If she is living, honor her, if she is
dead revere her memory.
2:00 P. M.—Club Rooms
TUESDAY, MAY 13—Investiture ceremony for Elks
sponsored troop 625, Boy Scouts of America. Back
your son or your brother’s son. 8:00 P. M. in the
Club Rooms.
WAPITI WISDOM.
A Mother is she who can take the place of all
others, but whose place no one else can take.
WILBUR the WISTFUL WAPITI