Agent Tells How
Oil, Ethics Mix
The Rotary principles \ of high
ethics, of, increasing the worthi
ness of useful occupations and de
veloping vocations as an oppor
tunity to serve society, all as re
lated to his personal work was
told by Jack Hinckel, of Kodiak
Oil Sales, at the iRotary luncheon
Tuesday at the Island Fountain.
In one of the series of occupa
tion talks being given by mem
bers, Mr. Hinckel told of his five
years’ experience with Shell Oil
company, and ten years of selling
oil marketing equipment, bfore
coming to Kodiak.
Me said that before he establish
ed his company he made a care
ful survey and determined that
the city would support another oil
distributor in addition to the one
already here, and that one of his
first policies adopted was to seek
new customers and develop new
r
business rather than solicit estab
lished accounts of his competitor
After telling of work in obtain
ing contracts at the base and ii
Aleutian Homes, Mr. Hinckel des
cribed work, in establishing rec
ords, adding cumulative printing
equipment, maintaining equip
ment, and buying badk sifr^lus
oil and gas of transient tenants, all
designesd to give service to th€
customer.
He also said that* the hauling
charges of the two prime distribu
tors in Kodiak are the lowest in
Alaska. In closing Mr. Hinckel
added that his company always is
willing to hear suggestions from
ayone to improve the service of
fered.
Sam Molletti was introduced to
the club as a new student mem
ber, and President Dr. R. Holmes
Johnson announced the appoint
ment of Robert Acheson as the
Rotary representative to the
Health and Welfare council.
Visiting Rotarian present was
Clyde McGillivry. Dr. Bruce Keers
was a guest at the meeting.
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Greeting Card Custom Had Stormy Birth
1 Footsore and weary, a postman i
slogging through the snow a white
Christmas season to deliver his i
>■ weighty portion of 2% billion ]
‘ holiday greeting /cards • * nilgtit ask <
' himself: “Man, man, where did <
it all begin?” ]
With a penniless German immi
grant named Lonis Prang, perhaps, !
who found success in the printing |
business in 19th Century Boston?
Os was Sir Henry Cole, first *
director of the Victoria and Al- *
bert Museum in London, to \
blame? \
Os was it the ancient Chinese? !
Whatever the cause, the result «
is big 'business. In the United !
States 300 greeting card makers j
turn out five billion cards a year,
half of them for the Christmas
season. Retail sales total 520 mil- «
lion dollars a year. !
This modern custom can be trac- j
ed to the Chinese, certainly, for
they celebrated the advent of the
New Year with messages of good
will. ;
T'-* e^licst known holiday
greeting eerd is a crude woodcut
card printed abend 1450 in the
Rhine Valley. A New Year’s card,
it shows the Christ Child standing
in the bow of an ancient galley
manned by angels.
In 1843, Sir Henry Cole asked \
J. C Horsley, a friend and artist *
at London’s Royal Academy, to !
design a Christmas greeting card
for him That card is the world’s
first known Christmas card. It
was the last Sir Henry ever sent.
The card showed a family toast
ing Christmas with glasses of wine
and Sir Henry sent out a thous
and of them. The greeting touch
ed off a storm of protest among
temperance crusaders of the day.
Louis Prang, penniless and an
exile from Germany following the
unsuccess revolution of 1848, in
troduced the custom in America.
Prang founded a printing business
Supplies Stored
For CD Use Here
A group of about 18 men were
on hand Sunday afternoon at
Abercrombie, and cleaned out
buildings and stored equipment
and supplies to be used for Civil
Defense purposes, in the event of
a raid.
4,686 pounds of additional equip
ment from the Anchorage CD
supply area was flown in by the
Navy and stored at Abercrombie.
“We are most grateful to the
Navy for their assistance.” Art
Brooks, CD director here, stated.
“We are also grateful to the men
who showed up on the cleanup.
We’d still like to have more peo
ple show an interest in this pro
gram. It will benefit everyone.”
Wednesday evening the book
let’s, “The Kodiak Plan,” on evac
uation and survival, were assem
bled by those attending the meet
ing at the City Hall. These books
will be distributed to all homes
in the Kodiak area starting today.
Friday
Social Evening
(Open to public)
8:30 p.m.
at
V.F.W.
n the Boston suburb of Roxbury.
Prang printed bis first Christ
nas card in 1874, perhaps at the
>rompting of his English friend;
Charles Dickens. In 1875, he tried
>ut the cards on the American
>ublic and within five years he
was turning out five Million cards
a year. «
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AMdhg the first American In
dians with whom the French form
ed an alliance were the Algon
quin s of Canada.
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Gifts for all.
Toiletries
Perfumes & Colognes
Mens & womens sets
Dolls — toys
Gift wrappings
Tree decorations
Electric razors for men and women
Individual & boxed assortments
of Xmas cards
etc. etc. etc.
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