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this paper and also the local news published herein.
Thanksgiving, which all America
P will celebrate next week, is truly a
time to crt«*V -r. your blessings;
Since it is a aaUonal holiday, its
<t national significance is more fully
k brought home when-'it'is tied in
If'- with “Know Your America Week**,
which & brrin# ofesera 3d this-, year
during the same week—-from Nov- 1
v ember 24-30.
r* cjuite nnpropriaie that the
A »Au * rican Conference to Com- :
■ hat Communism, which sponsors, :
annualiiy, the Know Your America I
Week program has chosen for its 1
1937 theme: “Consider the Bless- i
in<$s of Freedom;" Cqjning as it
dees during the Thanksgiving
period, this nationwide observance
will be a reminder to all Ameri
cans that they must not take for
granted all the liberties they en
joy.
Unfortunately, many persons
forget that the blessings they re
ceive have como down to them
through the bitterness of several
wars. Indeed, there has fcoen a
tendency on the part ot some to
shun their responsibilities as citi
zens and roact indifferently to the
vital needs of our country. \
Through the cracks of this for- ]
getfulness and indifference has -
seeped th*e menace of communism. <
Without the knowledge to combat !
it effectively, the progress Of Com- 1
> munism cannot be clocked, and ;
all of the liberties that we cherish 1
may be seriously endangered.
The All-Airorican Conference, a
cooperative enterprise of *more
than 50 national organizations
with a combined membership of
more than 50,000,000, has recogniz
ed the need of t untied power to
meet the subtle tactics of this, sub
Verbal Dreams
At Speakers Club
Toastmasters at their meeting
Tuesday expounded on the subject
proposed by the Topics Master of
the evening, Will Trcr/er, “What
I would do if I had a million dol
lars.” The answers ranged from
putting it in the bank, stamp col
lecting, or pursuing other hobbies
with greater vigor, trips around
the world, better conditions in
Kodiak, philanthrophy, or just
going hog wild in enjoyment.
Rev. Talbott walk-id off with the
trophy as the speaker showing the
most improvement
The program announced for
next week is as follows: Bill
Eonry as Toastmaster will intro
duce speakers Harold Booth, Boh
Dawson and A. Holmes Johnson.
Carl Huer will serve as Chief Eval
uator.
The following week the four
speakers who will an pear will be
Paul Bond, * Bob Fredrick* Don
Wolf and Larry Black. Handling
t he Toastmaster job wdl h© gig
Digree and Table Topics Master,
irersive menace.
Last year more than 4.000 com
munities obser -jd Knew- Your
America Week. Many pooled their
organizational resources to deve
lop well-rourr- d and positive
Americanism programs. Participat
ing in this endeavor were members
>£ varied religious faiths of the
community; ve'-rans groups, fra
:ernal, service and civic groups;
prominent women’s clubs; busi
ness, professional and labor or
ganizations; teachers, school chil
Iren, Chambers of Commerce and
leighborhood trade associations.
The Week will give all of our
ntizens an opportunity to rededi
rate themselves to democratic
principles, to understand how our
lation became strong and great,
md to realize that knowledge of
\merica will foil the thrusts of
communism.
Tho Elks Lodge, in cooperation
vith its member lodges throughout
;he country, has endorsed Know
four America Week. H.L. Black
edge, Grand Exalted Ruler of the
3.P.O.E., made this statement:
‘Everybody doesn’t agree that
reedom is a good thing. Some
>eople right here in the United
States are working thard, every
lay, to persuade us that we ought
;o abandon our freedogn and set
ip a communist dictatorship. Men
md women who understand what
>ur way of life means to them in
practical, everyday terms of hu
man happiness will never embrace
communism or any other reaction
ary dogna.”
All citizens should participate
in this important observance to
Iter to alive the spirit of freedom as
against tho tyranny of communism,
Bob Boko. Marty Zucker will be
Chief Evaluator, and will be assist
ed by Critics Dr. Strash, Jules
Radinsky, Bob Johnson, Jim Gray
Grammarian will be Jack Howard
University Film
Here One Day
“Frontiers of Learning”, a filrr
on the University of Alaska, i;
scheduled for one showing, Mon
day, November 25, at the higl
school auditorium. Time of show
mg is 2 p.m.
Professor Harold Black, teachei
at the University, is touring the
territory, showing the film in the
various communities throughout
Alaska.
The public is invited.
NOTICE
Have gone on a vacation. Will
mntinuo business on return from
Europe. Back about 15 December.
G.H. Cornelius
Real Estate Broker
Culver Realty 23-ln
Griffin Memorial
Hospital Notes
BIRTHS
Eva Linn, weighing 6 lbs. 3 ozs.,
was born on Novomber 15 to Patri
cia and William Criss.
Thomas Fortune, weighing 6 lbs.
10 ozs., was born on November 16
to Helen and Frank Irick.
Lawrences James. Jr., weighing
8 lbs. 9 ozs., was born on Novem
ber 18 to Haroldico and Lawrence
Anderson.
NOTICE
GUST AGIOK is requested to
call Dr. Bob Johnson as soon as
possible. URGENT.
CARD OF THANKS
I wish to -extend my heartfelt
thanks to all those who were so
kind in remembering me on my
birthday.
(s) Rev. Gerasin Schmaltz
ALASKA’S OLDEST HOUSE
(Continued from page 3)
, building.
The article continues with a
further account of the lucrati--;
and later slimming fur seal opera
tion, at the advent of pelagic hunt
ing, wherrthe rookeries v*'re al
most completely depleted.
W.J. Erskine purchased the
n -?rehantile establishment in 1912,
when the Nor then Commercial
Company, Alaska Commercial
Company’s successor, disposed of
the 'property to its employee.
Th»j author concludes her article
f
with some observations on present
day Kodiak. “It is fperhaps fitting,”
she says, “that the oldest house in
Alaska is now in possession of
Donnelley Sr Acl.oson, the firm
which now operates the merchan
dising business established by the
Golikof-Shelikof Company in 1778
—a business which now actually
in its fourth ownership, has been
in continuous operation since the ,
yeaC the thirteen colonies of
America declared their indepen
dence!”
THRIFTY
BERNARD BARUCH
recently said:
“Inflation means spending money
for something unproductive or
non-essential.
We are all guilty of not control
ling inflation—you, me, every
body.”
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