Crowd Attends
Kodiak Fair
The Kodiak Fair attracted sev
eral hundred people Sunday. The
affair was held at the USO be
tween 2 and 7 p. m., and was pro
nounced a huge success by the
Committee members of the Kodiak
Garden Club in charge.
Exhibits of varying displays at
traded the crowd, and there were
many expressions of surprise forth
coming from those in attendance
that such flowers and vegetable:
could be grown in Kodiak. There
were exhibits of the most delicate
of orchids to the common vege
table—the latter in this case be
ing a turnip. The turnip was aptlj
placed on a scale and weighec
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over twelve pounds. The turnip
was grown by Mrs. Nan Reed at
West Point.
Handicraft, too, evinced consid
erable interest. Tooled leather dis
plays revealed many purses, and
other articles which showed pains
taking work on the part of the ex
hibitors.
The young fry had on exhibition
many of their handicrafts One of
the Sea Explorer Scouts had on
display a plastic schooner, com
plete with masts. In the Scouts
Junior section there were many
displays of handiwork. Under
handicrafts, an item that created
considerable interest, was a mini
ature anvil set, complete with a
brass anvil and all the blacksmiths
tools. This was the work of Fritz
Grobler, local machinist.
many oeauurui pictures were
entered. Some exquisite pictures
of flowers, including Lousewort,
■ Willow and Saxifrage, all done l?y
Shirley Clark, were on display.
Paintings by Nick Nekeferoff were
noteworthy, and of course, the
paintings by the visiting artist,
Jeannie Laurence, enhanced the
show. \
The driftwood section proved
highly interesting. Lamps with
beautiful bases fashioned of drift
wood, were artistic creations from
the materials at hand. They were
entries of Mrs. Bea Nachtweih, as
were other specimens of driftwood
art, including a mountain lion and
a huge bird. The latter was the
root of an alder.
Relics and artifacts from the
Lightfoot collection were on dis
play. A large Samovar* dated 1869,
Attu grass baskets, a Kami aka, a
form of rain gear made from gut—
these and many more exhibits
were a source of interest to the
many who thronged the USO.
' •Stamp collectors had an excel
lent display, as did needlecrafters.
•A display of lovely dolls, entered
by Mrs. Oleta Kay, aiso included ]
Choir boys.
The Program coordination com
mittee consisted of Helen Hall, '
Elva Horn, Dolly Rohwer and i
Alice Given. Leona Dickow assist
ed the latter with publicity and
the staging committee consisted
of Ethel King and Bea Nachtweih.
The latter is president of lh^ Ko
diak Garden Club.
A display which created consid
erable interest was presented by
the Kodiak Conservation Club.
Color slides were shown of the
operations in the Club's fish hatch
ery, and hunting scenes around
Kodiak.
New Directories
Go To Press Oct. 15
Mrs. John Cushing, co-owner of
the Kodiak Telephone Company,
announced this week the new tele
phone directories, which are ex
pected to be ready for distribution
in November, will go to press Oc
tober 15.
Advertising changes and listings
are requested by September 30.
Mrs. Cushing advises that the com
pany has cuts available to assist
the advertiser in displaying his
advertising more effectively.
Mr. and Mrs. Cushing arrived
here from Sitka Tuesday evening.
They expect to remain here for
the completion of the work in con
nection with the expanding of
their service. It is expected that
more than 700 phones will be list
ed in the new directory, as com
pared with about 550 in the old.
The installation of phones in the
Aleutian Homes area will be de
layed because the Company is un
able to obtain the cable, j^The cable
was due in July, according* to
Cushing, but dtie to the steel
strike, the plumbing manufactur
ers had cornered all available cop
>er and lead.
The cable is promised from
rrenton, N. J. about November 1,
iccording to Cushing. It must
:ome to the West Coast via ship
hrough the Panama canal, and
hence to Kodiak. It may not ar
•ive here until February, 1957.
rhe phones and all other material
tre due on the next boat. Cushing
dated it may be possible to obtain
i small amount of cable elsewhere,
in that event, the Company wfll
■ush the installation, he said.
Buying or selling—Use the Class
fied Ads—They get results.
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