Job Hunting
a la Lowry
By CYNTHIA LOWRY
I/P) Newsfeatures Writer
As we all know, a job is the means
by which most young women main
tain themselves between the ens.
of school and the beginning of mar
riage.
It is true that a number of young
women enter the employment po.;J
of the nation with a starry-eyed
determination to have a "career,”
but these still constitute an im
pressive minority. The %ast ma
jority use their skills to acquire
funds for life's necessities until they
find a young man eager to keep up
a steady supply of dresses, hats.
nylon-3 and such.
In view of the f^c.t that summer
time is job-hunting time for* thou
sands of new high school and col
lege graduates, it might be appro
priate to take a look at the em
ployment situation and to consider
a system, which I have just thought,
up, for getting and holding a job
and a man. It has only one draw
back.
Obviously, the first problem far
ing most of the 1951 army of young
female hopefuls is to select a job
which will bring them into prox
imity with the largest numbers of
eligible young men. The happiest
hunting grounds at the moment
are, of course, in the armed services.
This solution to the problem, simple
as it may seem, may not be the
- answer to all girls. There -still-are
chances to be found in business,
establishments. Try to pick a spot
which provides the most money for
the least work, and then slide by
actually doing a little less than
that.
upon accepting employment, me
employee should see to it that she
holds the whip-hand constantly.
After all, the launching of a man
hunt requires her best efforts in
time, thought and physical energy
and any employer is presumptuous if
he expects her to consider that her
job comes first. This may b a
little difficult to accomplish because
many employers are old-fashioned
enough to think that, if they are
naving good money to get certain
jobs done, the work should be ac
complished on schedule.
Never tip your hand on the pre
liminary interview. Let the pros
pective employer think you are
prepared to marry your job, that
you really care deeply about the
quality of your work and that you
are going to be heartbroken if you
can’t bring your talents to his office.
Dress carefully ar.d conservatively.
There's time enough later to bring
out whistle-provoking clothes.
Don’t be discouraged if nothing
exciting happens during the first
couple of weeks. Use this tifne care
fully, making friends with the other
girls in the office. They may even
introduce you to some interesting
men, but this is unlikely. Pick out
the important things to do and get
that work out. You always can
stick odds and ends in your desk if
it interferes with time spent hang
ing around the water-cooler or run
ning out for a cup of coffee.
If you are a rank beginner, you
can afford to be a job-floater for a
while. Thus, you can look over
several offices in a period of two or
three months in case you don’t find
an attractive assortment of men for
after-hours dating. Whatever you
do, don’t really get interested in
the work you do because this might
lead you to abandon your first goal:
picking up a permanent job as
homemaker.
There’s only one thing wrong with
the system: you’re likely to get
fired.
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Sixteen-year-old Robert Linsig of Marlboro, N. Y„ wears an antici
patory grin as he carves a turkey. Born without an esophagus and
tube-fed through his stomach since birth, the youth is able to eat his
first solid fowl after a recent operation provided an esophagus
through a new medical technique. Wirephoto.
S eme Beans!
Mrs. James Reed of Rook Island, Wash., displays two giant guinea
beans she grew in her backyard garden. The beans, on‘e of which
neighs ten pounds and'is 50 inches long, grew as much as ten
inches a day. Mrs. Reed says the vx'egtablc is good when sliced like
a cucumber and fried. iff' Wircphoto.
COLD RECEPTION FOR
SIMMER TOCRISTS
OSLO—UP—When taxing a sum
mer cruise to Norway, better
bring a long some nice warm
clothes and your skis.
That at least is the impression
of some 100 tourists from many
nations, currently on a mid-sum
mer cruise to the Norwegian fiords
with the “Stella Polaris.”
Driving from Hjoerupgafiord, 25
miles south of Aalesund across the
mountains to Geirangerfiord, their
touring cars were forced to return
at the half way mark by a howl
ing snowstorm. A scheduled ski
ing exhibition by crack Norwegian
skiers on what was lQft of last
year’s snow was called off — be
cause of too much fresh snow.
OIL SEARCH IN B.C.
VICTORIA, B.C.—The search
for oil and natural gas will be
pressed in British Columbia tlnis
year, it was announced by Dr. T. H.
Williams, oil controller. A party
will inspect remote areas of the
Peace River where the main survey
is centered.
ACTION SPEAKS LOUDER
HASTINGS, Nebr.'—</P>—The hot
dog buns at the picnic seemed a bit
hard, according to the story cir
culating here. But the picnicker
graciously withheld comment.
"Until, that is, someone threw one
of the biscuits to a dog — who
promptly went off and buried it.
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Mexican millionaire Den Car!os cle Bcistegui y cl; Iturbe (right), best at $130,009 party staged in Venice,
Italy, talks with the Aga Khan, one cf the 600 great and near great guests who showed up. Masked
woman and others in background are not identified. Biggest blowout in a half-century in Venice was a
"house warming” for Don Carlos’ palace on the Grand Canal which he bought two years ago for $500,
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Elmer Views the News
Throughout Alaska
By ELMER FRIEND
A special city sales tax election
will be held in Fairbanks on Friday,
September 21. f
Heavy enrollment at the Anchor
age High School, over 875 students,
will necessitate “staggered shifts”
between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., according
to announcement by Gordon Guf
fey, principal.
The Seventh Annual Conference
of the Alaska Moose Association and
first annual Alaska Territorial con
ference of the Women of the Moose
will be held at Ketchikan, October
4 through October 7. James M.
I Ballard, Supreme Governor of the
j Loyal Order of Moose will attend.
A huge steelhead, weighing 35 L
■ pounds, was recently taken i:i a
j Ward Cove Packing Company trap,
i This steelhead was 42 inches long
| and had a girth of 26 inches.
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Probation officer Roy V. Norquist
has announced the Anchorare cur
few will be enforced during the
school year and all persons under
16 years of age must be off the
streets and out of entertainment
places by 9 p.m. The curfew hour
is 10 p.m.
The Deputy Marshal station at
Unnlnska has been closed because
of lack of enforcement activity. Re
cords show that L. Verne Robinson,
deputy since Sept. 18. 1939, has not
been called up, most of the time,
to serve a single civil or criminal
writ.
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Anchorage residents will pay an |
extra two cents on each local letter j
mailed now that the carrier system
has been established. This makes
local postage three cents.
Fairbanks schools open September \
10 and Dr. James E. Ryan expects
an enrollment of 1318 elementary |
pupils and 320 in the high school. ^
Chief of Police Walter Carter has j
resigned at Ketchikan. His pay
has been $475 a month, but this is
too low and it is a thankless job, j
he says.
The Seward City Council has set'
in motion for the purchase of the j
Seward Water System for $80,000
an option agreement from Mrs.,
Jean Thorne, owner. The mayor I
r.nd city clerk have been instructed j
to sign the agreement.
Tony Perkowsky, with his catch [
of a 66 fioiind 7 ounce king salmon [
in the recent Ketchikan salm,on!
derby, appears to be certain of a
trip to Honolulu, expenses paid. j
Anchorage proposes a $3,000,000,
power bond issue and a special elec- |
tion will be held September 11.
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SEWARD — The Seward Sea-}
port Record, a three times a week]
publication, carries a line on the
first page that it is “The only'
newspaper in the world that gives'
a hoot about Seward, Alaska." 1
“Liie begins at 50 in Seward” is
the slogan adopted by the Cham- j
ber of Commerce and this heads j
a seven plank program for devel- i
opment during this year and next
to include the 50 year anniversary
program for the city.
Dale Greene has resigned as
police chief to manage Cobb's cafe
which he has purchased. Floyd!
Evans has been appointed to the
vacancy.
Oscar Barlow is experimenting
with fruit trees and had put fish
heads in the soil for fertilizer. He
found out this wasn't a very good
idea as bears and coyotes have
been attempting to ruin his exper
iment by digging up the fish. |
KODIAK — Poison bait is being
plnced under buildings, houses and
lumber piles in an attempt to get
rid of the rats now numerous in
Kodiak. They are believed carriers
of Weil’s disease, a form of jaun
dice.
A1 Long, doing construction for
Wallis George of Juneau has ar
rived to continue work on the Ko
diak Ice and Cold Storage Co.
Inc., building at the city dock.
Concrete foundations have already
been laid.
John Roy Tipton, 72. former Ko
diak resident, and holder of a
Carnegie Medal, Is reported now
to be in the Seattle General Hos
pital for treatment for cancer. In
1935, Tipton, packing supplies over
the Valdez glacier, came across
four men trapped in a blizzard on
the ice cap. He succeeded in get
ting two men to a cabin and saved
their lives. The other two died
from exposure. Tipton's toes were
frozen during the rescue and as. a
result they were amputated. For
the rescue he ivas awarded the
medal.
A dry spell recently hit Kodiak
and conservation of water was de
manded.
Avenue Name
This reminds me that Willough
by Avenue was named from an
early day resident. He was Dick
Willoughby, college graduate and
man of letters, who at one tune
owned considerable property along
the waterfront.
FROM SEATTLE
Ed. M. Seidenverg of Seattle is
• registered at the Baranof Hotel. m
Parents, leathers
To Meet Monday
A! Reception
Introduction of parents to tcneh
ri net teachers to parents will b
the main feature of a reception
bcin; held by the Parent-Teachers J
A ,nation at 8 p.m. tonight In
the High School gymnasium.
i iris annual get-together of the
fau lty of the schools and parent
will be presided over by Mrs. Pa
li': re Oakes, president of the as-!
soi it ion.
'i!i:se attending are requested to]
use the sixth street entrance to j
the "ymnasium. Refreshments will
be erved during the reception.
16 In, 18 Out on
toll Southbound
Arriving on the Denali c.uth
fcound Saturday were 1G passengers •
with 18 embarking.
Disembarking from Seward: E
N. Druxman, William Liddie; Mrs. j
E. B. Minnia, Mr. and Mrs. Paid j
Palmer, Mrs. Maxine Roger and
four children; Mrs. Charles Tucn- !
gel, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. VanHorn. j
From Kodiajc: Mary, Edward and
Walter Bent.
Embarking for Lcattle: Mi.-s W.
Sw.ct. Mr. and Mr ;. M, J. Haas, j
J. W. Pudihy, Mr. and Mrs. S. R. j
Gruimm and two jhildre i. Norma j
R. Hazaltine, H. Foals Plansoen,
Robert V. SaiVle, Bale G. Seitir
Uiu, Louis J- Gianaao, Laura Ab
eil, Jesse Bassford.
Far Ketchikan- N. Dahl Vern j
Laud, John T. McLaughlin.
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Mrs. Elaine Minnis of the Flor
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Fla. Is stopping at the Gastineau
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