Kodiak Diary
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used at sea for locating schools
of fish You simply put one on
your fish boat, cruise about, take
soundings of the bottom, and
when the fish swim into the ken
of the machine, it records them
A Kodiak fisherman, inter
ested in such a device, wrote re
cently to the company in tbe
Bast that maunfactuies the
dinky looking little boxes and
asked about procuring one.
The reply was right to the
point: they can be procured, for
$2600, FOB, not including the
necessary fittings or installation.
At that price the old way will
have to do a while longer, the
fellow told us.
The new Alaska Life has an
article on agricultural possibil
ities, in the Kodiak area (there
are pictures of Kodiak and Fort
Greely experimental farm)
written by a former editor of
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PEGGY PETERSON
PERSONAL SHOPPER
Alaska Mail Shopping Service
1047 Arcade Bldg., Seattle 1, Wn
Inquiries Invited
the Kodiak Bear.
We have just been reading our j
copy of the Ouzinkie News
school publication, and are now
up on doings in our neighbor to i
the north
Russian Christmas was cele
brated with services held in the
church morning, afternoon and
evening. People gathered in two
groups and went about the vil
lage singing Russian and Ameri
can Christmas songs.
Each group carried a brightly
decorated star which was twirled
as the songs were sung in the
homes The star has 16 points
and is decorated with crepe
paper flowers and ornaments In
the center of the star was a pic
ture of Christ. The star is twirl
ed only in homes. It represents
the star of Bethlehem.
The community Christmas j
program ended with a “tableau,
in which Verna Anderson, appro
priately gowned, represented the
Goddess of Liberty holding aloft
the toreh of free lorn as the sing
ers formed semi-circles in the
shadows on either side and sang
“I am an American” and “God
Bless America”, songs which
have so much meaning to every
American, under the spotlight.
This was an inspiring scene.”
Bond sales in the village from
April to December amounted to
$4068.75. One of the teachers, a
Mr. Wyman, is reading Marjorie
Rawlings' book “The Yearling”
to the upper grade students
Projects in manual training in
clude washstand with towel rack,
end tables, foot stools and beds
and bunks suitable for use in the
home. The wash stands have
been moved into Mrs. Wyman’s
and Nellie’s rooms to do away
with congestion in the hallway
There is to start soon a Saturday
skin clinic for all families both
ered with “the most persistent o
Ouzinkie’s health trouble makf
ers—impetigo. Watch for the
Announcement. “The Cordova
Victory Cafe
Open 24 Hours Daily
DINING ROOM I
LUNCHEON 11 to 2 DINNER 5 to 1
BANQUET MOM l
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Available for Private Parties
(formerly Blinn’s Pool Hall)
TOBACCO
POOL
Drinks nf All Kinds
of the Alaska Steamship lines
called at port recently. Albert
Torsen has been busy installing
a new motor in the power skiff
belonging to Dr. Pryor. Junior
Squartsoff, Johnny and Aplone
Panamarioff from Pineapple
Cove spent the holidays in Ou
zinkie. Johnny Pestrikoff receiv
ed word he has passed his exam
ination for the Army. Get your
income tax blanks at the post
office. Help Uncle Sam by mail
ing your report as soon as pos
sible. And Buy War Bonds.”
The 10-page pubkcation is
neatly and well-done and a lot
of other publications on our desk
got shoved aside until we had
read it from cover to cover. We
are looking forward to the next
issue and hope we aren’t forgot
ten.
A few days ago Mr. and Mrs.
Pete Magnusen, who live on
Holiday island adjacent to Kod
iak, discovered a strange, white
object washing ashore in the
neighborhood of their home.
ft was like nothing either had
ever seen before. Examination
disclosed it to be some cylindric
al thing, apparently rounded at
both ends, with one end having
an odd-looking iron crossbar at
tached to it. Stranger yet, it
looked like someone had care
fully and laboriously wrapped
whatever it was in several layers1
of cloth resembling bandage.
On their next trip to town the
Magnusen’s reported it to the
Coast Guard, and the latter
went over to the island a^d
p;cked it up. Like the Mag
usen's they decided not to un
wrap it, but turn it over to Navy
Intelligence at the NOB. Coast
Guard personnel said they had
no idea what it was.
We called Naval Intelligence.
They had nothing to release on
it.
So now you don’t know what
it is, either.
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