Pryers Leave
Nelson Island
Dr. and Mrs. L. Pryer, resi
dents of Nelson Island near
Ouzinkie for several years,
plan to board the Denali Wed
nesday for the states.
They plan to pro to Rogers,
Ark., to make their home.
Dr. Pryer has been a resident
of the territory since 1904. He
came to Kodiak in 1926 an I in
1936 moved to Nelson Island
where he owned a fox farm.
In 1945 the Pryers went
outside but returned to Nelson
Island in 1946 and have lived
there for the past five years. 1
“I’ll probably return to A-!
laska some day,” Dr. Pryer
said. I’ve lived in the terri- j
tory too long to stay away.”
Winter Work Sought
For Island Residents
An'attempt to secure winter
employmen c for residents of
villages around Kodiak Island
is being made this week by
Harold Gronroos of the Alaska
Native Service.
Gronroos plans to meet with
officials of Haddock and As
sociates and create a plan
whereby the construction
company will hire as many
workers as possible from the
Island labor market.
Gronroos, whose headquar
ters are in Juneau, also plans
to make arrangements with
one of the local airlines to fly
the workers to Kodiak from j
their villages whenever the I
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construction company needs
additional workers.
The poor fishing season
drastically cut the average
' Kodiak Islander’s income this
year and the Alaska Native
Service is attempting to pro
vide other employment,
Gronroos said.
“We want to give the vil
lagers a chance to earn their
income rather than subsidiz
ing them through government
relief,’’ he said.
Gronroos talked with Mayor
Lee C. Bettinger and Charles
Skinner Wednesday and then
contacted officials of Haddock
and Associates. He planned to
confer with one of the airlines
Thursday.
I
Christian Science
Lecture Given
Christian Science is prayer
based on a spiritual under
standing of God with which
you can know the truth. It is
not prayer based on belief or
blind faith. You cannot know
the truth with belief or blind
faith, bwt you can with
spiritual understanding, Ar
thur C. Whitney, C. S., told
his listeners Tuesday at the
Orpheum Theatre.
The Chicago lecturer ad
dressed members of the local
Christian Science Group and
others on Christian Science:
A Religion of Answered
Prayer. t
Whitney is a member of the
board of lectureship of the
Mother Church, The First
Church of Christ, Scientist,
in Boston, Mass.
“It is natural for you who
come here in need of healing
to find it during this hour,”
Whitney told his listeners.
“Whether it is relief from
fear, frustration, loss, hate,
depression, lack, sin or
disease.”
“By your simple act of ac
cepting and knowing the Bible
truths about God and man you
can be healed, ” Whitney de
clared.
He added that persons could
be healed by earnestly read
ing and studying the lecture.
“Spiritual receptivity is es
sential . . .and to achieve
healing through Christian
Science you must be like a
little ch'.id,” Whitney said.
He spoke of Mary Eddy
Baker, founder of Christian
Science, and of her universa
recognition as the “present
and forever leader of this
great world-wide cause of
Christian Science.”
Whitney made a tour of Ko
diak Wednesday and said he
was impressed with Kodiak.
“It is good to be here,” he
said.
Mrs. Pete Koppang and
her children returned this
week from several weeks out
side. She has returned to hei
job in Kraft’s hardware de
partment.
Celebrate Golden
Wedding Anniversary
The Rt. Rev. and Mrs.
Paul A. Shadura of Kenai
celebrated their 50th wedding
anniversary last week in An
chorage with members of
their family, the Anchorage
Times reported.
Father Shadura has been |
priest at the Russian Church
in Kenai since 1907.
Mrs. Shadura, who has been
staying in Anchorage at the
home of her son Peter since
she suffered a heart attack
last month, is the former
Catherine Hubley of Kodiak, j
She is a sister of John Hub
ley.
Return From
Trip To England
Mrs. Walter Erickson and
two children returned to Ko
diak recently after spending
several months in England
visiting relatives.
The entire trip from Kodiak
to England and hack was
made by air. J. G. Martz, local
Northwest Airlines agent,
sold the ticket.
Mrs. Erickson travelled to
New York on NWA and from
there rode Scandinavian Air
lines to Manchester, England.
She returned to New York by
B. 0. A. C. and from there to
Anchorage by NWA.
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