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NEWS-FEMININE-VIEWS
Canteen System Is Explained
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J'orcst G. Ayers,, captain, the
Ited Cross Canteen Corps of
Kodiak and vicinity is now com
pletely organized, the personell
appointed, and each unit equip
ped and supplied with food to
iserye gioups of people in case of
disaster o r emergency She
stated, these fact* iu her report
last week at the meeting called
t>v Governor Gruening to hear
reports of defense heads. There
aie five stationary canteens and
three mobi.e canteens on trucks
to function wherever needed or
■directed by civil or military aut
horities.
Keeping morale high is a
great factor in helping to win
and end the war and the fact
Shat the Canteen Corps is func
tioning and ready in advance for
action should accomplish much
toward making the people of
Kodiak feel that all possible is
being done to insure their wel
fare as to food. However, each
family must see to its own needs
as far as possible and lay in a
reserve supply 0f food in the
• onte as was also emphasized bv
4he governor, and to prepare its
own evacuation kits if evacu
ation should be necessary for
.-safety,” said Mrs. Ayers.
She also advises that families
with babies prepare a kit of
?oaby-diet essentials equipped for
Seeding for at least a day or two,
^.nd further states that the can
*eens are supplied with oatmeal
-for gruel, tomato and orange
juice, some vegtables to strain,
•canned milk and corn syrup but
*t is not adviseable to depend on
these rations unless necessary.
Jhe Canteen Corps is instruc
ted by the National Red Cross
to cooperate with hospitals in
«ase of epidemics, or if needed,
-for preparing and distributing
vdood to the sick as directed by
(doctors or public health nurses.
a numoer or community veg
«table garden units are being
organized by Mrs. Ayers as part
<of the work of the Canteen
Corps. The Junior Red Cross
will assist with this project Mrs.
Avers urges that every family
also have its own kitchen gard
en for its own welfare and to
save shipping space, suggesting
■especially the planting of green
perishables such as lettuce, pars
ley, and spinach, and heavy,
«rops such as beets, potatoes,
carrots, cabbage, onions, and
turnips. She said that turnip
And cabbage juices are now be
ing used in England in place of
•orange juice for children. Data
being obtained from the Univer
sity of Alaska concerning gard
«ns will be given out upon re
quest. Canning units will
preserve and otore the products
of common gardens for use of
the Canteen if needed.
Restaurants will co-operate
with the Canteen Corps and
tiave pledged themselves to as
sist if necessary and possible.
The transfer companies and Ko
diak Bus Co. are giving the use
of trucks as mobile canteen un
its
The complete list of canteens
now organized with the personel
of each unit is as follows:
Unit 1 — Downtown, Mobile
Unit or Brown Bear as head
quarters.
Mrs Warren Taylor, lieuten
ant, Squad, Mrs. Ben Kraft
Miss Anita White, Mrs. L. M
Boeckman, Mrs. William Lam
me, Miss Thelma Madsen, Miss
Alice Madsen.
Unit 2—Kodiak Public School
headquarters.
Mrs. R L. Clifton, lieutenant,
Squad, Mrs. Cora Hutton, Mrs.
Claude Denhoff, Mrs. Merrill
Coon, Mrs. Paul Raumaker
Miss Myrtle and Marie Olsen.
Unit 3—Baptist Community
Church, headquarters.
Mrs. Gregory Morony, lieut
enant, Squad, Mrs. Frank Mc
Conaghy, Mrs. A1 Sumerlin
Miss Mary Frost, Mrs. Ellis
Wamser.
Unit 4 — Mill feay Road,
Montmartre headquarters.
Mrs. Steve Harvey, lieutenant,
Squad, Mrs. Frank Hermann,
Mrs. Cecil Helsel, Mrs L. F.
Nachtweib.
Unit 5 — Mission Road, Al’s
Chicken Inn headquarters, also
Mobile Unit driven by Mr.
Sears.
Mrs. R. L. Townsend, lieuten
ant, Squad, Mrs. Louise Bauer,
Jr., Mrs. Nick Miell, Mrs
Maurice Briggs.
Boy Scouts will act as mes
sengers for the Canteens.
Headquarters will be conduct
ed by the Captain, Mrs. Ayers,
at her home on Kupreanoff
drive, with a mobile unit, ready
and equipped to act where most
needed and to oversee, co-ordin
ate, and adjust supplies or needs
after an actual or new situation
may make adjustment advisable.
AH families in Kodiak are re
ques'ed to clip this list of can
teens to keep with their kits as
a reference to find those in aut
hority or the locations of the
nearest canteen.
In the meantime, said Mrs
Ayers, it is hoped you will pre
pare all possible for your family
but you may be assured tha1 in
case of disaster you and your
family will be cared for and fed
by these women who are unpaid
workers, giving their time and
services for Kodiak, and that
every citizen should do his part
to co-operate with them for the
good of all in this worthwhile
patriotic duty .Remember that
this work may be just health
and safety insurance from this
point on, and that the Canteen
Corps may never have to feed
war victims, but “Help Kodiak
Be Prepared.”
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Miller-Holden
Word has been received here
of the marriage in Los Angeles
of Cora Miller, daugnter of Mr.
and Mrs. L. A. Miller, to Lester
S. Holden, son of Mr. and Mrs.
\V. S. Holden of New Orleans, on
April 18.
The young couple will reside
at 757 South New Hamshire
Blvd., Los Angeles, where Mr.
Holden is employed by the
Bethlehem Steel Corporation.
Both are well-known here where
they were employed last sum
mer.
Larsen-Tolbert
Christine Larsen and Jay Tol
bert, both of Kodiak, were mar
ried May 18 in a ceremony pel
formed by Father C. R. King.
Witnesses were Mr. and Mrs.
Bill Blankenship. Mr. Tolbert is
employed at the naval air static®
and Mrs. Tolbert is active in
union affairs here, being secret
ary of the Cannery Workers
Union.
The couple will make their
home in Kodiak.
Bedside Bags Made
The War Production commit
tee of the Voluntary Women
Workers of the Red Cross met
Tuesday afternoon in the Nurses
living room at Oriffin Memorial
Hospital. Bedside bags for the
Fort Greely hospital were made
by the Mesdames Smith, Block
som, Pope, Oxford, MacFarlin,
and Boeckman under the direc
tion of Mrs A. Holmes Johnson,
chairman of the committee. No
meeting will be held next Tues
day as that is the regular meet
ing date of the Griffin hosnital
^adies guid. The following Tues
day, June 9, will be the meeting
of the entire Red Cross group.
Son Is Born
Mr. and Mrs. Alphonse
Chouinard are the parents of a
baby boy born May 13. The new
arrival is named Fredrick Lee.
Mr. Chouinard is employed at
the naval base and Mrs Chouin
ard was the former Theo Mal
utin.
Ladies Guild
The Ladies’ Guild o f the
Griffin Memorial hospital will
meet in the nurses’ living room
at the hospital on Tuesday’ June
2 at 2 p. m.
All members are urged to bp
present and women guests are
invited.
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