Eooiak iUirror
“Shfemis of (America's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Christmas Plans and Hopes
With Christmas only 17 days away Kodiak merchants
and residents began feverish preparations this week to be
ready for the holidays.
Kodiak, famous for the manner in which it celebrates
the Fourth of July,traditionally observes Christmas in the
time-honored manner. All Churches put on special programs,
merchants decorate their stores and windows with fed and
green crepe paper, bells, holly and etc.
Various social clubs and organizations sponsor parties
for children. Despite the work of wrapping presents and ad
dressing Christmas greetings the average person in Kodiak
gets into the spirit of Christmas and is on friendlier relations
with his friends and customers.
Christmas to some adults is of great spiritual signifi
cance.
Everyone looks forward to Christmas. The merchant
hopes that business will be good, the kids hope that “Santa
Claus” leaves lots of toys and candy, mother hopes that kids
don’t eat too much candy, dad hopes that the bills won’t be
too large, Kodiak motorists hope that the city police will ease
up on the traffic tickets and the postmaster hopes that there
won’t be another flood of greetings and packages for another
year.
Get into the spirit of the thing. Christmas is the finest
part of the year.
Join, W. Farrow and Anita
•Tones gave a warranty deed
to Edwin and Pearl Foster for
Lot 8, block 6 of the Leite ad
dition. It has been recorded.
Miney Agnot, 21, Alitak
fisherman, and Polly Farso
viteh, 15, Alitak, have applied
to the U. S. Commissioner for
a marriage license.
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WE PAY THE POSTAGE
GOTH WAYS
More and more, depositors bank by
mail. The mail deposit form is easy to use
No time wasted on a trip to the bank or
standing in line during busy hours. And
now we pay the postage BOTH ways.
Ask any teller or just mail your first
deposit. You will like Kodiak’s friendly,
independent locally owned bank.
Closad every Thursday
Banking servioa ai N. O. B.f Fridays, Old Administration Building, 5:00 fl-30 P. M
MEMBER FEDERAL. DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
Hospital lHews
BIRTHS: '
To Mr. and Mrs. Elwood
Watson, a son, Dec. 4., name,
Ole Edward. Weight 7 lbs., 2
' oz.
To Mr. and Mrs. Charles
Loftus, a son, Dec. 6. Weight,
7 lbs., 7 oz.
1 To Mr. and Mrs. Paul Dup
ler, a son, Dec. 7, name, Gary
Nelson. Weight, 6 lbs., 9 oz.
School Notes
continued from page 3
Freshmen: Marie Anderson,
William Frost
Grade 1
Both first grades were busy
this week in preparation for
the coming of the PTA carni
val. They made their own
costumes for the side, show in
which they participated and
also did their own painting of
the scenery.
Mrs. Gerard’s first grade
lost three pupils when Wayne
Mondy went to the hosiptai,
Gene Anderson was with
drawn, and Harry Wilson
moved to Ouzinki.
Mrs. Schott’s pupils have
also been missing some of
their classmates, as Roland
Simeonoff and Sandra Mick
shall have the mumps.
Nancy Norman
Grade 4
Mrs. Burnham’s fourth
graders put in almost full
timework on the Carnival
which was held Friday. The
I mothers of the pupils came to
j school Monday to help on the
costumes the children wore. A
comic fire rescue, a tumbling
act and the strongman act
were prepared by the pupils.
Several of the children were
out of school this week with
the mumps and flu.
Mrs. Neseth’s fourth gra
ders were also on a full shift
preparing for the Carnival.
Her pupils played the parts of
various animals.
Gene Sundberg
Grade 5
Miss Ream’s grade five had
a skating party Saturday at
i Clark’s Lake, with Mr. and
Mrs. Dalton as guests of
honor.
On the fifth grade honor
roll are the following pupils
raising one or more marks and
lowering none: James Fitz
gerald and Barbara Hill;
pupils lowering one mark and
; raising two, Anita Katenikoff,
Johnny Kilgore, Norman Ro
berts, Patricia ShurvlaofF,
Helen Simeonoff, and Clover
j Walker.
Grade 6
' Mrs. Dawson’s sixth grade
; helped the second grade with
their peep-show this week.
■ The new spelling champion
for this six weeks is Betty
I Schile.
Eddie May
I A warranty deed from Ray
'mond and Pauline Shannon to
j Leo and Dorothy Kreiner for
| lots 3 and 79, block 6 of the
; Erskine sub-division has been
| recorded at the U. S. Com
1 missioner’s office.
LETTER TO EDITOR
Dear Editor:
I have been a telephone sub
] scriber in Kodiak for the bet
j ter part of a year now and I
have finally reached the end
; of my patience. 1 am writing
this letter in the hopes that
there are some civic minded
citizens in Kodiak with enough
interest in their community to
rectify a serious situation.
The telephone is no longer
considered a luxury in the
home, it is a vital and neces
sary investment. It effects the
health and welfare of any
home in an emergency. One of
the first things we do is nick
up the telephone and call the
police, fire department, doctor
or garage. Whatever the situ- j
ation we have come to put a
trust in our telephone.
However, it has been our ex
perience in Kodiak that no
trust whatsoever can be put in
our telephone service.
Among other things there
is no such thing as a private
conservation. . .you dial a
number and get in on some
one elses conversation. A I
write this letter (Wednesday)
my telephone rings incessantly
and is completely out of or
der. . . one of my neighbors
wanted to make an emergency
call but could not. Unfortun
ately there is only one tele
phone company in Kodiak. Is
it possible that this . . .outfit
is in p position to tell an en
tire city that it can go to
blazes? It is easy for a mon
opoly to take this stand.
Are the elected city officials
interested enough in their
community’s welfare to con
duct an official investigation
into this deplorable situation?
It is about time that some on#
investigated a situation that
may lead to serious conse
; quences to a lot of people.
1 (Name withheld by request)
FWS Color Movies
| Shown Rotary Club
More movies in color of the
U. S. Fish and Wildlife Ser
vice conservation program for
animals and birds were shown
the Kotary Club Tuesday.
The film was the second
part of a series. The pictures
were taken in the Souris Game
Refuge in the states and were
loaned to the club by Paul
Chapados. local FWS game
agent.
Guests attending the meet
ing were Bob Logan, skipper
of the Kodiak Salvor, Paul
Dupler, attorney, Bill Smith,
cashier at the Bank of Kodiak,
and Oscar Hansen, Insurance
department at the bank.
Telephones Dead
On Wednesday
The Kodiak Telephone Com
pany system was out of order
all day Wednesday due to
mechanical failure.
Through the cooperation of
the Navy Machine Shop, Ed
Cushing managed to have all
phones working by Thursday
morning. The machine shop
made two new gears to re
place the broken ones that
caused the system to fail,
Cushing said Thursday.
Captain Larry Bucy of the
ACS also helped get the
rhones back in operation.
Cushing added.
Support the TB Christmas
Seal Campaign.
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'Wapiti 'WiCliwacu-1
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This new assignment makes one feel like a bull in
a china closet instead of an ELK in KODIAK, but here
goes on a new venture.
On Saturday night, December 8th, the EMBLEM
j' CLUB is serving a delicious BUFFET SUPPER, so sez’
DOC ROCHELLE. His endorsement is excellent but it
really doesn’t carry any weight. Look at the cut o’ him.
But-with the B & B BEEF TRUST behind the
BUFFET (incidently that B & B is BENNET and
BOGGS, two GOURMETS in their own right) you may
rest assured of a bountiful banquet. That’s December 8,
BROTHERS.
The ELKS FALL CARNIVAL, a gala two days
December 14th and 15th will be a DATE for your desk
pad. If you ride a bike and carry your lunch to work
just have your wife put those two DATES on your lunch
bucket and not in it. Every buck you spend those nights
will add one BRICK to the second story of the CLUB.
That sounds like a mighty good motto: ‘A BUCK A
BRICK’ Some day before you begin to gum your steaks
we will have a two floored edifice!^ Well to cut a long
story short, make the CARNIVAL for an evening of
fun, frolic and food. Games for everyone and a swell
•time for all.
Words of Wisdom by WAPITI:
A CHAIN is as strong as its WEAKEST LINK.
However, you are much better off to be a WEAK LINK
in a CHAIN, rather than a MISSING LINK. Attend the
regular lodge meetings every second and fourth Fridays
of each month.
WILBUR the WISTFUL WAPITI