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VOL. 5 NO. 43
KODIAK, ALASKA — DECEMBER 22, 1945
PRICE 10 CENTS
Christmas
Pageant Set
The scenery is finished, the
special lighting is arranged and
even the coloiing on the cos
tumes is at last dry, so that ev
erything is in readiness for the
big Community Christmas pro
gram, to be held Monday even
ing at the Orpheum theatre.
There is no admissian for the
show, which is sp. nsored by the
local Rotary Club, and this year,
to enable all to see the special
Chrismas pageant, there will be
two complete performances.
The first will start at 6 o’clock
sharp, and is for all younger
children, including those accom
panied by their parents, and the
second, promptly at 7:30, is for
older children and adults
And the children don’t need to
worry—Santa Claus will make his
appearance for both groups, and
a bag of candy, fruit and a favor
will go to every youngster.
The musical pageant, “The
Nativity” will be presented by
toe children of the local school,
under the direction of Miss Betty
Carter, whose presentation of
students in Christmas carols last
year brought ttie highest praise
and filled the theatre so that
many were turned away.
Much work has gone into this
year s more elaborate presenta
tion which promises to be a high
spot of the holiday festivities.
Everyone is cordially invited to
attend.
The program and participants’
names follow:
*' The Nativity”
Christmas Caro] Service by Stan
ley Effinger
Tableaux Cast:
Mary Donna Fitzgerald
Joseph—Donald Clark
Three Kings—Raymond Madsen
Cecil Sholl
Allen ChernofT
Shepherds—Alfred Anderson
Eldon Bell
Dale Moore
Fred Jordan
Angels—Mary Lou Morony
Marlys Biinn
Joyce Bubendorf
Ruth Chase
Jo Anne Knudsen
Nancy Norman
Gail Christopherson
Marie Nelson
Members of the Chorus—Viv
ian Pagano, Marie Cope, Marie
Swenson, Janice Kennedy, Zoe
Johnston, Molly Mahle, Betty
Beals, Alma Nelson, Germaine
Madsen, Joann Howe, Martha
Olson, Sylvia Larsen, Geneneiva
Owen, Helen Beukers, Gail
Blankenburg, Betty Heglin , Es
ther Levme, Marilyn Chamber
lain, June Ruyle, lone Norton,
Gladys Pagano, Cleo Gregorioff,
Theresa, Annie, Ernestine
Next Issue Of
Mirror Jan. 5
As has been the custom in ev
ery past year, the Kodiak Mirror
will omit the issue of Dec. 29
and will re-appear next with the
issue da'ed Jan. 5.
Watch Night
Eve In Offing
A New Year’s Eve Watch
Night Party, with games and
refieshments and a special ser
vice has been announced by the
Community Baptist church for
the evening of Monday, Dec. 31,
beginning at 8 pm.
The evening will be brought to
a close with the special Watch
Night service starting at 11:30
pm.
Rev. Glen Chandler is in
charge of the affair with Mrs.
Gregory Morony and Rev. John
Winter handling the en ertain
inent. A public invitation is ex
tended to all who wish to attend.
Christmas Music
Sung For Club
Christmas music presented by
a chorus of 4th Grade students,
under the direction of Mrs. Es
ther Meill, charmed the members
of the Rotary club at their lun
cheon Tuesday.
Isabel Nelson, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Oscar Nelson, sang a
solo, “O, Come All Ye Faithful”
and a quartet composed of Irene
Sundberg, Ruth Chase, Carol
Gregoroff and Isabel Nelson sang
“I Heard the Bells on Christmas
Day”.
The group presented “Hark!
the Herald Angels Sing”, “Cali
fornia Holly” and‘‘Silent Night”.
The singers were Natalie Pou
chene, Isabel Nelson, Ruth
Chase, Dolores Moore, Carol
Gregoroff, Gertrude Selig, Marie
Anderson, Irene Sundberg and
Donald Winter. Mrs. Meill was
the accompanist.
Guests at the luncheon were
John Johnson, NOB, Kodiak,
and Captain Walter Kraft.
Mass Announced
Midnight Mass will he held on
Christmas Eve in the former
Red Cross center building. There
will be special Christmas music
and Benediction of the Blessed
Sacrament immediately follow
ing the Mass. The public is in
vited to attend.
Chichenoff, Anna Pavloff, Alice
Brun, Eleanor Nekeferoff, Lor
raine Magnusen, Max Folsom,
Gene Sundberg, Dickie Simeon
off, Raymond Hartman, Gary
Landin, James Kizer, Douglas
Dawson, Jimmy Scroggs.
Firemen’s Ball
New Year’s Eve
A good time, a chance at a
door prize of a $25 Victory Bond,
and an opportunity to contribute
to the VolunteerFire department
are all offered by the Firemen’s
Annual New Year’s Ball, to be
held the evening of Dec. 31.
Dancing will be from 9 to 1,
with music furnished by a local
orchestra. The affair will be the
first public dance in the Ameri
can Legion building since it was
taken over during the war by
the Red Cross.
Always one of the biggest,
dances of the season, the annual
event is the only one the Fire
men have to raise funds for their
department.
No special advertising for the
dance should be needed but if it
were, the department’s work in
extinguishing the skating rink
fire that this week threatened a
block of the town should be all
that is required.
An advanced ticket sale is be
ing conducted so get your ticket
now.
Open house for Firemen, their
families and guests, will be held
at the firehall before the New
Year’s Eve ball, with a buffet
lurfch and refreshments. Open
house starts at 7 pm.
Turkey Shoot
A Turkey Shoot, regardless of
weather, will be held today and
Sunday, out Brooklyn avenue,
Tom Nachaud announced. With
3 classes of shooters, advanced,
beginners and women, there will
be prizes for each.
At the council meeting held
Thursday, because the regular
meeting comes on Christmas ev ■,
the members voted to send a let
er to the Volunteer FireDepar
ment praising it for the “very ef
ficient manner” in which fires
have been handled in the past
year.
Heavy rains beginnrng Sunday
damaged Brooklyn avenue near
Clark’s garage and washed out
parts of roads in other sections
of town when culverts be
came Hooded. At Mrs. Warren
Taylor’s apartment behind the
Taylor office about 2 inches of
water covered the floors at the
height of the storm.
Pat Wright, manager of the
Town club, left on Monday’s
plane to spend the holidays with
his parents in Seattle. It is his
first trip to the States since his
discharge from the Army here.
Just 2 Shopping Days
Until Christmas!
Merchants Bring
Holiday Messages
Kodiak’s progressive merch
ants have taken space in this is
sue of the Kodiak Mirror to
bring to you, their friends and
customers, traditional greetings
of the season.
Behind each greeting are the
sincerest of wishes and we recom
mend the reading of them to all
Included in many are an
nouncements regarding holiday
closings.
Santa Claus
Gets Mail Here
One Kodiak boy has faith in
the post office: this week he took
his letter to Santa Claus and
mailed it at the local post office.
A second letter also confront
ed Postmaster Maurice Briggs,
being addressed to Santa Claus,
North Pole, Kodiak, Alaska. It
was mailed from a town in Calif
ornia.
The North Pole may not be at
Kodiak but Santa Claus will be,
so the letters have been turned
over to the Rotary Club who
will see that Santa gets them.
Enlisted Men
Arrange Party
In keeping with the Christmas
holiday season, the Enlisted Men
of Fort Greely cordially invite
Kodiak girls to be their guests at
a theatre and dancing party Sun
day evening, Dec. 23.
Festivities open at 6 pm at the
Army theatre with the showing
of “The Bells of St. Mary’s”
starring Bing Ciosby and Ingrid
Bergman. Following the show
fun-seekers will move to the lux
urious Service Club for an infor
mal dance to run from 8:30 to 11
pm. Intermission will be featured
with refreshments.
Transportation for girls desir
ing to attend will leave from the
bank at 5:30 pm. Girls unable to
attend the show but wishing to
be present for the dance may ob
tain a ride at the bank at 9 pm
by leaving their names with the
group chaperones, Mrs. Anne An
derson or Miss Marie Olson.
The party is for Army person
nel only and is the last of a ser
ies of Army Unit Fund events.
Gifts Made
Christmas giving this week in
cluded a gift of $100 by a Navy
Welfare fund for the children at
the Kodiak Baptist Mission; a
donation of $i00 to the Grey
Nuns of the Sacred Heart, oper
ators of the local hospital, by
the Bartenders Union; and a
treat of ice cieam, fruit and can
dy for 300 school students, pro
vided by the Teamsters Union.
Churcn nas
Yule Plans
Sunday night at 7:30 o’clock
the annual Christmas music will
be presented by the Chuich
Choir of the Community Baptist
Church. A complete cantata has
been pieparea, entitled: “The
Star of Bethlehem”, by Carrie B.
Adams. This is an exceedingly
beautiful Christmas cantata and
all lovers of good music will en
joy this service of Christmas in
music.
The parts of the cantata, with
the particular singers follow:
1. Chorus: “Oh, Come, All Ye
Faitbful”-fuU Choir
2. Chorus: ‘ Goodwill to Men”
full Choir
3 Tenor solo: “The Shepherds
Vison” sung by Edgar Burress
4. Chorus: ‘Holy* Night”-full
Choir
5. Soprano Solo: “Sleep, My Sa
viour, Sleep”-sung by Mrs. P.
J. Watkinson
6. Quartet: “Star of the East’
Mrs. N M. Chamberlain, Mrs.
Leland Barries, Mr. N. M.
Chamberlain, Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson
7. Chorus: “From MouiVaine
Afar”-full choir, with incident
al solo by Rev. John S. Win
ter
8. Contralto solo: “A Mother’s
Carol” sung by Mrs. Robert.
Dawson
9. Men’s Chorus: “Room for the
Christ-Child”
10. Soprano solo: ‘ The Glorious
Star” sung by Miss Betty
Caiter
11. Chorus: "Alleluia”-full choir
12. Final Chorus: “Oh, Sing un
to the Lord”
The members of the church
choir are:
Sopranos: Mesdames P J. Wat*
kinson, N. M. Chamberlain,
Mo-ris Burnham, Sterling Shep
hard, A. Holmes Johnson
Altos: Mesdames Robert Daw
son, Stanley Alvine, Fred Miller,
Leland Barnes, Misses Betty
Carte], and Jacqueline Smith
Tenors: N. M. Chamberlain, Ed
gar Burress, Eugene Bromley
Basses: Rev. John Winter, Dr.
A. Holmes Johnson, Robert Par
kin, Robert Dawson, Fred Jor
dan, Sr.
The church choir is under the
direction of Miss Betty Carter
and the accompanist for the can
tata is Mrs. Harry Eugene Spen
cer.
In connection with this Christ
mas service an offering will be
received for the Public Health
Nurse. As was done last year,
the entire offering will be turned
over to her for her to use as she
has need in her work.
The public is invited to this
service which will be held in the
sanctuary of the Community
oaptist church.