KODIAK .
DIARY ...
rf tbe 12-noon siren blows at
jrJ,e to indicate your watcb is
^ don't reset your timepiece,
jt blows to indicate your
^tcb is sloW’ yOU may set y°nr
meters with impunity.
(jetofge Clawson, who pushes
button with such regularity
vless he’s at a Draft Board
^-ptiag)> Sets the time from the
He waits until the pto
is finished and when the
®*~pou«cer says “it is now 12
-clock” George blows it, or if
Ibe announcer says “it is now 1
-plruito to twelve” George waits
minute necessary. However,
,f tbo program runs a little long,
,nd ibe announcer says some
jjjjiiff like “it is now 1 minute
,fter 32” George just can’t help
so he blows it anyway,
go jf your watch is fast with
tb*? signal, don’t reset it, bur if
it's slow, you can Sometimes
you can hear the announcer say
it is 3 minute after 12 and turn
to ftoother station and a minute
uter bear it is the same time, or
earlier. But at least if you go by
the &iren you are going by some
thing, and it’s the best there is
until someone strings a wire to
the Observatory at Greenwich.
And that would take some
wire pulling.
From Pfc. Harold C. Betting
er, brother of Lee Bettinger, we
received the following letter tak
ing us to task for including him
out in mention of—well, let’s let
bis letter tell the story:
* The other day I saw a bird
(ravens don’t count) and heaid
the fbst song of spring. If 1 were
mi elderly Englishman, and if re
ports reaching me of elderly Eng
lishmen a'e true, I should at this
•©meat be writing a letter to
•he Times. But being a GI, and
from Kodiak I shall instead
•rite to The Mirror, and such
birds as may be hinted at in this
l*tler are birds strictly in the
terminology
*No birds to your paper, tho.
Quite the contrary. When I lived
• cities in the States I often no
***ed the newsstands which spec
*■***«* home town newspapers,
**** was amused to see how
*®R**ly customeis bought the
**»dunk Center News, or the
City Beagle. (Ed. Note: It
*•8 Bugle when we bought it.)
* *«mJdn’t be amused anymore
week my wife sends me a
of the Mirror, and believe
3 sweat out the mail line
***** Week until the latest issue
***^*8. And my pleasure ia not
lessened by the fact that
is a bit dated by the
& reaches me. Dated, be
5ave you tried the Yum
C^n’s Special Chinese and
foreign Dishes and Very
racial Sandwiches when
get hungry?
^Ty Them Tonight!
Open until 3 am
YUM SHOPPE
^cxt to Lyric Theatre
cause while I’m not so very far
from Kodiak iu miles, I’m about
8 days from home by mail
“Reading the paper each week i
I’ve Doticed one thing which ti-st j
amused, but now irks me. De-!
spite any intimations to the con
trary I still own a third interest
in the Kodiak Bottling Work,
whose management I took over
and I left it in a highly solvent
state when I ente: ed the Army.
! I also retain my third interest in
the Kodiak Candy company, in
whose management I have had
no hand but for whose birth
(considering it’s subsequent dev
elopment I think ‘birth’ is a good
term) I am largely responsible
and it was I who raised the m~D
ey for the first purchase of equip
ment and supplies. As for the
building which the candy comp
any has rented as a dipping
room, it is not owned by Lee
Bettinger, as reported in yrur is
sue of March 24, but comprises
part of an estate of which Lee is
trustee pending the end of the
war and my discharge from the
Army. In point, o' fact, his inter
est in the property is no greater
than that of my wife, who is a
co-owner.
“I mention this matter, and
hope you’ll print this, because
I’m tired of having persons ask
me why I sold out, which always
involves a long explanation on
my part and usually results in a
look of disbelief on their faces,
for after all they do gain a con
trary opinion from reading your
paper and, as you know, the
power of the press is strong—es
pecially the lower of the Mirror
with us home town folk.
“Someday I hope to be back
in Kodiak. In the meantime,
don’t skip any issues because the
Mirror means a lot to me, as I
imagine it does to every other
Kodiak Gl.”
Thanks for the explanation,
Harold We once had one part
ner tell us he owned interest in
one of the branches of the com
pany and another partner tell us
the other partner did not own an
interest in that branch of the
company, but maybe we’ll get it
all straight yet. Sorry about the
oversight.
And we are always glad to
piint letters that contain one
criticism to four plugs for the
Mirror. In fact, the ratio could
be less.
Oldest Oil Transfer Co.
in Kodiak!
■ We limit our activities to hauling oil
consequently you can depend upon us
to serve you.
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TH E
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