As is customary, there will
be no publication of the Ko
diak MIRROR between Christ
mas and New Years.
The next issue of the paper
will appear on Jan. 5, 1952.
Emil Norton is working at
Kraft’s Men’s Store this week.!
War Experiences Told
By KNS Journalist
What it feels like to be shot f
down three times, forced |
down three more and mea-r
sured fora cannibal’s cooking]
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NIGHTLY VARIETY j
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HELEN WAIALEALE
AT THE PIANO
WITH ,
GEORGE BUXTON
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“Monies On Tuesdays”
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Every Thursday
$zdc*to Sfrorititofy @lu&,
Phone three three 0 three
ENJOY YOUR HOLIDAYS
At The BOWL
Open bowling 7—11 everyday
No League bowling until
Jan. 7, 8 & 9 1952
THG BOWL
Pacific Northern Airlines
KODIAK • ANCHORAGE $35
KODIAK to HOMER $18.25
KODIAK to JUNEAU $105
Tax not included in fares
Phone 4131
Ray Martin, agent
pot was descriptively told
Rotary Club 5533 Tuesday by
Chief L. “Lefty” Craft, USN.
Chief Craft, now chief
journalist for the 17th Naval
District, was a radio gunner
during World War II and sur
vived several of the great
battles in the Pacific area.
Craft and his 240 pound,
six foot four pilot spent 13
days drifting around the
Pacific in a one man life raft
after their dive bomber was
forced down. “Those rafts
were designed to hold one man.
You can imagine how crowded
it was for two especially if
one of the men is large. I
spent most of the time sitt
ing in the pilot’s lap,” Craft
said in describing one of his
experiences.
He served aboard three
different carriers during the
early years of the war and
had two of them shot or tor
pedoed from under him.
After one water landing
Craft and the pilot made it to
an island with only one Mae
West jacket between them.
They were greeted by a big
tall islander. Craft says he
believes the natives, if they
had been hungry, would have
eaten his 240 pound pilot be
fore they tried him. They
spent four days on the island!
and were later picked up by a
Navy PT boat.
Craft is now looking for a
house so that he can bring his
family here from Alameda,
California.
Guests attending the meet
ing were Frank Brink, Bill
Smith, Paul Dupler and Ed
Sandy.
ueorgia sonntag
Married Dec. 8
Miss Georgia Sonntag,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
George Sonntag, and a gradu
ate of Kodiak High School in
1950, was married on Dec. 8
at Fort Richardson to PFC
Charles Anderson of Kodiak.
The bride left here a year
and a half ago to make her
home in Port Chester, N. Y,
Anderson has been in the
army for ten months.
The wedding took place at
2:30 pm in the Engineers
Chapel at Fort Richardson,
and was followed by a recep
tion and dinner.
Best man for Anderson was
Mike Kerr of the Air Force,
and matron of honor was Mrs.
Dorothy Anderson.
For the wedding the bride
wore a two-toned grey suit
with a halo of white carna
tions.
The newlyweds plan to live
in Anchorage for ihe remain
der of Anderron’s enlistment,
and will then make a trip to
the states.
Henry Strom, carpenter
foreman for Haddock and
associates, plans to fly to Se
ward to spend Christmas with
his wife who is in the sani
torium there.
MacDonaldEstablishe:
Trailer Court Here
H. F. MacDonald has es
tablished a new trailer cour
in Kodiak which will hel]
ease the housing shortag(
here’ according to a story ir
the Anchorage News.
j The court has been named
Shangri-La Trailer Court. It
is located on Ocean Street
’ just, outside the city limits,
i according to the News.
, Mac Donald is owner of the
Kodiak Cold Storage company
and the Philco apartments.
The
Ships Tavern
with
The Club Unique
and
The Idle Hour Bar
Will Be CLOSED Xmas Day
MERRY XMAS TO AU
we will celebrate with you
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Our BULL is Gone -
But we have Bullfrogs!!
RHOADES
FURNITURE STORE
WES RHOADES, PROP.
Phone 4151
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KODIAK WELDING WORKS
and time for us
to express our greetings
of the Season and
*0 once more sny "Thank You"