iUDfflSJ)
NEWS-FEMININE-VIEWS
Canteen Corps
Seeks Utensils
The American Red Cross this
week placed Mrs. Forest G
Ayers in chaige of the Canteer
Corps of Kodiak. This corps is
organized to prepare in advance
and to plan for mass feedings ir
case of an emergency. This maj
necessitate working at the scene
of disaster or where directed bj
military or naval authorities. The
group will work in cooperatior
with Rev. Morony, head of the
Red Cross, and Mr. W. J. Er
skine, head of the Disaster Com
mittee.
The project will also include
the planting of home and com
munity gardens and the organi
zation of groups to can and store
produce and foods in case of fut
ure needs. It is requested that
all interested in doing this vol
unteer work get in touch with
Mrs. Ayers at once so the nec
essary units may be appointed.
The group will be identified by
the regulation blue and white
uniforms, with the Red Cross in
signia and service stripes.
There is need for large kettles
and other utensils that can be
spared from your homes for the
cooking and serving of foods.
There is also need foi jars for
canning and large kegs or barrel
sized containers for varying
drinking water. The canteen
corps will gratefully accept any
of the above articles from any
who can spare them.
Junior Red Cross Acts
In Oaring For Children
The American Junior Red
Cross has already gone into
action by assisting the women of
the Red Cross on Thursday
afternoon. Several of the women
of the Senior Red Cross planned
to unpack and sort the material
that is stored in Erskine’s ware
house but it was difficult to leave
their preschool children. The
Junior Red Cross volunteered
to care for these children at the
Baptist church during the time
the mothers planned to work.
Those girls who participated in
this patriotic program were:
Betty Jo Confer, Shirley Reid,
Rosabel Morrison, and Marlene
Lecher. Mrs. Charles Burr acted
as supervisor.
Women’s Society
Elects Officers
A well - prepared address on
the life and work of Madame
Chang Kai - Shek, given by Mrs.
A. Holmes Johnson, was the fe
ature of the program of the me
eting of the Women’s Society of
the Community Baptist church
help Thursday.
The meeting was opened with
a devotional period on world
friendship, led by Mr3 W. J. Er
skine. Hostesses for the day
were Mrs. R. L. Clifton and
Mrs Erskine Refreshments were
served from a lace - covered tea
table decorated with spring
flowers in yellow and white.|Mrs.
F. McConaghy and Mrs. A.
Sumerlia poured.
At the business meeting offi
cers for the coming year were el
ected. They are: Mrs. R. L. Clift
on, president; Mrs. Maurice Br
iggs, vice - president; Miss Enid
Myers, secretary' - treasurer.
Another of the popular $1 din
ners will be served at the
church, Tuesday April 28, from
6 to 7:30 p. m. The public is in
vited.
Material Wanted
It will be necessary to have a
quantity of white material for
triangular bandages for the First
Aid stations about the town for
use should the need arise.
Contributions of white cloth,
dish towels, diapers, sugar and
flour sacks, old sheets, or any
material that could be cut into a
triangle of 36 to 40 inches on the
two straight sides.
This material may be left with
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson, Red
Cross First Aid chairman, at the
Griffin Memorial Hospital or at
the Health Center with Mrs.
Anne Whalley, Public Health
Nurse.
Daughter Boro
Word has been received of the
birth of a daughter, a second
j child, to Mr. and Mrs S. “Kit”
i Carson, in Las Vegas, Nevada,
in March. The Carsons are for
mer residents of the naval air
station where Mr. Carson was
employed as carpenter forman.
He was also well-known as the
drummer in Merritte Holden
“Royal Alaskan’s” dance orch
estra
KODIAK LIBRARY
MOTHER'S DAY—MAY 10
^ Mail Your Gifts for Mother's Day - Now ®
IVORY NECKLACES
BEAUTIFUL SILK SOUVENIR PILLOW TOPS
ORIGINAL PAINTINGS-Howard Weyahok
HAND MADE BASKETS
COPPER NOVELTIES
3pen<*ll:00 a m to blackout—Sunday 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Next <o the Brow a Bear Cafe
Densmore-Nobile
Miss Della Nobile, of Fresno,
California, became the bride of
Otis Densmore, Kodiak,in a cer
emony performed by Rev. Greg
ory S. Morony in the Baptist
parsonage, Wednesday, April 15.
Witnesses to tne ceremony were
E. L. Schenk and Evelyn L.
Morony.
Smith-Jones
Miss Marie Elizabeth Jones
was married Thursday, April 9
to Reyburn Joseph Smith, of St.
Louis. The ceremony was per
formed by Rev. Gregory S.
Morony in the parsonage of the
Baptist church, with Jack K
Delane and Wanda Francis as
witnesses.
births
To Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Cohen, March 29, a girl; Rella
Dorothy.
To Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Jos
eph Ball, a girl, March 29; Dan
nielle Rlee.
To Mr. ai d Mrs. George Stan
ley Miles, March 30, a girl; Mary
Georganna.
There are 21 incorporated
towns in Alaska.
ffiimggjgg
Log JVaffle Shop
Myrtle Keinpton, Prop.
SHORT ORDERS
QUICK SERVICE
Fresh Eggs Only
Are Used in Our Orders
KEMPTON’S
Home-made Chili
FLY WITH
STAR
AIR
LINES
INC
FOR
INFORMATION
SEE
Agent
RAY MARTIN
I.ast year there were 217
licensed fur fanners in Alaska.
BOUGHT
SOLD
&
EXCHANGED
Rhoades
Furniture Store
Wes Rhoades, Prop.
\ DELICIOUS
\ FRESHLY FROZEN
j ICE CREAM
j America’s Most
\ Popular Dessert I
i \Ve offer a variety of many
\ flavors for your pleasure ’
[ FANCY SUNDAES
AND
SOPHISTICATED
SODAS
i
$ It’s Always a Treat
j to Spend a few
^ Minutes Hen! ]
WE ALWAYS HAVE THS
LATEST MAGAZINES
AND PAPERS
Drug Sundries
Kodiak Fountain
Alfred Lian, Owner
★STAR CAFE-*]
OPEN 24 HOURS A Ml
We feature SWIFT’S PREMIUM
★
SWIFT’S PREMIUM FRANKFURTERS—
the tops in hot dogs
SWIFT’S PREMIUM GROUND STEER BEEF—
that makes our hamburger the best
SWIFT’S PREMIUM BACON—
your BROOKFIELD EGGS demand IT
★ j
Coffee made fresh every 5 minutes
You Ttoill find our sefbice SWIFT and a CPREMIU&
Lorena Tolbert, Owner
ALASKA TRANSFER CO.
STORAGE
' OF ALL KINDS
! GRAVEL HAULED FURNITURE MOVED
LLOYD SWAN, Owner
Warehouse on Channel Road
SUITS
1 CUSTOM TAILORED — Men’s and Women’s
JACK METZGAR
Office and Sample Room Next to Dell’s Cafe
: I
.. mrnnmmanmxnaBB
FOR MOTHER’T DAY
Remember Her with
a box of Gandy
WE FEATURE
Sociefe, Brown & Mali
Quality Boxed Gandie
FRESH ROASTED PEANUTS and POPCORN
Candies - Bars of All Kinds - Soft Drinks
The Cub
H. KWINANS, Owner