Kodiak Diary
(continued from page 3)
“We left the canteen and went
out info the dii3ty, perilous
streets again. In front of a bar
ber-shop (Thorsheim's?) we
struck up an acquaintance with
an Aleut who sa'd that although
he didn’t mind soldiers, he was
pleased that the military police
were around. (Who isn’t? You
never know what might drop in
on LS’s, T. or I) The soldiers,
he said, were always giving one
another hotfoots, which he
thought must be an American
custom. (Theobald strikes an
other false note. We will wager
the Kodiak Mirror, lock (Yale),
stock (Bristol and stuff) and
fcjtrref (oil—two) against the New
Yorker, if they provide a satis
factory boot, that that statement
pure fabrication.)
“Toward evening we encount
>ered a young Quartermaster
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Corps lieutenant . . He took us
out of town on a rough dirt
(Oops) road leading to what he
said were the two best eating
I and drinking places on the is
land—the Montmartre and the
Chicken Dinner. They were .in
almost identical big frame build
ings set among evergreens. (Iden
tical. like the Empire State and
RCA buildings, which are located
on the same street, just as much.)
We chose the Montmartre It
was just one large room with a
bar, a few booths, a juke box, a
dance floor, and a lot of hunting
trophies on the walls A big bear
skin, head and all, jaws realisti
cally agape, was draped at the
back of one booth. (See, it does
get funnier as you go along.
Montmartre is two stories, down
stairs has a room with dance
floor and booths, bar room, two
private dining rooms, a kitchen
ana two little rooms. There are
not, and never have been, any
hunting trophies on the walls.
There never has been a bearskin
in it. Honest.) The five of us
ordered hi^nbulls, which were
seventy-five cents, and steaks,1
which were two dollars. The
steaks were good and the drinks
were weak. (Maybe you had too
many steaks, Thebe )
The Kodiak portion of the ar
ticle closes with a description of
one of the party’s experience
dancing with an “Aleut lady
named Helen”. The experience
could well be true, but if so, it is
atypical.
If we were like the New York
er we would end this with a
brilliant, witty fillip of a tag line
that would leave you rolling on
the isle (Kodiak). But now, we
realize, there are times when we
don’t want to be like the New
Yorker.
harry Howe left recently for
Seattle on a business trip He
may also buy a new home while
there. He expects to be back the
latter part of February.
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Town Topics
Sixteen taxi business permit
ienewals were approved at the
council meeting Monday night.
; They were for T. T Jackson,
j Norman Slenes, Eric Blanken
i burg, Henry Haag (2 tax's), 1 ee
Caddeli, Leo Sears (transfer from
S. H. Sears), Al Nixon (2), I.or
ena Kizer by Walter Kizer (2),
I Itoy Snyder (transfer from Mike
I Gustitus). Al Fenner, Ray Mar
tin, Raymond Sears, and Neal
Day. 1 ransfer only, T. T. Jack
son to Bill Crymer.
New employes at the Victory
cafe include Dee Anderson,
night chefess, and Eddie Nevers,
dishwasher.
Recent storms have changed
the face of the cove at Mill Bay.
Erosion has cut in so that the
road along the beach is impass
able and gate posts at one end
have disappeared. Concern is
felt that if the erosion continues
the bay may reach the small
lake located just inside the road
and the lake may drain into the
bay.
When Nancy Lee Meister,
local Red Cross worker, came
into the Kodiak Bottling Works
the pther day to pay the Red
Cross bill to Lilian Morris,
bookkeeper, the two discovered
they knew each other from days
when both lived in Sacramento,
where both used to ride twice
weekly at the same stables. So
they arranged to have dinner
together to talk over old times.
A. J. Collins, owner of the
Casino, installed a new wood
sidewalk from in front of the
cafe west to connect with the
concrete sidewalk ending at The
Cub. Re was assisted in the work
by Nick Anderson
Joe Marino, local manager for
the Anchorage Cold Storage
company, and John Bissett,
NAS, were guests at the Rotary
[luncheon Tuesday.
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