Eodiak ftlirror
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Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1378.
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Melton L. Crawford, Editor and Publisher
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Palmer Has A Good Idea
The Palmer Chamber of Commerce has launched a
Campaign urging residents and all businesses to do their buy-,
<«gin Palmer. J
A committee to advertise the project and so keep it be- J
fore the public has been started. The civic-mindedness and!
■■public spirit of the Palnjer C of C are praiseworthy. :
Such a campaign should be started in Kodiak. It is evi
dent that a great amount of business that is transacted with
stateside firms could be done in Kodiak.
It would take a lot of campaigning to make the project
successful here. One of our prominent business men, a most
active member of the Chamber of Commerce, is forever
trumpeting his own business and urging Kodiakians to
patronize it, yet be consistently makes most of his firm’s pur
chases and sends business that could be done here to the states.
There are no laws, nor will there be any under our
democratic form of government, that say a person shall do
business with any certain person or firm.
; But it is the duty and responsibility of every person
making his living in Kodiak to support businesses and per4
oons here that contribute materially to the successful opera*
lion of his own business. !;
Many local business houses religiously support othei
local businesses. They are the true builders and are worthy of
ttie support of every Kodiak resident.
Local merchants know that every need of Alaskana
cannot be obtained in the territory but they have a right and
do expect other businesses to patronize them whenever
possible.
did Harbor Boy
/Aided By CG
Paul Alexanderoff, ' 6, of
Qld H&rbor, was brought to
Kodiak'Wednesday in a Coast
Guard PBY at the request of
Miss Mary Jane Hurley;, public
health nurse, and Thursday
aentle the sanitarium at Se
ward.
Chief Aviation Pilot. E. P.
Ward and Lieut. G. W. Wag
ner piloted the PBY aqd were
accompanied on the flight by
Captain G. W. Dickinson,
senior medical officer at Ko
diak Naval Station.
Mrs. Curtis Saxton also
accompanied the patient on
the return flight.
i
Two Navy crash boats and a
tender have been stationed in
Gibson's Cove because of the
icy condition of Women’s Bay.
The tender is the L. S. U. 778
and is used as quarters for the
crsws of the crash boats.
Talmage L. Smith, local
attorney, was a passenger on
PNA for Anchorage Tuesday.
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LETTER TO EDITOR
Dear Editor:
Operation of a hospital—
even a small one—is big busi
ness. Big in more ways than
one.
The responsibilities arising
from the care of the sick and
the ailing —of providing the
finest, most efficient scientific
equipment for diagnosis and
therapy—of operating on a
twenty-four hour basis every
day—ail these responsibilities
are heavy and bring many
problems. Shortage of trained
personnel, constantly increas
ing costs of materials, equip
ment, food, wages—every
thing Che hospital buys and
pays for bring problems of
their own.
The cost of * ‘charity cases’ ’
every hospital accepts as a
moral obligation is fast be
coming one of the most criti
cal problems of hospitals
everywhere. The bad debts of
those who can pay only a por
tion of their hospital bill—and
of those who SAY they cannot
pay—also affect hospital ex
penses.
At this point, it might be
stressed that your hospital—all
rumors to the contary not
withstanding—has absolutely
no outside source of income,
no endowment or other fund,
upon which it may draw to
make up for deficits. These
are some of the “clouds” on
our horizon.
But in every hospital cloud
there is a silver lining. Hard
to describe or define is that
deep seated sense of satis
faction, of accomplishment, of
joy in aiding the sick and the
suffering, watching them —
so dependent, so helpless—re
gain their health and return to
their loved ones. Not the least
part of that satisfaction de
rives from the whole-hearted
cooperation which has always
been shown us by the people
in this community.
In 1950, Griffin Memorial
Hospital cared for 57,6
patients. The books showed
an operating surplus of $61.16!
There were 93 births and six
deaths; four of the latter were,
patients who had been in the
hospital for less than forty
eight hours, and could there
fore not be counted as * ‘hospi
tal” deaths. In the line of new
equipment, an automatic dish
washer is now being shipped,
together with materials for
the installation of an entirely
new sink unit; the respirator,
furnished through funds
raised by the Iron Lung Com
mittee, arrived on January 1,
and a much-needed incubator,
from the same source, is on
order. A new operating room
light is badly needed, and will
be ordered as soon as funds
can be allocated for that pur
pose.
The above details are sub
mitted in the belief that the
friends of the hospital will be
interested in knowing some
thing about its operation. The
Sisters are grateful for the
support they have received in
the past, and for the loyalty
and good will of their friends.
Sister St. Dorothy
School Notes
By Sally Crooks
and Donald Clark
Basketball boys will take
over the Kodiak Bowling
Alley on Sunday, February 3,:
for the whole day.
All money taken in by the
alley, which is being donated
for the day by Grant Wheeler,
operator, will go to the team
for their trip to Anchorage.!
Prices are 30 cents per game
and 10 cents to rent bowling j
shoes.
The team will set pins and
generally run the alley.
I Permission to use the loft ini
the ACS barn on Signal Hill \
for basketball practice has j
been granted to the high]
school team by Captain Bucy. 1
The loft is about the size of
half a basketball court and is j
specially rigged for such j
practice.
The team will use it from,
now until they leave for An
chorage in mid February.!
Some responsibility is involved
as expensive equipment is
stored in the former experi
mental station barn.
With the announcement that'
city water should be boiled for
human use the water foun
tains at school have been
turned off and many grade
! school pupils are bringing
jars of water from home.
Last year drinking water
was boiled in the hoihe econo
mics department but the idea
was dropped because it was
thought likely that little
would be gained after several
peoDle handled the water.
English one and two stu
dents, freshmen and sopho
mores, have compiled excell
ent anthologies of 50 to 100
poems by many well known
authors.
The collections are groaped
into categories such as nature
and iove or by century periods.
As the school year entered
into its second semester all
the high school literature
classes changed ‘to English
grammar, and attention in
Spanish tocused from gram
mar, to reading the Spanish
edition of the Reader’s Digest.
Journahsm was terminated
and a new subject, Alaska
history, taken up.
Phyllis Sullivan, who has
been down with chicken pox
for over a week, is expected
to be back in school Monday.
Molly Mahle was out of
school Tuesday with a fever.
Alma Jean Norris, who
spent 16 days in Mossy Rock,
Washington, before coming
here from Reedsport, Oregon,
is the newest grade four pupil.
Her father, Lewis Norris,
is an NOB roads and runway
worker.
Three teachers have been
absent within the last week or
two.
Mrs. Isabelle. Rogan has
been ill several days this week
with the flu. She came, back to
school Wednesday but didn’t
feel like staying. Mrs.
Ellis, former home economics
teacher here, came to the
school's aid in Mrs. Rogan’s
place.
Mrs. Edna Lee Dixon
missed three days last week
during which time Mr. Schott
took care of her study halls
and band classes were can
celled.
Mrs. Audrey Naldrett also
missed one day but had no
classes scheduled for that time
anyway.
Eighth graders are hard at
worko aplay, “The Senti
mental Scarecrow,” which
they plan to give for the PTA.
Bob Frost is male lead and
Carol Larsen is the leading
lady.
The eighth graders are con
templating buying class pins
which have KG® ‘51 on them.
REFLECTIONS
in »h« MIRROR
1 YEAR AGO—1950
Mr. and Mrs. Max LaLande
purchased Christy’s Bakery
from Walter Erickson and
Bud Koch.
The public was invited to
visit ships of the task force
MiCoWx, here to conduct cold
weather exercises.
Construction of several new
poles was started by the
Patrick Lynch Co. for the
ACS, at its transmitter sta
tion.
5 YEARS AGO—1946
Committees for the newJjr
formed Community Center
were named, and Charles
Madsen was appointed to
head the drive for funds for
the recreation center.
Two earthquakes tremors
were reported and a college m
Massachusetts reported the
quake centered between Ko
diak and Seward.
Hospital Hews
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. John W
Wiley, a son Lester William,
Jan 22 8 lbs 4 oz.
To Mr. and Mrs. Carl J.
Erickson, a daughter Cariene
Gale, Jan. 20, 6 lbs 4 oz.
To Mr. and-‘Mrs. Richard
Yagashoff of Ouzinkie, a aim
Richard, Jr., Jan. 23, 7 Ik*
5 oz.
For emergency appendect
omies this week: Roy Arne
son, D and A butcher, Gera
sim Pestrikoff, Roy Sanford.
The Coastal Monarch, A
laska Steamship Company
freighter, is scheduled to sail
from Seattle on Feb. 12.
Arrival date in Kodiak wa*
not given.
Bill Davenport, who arrived
last Friday to work at Kraft*#
grocery department, left Wed
nesday to return to Phoenix,
Ariz.
Charles P. “Chuck” Tur
ner, Port Bailey superintend
dent, arrived from Seattle
Wednesday to spend a fear,
davs at the Kadiak Fisheriae'v
cannery.