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KODIAK, ALASKA DECEMBER 23, 1944
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Church Christmas
Plans Extensive
Two special Christmas servic
eg with beautiful Christmas
music have been arranged for
tomorrow at the Community
Baptist Church. Tomorrow be
ing Christmas Sunday and also
Christmas Eve special effort
has been made to have beautiful
music and effective dramatic
presentations.
The Christmas wor«hip ser
vice will be at 11:15 tomorrow,
and the special service arrange
ment will include the Pastor’s
message, “The Wise Worship
the King”, and the Church
Choir singing Norman’s “Glory
to God”, and Nolte’s “Day of
Wonder.”
The Christmas Eve Sunday
service will be at 7:30 o’clock
and the three choirs, choir dir
ector, special committee, and
Pastor have worked to bring a
service unique in its beautiful
combination of Christmas music
and dramatic presentation of
the Christmas Scripture story.
The dramatic presentation will
close with a still-life picture of
the manger scene and the pre
sentation of the Christmas Gift
Offering
The three choirs which will
participate in this extensive
Christmas music will be the
Children’s Choir, the Girl’s
Choir, and the adult Church
Choir. All are under the direc
tion of Miss Estelle Marlin.
The splendid work of Miss Mar
lin and her choir is well-known
to Kodiak. Mrs. George Williams
is assisting with the Children’s
Choir. The choirs and their
members are:
Children’s Choir—1st group:
Bill Nettle, Kenneth Nekef
eroff, George Beukers, Jerry
Hollman, Donald Winter,
Russell Gallagher, Alice
Ponchene, Carol Myer,
Marlyss Blinn.
Children’s Choir—2nd group:
Natalie Ponchene, Max Fol
som, Jasper Hollman, I ill
ian Sunberg, Mary Lou
Morony, Sally Heitman,
Lexie Fadaoff, Alice Davis.
Girl’s Choir:
June ftuyle, Gladys Pagano,
Charlotte Neilsen, Martha
Olsen, Jeanne Williams,
Joanne Williams, Nancy
Norman, Mattie Pavloff,
Anna Jean Peterson, Mari
lyn Chamberlain, Vivian
Pagano, Helen Beukers,
Germaine Madsen, Itosabell
Morrison.
| Adult Church Choir:
Sopranos: Mrs. Edith A.
Shepherd, Mrs. Frank
Colvin
Altos: Mrs. Stanley Alvine, 1
Miss Rose Graziano <
Tenors: Nelson M. Cham- I
Victory Ship “Kodiak"
Launched
Portland — By Associated
Press—Parka-clad visitors from
Alaska added color to the
launching of the Victory Ship
“Kodiak” at the Oregon Ship
building Corporation yards
Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Emil Knudsen, wife of
Kodiak’s mayor and owner of
Knudsen’s Kodiak Fountain,
was sponsor and her daughter,
Jo Anne, age 9, was flower girl as
the “Kodiak”, fortieth Victory
freighter, was launched. It was
the H92nd ship built by the yard.
Cold rain made all but Mrs.
Knudsen and her daughter
shiver as the ceremonies were
conducted. Glenn Robinson,
former War Manpower Commis
sion official, also from Kodiak,
was speaker. He told the throng
of shipyard workers and other
spectators about Alaska’s re
sources. He said that gold was
the most glamorized of them
but that the Territory has the
world’s largest fisheries and a
good climate. At Kodiak he said
it was actually two degrees
warmer than Seattle.
Robinson was to present the
mounted shoulders of a 1500
pound Kodiak bear but explain
ed that it is still in Seattle being
mounted but will arrive by the
time the ship is commissioned
Mrs. Knudsen was assisted
in the ceremonies by her maids
of honor, her sister, Mrs. R. J.
Vierthaler, Portland, wife of a
navy man at Astoria, Oregon,
(Formerly stationed at Kodiak)
and Mrs. Agatha Knoff, Seattle,
sister of Mayor Knudsen.
Rev. Norman Hutchinson,
pastor of ' he Granite Falls,
Washington, "Christian church,
gave the invocation.
The Victory Ship “Kodiak”
is a 10,500-tonner powered with
high speed turbine engines, of
the type designed to give us a
big lead in postwar shipping
after fulfilling its original pur
pose of carrying badly needed
war supplies to fighting fronts
of the world. The vessel, when
launched, was nearly complete
and will be completely outfitted
in about 10 days. It will then te
ready for its final tests before its
high seas assignments.
berlain, Edgar Burress,
Phil Beigstrom, Cornelius
Warmenhoven
Basses: Rev. John S. Win
ter, George Archambo,
William Clark.
The Christmas numbers and
those presenting them are:
“Cantique Noel”, in a special
piano arrangement played by
Miss Anna Pavloff, and later
sung by the Male Quartet.
‘‘O Little Town of Bethle
hem”, Redner — Adult Church
Choir.
‘‘There’s a Song in the Air”,
by Harrington — girls’ trio:
Anna Pavloff, Elsie Carlson,
Alice Brun,
“Hark, the Herald Angels
Sing”, by Mendelssohn—mixed
quartet..
“Once a Christmas Cradle”—
by Payn—Children’s Choir.
“Silent Night! Holy Night!”,
by Grubei—mixed quartet.
“O Come, All Ye Faithful”,
from Wade’s “Cantus Diversi”—
Baritone solo.
“We Three Kmgs of the
Orient Are”, by Hopkins, male
voices with melody variation.
“0 Come, Little Children”,
by Schulz, presented by the
Children’s Choir.
‘'No Gift I Bring”, by Geibel—
tenor solo.
These rarely beautiful select
ions from the Cantata "Light
Celestial”, by Norman; “The
Shepherds' Vigil”—soprano solo
and Chuich Choir; “Lead On
ward, O Star” — Male Chorus;
"In Bethlehem’s Manger” —
Girl’s Choir obligato by Church
Choir.
From an old Chorale by Con
rad Kocher, “As with Gladness
Men of Old”—sung by combin
;d Children’s and Girls’ and
idult Church Choirs.
The evening service will close
vith a special Christmas Gift
Offering which will be turned
>ver to the Public Health Nurse
peruse in her work in Kodiak.
Extra P. O. Hours
Are Tentative
The post office will be open on
Christmas Day, Dec. 25, from
10 am until 3 pm, for the deli
very of parcel post only, Mrs.
Kathryn Francis, Acting Post
master, announced today.
During that time only insured
and regular parcel post (no
COD’s) will be delivered and
there will be no financial trans
actions, whatsoever. This means
no stamps or money orders will
be handled nor any packages ac
cepted for mailing.
This special ooening is to en
able Christmas gifts from Out
side to be delivered to local
people. The post office will close
as usual Saturday afternoon and
all day Sunday, to enable the
staff to sort out a record batch
of over 19,000 pounds of mail.
Mail in boxes can be picked up
as distributed.
I Firemen's Ball Set
For New Year's Eve
The New Year’s Ball, for the
benefit of the Volunteer Fire
Department, will be held Sun
day, December 31, at Blinn’s
hall, William Wright, dance
chairman, announced this wee's.
Tickets will be sold in advance
at $2 per couple, with dancing
starting at. 8 pm and continuing
until 2 pm. The music will be
furnished by the Woody Island
Woodchoppers.
Christmas Greetings
Kodiak’s progressive mer
chants have taken space in this
issue of the Kodiak Mirror to
bring to you, their friends and
customers, traditional greetings
of the season.
Behind each greeting are the
sincerest of wishes and we re
commend the reading of them to
There's Rain On The
Raof At Press Time
Despite the fact Thursday was
the first day of winter no visible
change was noticed that might
indicate snow for Christmas.
Looking for snow in Kodiak is
somewhat like looking for a
boat—you never know when it’s
coming and if it does it doesn’t
stay long.
Of course, everyone here
knows there is no snow. This is
published so it may be sent to
friends in Spokane, Washington;
Minneapolis, Minnesota; Eldon
burg. North Carolina; and all
cold points in between that are
not so favored at Christmas
time.
If it DOES snow before and
on Christmas, just clip this item
out above this paragragh.
Next Issue Jan. 6
As is the custom, the Kodiak
Mirror will omit the issue of
December 30 and will re-appear
next with the issue of January
6 During the shut-down this
year the press of the Mirror is
to be moved to allow installation
of a complete new floor in the
pressroom. The work will be un
der the direction of John Steil
gen.
The Praise Chapel announces
a change in time for their Christ
mas program. The time has been
changed from Dec. 24, 7 pm to
the same day at 7:30 pm. The
change is for the one night only
and afterward services will be
gin at the regular time of 7 pm.
This program will not lie long
and all are invited to come.
When school was dismissed
yesterday the holiday vacation
began that will last, as one stu
dent put it, “ten days counting
weekends”. School will resume
on the day after New Year’s,
Jan. 2.
Community Tree,
Program Sunday
With costumes made especi
ally for the occasion, with two
gleaming Christmas trees as a
background for group singing o.
Christmas carols, with a special
paiming of the Nativity by
artist .-gt Paul Bond, every
thing is ready for the big, com
munity Christmas program at
the Orpheum theatre tomorrow,
Sunday, at 6:30 pm.
The program will last about
40 minutes and then Santa him
self wili be there to pass out a
remembrance to each and every
youngster attending.
Witii no admission cnarge ano
no reserved seats some concern
is felt concerning the seating
capacity of the theatre, but it is
felt it will be adequate. How
ever. it is suggested that chil
dren and paients arrive as early
as possible to get first seats, and
so far as possible seating prefer
ence will be given the children,
as the program is primarily fo :
them and secondarily for others
Miss Betty Carter, loca
teacher, directs the program
Christmas program: Orpbeum
6:30 pm Dec 24.(Same program
to be given at the Red Cros •
Service Men’s Centex, the sarnr
Sunday afternoon a£ 3 pm.) *•[
The program consists of i
Narrative written by Muriel
Pratton, local writer, and read
by Sat. Wales Williamson.
Christmas Carols: Sung by
Anna Pavaloff, Elsie Carlson
Alice Brun, Cherie Morrison
Ann e Chichenoff, Theron Tor;
gerson, Donna Frost, Gladys
Pagano, June Ruyle, Marilyn
Chamb3rlain, Donnie Fenner
Charlotte Nielsen, Ester Levine;
Donna Fitzgerald, John Holland;
Betty Heglin, lone Norton,
Geneweiva Owen, Gail Blank
enburg, John Beukers, There®*
Chichenoff, Sammy Nelson, 3o«*
Johnston, Teddy Landing
rnaine Madsen, Bobby Dawsen.
Molly Mahle, Marie Swenson,
Vivian Pagano, Janice. Kennedy.
Martha Olson, Allen OberaoS,
Sylvia Larsen, Alma Nt/htm,
and Marie Cope,
1st Grane Dingers. Maicm
Folsom, Lydia Mable, Edb»
Wood, Verne Wood, Fred
ztiles, Michael Fitzgerald. Jinm^
Nixon, Alice Simeonoff, Efew
be th Panamaroff, PeneSno*
Gregoroff, and Merle Hcitma*.
4th Grade Singers: Alexander
Fadaoff, Carolyn Gallagfew..
Aleck Zharoff, Annin ShuravWl,
Eugene Holland, Virginia F«ste»„
Lila Nielson, and Gloria Deleew
Painting of the Nativity hy
Sgt. Paul Bond. Accompasisl—
Marcella Faulkner.
Acknowledgements: 1A. Jmdf
Reed and Miss Naecy lew
Meister.