THANKSGIVING DAY
The evening I fore Thanksgiving a
service was held iti the church to
w hich all on the islaml were invited.
As a number of people from Kagla
Harbor have settbd here this last
year who do not. understand Knglish
we endeavored to have Xicholi Fadn
nff interpret in a’eute, but his cour
age failed when the time for the ser
vice came. Mr McCain gave an ad
dress on th< first American Thanksgiv
ing and Supt le arn a short Thanks
giving serin n. In addition to the con
gregational singing there were s >me
special s« lections. It was a pleasant
and we hope a helpful service to all
present
Thanksgiving Day wan bright and
clear and after morning prayers, the
breakfast -%ork and other necessary
tasks were quji;i{ !y gotten out of the
way and ttie children had a long
forenoon in v. hich t • play, but such
is ttie perversity of human nature that
when there "as nothing to do but
play they did not care a > much about
it but preferred to keep near the
kitchen and dinning room where
there were so many interesting thii gs
going on.
Promptly at 1 o’clock the dinner
was served. There was stewed chick
en, gravy, mashed potatoes, apple
and nut salad, jelly, seufc pudding,
apples and candy.
In addition to the Orphanage fam
ily, we had three men from the wor c
ing party at the Radio Station, (w.io
for about two wc*ks wore “paying
guests. ) and Mike Chahitnoy, Mr ,
Mrs. and Miss McCain and John Ste. w
art as guests for the da}'.
The year hj&s been filled with many
blessings for the Orphanage. Many
new friends for the work have been
found in various parts of the states*,
and Alaska. There has been very lit
tle si< U i>* 88amongst t he ehildren, and
none at nil of u serious nature, with
the exception of Herman Reft’s,
whose operation for appendicitis was
mentioned last issue, A number of
our older boys and girls have gone out
from th-* Orphanage *o accept posi
tions in which they ire nicking good.
of all ten of cur yonwg people
accepted Christ and were baptized.
Surely it is a cause for deepest
thankfulness that tlie work of the Or
phanage is proving its-df uot in vain.
Ojr Potato Crop
After a cold rainy summer a large
or<p tf large potato#**' would have
been a great and pleasant surprise,
which however we did not get. The
poUifi es were few Mini small, about
60 sarks from the ground that should
have yielded twice that quantity un
der favorable weather conditions.
Our potato cellar had to be repaired
and in order to protect the precious
crop from ravages of rat9 we built a
space on the inside of the cellar which
we filled with gravel mixed with brok
en glass all Well tamped down. A hcav
y plank top fioor rested on top of this
wall so that it seemed as if we had
gotten the best of the rats in this in
stance. However one or two did get
in, but they yielded to the temptation
of a nice cl eese sandwich w’hi h con
tained poison and censed eating pota
toes for all time.
Other root crops were unusually
poor. And cabbage, cauliflower and
Brussels sprouts were a complete fail
ure.
There were no wild berries this
year either except kalenas, something
like a high hush cranberry, from
which Miss Murphy made many glass
es of nice jelly.