gh-Rankmg Hit
tens At Orpheum
rhe Miracle of Morgan’s
3k” is playing at the Or
lin theatre today and Sun
, isn’t necessary, either, to
much more lhan that, for
•yone knows by this time
t it has been described as
e of the funniest pictures of
;imes” and hysterical laugh
wherever it has been shown
ires the critics know what
f are talking about,
or Paramiunt Pieston Stur
fashioned this miracle laugh
around the story of a shy,
nbling small town boy over
ilmingly in love with the
theaded small town girl with
violent father and under
lding small sister. The girl
i in trouble and the boy is
ed upon to rescue her good
ie. He fails utterly. He fails
•a than utterly. He fails so
ipletely that military, state
federal authorities hunt him
impersonating a soldier, im
ing the morals of a minor,
uction, forgery and bank
aery
nly a miracle could get the
racters out of the hilarious
very human quandries they
themselves into—and a mir
does, one so basic and total
any that sudiei ces eveiy
re have dissolved into
teria on seeing it.
his picture would have been
ay no matter who was in it,
you’ll agree that Eddie
cken, Betty Hutton, William
narest and Diana Lynn are
ect in their parts A surprise
:h is the reintroduction of
m Donlevy and Akim Tamir
n their characters as ‘ The
at McGinty” and “The
s”
you ever checked on show
is and saw a picture from
nning to end this is the pic
to do it on—and don’t tell
r friends what the “miracle’’
itil they have had a chance
;e it!
ivn Topics
rs. Robert King and Mrs.
King were hostesses Thurs
evening at a bridal shower
) in honor of Miss Evelyn
; Luncheon was served to
oliowing guests:
ssdames Wilton White Har
lorton, Walter Taylor, Ed
el, Morris Lee, Alf Torgram
Bryan Thorsheim, Pat Ab
and Charles Madsen; the
es Irene King, Marie Olsen,
Hansen, Betty Chernoff,
■ Anderson, Phyllis Webster,
Huey and Martha Boskof
ss King’s marriage to Sgt
Rumpell, U. S. Marines, is
ied for Sunday.
C. Bettinger, the Aleutian
r man and president of the
ik Chamber of Commerce,
led here Tuesday by Alas
rlines after a business trip
1 States. He spent 3 weeks
i Francisco and visited his
in Portland, Oregon
will report at the Chamber
ommerce meeting next
Thursday noon at. the Victory
Cafe on investigations he made
for that body.
Only untoward event of the
trip was Mr. Bettinger’s loss of
his wallet somewhere between
Anchorage and Kodiak. It con
tained a large sum of money,
mostly in checks.
Mr and Mrs. Tim Gilmore,
of this city, departed on the re
cent, Lakina on their way to Los
Angeles, where they plan to
make their future home. Mr. j
Gilmore, who has lived here]
since 1940, operated a taxi busi
ness and recently was manager
of the Club Montmartre.
They will stop over in Ketchi
kan to visit Mr. Gilmore’s
parents.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Henton,
formerly of Kodiak but now of
Seward, are in Portland at pre
sent on a vacation and Mi.
Henton just underwent an op
eration on his hand.
The Heutons no longer have
the Van Gilder hotel- in Seward
but operate an apartment house
there. They expect to come to
Kodiak this Spring on a trip.
Mrs. Helen La Vonne left on
the Lakina for Tacoma, Wash.,
where she will visit with hei
mother, Mrs, Lucy Slyter, anc
other relatives. She also plans tc
visit in Portland with the familj
of her son, who is in the Navy
and with her youngest daughter
Her marrirge to Capt. Oscar
Jensen, who until leaving on the
Lakina was employed by the
ATS at a local dock, will be an
event this summer at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Jim Brophy,
former Kodiak residents, now
iliving in Mesa, Arizona.
Don Slyter, who has been em
ployed by the ATS here, left on
the Lakina and will make his
home for the winter in Portland,
Ore. He plans to return to Kodi
ak for the fishing season.
Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Levine
left recently for Anchorage to
visit their two sons who are with
the Armed Forces. One is leav
ing for the States and the other
is to be transferred to the Aleu
tians.
It is Mr. I-evine’s first trip
from Kodiak since 1919.
Mrs, Margaret Sutliff, em
ployed by Dr. A. HoWes John
son, left on a 6-weeks vacation
on the recent Lakina. During
her absence Mrs. James Eaton
will work in her stead.
Wes Rhoades left on the
Lakina for Sitka via Ketchikan
to vipit his brother. Glenn Robin
son is in charge of Rhoades Fur
niture store during his absence.
Miss Catherine Gratiot, teller
at the Bank of Kodiak, left on
the Lakina to return to her
former home in Butte, Montana
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