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NEWS-FEMININE-VIEWS
Women Busybodies—In War Effort
—by Gertrude Raumaker
Busy-body should have a more
pleasant connotation soon be
cause the Volunteer Woikers ol
the Red Cross are ready tc. make
every Kodiak woman into £
confirmed busy-body. At the
meeting held Tuesday afternooi
at the Griffin Memorial hospital
many new projects were an
nounced by committee chair
men.
Just because lettuce is scarce]
than ice-worms will be noreasor
for proper nutrition in Kodiak
to be considered impossible. Mrs
Anne Whalley, public health
nurse, announced the beginning
of a course in nutrition to be
taught by Mrs. Pollei, home
economics graduate cf Iowa State
Agncultral college. A get-to
gether meeting was held yester
day afternoon in the Home Ec
onomics room at the school, but
tne course has not started yet.
All women are urged to be pre
sent at the school next Friday
at 2:30 for the first lecture. Mrs.
barest Ayres, head of the Can
teen Corps, said that this course
is compulsory for Canteen Work
ers and that all women in the
Canteen should be present next
Friday. Following the Nutrition
course, the Canteen course will
be given. Both these courses
give certificates at completion.
For women who are more in
spired by Florence Nightingale,
than by a head ot vitamm-full
cabbage, Mrs. Whalley announc
ed that she is starting another
Nurses Aide course in the near
future. This course prepares the
woman to assist in hospitals in
time of emergency and also to
care for own sick in the home
Anyone wishing to take this
course should see Mrs. Whalley
at the Kodiak Health center.
For knitters, there is good
news, too—in fact, skeins and
skeins of it. Mrs. W. J. Erskine,
in the absence of Mrs. A. Holmes
Johnson, head of the war Pro
duction committee, announced
that yarn for 250 sweaters, socks
and other garments has been
received from headquarters.
Since these articles should be
done by winter Mrs. Erskine
urges that all knitters see her
immediately for yarn and direc
tions. These garments are all to
remain here and go directly to
the soldiers at Fort Greely.
The women who like to sit,
sew and chat have not been for
gotten, either. Every Tuesday
nd Thursday afternoons at 2
o’clock at the Griffin Memorial
hosp tal, a sewing group meets
At present they are finishing up
bed side bags for the Fort Greely
hospital, and their next project
will be 100 quilted slippers, also
for the hospital.
At the meeting Tuesday Mrs.
Warren Taylor was appointed
head of the War Production
committee while Mrs. Johnson
is outside and Mrs. Paul Rau
meker was appointed as acting
secretary. Following adjourn
ment Mrs. Erskine spoke on
Kodiak in former years and an
swered questions pertaining to
Kodiak, the eruption of Mt.
Katmai, and the island.
New members at the Tuesday
meeting including the Mesdame*
Edith Butler, Alice Williams,
Lois Adams, and Blanche Mar
shall. Mrs. Effie Coats was a
visitor.
Members of the Volunteer
Workers now include Mesdaroes
Agues Ayers, Lena M. Boeck
man, Kittie Briggs, Ann Cant
rell, Nellie M. Erskine, W. M.
Evans, Fostina Johnson, Evelyn
Morony, Louis McFarlin, Mild
red Offilier, Hazel Owen, Albert
Oxford, Ada M. Munsen, Irma
Clifton, Barbara Pope, Clara
Helgeson, Ge trude Kaumaker,
Jo M. Taylor, Barbara Thomas,
Estella Townsend, Olga Stai,
Anne Whalley, Harriet Brain,
Ellen Dawson. H. T. Bower, B.
B. Wilson, S. G. Kleve and
H. M. Conlsey.
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Key - Jessup
Miss Cordelia M. Jessup, We
natchee. Washington, and Lloyd
Key, Kod:ak, were mairied in a
ring ceremony performed by
Rev. Gregory S. Moronv Satur
day, July 11, in the apartment
of Mr. and Mrs. 0 A. Torirerson.
Attendants were Stephen A.
Harvey and Mrs. 0. A. Torger
son.
The many friends attending
were guescs at a reception held
after the ceremony.
Torgersons Entertain
At Farewell Dinner
Mr. and Mrs. 0. A. Torgerson
were hosts as a small farewell
dinner at the Club Montmartre
Wednesday evening in honor of
Mrs. A Holmes Johnson and
son Robert, leaving soon for
New York, where they will visit
relatives. On their return from
the East Robert will enroll at
Willamette University, at Salem,
Oregon
Besides the host and hostess
guests included Mr. and Mrs.
W. J. Erskine, Dr. A. R. Roberts
and Dr. and Mrs. A. Holmes
Johnson and Robert.
• Cordelia Key. formerly em
ployed at the Wenatchee Branch
of the Seattle First National
Bank, has been added to the
Bank of Kodiak as clerk.
Mrs. J. Beukers and three sons,
Herman, John and George, and
twodaughters Helen and Johan
I na, arrived by Star Airlines this
week from Juneau to join Mr.
Beukers who is employed as ch
ef at Rosser’s eafe.
CHEECHAKO
CHATTERS
Mrs. Pete Magnusen, in town
this week on a trip from her is
land home, reports that she has
already enjoyed her first mess
of new potatoes, out of her gar
den. She said they were much
earlier this year than heretofore
We’re still awaiting the first
report of local strawbeiries, but
who ever tells us about them
had better bring proof. Mrs.
Magnusen got by without it,
but now you take strawberries...
Many women are missing a
fine opportunity to do more for
the war effort than they are. It
is true that in Kodiak many wo
nen work and do not have as
much time for other pursuits, but
there is so much to be done that
it seems that some of them conld
budget their time a little more
here, and take a little more time
there, and start contributing
more directly to war woik
The potent part women can
play is shown by the recognition
given by Governor Gruening,
who in the rubber campaign ap
peals directly to women to aid
in gathering the scrap.
“I earnestly solicit cooperation
of all towns in Alaska in the rub
ber collection campaign,” he
wired here, “the success of which
is indispensable to our war effort.
Owing to unsatisfactory collec
tions the campaign has been ex
tended.”
Beside the rubber campaign,
and it isn’t too late to dig a little
deeper for rubber ai tides that
have outlived their usefulness
(how about that girdle, girls?),
there is the matter of the Red
Cross, which can always use
more help, in so many different
branches that all women can find
something both useful and inter
esting to do.
Currently the knitting class is
making articles for the boys ol
Fort Greely and there is enougl
yarn and supplies for a lot more
And as the work progresses then
will be new tasks constantly.
There are plenty of opportunf
ties-don’t wait for them tc
knock-go and find them.
We’re getting to feel like non
entities...we talked to a business
man recently returned, and saic
he heard Outside that all th<
women were leaving Kodial
fast and furiously...we havi
heard this so many times..,w<
also talked to two men who cam*
here to work on the base, anc
they were visibly surprised a
finding wonen, and families ii
town... “they” had told them ii
Seattle that all women ant
families had left here...well, ai
long as it is just a rumor, wi
don’t mind...
A marriage license was issuet
July 9 to Lt. George L. Rada
mak, 28, and Marion J. Stiles
24, of the Naval Air Station.
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