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Kodiak Diary
(continued from Dace 2)
Built by Oregon Shipbuilding
Corporation for the U. S. Mari
time Commission.
Charles Madsen, Kodiak mer
chant and president of the Kodi
ak Guides’ Association, and Lulu
Fairbanks, staff writer for Alas
ka Weekly, were present.
I did not see Harry Christ
opherson and the bear was not
finished and furthermore they
say there won’t be any place
big enough on that 470 ft. boat
for it. We'll see.
A recording of the ceremony
and a book with all the pictures
in it is being sent direct to you.
Any pictures anyone wants can
be ordered from the number
given. The recording might be
played over the broadcasting
station at Fort Greely so the
citizens of Kodiak could hear it.
I am going to bed now before
I drop from exhaustion. It was
really a very exciting day.”
Lulu M. Fairbanks, circulation
manager for the Alaska Weekly
(it is to have an article and pic
tures) says of the launching:
“I was told this launching was
different. . . the sponsor and her
party were unusually friendly ..
the real Alaska spirit, you see.
"Mrs. Knudsen was just radi
ant and so eager to do every
thing just right for the people of
Kodiak, and darling Jo Anne
was so demure and so cute when
she presented her Mother with
those gorgeous red roses. Her
Colonial bouquet was made for a
little girl and was very beautiful
as she held it against her parka.
“ ‘The’ bottle was wrapped
with narrow red white blue rib
bon interlaced tightly, and be
lieved you me, Mrs. Knudsen
didn’t intend to have any bad
luck follow the S S. “Kodiak
Victory” because she didn’t
crack the bottle on time! When
the signal was given, Old Ty
Cobb himself could not have
done a better job! She hit it
right on the middle of the bow
. . . with champagne flying
through the air like feathers.
“The ship slipping majestical
ly down the ways was almost a
TH e:
“Home of Hospitality“
in Kodiak
BELMONT BAR
Jorgen Fredriokson, Owner
sacred sight.. . and when it
plunged into the waters of the
river I thought of all the people
in Kodiak and of the good wish
es they, too. were sending out
to the ship which will bear the
name of your town and carry
troops, freight and materials a
cross the seas of this war-torn
world to help bring VICTORY
—and then, later, to help de
velop the commerce which will
build up what is now being torn
down.
“Glenn Robinson gave a good
talK—brief and right to the
point—telling of what ships have
meant in the development of
Kodiak, down under the wing of
the Alaska peninsula, and one of
the principal stepping stones to
Tokyo."
Reports are current here that
sometime this month the Kodiak
Victory is to be turned over to
the A!aska Steamship company
for use in the Pacific.
—
A major, stationed at Fort I
Greely, recently sent his sister
in West Virginia, 3 lovely smok
ed salmon. In due time the re
port came that they had been
received—but it seemed the fish
was not liked too well.
The sister also explained how
| they had “prepared” the fish,
i First, she said, she had soaked
j it overnight and then boiled
some. The taste proved disap
pointing.
Second, she fried some. That
was disappointing too.
Last, she fixed some like
mother used to fix finnan haddie.
Of the latter, nothing was
said.
Recipes it appears, should be
sent along with food gifts sent
cheechako-wai ds
Meeting time for the Bov
Scouts, Troop 525, has been
changed from Tuesday to Friday,
the hour, 7:15, remaining the
same.
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Have a Coca-Cola=Soldier, refresh yourself
...or a way to relax in camp
To soldiers in camp, from the Gulf Coast to the north woods,
Coca-Cola is a reminder of what they left behind. On “Company
Street” as on Main Street, Coca-Cola stands for the pause that
refreshes. Ice-cold Coca-Cola.in your icebox at home is a symbol of
a friendly way of living.
BOTTLED UNDER AUTHORITY OF THE COCA-COLA COMPANY BY
It's natural for popular name*
to acquire friendly abbrevia
tions. That’s why you hear
Coca-Cola called “Coke”.
.©1944 TheC-CCo..
ANCHORAGE CO LB STORAGE CO.