! Dogs Footsteps Of Homer Man
(By C. Van Claik)
jje making a return trip to
tou the Cordova, I ciiauc
an amazing, interesting
jjat has been 40-odd years
milking!
V, Mcllnay of Homer, a
I passenger, has followed
Lffork most of his life, and
■pi ten around” some. We
iiitting in the lounge visit
when the conversation
«(] to superstitions and
Kidences,” as Mac called
|11 tell you about the unlucky
er thirteen," he began, and
his hip pocket he brought
^uge, black bill fold, and
ied on the table a pile of
dlaneous papers. There
literally dozens of PO re
1, meal checks, licenses,
Is of various sorts, and latei
(ought to tight, orders, let
,iith official seals and dates
loumliered 13, or beginning
•ding with “13”.
|ac had too many govern
il papers, orders, receipts
a, on, to have tried very
|h of the time to actually ask
lumber 13. In the first place,
m horn on a Friday the 13th
ie 13th hour. His father died
his foster-father adopted
ion a 13th!
kget back to his police work
Iwas called to active duty.
Beret police with the Alaska
he) Control after the war be
His orders originated from
13th Naval District, and he
called on his birthday, the
I. His first assignment was
l the Naval contractors at
liak, with a 13-tnan force,
tour of duty here was for 13
Iths and one day. His pass
^nation nurnbei was 11013.
S« was ordered to a check-up
n Hanover, Washington. He
peyed down on the 113th
Iter trip or the Aleutian. He
i ordered by a desk clerk
Me phone extension numbei
i!3, to be quartered in bar
tks 13tt, in area 13. His lsl
badge number was 13.
Later he was in Tacoma on the
*h, was told to report to Se
lie, arriving there the same
I (the 13th). He was checker
1 for Alaska again througl
k Echelon Hqs at 1:13 pa
1)3 Navy time). The head
liters were on 1331 3rd ave.
Be reported in to Ft. Richard
I, Alaska, on July 13 (1944)
ler exactly 13 months of duty
twas released, but had acquit'
1134 days of leave so he decid
to go to the States and visit
( children whom he hadu’l
h iq several years. Incident
r, the last bond taken cut ol
•piy began with 13.
Bis plane took off the 13 th
pte of the hour, but still ut
'tak befell him. He finished the
• nia the SS Lakina, which re
13 days to reach Seattle,
•*ent on to Denver, Colo, tc
•his son, living on 1331 Blake
*•> and helped his son celebrate
•13th birthday while there!
^ac left Denver on the 13th
kt-, at T.30, and the number
*Bebus which took him into
•lie was 130.
^efe were many other less
unportaut events. Once he came
out of a theatre, was asked how
he liked the show. Upon telling
1 the inquirer that he had seen it
before, the management gave
him a complimentary return
ticket. The number stamped on
it was 13.
He has meal tickets and checks
and a long list of items with 13
on them—but the truth is there,
which he packs a ound in his bill
fold, for the person who would
naturally be skeptical of such
events.
I was still shaking my head
the next morning in bed when he
showed me his termination or
ders, stamped with figures end
ing in 13! I was dizzy when he
told me where he lived.
He is going baek to his home
in Homer. His lot is in section
30 twnsp 6, range 13. And—he
likes to hunt and fish, naturally,
being an Alaskan. He will have
to take along his fishing license,
which begins with number 13,
and will probably go in his boat
which has a registration number
beginning with 13.
I was afraid to mention the
faot that we had been on the
boat 10 days out of Seattle, and
that it would require three more
days to get to Homer....
1 wonder—and yet, no, it just
can’t happen to T. V. Mcllnay,
or ean it?
Notice
Fine foods for our fine fighting
men and women of all services
returning home.
You don’t have to go “South
of the Border” for nice food*
served “en el estilo Mexicano”.
Mexican Enchillados served
with El Salada de Guaeoniole
Chilli Con Carne
and many other foreign and
home dishes served en el estilo
Americano.
Stop in and order or send a
taxi for late hour service—as
many orders as desired
Yum Yum Eats
Open ’til 3am Closed Tuesdays
The October payroll for the
city of Kodiak was $2257.50.
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