Eodiak Mirror
"&{cws of (America's Last ‘frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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local news published herein.
FEDERAL AID AGAIN?
A recent Associated Presk dispatch from Washington,
D. C. stated that the Senate Armed Services sub-committee
was considering legislation that would exempt Alaska from
contributing to Civil Defense in the same degree that states
•must contribute.
Part of the idea is fine. We are glad to know that
Washington is concerned about the welfare and defenses in
Alaska. But, unless we go ahead and do the work on our de
fenses and finance it ourselves we will be absolutely defense
less for the next two or three years.
We base this conclusion on past experiences where the
City of Kodiak waited for the federal government to finance
some project.
To name several that have been on the waiting list we
point to the years the local residents have waited for a small
boat harbor, the repair of the water and sewer system, and
the building of a new school.
It’s true that applications for federal aid have been
made. It is also true that many governmental departments
have sent representatives here to survey the jobs. These em
ployees left here with local residents glowing with the hope,
and sometimes promises, that “something will be done.”
How much actual cash have we received and how much
actual work has really been done? We understand that Con
gress has approved and appropriated $600,000 for the ailing
water and sewer system. But everytime it seems to be within
grasp the project hits another snag.
If we consider the “speed” with which this project has
come to fruition and apply it to the proposed plan of letting
the federal government take care of our civil defense program
we will probably still be waiting for funds when the first
bomb hits us.
Don Petachi, local resident,
flow to Homer via PNA this
week, |
Clarence Englund was a
PNA passenger for Anchor
age this week.
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COMlir * GOUT
Mr. and Mrs. Roger Smith,
Woody Island residents for
the past five years, left for
Anchorage on PNA this week.
They are employed with the
CAA and will receive a new
location assignment.
Mrs. Ardis Fenner returned
to Kodiak Monday after
/spending several days in
| Oregon with her sister who is
j ill. While in Oregon she
| visited her son, Don, who is a
I student at Oregon State.
The fishing tender, Fidelity,
owned by Washington Fish
and Oyster Company, stopped
at the Standard Oil Company
float early this week for fuel.
Martin Ekstrom is captain of
the* tender.
The Ambassador, tender for
; Whiz Halferty, Inc., skippered
by George Howland, arrived
in Kodiak early this week
from Seattle.
The Machvoi, tender, was
at the Donnelley and Acheson
dock this week.
Hospital flaws
; BIRTHS:
i To Mr. and. Mrs. Clarenee
Morton, a son, Roger Alan, on
April 21, 6 lbs., 15 oz.
Medical attention:
James Kizer, Charles War
ren, Walter Muchow.
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to thank our many
| friends for their kindness and
expressions of sympathy
shown us during our recent
bereavement.
Mrs. William F. Sargent
Mrs. Fred Sargent
and Family.
Bear Hunters
Get Trophies
Three bis game hunters
scored on three Kodiak Bears
recently while hunting around
(Uganik Bay with guides Alf
! Madsen, and Eli Metrokin.
| Mr. and Mrs. Frank Ayres
j of TranquiHi ty, Calif., each
shot bears that measured 10
■ feet. Pete Marchini, also of
! Caiif., shot an 81 foot bear,
j The bears were taken
(high in the mountains, Mad
| sen said Tuesday. The hunting
: party was brought from Mad
j sen’s camp at Uganik in an
Alaska Airlines widgeon
piloted by Vince Daly Sun
day.
Several hundred feet of
movie film were made of seals
and sea lions while the party,
was at Uganik.
Jake Blsnc, Kodiak resi
dent, was camp cook for the
hunting party.
Four hunters with Charles
Madsen and party aboard the
Kodiak Bear ill, all shot
bears. One member of the
hunting party killed one that
measured 10 feet, 7 inches.
A. C. Skinner sr. and A. C.
Skinner jr. of Corpus Christi,
Texas, and William F. Forrest
and Jerry A. Smith of Eu
gene, Oregon, made their
headquarters aboard Madsen’s
boat during the hunt.
Early this week the Kodiak
Bear III sailed for the Sheli
kof side of the island with
three more hunters.
NOTICE
The Parent Teachers As
sociation cordially invites all
mothers of pre-school child
ren, who will be six years old
before Nov. 1, 1951 to attend
a tea which will be given at
2:30 pm, May 1, in the home
economics room at the school.
Some GI wag, remembering those shaving cream signs
back home, put up these on poles along a highway in Korea’
A military policeman patroling the road scratches his head as
he reads the series. In order they are: Disagree with Harry—
If you want to get back—If you don't think it’s true—Ask
poor ole Mac! (A>wirephoto)
TOWN TIDBIT*
The following item is from
Our Sunday Visitor, a Na
tional Catholic weekly. It ;s
recommended readme1 foT
everyor e visiting the hospital.
The title of the item is. The
Perfect Visitor.
“Tit perfect visitor
tratr: >h not on hard heels;
neither does he shout. He
walks softly and speaks quiet
ly for ill people are easily dis
turbed.
“The perfect visitor goeth
home soon. He (or is it more
often she?) might like to chat
all afternoon but is considerate
of the weary patient.
“The perfect visitor talketh
of the pleasant things in life;
he smileth often and his de
meanor is cheerful. Though
at heart he may be a pessimist
he knows that the patient has
hi&jpwn troubles.
“The perfect visitor knov
eth what a chair is for—he
sits on it. He perches not mi
the bed jouncing the aching
head or obstructing the rest
less foot.
“The perfect visitor is al
ways welcome, for he «h~
serveth visiting hours. Patient
and nurses smile upon him.
for he is as precious jewel*,
above price.—Father John S.
Martin.”
Emil Knadsen, who is quite
a story teller, gave us fha
following clipping yesterday
Emil’s comment was, “tam*t
so.”
“Not s® long ago an instruc
tor on a campus explained te
his class the whys and where
fores of depressions.
“He said, that during sodfc
times, people got the idea that
everything capable of bewg
accomplished had been com
pleted, and that there was mm
place for them in this counter
’ :So that is why some pour
souls settle up in Alaska, fco
concluded.
‘‘Please! protested one of
his students, I have relatm
living up there!”
We’ve heard of Alaska*
Indian belts being made t*
Seattle, and in Portland, and
even in Alaska (imagine!)
but a letter received by the
Chamber of Commerce this
week proves beyond a doubt
that the Alaskan beaded beft
industry has reached interna
tional proportions.
From the West Palm Beach,
Fla., office of a Hong Kong im
porting and exporting firm
came a letter seeking a mar
ket in Alaska for its beaded
belts! / .
The K. S. Lau company,
seeking retail stores as custo
mers here, writes that all of
’our beaded belts are manu
factured in Hong Kong,
China.” And the slogan at the
bottom of the stationery says
‘‘Expert makers of Indian
beaded belts.” ! ! !
NOTICE
There will be an important
business meeting of the Kr
diak Emblem Club number
187 on Friday, Jfay .