Kodiak Diary
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Listen, my children, and you
shall hear, the sad, sad tale of
the Last Frontier—Book & Gift
Shop.
Mrs. Catherine Blankenburg,
owner of the LFBAG shop, has
drawn more blanks on her last
shipments of merchandise than
accompany a government ques
tionnaire.
Last July she ordered festoon
ed pines and wreaths and things
for Christmas, specified they be
shipped in a hurry. Remember
when the boat got here Christ
mas day? The festooned pines,
i etc. were delivered the day after
Christmas.
At the same tinie last July she
ordered egg-shaped candles and
other wax Easter gadgets and
specified they be shipped in a
hurry. They arrived after Easter.
Everyone waxed enthusiastic
over them but not enough to
buy them.
For Mother’s Day a shipment
or cards was ordered, in January,
to be shipped Railway Express
They came freight but wonder of
wonders arrived before Mother’s
Day. But only by a couple of
days and not in time to be sold
to people who buy to send Out
side, which is the biggest demand.
Special 4th of July streamers
and flags, also ordered in Janu
Do YOU study floor plans or keep a scrapbook of new
home ideas ? Have you picked out the plot of ground that
will be perfect for the type of architecture you prefer?
If you have, you are probably speeding “moving day ’
by your purchase of War Bonds. Every bond we buy
brings our post-war dreams closer to reality.
Whether it’s a new home we want, or new equipment
for the home we now own, our War Bonds will do two
things—build a foundation for our post-war years, and
bring the boys home sooner, so they, too, can realize
their dreams.
ALASKA STEAMSHIP COMPANY
ary (we don’t have to ,
you, but we will) came m j,
when Independence Day was
a memory. The boxes still sit
the floor as no one has had
heart to open them.
Friends offer little sympj
as they laughingly point out
store Is all supplied for next j
Mrs. Blankenburg, in the ok
time, is looking forward with
isfaction to the next holiday
It is Labor Day, and hea
how scarce labor is, she ha
ordered any.
This strange coincidence
curred in Kodiak one day
week.
Two soldiers were visitia
gether and one was tellinj
other about a furlough he |
ned getting very soon. The
lough-bound serviceman wi
anticipation and all plant
had previously been station
another Alaska town, and hi
going there to visit his girl,
had gone with the girl a!
the two years he was stafci
there, and he told the othe
dier her name and display©
picture, as is the immem
custom. Then he left to n
to Fort Greely.
The other soldier, left i
own devices, picked up a i
paper to read. The papei
the New York Daily News,
day edition; he turned tG
magazine section, saw an a
on the “how easy it is for
to get a man in Alaska” tl
looked at one of the pietur
lustrating it, and just abou
out of his chair.
The picture contained,
same girl, and the same bi
from the same place, as th<
the other soldier had just
telling him about. In fact, i<
the same girl.
The picture showed bei
ting married to somebody el
The soldier with the new
er decided he had better sh
to the soldier with the plani
Moral: Read newspapers;
It looks like Kodiak has
by-passed for the nonce in r<
to telephone service to the £
Anchorage and Fairtan
the service first, and then i
added to Seward, and m
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