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Kodiak mirror., 1959-10-24
SOCIAL NOTES Homemaking Happenings About Tom Gardening
Honernaking
Gardening

Lester and Mary Serum Monday, October 18th, when they celebrat- ed their 18th wedding anniver- sary. Les is employed by Public Works, Naval Station, and Mary is cashier Of the Bank of Kodiak. They first attended the Music Trails concert. then were joined at their home by a few friends. Margaret Lightfoot, Connie Dan deneau, Al Hochberger, Bill and Lillian Larnme and Sig and Betha Digree not only wished Les and Mary many happy returns of the day, but also enjoyed the very fine chocolate cake baked by Mary N. :. There was very little cake left when the guests finally went
 -O-0-O-
 Joe and Viano Maxwell of Uyak. spent few day in town this week.
 -O-O-O-
 If someone would open a shop to straighten garbage can lids, we feel sure there would be enough work to keep them busy several hours a day We know of several people who have had can lids blown into the road by the wind and then flattened by pass ing cars eve have three such at home) It seems little enough to expect from the garbage collec- tors that they replace the lids after emptying the cans, rather than merely tossing them on the ground. We understand there is a city ordinance requiring all cans being tightly covered ... But how can one cover a can with batter ed, dented lid? Of course, one could buy new cans, but we can think of more pleasant ways to spend the money Two cans each year seem more than Suffici- ent
Kodiak mirror., 1959-10-24
Girl For kuras'

A daughter, Antionette Mi chelle, weighing g pounds, 515 ounces, was born on October IS at the Naval Stg,-icn Hospital to Mary Ann and Harry Joseph Kura. EN2 Kura and his wife have three other children.
Kodiak mirror., 1959-10-24

IF YOU HAVE. SOMETHING TCS BUY. RENT, SELL OR TRADE PLACE A CLASSIFIED ADVE3 TESTAMENT IN THE KODAAn> MIRROR TODAY!
Kodiak mirror., 1959-10-24

Lois Nicolett was an outgoing passenger on the direct PIMA flight tO Seattle last Friday She will 20 through the Virginia Mason Clinic for physical check-up, then visit her grandparents in MukilteO, Washington. Lois plans to be away at least two weeks
Kodiak mirror., 1959-10-24

Larry Wodlinger left last week end to spend few days in Seattle On business
Kodiak mirror., 1959-10-24
of This and That
By BETHA DECREE

Dorothy Albrecht and daughter Kathy left for Big Timber, Mon tana, Monday to spend three weeks with Dorothy's parents. Doro.hy's husband, Raymond, Kodiak Air ways pilot, remained here to keep the home fires burning ...
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
LEI Children Help
prepare For Holiday

Children learn the real mean
ing of Christmas when you lei
them participate in preparations
and activities.
Making gifts for someone spe-
cial is project that even three
year-old can do. Children can
fill pretty jars with sand to make
attractive doorstops. They can
make Glove apples to add spice
to handkerchief drawers. Even
their simple drawings make gifts
that parents cherish.
Baking cookies and makings
Christmas decorations also put
children in spirit of things. And
even small children can string
popcorn and cranberries for
tree trimmings.
Deeper Meaning
Making Christmas cards shows
children that there is more to the
cards than the actual sending.
You particularly want friends to
know you are thinking of them
at Christmas time, and children
can learn this early.
Music is part of Christmas
and offers another opportunity to
put meaning into the holiday for
children, who enjoy singing.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
Christmas Gifts
That Don't Go
With Spirit

Just in time for Christmas,
three Rutgers University psy-
biologists have concluded that
there are seven kinds of gifts
which do not go with the holiday
spirit.
Really sincere, pure-hearted
gifts are few, they said in a
statement. The psychologists are
Drs. George H. Smith, Eileen M.
Hetherington, and William D.
Wells.
Here is their classification of
Christmas gift-giving:
l. The display gift-this lends
prestige to the giver who, in the
words of DR.. Hetherington, says
in effect: Look what l can buy"
2. The squelch gift = for those
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24

who delight in catching people
off guard. DR.. Wells says TINS
type is often given at the last
minute to someone not expecting
it so he cannot reciprocate.
3. The placating gift-once
given to kings to win their favor
and now presented to mothers-in-
law to quiet them.
4. Guilt gifts given, accord"
ing to DR.. Smith, by parents VINO
"are not able to give emotional
love but instead lavish their
children with costly items at
Christmas to make up for this.
5. Extorted gifts-paid for with
office collections and the subject
of considerable resentment ac-
cording to DR.. Wells.
6. Duty gifts - neckties and
handkerchiefs rendered to some
one you don't really care about
but toward whom you feel you
have duty" says DR.. Hether-
ington.
7. The creative gift-elabora-
tely packaged, zone which takes
longer to wrap than to buy" Dr.
Hetherington says.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
Christmas Rose
Very Popular
AS Yu|e Flower

Growing in popularity, the
Christmas rose has become q
serious competitor of holly, mis-
tletoe, poinsettias and other
plants that decorate our homes
at Christmas time.
The dimunitive plant puts forth
seven or eight white roselike
blooms tinged with pink. 1t has
lustrous dark green foliage and
a mature plant is no more than
a foot high.
A cold. weather plant, the
Christmas rose flowers naturally
in December or January. 1t with
stands snow and low tempera-
lures. 1t does not propagate well
in the United States. Most of
them are imported to florists
from Belgium and the Neither
lands. They develop best in soil
peculiar to the Western parts
of those countries.
Grows In Low Countries
Gardeners in the Low Coun-
tries grow the plant from slips
taken from the parent plant after
it has finished blooming in jan
uary. The shoots are grown under
glass. -....
In incubation a Christmas
roses leaves are pruned regular
ly to give it added strength for
blooming. After three years Of
care the plant is mature and
ready to put forth its famous
winter blossoms.
Ancient Romans were familiar
with the Christmas rose and
eagerly sought it for medicinal
use. They believed that eating
the roots would clear the brain,
cure stupidity, and relieve in
sanity"
A Christmas Legend
Like many flowers, the Christ
mas rose has its own special leg
end. According to the story,
poor shepherd girl watched the
Wise Men come with rich gifts
to present to the newborn
Christ Child, and she wept be-
cause she had no present to offer.
An Angel suddenly appeared.
Learning the cause of the girls
distress, the angel waved a
wand. Instantly, glistening white
flowers carpeted the ground.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
Christmas Tree
Custom Banned
By Teddy

Teddy Roosevelt almost rode
roughshod over the Christmas
tree in his drive to conserve the
nations forests. But two little
boys put the Christmas spirit
and the tree-back in the White
House.
The Chrjstm IS tree was we'll
established in the United States
when TR became president.
Research experts with The
World Book Encyclopedia say a
Harvard professor named Char
les Follen set up one of the first
known trees in America in 1882.
President Franklin Pierce put
up tree in the White House in
tie 1850's to entertain the Sun
dag school of the New Yo.k Ave
nue. Presbyterian church. And
President Benjamin Harrison
continued the custom in the
1905.
But some modern-day Scrooges
convinced Roosevelt that the cut
ting of Christmas trees would
soon deplete the nations forests.
TR promptly banned the tradi-
ton at the White House.
However, the old Roughrider
forgot to consult his young sons.
Archie and Quentin cared little
about presidential edicts - ard
less about conservation. They
smuggled tree into the man
sion on Pennsylvania Avenue and
set it up in Archie's room.
The president relented, and
ever since, the White House has
had an indoor Christmas tree.
TR's concession also sent the
Christmas tree industry soaring
beyond the dreams of one of it's
founders-a Catskill farmer who
brought his trees to market in
New York City in 1851. And it
helped pave the way for a new
custom - the community Christ
mas tree.
In 1924, Norway spruce was
planted near the White House
and later dedicated as "a national
living Christmas tree"
Two years later, giant Cali
fornia redwood in Kings Can
yon Grant after the Civil War
hero, national park, named Gen
eral was dedicated as the "Na-
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24

Caresses and hand clasps were
hardly over when young August
set out to bring the joy of the
season TO the Imgard household.
Among his first acquaintanccs
were the town tailor and black
smith.
He told them of his plans and
asked for their help. The tailor
volunteered to cut out paper dolls
and fashion other ornaments that
would be appropriate. The smith
forged large and beautiful star.
And many others Clipped in
with the decorating after August
hewed a tall spruce tree and
lugged it to his brothers home.
Archives in State Auditor
James A. Rhodes office contain
records of land sales in Wayne
county. They include the prop
erty occupied by Fred Imgard,
in whose home the first Christ
mas tree in America was decorat-
ed and candlelighted more than
100 years ago.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24

who had settled in Wooster.
Fred and his wife had written
to young August about their sons
and daughters. During the ocean
trip the youth spent much of his
time thinking about what he
could do to endear himself TO his
little nephews and nieces, whom
he never had seen.
It was fall IN 1847 when the
boat docked at New York. While
journeying to the wild west" OF
Ohio it occurred to him that
Christmas would be at hand by
the time he arrived.
AS he neared his destination
and observed the foliage of the
trees, the inspiration came to him
of introducing a custom of the
Yule season that had meant so
much to him during his boyhood
in Germany. Visions of smiling
children excited at the sight of
a tree with candle lights and
ornaments darted through his
mind.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
HOLIDAY
DECORATIONS

Attractive holiday adornments
for the front door, mantels and
dining room can do much to
bring the warm, friendly spirit
of the Christmas season into the
home.
A triangle or crescent formed
of two or three types of green's
will brighten the front door.
Pine, hemlock, spruce, fir, laurel,
holly and scotch broom, all work
well here. Tie the stems together
with string or wire to form the
triangle or crescent. Use branches
of varying length, with the large
foliage near the base Of stem
end. Add a bow of waterproof
Christmas ribbon and some pine
cones, berries, balls or bells for
color at the stem end of the
spray.
Front Door Piece
Turn a few green's upside down
and insert them at the basal ends
to cover the bare stems. The en-
tire spray should then be turned
upside down and hung on the
outside of the front door,
A simple, but attractive dinner
table arrangement involves using
glass salad bowl with needle
or pin holder in the center. The
holder can be made fast with
modelling clay. Place few ever
green's around the edge of the
bowl, inserting the stems in the
holder. A dozen red and white
roses or carnations facing in
different directions completes a
beautiful but simple centerpiece
for the table.
An excellent mantle piece can
be made from a piece OF plain
white Styrofoam. Insert candles
in a row down the center, then
decorate foreground and back
ground sparingly with small
pieces of evergreen.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
Bethlehem BasiIita
Amonq Oldest Churches

The Basilica of the Nativity at
Bethlehem, constructed more
than 1920 years ago, is one of
the oldest churches in Christen-
dom.
AS it stands today it represents
the original building as erected
by Emperor Constantine and
restorations and additions made
under Justinian.
1t is surrounded by three con-
vents of separate faiths, Greeks,
Latin and Armenian. All three
have the privilege of worshiping
in the Grotto of the Nativity.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24

The young shepherdess gathered
blooms. When she presented her
gift, the Infant smiled. AS His
finger touched the delicate white
flowers, they became tinged with
pink.
The plants legendary associa-
ton with Christ carries to regions
where it blooms in early spring.
There it is often called the Len
len rose.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
ions Christmas Tree"

tons Christmas Tree"
Reaching 267 feet into the sky
from a base 40 feet thick, the
tree is the second largest in the
world.
Every year, nearby towns.
people and visitors join in a holi-
day service and sing carols at
the pase of the sequoia, which
was growing on the mountain
slope when Christ was born in
Bethlehem.
The journal. (Caldwell, Ohio) 1934-1961, 1959-12-24
First Christmas Tree Decorated
In America liz Years Aqo In Ohio

19-year-old immigrant lighted the
America took place 2 Wooster Wayne
The August Imgad who the United States
Germany During the he had plenty
look forward to and reunion with his brother Fred
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09

from the scene of the Peterson crash. Are you located on the river or within a quarter of a mile of it?"
 CThree dashes).
 'ERoger. Left side of the river?"
 CThree dashes).
 Are there any injuries or fla talities?"
 (No respOnse).
 Roger. No fatalities or injured persons. Are you requesting first available aircraft?"
 CThree dashes).
 Roger. Wien Airlines will send an aircraft up there tomorrow morning. Do you have a strip marked and Tor will you conduct the rescue aircraft to a safe landing?"
 (Three dashes).
 T still don't know what air craft this pertains to. Please transmit one dash for each nu- neral on count-up basis. Nine would be nine dashes."
 Seven dashes, eight dashes, ten dashes, eight dashes).
 Roger, Seven, eight, zero, eight"
 (Three dashes).
 Roger. Will leave receiver on CIV in case you desire a further contact"
 The next morning, a Wien Air lines plane flew to the vicinity of the crash, had no trouble locating the plane, and brought in the pilot, Bert Beltz, and a passenger, Fulton c. Robinson, both of Kot- zebue.
 Following the crash, which was caused by strong wind just after takeoff, Beltz and Robinson had salvaged the radio and battery but had insufficient power for voice broadcast. They did not know code, Late in the afternoon Rob- inson tried once more to broad cast, and that was the time Ward heard him.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
Two Strikes - No Stripes

GENOA, Italy, R - The U. s. Marines report Slapshot O'Bannon has been busted from sergeant for chasing the shippers wife's cat up the greased barrel of an eight-inch gun.
 Slapshot is the bulldog mascot of the Marine detachment on the American heavy cruiser Macon, which put into this Italian port for shore liberty. -.
 The Navy declines to confirm the dogs salty adventures. But this, Marines tell visitors aboard the ship, is why Slapshot O'Ban- non now is held in check with a leash:
 First of all, he doesn't respect the National Anthem, and barks at the heels of the Navy musicians when they play it.
 And second. Slapshot can't stand other animals.
 No others were to be seen on the deck of the Macon, but the Marines said that not long ago the wife of the ships captain brought her cat aboard. Women aren't per mitted aboard U. $. Navy ships at sea, let alone cats, so this must have happened at some port be- fore the Macon's latest maneuvers in the Mediterranean.
 Slapshot, the Marines relate with a touch of pride, took after the cat in mad run down deck. The cat took refuge inside a gun barrel coated with heavy axle grease, and wouldn't come out until next day.
 Then, as the Marines tell it, the sergeant's red chevrons were stripped from Snapshots dress blue dog jacket while the captains wife loked on, holding trembling ball of grease in her arms.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
ALASKA TO BE REPRESENTED AT SEATTLE WORLD FAIR

JUNEAU, LR - The Legislative Council would be directed to de- termine the best manner in which Alaska might be represented at the Century 21 Exposition in Se- attle in 1861, under a resolution submitted to the House Saturday.
 Sponsor Robert Giersdorf, Fair banks Democrat, said the Seattle Worlds Fair would present rare opportunity for Alaska to publi- cize it's products and it's way of life
 We could also encourage stop over visits in Alaska for people from the Orient and from Europe over the polar route to Seattle" :" he said
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
612 MILLIONS WILL BE LOST TO ALASKA, IF NOT USED

JUNEAU, LR - A resolution urging the state administration to make quick use of 612 million dollars in federal funds earmarked for Alaska's mental health facili- ties was introduced in the Sen ate Saturday by Ralph Moody, An chorage Democrat.
 He said the federal money would be lost if not put to use before June 30 next year.
 The Legislative Audit Commit tee recommended earlier that more consideration be given the hospital program, even at the risk of los ing the federal grant.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
Jayne Mansfield Loses Garments to Admiring But Rough Brazilians

RIO DE JANEIRO, LR - Jayne Mansfield left a carnival ball Sunday in her undies and her husbands dinner jacket after en- thusiastic fans pulled off her dress.
 She and her husband, muscle man Mickey Hartigay, were danc- ing at a local hotel when some of her Brazilian fans starting pluck ing at little flower decorations on the pink lace dress. Then some one pulled the zipper in the back and the souvenir hunters ripped up the dress as it fell to the floor
 Hartigay said his wife was bruised slightly and had lost her earrings.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
Detroit Teamsters Official Sentenced for Perjury

NEW YORK, R - Benjamin Franklin Collins, Detroit union official and close associate of Teamsters president James R. Hof- ia, was sentenced today by U. s. District Judge John CaShin to three years imprisonment for perjury.
 The case developed from grand jury investigation of wire tapping and racketeering in Local 299 of the International Brother hood of Teamsters. Collins, AS, is secretary treasurer of the local. Hoffa is president of the local as well as head of the entire union.
 Collins was continued in $2,5O0 bail pending an appeal from the sentence.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
NEW WORKERS WILL DIAL. LONG DISTANCE NUMBERS

NEW YORK, R - Starting this week, almost half-million New Workers will. be able to dial long-distance telephone numbers.
 The new service will enable us CTS to dial station to station any where in the nation, the New York Telephone Company said Friday.
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
Ark. Senator New Foreign Relations Committee Head

WASHINGTON, R - Senator J. William Fulbright D-ArA has taken over as chairman of the Sen ate Foreign Relations Committee. He succeeded 91-year-old Senator Theodore Francis Green D-RD, who stepped down because of poor eyesight and hearing. The Senate formally elected Fulbright Friday. Leqal Blanks at The Nucoet office
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09
F.A.A. Communication Plays Serious 20 Questions Game to Save Downed Pliers

In ten minutes and with twenty questions, Edward L. Ward, Air ways Operations Specialist of the Federal Aviation Agency at Kot- zebue, identified a downed plane, able only to answer ''yes'' and mo" in an improvised code. Pilot and passenger were rescued.
 Late on October 6, Ward, a communicator who has been rec ognized previously for exceptional work, heard clicks in one of the receivers he was guarding" in the station communications room. No flight plan on record indicated that an aircraft was missing. The signal was too weak to carry voice, so Ward, suspecting an emergency, broadcast on all ire quencies a request that the the pilot attempting to transmit on 3O23.5 KC identify himself by de- pressing his microphone key three times. Immediately, three weak daShes were heard.
 Thereupon, Ward, drawing on his knowledge of the area around Kotzebue, where he has worked for 13 years, on his experience with previous cases of planes in trouble, and his intimate know ledge of flying history north of the Arctic Circle, carried on the following inspired game of ''twen- ty questions:
 "This is Kotzebue radio - I have received a series of three dashes on 3023.5. There is some interference on your frequency. If you are calling Kotzebue radio, please repeat with three dashes.
 (Three dashes).
 Roger Am I in contact with the F'WS Grumman? Fish and Wildlife Service Grumman am phibian for which a search was then underway. If so, transmit three dashes." '"
 CNo response).
 Docs this concern a disabled or missing aircraft? If so, trans init three dashes."
 (Three dashes)
 Roger. A missing aircraft. will attempt to locate you. When am correct, push your micro phone buttone one time"
 ''North?"
 (One dash).
 Roger. You are located north of Kotzebue Transmit one dash for each ten miles that you are positioned north of Kotzebue."'
 (Twelve dashes).
 Roger. You are 120 miles north of Kotzebue. Confirm with three dashes."
 (Three daShes).
 Roger Now I will attempt to locate you more exactly. Trans init three dashes for affirmative Are you located near river 9
 (Three dashes).
 Roger. You are located on or near a river. Is 1t the Kelly "
 No response).
 "The Noatak?"
 No response).
 'The Kougarok?"
 (Three dashes).
 Roger. If you can give me dis tance from the Peterson crash, transmit one dash for each ten miles that you are located up river from that crash"
 (TWo dashes).
 Roger. Twenty miles up. river
The Nome nugget., 1959-02-09

Legal Blanks at The Nugget office
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1959-05-10

needed the money. Don't be
silly" Adler told the young
ster. when 1 needed the
money ! played those roles.
Il was easy. ! Just told my
self. This Is not /. I'm IN
Europe right now: another
person Il reading these
Inca
FIND; Messmorc Kendall.
the producer and theater
builder who Just died. once
bid at auction for an antique
breakfront. Il was bought by
Harry Houdlnl. the magician.
When Houdini died, Kendall
bought the breakfront from
his estate. as well as Is cases
Of items stored In warehouses
which had not been opened
for many years. The first
document he pulled. by
chance. from the first case
was the original manuscript
Of My Country IT'S Of Thee"
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REED
NEW STANTON THEATER

18Th, Just OFF Rhode Island Ave. NE.
Ample Parking facilities. LA. 1888
WASHINGTON ART THEATER"
Air Conditioned
LAST , DAYS
Matinee T0day
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never has seen the opera
house. Her show. with
Alan King and Bubbles.
probably win be tapped later
for use as a TV spectacular.
Miss Garland took the
show 70 Baltimore 70 test Il
In an auditorium seating
1000. During the perform
ance her husband-manager.
Sid Luft. walked outside with
a local night club owner who
wondered n Judy's voice
could be heard in the Met.
Just then. from half a block
away, they heard Judy sing
ing. There's my answer
said the night club man.
ROLE. Luther Adler. VINO
Just completed his role IN
1.-The Last Angry Man"
heard a young actor reject
a Tv role because he felt II
unsuitable. although he