Aehfcson Named
Board Member
Robert Aeheson, partner of
the firm of Donnelley and
Aeheson, was named a mem
ber of the Independent School
District board this week to ill
the vacancy created ; >y o •
resignation of John xj.
Hughes, member and former
president.
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson,
board member, was elected
president of the board during
the meeting.
Hughes resigned because he
is leaving Kodiak to enter in
to partnership with the law
firm of Renfrew and Davis in
Anchorage.
Members of the ISD, other
than Johnson and Aeheson,
are Thomas L. Crooks. Robei t
Hall and William Stone.
Grade School Cost
Set At §6QOy0OO
Members of the Independent!
School District board decided
Wednesday to request Aril i
Johnson, architect, to draw
new preliminary plans for a
Krade school oukding after
John Argetsinger, head of the
Alaska Public Works, told
them that $600,000 in federal
money was all that was avail
able at present.
Argetsinger, Linn Forrest,
APW, architect, and Webb
Trimble, finance analysist for
the APW, met with members
of the ISD and Mayor Lee Bet
jtinger to discuss the school
project.
! Original plans of the ISD
called for a high school, grade
school and gymnasium to be
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erected on land at the north
east corner of the ACS prop
erty which lies between Mis-!
sion and Mill Bay roads. j
During the discussion it was(
revealed that the Washington, i
D.C. office of the APW set the:
figure at $300,000 because it
believed that was the limit of :
the Kodiak ISD’s ability to re
pay the loan.
Forrest said that the APW
estimates it will cost an aver
age of $21 per square foot to
construct a grade school build
ing and $22 per sqaure foot
i for a high school.
I All three APW men urged
i the ISO members to decide
between a grade or high
f school and to design the build
! ing so that a gymnasium could
I be added later.
| r orrest requested a copy oi
J the school budget for the com
j ing year; asked what progress
, had been made on negotiations
J with the ACS and the latest
assessed valuation of property
! in the ISD and city.
The ISD members will file
an application for advance
planning money, which A "get
singer indicated was immedia
\ telv available.
! Thursday the three APW
men inspected the proposed
! site for the new school. They
' also met with city council
( members while here to discuss
j the water and sewer proiect
which will also be finmrwd
with federal funds.
The appropriation for the
.'water and sewer job\has been
approved by Congress but it is
being held up in Juneau.
Bettinger was scheduled to
go to‘ Juneau this week and
meet with federal officials in
an effort to expedite the work.
Site Cleared
For ACS
The land surrounding the
Alaska Communication Sys
tem's receiver station near
Isl&pd lake is in the process
of being cleared by workmen
| under the direction of John
Sh riper.
Shriner received a contract
for clearing the land from the
AC$. Approximately- nine
acres is being cleared. New'
antenna poles will be installed,
Captain Larry Bucy, ACS of
ficer in charge, ■ said this week.
The building for the new
receiver station was completed
last year by Ralph Shupp.
New equipment will be in
stalled in the concrete and
steel building.
Hughes Leaves
For Anchorage
John C. Hughes, attorney, j
left Tuesday for Anchorage |
where he has joined the firm \
of Davis and Renfrew. Mrs.
Hughes and their two daugh
tess will join him there next
week.
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Clean-Up Drive
Starts Monday
Jake Foley, manager of the
Legion Club and a member of
the Chamber of Commerce,
has accepted the chairmanship
of the annual Clean-up Drive,
Merrill Coon, told the Rotary
Club Tuesday.
A large group of C of C
members attended the regu
lar weekly luncheon of the
Rotary Club at the Mont
martre Inn.
Following the luncheon a
discussion of ways and means
of assisting the Clean-up
Drive was held.
Coon, president of the C of
C and a Rotary Club member,
led the discussion and called
on various members of both
organizations for comments.
Prior to the discussion Jules
Radinsky, manager of tha
Civil Service Club at Kodiak
Naval Station, was initiated
into the local Rotary Club.
Guests attending the meet
ing, other than the C of 0
members, were B. C. Nelson,
engineer on Charles Madsen’s
boat Kodiak Bear III, and
Raiph Zwolsman, field direc
tor for first aid, water safefy
and accident prevention of the
American Red Cross. Visiting
Rotarian Cimer Johnson of
Ketchikan also attended the
meeting.
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To Bouchers
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born Sunday morning at the
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Mrs. John Boucher. Mrs.>
Boucher is the former Sylvia
Larsen. Boucher is in the!':
Marine Corps.
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