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15
"News of oAmericas Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 7, 1947 __1 PRICE 10 CENTS
Fall Kills Hiker On Barometer Mountain
4th Tickets
Go On Sale
Raffle tickets for the grand
inwing to be held in connection
fith Kodiak’s big 4th of July
elebration went on sale this
■eek, Ray Martin, chairman,
enounced.
The first prize, a 1947 DeLuxe
Ford Sedan, arrived on the Den
ifi, has been washed and shined,
Ld placed in storage to be dis
r Ticket holders not only will
have a chance on the Ford but
will also have an opportunity to
win 5 other more than worth
while prizes. On display at the
bland fountain, they include a
beautiful electric range; a useful
electric mangle; an outboard
motor for the sports-minded; a
pleasurable electric phonograph
radio table model console; and &
thrifty $25 U. S Savings Bond,
the latter donated by the Bank
of Kodiak.
The raffle, sponsored by the
Rotary club, is now an annual
‘event, and 'unds will be used on
' playground development.
A marathon race, with prizes
of $50, $25, $15 and $10, and a
big free danee the night of the
4th have also been announced as
the first of many features being
planned for the celebration.
later.
Auction Monday
An auction of property in the
Dons Graham estate will be held
next Monday, at 2 pm. at the
office of Probate Judge G. W.
Bobendorf.
Victor C Kivers of Anchorage
visited in Kodiak this week to
look over the local power set-up.
He has been recommended by
the KEA a< first choice for en
(ineering work on the plant’s ex
pansion program.
Marble Contest Today
"Mibs’’ experts will compete
lor the area marbles champion
«kips at the Community Center
this morning. Competition is
sponsored by the Veterans of
Foreign Wars and the winner of
iba boys grade school tourna
ment will be eligible to represent
Kodiak at the territorial meet,
dinner of first place among
trade school boys, grade school
girls, junior high school girls and
boys will each receive a free ride
is Bob Hall’s seaplane. Other
‘wards await the runners up
The tournament is open to all
bays and girls from the 1st thru
9th grade. An entry fee of 5
wots is the only formality.
New Flights
Scheduled
Two flights a week from Se
attle to Kodiak and return, with
a one way fare of $115 including
tax, was announced this week by
G. W. Bubendorf, who will act
an agent for the new airlines.
Using DC3’s with airline seats,
freight will also be hauled at 21
cents a pound from Seattle, with
a minimum of 100 pounds. De
tails and name of the company
will be announced later.
First of the new scheduled
flights is to be made tomorrow,
Mr. Bubendorf said.
Club Opening
Next Wednesday
A modernistic neon sign, pro
claiming “Legion Club, Post No.
17” marks the side door of the
Mecca bar building that leads to
the newly decorated Legion club
which will have its grand open
ing next Wednesday.
Completely restyled, the club
room is ligh ed with indirect
cove lighting above the leather
covered booth«. The checkered
floor has been refinished and an
outstanding feature of the decor
is a floor lighting arrangement
I that rings the room, consisting
of a beautiful panorama of Alas
ka scenes The art work, done by
Jakk Corsaw of Seattle, is execu
ted on plexiglass, lit from behind
by rose and copper colot ed neon
tubing The installation is said to
be the first of its kind in Alaska
The specially designed bar
forms a quarter circle of roftly
lighted rose-tinted mirror plate
land plastics, xtie bar is fronted
in upholstered leather, with a
vitrolite top and itirfoam stools.
The back bar is brilliant pla*e
glass on plastic stands. Three
modern neon inserts ring the bar
in setbacks beginning at the ceil
ing level, and are lighted with
blue, gold and deep rose neon. In
the corner a large plastic column
contains revolving lights in con
stantly changing hues
The club is designed to accom*
modate 100 persons, and con*
tains modern restrooms and
checkroom.
Jake Foley, manager of the
club is arranging for special
music for the opening, with the
doors to open 11 1 pm and daily
thereafter at the same time for
members and their guests. Mem
bership tickets will be available
beginning Sunday.
Insiuliation work in the club
was done by Norman Fjeldheim,
electrical by Jjeon Johnson, and
painting and papering by Harvey
Edwards. Hoy Snyder designed
the bar.
Sisters Together
After Long Separation
After a 'separation of over 24
years two -sisters meeting when
the Denali arrived Saturday did
not recognize each other. They
were Mrs Bernard Roddy, of
Washington, D. C., and Mrs.
Una Hansen, of this city.
Mrs. Roddy arrived to spend
the summer with her sister, after
stooping over in Anacortes to
I to visit their mother.
[ Outdoor volleyball, basketball
and badminton will be soon be
added to the roster of activities
at the Kodiak Community Cent
er, it was announced by Director
Ken Wade A temporary volley
ball court hfes been ins ailed and
the VFW have promised to in
stall permanent basketba 1 stan
J dards and volleyball net posts
I within the next few days.
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Local Cafe
Robbed
I About, $200 was stolen from
the Polar Bear cafe between 3
'and 6 am Tuesday, and about
$50 has been recovered, deputy
U. S Marshal Paul Herring re
ported today.
The robbery was effected by
someone who entered via a lad
der and roof through a broken
window in a restroom at the
rear of the ca'e building. A cigar
box, containing tax money, and
$60 in a file cabinet was taken
A jar with $120 from an undeliv
ered ice pool take was overlook
ed under a counter.
The robber broke a toilet seat
off and threw it out the window
and broke a lavatory in two and
coins were spilled in the rest
room.
On Thursday Bud Metzgar
aud Lynn Markham noticed
|co ns on the ground by a ware
house behind Wodlinger’s drug
store, and search inside an open
ing under the building disclosed
a c gar box, and scattered about
and roughly covered with dirt
was more of the stolen money.
Sifting the dirt recovered about
$50
Two new champions were
crowned in the Kodiak ping-pong
championship at the Center this
month. Bea Malutin won the
women’s title by defeating Aileen
Wade, defending champion, in
straight games in the finals. ^1
lan Cbernoff upset the defending
junior champion, Laurence And
erson, in 3 out of 4 games. Kay
Wade retained his senion title
and Norton won the boys cham
pionship.
Lot Auction,
Prices Set
(Special)—Sale of 130 unoccu
pied lotB of the East Addition of
the Kodiak townsite has been
set for Kodiak at 10 ana Wednes
day, June 18, it was announced
by Lowell M. Puckett, regional
administrator of the Bureau oi
Land Management.
Lots are to be sold to the high
est bidders above the set ap
praised prices with no limit tc
the number of lots one person
may buy.
A plat is to be posted in the
post office.
The sale will continue until all
the lots have been offered and
time payments may be arranged.
Prices run from $300 for the larg
es*: lots (over 8000 square feet)
to $100 for the 5000 square foot
size.
Announcement of where the
sale will be held will be made
next week
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Employes File
Civil Suit
Eight employes of Fred Miller
& Sons, operators of the Victory
cafe and base cafeteria, filed a
civil suit May 29 asking for over
$900 for salaries allegedly due on
an implied contract. Other em
ployes are rep esented on assign
ment to plaintiffs named, who
included Clarence and Gertrude
Rinehart, Bernard Rinehart,
Betty Wilson, Myrtle Eaton,
Wi 1 am Gratz Willie Kalmakoff
and Richard Koch.
The suit names F ed Miller,
Al Miller and Howard Miller as
the defendants.
U S. Commissioner G W.
Bubendorf has set the case for
next Tuesday at 2 pm. The com
plaint runs to 30 pages and
names 27 causes of action.
Church Note
There will be a change in the
schedule of Masses in the Ca'ho
lie church for Sunday, .bine 8,
only: the first Mass will be at
8:00 instead of 8:30, the second
at 10:30 as usual. There will be
i ne Mass only at the Hiliside
Chapel, Navy Base, at 9:15 am
Body Shipped
William L. Wilson, chief phar
macist’s mate, who lost his life
as the result of asphyxiation suf
feied in the Austerman house
fire last Thursday, is survived by
his widow, Mrs. Mary Ann Wil
son of 7 South averue, Yakima,
Wash. His body was shipped
back to the next of kin via
NATS
Struggling against heavy un
derbrush, snow, and mud, a four
man rescue party led by Pr. |
Johann, from the Naval Air Sta- j,
tion, Dispensary, Kodiak, Alas- !
ka, climbed 2 miles up rugged ■
Barometer mountain Wednesday I
to reseue a Marine who had slip
ped and fallen and was fatally ,
injured while on a hiking trip,
Pfc. Robert L. Staulcup, of j
Oak Ridge, Tenn., and a friend, j1
Cpl. Neil B. Ness, of Cheshire, ,
Ore., bad set out for an after- ,
noon of hiking. Near the 2500
foot peak of Barometer mountain
a gust of wind caught Staulcup’s
hat. Instinctively he went after
' it and in doing so he slipped and
rolled and bounced 400 yards
down the steep side of the moun
• taiu.
' Almost immediately afterward,
Ness succeeded in attracting the
attention of Lt. fjg) Jack Mis
! ner, of Crossett, Ark., Lt. (jg) i
I Fieeman Schlais, of New Bed
: ford, Mass., and M. Smith, avia- |
' tion radioman, first class, of St.
> Cloud, Minn , who were also iiik- .
i ing Misuer immediately left to
notify the Naval Air Station
Dispensary and the Marine Bar
racks, while Ness, Schlais, and
Smith proceeded down the moun
tain to aid the injured Staulcup.
Immediately after notification
of the accident Dr. O. P Jo
hann, Rol ind Faucher, pharma
cist’s mate, third class, of Long- i
meadow, R. I , James W. Gahnz,
hospital apprentice, first class, t f
Wausau, Wis., and W. R. Rucb,
pharmacist's mate, third class, of
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Warning Issued
The Mission >oad area has
been the sce'<e of indiscriminate
target shooting, according to re
ports to the deputy U. S. Mar
shal’s office, and persons are
warned against such rhoofing in 1
home areas where property and i
lives may be endangered.
Celebrating it’s first year of
operation with a huge anniver- ,
eary party, the Community Cen
ter will play host to the commu
nity at an open house program
on Sunday June 29, t was an
nounced today bv Chairman j
Marcus Meyer of the Center’s
program committee.
Earl McGinty and J T r
Nedle, Federal Works Agency
engineer and auditor, arrived
here this week on matters per
taining to the FWA owned and
city-operated wafer and sewer
systems, including an audit of 1
revenues