"News oj oAmencas Last Frontier”
fOL 6 NO 46
KODIAK, ALASKA JANUARY 18, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
Drive For
Center Near
Plans for the annual financial
campnmu of the Kodiak Com
munity Center, scheduled tor'
Februaiy 3 to 8, are rapidly tak
ing shape, it was reported by the
Center's Fioanoe Committee
charman, < K A. Torgeraon.
Inasmuch as the Community
Center is now a going concern
and serving the entire communi
ty with a program that takes in
activities for both children and
adulte. Mr. Torgereon stated,
that he was sure the drive would
have the united support of all
residents. Attendance records at
the center show a total of
38,000 visits by residents of
Kodiak and vicinity during the
eeven months of the Center’s
operation. Average attendance is
now about 200 person’s daily
and the Center is in operation
seven days a week
Volunteer workers who are
willing to assist in putting over
the financial campaign—especia -
ly those who have time to can
vass in the residential districts—
are needed for the campaign or
ganisation. Persons willing to
help are invited to enroll with
Mr. Torgeraon at the Bank of
Kodiak or with Ken Wade at
the Community Center.
Overdue
Mike Kerr and Ray Haimon,
♦rapping on the mainlaud, were
to be back in Kodiak between
Christmas and New Year’6.
Friends will wait awhile longer
before starting any search.
Paul Fretas left on a business
trip to Homer Wednesday.
More thau 33 Kodiak ath
lets, of both sexes, will see ae
tiou in the new Paddlebird
League wh*eh opons at the Com
munity Center Monday evening.
Any grouo of 2 men and 2 wo
meu, or 2 boys and 2 girls may
enter the tourney whieb will be
played from 7 to 9 pin each
Mo'iday night until a round ro
bin is completed.
Members of the wianing squad
will have their names engraved
on the O. A Torgerson perpet
ual trophy and also will receive
a special individual award at the
■completion of play. Men’s volly
bp'l rules will govern the play
and there will be an entry fee of
We dollar per team, the money
used for the prise award
Patsy Hellen’s All Stars, win
ners of Mie last tournament,
ajjll present the same line
up in the new competition, as
will Joy Wade’s Bulldogs. Other
firing teams which already have
announced their entry are Helen
Butters’ Braves and Oheiie
^Morrison’s MarveK
Game Suggestions
May Be Offered
Suggestion* f r lutuie wldlife
reuuldt one may be made at a
meeting called for next Tuesday.
Jan. 21, Frank Beals, Fish &
Wildlife agent, announced today.
Tbe meeting will start at 8 pm
at the Community center
Material gathered at this
meeting will be forwarded to tbe
Game Commission meeting in
Juneau Feb. 17, where proposed
changes in game regulations will
be drawn up.
All persons affected by wildlife'
regulations, including trappers. •
hunters and sport fishermen arej
invited to eome to the center
"with their pet grouches/'
Funny Fire
Fires aren’t funny, but the
one extinguished Monday noon
by Fire Chief George Magnusen
was about the queerest ever to
occur in Kodiak.
When it was reported to Chief
Magnusen that a fence post was
burning on Marine Way he went
to see, and there, all by itself,
was a fence pnst blazi g merr !y.
Explanation: It was a boxed
in post that had caught fire from
a live ember blown several feet
out of a fire built by eome work
man for warmth.
Cake Sale Starts
March Of Dimes
A bake sale next Saturday is
the fiist of a series of 3 events
sponsored by the Business and
Professional Woman’s Club in
the nationwide 1947 March of
' Diracs drive.
fcoeryoneis asked to donate
[something for the sale—cakes,
cookies, pies, candy, or anything
good io eat . Bring your contri
butions io the Orcheum theater
lobby next Saturday, Jan 25, be
tween 11:30 and 2 pm The sale
starts at noon.
On Wednesday, Jan. 29 a big
evening of fun will be provided
by an Athleti? Carnival, ar
ranged by Ken Wade, to be pre
sented at Blinn's Hall. A paddle
bird contest, tumbling act and
other features are being arran
ged.
To climax the local drive the
annual March of Dimes Ball will
be held at Blinn’s hall Saturday,
Feb. |, with music by the 4 Hits
and a Miss. Tickets will be sold
in advance. I
As in past year-1, half of the
money raised will go to the Nat
ional Foundation for the Preven
tion of Infantile Paralysis The
BPW club has assigned the local
half of the proceeds to the Alaska
Ciippled Children’s association
and the latter will be matched j
w'th federal funds
Mail Boat
Total Loss
The Clannda, new mail boa*
makin, its inaugural trip to i he
Westward, exj loded and burned
at Sand Point, about 375 miles
southwest of Kodiak,early Mon
day morning, according to word
received by the Navy from Jesse
Petrich, owner and skipper of
the vessel.
Petrich said the boat was at
the dock when it exploded, and
tha it was moved to a beach
where it burned and was a total
loss. It has an 8-man crew, and
one member was alightly burned,
the wire said. No word was giv
en on the maii cargo, but it is
believed the majority of it would
have been discharged.
The destruction of the boat
was a blow u remote Aleutian
villages, as they had been with
out service, except military, dur
ing the war, and with very little
service since the war ended.
Petrich is from Langley, Wash,
and is known to many in Kodi
ak. He was formeily married to
a local girl, C'orinne Sargent. It
is reported the boat, a former
yacht, was insured. It was diesel
powered Kodiak was ineuded
on the Clannda’s run, and it had
left here a week ago Wednesday,
after being delayed by weather.
Dan Ball, fo merly of Kodiak,
was a member of the engine
room crew.
Rid ag roughshod over all the
| other teams entered in a blind
1 draw paddlebird tournament at
the Community Center Sunday |
night. Dean Moore s four-ome
romped away with champion-hip
honors for the eveuing Moore’s
team mates were Charles Jerling,
Sid Hubley, and Gt orge Beukers
Tied for second place were the
team led by Dick Skinner, Allen
Cheruorf and Ken Wade Bus
ter Jones’ outfit trailed
Man Rescued
After Dock Fall
Martin Pavloff, of Woody is
land, was rescued from tne icy
watera of tbe channel after he
fell off the Erskine dock ea ly
Sunday evening.
Pavioff yelled for help and on
being heaid at the GM hospital
a call was put through to the
marshal’s office. In the mean-}
time, Gordon Coulsey and John j
ny Ponchene answe ed the cali j
for help and put out in a skill i
and got Pavloff in to the beach '
Patients at ihe hospital su’d.
Pavloff was swimming in ihe.
wrong iliieclion and that he was)
in the water about 10 minutes |
He was taken to the hospital:
for treatment for exposure and j
was released without ill effects 2,
days later.
Second Dog Case
Brings Fine
Lonnie Scroggins, charged by
W. J. Wheeldon with wanton
and malicious destruction of his
dog. “Lad’ , pled guilty before
U. S. Commissioner G. W Bub
eudorf Thursday morning and
was fined $100.
Commissioner Bubendorf
heard testimony, in which the
defendant maintained the police
department had given him per
mission to shoot a dog that had
previously molested his chickens.
Becky Smith, 11 year-old neigh
bor, saw 1 of'the 2 shots fiied
and said the dog was in the
pathway and not molesting the
chickens.
Acting Police Chief Henry
Gonzales said the permission
given was for another abandoned
dog whose owner was known.
Commissioner Bubendorf
warned against further Bhooting
of dogs and advised the defend
ant to keep his chickens penned
op.
Subsequent to the conviction
a civil suit was filed by Mr.
Wheeldon against Scroggins, ask
ing $900 for loss of the dog, plus
costs and attorney’s fees
The trial has been set for next
Friday, Jan. 24.
Tbe civil suit filed by Francis
Healey against Henry Gonzales
asking $800 for loss of bis dog
by shooting was dismissed at tbe
request of the plaintiff after set
tlement out of court. Mr. Healey
said he had not meant to involve
the city, as employer of Acting
Chief Gonzales, in the case. Gon
zales was found not guiltv of
wanton destruction of Healey’s
deg last week.
Parcels Pile Up
Slowness in picking up parcel
post packages has delayed their
distribution, the local post office
reports. It is hoped patrons will
call for packages at once so
there will be room to handle tbe
next shipment. 4
Los Angeles (JP)— Rodrique
Cardinal Villeneuve, of Quebec
d ed of a heart attack at Ram
ona convent.
ACS Resumes
Marine Bulletins
Marine bulletin service *eport
ing tbe arrival and departure of
ships has been re umen, M &vt
Cbailes Marcus, operator in
ch&tge of the Alaska Communi
cation System, stationed in Ko
diak at nounced today.
Bulletin- reporting depaiture
of .northbound ships destined for
Kodiak will be available at (he
office of the local agent of the
Alaska Steamship, company.
Sailor
Missing
A sailor, whose name will not
be released until next of kin are
notified, is the object of a search
now being conducted near Afog
nak by military personnel.
Capt. R. K. Sutliff, command
ant, NOR-NAS, said a dispatch
was received yesterday morning
stating the sailor went hunting
Monday and has not been seen
since.
A search has been going on
since that day and the \MS 434
wa-< sent over yesterday with ad
ditional personnel to join in seek
ing the missing man.
The sailor is one of the seaman
looking after naval installations
at Afognak lake, site of a former
Fish & Wildlife service hatchery.
Ping-pong pellete, which lead
a rugged life at the Community
Center and expire at the rate of
half-a-dozen a day, are in for a
beating Sunday night when more
than a score of stars are expected
to compete in the monthly
championships. Play starts at 7
pm with titles at stake in seven
classes:
Defending champions are:
Men’s Singles, Bud Owen; Juni
or singles, Laurence Anderson;
Boys singles, Bobbie Norton;
Women’s singles, Aileen Wade;
Men’s Doubles, Bud Owed and
Laurence Anderson. Mixed dou
bles and women’s doubles also
will be played if there are suffi
cient entries
Postponed
Sailing of the Denali from
Seattle has been postponed Jrom
Jan. 28 to Feb l, the local Alas
ka Steamship office was inform
ed yesterday.
Only one thing can be predict
ed in advance when a score of
cribbage players tangle at the
Community Center Tuesday
nighi in their monthly champion
ship tour ament—there won’t
Ire any "nmet en” hands
Play starts at 8:16 pm Entiy
fee is fifty cents money to be
used for the prize award. De
fending champion is Jack Heal
ey No previous champion has
ever successfully defended Lis or
her title' at the ( enter. Jack
hopes for better lucK.
All or.tillage playeis are invit
ed.
Washington (.-I’) By unan -
mous vote the I loti* • Ways aril
Means committee spf loved ’eg
islation continuing indefinitely
the wartime tax on liquor, jewe -
ry, furs and many o'her goods
and sc vices.