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"News oj oAmeficas Last Frontier ’
KODIAK, ALASKA MARCH 16, 1947 ’ PRICE 10 CENTS
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Juneau* Alaska
irst Filings
lecorded
Ipinst filing? for the city elec
n, to be held April 1, weie re
ded at the city clerk’s office
gweek, with the deadline for
„gs at midnight on next Mon
r, March 17. No filings can be
epted after that date, and
ididatea have 10 days to with
,ff after that day before the
ieial ballot is compiled
first and only filing for mayor
far is for Lee Bettinger, m
Ebent, who received the en
.ement of the Central Labor
idcH at its meeting Sunday
| was filed by that group,
tor running mates on the
neil the labor council put up
J, Wheeldon, a partner in
Kodiak Welding Works;
rm&n Noble, a long time resi
tof Kodiak employed at the
e; and Jack Hinckel, local
nement machine operator,
or the one position open on
school board the group post
the name of Leon “Ole”
2hson.
i addition 3 petitions have
i filed for council, only one of
,sh will result in the, place
it of a name on the ballot,
giog the filings as of this date
iter than in past years,
toe of the petitions was a du
ate, naming Jack Hinckel,
viously filed by the labor
jp.
i second named Stanley Nel
, incumbent, but Mr. Nelson
1 yesterday that he will not
sider running and will with,
w his nome.
?he 3rd and effective petition
ned Eugene E. Erwin, a vet
n, whj came to Kodiak to
lie h s home with his mother,
s Bea Nachtweih, following
serv ces.
viany names have been bruit
ihout as j.oasibie candidates
the midnight deadline Mon
' will reveal the actual slate.
d the meantime, voters show
li'tle concern with their civic
its by their light registration
the electitn
flte registration book at the
muissioner's office, presided
r by Mat.dla Bo el, recorded
voters yesterday, a small
eeutage of those eligible.
k» Wednesday evening, when
office was kept open 3 hours
suable working people and
e employes a chance to regist
6 showed up, it was reported.
•lection officials were appoint
by the council Monday. They
: clerks, Zenita Oxford and
bel Fenner; judges, Oscar
sod, Harold Coulsey and
uer Magnuseu.
i
Tie Kodiak Garden Club will
st next Wednesday at the
»e of Mrs. Alice Meyer.
Dreyer Rumors
Discounted
Rumors that members of a
party of passengers in a plane
missing in the Kodiak area since
last year bad been seen in the
States have proved unfounded,
according to information furnish
ed by deputy U. S. Msrsbal Paul
Herring.
Rumors were various but in
the main had it that people re
ported as on the missing plane
were seen in Oregon, including
the pilot.
The plane in question was
owned by Speed Dreyer, who
left Kodiak last June 16 headed
for Anchorage and was never
again reported. Aboaid were a
Bill Hostetter, wanted on a bad
| check charge, and Mr. and Mrs.
|R. N. Glasgow.
Marshal Herring said a thor
ough check of the rumors has
been made and absolutely no ev
idence found to substantiate
them.
Tackling the project of mak
ing 500 layettes for the Ameii
can Ked Cross, a group of Kodi
ak ladies will sew at the Com
munity Center Tuesday from 10
am to 4 pm under the leadership
of Mm. Kostina Johnson.
Alt women of the community
who 'ike to sew and are willing
to assist in the project ate cor
dially invited to join Mrs. John
son’s group. They may spend
whatever time they have avail
able during the day.
The A'eutian Mail, new mail
boat for the Seward—Kodiak
we"tward run, owned by Jesse
Pe rich, arrived here Tuesday on
its first run and left the same
afternoon.
The boat replaces the one lost
by fire on i*s first trip this
spring.
Words Arrive
Arrival of March issues of the
Readers Digest, from which
(words will be taken for the city
wi e spelling bee at the Com
inunity Center on Tuesday, Ap
ril 29, has spurred interest in
that event.
Three teams already have
been entered from the Kodiak
schools cud both the Rotaty
Club and Business and Profes
sional Women have strong
squads lined up for the ortho
graphy competition.
Interest too has been expressed
by soldiers of the local ACS of
fice with Master Sergeant Mar
cus as their ace-speller, the Kodi
ak Carden Club and the Ameri
can I«gion Auxiliary.
Any organization may enter a
five-person squad in the competi
tion. A beautiful loving cup will
lie awarded the champions.
Arrival Moved Up
A wire direct from the Denali
yesterday to V. G. Ellis, in
charge of the Alaska Steamship
office, said the Denali would ar
rive here at 9 am this morning.
Previously it had not been ex
pected until about March 19.
Dock Sale
Due Soon
The sale of the former Kraft
dock, taken over by the Army
during the war and now operat
ed by the city under a lease ar
rangement, will take place in 6U
days, Mayor lee Bettmger told
the Chamber of Commerce
Thursday.
He said he had received the
information from Washington,
D. C. this week.
Mayor Bettinger also explain
ed to the chamber the plan for
adding the East addition and an
additional area to the incorpor
ated city area.
He and John Gibbons, a resi
dent of the area, began Sunday
contacting residents on Mission
road from this side of the Beach
combers to obtain signatures for
a petition asking for a vote on
such co poration
Part of the East addition wi'l
be auctioned off to individuals
this spring by the Department of
Interior, but until the area is
incorporated in the city ihere
will be no revenue from it
After the petition is presented
to the district court an election
would be arranged At this elec
tion two thirds of the people in
the area affected must approve
the incorporation as well as half
the voters within the city.
A discussion was also held on
proposed revenue measures at
the legislature at Juneau, includ
ing the income tax bill.
An article in a recent issue of
ihe Saturday Evening Post, on
Kodiak, which labelled Kodiak a
“Hangover Town” was also dis
cussed. It was decided to write a
letter to the Post protesting the
unfavorable publicity, and 0. A.
Torgerson was delegated to write
the letter.
The "Wearing of the green”
will be in order next Monday,
on St Patrick’s Day.
A dance at the base on Sunday
and a dance tonight at the Vt W
club have been announced in
connection with the day.
C J Ruch, bu*cLer at Kraft’s,
returned by plane this week after
a couple weeks spent in Califor
nia and a couple in Seattle
Norman Slenes, now living in
Anchorage, left here this week
after a trip down to p ck up per
sonal belonging"
Island Deal
Completed
Papers were recorded this
week on the sale of the Johnson
place on Crooked island by Ja
cob and Helen Johnson to Alli
son and Hazel Nixon.
Included in the sale ia 61 ac
res, with a house and several
small outbuildings, dories and
other equipment, and 3 head of
cattle and 65 hens.
Purchase price was $15,000.
The Nixon’s have been on
nearby adjacent Holiday island,
owned by Mrs Edna Kraft
where they have been raising
livestock
New Mission
Head Appointed
A new superintendent for the
Kodiak Baptist Home Mission
is due to arrive by plane abou,t
April 1, Rev. Glenn Chandler,
who has been in charge of the
mission since the debartu:e of
Hev. John Winter, announced
today
The new official is C David
Hungerford, of Richmond, Calif.
He is married, and is the father
of 2 boys, Stanley and Stephen,
ages 9 and 7
Rev Chandler said there is
st’ll n i word on a new pastor
for the church, a post which he
is filling temporarily.
A group of men headed by
Tommy Clampffer searching frr
Mike Kerr and Ray Harmon,
local residents have not been
heard from this week and are
presumably continuing their
search on the mainland.
Fire Drill Tomorrow
An important fire drill and
meeting will be held Sunday,
March 16, at the fire hall at 1
pm.
This is an urgent meeting anJ
all members should arrange to
be present.
Baby Survives
“Rattle" Accident
Evelyn Ann Pratt, 6 months
old daughter of Mr and Mrs.
Harold Pratt, suffeied a near
fatal accident at her home last
week and first aid by Public
Health Nttise Marioo Curtis is
credited with saving the infant’s
hfe
Mrs. Pratt said she had the
child playing in Ihe play pen and
that oft returning to the pen the
infant wa« unconscious and she
discovered a rattle, shaped like a
dumbbell, stuck in the child s
throat. She removed it but the
infant remained unconscious.
She ran with the infant to the
public hea th nurse’s office and
Nurse Curtis revived the >hild.
(Center Fund
Goes Over
Successful culmination of the
annual financial campaign of the
Kodiak Community Center was
celebrated by the entire city this
week when it was reported that
the fund of $6500 bad been over
subscribed. '.jast minute contri
butions raised the total of cash
and pledges to $6626 85, Chair
man O A. Torgerson reported to
the Center’s board of managers
at their meeting Thursday night.
Appreciation for the splendrd
response from business firms,
professional men, organizations,
families and individuals wae ex
pressed by Mr. Torgerson aad
also by Dr. A. Holmes Johnson
chairman of the board of manag
ers. Success of the campaign has
emphasized the fact that the
(Center has the support and in
terest of the entire community,
it was pointed out, and the board
of managers and Center director
Ken Wade, have pledged them
selves to make every effort to
enable the Center to be even
more valuable to the recreation
al, cultural and social life of
Kodiak.
Added to the $6626 raised in
the campaign is $2750 given by
NOB last fall toward the Cent
er’s 1947 budget Any additional
unds needed will be raised at,
spring and fall carnival enter
tainments
I A list of campaign donois be
g ns in this issue of the Mirror.
A marriage licence applica
tion was filed this week for Ches
ter Munson, base truck driver,
and Edna Sleek The latter is
expected by plane this weekend.
Red Cross Goal
Set At $2500
The Kodiak goal in the annu
al Red Cross drive has been pet
at $2500, l. K. Wodlinger, chair
man of the local chapter, an
nounced today
Although March was the
month set for the national cam
paign, the local drive wa- post
poned so as not to conflict with
the Kodiak Community Center
drive just completed
The bcal campaign will be
held starting in April on a date
still to be decided.
The national goa is tO million
dollars although 92 million is
needed to carry on the work.
The remainder will be made up
from balances left over from the
sucessful war drives.
Besides continuing serv ees to
armed personnel the Red Crops
will con inue its activities in dis
'asters fire train and automobile
.accidents epidemics and inter
na1 ional relief