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Kodiak Man
Disappears
Julius John Preston, 48, Ko_
diak Naval Station employee,
has been missing since last
Saturday morning, U. S. Mar
shall Clarence Dizney and the
City Police Department, have
been unable to trace his move
ments after he changed his
clothes at the Albright home
where he rented a room just
recently.
Thursday, November 11th,
he was seen in the Meoca Bar
during the morning hours up
until a little after 1 pm in |
the company of his wife Isa
belle. Later Saturday night
Preston is known to have gone
to Clark’s Garage, where the
family car had been taken for
repair. The garage was locked
and Clark had the keys to the
Preston Frazer locked in his
desk in the garage, but Pres
ton in some way wired the
ignition so the car would start
and he drove around town tor
several hours, and was seen by
numerous people. Shortly
after midnight the Mecca
Wrecking Service received a
telephone call from an uniden
tified man, asking to have the
“trouble shooter” sent out to
a location about seventy yards
north of US Commissioners
Office on Mission Road where
a car had turned over on its
side in the ditch. On arrival at
the wrecked car it was found
to be Prestons but fortunately
no one was injured. Preston]
had driven off the road onto j
the soft shoulder and turned,
over on the right side of the \
car. Had he driven another 10 ]
feet in the direction in which
was headed he would have
dropped about 39 feet down
onto the beach. The car was
righted by the wrecker and
Preston again drove on out
Mission Road.
Friday, Preston was known
to have picked up his weekly
pay check at the P ower Plant
where he was employed and
then he drove into Kodiak with
Pete Pestrikoff in his pick up
truck. He was dropped off at
Tony’s where he cashed his
check, and was overheard to
make the remark that he was
going out to the Chief’s Club
to eat. Instead he apparently
changed his mind as he cross
ed the street and entered the
Town Club and joined a large
group of Base people who were
having dinner there.
Early Saturday morning he
left the Town, Club and ac
cording to his landlady, Mrs.
4-lbright, ‘‘he came home and
changed his clothes and left
Continued on page 4
Mayor Leon Johnson presents the Gold Seal Award to Police Chief Roland Vickery at
the last Council meeting on November 15th. Vickery won the award for being the outstand
ing Chief of Police in Alaska. This award was based on his police record and extra curricula
tory achievements in City advancement. Every year the Chamber of Commerce from Mission
Texas, makes an award to the outstanding Chief of Police of each State and Territory.
Photo by Norman’s Photo Shop.
Two Dead As Anchorage Cub Crashes
A Super Cub, piloted by
Don Johnson, and 3 passen
gers, crashed 9 miles north of
Katmai Friday night Novem
ber 19th. Bill Beagle and his 5
year old son were drowned,
the Bons body being recovered
by Johnson, but the father’s
body was not found following
the crash and it is feared it
was carried out to sea by a
strong current.
Mrs. Ramsey, the other pas
senger, and Johnson the pilot
were both suffering from ex
treme shock but otherwise
were uninjured.
The group was on a pleasure
trip; flying around the Katmat
National Park and the Valley
of 10,000 Smokes. According
to Johnson’s report of the ac
cident: “The motor was func
tioning perfectly but the
wings became iced over, and
the plane, due to the added
weight of the ice, crashed into
the bay near the mouth of the
Katmai River.
' All four in the crash were
residents of Anchorage,
j The 10th Rescue Squad from
Anchorage arrived at the
scene around 7 pm and the
search for Beagle’s body was
continued.
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DOG ORDINANCE
' The dog ordinance, chang
ing the number of days a dog
may be held in the City Pound
from 5 to 3 days before exter
mination, was passed at the
last meeting of the City Coun
cil.
Pictured above is the Upholstering Class, conducted by Mary Robinson of the Univer
City of. Alaska Extension Service, receiving instruction in the art of renovating furniture.
The class has been meeting for the past two weeks in^lhe Chase Tolbert Building on Brooklyn
Ave. l*«ft to right in the picture: Vida Truitt, Billy Johnson, Mary Robinson (Instructor)
Pete Ramaglia, Sis Harris, Patty Figel. Leuise Coon, Don Figel and De Witt FieldB.
Photo by Norman’s Photo
Kodiak High
Split A Pali*
The High School Bears play
ed 2 games this week, in the
Naval Station league play,
winning the first, beating Sufc
ply60”to45, and then dropp
ing the second game to the In
firmary, a real tear jerker,
to 3s>.
The Bears are finally gett
ing into shape, according to
coach Morgan. “We get our
practise in first half and then
hope we can catch our oppon -
ent during the last half, “say*
\he coach.
In the first game against
Supply, Squartsoff lead th*
Bears with 17 points, Norton
11, Frost 8 and Anderson and
Fitzgerald with 6 a piece. The
floor game is improving and
the passing is becoming much
more accurate and less passes
are being thrown away. The
forward wall is getting more
rebounds and the two back
court men Norton and Fitz
gerald are ball hawking ant
sinking some long ones.
In the second game tni*
week the Bears dropped a close
one. Trailing near the end of
the first half by 16 points, the
team finally started rolling.
Both teams played hard, fast,
clean basketball and the act
ual body contact was at a min
imum. Anderson made 8 fo<*
shot in the closing minuets o#
play, coupled with 3field goal*
to close the Infirmary lead 39
to 40. In the last minute of
play the Bears missed 3 free
throws, any one of which
would send the game int®
overtime, or 2 out of 3 would
have salted the game into the
victory colum.
Frost lead the attack with
13 points, closely followed fey.
Norton who garnered 12, And
erson 8 and Souartsoff and
Fitzgerald with 3 each.
As in both games last week
the support given the team by
the cheer leaders and rooter*
was a big help in keeping the
team on their toes.
Fire At Muller Cannery
The fire Department was
called at 8:45 to extinguish
a blaze in the Walter Muller
Cannery on Tagura Road.Th*
fire was caused from an over
heated stove in the building
but was put out before any
damage was done to the
| property.
Mr. and Mrs. Oscar Neteon
of Kodiak, received word this
past week that their ton Sam
my, stationed at Fort Richard
son in Anchorage was made a
Sergeant in the US Army. •