Fishing Boats Arrive
Spring is not far away.
Merrill Coon, manager of the
local Standard Oil Company
office, and George Magnusen,
employed by SO, report seve
ral halibut boats stopping at
the oil float for fuel the past
two weeks.
In addition to the halibut
boats several tenders and
other vessels of island can
neries have been in port.
Kodiak Teachers Sign j
Contracts For Year
Eight of last years Kodiak
Public School teachers, and a
teacher from the 1949-50
staff, have signed contracts to
return here for the 1951-52
school year, Ivor Schott,
superintendent, said yester
day.
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The following have signed
contracts: Marjorie Gunder
son, Dera Meyers, Betty1
Springhill, Ellen Dawson, Lois
j Burnham, Eloda Metzgar,
j Eunice Neseth and Helen
Schott.
Howard Carpenter, 1949-50
coach and teacher here, has
signed a contract for the com
ing school year. The past year
j Carpenter has been teaching
I at Reedport, Montana. He is
married to Cecilia King,
daughter of Father C. R.
King.
Among those not returning
are C. E. Anderson, who re
placed Charles Penrose on
March 1, following Penrose’s
resignation. Anderson is a
Naval Station employee and
obtained a leave of absence to
j complete the school year. He
is also a former shop teacher
'on the teaching staff last!
| year.
i Others who did not sign con
| tracts are Mr. and Mrs. Ed
1 ward Rogan who will go to
Perryville to teach; Edna Lee|
Dixon, Audrey Naldrett, i
Louise Warren and Edith (
Clarke, whose plans were not j
announced.
j Oscar Drake, seventh grade j
teacher, has not signed or re-'
turned his contract and it is
not known if he plans to re
turn. All of the teachers were
offered contracts for the com
ing year.
“Replacements for vacan
cies will be made soon from
credentials now under con
sideration, ” Schott said. j
Stabilization Office
Opened In Anchorage
Juneau—Branch offices of
the Office of Price Stabiliza
tion will be opened in Anchor
age during the coming week,
Fred G. Hanford, territorial
director, said this week.
The Anchorage office will be
the third to be established in
the Territory, the second one
having been opened in Ketchi
kan early this month. The
fourth and last office will be
j opened in Fairbanks in May.
I Neil S. Miller will be in
charge of the Anchorage of
fice. Miller has been with the
Veterans Administration in
Anchorage for the past five
years.
Harry J. McGill, formerly
manufactures representative
for several lines of goods, will
be investigator for the An
chorage office.
Commercial Course*
Offered Residents
Miss Ethel MacNair, who is
offering courses in typing,
shorthand and conversational
Spanish, is staying at the
Kodiak Hotel this week.
( She has visited every city in
Alaska except three and has
offered the above courses to
residents, she told the MIR-1
ROR this week. She has also'
written a series of articles on
Alaska and has submitted
them to various papers, she
’said. i
Chena ice
Goes Wednesday
Fairbanks— Ice on the
Chena river broke at 5:31 am
Wednesday. The Chena break
up usually occurs about a
week before the Tanana Ri
ver break-up.
The residents of Nenana
said the ice was holding- solid
on the Tanana and is not ex
pected to let go until the end
of the month.
Lenora Berry is employed in
the dry goods department at
Krafts.
Wilton White
Has Surgery
Wilton White, manager Eof
Kodiak Motors, who recently
went to Seattle for special
medical attention, was fjoper
ated on Monday for the ’re
moval of kidney stones.
He is confined to Swedish
Hospital where he had the
operation preformed. Mrs.
Ben Kraft, mother of White,
is now in Seattle. She has
recently been on a trip
through the states.
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