OL 7 NO. 12
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"News oj oAmericds Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 17, 1947 _ _ PRICE 10 CENTS
Airfield
Discussed
Possibilities of proving ihe
ted and of securing federal aid
van airport at Kodiak was dis
used by a group of 15 at tht
fictory cafe Tuesday.
Presided over by James Marti
(instigator of the project, tht
eating was called as a confer
Kt with James Cusack, chief ol
it airport planning division, 8th
tgion (Alaska) of the €AA who
■ae from Anchorage to investi
pit proposed sites.
Under the Federal Aid Airport
let, Mr. Cusack explained, the
piernment will provide 75 per
ent of construction cost and 50
ir cent of land acquisition costs
■ approved projects. Approval
iwt come first from the region
ioffice and finally from Wash
jgton.
Very few airports, he said, pay
heir way in maintenance He
lid an estimate of the volume
fair traffic for the next 7 years
mJicatss an airport here would
fi be self sustaining, but point
out that as in other cities the
xaefits often justify the ex
pose.
lie gave SI50,000 as a rock
tottom p. ice for a commercial
t?pe airport
1 the city should decide on a
ber project he suggesten 2 al
ienates—a small land or wa'er
use, or a smaller base with land
tequsition included for a future
arger field.
Be suggested the Chamber of
Commerce obtain facts and fig
ms showing air transport needs
«d potentialities
At the chamber meeting on
Hmrsday President Bubendorf
ispointfcd James Maitz, chair
nan, Jorgen Fredrickson and
Valter Sipprell as a committee
toseeure the information
Karl Armstrong, Jr., son of the
rmer U. S. Marshal ai Kodiak,
rived here this week and is
itioned in the local office of
s Signal Corps
Wienies For Workers
Youngs'ers of Kodiak will do
kit part toward improving the
itywauce of the the city this
Corning when they unite to
<Wo up the area in the vicinity
•fthe Kodiak Community Cent
»
Grounds in the entire area
•ill be cleaned up, rubbish and
•>*ab disposed of and every ef
i*tmade to make that part of
city more attractive. Partic
Wnts are asked to report at the
inter at 10:30 am and to bring
^es and shovels if possible.
After the clean-up a big wienie
Ntwill be help with plenty of
•k-dogs and “pop” for the work
IN.
New Residents
To Be Honored
New residents and new citi
zens will be guests of honor at
the observance of “I Am An
i American Day” at the Comnaun
j ity Center tomorrow evening,
j sponsored by the American Leg
' ion Auxiliary
| Commander John Sinkankas,
jUSN, representing Admiral F A
i Daubin of the 17th Naval Dist
rict, and Mayor Lee Bettingei
will speak. Members of the city
council and school board will be
present.
| The public is invited to at
tend.
The program will include com
munity singing led by Reuben
Tesarik, commander of the Am
erican Legion, with Gladys Pa
j gano at the piano; a humorous
j quiz program conducted by
i Charles Wameling; and refresh
raents. The program starts at 8.
Mrs Dorothy Haag is chair
man in charge of arrangements.
Big Standard
Tanker Calls
The large, new Standard Oil
j company tanker, the Chevron,
arrived at Kodiak early this
week, d ickiiig at Erskine’s to
unload petroleum products It
was the first call of the tan'ier at
this port
The vessel is 325 feet long and
extended beyond both ends of
the Erskine dock, although larg
er ve-sels have berthed there
It left Kodiak for Shearwater
and will then return to Seward.
Kodiak cribbage enthusiasts
will swing into action next Thurs
day, May 22, in the monthly
championship tournament at the
Community Center
Defending champion is Mrs
J, R. Malutin. The play is open
to all comers and games start at
8:15 pm
Grants KEA
$310,000
Washington (.-P)—The Rural
Electrification Administration
announced approval of a loan of
$310,000 to the Kodiak Electric
Association, a cooperative.
The REA loan was requested
to provide funds for expansion of
facilities and for a complete re
working of the company’s distri
bution system.
Approval of the loan means
the piojeot will get underway
this summer, Ted llozak, KEA
manager, said.
Marriage license applications
have been made by Myrtle Alli
son and Richard Shade; and
Betty Burns and Raymond A.
Hansen.
Silver Horde
Next Week
The Silver Horde takes over
in Kodiak next Saturday, May
24, with a gala evening of fun
and frolic in the vicinity of the
Kodiak Community Center. Car
nival attractions, games of skill
and chance, dancing, music, ent
ertainment and fun for young
and old will feature a program
which will run for several hours.
The Carnival grounds include
the Center building and the area
in front of the building which
has been made available as a
playgiound site through the
courtesy of the Fishermen's Un
ion.
“The Silver Horde” program
is sponsorrd by the Kodiak Rot
ary club for the benefit of the
Community Center. The entire
evening’s proceeds will go into
the Community Center fund to
enable the. Center to continue
and expand its pr gram of activ
i ities for the benefit of tde entire
! community.
James Marta is the general
chairman, in charge of the “Sil
ver Horde” program. The entire
membership of the Rotary club
is working with him on the plans
for the evening's activities.
| All residents of Kodiak and
j vicinity are cordially invited to
attend and participate in the
fun.
The Sisters wish to express
their appreciation to the gratify
ing number of people who called
on Hospital Day, and to Mes
1 dames O. A. Torgerson, Cather
ine Blaukenburg, Henry Neseth
who so graciously presided at the
' tea table.
I -
Weather
i Broadcast
Marine forecasts designed es
pecially to help local fishermen
in their operations are now be
ing broadcast daily by the Sig
nal Corps with data supplied by
the United States Department
of Commerce Weather Bnreau,
it was announced today by
G'en Jefferson, regional director,
of Anchorage.
The information will include
wind directions and velocities
and will cover Shelikcff straits
and waters within a 100-mile
radius of Kodiak island
The forecasts are sent daily
through the ACS and are broad
cast by the local ACS radio sta
tion, WXF, 3 times daily—at 9
am, 4 pm and 9 pm
Local liftei ers may pick them
up on their shortwave band at
2970 kilocycles
Establishment of this weather
service was obtained through el
forts of officia’s and members of
the Kodiak Fishermen’s Union
Bear Hunters
Come And Go
Carl Kinzel, of JbJgm, in., ana
5. J. BendtseD, of Electric City,
Wash , left by plane Monday fer
Nome and Pt. Barrow after bag
ging a couple of Kodiak bears
with Alf Madsen as their mentor.
Kinzel’s bear measured 10 ft. 2
inches, and Bendsen’s was 8 ft.
6. The men reported fine fishing
on Mush Bay, where they got
Dolly Vardens and steelheads.
Don Maxwell, of Odessa, Tex
as, also returned this week with
Charles Madsen, with an 8 ft. 9
insh hide to take home as his
trophy. He got his bear on Zach
ar bay.
Grover Herring, of Oakland,
Calif., left later in the week for
a bear with Oscar Nelson as his
guide.
On Friday’s plane two more
couples arrived; Dr. and Mrs. E.
J.Samuelson, with the Utah
Tailoring Mills of Salt Lake City
and Mr. aud Mrs. E C. Ca y,
of the insurance business in Bur
lington, Iowa They left Friday
afternoon with Charles Madsen.
Adjudged Insane
B ‘njamin So* ague 2 , foimer
]y of Anacortes Wash . was
found insane by a jury Friday in
the U. S. Commissioner’s court
and commitied to Mornings de
at Portland, Ore.
Sprague was brought to Kodi
ak from Mosher Bay by his bro
ther and was held for observa
tion previous to the ssnity hear
ing
Serving on the jure were L e
Bettingei, J. G Benneit. Paul
Fretzs, Ted Roza k, Walter Sip
prell and Vic Ellis.
Mymphas C Hanks, no’ed
blind lecturer, scheduled for ap
pearances in Kodiak, has cancel
led his visit to make a trip a
round the world.
Poppy Day
Saturday
Poppy Day, traditionally held
the Saturday before Memorial
Day, will be observed in Kodiak
next Saturday May 24, it was
announced today by the Ameri
can I egion Auxiliary, who will
sponsor the sale of the poppies.
The supply of veteran made
flowers are on band and de'a Is
of the sale will be am ourced
next week.
About $100 was raise 1 at the
basket social Tuesday to send a
delegate to the convention at
Anchorage, the American t egton
Auxiliary leported this week.
Over 50 attended and prize for
the best decorated basket went
t.o Mrs. Jeanette Bailey.
MayorGives
Trip Report
V. G. Ellis, retiring president
of the Chamber of Commerce,
reviewed the wo k of the cham
ber for the past year at the meet
ing Thursday prior to turning
over the gavel to new president,
G W. Bubendorf.
A financial report showed the
chamber to have a balance of
$1250.14 on hand, with over $606
of that accumulated in the 4tk
of July fund.
Main part of thi business
meetiDg was devoted to a report
from Lee Bettinger, mayor, who
returned Tuesday after a month’s
visit in Washington, D.C., prim
arily to aopear at the statehood
hearings.
Taking advantage of his pres
ence in Washington Mayor Bet
tinger said he alpo took up sev
eral city problems with variou
officials.
He conferred with Warner
Garaener, Assistant Secretary of
the Department of the Interior,
on the Army dock, regarding the
bids now being advertised. May
or Bettinger sa d h“ is convinced
the city can “handle an i finance’"
the purchase of the dock
He also consulted on the bring
ing of the Ea-t addition into the
city, and June 18 has now been
set as the sa'e date for lots in the
area. An Alaska Game Commis
sion rabbit re erve, within the
area, is also to be disposed of, be
said, with resi ienN on it to have
fiist opportunity to purchase *
The m tter of unauthorised
sales by base stores and other
miite-s of pol cy affi-cting com
petition he (1 sen sed with Dele
gate E. L. H i i but, who said an
approach wou'ri ba made direct
ly to the War Department on an
overall policy basis as relating to
all similar situations
Mayor Bettinger said he en
joyed attending the Chamber of
Commerce convention as a guest
and closed his remarks with high
praise forthewoik being done
by Delegate Bartlett and his
office.
Guests at the luncheon includ
ed Paul Fretisi city dock wharf
ingjr, and Gene Norris Mil
The Kodiak Garden club wit)
meet Wednesday at the home of
Mrs. Alice Given, on Mission rd.
ACS Head Arrives
Lt Joseph M. R:>ugh, of Poca
tello, Idaho, arrived this week
from Seat tle where he ha« beet*
stationed ‘o taKe charge of th-*
1q al ACS office
M-?gt. Charles Marcu», In*
pre leaser, is retiring from the
service and he and Mrs. Marcus
are awaiting transportation to
Seattle.