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for republication of all news dispatches credited to it
or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the
local news published herein.
-Jfernon Holland, former Kodi
ak student, is now in the Army,
-stationed at Fort Dix, N. J.
"Cecilia King is employed at
'the Kodiak Fountain, and Jane
Naughton at the Island Fount
ain
Pacific Northern
Airlines
INCOMING:
Mr. Jackman, Mrs. Juanita
Pitnam & son, Lowell Smart, E
I, Keithahn, Jack Groke, Mrs.
Simmons, 0. Mahle, Harriet
Hodges, A. V. Lorentzen.
OUTGOING:
Clyde Leaman, Mildred Ham
mond, Bailey Russell, Ray Hol
land, Jim Johnson, Andrew Fair
field, Cliff Barnhill, Kate Buhl,
Laura Schmidt, Fay Hicks, Vera
Dorian Coogan, Mr. & Mrs.
Graham, Johnny B«rnes, Mr &
Mrs. Andrew Rogers & family,
K Holmes Johnson, Mr. <fc Mrs
Williams, Dolores Leaman, W B
Pierce, C O Gilpin, R F Laumer,
kd Keithahn, Gloria Englumi &
son, J H Lee, John El iott, J J
Wilson, Ray Martin.
Officers of the Kodiak chapter
of the Veteran’s of Foreign Wars
consist of the following:
Comniander, Taimage L Smith
Sr vice commander, Ted Ro
zak
Jr. ?ice commander, EE Dean
Quartermaster, R D Russell
Adj. Sgt. quartermaster, Jim
McCain
Chaplain, Elvin Foster
NOTICE
There will be a United Fisher
men of Alaska meeting next
Wednesday, Oct. 2, at 7:30 pm
at the Union hall. AH members
be present.
John J Bugge, Republican
candidate for the Territorial
house of representatives, visited
Kodiak this week on a campaign
trip.
A resident of Palmer, he has
been in the Territory since 1900,
and it was his first trip to Kodi
ak. With a varied career of fish
ing, gold mining and farming be
hind him he has turned his at
tention to politics.
A real old-timer who describes1
himself as being among the
“damned fools who work to de
velop a new Territory,” his pol
itical stand is carried in an an
nouncement elsewhere in this is
sue. I
ltay Martin,owner of the Club
Liquor store and local PNA a-|
gent, left this week for the States j
to spend the winter holidays with
his family in Los Angeles.
Mr. and Mrs. Steve Mikulas
of Fairbanks are the parents of a
baby girl, weight 5 pounds I
ounce. The father, a deputy U.i
S. Marshal, is formerly from Ko- j
diak.
I -
| Tenora Rockney, who has been
! driving the Kodiak Shoppe^ has
purchased it from Tommy Gal
lagher, it was announced this
week,
WHICH END OF YOUR
HOUSE DID YOU INSURE?
Since 1939 replacement value of our
homes has increased over 45%
Will your insurance rebuild only
1-2 of your home?
1
Phone Building
Plans Drawn -
Blueprints for the proposed
building for the Kodiak Tele-j
phone company were received |
this week in Kodiak, and bids
are being sought for construc
tion of the building on Brooklyn
avenue, on the site of the former
Brooklyn rooms.
The building is to be 2 storys’
with concrete foundations and
ground floor, and frame construc
tion with asbestos siding. The
ground floor will provide for a
garage with access through the
front to the street on the right
side of the building. On the left
will be an office, behind it a ma
chine room with utilities in the
rear. Shop supplies will be kept
in a room behind the garage sec
tion.
A stairway leads to the second
floor where there will be 2 apart
ments, consisting of a living
room, bedroom, kitchen and
bathroom each.
Martha Kostrometmoff, owner
of the Sitka Telephone system,
who has the Kodiak franchise
and is planning the installation,
has been having trouble obtain
ing materials, and writes:
“Any more strikes will just a
bout make us want to give up
everything. Mr. Miller of the
Kellogg Switchboard and Supply
company is to be in Sitka in
September to go over the final
Kodiak layouts and I am hoping
to talk him into going on to
Kodiak this trip and not waiting
for the time of installation ”
New Shop Opens
Last minute preparations are
being made for the opening on
Tuesday, L'ct. 1. of the Frontier
Shop, Catherine Bianken'ourg
announced today.
The store is housed in the
front of her new building, which
also contains living quarters.
The structure, of an English type
with stained shingles and paned
windows, dominates the intersec
tion at Brooklyn and Alaska
Way. Two large totems flank the
entrance. The store space is fin
ished with stained beam ceilings
and has a large fireplace,
j Housed in the same building'
[and opening in conjunction with
| the shop is the Margo Lester
Studio, offering portraiture and
film work of vaMous types. Mrs.
Lester was formerly in Anch
orage.
Just after Bud Branham left
W dnesday on a plane search to
discover the whereabouts of R
R. I.unday, 2 weeks overdue on
a boat trip, word was brought by
Roy Snyder that Lunday was
working on his boat at Alitak.
Snyder returned that day fr.m
a trip on his boat around the is
land.
Lunday left on his boat the
Mary Ann, with Charles Chri»t
offerson, to visit Sitkinak island,
off the south end of Kodiak is
land, where he has some cattle.
He was supposed, to be back 2
weeks ago but has now sent
word he may stay for the winter.
Calendar of Events
BPW Executive Board and Com
mittee Chairmen
Luncheon meeting, Monday
noon. Victory dining room
Rotary Club
Tuesday noon, Victory cafe.
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Tuesday, over Men’s store
Kodiak Gaiden Club
Wednesday, 8 pm
Victory cafe
GM Ladies Auxiliary
Sewing meeting. Thursday at
2 pm at the hospital
Kodiak Community Center
Board — Thursday
7:30 pm at The Center
Alaska Crippled Children’s Ass’n
Organization Meeting
Thurs 8 pm.
School Quonset No. 2.
Carpenter’s Local 2102, Friday
7:30 pm Onion hall.
Hospital News
Miss Veronica Heaser, employ
ed at the C A A, Woody island,
was a patient in the hospital dur
ing the week, suffering from ton
silitis.
Basil Clark was admitted Mon
day to receive treatment for sci
atic rheumatism.
Stanley Thorsheim, 6, has
been in the hospital since Wed
nesday.
Mrs. Bud Metzgar was ad
mitted to the hospital Thurs
day with an infected hand, the
result of a bite from a pet bull
dog.
Betty Jean Chya had her ton
sils removed on Friday.
Mrs. Anne Graner underwent
a minor cpeiation Friday.
Sgt and Mrs. Eugene Emge are
the parents of a boy, Curtis Eu
gene, born Sept. 21—weight six
pounds 3 oz.
A second daughter, Sharon
Eileen, was born to Mr. and \
Mrs. Alfred Levine Sept. 25,
weight 7 pounds two ounces.
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Classifieds
TOBER 5th is
n important date
All men who volunteer for the new Regular Army on or
before October 5, 1946, are guaranteed the full educational
benefits of the G. I. Bill of Rights for the complete term of
their enlistment—1, l1/^, 2 or 3 years, whichever they choose.
For men enlisting after October 5th, benefits under the
G. I. Bill of Rights will accrue only so long as the period of
emergency exists. Upon official termination of the war, these
benefits cease.
These benefits, which include the opportunity to get »
full college, trade or business school education, are very
i m nnrfonf 1a ouerv man
who plans to enlist in the
new Regular Army. Be
sure you get all the facts
before October 5th from
your nearest U. S. Army
Recruiting Station.
4 GOOD JOB FOR YOU
II. S. Army
CHOOSE THIS
FINE PROFESSION NOWI
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