ill oraiy-Kuseiun
Juneau, Alaska
"News of cAmencd’s Last Frontier”
CCTfi NO. 37
KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 9, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
Three Killed As Truck Plunges Over Cliff
elief LST For Kodiak Due To Sail Sunday
Seattle (Special)—The Navy
Apartment has assigned space
■0 one of their LSTs scheduled
la sail Sunday, Nov. 10. hand
le relief cargo for Juneau, Ko
gak and Unga, with the Alaska
Steamship company acting aa
jerth agent, according to word
eeeived from L. W. Baker, of
Ifae Alaska Steamship Co.
There will be space for approx
aiately 75 tons of groceries and
eodstuffs for Kodiak, but there
gill be no meat or perishables.
The above is in addition to
toy and feed for Bell’s dairy al
ready aboard, and also in addi
tion to other hay and feed orders
or consignees other than Bell.
The vessel will proceed to
loneau, Sitka, Kodiak and Unga. j
Jobbers here have already re-!
seived sufficient orders from
Kodiak to more than fill the al- i
otted space
•‘Sorry to advise there is noth
»g new to report on the strike
ntuation,” Mr. Baker said; “as
the Engineers’ union is still in
listing they select our engine
room officers and we insist on
the operators’ right to selection
of officers That is the only issue
iovoived
Kodiak—L. K. Wodlinger,
chairman of the local chapter of
the Red Cross, said yesterday
plans were being discussed with
the base for a supply of some
•ood commodities from that
wmrc®. An arrangement where
by food would be nandled on a
■on-profit base through local
outlets is being considered.
Cheechako Club
Gets New Owners
Martin Jensen and Jan Beu
kers on Monday purchased from
Jack Allman and Stan Auster
***0 Uie Cheechako Club, loeat
on Brooklyn avenue The
Pnce was not announced. Includ
*n the t ransfer were the liquor
_re> Pool and card rooms, and
Jan Beukers, former opera*
*** the Beimont Grill, is oper
ating the Cheechako grill.
J^he building is owned by
Rutkowski, and the
le*8e wa? t.ransfered to the new
°«»ners
he fire department was eall
at b;20 pm Wednesday to the
bal de Young residence on
hill where a chimney
a<^ started plywood smok
^t was extinguished without
a8« before the truck’s arriv
Navy Gives
Donations
Coming as totally unexpected
surprises, the Navy this week
donated $2750 to (he Kodiak
Community Center, $2550 to the
Griffin Memorial hospital, and
about $300 to the local chapter
of the Crippled Children’s Assoc
iation.
The generous donations were
voluntary on the Navy’s part,
and use of the funds was left
entirely to the discretion of the
recipients. The Navy obtained
the funds in a Community Chest
Drive conducted at the base re
cently
The problem of a new dance
floor at the Center to replace the
one worn out. was magically
solved by the gift, with the re
mainder of the money to be used
for regular operating expenses.
One of the prime purposes of the
Center is to provide recreatien
for servicemen in town.
The GM hospital has announc
ed that the gift will enable them
to get needed X-ray equipment.
A drive for the latter bad been
started some time ago but suffic
ient funds had not been obtain
ed to make the purchase poss
ible.
Officials of the new chapter of
the Crippled Children’s Associa
i tion said the donation will be
used for work of the association,
and that the gift was an added
impetus to the newly-formed
chapter and an incentive to
greater efforts on their part.
Ouzinkie Man
Among Rescued
Fred Chernikoff, of Ouzinkie,
a crewman on a Navy self-prop
elled barge, was one of 8 men
rescued from the barge Wednes
day just before it sank in a se
vere storm about 500 miles south
of Duteh Harbor, the Navy re
ported today.
The barge sent out an SOS
Sunday, but gave its location
more than 300 miles from where
it actually was It was fiist spot
ted by a Navy plane, and the U.
S. Coast Guar i ship Clover got
the men off with the barge par
tially submerged, a few hours
be ore it presumably sank. The
submarine Bugara, a recent visit
or to Kodiak, took part in the
search.
The Clover beaded for Duteh
Harbor after the reseue.
Mrs. Zoe King
Laid To Rest
A woman revered as a wife,
mother and humaniarian was
lost to the community in the
death on Wednesday of Mrs.
Zoe King, 63, wile of Father C.
R. King. Mrs. King suffered a
stroke on Saturday from which
she did not regain consciousness.
In honor of the memory of the
woman who was for many years
' the only medical practitioner of
any kind in Kodiak and who
i gave her time unselfishly to the
well-being of ethers, business
houses closed yesterday morning
during funeial services.
> Father Gerasim Schmaltz, a
fr end of the deceased for 30
years, came to Kodiak from
Monk’s Lagoon to say Mass be
ginning at 9 am yesterday, fol
lowed by toe burial rites, read
in the Russian Church parson
age The deceased’s husband and
father are both past priests of
the local Russian church, and
interment was in the burial
grounds of the Russian church
itself, of which Mrs. King was a
devoted member
Zoe Petellin King wa«i born
December 30, 1882, in Kodiak
and except for brief residence
elsewhere, including Alitak,
spent all her life here. She and
Father King were married at
j Kod ak on Nov 16, 1902 and
1 would have celebrated their 44th
j wedding anniversary next Satur
day.
For about 16 yeai s in Kodiak
before there were any doctors,
Mrs. King was always willing
even with her laige family, to
devote her time whenever called
to aid in sickness, and presided
at the birth of about 250 infants.
Countless friends still recall
the constant cheerfulness Mrs
King displayed as in those early
days, in any kind of weather, she
would go from home to home on
foot, ministering to any who
called upon her
Father and Mrs. King had 10
children, all living. The children
are: Mrs. Evelyn Rumple, Jason
ville, Ind.; Mrs. Anna Eckles,
Mrs. Maria Dalrymple, Miss
Alexandria (Rhea) King and
William King, all of Seattle;
Mrs. Emma King, the Misses
Irene and Ceeilia King, and Al
exander and Robert King, all of
Kodiak. Besides the widower
and children the deceased is al
so survived by 2 sisters, Mrs,
Irene Nelson, of Afognak, who
came to Kodiak for the funeral,
and Mrs. The© Hunter, Seattle;
Strike Ties
Up Buses
Buses of the Tagura Transit
System, operating on Mission
road and between the base and
town, have been off the run since
Tuesday aa the result of action
by the Teamsters Local 500 at a
special meeting Monday evening.
It was voted at the meeting to
take the bus drivers from the
run after attempts to meet with
the operat rs on the matter of
overtime had failed. The union
claims the diivers have not been
getting time and a half for over
time. ,
The drivers affected are George
Magnusen, Chaiies McDonald,
Edward V. Longeor and Floyd
P. Gerrish. P. J. Watkinson is
agent for the bus company
Taxicab operators of t he union
are running 9 special taxis daily,
at bus rate-, to accomodate base
workers, the union announced.
Jail Vote
Due Again
The U. 5. Government now
wauts a larger portion of the city
hall lot for a jail, and as a result
another special election must be
held in December so the deed
ean be conveyed in time for con
struction to begin in February.
A special meeting of the coun
cil was held Wednesday to pass
! an ordinance providing for the
: gift of a 100 by 78.5 ft. section
of the lot, now being asked for.
In August Kodiak voters ratified
by a vote of 8G to 5 the dona
tion of a lot 47 by 100, but re
1 viijed plans and need of parking
! space has now prompted the re
I que-t for the new, larger portion. j
In the hope the special elec i
tion eould be averted Mayor I ce j
Bettinger contacted the author
ities in Washington, asking if the
question could be voted on in
April at the regular e ection.
They leplied that they expect to
be ready for construction in
February, and the law requires
that, the deed be conveyed before
the cons'ruction begins. (Elec
tion Notice on page 9.)
Mrs W. B. Sherman arrived
here by PN A Saturday from
Mullen, Neb., to spend the next
few weeks with her daughter and '
son-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Jay
Wiley.
and 3 brother , Nick, John and
Alexander Petellin, all of Seattle.
Three Marines are dead and 3
fcjured as the result of an aoeid
jnt Wednesday evening on Shel
kof highway when a Marine
truck plunged 300 feet over a
sliff and came to rest in the wa
ter of St. Paul’s harbor below.
The dead are:
Pvt. Francisco Cano Castillo,
driver of the truck; mother next
of kin, El Paso, Texas
Pfe. Frank John Sobolewsky ;
mother next of kin, Cambridge,
Mass.
Pfc. Robert Lawrence Stone;
mother next of kin, Royal Oak,
Michigan.
The accident occurred about
11:30 pm as the liberty truck,
a three-quarter ton Dodge panel
carryal1 was returning to the
bate from town.
In a driving rain and with the
highway covei ed with a layer of
tlush from newly-fallen snow,
the truck, on the inside of the
road, met a taxi, driven by John
Binlove, just before Roeky Cliff
at the point where the highway
skirts the cliff at its highest.
Biglove, wh was alone in the
taxi, reported that just as the
truck pi'ssed after he eame a
round a curve the two vehicles
collided, the left rear of the
truck striking the left front of
the cab. The truck, on tb in
side, apparently got out of con
trol or skidded across the road
and plunged iDto the 300-foot
drop down the rocky precipice.
There is no guard rail on the
road.
A preliminary investigation
indicated all the occupants were
thrown clear as the vehicle
(continued on page 4,
Stores To Close
The majority of business bous
es and Kodiak liquor dealers have
agreed to close next Monday, in
observance of Armistice Day,
Mayor Lee Bettineer announced
yesterday. The liquor dealers
will open at 6 pm Monday even.
Ing
The bank and past office will
also be closed for the day.
Jackie Nelson’s Flyers won the
Kodiak paddlebird champion
ship last. Sunday night at the
Community Center, defending
the courts for 2 hours against all
comers. Paddlebird is a fast net
game which is rapidly becoming
one of Kodiak’s most popular
athletic activities. Nelson’s team
mates on the championship team
are Kay and Ken Wade and Lar»
Panamaroff.
Six teams wi I square off in
another tournament fhmday
night at the Community Center.
Spectators are welcome.