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MAY 1, 1954
VOL 14 NO 8
KODIAK, ALASKA
PRICE 1QCENTS
APW Approves 255,600
Water-Sewerage Fund
Early this week City Man
ager Robert Sharp received
«rerd from Delegate E. L.
Bartlett, in Washington, D.
CL, that an additional Alaska
Pohlie Works allocation of
)2SS,600 had been approved
for the city of Kodiak. This
allocation is to be uaed in com
grfeting the water and sewer
age system of Unit 4 in the
city.
j Sharp stated that, “Bids
will be opea to contractors in
the very near future and con
itnetwa will commence as
soon as the contractor, winn
ing the award, can get his
equipment and materials
together.”
The improvements, design
ated as .Unit 4, will furnish, a
total of approximately 23,493
ft. of water, transmission and
diversion line to the city’s
water system. A total of 43
fire hydrants will be installed
at various strategic locations.
Also included under this
project will be the installation
of a new chlorinating and
metering station at. the lower
resevoir. a hypochlorniation
unit on the city dock property,
and a new sewer ejection
station and building. The
sewer ejection station will re
place the existing unit, that
does not hold a sufficient ca
pacity, is in very poor working
condition and has an extreme
ly high maintenance and re
pair cost.
Improvements to be maae on
existing sewers will include
the installation of 8,686 ft. of
8in. sewer pipe and the con
struction of 45 manholes.
A 2,500 gal. water storage
tank will be constructed at
Kraft Springs under this APW
plan.
‘‘When this work is finished
the water and sewerage sys
tem, of Kodiak, will have
reached cormletion under the
present APW project," Sharp
concluded.
The following notifications
of birth registration have oeen
received by Miss Olive L. Wal
ker, Kodiak Public Health
Nurse, and may be called for
at the Health Center. If you
wish the notification mailed
to you, please call the Health
Center at 3394.
Catherine Lorine Strass
burg, Allen JNick Heitman,
George Michail Beukers, Alex
ander Cecil King, Mary Jean
Cratty, Stevan David Small,
Christine Elaine Boucher,
Patricia Ann Jones, James
Richard Amason, Thomas j
,,.ctor Erickson.
Vi
Gov. Proclai ms
VFW Loyalty Day
Today has been proclaimed
Loyalty Day in Alaska by Act
ing Governor Waino E. Hend
rickson sponsored by the
Veterans of Foreign Wars of
the United States. Loyalty
Day has been marked as a day
to emohasize Americanism in
all of its aspects.
It is entirely appropriate
that Americans everywhere
observe loyalty Day and re
affirm their faith in the Ameri
can way of life. A way of life
which eraphrsizes the impor
tance of human dignity and
personal freedom and con
demns tyranny and slavery.
The proclamation states the
acting Governor has called on
all Alaskans to note this ob
servance with appropriate re
flections and fitting cere
monies.
Katmai Post 7056, VFW is |
holding a Loyalty Day banquet I
and ball at the Civilian Club |
this evening at 8 pm. I
Tickets are available at
either the Civilian Club on the
Base, VFW in town or from
any VFW member.
Alaskan Democratic hoDes
for a sweep in the 1954
General Election soared
along with the mounting
totals from Tuesday’s pri
maries. Delegate Bartlett
increased his ratio 7 to 1
over his opponent Neil
Moore and the ticket as a
whole was running strong
ly Democratic.
Delegate to Congress
Bartlett D 11,856
Dimock R 2,039
Moore D 1,466
Beach R 1,148
L^bor Commissioner
Benson R 5,968
Westfall R 2.756
Lannon D 6,721
Territorial Treasurer
Care R 1,284
Coughlin D 2,443
Hunter R 4,817
Peck D 1,785
Wade D 4,618
Word has been received
during the week that Ben
Kraft has joined his sister
Frieda Blinn and his brother
in-law Jesse Blinn in Phoenix,
Arizona.
Kraft and Blinn’s will meet
with relatives in Phoenix and
will leave some time next
week, traveling by car to Se
attle, where they will spend a
short while before flying back
to Kodiak.
Yasmin Reunited With Rita
Rita Hayworth and husband Dick Haymes leave home
of governess of Rita’s children in White Plains, N. Y., with
Rita’s four-year-old daughter Yasmin enroute to local hotel
before the acterss’ scheduled appearance in court to fight
charges she neglected Yasmin and another daughter, Re
becca, nine.. Charges grew out of Rita’s vacationing with
Dick in Florida while the girls were left with the .governess.
Yasmin is her daughter by marriage to Molsem Prince Aly
Khan. Rebecca is Rita’s daughter by marriage Orson Welles
(^Pwirephoto)
City Registers Highest
Vote In Entire History
Kodiak To Hold
Special Election
The City Council at a special
meeting recently passed an
ordinance, calling for a special
election on May 18th, at which
time the voters will decide on
the three issues on the rais
ing of funds for:
1. A two per cent Sides Ita
for Street and SroaH Boat
Harbor construction and re
pair. < i
^.Additional Bonds for
Street work.
3. Bonds to finance the buy
ing of the Chase and Tolbert
property on Brooklyn Ave.
$139,000 is asked for the
bond4skue"ahd'the funds will
be allocated as follows:, $80,
000 for the purchase of the
purchase of the building and
the property, $21,000 for the
purpose of purchasing new
fire equipment. This needed
fire equipment consists of a
new pumper required by the
Insurance Underwriters As
sociation. $29,000 is needed
for the re-modeling of the.
Chase and Tolbert property so]
that the building may be used
as a City Hall and Fire Head
quarters.
A complete account of the,
Bond Issues will be run in the
Mirror during the early part
of May.
VFW AUX. OFF. ELECTED
Installation of officers for
the ensuing year of Ladies
Auxiliary to VFW Post 7056
was held Monday night April
26 in the VFW club rooms.
Mrs. Anna Mae Vokacek, past
'president, installed the new
officers.
The new officers for the
coming year are:
Mrs. Mildred R. Best, presi
dent; Mrs. Jessie Delare,
senior vice president; Mrs.
Bette Shupp, junior vice presi
dent; Mrs. Dorathea L. Blair,
secretary - treasurer: Mrs.
Betty Hall, chaplin; Mrs.
Katherine Fannin, conduct
ress, Mrs. Edythe Smith,
guard and Mrs. Helen King,
trustee.
Guests from the VFW Post
were Commander Eddy Pa
gano, Deputy Senior Vice
Commander George Sonntag,
Quartermaster Don Crawford,
Willard Hall and Emmett
Hayes.
The next meeting of the
Auxiliary will be held May
10, at 8 pm in the VFW club.
WA11 members are urged to at
end, "
Kodiak went to tne pons
last Tuesday with the rest of
the Territory in the spring
primaries and the largest vote*
ever to be recorded in the vity
cast their ballot.
The city of Kodiak had*
three voting places and each’
instance the vote at each par
ticular place was the heaviest
ever to be cast. The city vote
at the City Hal! climbed to
366, the Montmartre 92, an^
the Naval Base had 66 voters^
making a total of 629 balfebr
cast in the eity precinct.
The Democratic ticket
showed as the favorite in the
citv balloting, with Delegate
Bartlett leading the field ii>
totals with 416 out of the pos
sible 523.
In the race for the House of
Representatives, the Kodiak
precinct favored the following;
candidates with votes: Ra
dinsky, 269; Cichoski, 254;:
McCutcheon, 236; Plummer,
232; Rothwell, 207; Kay, 194.;
Knudsen, 193; Johnson, 18?;
Stracftan, 179 and Bailey, 156.
In the race for the Senate
seats, Kodiak’s own A1 Owa*
lead in votes with 251 closely
followed by Cooper with 231;
and then Kodiak’s new dentist.
Doc. McKikley with 151. For
Labor Commissioner, Demo
crat Lannon lead all other
candidates with 289 as to 144
for his Republican adversary
Benson.
The balloting for'National!
Committeeman in the city
gave 204 votes for the Demo
cratic denomination as to 7.8
for the Republican. A total of
84 claimed no party affiliations.
The picture of the Generaj
Election this fall looks like a
spirited one when both put
ties line up for the final rec
koning. The picture for the
fall contest will pit Bartlett
against Dimock; Lannon
against Benson and Hunter
against Wade in the three
major posts.
Regardless of wfyo the win
ner is, the party chiefs in Jun
eau will know that Kodiak
voted.
CLUB EXHIBITS VIOLETS
Members of the Kodiak
Garden Club met last Wednes
day evening at the home
Mrs. Ramona Moffetf.
Announcement was made
that plans are being formu
lated for a public exhibit of
African Violets (Saintpaulias)*
to be held June 6th and 7th,
coinciding with the arrival of
the first passenger ship this
spring.