"News of oAmericas Last Frontier3
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)L 7 NO. 7
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 12, 1947
lew Church
ro Be Used
Although not fully completed,
ie Dew Russian church will be
'(ssed into use for services be
ining with Russian Easter, to
gbt and tomorrow, Rev. Greg
f GlebgSJ announced.
[he new edifice, built to replace
B one destroyed by fire, still
■ work to be done on the ex*
■ior and interior, but work has
ugressed to the point where it
d be used, he said.
.Because of crowded conditions
Ihe parsonage where services
i ye been held the services after
ater will also be held in the
w church until Rev. Gleboff
.ves for the summer for the
ites. He is going to a hot
ings near Kansas Ciiy for
atment.
rheservices in the new church
1 begin Saturday evening at
pm with the removal from
i parsonage to the new build-1
of a Holy picture, with ap
p iate pervices. At midnight
Easier services will begin, to
ilinue about two hours and a
f
■ ---
i slight earthquake shock was
, in Kodiak by several persons
Sut 5:30 pm on Thursday.
oard Advised
11 Removal
The law places no reetricti n
” tesidence of school board
mbers as a qualification for
ee the local school board was
/ised Thur-day In a wire from
nes C Ryan, Commissioner
education, at Juneau.
Hie b ard ask-d for informa
n after the remt>val recently
m the school board of Cba les
tile by an action of tlie city
lacil The council declared the
jyiiion held by Mr. Nettle va
ii on the basis of h's moving
' base where he i3 employ
and on reports that his resi
de there wa causing his ab
ce from school board meet
s The school board said the
mcil was misinformed about
■. Nettle’s absences,
dr Ryan’s wire said: “ 1 he
' places no restriction on resi
ice of board members The
mcil can declare the board
ntion vacant for cause. . .but
o not believe residence out
e the city limits is cause for
ion unless such residence pre
jdts the members from attend
! meetings and performing all
ties as a boaid member ’
Mr. Nettle and Mrs. Marcus
syer were holdover members
the board, with I-eon Johnson
■cted at the general election to
jlace Mrs Catherine Blanken
rg, outgoing member.
Man Accidentally |
Shoots Self In Leg
Just after finishing a 4-day
stietch in the G.VI hospital with
flu, Eugene Cooper was back in
again Monday after a shooting
accident that resulted in four
bullet holes in his left leg.
Cooper said he had just finish
ed sleaning a pistol and had
loaded the magazine and as he
went to close it the gun weDt off.
The bullet entered his thigh,
came out a second hole, entered
the calf of his leg farther down
and was removed by Dr. C. €>.
Bailey from the fourth hole.
It luckily missed all vital
nerves and arteries. Cooper is
employed at Tony’s Tavern.
Santa Rosa, Calif. (J5)—Plans
to establish a Newshagah river,
Alaska barge line with surplus
military craft ended in tragedy
Thursday when Franeis Cap
shaw, Detroit, who had sunk his
life savings in the enterprise, was
drowned when 2 barges sank in
a storm off the coast. A woman
listed as his wife also drowned.
The Coast Guard rescued his
parti.er, Martin Emestus, of
Dillingham, Alaska, and one of
their 3 baiges.
Anyone having information
concerning the following please
communicate with the Governors
office in Juneau:
John Eilis Gormley Jr.—Forty
three Came to Alaska in 1942
and has not been heard of since
1943 Boro in Carthage, N.Y.
and worked in Aloany for a num
ber of years before co ning to
Alaska.
Red Cross
Drive Next
With the Annual Red Cross
Fund drive to start a week from
Monday, on April 21, Mrs. Mer
rill Coon, chairman, said a list of
women who will conduet a can
rass will be announced next
week.
L. K. Wodlinger, local chapter
chairman, has announced the
local goal at $2500.
Mrs. Marion Coons, of Ali
tak, left yesterday by PNA for
her home in Edison, Wash
Many Boats Exempt
New regulations issued by the
U. S. Coast Guard now exempt
from registration under the Num
bering Aet many of the boats
formerly required to be regist
ered.
Under the new regulations
boats which do not exceed 16
feet i* length, using outboard
motors which are not permanent
ly secured to the boats, are not
required to be numbered Persons
owning boats in this eatery
which were registered should sur
render their certifies es to the
Commander, 17th Coast Guaid
District, Marine Inspection of
fice 309 Commercial building
Ketchikan, A'aska.
In view of the change in regu- i
lations the boats now lequired to
be numbered are all boats equip
ped with permanently fixed eng
ines and all boats over 16 fee' in
length equipped with detachable
engines Copies of Circular 77
with the n£'w regul it-ons ma.
be obtained by wrii oy
Gua d at ketchik ■
First Bear
Hunters Arrive
Yesterday’s plane brought 2
oear hunters to Kodiak, the van*
juaid of the spring bear season.
A. J Ferguson, paint store
owner of Bakersfield, Calif., will
leave early Monday with Charles
Madsen on his first*hunt for the
Kodiak bear.
Sunday’s plane will bring E.
8. Lightfoot, of Longview, Texas
and Jack Itoach, of Houston,
Texas, to join the party.
E. W. Parker, guide from
Rainy Pass, also arrived on yes
terday’s plane to join Madsen.
Oscar Nelson will also make the
trip.
Paul M. Short, an undertaker
from Mount Vernon, Indiana,
arrived yesterday and will make
a hunt with Alf Madsen. Anoth
er hunter for Alf is due Sunday
also. t
Woodward, Okla (.F)—A tor
nado ripped Western Texas and
Oklahoma Wednesday night kil
ling 132 and injuring 1073. Prop
erty damage ran into millions
and uncontrollable fires followed
the stoim.
Los ‘ngeies (F)—A severe
earthquake rocked fiO OUO quare
mi'es of southern California Ar
izona and Nevada Damage was
minor and there were no injures.
San Francisco (F)—Bel eved
to hava originated in a bakery, j
tt si> rcH.uilar fire at theTreasuiel
Is and naval base destroyed 5
1 uiHinge. Twenty seven were
itjured.
Workers Pass Henry Ford Bier
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Direct Air
Service Set
The often discussed direct air
service from Kodiak to Seat t ie
became a reality today with the
announcement from the Cordo
va Air Service, Inc., of Cordova,
that it is inaugurating direct
flights from Kodiak to Seattle at
new low fares.
The regular fare will be 1120
plus $18 tax from Kodiak to
Seattle, with 55 pounds free bag'
gage, with special rates for can
nery workers.
G. W. Bubendorf has been
named as local agent, and an
nounced that to inaugurate the
service a special round trip flight
is being planned.
For $149 50 round trip, includ
ing tax, a party of 20 to 22 pas
sengers will be taken to Seattle
as soon as the party is made up,
lesving Kodiak on Thursday,
and returning on Tuesday, avow
ing 4 days in Seattle.
For the regular flights no reg
ular days have yet been an
nounce , but the DC 3 plane
will be sent to Kodiak from
Cordova for a minimum of -*>
passengers, the company stated
The company is also anxious
to make regular freight hauls,
combining Kodiak loads with
regular shipments now being
made to Cordova.
Further information may be
obtained from Mr. Bubendorf.
Catholic Priest (
Dies At Base
Fattier Joseph McCarthy,
Catholic priest serving at ti e
NOB, Kodiak who was to leave
soon for another peiiori of ser
vice at Adak, died suddenly Sat
urday afternoon just as he was
entering the church to administ
er Confessions.
He colltpsed just after enter
ing the building Death was due
to a heart attac'?. Father Mc
Carthy was 41 years old ami
after a recent physical examina
tion had remarked to friends
that he was ‘disgustingly heal
thy.”
He was from San Franeiscc,
and the body is being shipped
there for burial
I Father Louis B. Fink, of Kodi
ak. conducted a Memorial Ma-s
for the deceased at the base jest -
erday afternoon
i -•»
[ Old empl yees of the Foul
! Motor company, dres-ed for
wora, pass the bier of their bos-,
! Henry Ford at Deal born, Mich ,
near where the motor magnate
died suddenly at the age 83k