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Armed Forces Day
;Today.we pay tribute to 4he Armed Forces of the
‘■Whited States on the second anniversary of the unification ot
three services.
Kodiak will observe the day with a parade. To some it
i*rH! be just another day. To the majority of us it will be a
■ titne to pause. to think, and to give thanks that we are
Ainerican arid a living, active part of the greatest nation on
earth.
Today, jvhile we are actively engaged in another war,
■me should consider how much we owe the U. S. Armed
•threes for our liberty, freedom and American way of life.
Lt Gen. W. E. Kepner, commanding general of the
Allsskan Command, has urged all Alaskans to participate in
the day's observances. Governor Gruening has issued a
proclamation.
We should need no urging. The fact that we are free
read enjby the greatest measure of freedom should be in
centive enough for all of us to express in some way to the
raen and women of the Armed Forces our appreciation for
the job they are now doing.
Daughter Born
To Cryan*
^ Navy Chief and Mrs. 0. J.
~+‘Red" Cryan are the parents
a baby girl, born Wednes
day at the Kodiak Naval Sta
tion Dispensary. The baby;
weighed 7 lbs. 14 os.
"The Cryans are Kodiak
-eesidents.‘Cryan was former
ly assigned to . Shore Patrol ;
headquarters here but is now.
-assigned duty on the base,
Mrs. Cryan formerly worked
■m Kraft's office.
Mrs. Katherine D. Mattsen
•and John R. Rogers, electri
cian; were reamed May 11 by
-Commissioner A. M. Vokacek.
Mrs. Kris Helgason and Jess
-Btinn were witnesses.
Loona Torgramaaii
To Bo Marriod
Mr. and Mrs. Alf Torgram
sen announce that the mar
riage of their deughter Leona
Mae to Quincy Thomas Bar
field of the navy will take
place on June 1. The couple
has applied for a marriage
license.
Application for a marriage
license has been made by
William C. Norcott, naval
officer, and Georgia Mayo
Wilson, stenographer.
A marriage license has been
issued to Rupert S. Gurley,
office equipment repairman
employed at the base, and
Grace M. Slattery, beautician.
AHMED FORCES DAY
MAY 19, t95l
Today we are proud of our armed forces,
teamed for defense. Every American owes
a debt to each man in the service, fighting
for the individual liberty of all of us.
Again we salute: Our Navy, Our Marines,
Our Army.
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j Question: What are small
j white bugs appearing in soil
iand swarming out drainage)
' holes when watering?
! Answer: Called Springtails)
J for lack of better classifica- j
tion. They are apparently i
harmless to plants. ,
Question: For a new garden:
ido I have to fertilize the'
| ground before I plant?
Answer: It is usually neces- j
'sary to fertilize. A soil j
analysis will indicate what is!
needed.
The regular meeting of the j
Kodiak Garden Club will be I
held Wednesday, at the home
of Alice Given. The topic for
the evening will be "The
Study of the Soil”.
Hospital Item
BIRTHS:
To Mr. and Mrs. A. J.
Cichoaki, a daughter, Mary
Katherine, weight, 7 lbs., 8
on., on May 16.
To Mr. and Mrs. Frank
sknguinetti, a daughter, Jo
Anne Marie; weight, 7 lbs., 8
oz., on May 13.
Medical attention: De
witt Coe, Hermo Klemola, ’
j Mrs. Ivor Schott
Dmughter Bmrn
Tm Arahaleta
A daughter was born Wed
nesday at San Pedro, Calif., to
Mr. and Mrs. Rudy Arebalo,
| according to word received
here Thursday by Mrs. Are-,
balo’s mother, Mrs. Nona Par-1
rott I
Mrs. Arebalo is the former!
Rosabelle Morrison. Her hus- j
band is in the marine corps,'
and is currently in Korea. J
City Council Highlight*
! continued from page 1
[dock will be resumed in June.
I: Last month the council ask
ed George for a statement re
garding construction plans, }
Several local businessmen and
[residents ate stock holders in
jthe company.
An application of James
Loan, owner of the Kodiak
i Transit Company, for a busi
. ness license for a Twin Coach ’
Bus was approved by the com
mon council of the City of Ko
diak Monday night.
Wages for city workmen;
were advanced from $2.54 to ,
$2.74 per hour by the city |
• council at the reauest of Street
Superintendent Mill Vokacek. i
| Vokacek explained that he
• had lost two employes recently
because the men were able to
obtain higher wages at other
jobs.
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger,
•now in Washington, D. C.,
wired the city council that he
had received notification that
$35,000 had been granted . by
the Territory for the repair of
the city dock.
: Bettinger suggested that the
council make preparations to
cal) for bids. .
cotiitr & cow
I
Elmer Johnson, Certified
Public Accountant from
i Ketchikan, and Joseph Gage,
i accountant on Johnson’s staff,
i left Saturday for Juneau, A
| laska, to work there,
i Johnson plans to return to
Kodiak late in the summer to
' complete his work.
! . I
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Hamilton I
and two children, Mae and!
Jean, of the naval station left (
this week for a several weeks’ i
vacation outside. Hamilton is
employed in the motor pool!
and Mrs. Hamilton teaches;
school at the base.
1
Martin Holm, area educa-i
tionist of the Alaska,.^Native
Service with headquarters in
Juneau^ was in town this week. |
He. is visiting ANS schools
around the island..
1
^William Hauswedell, skip- j
per.of a halibut boat for Port
| Williams was flown, to Griffin
M^tnorial Hospital for treat
ment,.Friday. Vince. .Daly,
chief pilot for Alaska Air
lines, made the trip. t
Eugene "Buteh” Mitchell
threw a party last Saturday
at his home for several of his
young friends to celebrate his
seventh birthday.
The party later attended the
matinee at the Orpheum
Theatre.
During the “Open House”
at the hospital last Saturday
I the following women poured,
| Mrs. George Kosco, Mrs.
[Emil Knudsen, Mrs. Joe
Kerrigan. Mrs.' A. Holmes
Johnson and Mrs. Ivor Schott.
Mrs. Walt Halferty is em
ployed at Knudsen’s Fountain.1
Her husband is a nephew of
G. P. Halferty, of the Whiz
Halferty, Inc., canneries, and
is. employed at the local plant.
i NOTICft ^
Will the person who mis
takenly took a beige top coat
and left a similar one in its
place at the Elks Club follow
ing the Junior-Senior Prom
please exchange it with the
steward at the Elks Club.
INVITATION FOR BIDS
I The City of Kodiak will re
j ceive offers for the reconstruc
i tion of the west end of the Ko
: diak City Dock at the office of
| the City Clerk, at the City
[Hall, Kodiak, Alaska. Bids
j shall be presented not later
jthan 5:00 o’clock P.M. on June
,11th, 1951.
j The City of Kodiak will fur
nish all materials to be used in
j the work. Plans and specifica
tions will be available it the
, City Hall on and after June
4th, 1951. A certified check in
the amount of 5% of the bid of
fer must accompany the bid
der’s proposal as surety.
1 The City of Kodiak reserves
the right to reject any or all
bids and to waive any infor
mality in the bidding.
CITY OF KODIAK. ALASKA
TOWNH0WTS .
Little Anne HhII, five ? nr
old daughter of the IVfc
Halls, is fast learning th ■- N i
sons of thrift, and he 1 a*
own savings account ; e
bank.
Last week, on one c ' ;r
first visits to the bank •*; 1
out. parental chaperonag -.. e
gave the tellers qui *. a
chuckle, when she re-app^red
at a window about ten minutes
after making her regular de
posit.
She wound her way to l. ,e
head of a iine of adult'*
asked, “May I have some 4
my money back to buy some
suckers?” ... *
Emil Knudsen, who thinks
of un^ElV ’r things to make
people happy, recently added
Wilton White, Kodiak Motors
manager now outside re
covering from a kidney opera
tkm, to the list of those who;'
are grateful to him.
Emil put in a long distance
phone call to the hospital In
talk to Wiltori, and then catted
over, several of Kraft's staff
to chdef'ifim tlp'-too. v J v ; : :
; Tlus happened several
weeks ago antf We don't knew
the outcome... but it,s slit!
worth passing on.
Bill, kreiner, police chief,
like several other Kddiafcisns
of late, decided to raise a
chicken. He bought one far
$1.50, put it in the yard to
fatten up for Sunday dinner
and was just about ready to
slaughter it when' his kids
intervened.
The hen had started to lar
a daily egg, and the youngs
ters were more interested as
gathering eggs than ‘ eating
chicken. They protested, and
Bill had to i»8tnbTO ^
chicken dinner.;" ’ **
It’s indeed a small- world as
most Kodiakians will;,ag*se.
And here's ftfrthrir proof.
Herb Spiegel," base employe,
went for his BCJG vaccination
one night last we&C; heard
German being spoken by Or.
Karola Reitlinger of the De
partment of Health, aad
shortly got into conversation
with her. " “
It developed that the tittle
German woman arid Spiegel’s
father, who now-practices is
Albany, N. Y., at one toss
had offices on the Same street
in a German city, and knew
each other well. . .1.
When we listed the names
of the women who assisted
the Alaska Public Health
doctors and nurses administer
the BCG vaccine we missed
Mrs. Dora Hansley. She gave
generously of her time and
efforts to the program.
NOTICE
Am accepting work as
bookkeeper for small busi
nesses. Mrs. Dera C. Meyers,
commercial teacher, P. 0.
Box 1131, Kodiak, Alaska.
I George Giddings, CHCARP,
USN, and Mrs. Giddings
formerly a nurse at Griffis
Memorial Hospital, left this
l week for the states.