Eoiak Klirror
“ cbfews of (America’s Last ‘frontier__
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Late So.00
Entered in the Postolfice at Ko lialc, Alaska a* >ec»ii(l
Glass matter under act of Coot?res* of Vlnreh 3, 1S7S.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William II. Laiurne, Editor and Publisher
Lillian K. Lanmie, Associate Editor _
Seattle Itepreseutative — The Alaska Newspapers,
1411 Fourth Avenue Building, Seattle, Washington.
CostumeOanceTonighi
A big Bird Time Bara Dance
for members and guests is set
for tonight at the new VFW
CJith, Dorian Coogan, club atevv
«rt4 announced today.
There will be appropriate priz
es for tfce best costumes, ami
inujrfo will be supplied by th *
FOOT Spots or Rhythm. Satur
day danees are beiag offered as
-a regular feature of ihe club and
to' ight’s Barn Dance is expected
to be one of the best yet.
Tickets On Sale
Tickets are now on sale from
Mrs. Edna Karft or Mrs. Bea
Nachtweih for the Valentine’s
Dance to be held Friday, Feb.
J4, at the Community Center.
l*atroas are urged to buy their
tickets early as the supply islioi
ited The dance is spon-ored by
the Ladies Auxiliary of the local
American Leg;on post.
ILocal Work Sent
The BP»V collecte 1 and mailed
to Juneau an exhibit of.t.he work
of local artists an I eriftsmen, to
he displaye 1 at the annual exhib
it of the \ askan Vrts & Crafts,
Inc,, in that city, this weekend
Tin oollection is one of which
Kodiak tna well h ■ proud and
contains the well known work of
fi of our townspeople; photogra
phy by Mrs. Beth YVh el Ion and
Marshal Paul Herring; wood car
ving by Ju es li-on-tr, and Hen
ry Baton; and printing by Aileen
Wade and Paul It m l
Due to mailing difficulties the
display is nof as ex'ensive as
hoped for In tin* future it will
be handled by the local Alaskan
Arts and Crafts cluo wh >se first
laceting was lisid is night.
(Mrs G ’ Rawlings
The afa >- e .. mriJ person may
call a.. •Hitts' v "S Bak-iy to
day. and eoeiv fhe Weekend
Special PR Eh, (adv)
Baked Foods
On Sale Today
Residents of Kodiak will dance
so that others may walk, next
Saturday evening when the an
nual March of Dimes dance is
held m Blinn’s Hall under the
sponsorship of the Business and
Professional Women's club.
The dance will olimax the;
campaign locally to raise funds
for infantile paralysis research
and treatment.
j The baked goods sa'e starts at
noon at the Orpheum theatre to
day, under the chairmanship of
Vi Sipprell, aided by Ruth Tor
gersou, Mabel Fenner and Jerry
Sears. Donations should be
brought to the theatre after 11:30
Miss Irene Brook3, chairman
of the drive for the BPVV, has
appointed Justine Hinekel and
Fleeta Ctiristopherson co-chair
men of the dance.
Music will be by the hour
Hits and a Miss and soecial sur
prise entertainment by several of
the “city fathers” has been pro
mised. Decorations are being
plan ted by the Rotary club
Five hundred tickets have
been printed for the dance Miss
Brooks said The affair here co
incides with the annual Presi
dent’s Balls held n the late
Piesideur Roosevelt’s birthday,
throughout the ‘Tates.
Funds for ihe March of Dimes
are also being collected through
put the city in tiu-fotl covered
jars, which have been plaeed at
4t> business I rcations.
NOTICE
The ‘ Do ib!»* Rich Doughnut
K°t'le” wdl open today offering
a wide selection of cream pies
Due to failure of necessary
doughnut equipment, to be proc
ured at this time, doughnuts will
not be offered until later.
1h? National Foundation
'or Infantile Paralysis
deserves the continued support of all of us.
Last. y nr- epidemic of about 24 000 esses
w* i lie greatest in many years, but through
'he efforts of the Foundation they were
baiter prepared to meet this scourge, and
they succeeded in having a smaller number
of persons permanently affected
,'UFPORT THE OF DIMES
GE.YEROI SLY
SearchI W3flf»d i
As b«*»u *s the weather allows ■
a search wi 1 be started for Ray.
I Hannon and Mike K«rr, beiie ;
vo i to be la Gold bay, or Wide
bav, on tuts mainland southwest j
•f Kadiak, U. S. Commissioner |
Bubenderf said yesterday, fol
lowing authorization of expenses j
from Governor Gmeaiag at luu-,
eau. Tha 2 men, oa a hunting
trip were repoited to be due
bmsk in Kodiak Jan. I.
Another eau pie, Tommy
Claoipffw and Fritz Morrison,
were reported overdue this week,
but it was learned later that the^
linen are safe at Blue Fox bay;
south of Port Williams.
Seeks New Boat
Captain Jesse Petrieh, whose
madhoat the Clarinda was total
ly destroyed at Sand point, will
seek a new host in Seattle for
the Seward Aleutian run, he said
in Anchorage where he was flown
after the accident, with other
survivors.
Crew members lost all person
al belongiugs in the boat fite,
and freight and mail for points
out from Sand Point were des
troyed, including $4000 worth of
freight that was not insured.
Peter M Peterson, of Anchor
age, district superintendent of
Railway Mail service, who was
along the inaugural trip, was
the only one to save his personal
effects Only other passenger was1
a gii 1 for King Cove.
George Klene-, cook, had ju-ti
enter°d the engine room when a
circuiting oil-burning hot water
heater b'ew up six feet from him.
burnmg him slightly on both
hands and the face The boat
burned fiercely Someone cut. the
mooring ropes, and a fishboat
towed th blazing vessel away
from the dock
Working together like a well
oiled machine, Patsv flellen’s
All Stars out-elaased the oppesit
u n in the monrhly mixed Paddle
bird Tournament held Monday
at the Community Center The
Hellens defeated each of the oth
er 5 teams in the tourney Only
squad to give i i»em any compe
tition was Uherie Morrison’s
Marvels who collected 13 ooints.
Paying with Captaui Helien
were Aina Nel-on, K-.v Wad ■
and .lack Nelson It w»', tlieit
jaeeond consecutive champion
jsh’p N»me< of 'he winners will
|be engrave I on the t) V Torg
eraon perpetual trophy
1 Tied fo- second place <n the
; tou-ncy were the Marve!s and
.loy VVade’s Bulldo/s Surprise of
tlie competition, however waa
the irong showing of Noni fire
gorioff’s aq lad which tioinned on
the Btd'doga fry a sc re of IS fi
Playing with Captain No ii were
lone-Noi ton, J dm“('annonha I"
Hallaud and G* arlea Johnson
Trailing t am- were MeO n Peti
iera’ Braves—wt,o couldn't gei
going together Monday night,
and Saiid'H P. rkina’ eqtiud, a
‘ kid*’ team wh'ch ought namely
hot bowed !<• ihesui.e ior weight
and cxpe'ieoce of the other
squads
The fire department was call
ed las' Satijr isy when a S’gnal
t ’ «rr> • wetncl csught fire while
being thawed
Ski eath'i“i.ist* of Kodiak who
.visld be Intwiitld f* * slalom (
meet with Navy skier* are iavit j
ed to register at the Kodiak j
Community Center.
The Navy athletes hare a fine
sla'ona rua on the ‘"Old Woman”
at the base and wo’tld welcome
competition from towo skiers.
If the eompetitio* can be ar
ranged it will be followed by a
party at the Red Cross Social
Coster.
Wire Rates
Cut Again
Additional reductions in ACS
! rates within Alaska and from the
U. S. to Alaska will go into ef
fect on Feb. 1, the Alaska Com
munication system headquarters
in Seattle announced today
Rates represent an average
saving of approx:mately 20 per
| cent, but vary in localities.
' These new reductions represent
the 3rd rate reduction to be put
into effect in the last 1 months.
As a sample, a 10-word
straight message, formerly 70
eents (not including tax) from
Kodiak to Anchorage, will be 50
cents under the new scale.
Property transfers recorded
th's week included:
T. E. Sorenson to Theodore
Robeson, Lots 8 & 9 of Block 83
Sam Sears to Geraldine Sears, i
uine lots in the Le ra addition
Sam Sears to Rav Sears, 16
lots in the leiie addition
A. L. Nixon to C D Smith,
)r. and wife, ^ot 13A, Block 1.
In the event that the Kodiak
schools do not resume sessions
this week, the Kodiak Gotnnun
ify center will bo open daily
from 10 am until 11 jm to ac
commodate Kodiak children. Ac
tivities will he lotated in an ef
fort to handle groups of all ages.
The c.ioperati n of children
and parents is so'icited in have
■fng children remain at home un
til 10 am since—with the (’eater
open until nearly mid iglr—it
is impossib'e to get, it cleaned up
and ready for opening before 10
in the morning.
Howttal News
Th<* following are the 5 n w
arrivals this week at the GM
hospital:
Lorraine, daughter »f 'V alter
D anrl Olive J. Eri kson; '■•eight
6 lb. 5 oz. .January 2?.
Adiian .leffrey, son of Adrian
A. and Mrs. Dora Po'tfnspk,
weight, ti lbs. 2 and o"e half oz.
January 19
Charles Henry Brouil et <•. son
of James Ci. an I An a be) e
Brouillette, i.f Haines. Wright 7
and l half lbs , January 18
I.o- ise. daugh er of I i ' om
im»nder and Mrs llicli rd S
Heady of -ealtle. 8 lbs., January
18
Ma-ya Kbzabeth, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Jahnar J '-oring
hill 7 lbs 1 oz., J.inu.iy 22
Martha Pataraehin was ad
mitted jlu ing the we* k !• ' sur
gery, and .otiis K'dgore, age 5,
for medical treatment.
Because >f the large tiiunber
ofenttiesand 'he ut. a voidable
delay in typing them since there
has been no school this week,
toe deadline for entries to the
Community Center Ifcsay fw
teak has been extended to 6v|
o’clock Tuesday, January 29
Dr A. Holmes Johnson, boari
chairman, announces.
“Why Kodiak Should Supp^
It’s Community Center” is th
topio of the contest. Any hig
sehool or (trade school studet
may enter. Prizes ol $10 for fin
and $5 for second will be awar<
•d in the high school and grai
school class and the best ess«
submitted will be published i
the Kodiak Mirror. Prizes ha,
been awarded by Dr. Johnso
and the Bank of Kodiak.
Pacific Northern
INCOMING:
Mr. & Mrs. Smith, Mrs.
Crutcher, Harry Wallace, Ce
este Collins, Harold Kenny, V
ft. Benson, Dye, Culbertso
Jack Warner, Paul Fretzs
OUTGOING:
Mr. & Mrs. Bud Metzgs
Carl Woche, Jim Pierce, Mr. (
Mrs Lonnie Scroggins, Mr. i
Mrs. Leo Davis, Jack Warn?
i Albert Heizer, Alta Jacobso
I Mrs. Harold Hall.
I
GOOD
READING j
JUNIOR BOOKS
Mistress Mashom’s
Repose- by White.
The story is about, a littl
Orphan Girl.
Dr. Dolittle Books- t
Lofting. The Voyage of D
Dolittle. Dr. Dolittle’s Ca
den, etc.
The Prince and tni
Pauper- by Mark Twai
Exciting story for both g»
and boys.
Cow dog- by Ned Andrew
j The Life of a Cowdi g.
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