fOL. 6 NO. I2
"News oj oAmerica’s
PRICE 10 CENTS
KODIAK, ALASKA MAY 18, 1946
To Work
Lakira^
TbeLakina due at Kodiak
this weekend, *a**d as per an a
greement react*Tuesday the
freight which tl*e hoat still has
aboard for Kod »k wi>l be unload
ed, with local merchants guaran
teeing any o"V<5®"t.ime necessary
for the longshoremen.
The boat left Erskine’s dock
last Friday wi fct* most of the Ko
diak freight still aboard, when it
appeared it would have to wait
anti! Monday t>o continue the
unloading. Tho W. J. Erskine
Co., dock opera.tors, have set the
dock opening hours from 8 to 4
daily, with closings on Saturday
and Sunday, to get away from
excessive overtime payments
which the con go any claims are
mainly res do n si fc*le for losses in
the dock’s operation.
At a mass meeting called Tues
day morning at JBlinn’s hall, a
bout 100 persons attended and
the meeting ws.s devoted to see
ing that a means was arrived at
to secure the unloading of the
southbound L-alcina. The War
Shipping Administration bad re
l fused to allow the ship company
' to assume over fci me payments for
dock longshoremen employes, so
as a solution for the one boat it
was agreed the merchants would
pay the overtime difference if
A committee of Lee Bettinger,
mayor, Walter Sipprell, Alaska
Steamship agen fc and Tom Sor
•osod, for the longshoremen, met
with dock officia.ie after the meet
ing where the {3 lan was agreed
upon.
The dock oj>^ r*ators have taken
a|>ace in this issue (see page 7) to
present their reasons for their ac
tion on the dock: overtime.
Following Lakina, the
Denali is expect.^^ here Tuesday
or Wednesday will take pas
sengers southbound
It is report. *5^ from seatt|e
that the Denati is schedu]ed to
leave from Seattle for Kodiak on
May 28 and also, that 2 or po-si
bly 3 freighters wm ,eave soon
for this area to food and
suppl.es, m antic, patjon 0f the
coastw'seJVlaritj >J1C tie.u,K
Benefit D»nce Sunday
To raise fuert^, t .u i_ c.
r J ^ for the benefit
ot the new Rus-»» i .
, ^*an church, now
under construct- j n
- 'c’>on, a Beneht
Dance will be
Blinn’s hall.
Dancing will
and the publi c
vited to attend
ing sold in adv*^ rj
he rm sale at t- 14
night. O'" the da *,
laeld Sunday at
tart at 8:30 pm
*s cordially in*
~ Tickets are be
«^e and will also
boxoffice the
There weie I
approximately 8rre8fS> 8,1(1
fines last month* ^ 00 <' >l'ecU;(im
were drunk anr* * „ A" ,hc arresfc*
^disorderlies.
Pajoman Learn’s
Father’s Fate
Years of speculation concern*
ing the fate of his father was
ended this week for Carl Pajo
man, I cal merchant, who receiv
ed word that his father died of
natural cau-es in Estonia on Oct,
26, 1942 The Masonic Lodge, at
Seward, obtained the information
for him.
His father, Charles W. Pajo
maD, who was in business for 47
years in Afognak, lert in June
1937 to return to the old country
with Carl’s stepmother, who de
sired to visit her home
When the Russian-Finnish war
started communication with
them was cut oil, and until this
week all efforts of Carl to learn
of their veil-being had failed.
The stepmother, who lived in
Afognak from 1922 to 1937, is
alive and well in Estonia, accord
ing to further word received from
her.
Station Wagon
Hits Liquor Store
A Navy station wagon, park
ed in front of the Club Unique
at about 2 am Thursday, broke
loose on the downhill slant, cross
ed the street and bumped into
the side of the Log Cabin Liquor
store, police report.
The driver recovered the un
damaged station wagon and
drove it away, and reported later
that he had not realized any
damage had been done inside the
store.
Although the wall wa« only
slightly broken, the spot was
right behind au electric refriger
ator, which was knccked over on
its face, along with a radio and
cash register.
It also knocked bottles of li
quor from a shelf alon? the wall,
several bottles being broken
Exercises
Are Held
The Community Baptist ^
church was crowded Thursday
evening for the Commencement
Exercises that saw the granting
of high school diplomas to Elsie
Anderson, Cecilia King, Kather
ine Frost, Jane Naughton, Vilma
Oberholtzer and, in absentia,
William Robertson.
Mrs. Catherine Blankenburg,
chairman of the school bourd,
made the presentations and an
nounced the 8th Grade members
who will receive their diplomas
from Juneau. They are: Gail
Blankenburg, Marilyn Chamber
lain, John Beukers, Fred Jordan,
Johnny Holland, lone Norton,
Iver Malutin, Anona Gregorioff,
Lita Squa'tsoff, Archie Nelson,
Esther Levine, Herby Heglin,
Donnie Fenner and Donna Fitz
gerald.
The Commencement address
was given by Rev. Glen Chand
ler, of the Baptist Mission, on
the topic “Enduring Peace”.
Rev. John Winter gave the In
vocation and Benediction.
Jane Naughton, valedictorian,
presenttd her address entitled
“Striking a Match” and Kather
ine Frost, salutatorian, spoke on
the theme “Well Begun is Half
Done”.
Harry L. Holt, superintend
The 5 girl graduates of the
class of 1946 pose in their caps
and gowns for the picture record
ing the final step of their high
school careers. Left to right they
are: Katherine Fro-t, Cecilia
King, Vilma Oberholtzer, E'sie
Anderson and Jane Naughton.
William Robertson, other mem
ber of the class, finistied his ex
aminations early and wt nt Out
side to join the Meichant Mar
ine.
(Photo by Norman Photo Shop) <
Rotary Official Coming
W. Harold Hicks, Rotary Gov
ernor for the JGlst district, ofj
Agassiz, B. C., is coming to Ko
diak on May 24 to pay an official
visit to the local Rotary club.
ent, made the presentation of
awards.
The first was the announce
ment that Jane Naughton receiv
ed the University of Alaska
scholarship, consisting of 2 years
free room rent, for leading her
class in scholastic standing. She
also received the free subecrip
tion to the Reader’s Digest
Katherine Frost, winner of the
local Americanism essay contest
sponsored by the American Le
gion Auxiliary, won first place
with the essay in the Territoiy,
Mr. Holt announced, and is to
receive the prize of a set of
Compton’s pictured Encyclo
pedia.
Her essay will be sent on to
Indianapolis to compete in the
national contest, against one
winner from each stale and ter
ritory. The essay winner was al
so given a certificate of perfect
j attendance for the year.
Other items on the program
were:
Processional and Recessional
Mrs. John Springhill
Eighth Grade History
Donna Fitzgerald
Eighth Grade Prophecy
Fred Jordan
Presentation of Clas es
Superintendent Holt
Key Presentation
Vilma Oberheltzer
Response to Key Presentation
Billy Anderson
Two feong9 by Grade Chorus,
under the direction of Mrs John
Springhill—Allah’s Hoi day and
To A Wild Rose
Yesterday was the last day of
school, with students reporting
in to receive their report, cards
and turn in equipment.
1946 High School Graduates Pose
Negotiating
Fish Prices
Following arrival of tb« gov
ernment conciliator, Alvin Pet
erson, and Steel Culbertson, as
sistant manager of Alaska Sal
mon Industry, Inc., early this
week, a series of meetings with
the United Fishermen of Alaska
have been carried on in an effort
to reach an agreement on fish
prices.
At week’s end it was reported
the negotiations are “still contin
uing with little progress made”.
Fishermen are seeking an aver
age price rise on fish of about a
third over last year, and no
counter proposal has been made
by the canners, it was reported.
From Cordova came word
that fishing is to start Monday
at Copper River, with reds at
58.8 and silvers at 47.8, with no
settlement yet on pinks or
chums.
Gets Bird’s-eye
View Of Bear
Donald Clark, 7th Grade stu
dent, son of Mr. and Mrs Basil
Clark, reported early this week
that he saw a bear on the Island
lake road. According to the re*
port Donald was alone, with bis
dog, and healing the bear from
a distance, climbed a tree, Be
then saw the bear, which he de
scribed as a small one, cross the
road and disappear into the
woods. The dog stayed at the
bottom of the tree.
It has been several years since
a bear has been reported as close
in as the Island lake area.
Lynch Obtains
Gravel Plant
Pat I.ynch arrived yesterday
from Anchorage where he made
final arrangements for the ship
ment of a gravel making plant
he purchased from surplus pw>p
erty at Anchorage.
The aggregate plant is a mo
bile unit, weight around 30 tons,
complete with a dtesel engine
and w II be brought, hem in
bout a week by scow and unload
ed at the Navy dock.
The new plant will provide
gravel of all grades and sand for
road and building purposes, a
service Kodiak has lacked here
tofore.
Mr. Lynch said yesterday he
has not yet dee ded where (l*e
plant will be located.
Oiling, Planned
(tiling or the city Ptreets thts
summer will be done by Norman
Pieces and his lank truck, at, S35
per hour . The city has accumu
lated oil for the job.