Library-Museum
Juneau, Alaska
"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
Oh. 6 NO. 34
KODIAK, ALASKA OCTOBER 19, 1946
PRICE 10 CENTS
lavy Plans
Observance
Navy Day, Oct. 27, will be
leerved at the Naval Operating
ase by a series of special events
Bginning next Saturday, Cap
lin Robert C Sutliff, USN,
omrmmder, NOB-NAS, Kodiak,
mouaced today.
The program of activities open
»the public will include open
mse on all Navy ships in port,
display of N aval Aircraft, a
gmonstration of diving opera
nds and a Community Chest
braival.
Bus service to the Naval Base
ill be augmented and conveni
»t schedules arranged to accom
dafce visitors.
Navy Day commemorates the
tetorie date of 171 years ago in
775 when the Continental Con
fess received a bill providing for
Nava! Fleet. Oct. 27 also mark
I the birthday of President
heodore Roosevelt, whose
auuoh unswerving belief in a
owerful Navy resulted in a Na
y respected throughout the
orld
The official slogan as approved
V the Secretary ot Navy is:
Your Navy—Victor in War,
Juardian in Peace.”
The base Carnival will feature
in Auto and Home show, a raf
8 of over $2000 in prizes, games,
incing and refreshments. A
WGaplete program will be pub
isbed next week. (See also page
I; this issue.)
Can
iso
rniva! Offers
Prize
Some >ne will be $50 richer af
ter the Carnival in a Country
rown, being sponsored by the
Business and Professional Wo
■en at the Community Center
»a Hallowe’en, Oct. 31.
The $50 cash will be given as a
fcor prize with the drawing to
he held at midnight. The person
bolding the lucky number must
be present to receive the prize
For the children, a pair of ice
•bates will be awarded for the
•ost comical costume, and other
pnaes are being planned
At 8:30, to wind up the child'
Wo’b portion of the carnival, the
Community Center Junior dance
poop will perform in costume
two numbers, a Russian Polka
•nd a Gypsy dance.
Only donation being sought by
the sponsors is the gift of home
»a le cakes and candy and more
volunteers are needed to supply
them for the festivities. Anyone
willing to provide some should
signify their intention as soon as
possible to Mrs. Viola Sipprell,
••rnival chairman, or Mrs. 0. A.
^Wgerson
Fur Raising
Investigated
J. R. Leekley, of the experi
• mental fur farm operated by the
Department of Agriculture at
Petersburg, arrived on business
Wednesday.
Principal Durpose of his trip,
be said, was to investigate local
possibilities for fur farming in
this area. His department is re
ceiving numerous requests from
people interested in entering fur
farming in Alaska, and about 18
or 20 have specifically inquired
about the Kodiak aiea.
While here he is also going to
visit Dr. Prver’s fox ranch near
Ouzinkie to investigate Dr. Pry
er’s strain of platinum foxes.
Speaks To Club
"Kodiak, being the cradle of
Alaskan history, should be a
collector’s paradise,” said Mil
dred Hermann Monday night in
an informal talk before members
of the Business & Professional
Women’s Club at the city hall.
Mrs. Hermann was in Kodiak on
OPA business, but as an active
member of the Alaska Arts and
Crafcs Clubs, Inc. she spoke be
fore the group, urging them to be
ever on the outlook for things of
historical interest in Kodiak, and
to find ways of preserving the
articles.
The Arts and Crafts Clubs
were organized to keep things
Alaskan in Alaska and to keep
| valuable collections, such as the
I Wickersham library, intact.
i
Two earthquake shocks werej
I reported here early Friday morn -j
. ing The first was felt at 1:53 fol- ^
1 lowed by another around 3 am.
i
To Skid Skid Shacks
For Center Changes
Appointment of Walter Sip
prell to supervise the project of
making a number of changes in
the Community Center building
was announced this week by Dr. i
A Holmes Johnson, chairman of j
the board of directors. j
Under the direction of Sipprell
the two skid shacks at the Cent
er will be le-located and arrang
ed to accommodate the library
and a storeroom for Red Cross
emergency supplies. The corner
room, which now houses the li
brary, will be converted into an ,
attractive “living” room reserv-j
ed for the use of adults. In this
room will be he piano, classical
records, periodicals and comfort
able furniture. It will be used for
forums, musical groups, commit
tee meetings and similar occa
sions
With a re-arrangement of the
living quarters at the rear of the
building two rooms also are be
ing made available for craft and
' hobby activities
Pajoman
Sells Store
The Kodiak Mercantile com
pany, started in 1941 by Carl
Pajoraan and operated by him
since, was sold this week to Lor
an Whittington, operator of the
City Meat Market in the same
building, and Tom Nachand,
who has managed the store dui
ing Mr. Pajoman’s absence
The deed gave the selling price
as $10,000 and other valuable
consideration, and was made out
to Mr. and Mrs. Loran Whit
tington and Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Nachand. The total price was
reported to be in the neighbor
hood of $20,000.
Included in the sale was the
entire general hardware stock of
the store and of the radio de
partment run in connection with
it, operated by Warren Flecht
ner.
A 5-year lease on the building,
with an option for a 5-year re
newal, was included in the trans
action.
Mr. Whittington and Mr. Na
chand will continue operation of
the businesss, with Mr. Nachand
as manager.
Mr. Pajoman left by plane
this week for his home in Seatt’e.
The city will make formal ap
plication to the General Land
Office for a playground and
school site in the East Addition,
located at the end of N. Brook
lyn avenue
Blocks 7, 8, 11, and 12 will be
sought for the playground, al
ready under construction, and
Blocs. 3 for a future school site.
A marriage lic°nse application
was made this week by Paul W.
Bond, local aitist, and Valerie
Jane Pouliot, a recent arrival
from Chieago
Chapter Forms;
Officials Chosen
At a meeting to organize a
Kodiak chapter of the Alaska
Crippled Children’s Association
held in the quonset hut on the
schoolgrounds Thursday evening
the following officers were choe
en:
President, Mrs. Liela M. Te
sarik; vice-president, Mrs. Nor
man Sutliff; secretary, Mrs. Ru
dolph Janckel: and treasurer,
Mis. Bertha Pratt.
The distinction of being the
first member went to Karl Brun
stad, who also donated IS.
This auspicious financial begin
ning was given further stimulus
by a contribution of 1120 by an
anonymous donor
Membership ca ds are being
sold for $1 and any and all dona
tion are being solicited.
City Can’t See
Project Price
Claiming that the city cannot
consider a 50 per cent price on
the now Federally owned water
and sewer systems, the council
Monday decided to determine
what price would be warranted
on the basis of net revenues and
i make such an offer to the Feder
al Works Agency.
1 The agency has offered the 2
projects, if continued in use, at
a 50 per cent minimum of their
construction cost as p War Pub
lic Works facility.
Cost of the water system was
given as $210,927, and of the
sewer system as $135,350.96,
making a selling price of $173,
138.98.
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' Driveway Is Paved
Cement was poured this week
on what is believed to be Kodi
ak’s first section of paved street
or driveway—the curved ent
rance and exit to ihe Griffin
Memorial hosnital. Patrick
Lynch & Co. is the contractor.
Merrill Coon, local agent of i
the Standard Oil Company of!
California, stated he was leaving,
for Juneau to attend the annual
meeting of all the Alaska repre-1
sentatives of bis company. The
meeting starts Oct. 28. Coon al
so advised that S E Stretton,
District Manager for Standard
of Cafifornia would conduct the
meeting. I
The million dollar construc
tion program that has been un
derway in the Territory has pro
gressed in a splendid manner;
thi3 and other matters pertain
ing to the company’s operations
and future plans will be discus
sed.
Removal of meat ceilings this
week brought back on local mai
kets beef that was bought at the
higher prices and not sold when
the ceiling was rolled back
Local meat supplies have also
been augmented by reindeer
meat, displayed on local cafe
menus, brought from Alitak by
Tiny Cichoski.
Cops, Firemenf Others
Wanted For Course
Several additional enrollment*
are necessary if the First Aid
course offered jointly by the
Kodiak Chapter of the American
Red Cross and the Kodiak Com
munity Center, is to be earned
out. It is particularly urged that
police officers and firemen take
the course if they have not al
ready had first aid training.
Instructor is Richard Codd,
j Red Cross field director at NOB.
1 The group will meet on Monday
evenings at the Community Cen
' ter. There is no chaige
Relief Ship
Date Due
Juneau—(Special from Gover
nor Gruening) A date when re
lief ships will be cleared for Alas
ka communities is expected with,
in a day or two and estimated
tonnages of essential cargo for
each Alaskan port is now being
prepared.
All Alaskan communities are
down on supplies of all kinds,
and some, such as Wrangell,
Petersburg, Skagway, HaiBes,
Valdez, Cordova, Sewaid and
Kodiak are without many essen
tial food items.
The union is demanding that
emergency supplies be sent via
small independent carriers and
that an Alaskan Steamship line
freighter would not be elearea'
unless it is a last resort.
All towns in the Territory ki
need of supplies have wired their
needs to the Governor’s office
and have placed their orders
with Seattle wholesalers
Bulletin (Late Yesterday)—
Several vessels of from l-to-3 hun
dred tons are now loading. Food
winter clothing, medical supplies
and stock feed will be taken.
Independent carriers are re
quired to register with Frank
Jenkins, chairman, strike clear
ance committee at Seneca 4662,
Seattle. Any vessels chartered
by Alaskan dealers should be
chartered from independent car
riers and registered. Any at
tempt at black market opera
tion of any carriers will seriously
hamper present relief plans.
Local Kodiak dealers report
many shortages developing and
concerned lest a relief ship call
at other po'ts before Kodiak, as
severe shortages will occur in the
next few weeks.
Lack of stock feed has resulted
in no fresh milk for town, and
fresh eggs have jumped to $1.50
a dozen. Some chickens are beiDg
killed off.
Canned items are being ration
ed at some stores, canned milk
at Kraft’s being limited to 6 to
a customer.
Kodiak—The Cordova, due at
Nome this weeKend, will fall at
Kodiak southbound about Nov.
1, it was learned here today.
Eight arrests on drunk and
disorderly charges were mad.;
this week
No further trace has been
bund of Knute Nielson, fisher
man, who disappeared from his
home on Potato Patch lake.
A later report places his hav
ing been seen the last time ®n
Oct 5, when it was reported be
had some men at his house on a
drinking paity