"News oj oAmerica’s Last Frontier”
yOL. 5 NO. 10
KODIAK, AIASKA MAY 5,1945
PRICE 10 CENT?
Chamber Hears
phone Official
Mrs. Martha Kostrometinoff,
franchise holder for the Kodiak
telephone system, told members
4f the Chamber of Commerce
^Thursday that “this time next
year we expect to be around
Kodiak asking which type phone
you want”.
The installation of the new
system in Kodiax will be the first
itlay-matic equipment on the
pacific coast, she said, and the
Kellogg company, manufacturers
of the phones, has promised de
livery within 300 days.
Mrs. Kostrometinoff’s visit
has been concerned principally
in acquiring a site for her com
pany’s location, and making a
preliminary survey for lines, She
mid that KEA poles would be
need where possible but that
many of them are not large en
ough and that it would be neces
gary to erect a number of poles.
These poles, of cedar, will prob
ably be shipped here from Sitka,
the added.
, E. L. Cushing, her superin
tendent, will arrive in Kodiak in
about 2 months, she said; the
firm of Chase & Tolbert will ih
ttall the poles.
Nominations for the Chamber
; were to be made at the meeting
at which Mrs Kostrometinoff
•poke, but because the body
“was just getting started” nom
•natioi.s and election were unan
wously deferred a year.
P. J. Watkinson explained a
plan for a stock subscription,
bow under way, for the purpose
of negotiating purchase of the
F Halferty interest in the McCon
•ghy cannery here.
( Jn discussing cold storage, Mr.
, Watkinson spoke for a location
• m town which would “be of more
direct benefit to the community”
®ud It. H. Chadwick, chairman
■ °f the Industries committee, said
the proposed site on the west
®de of the harbor was selected
fcy engineers
Affiliation of the local group
with the Territorial Chamber of
Commerce was unanimously ap
>*oved,
Forum Next Monday
‘ The Kodiak Civic League is
^osoring a forum to be held at
the Red Cross Center, Monday,
Hay 7, at 8 pm. The discussion
•“1 center on the question of
."*11 employment, especially in
**£a,'d to being provided by
wvate employment, or with
*°vernment nelp. •
Principal speakers will be Lee
Jhttinger and Lawrence Seltzer.
public is invited to attend
*°d participate.
Mrs. Edith Wifght left recent
v by boat on a trip to Seattle.
Kodiak Passenger
Falls Overboard
! Hay Lange, local bookkeeper,
who left Kodiak on the last Lak
ina, fell overboard from the ship
while it was in port at Ketchi
kan, according to word received
here It was reported he suffered
a fractured leg and was admitted
to a hospital there for treatment.
His hospitalization prevented his
going on to Seattle,
Local Man
Found Dead
Sam Walkoff, about 50, was
! found dead on the floor of the
house he was living in acioss
from the KEA plant Friday
morning by his brother Nick
Walkoff. The deceased met his
death sometime during the night
from a heart attack, the medical
examination disclosed.
Mr. Walkoff is survived by
three brothers, Nick, Paul and
Peter, and by a sister, Mrs. Du
nia Hartman.
Funeral services will be held
this afternoon with interment
in the local cemetery.
Stanley Nelson, Dr. Eugene
Suilivan and “Pat” Gannon left
Thursday night on the latter’s
boat on a bear hunting and fish |
ing trip. They are going to Lar
sen’s bay and expect to visit the
mainland before returning in a
bout a week.
Style Show
Friday Night
The second annual Style Show
or the Home Economics classes
of the Kodiak School will be
presented next Friday, May 11,
at 8 pm, at the Red Cross
Center.
The show nromises to be more
spectacular than last year’s,
which met with universal ac
claim. The girls have managed
to make more garments of better
material this year, and approx
imately 75 articles will be dis
played.
\ The Chinese and Spanish in
fluence seemed to attract the
girls this year as most of the
garments are made along those
lines.
Music will be furnished by a
portion of the NOB band, with
vocals by Chief Sherman,
Eight of the 5th Grade stud
ents, directed by Mrs. Colvin,
will do a Dutch Dance and a
special added attraction will be
a schottische.
On Friday afternoon of the
show a special matinee will be
held for children, and at the 8
pm showing only adults will be
admitted.
The community is cordially
invited to attend the show. Ad
mission is free.—Jane Naughtou.j
Clothes Drive Nets
5998 Pounds
Kodiak did it again!
Asked to make a quota ol
5000 pounds of old clothing in
the United Nations Clothing
Drive, the local citizenry came
through by a good margin to do
nate 5998 pounds of useful items
with the majoiity of it carefullj
cleaned and packed (even labellec
as to size in some cases) and at
most every item evincing a gen'
uiue desire to help -the destitute
people of the war-torn nations ol
the world, From 65 pairs ol
men’s new shoes donated bv «
store to the tiniest baby bootie
from a lady’s fur coat (what s
prize in warmth that will be) ic
pink pajamas, from men’s heavy
overcoats to boy’s raincoats, ev
ery garment brought visions tc
volunteer workers packing them
at the KEA plant Saturday and
Tuesday of happy hearts some
wheie when they are received.
There was a Tuxedo donated
(the women exclaimed over the
material) a palm beach suit (no
one could guess who gave that
although they tried) a silver fox
fur piece (everyone hoped th^rt
would be no argument over it at
the other end) and one frivolous
straw bonnet—pink.
But as the women sorted the
garments and the men packed
them there was great reluctance
on all sides and time after time
remarks were made on the out
standing quality of the collec
tion.
The clothing was gathered
by trucks from homes and the
various depots, taken to the
KEA plant, sorted in major
groups, packed, tied, labelled as
per instructions, and now awaits
shipment, following transmission
of the regulation reports to the
drive headquarters.
The clothing by pounds was
divided as follows:
Infants 113
Children |274
Women & Girls 1392
Men & Boys 2355
Shoes 1704
Bedding 145
Miscellaneous 15
Total 5998
Stanley Nelson, community
chairman for the drive, wishes to
thank all the business men,
stores, and volunteer workers for
their “fine spirit and cooperation
in working together during this
drive. By doing so a worthy task,
such as this was, was bound to
go over the top,” he said.
The McConaghy cannery’s
Panther and Cougar, skippered
by Leonard Johnson and Glen
Palmer, arrived here this week.
The Nora, captained by William
Lowman, also left Seattle this
week for Kodiak,
4 Kodiak Bear Cubs
Due Here Sunday
Four brand-new Kodiak bear
cubs, 3 female and 1 male, are
expected to arrive here about
Sunday with the return of
Charles Madsen, who left this
week for Larsen’s bay to pick
them up. The cubs, caught by
natives there, will be used by
Mr. Madsen to fill zoo orders.
Aiso making the trip are Eli
Metrokin and Harold Lawhead,
the latter in an attempt to get a
bear of his own.
I
New Wild Plants
Started By Club
If you see a strange plant
growing in the local lakes and
beaver ponds—don’t pluck it!
For it may be a duck potato,
bullrueh, burweed, smartweed or
Korean Lespadeze, which was
planted there under the auspices
of the Kodiak Sportsmen’s Club,
and through the efforts of Mar
cus Meyer, local wildlife official,
C. W. Nettle, club president,
George Strigga, Joe Mahoney,
John Given, Ray Eschenberger,
George Poehling, Roderick Dick
erson and several other navy
boys (who did not leave their
names).
Now that the plants, which are
only a part of those ordered by
the club, are set out everyone’s
cooperation is asked to see that
they are allowed to get a good
start for they will go a long way
toward increasing the numbei ot
resident wild bird6.
The club has been notified that
400 pheasant eggs will be shipped
to Kodiak about May 10, and
now the club has a real problem
on its hands: orders to the States
for incubators have been retun -
ed with the checks. The baptist
Mission has offered the loan of a
200-egg incubator, and Mrs.
John Given has offered « 100-egg
machine. “But,” said President
Nettle, “that still leaves 100
eggs out in the cold; will some
one be able to help us on that
one?”
The actual fish hatchery of the
club is only a matter of days
from being a spot of activity,
Mr. Nettle said, and one of the
four fish egg incubators made by
the club for use in stocking this
area is on display in the window
at the Kodiak Mercantile.
Club members are reminded
of the next meeting, to be held
at the Red Cross Center, the 3rd
Monday in May—May 21, at 8
pm.
A recording was made at the
U.S. Commissioner’s office this
week of the birth of a daughter,
Mary Ann, to Mr. and Mrs. Pat'
rick Mullan, of Afognak, on
April 2.
Father Flying Out
With Ailing Infant
A mercy flight to Seattle be
gan yesterday with the departure
by Alaska Airlines of Hugh Ab
ston, Idle Hour employe, who is
faking hi3 9-months old infant
son, Allen, to that city to »eceive
the attention of specialists. Mr.
Abston hopes to make connec
tions with a military plane in
Anchorage so the flight can be
made without a stopover.
The baby has been a patient
at the Griffin Memorial hospital
for over a week and Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, attending phy
sician, who advised the trip, said
the child was suffering from
grave anemia from undetermined
causes.
School To Hold
Open House
With the last day of pchool
scheduled for May 18, an open
house and kindergarten mothers
day have been planned for the
public.
Open house at the school will
be held Tuesday, May 8, from
7:30 to 9 pm and the students'
work will be on display
rooms and balls. Parent,
friends of the school will have .
opportunity to meet the school
faculty. The public is cordially
invited to attend.
Next Thursday, May 10, at
10:15 am, the children of the
kindergarten are inviting their
mothers to attend their school
in the basement of the Commun
ity Church. ,
Ti-e mothers will have mi(j
j morning lunch with the children
and a program os songs, folk
games and dramatizations will
he given in their honor.
Woman Dies After
Long Illness
Mrs. Irene Peterson, from
Simeouoff island to the west
ward who has been a patient at
the GM hospital since Oct. 18,
passed away Thursday morning.
Death was ascribed to carci
noma.
Mrs. Peterson, who had not
known her own age, was esti
mated to be about. 75 years old.
She was a widower and there are
no known relatives.
Funeral services were held yes
terday at 11 am, with interment
in the local cemetery. Rev. G.
Gleboff officiated.
A civil suit brought by Mrs.
Warren Taylor versus Tommy
Martin, seeking judgment for
rent allegedly due on one of the
Taylor apartments, was settled
out of court, the Commissioner’s
office reported this week.