Eodiak Elirror
* of cAmeria’s L*si 'fmnU'r
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $5.00
Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3. 1878.
fcTHE BENNETT PUBLISHING COMPANY
James G. Bennett, Publisher
Patrick J. Bennett, Editor
Nita and Mike Bennett, Executive Editors
MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED PRESS
• The Associated Press is exclusively entitled to the use
for ^publication of all news dispatches credited to it i
or not otherwise credited in this paper and also the ,
> local news published herein.
j. It is the duty of any NEWSPAPER to bring to its readers
'facts and happenings throughout the world. Of course the
•facts concerning the hometown folks are of more interest to
those particular people than happenings which occur of a min
■or nature in a more temote area.
■ Current events happening in Kodiak are most always of a
■hush-hush nature.Why ? Many instances which have hap
■pened in the adjacent past were of a most secretive nature.
Why ?
• Why were the facts concerning the death of a certain young
lady from Sand Point withheld from publication? It is common
rumor that death was due to polio. Isn’t a cause of death, such
as polio good for the public to read? The cause for with-hold
ing the story is this, ‘We are afraid it will panic the readers-’
Well maybe a little panic will do some of us good. It is oUr
intention to print news and include cause and prevention in
the same article, and there is always a means to obtain that
pews in an accurate form.
' Why was the Republican appointment to the office of Com
missioner such a big secret? And then the Friday before pub
iibation the MIRROR gets a big denial and the Anchorage pa
pers get the scoop as the MIRROR got a lusty NO.
■ The MIRROR does not want to take a belligerent attitude
on this subject but vital news that the people of Kodiak should
have is being with-held and many of our readers are beginning
to wonder WHY.
UTTER To EDITOR
In the interest of the youth I
«f our Territory, and to more
firmly establish the Amateur
Softball Association in the
Territory of Alaska, the fol
lowing letter is submitted for
the citizens of Kodiak.
Our organisation, the Ama
leer Softball Association of
America* is a non-profit cor
<pora$ioft; incorporated and
•dedicated to develop and per
petuate interest in softball and
to further the spirit of sports
manship and leadership among
the peoples, especially the
youths of the Americas.
j The happiness and physical
mental well-being of our
[children is of the greatest im
portance to us, as parents and
'[.citizens. Physical education is
jpone of the finest builders of
• body and mind that is avail
rable to us today. Character
|and leadership, two most de
sirable qualities in adulthood,
[.are both developed by physical
{[education.
So it is with these thoughts
\in mind, the Amateur Softball
■Association has dedicated it
self to the development of
■softball: for softball is a
[menu? of physical education
•.through which these traits
[tan be developed without
placing undue physical strain
on the hndy.
Because ur.d le physical strain
Is not placed on the body, the
sport is not limited to our
youth. The old as well as the
young can be participants in
the game of softball.
From the spectators view
point it is one of the most
desirable sports being played
today. Itas, of course, similar
to baseball but considered
from “authorative circles” to
be a much more exciting and
faster game for the spectator
to watch.
Industrial Arms throughout
this nation, Canada, Australia,
England, Italy, and many
other oountries have installed
softball as their number one
1 recreational activity because
of the unlimited spectator in
terest as well as the large
; number of participants in the
\ women’s game as well as the
j men’s
I [s] Loyd L. Burttgenbacb
Commissioner of SoftbaJ!
V)
Hosoital News
*.
To Mr. and Mrs. Roland
Vickery, July ' 14th a gir:
weighing 7 lbs. 11 ounces
name’ Maria Theresa.
To Mr. and Mrs. Robert
McDonald, July 12th a girl
weighing 8 lbs. name, Bobette
Lets Strike Back
Help Beat Cancer
The ‘‘Cancer Drive” got
underway this past week with
the selection of a committee to
campaign for the publicity and
collection of funds to carry on
this great cause.
Chairman of Kodiaks’ com
mittee is Mrs. Jack Hinc el,
and assisting her in the drive
are Mrs. Ernest Harding,
Mrs. Anthony Reed, Mrs.
Robert Hedloff and Mrs.
George Segner.
The slogan of the campaign
is ‘‘Strike Back” and the com
mittee have distributed money
boxes in all the business
houses in Kodiak with that
slogan printed on the box.
Your dimes and dollars are
needed to fight this killer.
Cancer killed 227,000 human
beings in the United States in
1953. Your dollar may save
one of your friends life.
Lief Systad, age 41, died in
Griffin Memorial Hospital on
July 8th of an undisclosed
ailment. He was flown into
Kodiak by the navy from a
halibut boat :ut on the halibut
banks on the morning of his
death, but due to the serious
ness of his condition at the
time of his arrival, little could
be accomplished after his ad
mittance.
Due to the circumstances of
the emergency and being a
crew member of a boat foreign
in these waters, particulars of
the death were very meager.
Famous people of the stage
who died of cancer. Eddy Du
chin, (orchestra leader & pian
ist) Gertrude Lawrence (stage
actress) Dixie Lee Crosby
(Bings wife) Marie Dressier
(actress) and Jane Cowl (act
ress.
Continued from page *
of materials used in present
construction was read for the
first time. This amendment
i when passed by the Comic 1
! will lift some of the rigid build
1 ing restrictions pi.' ced on citi
j zens desireoua of building
J new structures or remodeling
some old buildings. The former
j ordinance specified that out
side walls had to be of cement
or its equivlent as to fire resis
tance. __
Trtctouneil aleo approved
the nu mbering plan sub
mitted by the contractor- for
the New East Addition Houses
A Narcotic -Ordinance wa3
also presented for firstreading
j prohibiting the use of any nar
! cotic except by a person license
j ed to handle it. (See ordinance
. Most of the time at the
meeting was consumed in the
dicussion of the special elec
tion to be held in August.
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and pay by check /
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