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FOR YOUR EASTER BONNET
The Kodiak Chamber of Commerce, which dwelt on Ko
diak bears two weeks ago and stirred^ up something that
reached to Juneau, is now giving its attention to another
form of Kodiak wild life: the King Crab.
Not to be outdone by Paris, New York or San Fran
cibco, the group, predomiaantly male, has shown its official
a^p’-oval of the first Kodiak-kreated woman’s fashion, a
fetching bonnet made from the shell of a Kodiak King Crab.
Seriously, the idea, originated by Mrs. G. P. Koch of
the naval station for a Christmas gift novelty, is one with
promise, and the selling of the hats for souvenirs, or even to
be worn, as they have already been, may bring new fame to
Kodiak.
If we can’t have our bears, says the Chamber, we can
at least do something with the crabs and keep some sort of
position in the world of tnose interested in Alaskan wild life.
HOS nit* Veu)>
Clark Cropper of Chignik
was flown to Kodiak by the
Coast Guard Thursday, nd
admitted to Griffin Me n->r al
Hospital formed ‘al trea- nent
and observation. He wii' he
discharged short: >.
A daughter Kath'-en,
weighing 8 lbs 2 oz was born
Thursday at the base dis >en
aary to Mr. and Mrs. tiay
MacDonald. Mrs Mac') < t*l
i»the former Peggy McM lo..
Dr. A. Holmes Johnson vas
an outgoing plane passenger
for Seattle this w he. H hi)
return sho; t v.
Miss Gail Blankenburg was
hostess at a dinner party
Wednesday evening in honor
of her 18th birthday.
The Bureau of Land
Management office in Achor
age issued a patent to lot 6,
block 35, east addition, to Mr.
and Mrs. John Springhill this
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lam
precht, formerly of the base,
are now living in town.
The Lucidor arrived at the
naval station Monday from
the states,' with supplies for
the base.
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GOOD NEWS SPREADS
Everyone is talking about our friendly,
helpful advice that you can always count
1. Why not come in yourself and let us
p you solve vour financial problems .
Rank of Kodiak
Cloasd ewcy Thursday
Banking hum atN.OiB, Fridays, Old Administration Building, 4.-00 a go t. M
MEMBER rEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE CORPORATION
FWS Says Bears
To Stay
By Jim nutcneson
Juneau (A*) — The Alaska
legislature has recommended
the death sentence for Kodiak
Island’s famed brown bears
but it doesn’t look like anyone
is going to call out the firing
squad.
Both houses passed me
morials recommending an
open season the year around
because of depredations a-i
gainst cattle. The memorial is
only a “prayer” to federal]
and game officials. Clarence (
Rhode, Regional director of I
the Fish and Wildlife Service,
aaid that game officials have
no intention of recommending
such action on the basis of
available information.
“Members of the Alaska
Game Commission, are all old
time Alaskans, and are not
convinced the American pepole
iare willing to sacrifice A
i laska’s most famous big game
pnimals just because a few
groups blame all their troubles
on them,” Rhode said.
In the absence of final ac
tion on major bills during the
week, the bear memorial had
ga'ned prominent attention.
The house approved it Satur
day and Tuesday the Senate
approved it.
' “Operation Jensen” was
the week’s headliner. Both
houses joined in a closed door
1 session three afternoons this
week to hear evidence and
charges from former repre
sentative Marcus Jensen on
cet&fn territorial affairs.
The legislators called in the
governor. Treasurer Roden,
Attorney General Williams
' and also had Rep. Stanley Mc
Cutcheon on the stand. When
it was all over only a brief
report that said, “no evidence
has been presented that war
rants action by this body.”
Three Republicans walked out
during the controversy over
what kind of statement if
any, would be issued.
While few bills have been
passed by either house, the
pace is picking up as com
mittees are getting them
ready for action.
A long hearing with the
territorial board of education
disclosed its budget request
would reach approximately
ten and a half million dollars
if salary increases are granted
teachers.
The board has recommend «d
increrses of $300 a year in the
first division, $400 in the third
and $500 in both the second
and fourth divisions. There is
no indication whom the board
will choose to succeed com
missionei Tames Ryan.
COWIN' & COIN'
Buell Nesbett, Anchorage
attorney, who nled a case here
in District Court, returned
home by PNA Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs, Glen Loun
dree, Island Fountain owners,
returned Thursday from a
vacation outside.
•Mrs. Harold Sivpsind re
turned this week after several
m'wfhs in Seattle, where she
received special medical care.
' Norman Goldberg, Seattle
! fur buyer, left Wednesday
after several days here on
business. Goldberg is a friend
of M. F. O’Brien, local pilot.
| Members of a naval station
j bowling team left by char
tered PNA plane Wednesday
evening for the Anchorage
Fur Rendezvous.
Don Wolf of the Kodiak
Cleaners was a PNA passen
ger for Seward Monday. He
will return on Martin Jensen’s
new scow.
Crab Shells New
Fashion Fad
What started out as rather
a novelty may yet become one
of Kodiak’s newest industries,
with the support of the Cham
ber of Commerce.
The Chamber, which has
backed the Kodiak King: Crab
industry, is now starting a
public campaign to use an
other part of the crab, to date
always discarded.
This is the body shell,
which has been designed, bjr
' G. P. Koch of the naval
Cation, mto a smart cocktail
and evening hat!
The shells are painted a pale
blue, red bronze, gold or sil
ver, decorated with a small
veil, and fixed with elastic an
they can be perched on the
head. Other ornaments may
be added too.
At Thursday’s C of C meet
ing, they saw a brief style
show of the bonnets, put
by Miss Nancy Norman, Mist
Carol Acheson and Miss Mar
tha Olsen.
Mrs. Koch was a guest at
the meeting, attending with
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger, who
has already sent samples of
the hats to various cities ia
the states.
Dennis Belfy, CAA, has
terminated his contract there,
and left Sunday for Moline,
111.
Mr. and Mrs. Eddie Cumm
ings left Wednesday to attend
the Fur Rendezvous. They
were outgoing PNA passen
gers. •
Earle Brown, storekeeper
at the PAF Alitak cannery,
arrived from the states by
plane this week.
Darrell Chaffin, of the CAA,
was an incoming plane pas
senger from Anchorage las*
Saturday.
MUKDCK BY TAMS7 PSACTiC*
i IT CAN HAPPEN HERE
Police of Great Bend, Kans., are on
the trail of a person or persons who
killed three Kansas men by shooting
the insulators from a Central Kansas
Electric Cooperative high voltage line,
November 27.
Piecing the mysterious tragedy to
gether police say 98 bullet casings of
.22 caliber were recovered at the
scene along with two empty cartridge
boxes and pieces of broken insulators.
The men who shot the insulators a
way, letting the highline drop, might
just as well have sat in the bushes
and pumped the 98 slugs into the
men as they appeared on the scene,
reports state.
One or possibly three persons
walked north Monday afternoon on
the bottom road and held target
practice on the ill-fated angle pole
near the road. Shooting the insulators
into shattered pieces caused the wire
to whip into the air and fall into a
long loop that hung waist-high at its
lowest point near the road.
At 5:22 p. m. Monday. George Winn
drove his car along this road and
stopped it in contact with the wire.
When he stepped to the ground he
died.
Tuesday afternoon at 5:58 p. m.,
j J. W. Murphy, a neighbor, came
hunting for Winn and brushed the
| wire. He died.
That night, A. F. Jacka, sheriff
elect, groped along the beam of a
1 floodlight toward the two bodies. It
looked like the end of a gun battle to
him. He and Deputy Garland Ball
eorst were about to leave to get help.
At 7:58 Jacka walked around the car
to view the bodies and died by the
* hidden wire.
From newsletter of Alfalfa Electric Cooperative.
Cherokee, Oklahoma
Help us to stop such senseless damage by reporting shooting immediately to our office*
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