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"News of cAmerica’s Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 20, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
i Clean-up
Week On
As aanouDced last week this is
official Clean-up Week for Kodi
^ as proclaimed by the com
■itteea of the Chamber of Com
Berce and the eity council, and
otueBB are expected to show
their civic pride by joining in
Kb campaign in every way pos
able.
From Monday through Friday
tba city will help by picking up
! aO refuse and rubbish left on
roadways or available to trucks
a» all trash pile owners will have
la db is clean up their premises
md the eity will haul it away.
From evidence in many local
ities a number of good citizens
jumped tbe gun on the campaign
and cleaned up yards and a’lev
ways, in several cases replacing
taash with several loads of gravel.
Beet Officials
Members of the loeal Team
im’ Union heJd election of of
fat/fc at tbeir regular meeting
Tuesday night at the Unisc
JM
Raymond Van Buren was el
ected president. Other officers
include: v ce president, James
Ganoutte; business agent (cabs)
Glen Martin; business agent
(trucks), Elmer Nelson: trustees
Waiter Kizer (3 years); Merle
Phillip? (2 years); John Hyde
(1 year): C. Blankenburg, re el
ected secretary—treasurer.
Kodiak Phone
Hours Reduced
Seattle (Special) — Hours of
operation ef the Kodiak—Seattle
radiophone circuit will be reduc
ed by one hour beginning Sept.
22, Col. T. J. Tully, command
ing officer of the ACS, announc
ed today.
New hours of operation will
be from 8 am to 1 pm Kodiak
tine daily and Sundays.
The reduction was finally
made due to the fact the number
■f calls between Adak and Se
attle have increased to the point
where the circuit was unable to
handle the calls offered during
the time allotted. Adak and Ko
diak share the same circuit due
to lack of radio frequencies
Kodiak at this time handles
an average of not over 7 calls a
day to Seattle
Col. Tully stated that as soon
® equipment is available to
route Kcdiak calls through An
chorage that arrangement will
be made and will permit placing
calls at any time during ACS
nffice hours daily.
Bing Good For Business
Even When He 'Ain't'
The report oh Wednesday was
complete with details. Bing Cros
by had arrived at Kodiak on
Wednecday’s p'ane, was staying
in one of the rooms at the VFW
club, and was going hunting with
Charles Madsen
The reportorial staff of the
Mirror and Naval intelligence
officials spent some time check*
ing the reports but found no der
Bingle.
But it’s an ill wind that blows
nobody good. Lynn Markham,
steward of the VFW club, re
ported “several oar loads” of
people visited the club to catch
a glimpse of the crooner. When
he caught on he entered the
spirit of the thing and told them
that Ginny Simms and Vaughn
Monroe were upstairs, too.
Markham said he had a very
good night
New President
Of Bank Arrives
Marshall (Jrutcher, well
known Alaskan accountant of
Ketchikan, arrived by plane
Sunday to make his permanent
h>me here and assume the dut
ies of the presidency of the Bank
of Kodiak. Mrs. Crutcher, who
is with their daughter in Califor
nia while the latter is recovering
from an injury received in mov
ing furnitore, will join her hus
band later
O A Torgerson, retiring
bank president, will leave soon
for the States
Drunken Driving
Brings Sentence
Walter Boyd, ex member of
the city police force drew a 90
day jail sentence in the U. S
Commissioner’s court Saturday
for driving under the influence
of liquor, following an accident
the previous night. His driver’s
license was also revoked for a
period of 90 days beginning at
the completion of the jail sent
ence.
Late Fiiday Boyd collided on
Mill Bay road with a car, driven
by Mrs. Frances Patterson
which belonged to her sister,
Mrs. Lorena Kizer. Deputy U.
S Marshal Paul Herring, who
was called, said Mrs. Patterson
whs stiuek after pulling to the
side of the road and stopping
Passengers with Mrs. Patter
son included Mrs Mabel ten
ner, and Mrs. Catherine Blank
enburg and daughter Gail. Only
injury was to Mrs. Blankenburg
who suffered a bump on her
head in striking and breaking
the windshield.
Damage to the car was estim
ated as several hundred dollais.
5 Days Left
In Rodeo
Wednesday is the last day for
local anglers to take advantage
of the many prizes offered in the
Shakespeare SalmoD Rodeo,
sponsored by the W. J. Erskine
eompany.
Registration still may be made
at the base, or at Erskine's,
where the prises, being offered in
10 categories, are on display.
Even the .dub fisherman has a
ehanee in this derby, as five of
the prizes will go to the largest
salmon and 5 to the smallest.
Sale of 2 lots on Mission road
by William and Alice Bergquist
to Sherman and Bessie Spracher
was recorded this week at the
Commissioner’s.
Magnusen Mangled
By Cribbage Fates
The fates were unkind to
Fi e Chief George Magnusen
Tuesday night.
Chiaf George won the first
Kodiak eribbage championship
held at the Common y Center
more than a year sgo. He held
the championship I month and
has been trying to regain it ever
since. It looked as though his
big moment again had come in
the September tourney—but he
couldn’t lick fate
* Bowing only to the defending
champion, Mrs. J. R. Malutin,
in the second round, George
breezed through ali opposition
till the final moments of play. He
was ahead of the field and need
led but one more win to clinch
the championship when he ran
up against Ken Wade in the last
round The latter is a run-of the
mill cribbage player who loses as
often as he wins. A bit over-con
fident, Magnusen eased up, took
a chance and found Wade peg
ging twelve points as he laid
down the fourth three-spot in a
row Magnusen died in the
"stink-hole” to lose the game
that would have given him tho
I
title.
Meanwhile a husband and wife
combination, Marian and Carl
SautDer, finished the string with
six wins and two losses apiece to
j gain a tie with Magnusen and
necessitate a playoff.
1 Mrs. Sautner drew the bye
and her husband proceeded to
break Magnusen’a heart by pall
ing a 24 hand out of the bag wilji
first count and 16 to go while
George found himself holding a
14 band and dozen crib which
he couldn't use because it was
too late.
Husband and wife played for
the title while the fire chief went
home talking to himself. Mrs.
Sautner swamped hubby to win
her third championship in the
la9t 6 months.
Cat, Dog Smack Jack,
Jar Car, Scar Tar
When Francis “Buzz” Sibert
is able to work under his car
again he’s pretty sure to make
certain he doesn’t eet in the
paih of a canine-feline feud.
Sibert, a pharmacist’s mate at
the N.O.B. dispensary, has a
splintered shoulder blade caused
when his ear dropped on him
Thursday, pinning him under
neath, after a dog chased a cat
through the space under the car.
One of the hurrying animals dis
lodged the jack and knocked it
out from under the car with the
resulting injury to the sailor.
An application for a marriage
license has been filed by James
Terrell Dodson, NOB, and Rac
hel Eugenie Roubion, clerk,
NOB.
Brooklyn Property
Changes Hands
The Cbeechako building on N.
Brooklyn and 3 dwelling units
behind it were purchased this
week by Mr. and Mrs. V. G. El
lis, it was anuounced today. Mi.
Ellis is manager of the insurance
deDartment of the Bank of Kod
iak and Mrs. Ellis is on the local
teaching staff.
The one story frame building
with concrete floor houses the
Cheechako Grill, operated by
Martin Jensen and Jacque Par
dieu, and the Cheechako club,
operated by Martin Jens°n.
No purchase price was given,
but a few years ago the propeity
was on the market at over
*20,000.
Official Due
Floyd Guertin. regional direct
or for the Territorial Veteran?
Office, Anchorage, is due this
week and will be available at the
U. S. Employment office for con
sultation on loans and bonuses.
Denali On Way
The Denali sailed from Seattle
on schedule Thursday and is due
at Kodiak about Sept. 26, Viola
Sipprell, acting agent for Alaska
Steamship, reported today.
It has 381 tons of freight for
Kodiak
Rev. Gregory Gleboff of the
Russian church was injured iD a
fall last week near the church at
Karluk where he was visiting on
a tour in connection with church
work.
He strained the ligaments on
| several ribs and after being
treated at Karluk by Wr. M. D.
Garred, a visiting bear hunter,
was brought to Kodiak and is
now convalescing at home.
Man Drowns
In Channel
An ebbing tide e»rly Saturday
morning disclosed the body of
Nick Alluguk, about 46, of
Perryville, near a boat on the
beach at the Government dock
from which he had apparently
fallen the night before. Death
was ascribed to drowning
Alluguk had come to Kodiak
recently with Tom McKean, his
father-in-law, on the latter s
1 boat, the ‘‘Thresher,” which was
drawn up on the beach for re
pairs.
The Marshal’s office, which
investigated the circumstances
of the death, reported Alluguk
and another man had returned
to the boat late. The other man
sad he went to bed leaving
Alluguk sitting on the edge of
the boat and that later he heard
a splash.
He told Marshal Herring be
got up and went out and looked
but didn't see anything, and
that after yelling “if you fell in,
swim out” he went back to bed
When Marshal Herring sug
gested that maybe he should be
charged with something for fail
ing to institute a better search
the man said “you can’t do
that, I was just as drunk as be
was.”
Disposition of the body i*
awaiting word from Perryville,
where the widow survives.
Arrest Fugitive
Virgil Murphy, an employe in
the supply department at the
base, was arrested by deputy U
S Marshal Paul Herring yes er
day on a fugitive from justice
warrant, and was taken to An
chorage via Pacific Northern air
lines yesterday by H. D. Hoff, of
the Marshal’s staff.
Kentuckian Gets
9-Ft. Bear
Dr. M. D. Ga'red, descendant
| of a pioneer family “that shot its
way into Kentucky” and has
been shooting ever since added
a Kodiak bear hide to his troph
ies on a hunt last week with
Charles Madsen. The bear was a
9-footer and was one of 59 the
party saw while out Dr. Gaired
| was accompanied by Mrs Gar
red, and they left by plane Mon
day and expected to be home in
Ashland, Ky . Tuesday evening
Helen Fischer, Swise author
and photographer who was along
on the party left without getting
a bear, reportedly called to the
North by an assignment, to get
some caribou pictures.
A Dr Davenport and son from
Abilene, Texas, are out with
Ma 'sen th's wofk.