VOL 11 NO 34
KODIAK, ALASKA
OCTOBER 27, 1951
PRICE 10 CENT
Former School Supt.
Guilty Grand Larceny
Colville, Wash. (A>)-L. T.
"Tom” Utterback, former
superintendent of Kodiak Pub
lic Schools and more recently
the resigned superintendent
of Northport High School,
pleaded guilty October 19 to
the charge of grand larceny
by embezzlement.
Utterback admitted taking
$1,169 in student body funds
before his resignation Septem
ber 17.
Judge W. Lon Johnson
placed Utterback on proba
tion for two years after hear
ing a plea of leniency from his
defense attorney. The prosecu
tor concurred.
The court was advised that
the shortage in funds was
discovered on the day Utter
back resigned. No reason was
given concerning his resigna
tion. An examiner from the
State Auditor’s Office dis
covered the shortage.
Utterback later repaid $267
and the balance was paid by
his attorney before his ar
raignment. Utterback came to
Northport High School from
Neah Bay, Wash.
The refusal of the Kodiak
school board to renew Utter
back’s contract two years ago
resulted in a bitter and heated
local controversy. Students
went on strike, at the urging
of local adults, and several
letters were addressed to the
MIRROR protesting the school
board’s action.
Party Held For
Korean Flier
A reception at the Kodiak]
Hotel in honor of Lt. Howard
D. Clarke, USAF, returning
Korean War pilot, was given
Thursday evening by Mrs.
Edith Clarke, manager of the
hotel and mother of the flier.
Many Kodiakians attended
the party. Among the guests
were Harry Selby, African
big game hunter and guide,
Bob Maytag of the Maytag
Company and Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Rosien of Anchorage.
Rosien is here for the League
®f Alaskan Cities convention.
He is city manager for the
City of Anchorage.
Lt. Clarke plans to leave
Sunday for Great Falls, Mon
tana, his new Air Force as
signment. He is Mrs. Clarke’s
youngest son.
Harold Naughton,. former
student at the U niversity of
Washington returned to Ko
diak recently.
City Plans Work
For Prisoners
A proposed ordinance which
would provide for city jail
prisoners to work on city pro
jects was read and discussed
at the regular meeting of the
city council Monday night.
No definite action was taken.
The ordinance would pro
hibit the use of city .prisoners
on any kind of private pro
jects. John McLaughlin, local
cab owner, told the council
that “it should specifically
write into the ordinance that
types of work done by the
prisoners should not infringe
on various crafts of the trade
unions.”
Walt Muller asked the coun
cil to cancel the penalties and
interest accured on h's taxes
prior to the recent survey
made of his property. No ac
tion was taken by the council
but it was agreed that a de
cision would be rendered at
the next meeting.
Two expressions of approval
of the Kodiak Police Depart
ment were received by the
council during the meeting.
John Gibbons, president of
the Health and Welfare Coun
cil submitted a letter and Mrs.
Esther Magnusen said, “they
(police dept.) have done a
good job.”
A letter from Mrs. Milton
Smith regarding the operation
of her rooming house at the
city dock was read to the
council. Mrs. Smith personally
presented the letter.
The letter stated that im
provements had been made,
fire hazards reduced and that
the building had been inspect
ed by the city health officer.
The building was recently
inspected by William Worth,
Bud Metzgar, D. N. Hoyl
man, L. K. Wodlinger and
Basil Clark, councilmen.
A recommenation regarding
the lease will be made follow
ing further study by the pub
lic buildings and improvement
committee of the council.
The services and equity of
telephone rates of the Kodiak
Telephone Company were dis
cussed by the council. It was
decided that further informa
tion was needed by the council
and no action was taken. It
was proposed that the city
| clerk obtain a profit and loss
statement from the company
I for study and that recommen
' dations be brought to the
next council meeting.
African Guide
Gets Big Bear
An African big game hunter
and guide shot a 10 foot, two
inch bear recently at Karluk
Lake. Harry Selby, Nairobi,
Kenya, East Africa, downed
the big bear with one shot
from a 800 magnum.
Robert E. “Bob” Maytag,
Neptune Beach, Florida, shot
an eight foot bear. He used a
375 magnum. . Maytag is a
member of the Maytag Com
pany, manufacturers of wash
ing machines and other elec
trical appliances, and from
January to May of this year
hunted in Africa with Selby.
Alf Madsen and Eli Metro
kin, local big game guides, ac
companied the two hunters on
the 11 day trip.
“The Kodiak bear is a for
midable adversary and is very
hkely as dangerous as some
animals we hunt in Africa,,’
Selby said when asked if he
considered the Kodiak bear a
dangerous animal.
Maytag and Selby drove
from Florida through the
states and up the Alcan High
way to Anchorage to hunt the
big bears. Mr. and Mrs. May
tag spent four months on an
African safari with Selby early
this year.
This is Selby’s first trip to
Alaska and to the states. He
is a big game African guide
with Ker and Downey, Safari
Limited, Nairobi, Kenya, East
Africa, since 1945.
Selby was lavish in his
praise of the sport fishing
found on Kodiak Island. He
suggested that the sport be
more widely advertised as an
additional attraction to the Al
askan big game hunting.
Maytag obtained over 30
trophies during his four month
safari in Africa and has
brought them to the states.
Selby plans to take his Kodiak
Bear skin home with him when
he leaves for Africa in Decern- i
ber.
The two hunters plan to fly
to Anchorage tomorrow to pick
up their car and return to Flor
ida via the Alcan Highway and
the states.
“The Cape Buffalo is in my
estimation the most dangerous
animal hunted in Africa,’’ Sel
by said.
He explained that the anim.
al, once it was wounded, would
charge the hunter. He told,
briefly, of shooting lions and
elephants and other African
game. Maytag included all of
the above animals in his bag
while on the safari.
Mrs. Herbert Hoff, the for
mer Kay Naughton. is in Ko
diak visiting this week.
.. n plans R®a^
Convention P SundaV
Meetings Start
Chamber Pledges
League Support
The Chamber of Commmece
voted to support any action
taken by the League of A
laskan Cities that will bring
about a reversal of policy by
the Bureau of Indian Affairs
regarding restricted deeds.
The C of C unanimously ap
proved the motion during the
business sessions following
the regular fired chichen
luncheon at the Montmartre
Inn Thursday.
The motion in its entirety
says: “The Kodiak Chamber
of Commerce suggests as an
item on the agenda of the
League of Alaskan Cities a
commendation for a reversal
of policy by the Bureau of In
dian Affairs respecting inte
gration of the native popula
tion of Alaska, generally, and
that the C of C urge a re-exa
mination by the Bureau of its
past policy favoring restricted
deeds to property.”
The LAC will meet here to
morrow, Monday and Tues
day, Mayor Lee C. Bettinger
is vice Dresident of the league.
Guests attending the lunch
eon Thursday were Mrs.
Henry Haag, Miss Eleanor
Sullivan and A. A. Owen of
Anchorage.
Churchill Wins
British Election
London (A>) — Winston
Churchill returned to power.
The famous war-time leader
led his conservative party to
victory over the Labor govern
ment in a desperately fought
battle that rung down the cur
tain on six years of Socialist
rule.
Churchill was assured of a
majority ef the more than 313
seats in the House of Com
mons. It is a slender margin.
Clem Attlee’s Labor party is
expected to hold 300. The
Communists got the biggest
thrashing. Only 10 ran and
none came within miles of
winning.
Washington (iP) —Churchill is
expected to seek an early
meeting with President Tru
man. American leaders also
anticipate he will press for a
conference with Stalin some
time next year. However,
President Truman has been
cold to the idea, unless Stalin
will come to Washington.
Ruth Dean is working at
Knudsen’s
The convention program for
the League of Alaskan Cities
calls for three full days of
meetings by delegates from
Anchorage, Seward, Fair
banks and Kodiak. Nome,
Ketchikan and Juneau are
among the cities who have
sent no delegates.
Sunday morning following
church services Mayor Lee
C. Bettinger, vice president
of the league and host mayor,
will deliver the welcome ad
dress at the Orpheum Theatre.
President Z. J. Louzzac, An
chorage will give a talk fol
lowed by the annual report of
the executive secretary.
The president will appoint a
nominating committee before
the end of the morning ses
sion. Sunday afternoon, Neil
F. Moore, territorial auditor,
will speak on the new social
security program. The theatre
will be cleaned for the after
noon matinee.
The delegates plan a tour of
l Kodiak Naval Station in the
I afternoon and will return to
the Elk’s Club for a cocktail
[party between 5:30 and 8 pm.
A discussion of municipal
finance will take up all Mon
day morning and in the after
noon Civil Defense and a land
valuation study will be dis
cussed. The land valuation
study originated in Anchor
age.
Tuesday morning will be de
voted to a report from the
nominating committee and the
election of new officers. A dis
cussion of a legislative pro
gram will follow the election.
Delegate E. L. “Bob” Bart
lett will be the principal
speaker, Tuesday evening at
the Montmartre Inn following
the all Alaskan dinner pre
pared by Chef A1 Miller. Ad
mission to the dinner is $7
per person.
A tentative list of consul
tants has been prepared by
Henry Rosien, City Manager
of Anchorage, and will at
tend the meetings of the
league. The following are ex
pected to be here: Col. A. R.
Springer, representing the
Air Command; Col. C. B.
Claassew, representing Gen.
Kepner; Lt. Col. L. M. Ste
wart, reps. U. S. Army; El
roy Hinman, ass’t. gen. man
ager Alaska Railroad.
Others are E. Landreth,
director Civil Defense; V.
Fischer, Bureau of Land man
agement; Burke Riley, adm.
ass’t. to Gov. Gruening;
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