W Our Neighbor’s Ha'I Of Fame #
ky JO & BOB PALMER
It is important to any grow
ing community th it the people
are aw a ~e of what is going on
and who their neighbors are.
The Kodiak Mi-ror hopes t>
print a short biographical
sketch on these neighbors and
this week we have chosen Mr.
Clarence Dizrey, Deputy U. S.
Marshal. We would appreciate
it if you would submit each
week your candidates for
’‘Our Neighbor's Hall of
Pame."
Clarence came to Kodiak in
15142, and went to work at the
base. In 1943, his wife, Alta
[joined
him here and they pur
chased a house on Mission
Road which has been home t>
tnem ever since. The Marshal
and his wife feel that Kodiak’s
climate is similar to Willa
mette Valley in Oregon, where
he was born and raised.
| After attending high school
: in The Dalles, where he was
! a foor-letter man, he went to
' Oregon State College at Cor
vallis, Oregon. There he
majored in industrial arts and
minored in physical education.
After working for the Ore
gon State Highway Commis
sion for a period of six years,
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Mr. Dizney came to •
T nexi ~ix yeans w-’
umler civil service at t! e na
val base. On August 1, 194K.
he was appointed a Specia'
Deputy under the Deputy U.
S. Marshal.
The late Mr. Paul C. Herring
Deputy at that time, sent
‘Diz’ out on his first assign
ment and ‘D z’ thought it
might be the last. His boss
knew that there wouldn't be
any trouble but ‘Diz’ expected
the worst. The trip was to a
nearby island and was made
on a small boat chartered for
the occasion.
CLARENCE DIZNEY
Just off a rocky point the
engine quit and while the
skipper puttered around with
the engine, the craft drifted
nearer to the rocks. Not being
a sailor, this was a thoroughly
frightening situation for ‘Diz’
However, the engine start
ed, stopped, and started again
along with Dizney’s appre
hension. Finally, without fur
ther mishap he arrived at his
destination. ‘Diz’ squared his
big shoulde/s, tried to steady
his newly acquired sea legs,
and headed up the path to the
village where the arrest was to
be made. The man wasn’t
j hard to find and as the Special
‘Deputy approached him the
fellow was holding a double
bitted axe. Clarence informed
the man that he was under
■arrest and named ?the indivi
dual, who swore out the war
rant. AH the fettow had to
say was, ‘ ‘WhafcjbheJieU does
that g»y want <ne arretted
for?" With that he threw
down the axe and said, "Let's
go."
A year after Clarence went
to work as a Special Deputy
the boss resigned and ‘Diz’
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was appointed the U. d
Deputy Marshal. Since then
he has traveled in excess of
50,000 air miles, averaging
two trips to the states a year.
Among the places he hasj
traveled to are King Cove,!
Dutch Harbor. Chignik, Sand j
f’oint, Port M< I er, llliamra ,
and Nondalton.
Mr. Dizney feels that this
district of Alaska hasn’t any
serious problems of a criminal
nature and states that, “Juve
nile delinquencey, at the pre
sent time is pract cally non
existant, narcotics violations
is no problem, and professional
prostitution ceased a number
‘Diz’ has been a b;g boot?
if Kodiak, he is a member
of the Rotary Club, Chamber
of Commerce. Kodiak USO
committee, chairman of tbe
local Boy Scout organization,
rnd treasurer of the Kodiak
Health ar d Welfare Council.
Our Marshal feels that his
greatest reward for partici
pating in community activities
is making new aquaintances
and along with that the reali
zation that the organnations
he belongs to have made the
USO a bigger and better ae
tivity locally, and have givea
the Kodiak children and
recreation facilities as the new
I Spruce Street playground.
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