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KODIAK, ALASKA JUNE 29, 1946
Voters To Decide Cold Storage Bond Issue
4th Plans
j Completed
I The largest array of worth
i while prizes and events lined up
i for many a Fourth of July are
being prepared for the Kodiak
i July 4th Jubilee, to begin with a
flog raising ceremony Thursday,
and end with a big free commun
ity dance in Blinn’s hall.
Ray Martin, chairman, has
extended invitations to the
I Navy, Army and Marine units
' at the base to participate, and
bos requested that the Coast
Guard arrange to have a vessel
here for the celebration A Coast
Guard repair ship will be in port j
if at all possible, he has been in
formed. An invitation has also
been extended to all local can
neries to join in the fun.
A children’s parade, with piiz
cs for every entrant, will start
the festivities, to be followed by
1 races and contests for all ages.
The events will be held on Main
street in front of the Felder
building.
As a special feature a mara
thon race will be run from the
base to town with cash prizes for
the winners, and an Army, Navy
•r Marine tug of war will also be
presented.
Events will follow each other
in rapid succession until the big
drawing for prizes at 9 pm (post
poned from 1 pm) to be held
either in front of the Bank or in
the school yaid.
Biggest interest is in the 1946
Ford Sedan, which was obtained
through Carl Pajoman, local
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I
Cannery Tender
Hits Rock
The McConaghy cannery ten
! «kr Panther struck Bare Island
I Mek in Kupreanof strait Sunday
aaorning, chewing up the keel
•od knocking a hole in her bot
tom. The cannery’s other tender
Nora was along, and pumps of
both vessels barely kept the
j Esther afloat to beach it, and
j after it was wet patched it was
j brought to Kodiak for repairs.
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1 Excursion Trips
| S«t For Sunday
There will be 2 excursion plane
tripe made tomorrow (Sunday)
by Pacific Northern Airlines,
llay Martin, ag?nt, announced
today. Arrangements have been
•oofirmed and (he trips are def
inite, “weather permitting”.
If there is a demand for it an
0 nther flight will be made the day
after the 4th, next Friday.
Fire Hits
Barracks
Fire that hit a large barracks
at the navy base Wednesday at
about 4:15 pm ruined quarters
for about 65 men, and threatened
an adjacent paint shop before be
ing extinguished by Navy and
Fort Greely fire fighting equip
ment with heavy loss to the
building.
The barracks, designated as
C-15, was first built several years
ago for contractors’ employes,
and had just been completely
renovated and painted for occu
pancy by single civilian employes
of the base. The building was of
wood and Homasote construc
tion.
Captain Robert Sutliff, com
mandant, NOB NAS, said the
building was unoccupied and
that cause of the Tire was un
determined.
The Denali is scheduled to ar
rive here Monday, and the Lak
ina on Tuesday, the local Alaska
Steamship office reports.
Opening
Tomorrow
Residents of Kodiak and v*c
inity will receive their first div
idend on a united investment to
morrow (Sunday) wheu the Ko
diak Community Center formally
opens at 3 pm.
The Center is now ready to
play an important role in the
recreational and cultural life of
the city, according to Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson, chairman of
the board of directors, and is ex
pected to pay increasing divi
dends to the many interested
citizens who have contributed
thousands of dollars and hun
dreds of hours of volunteer work
to the project.
The Center will be open from
3 to 11 pm tomorrow with all
interested persons cordially in
vited io visit the building, parti
cipate in the program and meet
the director, Ken Wade and his
family. Hosts and hostesses will
be members of the board of dir
ectors and their wives and re
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108 Return
Surveys
Of over 300 questionnaires
sent out by the KEA in effort to
determine future electrical needs
in Kodiak, only 108 have been
returned it was reported this
week. Compilation of the first
returns will be printed next week.
It is reported that many have
not filled in the survey because
of fear that they will be commit
ted to buy equipment. KEA of
ficials emphasize that individual
information will go no further
than the local office and will be
used only to seek lower rates and
as a basis for estimates of future
power needs.
All who have not filled in their
questionnaires are urged to do so
so the work may lie completed. |
A spark from a chimney start
ed a roof fire at the Norman
Noble residence at 11:35 pm
Wednesday, but the fire depart
ment extinguished the blaze in,
about 10 minutes. Damage was
negligible.
Kodiak 4th of July Program
10 am Flag Raising Ceremony
Children's Parade
(Immediafely following flag raising ceremony.)
Starting at the school yard and ending at Blmn’s Hall
Frizes for: Best dressed boy, Best dressed girl, Most originally dressed boy & girl
Most comically dressed boy & girl, Most patriotic, Best dressed boy & girl couple
Largest family group. There will be a prize for every child entering the parade
PARADE FLOAT PRIZES FOR:
Best decorated car and truck, Best decorated bicycle for boy, & Best bicycle for girl
Races: For Boys & Girls
25 yard dashes
50 yard dashes
Sack Races
3 Legged Race
Potato Races
Monkey race
Wheelbarrow rate
•" 4 to 6 years old & .6 to 9
to 12 years old A 12 to lb
6 to 9 years old; 9 to 12 A 12 to 16
6 to 9 years old; 9 to 12 A 12 to 16
6 to 9 years old: 9 to 12 A 12 to 16
8 years old A under; A 8 to 12
8 years old A under; A 8 to 12
Contests;
Pillow figbts Pie eating contest Icecream contest Cracker eating contest
Children’s Tug O’ War Penny scramble, boys A girls, 6 years A under
Beer drinking contest for Fishermen; Beer drinking contest, Army, Navy A Marines
1 pm Marathon Race
(Starting at the base and ending in front of Bert’s Drug store)
1st Prize $50.00 ; 2nd Prize $25.00 3rd Prize $15.00
3 pm Tug Of War
Between Army, Navy or Marines with 10-men teams. Prize $50.00
9 pm Raffle At Bank Or Sehool Yard
Consolation Prizes:
Electric range, Washing machine, Outboard motor, Argofiex Camera
First Prize
Free. Dance i
Ford Sedan
Blinn’s Hall
A proposal that the city oi
Kodiak vote a bond issue for the
purpose of constructing a cold
storage plant was piesented by
Mavor Lee Bettinger at the
council meeting Monday, and a
plan to prepare an ordinance to
allow submission of the question
to the voters was approved by
the council.
Saying that everyone knew
the advantage of a cold storage
plant to the community, Mayor
Bettinger said he felt it was time
the city stepped out and did
something for itself to acquire
such a facility. The city could
bond itself, he said, and buy a
site and erect a plant, and then
the plant could be leased out to
a competent operator as a rev
enue-producing project for the
city.
There are other things, such as
a school, that Mayor Bettidger
said are needed heie, but that he
felt the city's first indebtedness
should be directed at income
producing ventures, that would
bring additional facilities, such
as a small boat harbor, to in
crease the v»luation of the town
so that in time the other im
provements could be acquired.
The city can now issue revenue
bonds up to 10 per cent ol the
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Garden Club
Planning Show
The last June meeting of the
Kodiak Garden club was held at
the Leo Sears home on Mission
road Wednesday evening. A
paper, “Control of Weeds and
Pests in Plants” was compiled
and read by Mis. Basil Clark.
The main business of the eve
ning was discussion of a general
plan for the forthcoming Garden
Bhow which will be held in the
latter part of the summer.
Though sponsored by the Garden
club, this show is intended to4»e
a community affair m which all
the townspeople aie urged to
participate. A specific outline of
the program and a tentative date
will be announced after the next
meeting of Ihe club Wednesday
evening, July 17, 8:00 pm, at the
home of Mrs Basil Clark.
Mission Road
Closed Sunday
Mission road will be closed to
morrow from the community
center to Mission lake from 4 pm
until about 4:40 at the end of
the children’s bicycle race being
held in connection with t he open
ing of the center
Residents on Mission road are
cautioned to refrain from using
the road during that period. (See
Notice, page 9.)