K diak Students
Back-To-College
Teen ager’s minds turn a
gain to education, and with
the fall season approaching
many of the lads and lasses
residing in Kodiak are leav
ing for colleges all over the
country.
The University of Washing,
ton is enrolling most of the
Kodiak High School Gradu
ates. Carl Smith, whose fa
ther is a member of the local
ACS is enrolling in the En
gineering School at the Uni
ve sity of Washington, also
Jerry Gundlaeh, Roger Mc
Donald, Bob Dawson. Hobart
Dawson is enrolling in a vo
cational school in Seattle.
Doug Dawson goes back to
Montana State where he is in
his second year of forestry,
Eddie Naughton matriculates
at the University of Illinois,
where his father graduated
many years ago. Alexis Popoff
enters the University of Kan
sas this fall, having transfered
from the University of Wash
ington where he attended last
year.
Virginia Foster and Natalie
Ponchene have enrolled in
Lynnfield College at Mc
Minneville, Oregon and Marie
Cope is starting advanced
work in nursing at Geneva
General Hospital at Geneva,
New York. Caroline Gallagher
and Johanne Knudsen are re
turning to Whitman College
for the fall term.
Neil Neilson is entering his
senior year at Gonzaga High
School at Spokane, the school
that Bing Crosby graduated
from many years ago.
Raymond Martin, Jr., son
of Ray Martin, matriculates
at Valley Junior College in
Van Nuys, California and he
writes his father that there
were fourteen men reported
for the position of ends on the
football team this fall and he
is still on the squad after the
first cut of six.
Leon Johnson Named
For Mayor At Caucus
On August 30th, the ‘.Non
Partisan Party of Kodiak, held
a caucus at the Elk’s Club and
drew up a slate of candidates
for City offices to be elected
by the voters at the City Elec
tion to be held on Tuesday,
October 5 th.
Leon “Ole” Johnson was
unanimously voted by the
members of the Party for the
position of Mayor. On the tic
ket as representatives for the
office of City Council were:
Anna May Vokacek, Wilton
White. Edward Pagano, Pete
Deveau, Stanley Nelson and
W. A. Cannon.
The City Election preceeds
the Territorial Election by one
week.
M*-s. Ben Hall left Kodiak
Wednesday night for Seattle
where she will receive treat
ment in Virginia Mason Clinic
following a serious operation.
Mrs. Hall was the president
of the PTA during the last
term of the 1954 school year.
Art Show At USO
Today and tomorrow from 2
to 10 pm at the USO the oublic
may view a variety of ex
hibits at the second annual
Arts and Crafts Show.
Artists in action during the
show will be Paul Bond, paint
ing quick portraits; Bill Gray,
(of Kody Kub fame, doing
caricatures: and Chief Storms,
demonstrating leather tooling.
A new feature of the ex
hibition this year is a junior
section, including work by
young people of all ages from
kindergarten through high
school. This section will ex
hibit both art and craft work
by individuals and school
groups.
As in last year’s show, the
art section includes exhibits
in variety of media. The crafts
section will feature lapidary,
leather, and copper work,
wood carving, clay sculptur
ing and original sewing crea
tions.
attending the ex
hibition will have an o por
tun ity to vote for tkeir favo
rite art and craft items in
both adult and junior sections.
First and second prizes will
be awarded the artists receiv
ing the most voces. , f
The prizes were donated by
0. Kraft & Son, Donnelley &,
Acheson, Naughton’s Bakery,
Bert s Drug Store, Kmzdsen’s, j
LaLande Bakery, and the
Town Club. i
Some of the exhibits will be
on sale. No admission will be;
charged for the show- Coffee'
and Kool-Aid will be served. |
Base Hosiptal News |
A baby girl weighing 6 lbs. •
15 ozs. was born September 5.
to Mrs. Marion Jean Thomas,
wife of Richard Terry Thomas
LTJG, USN. J
A baby boy weighing 7 lbs.1;
3 ozs. was born September 2
to Mrs. Norma Jean Nixon
wife of Raymond Weldo®
Nixon RM2, USN.
! The
CLUB UNIQUE
WE GOT JT BOY!
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Latest official neiv-car registration figures*
for the 6-monLh period cuJliig June 30^ 1954, show
Ford is first in sales because it's first in value!
It is the only car in the low-price field that offers
... a V-8 engine... Ball-Joint Front Suspension...
Trend-setting Beauty!
With Ford Dealers selling more cars than any other dealers . . .
with Ford sales up 48% when the industry as a whole is selling
fewer cars . . . with more people buying more Fords than ever
before, there can be little doubt that today’s Ford is your best buy,
too. For what other car at Ford’s price offers you V-8 power?
What other car at Ford’s price brings you Ball-Joint Front Sus
pension and trend-setting beauty? And what other car at any price
returns you so high a share of your money at trade-in-time as
Ford? The answer is simply this: no car at any price brings you so
much of what you want most as does Ford. Test Drive the Ford
of your choice and see!
^SOURCE: R. L Polk and Company. Regis
trations for January through June, 1954,
latest month for which figures are available*
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Today’s best buy . • •
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