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"<9^rwi of America's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
Yearly Subscription Rate $5.00
Entered in the Postoffice at Kodiak, Alaska as Second
Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
KODIAK PUBLISHING COMPANY
William H. Lamme, Editor and Publisher
Lillian E. Lamme, Associate Editor
Seattle Representative — The Alaska Newspapers,
1411 Fourth Avenue Building, Seattle, Washington.
NOTICE
All persons concerned please
oomply with the conditions of
Ordinance Number 108 as set
forth herein,within 60 days from
the date of this- notice—Aug. 12.
Any person or persons here
after desiring to bury the body
of a deceased person in the City
of Kodiak Cemstery, hereafter
known as the Mountain View
■Cemetery, shall first apply for
and obtain from the City Clerk
of the City of Kodiak, Alaska a
city burial permit authorizing
such interment.
Each burial permit shall snec
ify the exact location within the
Mountain View Cemetery where
said body is to be buried accord
ing to a map and p'at of the
said cemetery, which shall here
after be retained by tbe City
Clerk as a part of the perman
ent records of the City of Kodi
ak, Alaska The actual digging
of any grave shall not start un
til a representative of the City
of Kodiak, designated by the
City Clerk, subsequent to the
actual issuance of the burial per
mit, shall accompany the diggers
to the Cemetery and ascertain
that the digging is started on the
proper plot as indicated by the
application for the burial per
mit.
There shall be a fee of $5
charged for each burial peimit
GllAVE IDENTITY—In or
der to identify all graves possi
ble, a period of 60 days, start
ing from the acceptance date of
this ordinance, shall be extended
for tbe purpose of giving all par
ties involved and interested an
opportunity to identify, with
markers, the graves of friends,
relatives, etc These markers
shall clearly s'ate the names of
the buried person along with any
other pertinent facts. This rec
ord must also be turned in to the
City Clerk for recording.
Myrna Perkins
City Clerk
Problem Continues
The solution of space forschool
children this year still remains
unsolved, as Charles Nettle,
member of the school board, re
ported to the council meeting
Monday that quonset huts can
not be obtained. It had been
planned to get four of them to
house the high school.
With only 6 grades being
taught at the base, Mr. Nettle
said an even larger enrollment
than last year is expected and
that there just isn’t enough
room for the expected enroll
ment
August ping-pong champion
ships will be held at the Com
munity center tomorrow (Sun
day) at 7 pm with titles at stane
in the men's senior, boys and
' women’s singles classes, All play
ers ate cordially invited to parti
cipate.
i Defending champions, Kay
! Wade senior and Laurence And
erson, boys title-holder, are a
monng the favorites.
Alice Madsen’s powerful bat
carried her All-star softball team
to victory over Joan Terry’s
Sluggers in a girls game Thurs
day night Score was 17 to 16.
M'ss Madsen accounted for six
of the runs scored by the All
Stars when she hit two home
runs, sco'ing two team-mates
ahead of her on each occasion.
The girls will play again next
Thursday evening at 6:30.
A marriage license wai issued
this week to Clara L. Munsell,
Woody is'and, and Joseph T.
Fiost, son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom
Frost, Sr. of this city. Both are
employed in aircraft communica
tions at the Woody island CAA
station
The marriage ceremony was
scheduled for 8 pm Friday even
ing at Woody island, with Com
missioner G. W. Bubeudorf offic
iating.
LOST CASH
USUAUY STAYS LOST
Protect your cash with American Express Travelers
Checques when travelling or away from home
They are issued in 110.00—$20.00—$50.00 and $100 00
denominations, easy to carry in specially made wallets, easily
replaced if lost. The cost is 75 cents per $100.00
Ask Entries
For Show
A Garden Show sponsored by
r,he Kodiak Garden club will be
held at the Community Center,
Sunday, September 1, from 3 to
11 pm. This event is open to all
the public in our vicinity and it
is hoped that entries in the vari
ous Divisions will be placed by
many people from outlying Dis
tricts and the Naval Base, as
well as from Kodiak proper.
Participants are invited to
bring their displays to ths Cent
er any time from 9 am until 2
pm Sunday, the day of the show.
Members of the Garden club will
be present to accept arrange
ments or to assist in placing
them. Displays will be adjudged
by 3 judges before the show com
mences and ribbons will be plac
ed on winning entries. Awards
will be as follows: Blue Ribbon—
first award; Red ribbon—second
award; Gold ribbon—to the win
ner of the most blue ribbons.
The Program, copies of which
are being distributed to the pub
lic, follows. Garden club mem
bers who will have charge of
Divisions are also listed.
Garden Show Program
Division I—(Mrs. Jerry Sears,
Mis. Dorothy Clark)
1. Flowering house plants
2. Foliage plants
3 Cactus & succulents
Division II—(Mrs. June Wilson,
Alice Haskell)
1. Arrangement of vines
2. Monochromatic arrange,
ment (tints & tones of 1 hue
container to be part of color
scheme)
3 Miniature arrangement, 3”
or less in any dimension
4. Arrangement in a real shell
Division III—(Mrs Alice Meyer
Mrs. Julia Beals)
1. Special arrangement entitl
ed “Spirit of Fall ’
2. Kitchen window arrange
ment
3. Mixed bouquet arrange
ment
Division IV—(Mrs Beth Wheel
don, Mrs. Bea Nachi weih)
1. Mantel arrangement
2, Arrangement in frame
3 Arrangement of child’s veg
etable plate
Division V—(Messrs W. J
Wheeldon, E Ewing, M
Meyer, F. Beals)
J. Arrangement suitable for a
man’s den with accessories
on a card table furnished by
the exhibitor
Division VI—(Mrs Edna Kraft)
1. Vegetable display
2 Home canned foods
3. Handicraft
4. Table of Interest—Any in
teresting or worthy exhibit.
(No ribbon awards for this
division)
Special attention is called to
Part “4'’ of Division VI. It is
felt that though this division is
non compe itive many people
have articles, unique and inter
esiing toothers, which will add
to the general intetest of the
show and are urged to display
them. Mrs. Kraft who has charge
of this section, can be contacted
for further information.
Another special feature will be
an arrangement of a log cabin
scene, Alaska style, by members
of the club.
If any added information is
desired, members of the Garden
club listed above will be glad to
clarify the d fferent features of
the show.
NOTICE
The City Council will meet as
a Board of Equalization each
evening from 7 pm to 9 pm,
August 19th to 24th inclusive,
for the purpose of hearing pleas
for adjustments in the tax roll.
Taxpayers’ requests for ad
justments must be presented at
this time.
Myrna Perkins,
City Clerk
V. G. Ellis, manager of the
Kodiak Realty & Investment
company, was a speaker at the
Rotary club Tuesday, giving a
classification talk on the business
of insurance.
Jay Wiley, partner in the Ko
diak Cleaners, was inducted as a
new iriember of the c'ub
Guests were Roy Downing, for
merly with the Signal Corps, who
is now with the CAA and is on
his way to Sand Point; Rev L.
B. Wadsworth, secretary of the
American Baptist Home Mission
Society, of New York, here on an
annual business trip, and J W.
Patterson, local service station
operator.
Gladys ^: arie Allen, formerly
employed as waitress at the Vic
tory and Polar Bear cafes, and
Harold E. Jurd, U. S. Marines
ware united in marriage Sunday
by U S. Commissioner G W
Bubendorf at the latter’s office.
Witnesses were Norma Lee
and Harry C. Wallace.
Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Abston
this week purchased the new
I home in the Erskine addition
built by Ralph Shupp, for $8000
The modern dwelling is located
on Lot 152, former site of the
Cecil Helsel home which was de
stroyed by fire in 1942.
Mrs. William H. Olsen and 4
children left this week for Anch
orage, where Mr. Olsen, now
p acticing law in that city with
John E. Manders, has purchased
a home.
Edna “Tex” Bezner left by
plane t his week to make her borne
at Homer. She told friends before
leaving that she and T Y. MeII
nay, who met her here and re
turned with her, will be married
soon.
Application for marriage lieens
es were made this week by Eg.
ther I.evine and Alvin Duane
Fitch; and Margaret Deitsch and
John S. McLaughlin.
Art Holt, federal jail guard,
left by p ane this week with
Francis J. Feldheke, after a tele,
graphic warrant on a bad check
charge was received here from
Fairbanks.
Feldheke had arrived here a
few days ago to work at the base.
Airmail Cut
Washington (JP)—President
Truman signed legislation reduc.
ing the domestie airmail rata
from 8 to 5 cents an ounce.
Effective Oct. 1, it applies to
all U. S. Territories.
Calendar of Events
Business & Professional Women
Dinner Meeting Victory cafo,
Monday, 6 30
Rotary Club
Tuesday noon, Victory cafe.
Kodiak Gaiden Club
Wednesday, 8 pm
Home of Mrs. Frank Beals.
Chamber of Commerce
Tliurs. noon, Victoiy cafe.
Hospital News
Two babies arrived at the GM
hospital this week, both on the
same day, both girls, and both
the same weight.
Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Sean
are the parents of a daughter
born on August 12, weight 7 1-2
lbs. The new daughter will be
named Madeline.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Komtn are
the parents of a daughter, Jessica
Lee, born on August 12, weight
7 1-2 pounds.
Simon G. Sletton of Seattle,
member of the crew of the Zen
ith, died at the GM hospital on
Sunday morning. He was brought
in Saturday apparently suffering
from a heart attack.
Charles Johnson, 61, employed
by the San Juan Fishing & Pack
ing company was admitted Aug.
18 for medical treatment.
Robert LaPlante, employe ft
the Alaska Packers Assn, who
was admitted last week, was op
erated upon for appendicitis on
Tuesday.
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