fOL 6 NO. 51
KODIAK, ALASKA FEBRUARY 22, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
KEA Meet
Date Set
The annual meeting of the
members of the Kodiak Electric
Association has been set for
March 3, at the Kodiak Com
munity Center, it was annonnced
this week.
Main object of business will
the election of the 9 members
far the board of directors.
Chimney Burns Out
During the high wind at 2:30
mb last Saturday the chimney at
the Polar Bear cafe burned out
with a shower of sparks.
I' In the cafe kitchen the heat of
the pipe set fire to it outside the
pipe and flames leaped to the
•ihog.
A fire extinguisher that was
grabbed by the chef was empty,
but the blaze was put out with
water before it set fire to the
■ood work.
No alarm was sounded.
New York (^P)—At least 3
parsons are dead as the heaviest
:$no*storm in years gripped the
Bast, closing -chools and snari
ng traffic and slowing business
>nd industry. Snow depths
ranged up to 19 inches in I.ee
nxiDtT, Vi'gmia and New York
reported 12 inches.
Kodiak's classiest cribbage
char icter cantured the champ
ionship at the Community Cent
er again on Tuesday night—Jack
Rcalev defying thousand-to-one
adds to win the title for the third
eoosecuuve time.
Young Healy won 7 out of 8
games to retain his champion
ship from a field of 14 contest
i ants. Tied for second place, with
Swins and 3 losses apiece, were
P.J. Kerrigan, Pete Hjelmeir
and the champion’s dad, F. A.
Healey.'
Only player to defeat the
champion was Mrs. Pete Magnu
aanwho nosed him out by 2
bobs in the seventh round.
Grade Contest
Winners Named
The grade school division of
Ike' Why You Should Support
Ihe Community Center” essay
Jtontbst was graded this week bv
ludges S A Nave, Walter Sip.
and William Lamme, after
i delay due to the closing of
ebool
,The winners and prizes are:
1st prize, $10, to Ruby Lar
Ba, 7tn grade.
2nd prize, $5, to Stella Scroggs,
W> grade
✓ 3rd,honorable mention, Irene
foaeon iff, 4'h grade.
Legion Seeks
Club License
The American Legion Club,
Post 17, presented an applica
tion at the city council Monday
for a club liquor licence, for a
new clup to be located in the
rear lounge of the Mecca bar
and liquor store building.
The council did not approve
the granting, pointing out they
were governed by the city ordin
ance which prohibits the issuan
ce of any new retail liquor out
lets The council agreed howev
er to send a letter to the district
court, pointing-out their reason
for non-action. The district court
can grant the licence without
council approval if it wishes, and
the club will apply directly to
the court for the permit
An amendment to the city or
dinance, to permit vetrans’ or
ganizations to be granted liquor
licenses, was read, but no action
was taken The second read ng of
the amendment will be made at
the next meeting
The American Legien is repor
ted to have drawn up a contract
I for a 5 year period, for operation
of the private club in the rear of
the Mecca, with Jake Foley, at
present manager of the Club Li
quor store, as club steward The
action follows that of the Veter
ans of Foreign Wars, winch star
1 ted the VFW club the first of
'the year in the former Club;
Montmartre building outside the j
| city limits.
Siren Broken
The fire siren atop Bert’s drug
store is out of commission, which
explains the absence of the use
I of it at noon during the past
week
Center To Close
For Flooring
After 9 months of seven-day
a-week operation for the benefit
of Kodiak residents, the Kodiak
Community Center will clo’e its
i doors on Monday, March 3. Be
fore anyone gets excited about
the closing, however, it will be
well to state that the doors will
be c'osed for just one week and
that when the Center re-opens
on Sunday, March 9, it will have
a brand new hemlock floor.
The old floor has been comp
letely worn ouv by the more than
40,000 pairs of feet which have
trod on it in all kinds of activi
• ties, since the Center opened to
the public in June of last year. •
Finds for the new floor were
appropriated from the U. S. Na
I vy gift of $2750 made to the
j Center la^t fall and the floor ar
r ved on the Denali. The floor
wil‘ be installed by Owen and
! Sutliff who ate making a special
p'ice as part of their donation to
1 the Center'’ fiuanc’sl campaign.
Fund Nears
$6000Mark
Neanog the six thousand dol
lar mark yesterday afternoon,
the Kodiak Community Center’s
campaign for $6500 with which
to carry out its operations in
1947 was an assured success, it
was reported by the Center’s
financial chairman, Mr. 0. A.
Torgerson. The actual figure of
contributions and pledges at 2
pm yesterday was $6835.00 with
still a few scattered "precincts”
to be heard from. Contributions
this week ranged from a child’s
fifty cent piece to a $200 check
from the Veterans of Foreign
Wars.
The campaign books will be
held open a few more days, Mr
Torgerson announced, to give
folks whom the solicitors have
not reached a chance to pledge
their share of the load. Last min
ute contributions can be turned
in at the Bank of Kodiak or
mailed to the Community Cent
er.
I UC VUHI"
Lie A t wrea
plete list of donors will be pub
lished in the Mirror
Appreciation for the splendid
response of Kodiak lesidents for
their generous co-operstion in
making po sible the opeiation of
the Community Center for the
balance of the years was express
ed yesterday by both Mr. Tor
gerson and Dr A Holmes John
son, cha rman of the board of
d rectors of the Center The res*
poiise to the Center’s campaign
was city-wide. Mr. Torgerson
.pointed out, indicating that the
people of Kodiak are solidly be
hind their Center and it’s prog
ram of recreational, cultural and
social activities for the benefit
1 of the entire community
Special thanks were expressed
by Mr. Torgerson for the untir
ing efforts of the many people
who spent time campaigning in
the Center’s drive for funds.
Mauy of these workers, braving
storm and flood, spent hours
each day of the campaign calling
on residents and business houses.
Also, he added, additional c edit
for the success of the campaign
goes to the bus ness men of the
community for their generous
donations of advertising space
on behalf of the project.
Closed Today
The Bank of Kodiak and the
post office will be closed today
in honor of Washington 3 bir'h
day
Aiimail will be distributed ii
there is a plane today. .
Mrs. Gertrude Blankenbu g
and daughter leit on thj Denal’,
for her foimer home in Bo.se
Idaho
Girl Rescued
From Ice Floe
The cries of a little girl on an
iee floe in St. Paul’s harbor were
heard by Lee Bettiiiger, in his
bottling works on Marine Way,
and looking out he saw the floe
was several feet from shore and
drifting toward the open water.
Mayor Bettinger waded out in
several feet of water and carried
the scared child to shore.
The event occurred Wednes
day, when the tide had drifted
scattered chunks of ice into St.
Paul harbor,
The little girl said she was
playing with a little boy and
that the boy shoved the ice floe
out and then, “swam” (!) to
shore.
The rescued ehi'd was Sharon
McElwain, 5 years old, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. H L McElwain,
who live across from the fire hall
near the beach.
Sharon did not tell her parents
about her experience.
Washington (IP)—A hill de
claring “null and void” the na
tionwide accumulation of almost
6 billion in portal pay claims and
barring any in the future, was
approved by the Senate Judici
ary subcommittee. It will go
before the Sena'e next. week.
C. C. Saeman, Ijcal coin col
lector, has another of a series of
his collection on disp'av at the
bank of Kodiak this week.
It is devoted to (Ireek coins,
from 600 to 200 B. 0. and in
cludes many rare and odd items
Steam Thawer
Works On Mains
Rain and wet snow we e on
the weather menu in Kodiak
this week, as efforts were being
directed to thawing large ma ns
of the city water system that
are ice blocked
After many hours worn the
steam thawer got water to t he
Community Center and the GM
hospital, and then Legan in the
down town area, in order to get
water to fire hydrants. During
the cold spell there were only 2
fire bydrant9 in town that were
not frozen
Thawing of the main line on
Alaska Way revealed a break in
front of the Town Club
Steam from a boiler on skids
is being shot into the mains
through a hose that is pushed
abiiK the wooden pipe
Last night, while thawing out
pipe in front of the bank, the
crew went to dinner and while
they were gone the ice gave wav
—result a turieii. of water down
Mill B»y. Alaska Way and
around the c iner at the Orphe
uin and d wn Haibor avenue
Some of the wal« r got into the
has merit of fhe bank
To Operate
Base Cafe
A1 Miller, of the Victory cafe,
announced this week that he, bis
fathei, Fred Miller, and brother
Rooky Miller, have been award
ed a contract for operation of
the base civilian cafeteria and
restaurant, and are to take over
March 1.
L. M. Markham has been op
erating it since its opening.
The Victory cafe, one of Kodi
ak’s largest restaurants and
meeting place for local clubs, has
been put up for sale.
Karluk Theatre
Man To Wed
Archibald "Scotty" Brunton,
cannery watchman of Larsen’*
bay and operator of a theatre in
Karluk, visited Kodiak this week
on business, and applied for a
marriage license for himself and
Mar e Jackinsky, teacher at
Lai sen’s bay.
Mr. Brunton left with Bob
von Scheele on the mail boat,
and the marriage will be per
formed on their arrival home by
Bob, who is a brother of tbe
bride-to-be.
Mr. Brunton, who has lived
over 20 year’s at Larsen’s bay, is
planning a couple ot new thea
tres, including one at Ouzinki£
if be can obtain a building.
Information Wanted
| The U. S. Commissioner’s
office is seeking information as
1 to the present whereabouts of
[Seth Forsgren and George A.
i Carlson, who were known to be
in Kodiak in 1939.
I The two men, or anyone know
ing their whereabouts, are asked
to get in touch with the office on
an important matter
Breaking all attendance record**
for this type of event, a near
capacity audience enjoyed tf>e
semi-monthly songfest St the
I Community Cen'er Wednesday
|evening. Vocal solos by Mrs
; Charles E. Sntlifl, talented cont
ralto, was a feature of the prog
ram
Dr A, Holmes Johnson led
tde siDging and Miss Beverly
GuDuisou accompanied at the
p ano.
Named Chief
Henry Gonaa'es, who has been
acting police chief since the res
iguatton of Be'mont McCounick,
was named as police chief, retro
active to Kel> 1, at the council
[meeting Monday.
| Walter Boyd,formerly employ
'ed at the base, is a new nigl t
j patro man. serving his p<obalion
|arv period