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"News oj oAmericas Last Frontier”
fOL. 6 NO. 36
KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 2, 1946
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Abandon
Search
The search for a sailor lost on
ghuyak island in the vicinity of
Port Williams was abandoned
Tuesday and all hope for his safe
ty was given up, the Navy re
ported today.
The sailor (name given as
Sherry) was lost while a member
of a searching party that last
week successfully found a CAA
man and Navy man, Mr. Ham
ilton and J. S Post, who got lost
•arlier while on a survey trip.
Sherry was returning with a
rescue group when he became
fatigued while returning to Port
Williams, and was left on a peak
on the southern part of the is
land. When returned for he was
not there. Additional searching
parties, from planes and boats,!
seaiched the area without avail.
Snow was falling during part
of the search, and the area is :
heavily wooded and full of un- ■
dergrowth, it was reported.
Washington, D. C. (.P)—A1
very strong earthquake, appar-'
entty centered in the Aleutians,
was reported by the Georgetown
University seismograph at 6:25
am EST yesterday. It was also
recorded in Seattle and Califor
nia.
No reports of shocks at that
time were felt at Kodiak.
Two earthquake shocks of light
intensity were felt at Kodiak a
bout 3 am Tuesday. Several re
ported waking up on the first
one and feeling the second one.
Applications to wed have been I
made by Earl Raymond lams,!
painter, and Rachel Roubion
Fendiasou, teletype operator;
and Richard Uwain Simmonson,
USN, and Margaret Imo Sim
mons, NOB stenographer.
Sledding Area
Set Aside
Sledding fox youngsters in
Kodiak will be available at the
west end of Kashevaroff street
this winter, it was announced
yesterday by the police depart
ment The street, which runs
from Mill Bay road down past
the Union Hall and Community
Oenter, will be reserved for sled
ding by grammar school children
A road block will be placed at
the Mill Bay Road end whenev
er there is snow on the hill. Sled
ders are invited to use the Com
munity Center for warming up.
No vehic'es, except emergency
traffic will be permitted west of
the Union hail while the children
•re sledding. Drivers entering
Kwshevaroff street from Mission
fioad are requested to use ex
treme caution in that area while
youngsters are sliding.
Rock Footprint
Unusual Find
The U. S. Marshal has found
a footprint, but don’t let your
conscience bother you—it isn't
yours!
It is a strange imprint preserv
ed in solid rock found near Afog
nak, and can be seen at his of
fice.
The reck, part of a huge out-1
croppiug, was first discovered by
Ceeil Brown, of Afognak, who
chiseled away the portion bear
ing the print.
The imprint appears to have
been made by a moccasined foot.
The appearance is so realistic as
to make it seem doubtful it
could be a natural roek forma
tion.
Marshal Herring is correspond
ing with the Smithsonian insti
tute regarding the find.
Basketball players of Kodiak,
men and boys, are invited to at
tend a meeting at the Commun
ity Center Monday at 7:30 p.m.
to make plans for winter compet-.
ition.
Gym facilities at Fort Greely
have been offered to the town
through the courtesy of Captain
Coyne, Army commander and if
a town team can be formed, games
can be played with the Army and
Navy outfits.
The team will be sponsord by
the Program Council of the
Community Center.
Kindergarten
Starts Wednesday
Kindergarten classes will get
under way on Wednesday, Nov.
6, Superintendent S. A. Nave an
nounced today. Mrs. Louise
Warren is the teacher.
All tnree new quonset Luts at
sc’iool are now ready for use and
will be occupied by Wednesday.
Enrollment at school has now
reached a reeoxd 307, with 230
in the grades and 77 m the high
school.
Kay Wade and Laurence An
derson turned in perfect ten-game,
records to tie for first honors in
the progressive ping-pong tourn
ament at the Kodiak Community
Center last Sunday, out-classing
a field on twenty-one players.
Second place went to Charles
Anderson who won seven and
lost three Laurence Anderson
won the junior division title. Iver
Malutin was second
Boy’s division title went to
Bobbie Norton.
There were 40 arrests and
$961.50 collected in fines for the
month of Oct.., city magistrate
G. W. Bubeudorf reports. One
drunk and disorderly arrest was
reported this week.
Crowd Big
A sardine would have felt
right at home in the balloon
decorated hall at the Communi
ty Center Thursday evening, in
the crowd that jampacked every
inch of space not taken up by
booths and features of the Carni
val in a Country Town, sponsor
ed by the Business and Profes
sional Women’s club.
Viola Sipprell, chairman, an
nounced last night that figures
showed $1367.22 gross receipts,
with $437.72 in expenses, netting
$929.50 for the benefit of the
Community Center fund.
No donations were sought, but
generous gifts of merchandise
were presented by Kraft’s, Er
skine’s, Anchorage Cold Storage,
Christy’s Bakery, Knudsen’s and |
the Norman Photo shop. Thanks J
also go to women who contribut- j
ed cakes and candy, and to
group of men who were "drafted’’
to help and to school students
who assisted.
The door prize of $50 was won
by Archie Nelson. For the juni
ors, Sally Heitman, as a gypsy,
won $10 1st prize; 2nd prize of
$5 donated by L. K. Wodlinger
went to Sandra Robinson, as a
harem beauty; and Monte Mey
er, as a goon, won the ice skates
for the most comical costume
In guessing games, Ed Naugh
ton’s guess of 888 for nails in a
jar missed by one to win a ham
John Chase and Mrs Charles
Madsen each guessed 67 feet on
a 66 ft 4 in. piece of rope, and
each won a turkey.
A basket of household articles
was won by Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson, who won cutting cards
after tierng with 4 others,
Bette DeYoung won an afghan
and Nick Toshwak a bedspread.
Daneing entertainment includ
ed a Russian H^pak dance by
Steve Palivodes, St 3-c USN of
Cleveland, Ohio; a cowboy poky
by Isabel aad Marie Nelson; and
a gypsy polka-mazurka and Rus
sian Tamara Polka by the cent
er’s junior folk-dancing group
Members were Nancy Norman,
Geneneva Owen, Hazel-Marie
Owen, Becky Smith, Alma Nel
son, Vivian Pagano, Marie Cope,
Sally Heitman, Martha Olsen
and Thelma Cobb.
Submarine Stops
On Way North
A submarine, the Bugura, ar
rived at Kodiak Monday and
lefL Tuesday night for northern
climes where ice pack maneuvers
will be conducted.
The trip is a routiue cruise
similar to others made this sum
mer by several subs which tested
equipment in northern waters.
Chief McCormick
Resigns Position
Belmont McCormiok, local
poliee chief, submitted his resig
nation to Mayor Lee Bettinger
this week, to become effective
Nov. 1. No reason was given for
the action. He also offered to as
sist or a period of 2 weeks while
a replacement is being obtained
McCormick, formerly on the
police force at Juneau, took over
the job in June of this year.
Kodiak’s first paddle-badmin
ton tournament featuring four
picked teams of local athletes,
will be held at the Community
Center Sunday evening. Play
will start at 7 o’clock.
Paddle-badminton is a fast
team game in which a shuttle
cock is played back and forth ov
er the net under volleyball rules.
Players use ping-pong paddles
for “weapons”.
The opening encounter w 11
find Harold Heglund’s Bears
meeting Tim Che noff’s Cougars.
Arehie Nelson’s Flyers wi 1 tan
gle with Charles Jerlmg’s Jump
ers in the second tilt.
Deputy U. S. Marshal Paul
Herring went to Afognak Mon- ]
day cn Bob von Scheele’s boat'
to hold a sheriff’s sale. A cater
pillar tractor, owned by George
R Bust, former operator of the
Kupreanoff Lumber Co., was
sold to Bob von Scheele.
Southbound Boat Due
The Cordova, from Nome, is
due southbound at Kodiak Tues
day. The local office of the Alas
ka Steamship Company said
freight and passengers will be
taken south.
No more street lights will be
installed at this time, it was an
nounced this week, principally I
because no fixtures are available.
Also a program of the KEA to
rebuild tne distribution system
will necessitate new poles and
wiring in many areas, and it is
felt that it will be better to ex
pand the street lighting system
in a unified manner at that time j
Bend, Ore (;P)—Klondike j
Kate’s colorful famed romance
came to an end on the Yukon f
wilderness trail as she te egraph-^
ed friends from Daw on that her!
husoand, John Matson, S3, was j
found dead of natural causes on '
a trail 7 miles from his cabin, j
Kale flew north, fearful because,
of failure to receive mail from |
him.
Polly Gonzales returned home j
recently after a visit, to Seward,
Anchorage and Seattle
Relief Ship
Held Up
Seattle (JP)—The Alaska Re
lief committee is still meeting
with various unions, seeking te
untangle new snarls in relief ship
plans. Latest difficulty came
when the Maritime Commission
stipulated the ship must be man
ned and cargo handled under
conditions prevailing Sept. 30 at
the strike’s start.
It also specified the ship must
carry on the return trip cargo
"sufficient to guarantee the ves
sel against financial less.”
The San Francisco CIO long
shoremen reported they had
made the employers a new prop
osal covering coastwise shipping
and added that the operator’s
acceptance would remove the
last obstacle in the settlement of
the month old strike. There was
nothing optimistic from the CIO
Marine Engineers and AFL
Masters, Mates & Pilots, also in
volved in the strike.
The unions are prepared for a
winter-long extension of idleness
to enforce their demands, long
shoremen said.
The ship, when cleaied, will
be the MS Grommet Ree er, for
the following ports: Kodiak Sel
dovia, Seward, Cordova, Valde*
and Yakutat It will carry 3860
tons.
Ralph Schillios, formerly em
ployed at the base, is now news
and circulation manager of the
Chahalis office of the Centralia
(Wash.) Chronicle. At one time
he wrote a column for the Mir
ror.
Snow Falls 1 Day
First, snow of the year began
falling Wednesday at 3 pm and
blanketed the surrounding coun
tryside. Local stockmen were
heartsick at tLe prospect of los
ing herds but rains Thursday re
moved the snow and gave a brief
respite for feed less herds, which
can now forage a short while
longer
Two four-man squads of rifle
men representing the Kodiak
Community Center will match
shots with a picked team cf Uni
ted States Marines at the Mar
ine range tonight. The loeals, led
by Dean Moore, will leave the
Center at 6 30 pm. Gunnery
Sergeant Hauser is captain of the
Marine team.
Ben Rice will represent the
Baptist Mission on the Pregram
Council of the Community Cent
er, it was announced today
Young Rice won the honor in a
spirited election held at the
Mission.