Eoaiak fUirror
4,9^(e‘ins of cAmwica's Last frontier
Published Every Saturday at Kodiak, Alaska
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Class matter under act of Congress of March 3, 1878.
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Local Couple
Plight Troth
An at-home wedding on Satur
day, May 17. at 4 o’clock, united
in marriage Miss Theron Torger
eon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
O. A Torgerson of this city, and
Mr Charles Joseph Wameling,
formerly of Utica, N Y.
The young couple took their
vows before a mantel Jbanked
with tiered candles and madonna
lilies, with Chaplain J. A. Whit
man, USN, reading the double
. ring ceretnony.
'Ihe bride wore a wore a white
^gabardine suit with a short
brown veil in her hair fastened
with pink carnations Her at
tendant, Miss Yilma Oberholt i
*er, wore a gold crepe dress and
carried a corsage of gladioluses
Dr. C- C. Bailey was the best
man and present for the cere
mony, besides the bride’s par
ents, were Capt. and Mrs Wil
liam Obarholtzer and Mrs. Ellen
Dawson.
The traditional wedding cake
was cut followin' the ceremony,
and a wedding dinner for six was
served later at the VFW cl b
The bride was graduated from
high school here this year. Mr.
WameliDg first came to Kodiak
as a member of the armed forces
and was stationed at Fort Greely
where he was active in radio
work.
Following discharge from the
service he was employed at the
base, and is now on the staff of
the Bank of Kodiak.
The newlyweds are staymg at
the Dr A Holmes Johnson resi
dence on Sprueehaven lake and
will leave on the next Denali on
a wedding trip that will take
them to San Francisco, to visit
Mrs. Wameling’s grandparents,
and to Utica to visit his family.
Weekend Sees
2 Weddings
Miss Nettie Metrokin, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Eli Metro
kin, of Kodiak, was united in
marriage on May 17 to Willie D
Amason, in a ceremony perform
ed at the Metrokin home by U
S Commissioner G. W. Buben
dorf J. B. England and Elsie
Irene Firth were the couple's at
tendants.
On Sunday, May 18, Betty
Burns, civil service employe of
the base, and Raymond A. Han
sen, a sailor stationed at the
base, were married at the office
of U. S. Commissioner G. W. Bu
bendorf. Their witnesses were
Rachael R. lams and J. H. Ham.
A marriage license appiicat on
has been made by Allen Nick
Heitman, of Kodiak, and Merle
A, Fisher, formerly of Montesa
no, Wash.
The Victory cafe closed Tues_
day, and various clubs that used
its dining room are looking for
new locations to meet.
Kodiak ping-pong players will
compete in their monthly tourn
ament at the Community Center
tomorrow (Sunday) evening.
Play starts at 7 o'clock. All in
terested players, men and wom
en, are invited to participate.
THE STRAW HAT
is a poor receptacle for the safe keep
ing of money as was shown recently at
Anchorage where a thief broke in and
stole $3,900
Money in the form of a bank account is
not subject to loss from theft or fire and
the straw hat. mattress or tin can safe
ty deposit are often the cause of con*
siderabie loss to the owners of money.
Hospital Hews
Admitted during the week for
medical attention were: Mrs.
Julia Beals, Arthur Kizer, Lud
vig Bolton.
Arthur Hansen of Seattle, em
ployed by the Alaska Steamship
Co., is recovering from a fractur
ed leg. He exoects to return to
Seattle on the Denali.
Donnie King, 3, has been a
patient for several days, suffer
ing from a severe cold.
Pacific Northern
OUTGOING
Fowler Martin, L. H. Fore
hand Peter Kryseski, Jess Blinn
Marlis3 Blinn, Mrs. 0. A. Tor
gerson, Frank McConagbp, Fred
MeMahon, Don Wilson, Marvin
Blake, Matt Geer, Bendow, Ben
Ulen, Briggs, Wilbur Wright, Al
Wright, John Blottman, Mrs.
Fred Parsons, Mrs. Elmer Cook,
Linda Cook, Nellie and Ruth
Chase, Donald Clark.
INCOMING:
A1 Wright, Frank Irick, Geo. i
Kamplain, Miss Vicaoes, John I
Revere, Ira Betts, Selma Holte,
R. T. Williams, Marion Curtis,
Francis Clough. N. Rockness,
Gene Norris, Oscar Steinwald,
Mrs. Tom Campbell, Oscar Sal*
inen, Wilbur Wright, Walter
Hamiester.
The mixed paddlebird tourna*
ment scheduled for last Monday
at the Community Center was
postponed one week in order to
give the participating teams an
opportunity to practice together.
The tourney will be held Mon
day evening with play starting
at 7 pm. Defending champions
are the Beakers’ Jumping Jos.
Any group of two men and two
women or two boys and two girls
may participate.
United States
Department of the Interior
District I and Office
Anchorage Alaska
August 22, 1046
Notice For Publication
Notice is hereby given thi
the Kadiak Fisheries Com pan;
have made application for a so
diers’ addition homestead, Ai
chorage Serial 010154, for a trai
of land embraced in U. S. Su
vey No. 2G07, situated at Obse
vation point on the north sha
of Shearwater Bay. east side <
Kodiak Island, and it is non
the files of the District Land 0
fice, Anchorage, Alaska. T1
land contains 12.45 acres.
Any and all persons claims
adversely any of the above me
tioned land should file their a
verse claims in the local land <
fice at Anchorage, Alaska, with
the period of publication or tit
ty days thereafter, or they w
be barred by the provisions
the statutes.
George A. Lingo,
Acting Manager
Date Fiist Publication
May 24, 1947
Date Last Publication
July 19, 1817.
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