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VOL 11 NO 29
KODIAK, ALASKA SEPTEMBER 22, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
Local Pilot Rescues Trio
On Beach 5 Days
lhree teen-age Old Harbor
fishermen were taken from
the beach in Herring Lagoon,
south of Wide Bay on Kodiak
Island, Thursday after spend
ing five days there on shore
rations. '
Herman and Paul Kahutak
and Nester Aquiak were pick
ed up by Gil Jarvela, pilot for
Kodiak Airways (formerly
Bob Hall’s Air Service), who
spotted the men on the beach.
The three youths left Old
Harbor Sunday in an open
power jitney to fish. The en
gine on the jitney conked out
and they finally made the
beach.
Jarvela was on a routine
flight from Kodiak to Old
Harbor when he was informed
that the youths were missing.
Nick Kaguyak accompanied
Jarvela on the search for the
missing men.
Meanwhile a boat from Old
Harbor with three men aboard
was out searching for the
trio. They had reached Her-.
ring lagoon shortly before Jar
vela arrived.
Traffic Problems
Not All Solved
A traffic check Wednesday
evening and early Thursday
morning indicates that traffic
problems will increase, Carter
Seymour, police chief, said
yesterday.
Approximately 200 vehicles
were observed using the base
town road Wednesday and a
round 175 were observed go
ing toward the base between
7 and 8 am Thursday, Seymour
said.
“A closer check on drivers
and vehicles will be maintain
ed and the police department
requests all drivers to get
their equipment in working
order. Close attention should
be given to lights and brakes
because of the long hours of
darkness during the winter
months,” Seymour said.
He added that several dogs
have been picked up this week
and that unless owners call
for their pets before 6 pm to
day they will be destroyed.
He cited the ordinance which
says animals are supposed to
be kept in the pound for 72
hours and then destroyed un
less claimed.
James Dewey Spears, 29,
USCG, and Antoinette Robin
son, 31, Afognak. have been
issued a marriage license by
the U. S. Commissioner.
Expedition Finds
Ancient Mound
An old Aleut mound, which
‘ ‘may turn out to be one of
the most important ones yet to
be studied” was found this
summer near Unalaska, Dr.
Ted P. Bank, director of the
Dniversity of Michigan exped
ition to the Aleutians, has an
nounced.
Dr. and Mrs. Bank and
their party were in Kodiak
early this summer erroute to
the westward to continue their
anthropological studies. They
left for the states via Seward
this week.
An excavation on Eider
Point, about ten miles from
the Aleut mound, disclosed an
other one, and although ‘‘close
together, the two sites proved
to show totally different cul
tural assembleges,” Bank
wrote the MIRROR.
Violent winds and rain ma
rooned the party at Eider
Point for four days, he added,
and ‘‘we ate everything in
sight, tried seaweed soup and
all of the foods the environ
ment offers.”
“It proved to me that one
need never fear starvation in
the Aleutians, at least never
in the summer, for we were
all healthy and well-fed, and
were able to continue working
without any interruption,” he
added.
Before going to the west
ward, Dr. and Mrs. Bank
spent several days in Kodiak
on their work, and expressed
a desire to make this perman
ent headquarters in the future.
Walter Erickson was flown
from Karluk to Kodiak Thurs
day afternoon by Gil Jarvela,
pilot for Kodiak Airways, for
medical attention.
Thursday morning Jarvela
brought Michael Alexandroff,
4, from Old Harbor to the
hospital. The baby was found
to be suffering from pneu
monia.
Ray Martin, Jr., son of Kay
Martin, PNA agent and liquor
dealer, left for Los Angeles
this week. He will attend high
school there. He was employ
ed in Kraft’s grocery depart
ment the past few months.
Mr. and Mrs. Curtis K. Sax
ton, and child, of Old Harbor
were in Kodiak Thursday.
They made the trip with
Kodiak Airways.
Masonic Deputy
To Visit Here
Grant A. McMurray, deputy
of the Grand Master of Mas
ons of Washington and Alas
ka, and district deputy of Dis
trict No. 2, is expected to arr
ive here today to attend a
meeting of Master Masons.
McMurray, a Past Master
of Anchorage Lodge No. 221
will examine the proficiency of
Master Masons in this area for
the purpose of granting a dis
pensation for a Lodge of Ma
sons in Kodiak.
All Master Masons have
been requested to attend a
meeting at 1 pm today at the
Masonic building on Mill Bay
road.
A dinner in honor of Mc
Murray will be held at the Ski
Chalet on Kodiak Naval Sta
tion at 6 pm. McMurray is em
ployed by the CAA at Merrill
Field in Anchorage.
Restrictions Off
Squadron Nine
Washington (A*) The Navy
has announced that flying re
strictions have been lifted for
Naval Air Squadron Nine in
Alaska. The unit is based at
Kodiak.
An announcement was made
last Thursday that the squad
ron was grounded for “mor
ale purposes” after three of
its Privateer patrol planes had
been involved in crashes.
Undersecretary Francis P.
Whitehair said at the time
that a special board of inquiry
was being set up to investi
gate the crashes. No details
were available, however, on
any inquiry that may have
been conducted.
\ BPW To Join In
National Observance
The BPW will observe the
24th anniversary of National
Business Women’s Week Sept.
23 to 29.
John Gibbons was guest
speaker during the Monday
meeting of the club. Teachers
from Kodiak Naval Station
and Kodiak Public School
were guests. Other speakers
were Donald Lawvere and Lt.
Laura Cobb of KNS.
Mr. and Mrs. William Stone
and children spent two weeks
on Harvester Island visiting
Mrs. Lloyd Swan.
Stone is superintendent of
the Kodiak Mission.
Swan is now at the Marine
Hospital in Seattle receiving
treatment for an injury to his
foot.
Three File For Mayor,
Eight For City Council
The 1951 City of Kodiak
general election promises to be
one of the most heated and
closely contested events in re
cent years.
Filings for the office of may
or and for council seats closed
at midnight Tuesday with the
following names registered,
by party caucus or petition,
with city clerk Bob Hedloff.
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger, in
cumbent, Merrill Coon, Cham
ber of Commerce president
and agent for the Standard
Oil Company of California,
and James T. Loan, owner of
the Kodiak Transit Co,, have
had their names filed for the
office of mayor.
Those filed for councilmen
for the two year term are
D. N. “Buck” Hoylman, Basil
Clark, E. A. Pearson, Jack
Hinckel, Charles Marshall,
and L. K. Wodlinger.
Names entered for the one
year council term are John S.
“Mac” McLaughlin and Jay
Wolf.
Only three names have been
filed for the three positions on
the Independent School Dis
trict Board. They are Paul A.
Marshal Gets
Complaints On Cattle
Deputy Marshal Clarence
Dizney was rounding up cattle
again this week following re
ceipt of numerous complaints
from gardeners, plane owners
and residents.
Cattle have been wandering
up and down Mission Road
and nibbling on gardens as
well as getting near the FWS
and Alaska Airlines planes,
Dizney said.
Further complaints will re
sult in enforcement measures,
Dizney indicated.
B’airbanks (A*) — A new B
47 jet bomber which engaged
in test flights between Alaska
and the U. S. burst into flames
and was destroyed at Eielson
Field Thursday.
There were no casualties.
The fire apparently started
while the plane was unattend
ed. A veil of secrecy was
thrown around the incident by
base officials.
Mrs. George Sonntag was
an outgoing PNA passenger
for Anchorage this week, en
route to the states for a visit.
Henry Strom, carpenter em
ployed by Haddock and Asso
ciates, went to Seward this
week to visit Mrs. Strom who
is a patient at the sanitarium.
Dupler, attorney, Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson and Mrs.
Patrick Lynch.
Early Monday, Ben Bolden
was circulating a petition to
place his name on the ballot
for election to the school
board but the paper has not
been filed with the clerk.
Bettinger, Clark, Wodling
er, Wolf, Dupler, Mrs. Lynch,
and Dr. Johnson are support
ed by the Progressive Party
and were selected by caucus
Monday.
McLaughlin was also placed
on the ballot by caucus. He is
supported by Teamsters Local
500, of which he is a member.
Coon, Loan, Hoylman, Pear
son and Marshall were placed
on the ballot by petition.
In past years colitical ad
vertisements, mimeograph
machines, whispering cam
paigns, loudspeakers on
trucks and public address sys
tems have been utilized to
T roclaim the merits of the va
rious office seekers and the is
sues they support.
Besides selecting a mayor,
four councilmen and three
school board members, Kodiak
voters will be asked to decide
two bond issues and a bus
franchise.
A public meeting has been
set for Thursday, Sept. 27, at
7:30 pm to hear the various
candidates and to answer
questions pertaining to the
bond issues and bus franchise.
The meeting will be held at
the Orpheum Theatre and is*
free. The public is invited to
attend.
Fires Aren't Where,
What Reported To Be
A fire reported to be “a
block from Patterson’s” turn
ed out finally to be in the Mc
Call apartment building on
Shelikof Highway, Monday
night.
First the fire department
tried a location a block from
Pattersons’s Service station
and found nothing. Then it
went up Mill Bay road toward
Blackie Patterson’s house and
again found no blaze. Return
ing to Shelikof highway, the
firemen finally located the
blaze 2 blocks from Blackie’s
garage. Damage was neglig
ible.!
A ‘‘steaming roof” on the
Muller apartments on Mission
road caused a neighbor to turn
in a fire alarm at 10.40 am
yesterday. The fire depart
ment made a fast run to the
scene.