TOL 7 NO. 37
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rrNews of oAmericds Last Frontier”
KODIAK, ALASKA NOVEMBER 15, 1947
Goal Near
In Drive
Victory loomed in the Kodiak
Ohmmunity CeDter financial
■ampaign last night as the hard
narking campaign committ e.
fed by James Marts, reported
Iky were nearing the $8000
■ark. Actual pledges turned in
trfaled more than $7700, leaving
|«t $800 needed to reach the
$8500, goal. It was hoped that
the few individuals and organ
aatoons still to be heard from—
■eluding some expected contrib
utions from out of-town—would
pot the total over the 100 per
[ oat mark.
Chairman Martz agiiu ex
pressed appreciation for the
^tfesdid response of the com
aunity in providing corcrete
evidence that the work of the
Community Center is appreciat
ed by the great majority of Kod
ak residents Business bouses
sad professional people of Kod
iak were practically unanimout
is giviDg their support—the ex
asptions cou d be counted on the
on one hand. Also the re
from private individuals
families—including the
yrung people of Kodiak—was
Mmost 100 per rent.
Subscriptions from folks who
■ant to help put the campaign
•Ver the top-' during the next
kv days will be accepted by
Chairman Mar^z at the Or
pheum Theatre or at the Com
munity Center or may be mail
ed.
The city council took the fol
lowing action on building per
mits this week:
Jan Beukers, remodel to add
nmhroom to residence, approved
Fred Sunaberg, addition of
mm to residence Cope street.
SOU, approved
Erich Mueller, make garage
ham quonset but on I ot )3
Hock 10, referred to committee
Alf Torgramson, amended ap
•heation for Lyric tbfatre, de
wed on grounds incoraDlete, not
covering construction of back
Mil
Yeano Irene Passo, clerk,
MOB. and Joe Bryant Maxwell,
loot fire department, have made ^
explication for a license to wed. i
ToSpeak On ERP
The Marshall plan, or as it is
caw officially, the European Re
covery Plan, will be the topic of
ospeecb by Mayor Lee Bettin
prat a meeting of the Business
cad Professional Women’s club
•tthe Community Center next
Monday at 7:30
What the plan is and how it
affect us will be treated by
M». Bettinger. The meeting is
Wtn to the public.
The Coastal Rambler, Alaska
Steamship freighter, ia due at
Kodiak about Wednesday.
TB Canvass
Completed
A committee of more than 20
women volunteers, under the
chairmanship of Mrs. Myrna
Perkins, canvassed the com
munity this week, filling out in
dividual registration cards for
the chest X-ray survey which
begins Nov. 24. Figures are still1
incomplete but. canvassers report
an excellent response
The monumental task of X
raying the entire population of
Alaska is an important step in
the fight agaiost tuberculosis.
The ship Hygiene has coveied
many coastal communities in
cluding villages on Kodiak is
laud and mobile trucks are at
wo k on highway areas. After
the portable unit is done at Ko
diak and the navy base it 'will
go to Juneau
Anyone who has been missed
in the survey may register with
Nan Holt at the Employment
office.
Appointments are being sched
uled so that no one will have
to wait to have X-rays taken
Those registered will receive
their appointment cards this
week
(For further details, see page 2.)
The 4th, 5th, and 6'h grades
sold $250 worth of Christmas
cards for the benefit of the Alas
ka Crippled Children’s associa
tion, Superintendent ^om Utter
back announced this week.
For selling the most the 4'h
grade won $15, the tth was sec
ond to win $10 and the 5th «bird
to win $5
The children decided to use
the money to buy Christmas
Seals to help the tuberculosis
campaign.
Chamber To Drive.
For 1948 Members
A drive for memberships in
the Chamber of Commerce for
1948 will start the first of the
year it was announced at the
Chamber meeting Thursday at
the VFW Club.
President G. W Bubendorf
appointed John Gibbons, chair
man; Joe Morino and William
Bailey to head the drive staff.
Lee Bettinger reported on the
work of the Chamber committee
on school finances President
Bubendorf said that of all the
other Chambers wired in connec
tion with the problem not one
had answered, although Anchor
age gave verbal assurance of co
operation.
Elwood Watson wes a guest
at the luncheon.
To Form
New Group
A voters’ league will be form
ed in Kodiak as a result of the
meeting Sunday at the Commun
ity center, where it and a con
solidated school district were
topics of discussion.
Chamber President G. W
Bubendorf said a petition is be
ing prepared for the district and
will,be circulated for signatuies.
The school district would in
clude Kodiak and the area north
of town as far west as Monashka
bay.
The prime purpose of the vot
ers’ league will be to have a
group to study candidates and
legislation so intelligent action
can be taken on them. It is plan
ned to draw up by laws and
elect officers at the meeting Sun
day and the public is invited
Those interested are asked to
consider their choice of candid
ates so they will be ptepared to
offer suggestions at the meeting
Paper Names
Staff Addition
The appointment of Mrs
Jeanne Crawford as city editor
of the Miiror was announced to
day by Mr and Mrs. William H
Lamms, the publishers. The ap
pointment becomes effective
Dec 1
Following journalism experi
ence and editorships in col ege,
Mrs Crawford was employed as
reporter on the Buffalo (N Y)
Courier-Exp e-s for over 3 years.
As a WAC she also served 2 aud
a half years as public relations
specialist before coming to Alas
ka following her discharge
Old-time dancing again will
be the attraction at the Com
munity Center tonight. Polkas,
Schottiscbes, waltzes and
squares will feature the program
from 8:30 to 11 pm. Dr. A.
Holmes Johnson and Ken Wade
are callers.
Admission is free and all are
invited.
There will not be old-time
dancing at the Center next Sat
urday, November 22, since a
large group of Kodiak square
dancers are planning a trek to
NOB on that night.
Internal Revenue
Men Coming
Division Chief A. Verle Collar
and Deputy Collector Paul Od
laug of the department of Inter
nal Revenue, Anchorage, will ar
rive heie Monday and will be lo
cated at the Sunbeam hotel.
Deputy Oilaug will make per
iodic calls to Kodiak aud will
stay about 10 days this trip to
help in any tax matters. Chief
Collar will remain one or two
'days.
City magistrate G. W. Buben
dorf reports 16 city cases for
Oct. with $73 collected in fiDes.
Want Data
On Boats
Prospective harbor improve
ment for Kodiak, delayed due to
lack of funds and curtailment of
personnel, will be resumed soon,
according to information from
the Engineers office of the De
partment of the Army at Seattle.
In connection with a proposed
small boat harbor that office has
requested Merrill Cood, chair
man of the Chamber committee
on harbors, to obtain data to be
used in justifying the need for a
small boat harbor here
Specific information is request
ed that is not available from us
ual sources, and Mr Coon re
quests help from all boat ov\ ners.
The following data are wanted:
1 Cost of damages to vessels
for the last 10 years.
2. Annual savings in operating
and maintenance that would ac
crue if the harbor were provided.
3 Amount of increase in fish
production through saving in
time to operators.
All boat owners interested in
obtaining a small boat harbor
are asked to supply any such in
formation they have to Merrill
Coon at once bo a compilation
can be made for presentation to j
the Army engineers.
Half a d >zen tearns of Kodiak
athletes—both boys and girls—
are expected to partcipate in
the November mixed paddlebird
championships at the Commun
ity Center Tuesday evening
Play starts at 7 p.m.
The tourney is open to any
team of two boys and two girls
or two men and two women.
There is no entry fee.
McCord Plans
Cattle Round-up
A round-up of 900 ‘'surplus’
bulls on Sif kalidak and Cbirikof
islands is planned by Jack Me*
Cord, local rancher, as part of a
shipment on a contract lie holds
to supply beef for the Alaska
railroad.
McCord, in Anchorage, was
preceded here by three cow
hands, John Bacon and Bill Phil
lips, from Ariaona, and Chuck
Co <k, from Missouri. The plau
is to obtain horses, a tractor and
additional men locally to help
with the drive.
A former navy LCT, owned by
Jack Bowers, or Cordova, will be
used to get the beef from the in
lands McCord holds leases on
Chuikof, a foimer Ku-»«i«» pri<
ouer camp, and Snkalidak and
lia- a ranch home on the la1 ter.
Ex-Judge
Succumbs
C. C. Naughton, long-time
United States Commissioner for
the Kodiak precinct until his re
tirement in 1945, passed away
at the Griffin Memorial hospital
Saturday, Nov. 8, at 8:56 pm
He had been in ill health for
several years and was taken to
the hospital early Saturday mor
ning. Death was due to cirrhosis
of the liver
Funeral services were held
from the Community Baptist
church on the afternoon of Arm
istice Day, with Rev. Rowland
Wilkinson reading the last rites.
Mrs A. Holmes Johnson played
a selection of hymns.
Interment was in the Moun
tain View cemetery. Pallbearers
were R. D. Russell, Emil Knud
scn, Ben Kraft, Jack Bispling
hofif, George Magnusen and Jor
geo Fredricksoi.
The deceased was well-known
in the community, serving as
mentor and judge in legal mat
ters of his court and in connec
tion w tb his duties as coroner
and probate official. Self-taught ,
his knowledge of law was re
spected and he took pride in the
affirmations of higher courts on
cases he had decided.
Besides the widow, Emma, he
is eurvived by nine children:
Mrs. Mary Gregoroff, Mrs H.
D. Hoff Jane, Albert George,
Harold and Edward, all of Kod
iak; Mrs Mop is Lee of Oilando
Fla., and Ralph, of Ketchikan;
and six grandchildren.
(continued on page 4,
Ping potg stars of Kodiak
will compete in a championship
tournament at, the Community
Center Sunday evening with tit
les at stake in four classes. Play
starts at 7 o’clock.
Defending champions are Kay
Wade, men's singles; Tommy
Johnson, junior singles; and lone
N rton women’* singles. The
boys-under-12-title is open.
Sam Nave, former local school
! superintendent, writes friends
from Tennessee that he is bav
ins a wonderful time visiting his
birthplace.
Dies At Fairbanks
Fairbanks—William Wright,
G5, a resident of Kodiak for 4
years where he was employed as
bartender, died at St. Joseph’s
hospital Nov. 4 after a long ill
ness He had been in the hospital
since May.
Wright was born iu Mass
achusetts July 7, 1882 and mov
ed to Fairbanks from Kodiak in
1945. He was employed at the
Mecca and Riverside bars in
Fairbanks hefore 1 is il'nees