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,owstorm Hits
Vhat is described by long-time
lt]e/jts as the heaviest 48-hour
wfall io the past 25 yeais hit
},ak beginning early Saturday
Ding, and drifted by strong
ds tied up transportation in
, and at the base.
midnight Saturday the
began falling in earnest
continued on Monday. Offic
fioures f the Navy weather
tral slo w that from Saturday
il yesterday i8 inches of snow
with 16 inches accounted for
he 48-hour weekend period,
ring the same 48-hour period
borage recorded over 5inches.
)rifts as high as 8 feet blocked
Ids and streets and the road to
base was completely closed,
umber of serv cemen were
aided in town but seemed to
■ov their vacation. The Navy
was kept off its run and r.avy
bloyes in town were unable to
| to work. Before the road was
ned a boat from the base car
men to work from town. The
e road was opened WedneS'
evening and first liberties
e allowed service personnel,
he Alaska arrived at the base
I ing the storm, and the freak
ess of the weather was shown
|he fact that the vessel made
ral a t n pts to dock in a
tig 2> - 0 mile wind, while in
a at tin- s me time there was
ind at a 1.
issengers trom the vessel
i tied up si veial hours with
road si ill closed, and- were
ly brought to Kodiak in a
r boat Outgoing passengers
eward were also taken to the
by boafc.
wo bulldozers were kept busy
he city streets scraping the
v. With Mill bay road c osed
-master Maurice Briggs hiked
ork from his home at the end
ie road, and Dr A. Holmes
nson, who resides at the end
lission road, came to his of
on snow shoes b ought from
'on and used for the first
; in 8 years. He also made
ieal calls on the snowshoes.
eld conditions and wind
ed cancellation of Pacific
them plane flights, and Rod
was without a plane from
ay until Wednesday.
tfn Topics
ospital authorities are taking
mtage of a temporary quiet
)d to have the women’s waid
the main entrance and corri
nainted, also the nursery,
furniture has been ordered
le t wo w omen’s wards, which
match that now in the priv
oom.
ck Hardin, employed at
sty’s bakery, left by plane
srday for Las Vegas, Nev^
e he was called by the seri
Ilnes8 of his wife.
>y Snyder has announced
he and his Faiibanks part
J- E. Mainella, have pur
ed i he site of the burned
)anks Mecca bar and plan
ibuild.
civilian base employe picked
iter indecently exposing him
on the main street Saturday
fined $100 on a drunk and
disorderly charge in the U. S.
Coromitwioiici ’a court Sunday.:
The title of Kodiak’s first New
Yea: bahv is hereby awarded to
the4ih daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Torn McKean, which arriv
eo Jan. i4 at tier parents’ home
on Mission road. The Me Keans
are formerly from Chigmk.
The new arnval weighed 7 and
a half pounds, and has been
named Janet Wallin McKean.
The middle name is taken from
Mrs. Wallin, midwife at the
biith.
Nurse Marion Curtis, who said
it was the first home-born child
in about a year, first told the
Mirror about it after publication
last week of the item that said
January had passed with no New
Year’s baby.
Nurse Curtis said she could
not give the informatioa on it
but that the birth certificate was
filed at the Commissioner’s office.
An umpteenth check at the lat
ter office disclosed no record of
the birth there
So Thursday the father came
in person to the Mirror office
He had a copy--erf1he buth certi
ficate endorsed by the Commis
sioner’s, he said, but had left it
home.
“But f can prove it,” the fa
ther said, “because we’ve got the
baby home.”
trie Not don and William
Shultz arrived on the \!a«ka en
route to the Far North Packing
company at Moser bay.
A candy sale to raise funds for
the Kodiak Community Center
will be conducted today by the
Camp Fite Girls. Candy will be
scld on the streets and at the
Northland Photo shop.
Two civ 1 suits have been filed
at the U. 8. Commissioner’s
court, hearings to be heard after
the return of the Commissioner
f»-om Anchorage.
The suits are: J. H. Pierce vs
M.A. Triplett, seeking judgment
for $669.85; and Jack Allman vs
Pa rick Lynch, for $995.
Jorgen Fredrickson and J. H.
Pierce left on Wednesday’s plane
for Anchorage, where they were
called in connection with the
Schultz safe robbery trial
The Alaska brought a new at*
t >rn y to Kodiak in the pet too
of Wilham H. Olsen, who hm
been practicing in Ketchikan, ins
home town, with former District
Attorney McCain.
Mr Olsen announced tod »/
that he has obtained space >n tin?
Felder building for an office and
will open there as soon as the oi
fice is ready.
Mr Olsen was accompanied
heie by his wife and 4 childien,
| James FI, Dennis 6, Michael 7
and infant daughter, and by his
mother, Mrs. Louise Olsen. They
I have rented the former Coast
i Guard living quarters from P. J
Watkinson.
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