"News oj ^Americas Last Frontier”
t . 7 NO. 6
KODIAK, ALASKA APRIL 5, 1947
PRICE 10 CENTS
gg Hunt
omorrow
r he second annual Easter Egg
it sponsored by the Kodiak
iness and Professional Wo
Ii’s club will be held tomor
t Easter Sunday, at 12 o’
k sham.
II children in the vicinity, el
school age aDd of the 6rst 4
leg are invited to participate,
I'jmeftheie among the eggs
be a golden egg, and the
ngster who finds it will be
d the grand prize. There
r also be 50 silver eggs hidden
' everyone will bring a 1C
award.
te hunt will be at the school
Inds if the weather is nice,
jtrwise it will be held at the
Jrounity Center.
Jj BPW members are to be at
fecbool Sunday morning at 1J
|to assist in arrangements
, patrol the grounds until the
I officially begins.
^ the remote possibility that
te Kerr and Ray Harmon,
■Dgence November, might
l gone to Chirikof island,
fewest of Kodiak, a naval
mje flew down there Monday,
o sign of a boat or anyone
seen on the uninhabited
is
odiak’s semi monthly Com
iity Sine at the Community
ter next Thursday evening
feature a new leader in the
on of William Stone, it was
Minced today. Miss Beverly
nistin again will officiate at
piano.
mrist Party
vtming In June
party of 32 tourists, under
auspices of Pan Pacific Good
jhbor Tours, will arrive by
rier plane at Kodi k on June
.nd leave the next day, Presi
,t Vic Ellis reported at the
mber meeting Thursday.
-he chamber is seeking to
:e arrangements for their cv
ght accommodation, as the
liak hotel cannot handle all
kem
airbanks (iP)—One para
te jumper saved the life of
ther Tuesday during a Task
ce Frigid paratroop leap by
lehing a collapsed chute and
ling on until both reached
earth safely.
n Army report said a cross
d blew the chutes together,
agsiog that of Corporal
irles Harris PEC Raymond
tyon grabbed the chute and
ig to it though the la it bun.
1 feet of the drop.
Wins Contest
Billy Anderson, high school
senior, won first prize in the es
say contest sponsored locally by
the American I.egon Auxiliary,
writing on the theme “America’s
Contribution To World Peace.’’
j First prize was $5 and his es
say will be submitted in the dis
trict contest.
Judges were O. A. Torgerson,
Ken Wade and William Lamme.
Badminton enthusiasts of
Kodiak are invited to play at the
i Community Center on Monday
, evenings from 7 to 9 pm starting
this week. Play will be in charge
of Mr. and Mrs. Chester Clark.
Madsen-McDonald
Nuptials Held
I The candlehghted sanctuary of
the Community Baptist ehurcb
j was the scene on Sunday, March
30, at 8 pm of the wedding of
i Alice Frances, daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Charles Madsen, of
Kodiak, and Mr. Malcolm Mc
Donald, son of Mrs. Una Han
sen, also of this city.
! R* v. Glen Chandler read the
ri ig ceremony before a crowd of
friends, and Mrs. Jean Barnes
sang “Because” and “I love
You, Truly,” accompanied on
the organ by Miss Estella Mar
lin Miss Marlin also played the
tradiii 'nal wedding marches
The bride, who was given in
marriage by her father, wore a
white satin wedding gown with a
train and fingertip length veil,
and cariied an o chid sprayed
, Bible
1 The bride's sister, Mrs. Thel
ma Johnson, was matron of hon
or, wearing a blue lace formal
with a Juliet cap. Roy Madsen,
a brother to the bride, was the
best man.
{ Four bridesmaids, the Misses
Betty (JhernofT, Alice feholl, Rose
Chichenoff and Martha Pataio
chin, wore blue foimals. Ushers
were the Messrs. Ed Short, Tom
Frost, Jr., James Garoutte and
Martiu Jensen.
j Immediately following the cer
] emony a reception was held at
the nearby Madsen residence.
Punch was served in the living
room and following a supoei for
the wedding party where the
traditional cake was cut, refresh*
meats were served to the many
guests
The bride was born in Kodiak
and attended school here and has
been employed at. Bert’s drug
sto e. Mr. McDonald served iu
the Merchant MaWne during the
war and until recent y was em
ployed on the Denali.
The coup e have taken one of
the Pajoman apartments and
will be at home after a short trip
| to Anchorage and Seward. In the
‘latter they will visit Mr. McDon
ald’s o!d°r brother.
3 Chosen
For Council
Of 289 voters registering 211
went to tbe polls Tuesday and
chose W. J. Wheeldon, Jack
Hinckel and Norman Noble for
the city council, to take their
places with Harry Christopher
8on and A. A. Owen, holdovers,
and one stilt to be appointed to
replace Leo Sears resigned.
Pat Lynch, transferman, an
off and on again last minute
write-in for the mayors job. got
66 votes although his candidacy
was not known until tbe day be
fore the election. Mayor Betting'
er was re-elected with 103 votes,
Ted Rozak, of the KEA, was
4tb high councilman, with 66
votes, followed by Erwin, Pat
Cannon, another write-in, and a
few unofficial write-ins, Oscar
Nelson, Ole Olsen and Stanley
Nelson each getting 1 vote.
In the mayor race 15 votei
went to Cbas. Madsen and one
vcte each went to Edna Kraft
and Stanley Nelson.
Olof Olson, who withdrew from
the council race, got 30 votes
anyway.
Leon "Ole” Johnson, only
candidate for the school board,
got 184 votes
Election officials report that
there were a handful of challeng
ed voteis who did not vote and
1 challenged voter who cast a
ballot
Following are the returns:
Lee Bettinger 103
Pat Lynch 66
For council:
W J. Wheeldon 167
Jack Hinckel 115
Norman Noble 106
Ted Rozak 66
Eugene Erwin 53
Pat Cannon 38
Olof Olson 30
P. O. Space
Still Sought
The post office department
| through the Office of Inspector
this week posted adverti ementi
attain for proposals to lease post
office quarters in Kodiak.
The department asks for a
lease on suitable quarters, at a
stated price per auDum, includ
ing heat, light, power, water,
toilet facilities, plumbing, heat
ing and lighting fixtuies and
necessary furniture and equip
ment The lease is to run for a
term of 5 or 10 years, with the
date o lease to be determined.
1 Fluor space of about 200C
square feet i* desired, the an
nouncement stales
Proposals are to be submitted
to R. B. Clifton, Box 2477, Ju
neau, fr in whom additional in
f .rma'ion may be olpa ned
Doctor Arrives
Dr. C. C. Bailey, of Palestine, J
Texas, arrived by plane Wednes
day to relieve Dr. A. Holmes
Johnson while the latter tekes a
2 months’ vacation, his first in
9 years.
Dr. Bailey is spending a year
vaoationing in Alaska, and also
pinch hitted for the Skagway
doctor while visiting there.
Dr. and Mrs. Johnson expec
ted to leave yesterday, but the
plane was cancelled. Dr. Johnson
will spend six weeks in observa
tion and study at the Mayo clin
ic and will then visit relatives
in Mew York before returning
to the west coast.
Denali Sails
The Denali left Seattle Thurs
day and is due in Kodiak about
April 13 according to Walter
Sipprell, local Alaska Steamship
agent.
The vessel will come via Sew
ard and will return to Seattle
, via Ketchikan.
Mrs. Dorothy Haag was elect
'ed treasurer of the Kodiak Com
| munity Center at the regular
! monthly meeting of the board of
'directors of that organisation
Thursday night.
Nathan Taylor, who anived
recently to work at the Bank of
Kodiak, left this week to return
to Seattle.
i
I
Hospital Notes
I A eon was bom to Mr and
Mrs Thomas Frost. J>-, on
March 31, weight 7 lbs. 10 nz.
He will be named Marvin Rich
ard.
On Thursday, April 3, a eon
was born to Mr. and Mrs. James
P O’Reilly by Caesarion section
The baby weighed 7 and one
half lbs and will be called Mich
ael William,
Ed Nevers has been a patient
for the past several days suffer
ing from an infection in his arm
Edgar Bmoker is in the hos
pital receiving treatment for sn
infection in his leg.
Edna Shuravloff, 3, is being
treated for an infection of the
face
Among the flu victims admit
ted during the week were: Slur
ley Pagano, R bert Hightower,
Mrs Larry Matfay, M>s Eva
Rochelle, Mrs. Tuelrna Johnson
and Mrs. Annie OJichoski.
The monthly meeting of the
Hospital Auxiliary will take
place Thursday. Ap<il 10, hav
ing been postponed from the 3rd
because of its proximity to Eas
ter A cordibl invitation is extep
ded to al! who are interested to
assis* with the hospital trending,
Man Dies
In Fire
Samuel W. Funk, an employe
of the navy at the Naval Operat
ing Base, Kodiak, was found
dead at 3:15 pm Thursday, April
3 after a fire was extinguished in
his living qaurters in the defense
housing area.
Death was reported due to as
phyxiation and 3rd degree burns.
Clause of the fire has not been de
termined but is being investigat
ed by a naval board of inquiry.
The widow of the deceased,
Mrs. Minnie K. Funk, ot Havre,
Montana has been notified.
Spring came last month but
somebody forgot to tell the wea
therman, who sent several inches
of snow to Kodiak beginning
Thursday night.
Streets had to be scraped but
higher temperature was melting
the snow rapidly last night as
streets became masses of slush
There is still room for a few ad -
ditrmal persons in the beginners
leathercraft class at the Cona
munity Center, instructor Mar
go Kiilsgaard announces. The
class meets every Thursday ev
ening at 7:30 o’clock.
Snow interferred with plane of
the 5th giade for an Easier epg
hunt vesterday, but through the
courtesy of Fred Miller the hunt
was held in the Victory cafe
Mayor Lee Be'tinger lert this
week for Anchorage on a private
busine-s trip
Land Release
Step Taken
Steps toward revocation of the
military order setting aside
Kodiak land areas for military
use have been taken, according
to i .formation from Arsis
ant Secretary Warner Gardner,
of the Department of Interior,
President Vic Ellis reported at
the Champer of Commerce lun
cheon Thursday
Reports are being received as
to the military use of land on
Kodiak island, Gardner stated,
with a view to releasing those
that are no longer in use
A discussion of the effect of
naval ship’s stores on local busi
nessmen was also held The mat
ler of disadvantages to local
merchants on fair trade items
at d taxed items that are sold
without tax and at lower prices
was mentioned, as well as repor
ted indiscriminate sale of item*
from naval stois to persons not
D"oreily authored to buy.
The chamber m 'ved to ap
point a fact finding committee
to invpst’pa^e the reports.