nail lias Red Face
4A Hf Ins Out
Bob Hall,- owner of Hall’s'
Air Service behoves in the old
raying, “Turnabout is fair;
slay”. He is also wearing a<
reel face’’, but not too re^,
early this week. (
The reason for his discom-i
hture was that he had to cal!,
on Vince Daly, chief pilot in !
Kodiak for Alaska Airlines, to
come to Uganik Bay Sunday ;
and bring him and Gil Jar-;
trela, pilot for Hall, home in |
an AA widgeon.
Hall and Jarvela were on a
Sight from Kodiak to Uganik
and were on the water pre-!
paring to takeoff when an en-1
gineon Hall’s widgeon “went,
out”. j
Several months ago Daly,1
with Alf Madsen, local guide,
were in eg yaf Hay when
an engine on - A plane
decided to c ,u\ > ily had to
2 vll on fall to co and get
him.
Both a rl'n, operate locally
and while 'hey are on a
f'-iendb •: . ompetition
b -tween to.-. > keen.
Mond • i .,1 .Jarvela
flew a spar 1 • to Uganik
Bay, to replace tea one that
went out. The pilots brough,'
the planes to Ko Tnk later ii
the week.
Wilton White, manager of
Kodiak Motors, was released
from the hospital this week
after being confined for a
week of medical treatment.
Joseph Gale, Ketchikan, on
the staff of Elmer Johnson,
certified public accountant,
arrived in Kodiak this week to
assist Johnson in his work
here.
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i
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See Site , ;
Pan.! Sutton and George
Bond of the Juneau office of
the PH A. idspect ;d the pro
' ! <vtc of the Kodiak hous
rt in the east addi
ti<- , mis week.
’ : men -flew to Kodiak a
no.tr :i .1 Navy plane with
(. iptaif* L. J. Dow, command
ing oificer of Kodiak Naval
Station, who had gone to
Juneau regarding the housing
project.
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger,
now in Juneau, attended the
meeting of the FHA officals
there. i
Final approval of plans for I
the housing project are being;
held at the Juneau FHA of- ‘
fice until it approves the
1 proposed site.
j Sutton and Bond, accom-:
t panied by Jack Hinckel, city
j councilman, looked at the site
j on Thursday. The two FHA
men left by commercial plane
later.
Final approval of the plans
; may depend on the inspection
i Thursday.
Red Cross Drive
Continues
j The fund raising campaign ;
' for the American Red Cross
! continued in Kodiak this week ,
! with volunteer workers striv-,
j ing to meet the quota set by |
J the local chapter.
Mrs. Merrill Coon is rod call;
chairman and is in chaise o* j
the collection of funds.
Several volunteer contribu
J tioris have been sent to the
j chapter and other contribu
tions have been picked up by
the workers.
Persons wishing to give to
the drive may leave their do
nations with L. K. Wodlinger,:
president of the Kodiak chap-]
ter, at Bert’s Drug Store or
mail them to Mrs. Coon in
care of the Red Cross.
A percentage of every dol
lar collected remains in Ko
diak for the care of the needy
or for emergency and disaster
1 relief. A large share goes to
j the blood bank drive, now
underway, for use of our
[fighting men in Korea, Wod
| linger said.
Price Record
Deadline April 30
Juneau—Alaska merchants
have until April 30 to prepare
their, base period records for
complying with the ceiling
price regulations, the Office
an
of Price Stabilzation
nounced this week.
Former deadline was April j
1, but the territorial office at |
Juneau asked for an extension ’
to give Alaska businessmen j
more time to prepare their |
data.
The regulation says retail
ers must prepare and keep,
available in their stores suf-;
ficient records to establish the
dollar and cents markup of
articles they had for sale for
the base period of Dec. 19,
1950—Jan. 25, 1951.
Ballattea Flnwf* Hare
By Hall Pilot
Russ Swartz, ; operation
manager for Bob Hall’s Air
Service, flew a six-place single
engine Bellanca fr >m Kodiak
to Seattle this week.
Swartz arrived hero Tues
day with tb. nig i oat plane,
which will be used in connec-;
Lion with the air service this.
summer. Karl Sasrer and Bob'
Foster, bo h of Seattle, ac
companied Swartz on the
flight. Foster is an A and E
mechanic and is employed by!
Hall. Sager will be superinten-1
dent of maintenance for the '
airline this summer.
Around 1700 pounds of air
craft parts were brought in on j
the flight, Swartz said.
The wives and families of
Foster and Sager will come to
Kodiak as soon as they have
housing.
Leaves For Staten.
Mrs. A. L. Fenner, of the
KEA bookkeeping depart
ment, left Monday by plane
for Walla Walla, Wash.,
where her sister is ill. She will
also visit her son Don at Ore
gon State College at Corvallis,
where he is a pharmacy
student.
Anchorage—Walter Huntley
of Palmer hash been endorsed
by the Democratic Divisional
Committee for appointment
as U. S. Marshal of the Third
Division.
Huntley, if' approved by
Washington. D. C., will suc
ceed the late Paul Herring.
The office has been vacant
since Herring’s death late in
December.
Walter Mickens ran second
to Huntley in a poll of com
mittee votes.
THE
ISLAND FOUNTAIN
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Sandwiches
Short orders
at any hour
DINNERS
SERVED
UNTIL 8 PM
- M tx
Open at 6 am to 12 vm
Start your day with breakfast here
Get LaLaride’s bread here -,
on Sundays ;
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The Kadiak Island Scheduled Airline
uperating under CAB nrder E 4985
dated Nnv. 22, 1950
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