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VOL 11 NO 25
KODIAK, ALASKA AUGUST 25, 1951
PRICE 10 CENTS
C of C Pledges Support
To City Bond issue
The Chamber of Commerce
has pledged its full support to
the city’s plan to purchase the
water and sewer system from
the Alaska Public Works.
The issue will be decided
Oct. 2 when Kodiak voters go
to the polls to vote on two
bond issues and elect a mayor
and councilmen.
The local group, by a unani
mous vote, approved the mo
tion made by Marshall Crutch
er, president of the Bank of
Kodiak, that “the C of C sup
port and publicize the plan to
purchase the utilities.’’
A meeting of all local civic
and social groups to discuss
the proposed plan will be
held. The place and time will
be announced later.
At the meeting the import
ance of the project will be ex
plained and all questions per
taining to the bonding of the
city, qualifications of the vo
ters and other questions will
be answered.
Tourists from the Denali,
were given a tour of the town
Wednesday by a group of lo
cal women, Tenora Rockney,
C of C vice president, told the
members following the lunch
eon Thursday.
There was no charge for the
tour. “The tourists expressed
surprise that we did not
charge them,” Mrs. Rockney
said.
The city may cancel the
lease held by the Kodiak Ice
and Cold Storage Co. unless it
goes ahead with plans to com
plete the plant at the city dock
Mayor Lee C. Bettinger told
the group.
He explained that many lo
cal residents and businessmen
are stockholders in the com
pany and that a part of the
money the city is now receiv
ing comes out of their pock
ets.
He also said that the city
will take action to force the
company to give up its lease
unless construction begins
soon.
To Curtail Activities
At Legion Hall
Activities at the Legion
Hall (community center) will
be limited to two days for the
remainder of the month be
cause of preparations to hold
school classes at the building.
Today the ping pong tour
nament gets underway and
Friday a Labor Day dance and
the finals of the ping pong
tournament will be held.
Reds Say Allies
Bomb Kaesong
By the Associated Press
Munsan — While warfare
continued to blaze spasmodic
ally along the Korean front
armistice negotiators were idle
following the cancellation of
talks by Communists who
charged attempted “murder”.
Whether or when the fruit
less conferences will be resum
ed is uncertain. General Ridg
way coldly dismissed as a
framewp and fake the Red
charge that the allies bombed
Kaesong.
President Truman accused
the Communists of conducting
a “masquerade”. The Reds
claimed an allied plane delib
erately bombed and strafed
Kaesong aiming at the Red
delegation residence. The Reds
charged that the Allies were
“trying to murder unarmed
Red delegates. ’ ’ A bomb crat.
er was pointed out by the
Reds to allied investigators
which resembled an explosion
of a hand grenade.
Meanwhile, counterattack
ing Communists drove South
Koreans off two hills in East
ern Korea.
Late Bulletins
By Associated Press
Indiana—William Boyle ad
vised midwestern Democrats
to get ready for the most bit
terly fought campaign of
modern times. The national
chairman of the Democratic
party said the men who con
trol the Republican party are
desperate and “will stop at
nothing to delude, confuse
and mislead voters in their
frantic effort to gain control
of the government for their
selfish interests. ’ ’
Ottawa— the United States,
Canada and Japan are joining
in a three power treaty for the
protection and conservation
of the west coast fisheries.
They are calling upon each
country to recognize the
rights of others and integrity
of their coastal waters.
Bluntly, the prime aim of
the treaty is to prevent
Japanese fishermen from
poaching in U. S. or Canadian
waters.
Oakland—48 persons were
killed yesterday when a four
engine airliner crashed in a
range of low hills near Oak
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Dewey To Pay
Visit To Base
Governor Thomas Dewey of
New York will visit Kodiak
Naval Station for two hours
this afternoon.
The leader of the nation’s
Republicans and chief execu
tive of the most pooulous
state left Seattle Tuesday for
a tour of the territory.
Accompanying the GOP
leader will be Paul Lockwood,
his secretary, a security man
and a press representative.
Democratic Governor Ernest
Gruening and his;aide joined
Dewey’s party at Juneau and
and will also come to Kodiak.
The two-time Republican
nominee said he was coming
to Alaska in response to a long
standing invitation from Gov
ernor Grueninp-.
Both governors will be the
guests of Rear Adm. C. A. F.
Sprague, 17th Naval District
Commanding Officer, while
they are in Kodiak.
Governor Dewey expects to
comDlete his tour of the terri
tory in eight days. He recent
ly returned to the Onited
States after a flying tour of
Japan, Korea and the Far
East.
!
Denali Brings
35 To Kodiak
The Denali brought around
270 tons of freight and 35 pas
sengers to Kodiak Wednes
day. There were also 33 round
trippers aboard.
There were 19 outgoing pas
sengers, four for Juneau, one
for Ketchikan and the re
mainder for Seattle.
Incoming passengers from
Seattle to Kodiak were: Dr.
and Mrs. J. A. Altmaier and
child, Mr. and Mrs. Howard
Carpenter, Mrs. Earle Brown,
Luella Clifford, Jennie Clif
ford, Mrs. T. J. Frost and
Richard Frost, Mr. and Mrs.
Oscar Hanson and child, Mrs.
Marguerite Judd, Father C.
R. King, Lynette Lacey, Mrs.
Ivy Pearl Leonard, Roy San
ford, June Slingerland, Anna
Tucker, George Wick, Isabel
Wright.
Seward to Kodiak: Mr. and
Mrs. George Carey, Mr. and
Mrs. Peter Frandsen, Mrs.
Leonard Hopkins, Isabella
Hughes, Mr. and Mrs. John
Marshall and four children,
Mrs. Phyllis McCutcheon.
Seldovia to Kodiak: Ches
ter Burk.
Outgoing passengers for
Seattle were John T. Powell,
Mr. and Mrs. Paul J. Nor
cross, Miss Muriel Sheldon,
Miss Meriam Henderson, Miss
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School Teachers Named;
Classes Begin Sept. 4
rjigm, new teacners win oe
on the faculty of the Kodiak
public and high schools this
year, Ivor A. Schott, superin
tendent, has announced.
School will open on Sept. 4,
the day after Labor Day.
Preceding the opening will be
a teachers’ meeting at 10 am
Saturday, Sept. 1, in the main
school building.
The following are the new
teachers for high school:
Miss Frances C. Gray, Eng
lish, history and journalism.
Miss Gray, who holds degrees
from Colby College and
Columbia University, has had
11 years’ experience in Maine,
Vermont and Massachusetts.
Miss Ruby Alma Walker,
Spanish, speech, and high
school librarian and study
hall teacher. Miss Walker
holds a degree from the Col
lege of the Ozarks and taught
for 9 years in Arkansas, Mis
souri and Illinois.
Neal Warwick, who will i
teach music in grade and high
schools. Warwick, a graduate
of San Jose State College,
has had six years in public
school music and instrumental
work, and has been a pro
fessional soloist for eight
years.
George Henry Wick, indust
rial arts and science and his
tory. Wick, holder of a BA
degree, has had experience in
Coast Guard Issues
New Ruling
To reduce the hazards on a
Coast Guard vessel which is
in a vulnerable position when
attempting to raise an aid to
navigation in inland waters,
the Commandant of the CG
has prescribed the following
regulation.
Coast Guard vessels while
engaged in handling or servic
ing an aid to navigation dur
ing the day time may display
from the yard two orange and
white vertically striped balls 1
in a vertical line not less than
three feet, or more than six,
and during the night may dis
play two red lights in a verti
cal line not less than three or
more than six feet apart.
Vessels, with or without
tow, passing Coast Guard ves
sels displaying this signal
shall reduce their speed to in
sure the safety of both ves
sels, and when passing within
200 feet of the CG vessel dis
playing the above signals,
their speed shall not exceed 5
miles per hour.
iaano.
Returning- to the high school
faculty after a year’s teach
ing in Reedspoint, Mont., is
Howard Carpenter, who will
teach physical education,
commerce and history.
Mrs. Dera C. Meyers will
again teach mathematics and
commerce. No home economics
teacher has been named.
Four new grade teachers
are the following: Mrs. Bar
bara Gerard, grade one, hol
der of a degree from Indiana
State Teachers College; Miss
June Slingerland, graduate of
the University of Southern
California, grade two; Miss
Mary Beam, graduate of
State College, East I.ansing,
Mich., grade five; and Miss
Mary C. Dandeneau, who
holds a degree from State
Teachers College, Salem,
Mass., grade seven.
Other grade school teachers
are Mrs. Schott, one; Mrs.
Jack Metzgar, three; Mrs. M.
S. Burnham, four; Mrs. Henry
Neseth, 3 and 4 combination;
Mrs. Robert Dawson, six; and
Mrs. John Springhill, grade
8 and grade school principal.
No principal for the high
school will be appointed this
year. Mrs. Maurice Gunder
son, who has been principal
for several years, has resigned
the position.
Seventh and eighth grade
classes will be held this year
in the Legion Hall (Com
munity Center) building, for
which the school board is re
sponsible.
Custodian of the school
buildings again this year will
be Alfred Anderson.
Piano Recital Set
For Tomorrow
The piano pupils of Mrs.
Dewitt Fields will present a
recital at the Community Bap
tist Church tomorrow at 4 pm.
Following the recital the
women of the church will hon
or Miss Dorothy Bucklin of
New York with a tea. .
Miss Bucklin is secretary of
missions of the Women’s Am
erican Baptist Home Mission
Society.
VA Representative
Coming Thursday
Harold E. Kenny, contact
representative for the Veter
ans’ Administration, will be in
Kodiak August 30 and 31 and
will be available for consulta
tion on veterans’ problems at
the Kodiak Hotel.